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Without much fanfare, Verizon Wireless unveiled a pair low-cost devices, LG Zone 2 and LG Extravert 2, both of which lack 4G LTE connectivity support and are limited to 3G speeds. The Zone 2 is an Android 4.4 KitKat-powered smartphone that comes with a 3.5-inch HVGA screen, Qualcomm’s 1.2GHz dual-core processor, 512MB of RAM, 3-megapixel…
Yup, we’ve told you that HTC will be launching Sense 6 UI for its last year’s One smartphone in May or June. Now, we have that confirmed by HTC America’s President Jason Mackenzie. In a short tweet, he said that the new software will be out by the end of May. The first (update) batch…
Sprint has started rolling out Android 4.4.3 update for its Nexus 5 variant, bringing along a number of bug fixes and performance improvements, as well as the ability to connect to Sprint Spark LTE network on LTE band 26 and band 41. As far as we know, this is mostly a maintenance release that will…
The well-known leaker EVleaks found out codenames of the upcoming Nokia devices, and decided to share them with the world. The Nokia Ara, Leo, Moonraker, Onyx, Peridot, Superman, Tesla and Vantage could all be introduced this year… or not. With Microsoft set to finalize its acquisition of the Finnish company, it may decide to kill…
It seems that Huawei is selling a significant amount of Ascend P6 units when ZTE is looking to copy that phone. The still unannounced ZTE Star 1 has been caught in the wild and it looks rather stylish with its medal body. Undoubtedly the company will use the phone’s fancy look in its marketing campaign…
HTC may be working on a plastic version of the All New One (M8). According to reports coming out of China, this variant will have almost identical specs with the only (and important) difference in the camera technology. Instead of boasting two Ultrapixel cameras, this model will have a more standard 13-megapixel shooter on the…
While we wait for HTC to announce the mini version of its All New One smartphone, the rumors about this phone keep coming in. The latest story comes from Taiwan, saying that the petite One M8 will hit HTC’s home turf in May. This, coincidently, goes in line with what we’ve heard before – that…
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,…
We’ve already told you that the newly announced Nokia Lumia 635 is heading to T-Mobile; now we know (compliments to EVleaks) how the Magenta un-carrier will call it — this mid-range Windows Phone will be known as Nokia Monarch. Specs wise, the Lumia 635 / Monarch comes with a 4.5-inch 480×854 pixels screen, Qualcomm Snapdragon…