SIM free Nokia Lumia 925 to be launched in the UK on June 12?
We already know that the Nokia Lumia 925 will be available in the UK (as well as in other markets) starting June. But now a British retailer has provided an exact launch day for the new handset: June 12. The retailer is Digital Phone Company, and it’s asking £589.99 (about €693 or $895) for a [...]
Verizon Samsung Galaxy S4 pre-orders arriving now to some customers
Verizon Wireless is the last major US mobile carrier to start selling the Samsung Galaxy S4. Although its official launch day is May 23, those who’ve pre-ordered Verizon’s S4 last week (or earlier) are starting to receive it as of today – according to Droid life. You haven’t pre-ordered the S4 yet, you can get [...]
LG Optimus F3 gets shown on its way to Sprint, where it will be joined by the Optimus G Pro soon
Sprint is apparently getting ready to add two new smartphones from LG to its roster. The first one is the LG Optimus F3, the lowest-end in the Korean company’s new F-series, which is supposed to be all about bringing LTE to the masses in a few affordable packages. This series debuted right before this year’s [...]
Samsung Galaxy S III launching at Boost and Virgin Mobile this summer. Waterproof Kyocera Hydro Edge headed to Sprint
Sprint has announced that its subsidiaries Boost Mobile and Virgin Mobile would launch the Samsung Galaxy S III starting June. Yes, the S III isn’t a new device, and it’s been eclipsed by the Galaxy S4, but its availability through Boost and Virgin will allow customers to buy the handset on flexible no-contract plans. Exact [...]
T-Mobile’s Samsung Galaxy S III LTE and Galaxy Exhibit get purported release dates
Although it’s been rumored for many months now, T-Mobile’s upcoming Samsung Galaxy S III with LTE support still isn’t on sale. This despite the fact that at one point it was said to be out in March or April. Neither of those time frames have panned out, and here we are in May still waiting [...]
Nokia Lumia 925 32GB launching in the first half of June in Germany?
Proudly announced by Nokia last week, the new Lumia 928 Windows Phone 8 handset only has 16 GB of internal memory. Well, at least its regular version has, because Vodafone will sell an exclusive 32GB edition in Europe. And yet it looks like this edition isn’t as exclusive as believed. WParea.de has discovered a T-Mobile [...]
Samsung Galaxy Tab 3 7.0 priced at $200. New Galaxy S4 Mega to join the S4 Active and S4 Mini?
When Samsung announced the Galaxy Tab 3 7.0, it said the new tablet would be affordable. However, it didn’t provide an exact price. Now, if New York-based retailer Adorama is correct, it looks like the 8GB version of the tablet costs just $199.99. Of course, the Tab 3 7.0 can’t be bought anywhere in the [...]
Jolla’s first Sailfish OS phone unveiled, costs €399, should be launched this year
Built on the remains of Nokia’s and Intel’s MeeGo, Sailfish OS is a brand new mobile platform developed by Finnish company Jolla – founded by ex Nokia employees. The very first Sailfish smartphone has been unveiled today by Jolla, and it’s a fairly large device, sporting a 4.5 inch display (of unknown resolution). It further [...]
UK: Vodafone Smart III gets you Android Jelly Bean in a £95 package
Each year in May Vodafone launches a new own-brand smartphone called Smart. At least that’s been the case for the past two years, and here we are in May and there’s a new Vodafone Smart up for purchase. Following in the footsteps of the original Smart from 2011 and the Smart II from last year, [...]
Samsung Galaxy Tab 3 8.0 press image shows up
Samsung’s unannounced Galaxy Tab 3 8.0 has been pictured today – and it looks a lot like the Galaxy Tab 3 7.0 (although it should be slightly bigger, of course, measuring 209.3 x 122.2 x 6.95 mm). Sam Mobile says the Galaxy Tab 3 8.0 could be launched at the end of June – most [...]
Nokia compares its Lumia 925 to iPhone 5, Galaxy S4, HTC One and Sony Xperia Z (photography skills)
Nokia’s Lumia 925 is certainly a great camera phone – thanks to the company’s PureView technology, optical image stabilization, the new Smart Camera software, and the Carl Zeiss lens. But just how good is it, really? Well, Nokia claims it’s the best you can get, especially when it comes to low-light photography. Nokia has posted [...]
Asus FonePad gets better CPU, more storage
The Asus FonePad just got a hardware upgrade. In its native Taiwan, Asus launched a new version of the tablet today, one that comes with a beefed-up processor and more internal storage space. Whereas the original FonePad announced back in February comes with a 1.2 GHz Intel Atom Z2420 processor, the new and improved model [...]
Verizon’s Nokia Lumia 928 can be ordered now, will ship “by May 20″
Windows Phone and / or Nokia fans in the US can now order Verizon’s exclusive Lumia 928 smartphone. The 928 costs $99.99 on contract, or $499.99 without any agreement. For some unknown reason, though, Verizon can’t ship the handset right away – it currently says that it should be delivered “by May 20” to customers [...]
Samsung decides to stick to plasticky SGS4 design for Galaxy Note III
Samsung Galaxy Note III, the next generation of the original phablet – is probably the next most anticipated mobile device after iPhone, still to be launched this year. The phablet is a few months away from launch, and early in the day we’ve heard a lot of cool rumors about it. They said that Galaxy [...]
LG Optimus GJ – a waterproof version of Optimus G flagship is coming to Taiwan next week
While not comparable in sales to Samsung Galaxy S III, Optimus G was the first true high end Android hit phone for LG. We already know that Korean company is preparing something special for the follow-up Optimus G2 soon. But , it seems, it still has some surprises in store for the original flagship too. [...]
Verizon HTC One possibly coming soon?
There’s a new HTC smartphone that received Wi-Fi certification (PDF) a few days ago, and it might turn out to be an HTC One for Verizon Wireless. The smartphone’s model number is PN073XX, and we know that it features LTE connectivity, and dual band Wi-Fi. Blog of Mobile (in Japanese) – which has a very [...]
Samsung Galaxy S4 Google Edition – stock Android phone very few will care about
Well, the last minute rumor about Samsung Galaxy S4 Google Edition with stock Android was true. Google just announced that this new phone will be available on June 26th. It will have the latest version of clean Android, will receive the OS updates together with other Nexus phones, will have all the Galaxy S4 specs [...]
Microsoft promises Windows Phone 8 software update for this summer
In a post detailing Nokia’s brand new Lumia 925 (officially announced yesterday, and pictured below), Microsoft has revealed that a software update to all Windows Phone 8 handsets is coming “later this summer.” It won’t be a major update, bringing FM radio support, support for CalDAV and CardDAV sync protocols (for Google services), while Data [...]
Mobile device wrapped in electronic display. Erick Tseng’s crazy Android phone idea from 2009
Back in 2009, when Android was a scrappy, buggy mobile OS upstart, before Nexus One, before its growth surge of 2010-2011, and before Larry Page got so obsessed about own hardware, that he bought Motorola; Google’s mobile team was playing with a lot of interesting ideas. Like building, or at least designing, some crazy looking [...]
White LG Nexus 4 shows up in Dubai ahead of Google I/O. May not get to Moscone Center in time
With Google annual I/O developer conference opening later today, mobile side of it is likely to be a bit disappointing. From all things that already leaked and that didn’t leak, its pretty much clear that there won’t be a new major Android update announced today. The best we can expect – is a new point [...]
