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Verizon announced its quarterly earnings for the second quarter of 2013, and the results were on par with Wall Street estimates. The wireless carrier reported total operating revenues of $29.8 billion, a 4.3 percent increase over the second-quarter of 2012. Operating income increased 16.0 percent to $6.6 billion in Q2 2013, up from $5.7 billion…
Why hello there, DROID Ultra! We’ve seen you before, but never like this. How do we like your new snazzy red color, you ask? Let’s just say you look wonderful. A new press render from the continually amazing @evleaks shows the oft-leaked DROID Ultra sporting a sweet dark red colored kevlar backing. This sets the…
AT&T is turning up the heat on Verizon by rolling out its LTE network at a blistering pace. The wireless carrier announced today that it now offers LTE connectivity to 220 million people in 328 markets around the nation. It will hit 300 million POPs by the end of 2014, with most of those people…
Verizon has just sent out an invitation to a press event on July 23rd in New York City, where the big red carrier will “unveil the next generation of one of [its] most popular family of devices.” This can only mean one thing, the new DROIDs are coming! What DROID devices could make an appearance,…
BlackBerry is facing some trouble. Just yesterday, we heard that a few U.S. carriers and retailers slashed the price of the BlackBerry Z10 and Q10 smartphones to $49. A new report from Barron’s today claims that the company will be slashing production of the two BB10 devices, due to weak sales. One analyst, Stuart Jeffrey…
Looks like the recently leaked BlackBerry A10 Aristo may be heading to Verizon Wireless. We can’t really confirmed anything at this stage but the fact that CrackBerry guys are saying so, gives some weight to the rumor. Aside from this interesting tidbit, we also have a slide to share (pictured above) confirming the upcoming phone’s…
In the wake of T-Mobile’s “JUMP!” early upgrade plan announcement, other carriers are scrambling to offer a similar option. Now Verizon Wireless has its own service to allow more frequent upgrades. Dubbed “Verizon Edge”, the service allows users to upgrade their devices without any upgrade fees or contracts. Droid Life broke the news with a leaked training slide, detailing…
Remember the BlackBerry Playbook? Well, it looks as though BlackBerry may have similar situation on its hands. A number of mobile carriers and re-sellers have slashed the price of the BlackBerry Z10 to $49, due to the weak sales performance of the device. AT&T and Verizon have dropped the price of the Z10 from $199…
There’s no doubt that Apple’s iOS and Google’s Android mobile operating systems are the top two most used mobile operating systems today, but there are a few emerging mobile operating systems that are looking to claim the number three spot in usability, such as the Firefox OS and Tizen. Canonical’s Ubuntu Touch OS just received…
According to a leaked roadmap picked up by Phone Arena, the upcoming HTC One and Moto X release dates have been revealed, showing that we should be getting both devices sometime next month. As per usual, Verizon has taken its sweet ass time to get its version of the HTC One out to the US,…