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While U.S. Samsung Galaxy S4 owners received a Qualcomm Snapdragon SoC in their handsets, some global variants of the device were released with Samsung’s octa-core Exynos 5 Octa SoC. Samsung took to Twitter today to announce an upgrade to their Exynos processors, claiming, “a new Exynos 5 Octa is coming next week!” While we are…
Virgin Mobile is the latest in line to offer the entry-level LG Optimus F3 on their network, retailing the device for $179.99 off contract. This entry-level smartphone comes packing a dual-core processor clocked at 1.2GHz running on Android 4.1.2 Jelly Bean, is 4G LTE capable and has a 2,460mAh battery that lasts for days. The…
Following in the footsteps of T-Mobile and AT&T, Verizon took off the wraps on its own early upgrade and phone financing plans. Verizon’s new Edge plan will launch on August 25 and will allow customers to upgrade their phone more frequently than the two years offered by current plans. With Edge, customers agree to pay the…
Verizon announced its quarterly earnings for the second quarter of 2013, and the results were on par with Wall Street estimates. The wireless carrier reported total operating revenues of $29.8 billion, a 4.3 percent increase over the second-quarter of 2012. Operating income increased 16.0 percent to $6.6 billion in Q2 2013, up from $5.7 billion…
The next king of the phablets, the Galaxy Note 3, is expected to make its first official appearance later this quarter. If all goes according to rumors, Samsung will unveil the Note 3 during a press event to be held sometime in September. Details on the device remain elusive, but some information can be gleaned…
The HTC One Mini was just officially announced, filling in at least one of the three expected pieces of the HTC One family that we’re expecting this year. We got some hands on time with the handset and you can find our first impressions below. The One Mini is every bit as sexy as the…
HTC has finally taken the wraps off of its latest smartphone, the HTC One Mini. The new handset, which has been floating around in rumor-form for a while now, is finally here. The HTC One Mini ships with a 4.3 inch 1280 x 720p HD Super LCD 3 display, dual-core Snapdragon 400 CPU, 1GB RAM,…
In an everything but surprising move, LG decided to dump the “Optimus” brand for its high-end smarthones. And obviously the first device that will be affected by this change is the soon-to-be-launch LG Optimus G2, which will be one of the thinnest and most powerful devices every announced. In addition, the company’s Optimus Vu range…
Cricket Communications unveiled a new version of its popular Muve Music application used to access the carrier’s all-you-can-eat music downloads service. The application has been revamped from the ground up, featuring faster performance and a new UI that allows for even easier exploration of music and improved navigation. For instance, users will now have immediate…
Media streaming service PlayOn is now available for BlackBerry 10. As you may know, it allows users to beam media from a Windows machine to mobile devices (smartphones and tablets), consoles and other connected devices. Yup this means you can access Netflix on your Windows PC and then stream it to your BlackBerry. It’s not…