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EE, which is a British joint venture of T-Mobile and Orange, is the latest carrier to launch its own-brand smartphone. Made by China’s Huawei, the EE Kestrel is touted as the cheapest 4G handset offered on Pay as you go. Sans any strings attached, users are able to get it for just £99.99 (about $166).…
LG announced that its G2 mini smartphone will start selling in April, starting with CIS countries followed by markets in Europe, Asia, Latin America, the Middle East and Africa. As that’s usually the case, details of availability and pricing information will be announced locally in the weeks ahead. Announced during this year’s Mobile World Congress,…
EVleaks keeps doing “its thing,” leaking mobile devices prior to their official announcements. Its latest targets are two very different phones – Verizon’s LG Optimus Exceed 2 and T-Mobile’s Nokia Monarch. The first of the two (pictured above) is a low-to-mid end Android smartphone with unknown specs. Chances are it will rock Qualcomm Snapdragon 400…
NVIDIA Shield will be getting the Android 4.4 KitKat update next week. As that’s usually the case with major firmware bumps, in addition to the new features that come as part of the new version of Google’s mobile platform, NVIDIA also included some of its own features and tweaks. Notably, GameStream — which allows users…
Aside from its powerful One phones, HTC also has another series made for emerging markets and folks who don’t want to pay a premium for a high-end smartphone. I would say that the Desire series is crucial for HTC’s success in the future as these phones, rather than fancy One variants, will help the company…
It is believed that on March 8th, Apple has sold its 500 billionth iPhone. This impressive milestone was reached in less than 6 years, and as I’m writing this, the slowdown is still just a speculation. During 2008, Apple managed to reach its stated goal to move 10 million phones. In fact, the company ended…
Although most of us are still talking about the All New HTC One, the Taiwanese company is already working on other devices in the series. Like that was the case with last year’s HTC One, the 2014 model will also get its variants in the form of HTC One Mini, and perhaps One Max and…
Current HTC One Mini owners may be wondering when they’ll get their updates now that HTC has officially announced the All New One. If you’re an AT&T customer (with HTC One Mini), we have good news to share – the first update is coming your way by the end of the week. This, however, won’t…
We’ve already told you that Nokia may announce new phones at Microsoft’s upcoming BUILD conference. Now we have that (almost) confirmed. While the Finnish company hasn’t specified what kind of news it will share while in San Francisco, they did invited everyone to join them for the occasion. What makes 2014 so special is the…
Now that the All New HTC One has been officially announced, existing One owners are wondering when will they get the new software introduced with the company’s latest and greatest smartphone. As I’m writing this, HTC said that its existing line-up will get the Sense 6.0 goodies this spring. Thanks to leaker @LlabTooFeR, we have…