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Verizon will soon allow customers to bring their own Verizon compatible devices to the network when choosing a More Everything plan. The BYOD strategy begins on April 17th, alongside a few pricing changes as well. Customers with data plans of 8GB or below will be able to add a smartphone to their account for just…
T-Mobile is getting rid of overage fees once and for all, great news for data hungry customers of every stripe. As of June, T-Mobile customers will no longer receive overage charges for going over their allotted minutes, texts or data. This probably won’t affect most users, as most T-Mobile plans supply customers with unlimited voice…
We’ve been telling you that Samsung is working on the next phone in the Galaxy S Zoom series, and we’re glad to say this unit will launch on April 29th. However, it won’t be called Galaxy S5 Zoom but Galaxy K. The Korean company has started sending out invites for an event taking place on…
The earlier rumored Moto X+1 has yet again popped up on the Internet and we get to learn that just like its predecessor, it will come with a number of customization options. According to EVleaks, folks will be able to choose between no less than 25 different backplate options. There will be wood-made backplates (Teak,…
Most Meizu users don’t even realize which version of Android their phones are running. The reason is simple – they don’t have to. The Chinese firm is preloading its own Flyme OS on top of Android that brings along a number of features to deliver the unique “Meizu experience.” And the same goes for Xiaomi…
The latest toy folks working for the FCC got to play with is the still unannounced Samsung Galaxy S5 Zoom. The device marked as SM-C115 gotta be Sammy’s upcoming camera-phone, boasting a 4.8-inch Super AMOLED 720p HD screen, Samsung’s own Exynos 5 Hexa chip, 2GB of RAM and LTE connectivity support. Alas the version getting…
Just the other day we’ve told you that ZTE is looking to launch a youth-oriented Redbull phone, and voila – it has been officially announced in China where it will compete with any number of devices made by the likes of Xiaomi, Lenovo and others. The price is set at 799 Yuan ($135) and that…
Lenovo is about to seriously go against Xiaomi and other emerging phone makers. The company will soon launch the Golden Warrior S8, a fancy lookin’ smartphone with rock-solid specs (for a mid-range device). It will come with a large 5.3-inch 720p HD screen, MediaTek’s octa-core chip clocked at 1.4GHz, 2GB of RAM, 16GB of internal…
Xiaomi’s MIUI is quickly emerging as one of the most popular custom Android ROMs. It’s still trailing the likes of Cyanogenmod but it’s getting there at its own pace. Aside from the company’s “official” efforts to bring MIUI to as many devices as possible, there are also unofficial ways to cram Xiaomi’s software to your…
The upcoming Samsung Galaxy S5 Active will come preloaded with no less than 277 APKs, EVleaks is saying. That’s a massive amount of bloatware, though we must add than many of these APKs — not all of which are apps — are used for connecting to various Google services. Still, we’re sure most users would…