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Looking for a hot deal on a new Android phone? Good, we’ve got two of them for you! Best Buy is offering the HTC One M7 for just a dollar, and the new version of the HTC One, the M8, for just $150 when signing a new two-year contract with AT&T, Sprint or Verizon. The…
Well folks, the day has come. We have the back cover of the Samsung Galaxy S5 Zoom to show you, meaning that the launch is pretty much imminent. As you can see for yourself, that’s one powerful camera this phone packs on the back, which as far as we’ve heard should house a 20-megapixel sensors…
Even though neither Verizon Wireless nor Samsung issued a press release, the Samsung ATIV SE got a page at the carrier’s website. From there will learn that folks will be able to buy it for $199.99 with a two-year contract or $599.99 sans any strings attached. Best of all, Verizon offers BOGO deal on this…
When Lenovo acquired Motorola from Google, the search giant kept Advanced Technology and Projects group which is responsible for development of Project Ara. It’s been a while since we’ve heard something from these guys and now they’ve released a short video to depict the progress. The release of this clip coincides with the Project Ara…
LG is expected to move some 15 million smartphone in the second quarter of the year. If numbers from Mirae Asset Securities Co. are correct, this will be the best ever 3-month period for the company, with monthly smartphone sales growing from previous record of 4.4 in Q4 2013 to 5 million units. As we…
Intel prepared quite a list of announcements for its IDF 2014 conference in China. The part we care about the most deals with mobile devices, which includes the unveiling of the 64-bit compliant Android 4.4 KitKat distribution. Intel has “ported, validated and tested the Android Open Source code on Intel Architecture, taking on the work…
Without issuing the official press release, Samsung has started showcasing Galaxy Ace Style in Germany. This, rather insignificant device, will find its buyers among the folks who don’t want to pay a premium for top-end features they won’t be using anyway; and/or first-time smartphone buyers. Not everything is known about the Galaxy Ace Style, but…
ZTE has launched the Grand S II in China and despite what some earlier rumors suggested, it doesn’t have 4GB of RAM. It’s a solid device nonetheless, with specs that include: 5.5-inch 1080p full HD (1920 x 1080 pixels) One Glass Solution (OGS) display 2.3GHz Qualcomm Snapdragon 801 quad-core processor with Adreno 330 graphics 13-megapixel…
Last year’s HTC One had its real gold version and the new model (M8) will follow suit. This time round, however, the Taiwanese company will limit the gold One’s availability to the Middle East, where we assume most of the customers are coming anyway. One would think this would piss Russian oligarchs, but they can…
Microsoft pulled the covers off of Windows Phone 8.1 yesterday, the newest version of Microsoft’s mobile OS. Windows Phone 8.1 is a huge improvement to Microsoft’s mobile ecosystem, adding a ton of new useful features, stability improvements and of course Cortana, Microsoft’s Siri and Google Now competitor. Windows Phone 8.1 will begin its rollout to…