Samsung has confirmed plans to announce its 2013 flagship Android smartphone, the Galaxy S IV, on March 14th in New York City. That’s actually just one day earlier than the rumored date we reported a few weeks ago. “We introduced the Galaxy S III in London last year and this time we changed the...
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The new HTC One Android smartphone has officially been announced and unveiled for the world to drool over. The feature-packed handset rocks a 4.7-inch 1080p FHD Super LCD 3 display, Qualcomm Snapdragon 600 quad-core 1.7GHz processor, 2GB of RAM, 32 or 64GB of internal storage, a 4 megapixel UltraPixel rear camera, 2.1 megapixel front-facing...
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The countdown to the HTC One announcement is underway with only a matter of days left until February 19th. We’ve seen the device in white and metallic silver, but now a black colored model has appeared. Outside the color change, the form factor looks identical to the white model and further confirms the authenticity...
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An unannounced Samsung smartphone with SCH-I545 model number appeared in a recent NenaMark2 benchmark listing. The handset is apparently equipped with a 1.9Ghz Qualcomm Snapdragon 800 quad-core processor with Adreno 320 graphics, 1920x1080p display, and Android 4.2 Jelly Bean. We’re thinking it’s the next-generation 1.9GHz Snapdragon 600, not to be confused with Snapdragon 800,...
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Verizon Wireless is scheduling an upgrade for the HTC Droid DNA, as indicated by the support page for the build 2.04.605.2 update pictured below. It’s not a major update, but it will fix some nagging issues with Bluetooth, HotSpot and WiFi connectivity, which should please some users. Sound quality for headsets is said to...
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Verizon Wireless remains king of customer care, according to J.D. Power and Associates. It’s the fourth consecutive time Verizon has claimed top honors in the bi-annual wireless customer care full-service performance study. The 2013 volume 1 survey results are based on responses from 7,332 wireless subscribers from July through December 2012. Verizon scored 766...
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Another day, another HTC M7 leak. This time, we have word of a potential release date for Europe: March 8. The information comes by way of a leaked distribution document from Phone House, which also lists the upcoming Android smartphone at an unsubsidized price-point of 649.90 euros. The image also confirms some of the...
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The HTC Thunderbolt, the first 4G LTE smartphone on Verizon Wireless, was released nearly two years ago, yet, here we are in February of 2013 with a significant upgrade for the device. Starting today, Big Red is updating the Thunderbolt from Android 2.3 Gingerbread to Android 4.0 Ice Cream Sandwich with Sense 3.6. The...
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HTC is holding a press conference on Tuesday, February 19 in New York just prior to the start of MWC 2013. It’s likely that the Taiwan-based company will announce the highly rumored and leaked M7 Android smartphone. This lines up with a recent rumor that the M7 would be announced on the same date,...
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The upcoming HTC M7 Android smartphone with the new Sense 5.0 user interface was previously rumored for Verizon and Sprint in the US, however, a reliable source now claims we can add AT&T to the list. Serial leakster evleaks confirmed on Twitter that the beastly handset will be released on the top three carriers...
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We’ve already seen in-the-wild photos of the upcoming HTC M7 Android smartphone with the upgraded Sense 5.0 user interface, which were then followed by a picture of the Verizon HTC Droid DNA running a leaked ROM with the same UI. Now, we have a few screenshots of the upcoming Sense 5 update to drool...
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We first caught wind of the Motorola X Phone late last year and now it looks as if more details are starting to emerge. According to a trusted source on the DroidRzr forums, the Motorola X Phone will be announced at Google I/O 2013 in May and a tentative release date is scheduled for...
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On the heels of the HTC M7 Android smartphone leak, another image has surfaced showing the same Sense 5.0 software update running on a Verizon HTC Droid DNA. It’s likely that the leaked ROM originated from the M7 before ultimately being ported to the Droid DNA. As you can see, HTC seems to be...
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The Verizon edition of the Samsung Galaxy Note II Android phablet is starting to receive a new over-the-air maintenance update. The VRALL4 update changelog lists “Android Security Patch added for additional security,” so it likely fixes the previously documented Exynos exploit which made the Galaxy S III and Note II vulnerable to malware. SAMSUNG...
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Samsung announced two new color options for the popular Galaxy Note II Android smartphone. Amber Brown and Ruby Wine variants will join the already available Marble White and Titanium Grey models. The Amber Brown option is immediately available in South Korea while the Ruby Wine color scheme is scheduled to be released next week...
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