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Some two weeks ago, Samsung has started rolling out Android 4.3 update for its last year’s flagship device, Galaxy S3. Not everything worked out of box, prompting the company to temporarily suspend the rollout until the firmware is well-polished. Users complained about a number of issues, including the wake-up lag, random freezing, battery drains, Bluetooth…
The hot-new Nokia Lumia 1520 will be available this week in few markets around the world. The sales have already started in France, and by the end of the week, users in Hong Kong, Italy, Russia, and the United States will be able to get the first Windows Phone phablet, as well. Those of you…
After many in–the–wild photos, BlackBerry has officially announced the luxury version of its Z10 smartphone, made in partnership with Porsche Design. The new BlackBerry Porsche P’9882 keeps most of the Z10’s specs, including a 4.2-inch 1280×768 screen, 1.5GHz dual-core processor and 2GB of RAM. The change was made in the amount of built-in storage that…
On the heels of the newly announced Nubia smartphones, we bring you the first leaked photo of the forthcoming Nubia Z7. Like its name says, this unit comes with a massive screen, and will thus compete with the likes of Samsung Galaxy Note III, HTC One Max and Sony Xperia Z Ultra. The Z7 will…
Chinese Meizu has started accepting orders for its this-year’s flagship device, Meizu MX3, which also happens to be the world’s first phone with 128GB of internal storage. Unfortunately though this unit is not only unavailable outside of China but it also won’t work on “regular” 3G and 4G networks. It is rather limited to China…
Virgin Mobile added HTC Desire 601 to its portfolio. The mid-end device will be known as just HTC Desire (without the “601” part) selling for $279.99 sans any strings attached. Of course, you will need some minutes, texts and data with it. To that end, Virgin suggests its Beyond Talk plans which start at $35,…
We know that BlackBerry is looking to launch no less than “2 high-end devices and 2 entry-level devices” next year. And now we (think we) know which will be the high-end phones. According to an overseas report and brought to our attention by MobileSyrup, the next high-end all-touchscreen model will be marked as Z50 while…
We’ve already told you about Phone 4U’s offer that includes giving away Samsung Galaxy Gear to anyone willing to get the Galaxy Note 3 with a contract. If smart watches are not your cup of tea, you may want to consider something different, something that includes the pro-bono Galaxy Tab 3 7.0; you get the…
Huawei Ascend P6, which at one point was the world’s thinnest smartphone, is still waiting to get the Android 4.3 update. The good news is that the Chinese company decided to skip that version of the platform and go directly to KitKat. The update, however, will have to wait for another two months as Huawei…
Samsung has yet again unveiled a special version of its existing handset. The new Galaxy S III mini Crystal Edition has been launched in Germany, featuring back cover with 166 “sparkling” Swarovski crystals. Other than that, it remains the same S III mini that is selling all around the world alongside its newer brother, S4…