T-Mobile’s Nokia Lumia 810 won’t get LTE support via software update, despite earlier claims
Here’s a bummer if you own a Nokia Lumia 810 purchased from T-Mobile USA. Your particular device will not, in fact, get a software update that will enable 4G LTE support. This comes after the magenta carrier said the exact opposite would happen. Back in January, T-Mobile representatives confirmed to Engadget that the Lumia 810 [...]
Samsung working on $100 4G LTE smartphones for India
If you’re in the US, you may have read this post’s headline and thought something along the lines of So what? We have plenty of $100 4G LTE smartphones over here! Well, yes. But this $100 isn’t subsidized, coming with the requirement of signing long-term contracts. We’re talking unlocked devices sold for $100. Compare that to [...]
HTC One SV gets Android 4.1.2 Jelly Bean update in France
The HTC One SV was announced in December last year, and while it’s a pretty decent midranger with the added benefit of LTE support, it has so far had a pretty big flaw – running Android 4.0 Ice Cream Sandwich. While we’re pretty much used to this version of Google’s mobile operating system showing up [...]
T-Mobile’s LTE-capable Samsung Galaxy S III passes through the FCC, is now one step closer to release
T-Mobile is finally jumping on the LTE train, after trying to push its HSPA+ network as comparable to Verizon’s and AT&T’s LTE efforts for all of last year. But any new network tech needs devices able to use it, and TMo knows this. So it’s been widely rumored that an LTE-capable version of the Samsung [...]
Samsung Galaxy Note 10.1 LTE will be available at Verizon on March 7
The Samsung Galaxy Note 10.1 with 4G LTE support will finally arrive in Verizon stores on March 7, it seems. That means that in just three short days from now you’ll be able to pick one of these up straight from Big Red. The Galaxy Note 10.1 LTE has been a long way coming – [...]
ZTE U9810 for China Mobile comes with 4 GB of RAM, LTE support
A couple of days ago we told you that China Mobile, the world’s biggest carrier by number of subscribers, announced its first LTE-capable smartphones that are due to launch later this year when its next-gen network goes live. Like with the 3G tech it uses, China Mobile opted to go its own way with LTE [...]
Sprint Samsung Galaxy Note II now just $69.99 for new customers who sign a two-year contract
Say you want to buy a Samsung Galaxy Note II, and you want to have Sprint as your carrier (or don’t mind it being such). Option number one is going to Sprint itself and asking for a Note II. That will cost you $299.99. If, however, you consider that amount to be a tad too [...]
LG Optimus G Pro for South Korea confirmed to have 5.5″ Full HD screen
It’s not the Optimus G2 after all, but it does come with a 5.5-inch touchscreen. It’s the LG Optimus G Pro for South Korea. Not only does it have the main spec difference we told you about compared to the Japan-bound model, but it certainly seems to look exactly like the device in this leak. [...]
Verizon HTC Droid DNA and T-Mobile LG Nexus 4 both going for just $49.99 at the moment
Last week we spotted the LG Nexus 4 for T-Mobile being sold for just $76.49, and that was the cheapest we had seen it at that point. But it’s no longer the cheapest. While that may have been a good offer, T-Mobile itself decided to best it. The caveat is that it’s for a limited [...]
MetroPCS LG Spirit 4G launches with 4.5″ screen, $199 price sans contract
MetroPCS has added a new Android-powered smartphone to its ever-growing roster today, the LG Spirit 4G. This device brings a 4.5-inch touchscreen to the masses, so to speak – because it’s very affordable. It also comes with LTE support built-in, like all the carrier’s recent launches. The Spirit 4G’s screen has an unknown resolution (though [...]
Verizon’s Motorola Droid RAZR HD now starts at $0.01
The price of the Motorola Droid RAZR HD for Verizon keeps on dropping at an incredible pace. Just six days ago we let you know that you could purchase Moto’s current flagship Android smartphone for Amazon for a low, low $49.99. That price was valid for new customers, and if you were upgrading you needed [...]
Samsung Galaxy Grand for South Korea has quad-core processor, LTE support
The Samsung Galaxy Grand was announced back in December as a 5-inch oddity meant mostly for emerging markets, yet it might be making its way to Europe too where it will be quite expensive – despite the midrange specs. Now though the Galaxy Grand has been unveiled for Samsung’s native South Korea. With the new [...]
Samsung Galaxy Note 10.1 with Android 4.1 Jelly Bean launching at Verizon in the coming weeks
The Ativ Odyssey (which runs Windows Phone 8) isn’t the only new Samsung device announced by Verizon Wireless today. The carrier has also officially unveiled its own Samsung Galaxy Note 10.1. While it didn’t say how much its Note 10.1 would cost, Verizon mentioned that the new tablet would be available starting the coming weeks [...]
HTC 8X now just $99.99 at Verizon, half that elsewhere
Verizon has decided to give the HTC 8X the gift of a price cut this holiday season. As such, Big Red is now offering HTC’s ‘premier’ Windows Phone for just $99.99 with a new two-year contract. That’s half the amount that Verizon has been asking for this phone until now, so it’s a pretty good [...]
LTE-capable Samsung Galaxy S III headed to T-Mobile?
T-Mobile is already selling its very own Samsung Galaxy S III variant, but it’s the only one of the ‘big four’ carriers in the US that doesn’t have an LTE network just yet. That will change though, as the magenta carrier will launch an LTE network in the coming months. Obviously, none of the devices [...]
ZTE Avid 4G lands at MetroPCS, yours for $149.99 sans contract
MetroPCS has launched the ZTE Avid 4G today. It’s already available to be purchased from the carrier’s website, and supposedly in stores as well. It can be yours for just $149.99 (+tax), without any long term contract requirement whatsoever. The Avid got leaked once a month ago, and it’s a midrange smartphone with a great [...]
HTC One XL Android 4.1 Jelly Bean update starts rolling out in Asia
The update to Android 4.1.1 Jelly Bean for the HTC One XL has started rolling out in Taiwan and Singapore today. This makes perfect sense, seeing as how the One XL is the LTE-capable ‘brother’ of the One X for which the JB update started going out at the end of November. The HTC One [...]
Sprint HTC Evo 4G LTE Android 4.1 update now rolling out
You’ve probably been waiting to read this for a very long while if you own an HTC Evo 4G LTE, but the day is finally here: the update to Android Jelly Bean is out for your particular phone of choice! Before you get too happy though, keep in mind that this will make your Evo [...]
Samsung Galaxy Note 10.1 and Google Nexus 7 are the first 4G LTE Android tablets launched by EE
The UK’s first operator to have a 4G LTE network, EE, has just announced the launch of its first two Android tablets. They’re being offered with 4G LTE data contracts, and they are the Samsung Galaxy Note 10.1 and the Google Nexus 7. In the case of the former, it’s simply the version with the [...]
HTC One VX now available at AT&T for $49.99
Right on the latest schedule (the second time’s the charm, apparently), the HTC One VX is now available to purchase from AT&T. The price being asked for this smartphone is $49.99 with a new two-year contract. The HTC One VX is a midrange device manufactured exclusively for AT&T (at least thus far), and it comes [...]
