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Samsung Galaxy S III (16GB and 32GB) officially priced in Taiwan
A few weeks ago, when Samsung announced the Galaxy S III, it didn’t say how much the smartphone would cost. Of course, various retailers – including British ones – have already unveiled their own prices. But there wasn’t any official word from Samsung on the matter. Not until now, when the South Korean company presented [...]
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HTC One S to be launched by Telus in Canada on May 17
Telus will introduce a new Android 4.0 Ice Cream Sandwich smartphone in Canada on May 17 (this Tuesday): the HTC One S. According to Mobile Syrup, Telus will sell the One S for as low as $99.99 (new 3-yr contract agreement required). Customers will also be able to buy the handset without commitment, reportedly for [...]
LG Optimus Elite available now at Virgin Mobile USA
Not long ago, Virgin Mobile USA started taking pre-orders for the LG Optimus Elite, saying the handset would be out on May 15. And today the smartphone is indeed available. Sold by Virgin for $149.99 off-contract, the LG Optimus Elite isn’t among the greatest smartphones out there – and, at this price, it couldn’t have [...]
Dual SIM Nokia 110 and 112 offer Facebook access and free EA games on the cheap
Nokia may have lost its way in the smartphone race, but it’s still a big player when it comes to ultra-cheap handsets. And it certainly wants to keep things this way, that’s why it continues to introduce new entry-level phones, like the Nokia 110 and Nokia 112, both officially announced today. Made to “appeal to [...]
Samsung adds T-Mobile devices to ICS update list
Last month we brought you news that Samsung put up an official list of devices sold in the US that would get updated to Android 4.0 Ice Cream Sandwich. While that list was extensive, conspicuously missing was any mention of any smartphone or tablet sold by T-Mobile. We were promised that the list would be [...]
Nokia Lumia 610 arrives in the UK next week, in black and cyan
The Nokia Lumia 610, the Finnish company’s cheapest Windows Phone yet, is about to become available in the UK in SIM-free and unlocked form. Late next week is when Clove expects to start shipping the first pre-orders for the Lumia 610. The well known British retailer lets you pre-order the newest Nokia in either cyan [...]
LG Optimus 4X HD P880 launching in Europe next month
LG announced that its first quad-core smartphone, the Optimus 4X HD P880, will be officially available next month (June), in “key markets starting in Western Europe.” First announced at MWC 2012 in February, the Optimus 4X HD comes with Android 4.0 Ice Cream Sandwich, a 4.7 inch HD IPS display, 1.5GHz Tegra 3 processor, 8MP [...]
HTC Desire C gets official – Android 4.0 ICS at an affordable price (video)
HTC has officially announced its latest affordable Android smartphone: the Desire C (also known unofficially as Wildfire C, or HTC Golf). The Desire C is a small device, featuring a 3.5 inch HVGA display, HSDPA, Wi-Fi, GPS, NFC (only in select markets), Beats Audio, Bluetooth 4.0, 3.5mm headset jack, 5MP rear camera with F2.8 / [...]
Samsung Omnia M GT-S7530 priced at €299.99 in Italy
Samsung officially introduced the Omnia M GT-S7530 Windows Phone handset at the end of last week, but didn’t say how much it would cost. Now, Eprice Italy has it that the new Omnia costs €299.99. That’s quite expensive, considering the fact that the Nokia Lumia 710 can be had for slightly less, and offers more [...]
Verizon Motorola Droid RAZR MAXX price drops to $199.99 with contract
Sure, you’ve been able to get a Motorola Droid RAZR MAXX for Verizon from Amazon for just $199.99 ever since January. But what if for some reason you just don’t want to purchase it from the well known online retailer? What if you absolutely must get it from Verizon itself? Well then, good news for [...]
T-Mobile’s HTC Sensation 4G will get updated to Android 4.0 Ice Cream Sandwich starting on May 16
T-Mobile’s HTC Sensation 4G is finally going to receive its dose of (Android) Ice Cream Sandwich pretty soon. In two days, actually. T-Mobile has officially announced that the over-the-air (OTA) rollout for the ICS update for the Sensation 4G will start on May 16 (this Wednesday). If you don’t get the OTA notification, or are [...]
Samsung SCH-S759 with Windows Phone gets Wi-Fi, Bluetooth certified, may be headed to China Telecom
A new, yet unheard of Samsung smartphone has recently received both Wi-Fi and Bluetooth certifications. The Samsung SCH-S759 will support CDMA networks, and will run Windows Phone 7.5. So it could be a CDMA-capable version of the recently announced Omnia M. Unfortunately we don’t know much about the S759 yet. It will have support for [...]
HTC Evo 4G LTE will be available starting 8 AM in Sprint stores (on May 18)
Sprint has already announced that its HTC Evo 4G LTE would be released this Friday, on May 18. However, today the third largest US carrier has unveiled the exact time at which the new handset is going to become available in stores: 8 AM. This will happen at least at Sprint stores in the following [...]
Sony Xperia S Android 4.0 Ice Cream Sandwich update will be out by early June
If you bought a Sony Xperia S, Sony’s flagship Android smartphone of the moment, and are wondering when it will be updated to the latest version of the operating system, this is for you. Unfortunately though there’s still no answer to the ‘why would Sony launch the Xperia S running Gingerbread, when HTC was able [...]
Apple no longer advertises the new iPad as featuring 4G
Before releasing the 7 inch iPad Mini (if that’s ever going to happen), Apple still has to deal with issues related to its latest tablet, namely the “new iPad.” When it was launched, the new iPad was presented as having 4G LTE connectivity all over the world, although that was actually true only in the [...]
Sony Xperia ST27i ‘Lotus’ gets leaked, may be the successor to the Xperia Active
A new Sony Android smartphone has been uncovered today. The Xperia ST27i/ST27a, codenamed Lotus, has had some of its details leaked via user agent profiles found on Sony’s website. The Lotus may be the successor to the Sony Ericsson Xperia Active, a ruggedized smartphone that bears the model number ST17i/ST17a. As usual with Sony (or [...]
Lenovo LePhone S680 with Android ICS pictured on its way to China Unicom, specs unveiled too
It looks like China Mobile isn’t the only Chinese carrier that’s going to launch a new Android-powered Lenovo smartphone in the near future. China’s No.2, China Unicom, also has one in the works, and it’s called the LePhone S680. This handset has recently been certified by the relevant Chinese authorities, and because of that published [...]