Verizon enables Voice over LTE on the new iPhone 6 and 6 Plus

Verizon has announced that it will be enabling Voice over LTE or VoLTE feature on the new iPhone 6 and iPhone 6 Plus. Verizon launched its VoLTE network earlier this month and so far the only phones that could use it were the Samsung Galaxy S5 and the LG G2. VoLTE enables users to make a voice call over the LTE network instead of having to fallback...

Motorola Moto 360 to get a gold version soon

The Motorola Moto 360 is the most sought after smartwatch currently on the market and chances it will remain like this at least until the IFA-announced devices hit the shelves. However the US company is hoping its first smart wearable will retain its popularity even after that and is ready to spice it up a bit to achieve it. Motorola posted the following...

Oppo R5 leaks with 4G LTE connectivity

Oppo is getting ready to launch the N3 phablet with rotating camera module on top next month, but it's not the only device the company is working on. A certificate for the Oppo R5 has just appeared on the Indonesian Postel website, hinting at an imminent release. Postel is the telecommunications regulator in Indonesia, similar to the FCC in the United...

Week 37 in review: Oppo N3, Note 4, iPhone 6, Sony $1.2B loss

The Week In Review is our series meant to recap all the major announcements of the week, which you might have missed. In the past Week 38 the Galaxy Note 4 pre-order and availability information surfaced. Additionally, DisplayMate praised the phablet's AMOLED screen and the iPhone 6 is finally on sale in its first wave of countries. .news-item .n-left...

Apple details out-of-warranty repair costs for the iPhone 6 family

Apple quietly detailed out-of-warranty repair costs for the iPhone 6 and the iPhone 6 Plus. The charges are separated into three categories - screen damage, battery and power, and other repairs. Replacing the display of an iPhone 6 will set you back $109, while the same service for iPhone 6 costs $129. Curiously, iPhone 5s, iPhone 5c, and iPhone 5...

Jolla's smartphone will launch in India on September 23

Jolla will officially begin selling its Sailfish OS smartphone in India in four days, on September 23. The Finnish company delivered the news on its official Facebook page. As initially announced, Jolla's first handset will be offered on the vast market through a partnership with the online retailer Snapdeal. The latter will be the exclusive retailer...

Samsung sold one million Galaxy S5 units in Germany

Samsung announced that it sold one million Galaxy S5 units in Germany. Coincidentally (or not?), the Korean giant delivered the news about its achievement the same day Apple iPhone 6 and iPhone 6 Plus became officially available (Germany is one of the markets where Cupertino's devices launched today). The impressive number of units related to devices...

New Samsung smartwatch to have fingerprint scanner

This year, Samsung's definitely been active in the nascent smartwatch space. It unveiled the Gear 2 and Gear 2 Neo (both pictured below), Gear Live, and Gear S so far. But next year the company may be taking its smartwatch efforts to the next level. According to a report out of Samsung's home country of South Korea, at Mobile World Congress 2015 (in...

Xiaomi Redmi 1S review: Stormtrooper

Xiaomi has been a regular around here lately and one of the last times we heard of them was how they sold a boatload of phones in no time. And it wasn't their finest either. A heavily discounted midranger made a splash at the box office, in India no less...Source: http://www.gsmarena.com/xiaomi_redmi_1s-review-1138.p...

Samsung Galaxy A3 (SM-A300) revealed in User Agent profile

It seems that there are two Galaxy Alpha siblings in the works - the Galaxy A5 and now the Galaxy A3 (aka SM-A300). This one packs a 64-bit processor but curiously is close to low-end in most of its specs. A GFX Bench info page reveals a 4.8" screen with qHD resolution (540 x 960 pixels) and two cameras - 8MP on the back, 5MP on the front, both capable...

60,000 Xiaomi Redmi 1S units hit Inida on September 23

Another Tuesday, another Xiaomi flash sale occurs. On September 23, the Chinese phonemaker is set to launch 60,000 Redmi 1S smartphones in India. Presumably, they'll sell in under 10 seconds. Unlike its previous flash sale, which offered 40,000 Redmi 1S phones to eager customers in India, this time the company has bumped the number. Now, 20,000 additional...

Goldgenie offers 24ct gold-plated iPhone 6 and iPhone 6 Plus

Choice is always good for consumers even if those consumers are looking to spend thousands of pounds on a gold-plated iPhone. We've seen Amosu's offerings now it's time to look at what Goldgenie has to offer to people with an aversion to non-noble metals. You can get either an Apple iPhone 6 or an iPhone 6 Plus in one of three versions. First up is...

More Samsung Galaxy A5 (SM-A500) photos appear

The second entry of the Alpha series has leaked yet again, this time with photos in the wild. The Samsung SM-A500 (or A5000) will likely be unveiled as the Galaxy A5 and will be thin and light like the Galaxy Alpha but with mid-range specs. The phone will have a metal frame, a 5" Super AMOLED screen of 720p resolution, a Snapdragon 400 chipset and...

Apple starts retail sales of iPhone 6 and iPhone 6 Plus

Pre-orders for the new Apple iPhone 6 and iPhone 6 Plus started a week ago but some people prefer to buy their gadgets in person. The lines are long though, as usual, and many people in line have been queueing for a couple of days now. Apple is initially launching its new smartphones in the following countries: the US, the UK, Germany, France, Japan,...

Samsung to launch Tizen smartphone in India by November

The oft-troubled Tizen platform from Samsung - seemingly in perpetual limbo between 'coming soon' and 'probably not' - has received yet another ray of hope in light of the recently cancelled Samsung Z project. Reports out of India indicate that Samsung is planning to release at least one non-flagship Tizen smartphone later this year on or around India's...

Apple iPhone 6 and iPhone 6 Plus benchmark results are out

Now that the iPhone 6 and iPhone 6 Plus are about to hit the stores, the two phones have undergone the Geekbench test suite. The popular benchmark stresses the phone's CPU and RAM by going through numerous tests to determine the final single-core and multi-core scores. The results are quite interesting. The iPhone 6 trumps the iPhone 6 Plus in both...

Apple iPhone 6 and 6 Plus take on the drop test

The new iPhone 6 family brings bigger screens but that only means there's more screen to crack if you drop the precious gadget. So how do the iPhone 6 and iPhone 6 Plus handle being dropped? That's what drop test videos are for. The best-case scenario is if the phone falls screen up but as buttered toast experiments show that's rarely the case. Still,...

Samsung Galaxy Alpha is now unofficially available in the US

Samsung Galaxy Alpha made its way to the United States, albeit unofficially. The online retailer Expansys has listed the sleek-looking, metal-clad smartphone as available to ship across the Atlantic. The compact flagship is priced at $699.99 for a factory-unlocked device with 32GB of built-in memory and Exynos chipset. Black, gold, and blue colored...

iPhone 6 gets two certifications in China, still needs another

A couple of days ago a report surfaced saying that the new iPhone 6 and iPhone 6 Plus don't yet have a release time frame set for the Chinese market. Apparently not even China Mobile, the world's biggest carrier by subscriber count, knows when the two models will arrive in its country. It all has to do with the two iPhones not having been certified...

iOS 8 is already running on more than 16% of devices

iOS 8 started rolling out to the masses yesterday at 10 am PT. So it's only around 24 hours old at this point. However, it's already present on more than 16% of Apple mobile devices, according to data from analytics firm Mixpanel which tracks mobile app usage. That figure was reached as of 7 am PT today, and in the hours that have passed since then...

OnePlus One finally gets a pre-order system, live in October

The past few months have been a pretty mixed bag for OnePlus, the Chinese startup that's behind the One - which it calls a "flagship killer". A series of mishaps, as well as its famous invite system, have led many to hold on purchasing the One. But if you have, you may reconsider starting next month. See, it looks like the company finally heard the...

Galaxy S5 and Note 4 may get Android L by early December

Android L is undoubtedly going to be released by Google before the end of this year, and as more time passes you might be inclined to ask yourself when or if your particular device will get updated. With Samsung's Galaxy S5 and Note 4, it's clearly not a matter of 'if', as they will both surely receive the new OS version. But when? Here comes the...

Galaxy Note 4 hits the US on October 14, pre-orders imminent

Similarly to its UK pre-order campaign, the Galaxy Note 4 will become available for preliminary orders tomorrow in the US as well. US carriers AT&T and T-Mobile join in on the fun, too. Unlike AT&T, which opens pre-orders of the phone starting tomorrow, T-Mobile will do so on September 24 at 9AM PDT. The Samsung Galaxy Note 4 will hit store...

Samsung Galaxy Note 4 UK pre-orders start tomorrow

Samsung has officially announced Galaxy Note 4 availability details for the UK market. The phablet's pre-orders will start tomorrow, September 19 from Samsung's retail stores in the country. Retailers Three, Carphone Warehouse, Clove and other outlets will get to offer the Galaxy Note 4's for pre-order a week later on September 26. After the recent...

Gigabyte launches its new GSmart Android line-up

Gigabyte has just unveiled the launch plans for its latest four Android smartphones. They will start selling in Russia and select parts of Europe soon. First up is the Roma R2 Plus Edition, which packs a 4" IPS display of800 x 480 pixel resolution. A 1.3GHz quad-core CPU and 1GB of RAM are helping the phone run Android 4.4 KitKat. Internal storage...

Oppo R1S goes on sale in Malaysia as Oppo R1L, costs €290

Oppo R1S went official in China back in April. It's a worthy upgrade over its Oppo R1 predecessor with better camera, better Snapdragon 400 chipset and LTE Cat.4 connectivity. Today Oppo has launched the smartphone in Malaysia, where it is called Oppo R1L. It has identical specs and costs RM 1,198 or about €290. In case you need a refresh, the Oppo...

Sony Xperia Z3 UK contract prices revealed: free from £28 monthly

The Sony Xperia Z3 is now offered on contract in the United Kingdom with O2, Vodafone and Everything Everywhere. The contract prices are available to see from a number of online retailers like Mobiles UK, Clove and CarphoneWarehouse. Prices start from £28 a month with no upfront cost for the device and then go up depending on the contract offers....

Amazon announces Fire OS 4 "Sangria" based on KitKat

Along with a bunch of new tablets, Amazon has also announced an updated version of its Fire OS for the tablets. Called Fire OS 4 (codename "Sangria"), the update is based on Android 4.4 KitKat and brings UI changes and a handful of new features. Amazon has tweaked the UI of the OS in version 4. There are now also profiles, so different users can have...

Samsung SM-A500 passes through TENAA

The Samsung SM-A500 has passed by TENAA and has left behind photos and specifications. The phone is expected to be a mid-range Alpha - premium build, a 5" Super AMOLED screen with 720p resolution and a Snapdragon 400 chipset. The TENAA info confirms these specs and adds 1.2GHz CPU clockspeed (quad-core), 2GB RAM and Android 4.4.4 KitKat. There's 16GB...

Updated Amazon Fire HDX 8.9 goes official with Snapdragon 805

Alongside the Fire HD 6 and Fire HD 7, Amazon also unveiled an updated Fire HDX 8.9 tablet. The retail giant's latest flagship slate is now available for pre-order with shipments scheduled to reach customers on October 21. The Amazon Fire HDX 8.9 features Qualcomm Snapdragon 805 chipset with 2.5GHz quad-core CPU and Adreno 420 GPU, coupled with 2GB...

Amazon Kindle Fire HD 6 and Fire HD 7 go official

Amazon announced the Fire HD 6 and Fire HD 7 tablets. The duo of affordable tablets is already available for pre-order in a variety of colors, with pricing starting at only $99 for a Fire HD6 slate with 8GB of memory and sponsored screensavers. General release is scheduled for October 2. Amazon Fire HD 6 and Fire HD 7 are powered by a quad-core CPU...

Sony Xperia Z3, Z3 Compact are "coming soon" in the US

It looks like users in the United States will soon have the opportunity to get their hands on the Sony Xperia Z3 and the Xperia Z3 Compact. The freshly announced handsets are listed as "coming soon" on Sony's official website. Sony Xperia Z3 Tablet Compact shares the same status as its smartphone relatives. There is no exact timeline on the launch...

BlackBerry Porsche Design P'9983 gets official

After leaking back in August, the new BlackBerry Porsche Design P'9983 has been officially announced today. It's the successor to the P'9982 from last year, which itself succeeded the original P'9981 from 2011. The new smartphone comes with a 3.1-inch 720x720 touchscreen, an 8 MP rear camera, and a 2 MP front-facing camera. It's got 2GB of RAM and...

Note Edge won't be cheap, Note 4 lands in China on the 26th

The recently announced Samsung Galaxy Note Edge is already up for pre-order in Germany, though it's been priced at a rather insane €1,000. It turns out, however, that it might actually be that expensive. Over in China, an employee at the country's biggest carrier used the Weibo microblogging network to post about the Note Edge's price. This will apparently...

Close to 2m Android One smartphones to be sold in India

According to MediaTek Vice President Mohit Brushan there could be demand for between 1.5 million and 2 million Android One smartphones by the end of the year in India. His company is making the Cortex-A7-based chips for Micromax, Karbonn and Spice's Android One smartphones. The first Android One devices are using the MediaTek MT6582 chipset and cost...

Apple Watch Edition price to start at $5,000, analyst believes

The Apple Watch is arriving early 2015 in three versions - Watch, Watch Sport and Watch Edition. The Watch Sport is going to cost $349 as Apple announced last week, but according to long-time Apple analyst John Gruber, the gold Watch Edition version could retail for as much as $4,999. The reason for the high price tag is that Apple is manufacturing...

The new iOS 8 starts rolling out today

You've heard all about iOS 8 now you can experience it for yourself - the new version of the operating system is out of beta after months of testing and is about to start rolling out to devices worldwide. The new iOS is compatible with iPhone 4S and later, iPad 2 and later, any iPad mini, the iPod touch 5th generation. Check out the announcement news...

Samsung Galaxy Alpha vs. HTC One mini 2: Metal mania

The Samsung Galaxy Alpha comes forward as the next super mini but its armor will surely be tested in battle against the HTC One mini 2. The two have their distinct strengths but enough common ground to meet on - compact and metal...Source: http://ift.tt/XCvN...

Samsung Galaxy Note 4 to hit South Korea this month

The Samsung Galaxy Note 4 is rumored to launch by the end of September in South Korea. SK Telecom is allegedly launching the phone's pre-order campaign tomorrow alongside its competitor carries KT and LG U+. September 26 is touted as the launch date of the phone for the three carriers. An unnamed SK Telecom representative said there should be no problems...

Apple iPhone 6 and 6 Plus have just 1GB of RAM

Apple made a big deal of the number of transistors in the latest A8 chipset at the announcement event. Now we're sure it will run things smooth on the new Apple iPhone 6 and iPhone 6 Plus even if its GPU may not bring gaming graphics to the next level. Now however we learn the two devices won't be the multitasking monsters you might expect - according...

Lumia Cyan and Denim updates come to O2 Germany in Q4

O2 Germany has decided to push the Lumia Cyan and Denim updates at the same time. The roll out will happen as a single update package to eligible Lumia smartphones by the end of the year. This is bad news for Lumia owners using O2 Germany services since they'll have to wait a bit longer for their devices to jump to Windows Phone 8.1 (Cyan update)....

Moto Maker is now up and running in the UK

Motorola has launched the Moto Maker website in the UK. It supports Moto X (2014) model for now and allows you to fully customize your brand new smartphone. You can choose from 25 different rear panels, 2 base colors (black and white) and 10 accent colors. Naturally, you can choose between 16 and 32GB internal memory. Finally, engraving options is...

Sony foresees $1.2 billion loss from its smartphone business

Sony has shared some bad news regarding its financial quarter forecast. The company is expecting its losses to quadruple due to "impairment" in its smartphone business. More specifically, in the summer of 2014, the company reviewed its stance on the mid-range smartphone segment and concluded that results weren't as bright as anticipated. As a result,...