Apple accounts for half of US phone activations in Q4

The September launch of the iPhone 6 and iPhone 6 Plus has provided Apple with solid ground to maintain its ruling position on the US market. A newly published survey by Consumer Intelligence Research Partners reports that a dominating 50% of phone activations during 2014 Q4 have been iPhones. Samsung is in second spot, but is left far behind with...

Samsung Galaxy S6 to pack a 20MP camera with OIS

Samsung's upcoming Galaxy S6 is a regular visitor to the rumor mill. This time, industry insiders from the Samsung Electro-Mechanics (SEM) subsidiary hint that the top-end smartphone will pack a 20MP main camera with optical image stabilization. Last year's poor financial results of SEM were caused by the predominant market distribution of low-end...

ColorOS 2.0.5i Beta now available for Oppo Find 7 and 7a

Oppo has been hard at work developing its own flavor of Android - ColorOS and the new 2.0.5i Beta looks better than ever. A recent announcement made it clear that the OS is now available for download to eager Oppo Find 7 and 7a users with other model builds pending. ColorOS has been long in the works and as most of you surely know it represents Oppo's...

Qualcomm to provide Samsung with a modified Snapdragon 810

The Snapdragon 810 was set on to be the chipset of choice for the majority of this year's flagships, but persistent rumors of overheating problems have shaken Qualcomm's dominant position. Reports surfaced, stating that Samsung will opt for its in-house Exynos silicon to avoid potential delays in production. Industry insiders, however, have stated...

Lumia 1520 and Lumia 930 get the Denim update in more countries

Microsoft has unleashed another wave of Denim updates and this time its for the Lumia 1520 and Lumia 930 in a plethora of countries. The update for the Lumia 1520 is unleashed in the UK for Vodafone, Germany, France, Italy, Latvia, Lithuania etc and check now and you can see Albania, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Bulgaria, Croatia, Cyprus, Poland As for...

LG teases Android 5.0 update for G3 in the United States

It looks like LG G3 owners in the United States are soon going to get the Android 5.0 Lollipop treatment. LG USA told its followers on Twitter that the new Android version is "coming soon" to G3 smartphones across the Atlantic. Introducing Lollipop: a sweet treat for your #LGG3. pic.twitter.com/yg0qPqgzjM— LG USA Mobile (@LGUSAMobile) January 23,...

Original Moto X and G for Republic Wireless get Android 4.4.4

The Moto G from 2013 (pictured below) is now in the process of being updated to Android 4.4.4 KitKat. No, this isn't a blast from the past, as we're only talking about the units sold by Republic Wireless. And unfortunately while other Moto devices sold elsewhere have already received the tasty treat called Android 5.0 Lollipop, if you bought a Moto...

Coolpad to launch 4.7mm thin Ivvi smartphone soon

Last year Coolpad launched the Ivvi sub-brand of smartphones, and it looks like 2015 might be the year when the entire world hears about it. That's because the next Ivvi device will apparently stand out from the pack in a big way. Or rather, small. See, the company's been teasing an upcoming phone that will be just 4.7mm thin. That's insane, and if...

Samsung Galaxy A3 and A3 Duos review: A-ddictive

The Samsung Galaxy A3 is the junior member of the company's new metal-clad lineup. The least likely one to challenge the Alpha-dog but just as slim and sharp as the rest of its Galaxy A teammates...Source: http://www.gsmarena.com/samsung_galaxy_a3-review-1199.p...

Samsung Galaxy Tab 4 10.1 will be getting a 64-bit CPU bump too

It was just yesterday we saw the Samsung Galaxy Tab 4 8.0 (SM-T333) running on a Snapdragon 410 chipset, offering a performance upgrade over the previous generation Snapdragon 400 chip and also a future-proof 64-bit processor. The specs of the updated devices were spotted in the GFX Bench. Today we got a report on another slated from the Tab 4 series...

HTC One (M9) a.k.a. Hima to have a US-exclusive Developer Edition

The HTC One (M8) successor rumored as HTC Hima or One (M9) is pretty much everywhere these days. The still unannounced device has leaked numerous times in specs, features, live images, camera samples, among other pieces of intel. The next One flagship should be announced at MWC, but HTC just can't keep it under wraps. And while we are waiting for...

Meizu m1 mini leaks in a live photo

The Meizu m1 mini has finally been revealed to us in full after only catching glimpses of it for some time. A photo has popped up on Chinese social network Weibo with the m1 mini pictured next to the existing m1 note. The 5-inch screen was already confirmed and now we see exactly how much smaller the mini looks in real life, compared to the 5.5-inch...

HTC One (M9) Plus specs revealed by AnTuTu

Another entry in the line of HTC leaks this week sheds more info on the specifications of the upcoming One (M9) Plus phablet. The larger sibling to the company's anticipated flagship has popped up on AnTuTu in what is what looks like a carrier-specific version, bound for the Chinese market. The PowerVR G6200 GPU is bundled with several Mediatek chipsets,...

First HTC One (M9) camera samples leak out

It seems more and more pre-production samples of the eagerly anticipated HTC One (M9) have gotten into people's hands, as the leaks have started pouring over the last few days. Now we get to feast our eyes on some camera samples, supposedly taken with the upcoming top-of-the-line smartphone. The images have been taken with HTC devices carrying model...

Huawei MWC event is set for March 1

The increasingly popular Chinese tech manufacturer Huawei has fixed a date for its MWC event and has even started sending out invitations. The conference is set for March 1 at 3 PM local time (4PM GMT) with a promise of new "surprises that will empower you to set your dreams free". We are definitely excited to see what Huawei has in store, especially...

Moto G Lollipop update now rolling out in India

Motorola is rolling out the Android 5.0 Lollipop update for the first and second generation Moto G in India. As usual, the update is rolling out in phases, so not everyone will get it at the same time but your phone should show you a notification as soon as the update is available for download. Alternatively, you can check if the update is available...

OnePlus One comes to Indonesia in partnership with Lazada

After expanding to India recently, OnePlus is now expanding its business to Indonesia. The Chinese manufacturer has partnered with Lazada, the largest e-commerce platform in Southeast Asia, to sell the OnePlus One and all its accessories. The OnePlus One will be available in the 64GB Sandstone Black configuration for Rp 4,499,000 ($360). The phone...

Google strikes a deal with Sprint to offer wireless service in the US

Just a day after there were reports that Google is planning to offer wireless service in the United States, Bloomberg Businessweek is reporting that that the Mountain View company has reached an agreement with Sprint, under which it will operate as a mobile virtual network operator (MVNO) - paying for capacity on the carrier's network and then selling...

Alleged details on the battery life of Apple Watch leak

According to a report in 9to5Mac, the battery performance of the soon to be released Apple Watch will not blow users away. Cupertino is allegedly targeting 19 hours of mixed use for its highly anticipated wearable device. The active application use goal for the Apple Watch is tipped to range between 2.5 and 4 hours. Standby time target is three days,...

Sony makes the purple Xperia Z3 official in Hong Kong

Since last week, we've seen the purple variation of Sony's Xperia Z3 leaked not once, but twice. First in renders, then in some live images. And today the time has finally come for the smartphone maker to make this hue official. It has done so for the Hong Kong market, and it's still unclear whether we'll ever see the purple Z3 for sale anywhere else....

HTC One (M9) now pictured in new, clearer live images

The HTC One (M9) (or HTC Hima as it's apparently been codenamed) has been leaking a lot over the past few weeks. That said, in the last few days the leaks have intensified a lot, and today we have a new round of pictures for you. These two images are the clearest we've seen so far, and they too allegedly depict HTC's successor to the One (M8) from...

Meizu M1 Mini will have three OS versions, 5" screen after all

Meizu has already outed the first member of its new M1 family, the M1 Note. But the phablet has long been rumored to get a smaller sibling, ever since the M1 project was known just by its codename - Blue Charm. And Meizu is now quite close to unveiling the M1 Mini. The official introduction will take place on January 28 at a special event. In the...

Huawei's upcoming Mate 8 phablet allegedly leaks in pictures

We've already told you that Huawei is planning on dropping the Ascend sub-brand for Android smartphones this year, so you shouldn't be surprised to hear that the successor to the Ascend Mate 7 phablet will be called just Mate 8. That much makes sense, given the Chinese company's new strategy (though the jump to the number 7 last year, not so much)....

Verizon matches projected revenue in Q4, but posts a net loss

Verizon cut the estimates for its Q4 performance a few days ago, but now the official numbers are in. The company keeps growing, with new customers joining its wireless and wired networks, revenues are up but the company still posted a net loss of $2.15 billion. The revenues matched analysts' expectations, reaching $33.2 billion, up 6.8% from the...

Lumia 435, 735 and 930 to get Windows 10, others in doubt

Microsoft is determined to boost the adoption just-unveiled Windows 10 OS as much as possible. In addition to offering a free copy of Windows 10 for the first year of availability to anyone with a Windows 8.1, Windows 8 and Windows 7 license, the company is set to bring the OS to as many current mobile devices as possible. In a blog post by Microsoft's...

ARM predicts 64-bit phones with LTE will cost $70 in 2015

ARM has 15 predictions for 2015. The company is best known for the basic design of processors that power the majority of smartphones, tablets and all sorts of appliances, so it has its finger on the pulse of technology. For smartphones the company is predicting that half of the units that will ship this year will use the new ARMv8 64-bit instruction...

HTC One (M9) Plus shows up in photos, specs unveiled

HTC leaks are coming by the dozen these days. Yesterday we showed you the upcoming HTC One (M9), sized up against the previous generation. Today we're being treated to its potential bigger brother, the One (M9) Plus, if the company's press team actually decides to call it that. HTC One (M9) Plus The Plus model will come with a 5.5-inch display of...

Another batch of Yureka Yu phones sold out in 4 seconds

In has become the norm for emerging Asian brands to create a hype over new devices with the flash sale strategy, and Yureka is no different. After last week's 10,000 Yureka Yu's sold out in 3s, today's batch of 15,000 phones took just 4s to leave the warehouse, parent company Micromax claims. The anticipation was so intense last time, that Amazon.in...

YotaPhone now selling for just $211 in India

The dual-screen smartphone, YotaPhone, launched in India back in October last year. At that time, it was priced at INR 23,499 ($382). The device received its first price cut the following month, bringing its value down to INR 17,999 ($292), and now, the smartphone's price has again been slashed, this time by INR 5,000 ($81), which means that it can...

LG G Flex 2 to launch in South Korea on January 30

LG has announced that its G Flex 2 smartphone, which the company unveiled at this year's Consumer Electronics Show (CES), will be officially released in South Korea on January 30, followed by other countries around the world, including the US. The device, which will be offered by all three of the country's mobile carriers, will cost 800,000 South...

Samsung Galaxy Tab 4 8.0 is getting a 64-bit version

The Samsung Galaxy Tab series has yet to break into the 64-bit world, but it seems that the Galaxy Tab 4 8.0 will get a Snapdragon 410-based refresh. The company has used this chipset in several of its Galaxy A devices, plus a handful of others. Other than the chipset change, there doesn't seem to be anything else that has changed. The info comes...

Upcoming HTC Desire 626 leaked, specs and photos

HTC is evidently working on diversifying its midrange lineup with another device. Leakster @upleaks has provided information on the brand new Desire 626 handset. HTC Desire 626 The new smartphone, codenamed A32, is built around a 5-inch display of 1280x720 pixel resolution. Apparently two versions are being developed, one more powerful than the other....

LG denies any Snapdragon 810 heating issue on the G Flex 2

While there have been recent concerns over the heating issues of the Qualcomm Snapdragon 810 chipset, LG, who is using the same processor on its upcoming G Flex 2, doesn't seem to have any problem. At a press event for the G Flex 2, LG vice president for mobile product planning Woo Ram-chan said "I am very much aware of the various concerns in the...

Alleged live photo of Oppo Find 9 makes the rounds

Purported live photo of Oppo's next smartphone flagship made the rounds online. The handset will likely sport the name Oppo Find 9 when it goes official. The leaked image suggests that the successor of Oppo Find 7 will be a big fella. We shouldn't expect any radical changes in the design of the device's front either - it appears to be quite similar...

Case maker images allegedly confirm HTC M9 design

Alleged renders from a case maker in China appear to confirm the design of HTC's upcoming One (M9) flagship. Purported live photos of the latter leaked on a couple of different occasions over the past couple of days. As you can see above, the leaked images give us another look at the upcoming smartphone's distinctively shaped camera. The latter is...

Google might soon become a wireless service provider

According to a report in The Information, Google is getting ready to become a wireless service provider in the United States. The move will allow the search giant to directly manage the call and data usage of its customers. Google's wireless service is said to utilize the infrastructure of Sprint and T-Mobile in the United States like other mobile...

Another Meizu m1 mini leak reveals 4.7-inch screen

We told you recently about the Meizu Connected press event, scheduled for January 28. The Meizu m1 mini is expected to be officially unveiled there, but if a whole week is too much waiting for you, here's some more news on the device. Contrary to previous rumors, which put the display size at 5 inches, the smartphone will apparently pack a smaller,...

HTC One (M9) compared to One (M8) in a new leaked image

Just yesterday we got the first ever leaked photos showing HTC's flagship for this year, the successor to the One (M8) from 2014. These obviously haven't been confirmed yet, but they do look pretty believable. The next One could be sold as the One (M9), and it's been reportedly codenamed Hima. The handset looks incredibly similar to the One (M8),...

Microsoft Windows 10 event recap: see all the announcements

With Microsoft's Windows 10 event over it is time to take a look at what the Silicon Valley giant has in store for the next version of the legendary OS. Announcements definitely did not disappoint both in volume and quality. Most of our questions about Windows 10 as well as some long-standing disputer were finally settled, but Microsoft went a step...

Microsoft Windows 10 event recap: see what you've missed

With Microsoft's Windows 10 event over it is time to take a look at what the Silicon Valley giant has in store for the next version of the legendary OS. Announcements definitely did not disappoint both in volume and quality. Most of our questions about Windows 10 as well as some long-standing disputer were finally settled, but Microsoft went a step...

Windows 10 will run on phones, share apps with the desktop

Microsoft is unifying Windows 10 for large devices (8+ inch screens) and small devices (phones and small tablets). It has tailored the experience to the size class so you won't get a large desktop on your small phone, but many shared interfaces will make things feel familiar to users as they switch between form factors. Developers will be able to...

Watch Microsoft's Windows 10 event live

Microsoft is about to leapfrog straight to Windows 10 - there will be no 9 and there will be no more Windows Phone. That's the talk anyway, "Windows 10" will encompass everything phone-sized all the way up to the largest screens. Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella will be joined by Terry Myerson (head of the Window team), Joe Belfiore (who is running the...

What to expect from today's Windows 10 event

What to expect from today's Windows 10 event As many of you surely know today, January 21 at 9:00 AM PST/ 5PM GMT Microsoft will be hosting an event centered around the future of Qindows 10. Expectations are understandably high and we are all waiting to see how the new One Windows ideology will be played out across a diverse array of devices form...

Dual SIM Sony Xperia Z4 may be in the works

A new leaked document allegedly from a Federal Communications Commission listing could prove linked with a dual-SIM Sony Xperia Z4. If this turns out true it will be only the second flagship smartphone by Sony to have two SIM cards - the first was the Sony Xperia Z3 Dual. The listing refers to a model with type number PM-0851-BV with acknowledged...

Apple smartphone sales mark significant growth in Asia markets

A recent study on Apple's smartphone sales, carried out by Counterpoint, reveals a surprising level of success in various Asian markets. It turns out that ever since the California tech-giant ushered into the phablet market last September it has been steadily gaining ground in China, Japan and South Korea. The success of Apple's latest iPhone 6 and...

Galaxy S6 to be unveiled on March 2 at MWC, executive confirms

A Samsung senior official has been quoted in Korean media, stating that the company's next flagship, the Galaxy S6, will indeed be announced at the MWC in Barcelona, specifically on March 2. What's more, Samsung has developed several prototypes and is yet to determine which exactly will become official. This goes in line with the multitude of contradicting...

Oppo U3 officially debuts, no 4x zoom unfortunatelly

The Oppo U3, the company's latest offering in the phablet realm, is now officially launched. As we suspected, however, the rumored 4x zoom lens turned out too good to be true, and a fixed focal length lens is all you get. Oppo U3 Still, the smartphone packs pretty respectable hardware. Built around the massive 5.9-inch display of 1080p resolution,...

Bloomberg: Samsung won't use S810 in the Galaxy S6

There's a lot of talk going around that Qualcomm's latest flagship chipset - the Snapdragon 810 - has overheating issues, which may delay the launch of the flagship smartphones this year. Qualcomm, of course, refuted this and the rumors didn't stop the announcements of the LG G Flex 2 and the Xiaomi Mi Note Pro, both of which are powered by the chipset...

Beastly Snapdragon 820 and 815 specifications leak

With the Snapdragon 810 still not completely out of the woods in regards to the recently debunked, presumable overheating issues and yet to make it into an actual mass-produced device all eyes are on Qualcomm to handle the situation gracefully and insure its future well-being. Weather or not the 810 SoC is problematic and could potentially boost rival...

Galaxy S6 and S6 Edge won't be water resistant

In an apparent attempt to increase its profit margins, Samsung is reportedly doing away with the IP certification from the non-Active models of its upcoming flagship, the Galaxy S6. This, in layman's terms, means that the device, as well as its all but officially confirmed cousin, the Galaxy S6 Edge, will not be water resistant. It is worth noting...