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The creator of Flappy Bird, Dong Nguyen is about to get a whole bunch of loot thrown at him. This Thursday, August 21st, Dong will unleash a new Flappy Bird-ish game to the Apple App Store titled Swing Copters. The game follows the same pixellated, NES era design aesthetic that helped make Flappy Bird such a…
Here’s another iPhone 6 rumor for you folks, and its a bummer of a tale. According to a schematic from Weibo GeekBar, Apple’s iPhone 6 will include a paltry 1GB or RAM. In an age where flagship smartphones rock 2 or even 3GB of RAM, this rumor comes as quite a shock. Before you go getting…
HTC One M8 owners on T-Mobile are about to receive an update that brings Android 4.4.3 to HTC’s 2014 flagship smartphone. Aside from Android 4.4.3, the update brings WiFi, Bluetooth and cellular optimizations, as well as some bug fixes. Updates to Sense and other HTC apps are also included in the 582MB OTA update. Be on…
If you haven’t gotten your hands on a set of Beats by Dre headphones, now’s the time to grab them. Apple, who recently acquired Beats is slashing 10% off of pretty much all Beats merch, giving you a chance to save a pretty good chunk of money when purchasing the $300+ headphones. The sale includes…
Alcatel has started rolling out Android 4.4 KitKat update for its Idol X+ smartphone. According to the company’s Facebook page, the new software is pushed out to all existing users of the phone running Jelly Bean. Alcatel hasn’t mentioned any details about its own software tweaks, so we’re guessing they haven’t added that much. This,…
Again and again, we see GooPhone cloning popular mobile devices before they start selling. The latest on their list is the soon-to-be-announced Samsung Galaxy Note 4. The Chinese phone clone maker used any number of leaked photos to come up with a phablet that should look like the next Samsung Note. We say “should,” cause…
We’ve learned to associate dual front speakers with high-end, expensive smartphones from the HTC One series. India-based Lava is here to prove us wrong, having recently unveiled a $63 smartphone, Lava Iris 360 Music, with the same kind of speaker setup. Now, we’re sure these speakers aren’t as powerful as those HTC includes with its…
HTC Butterfly 2 is preparing to hit select markets across Asia, according UPleaks. Unlike other HTC phones, this one will sport an IP57-certified waterproof body, while boasting all of the same hardware components we’ve learn to love on the HTC One M8. These include a 5-inch full HD screen, Qualcomm Snapdragon 801 quad-core chip, dual…
HTC is apparently looking to enter the 64-bit smartphone market later this or early next year. The device codenamed A11 won’t be a high-end model, but a mid-end one, boasting Qualcomm’s Snapdragon 410 (MSM8916) System-On-Chip that rocks four Cortex-A53 cores clocked at 1.4GHz plus an Adreno 306 GPU. Rest of the rumored specs include a…
Remember Samsung’s ‘wallhuggers’ video a little while back? It’s ok if you don’t. Basically, it involves Samsung touting the Galaxy S5’s battery life, calling iPhone users ‘wallhuggers’ because they’re always needing to charge their phones. But Samsung has decided to keep hammering at Apple with its ‘wallhugger’ meme, and has stepped up their game substantially.…