Category Archives: Handset News

While it's true that ZTE is mostly unknown outside of Asia, last year saw the company ship 15 million smartphones, which was enough to make them the 4th largest vendor globally. For 2012, predictions range as high as 50 million units. Continue reading →

HTC's preliminary report made it pretty clear that the last couple of quarters were pretty tough for the company. Continue reading →

The (so far) South Korea-only LG Optimus Vu debuted in traditional black, but starting next week it will be available in white too. Both the back and the bezel around the 5″ XGA display will be white. XGA resolution is 768 x 1024, making for a 4:3 aspect ratio – quite rare for a mobile screen of this size Continue reading →

While the name of the next generation flagship Galaxy smartphone is often just assumed to be Galaxy S III, we are yet to hear the same being confirmed by Samsung. Until now, sort of. Samsung has released an app on the Google Play Store for its Mobile Unpacked 2012 event happening on May 3. Continue reading →

The Lumia series, the hallmark Windows Phone devices by Nokia, so far were left out in the cold as regards the Wireless Hotspot functionality. Every other WP smartphone has been enjoying that since the update to Mango, but not the Lumias. Continue reading →

The Motorola RAZR HD name leaked a week ago though some EXIF data and now alleged photos of the actual device have hit the Internet. Continue reading →

The yet unannounced successor to the Galaxy S II popped up briefly in GLBenchmark's results page to confirm that the S III (or whatever it's called) is the next top dog in droidland – GPU-wise. The results have since been hidden from prying eyes, which does give them an air of legitimacy. The device, sporting a GT-I9300 monicker, does better than almost all the major players on today's market… Continue reading →

As expected, Samsung just launched their Next Galaxy teaser video. At the event on May 3 in London, Samsung is expected to unveil its highly anticipated Galaxy S II successor and, reportedly, a quad-core tablet. Enough with the chit-chat, here's the video itself Continue reading →

While we wait for the Galaxy S III to be unveiled, another unannounced Samsung Android smartphone has been discovered by the folks at pocketnow.com. The phone's name was first discovered when Bluetooth SIG recently listed the device. Continue reading →

Samsung Mobile just posted on their Facebook and Twitter accounts the confusing at first glance message of Destination:tgeltaayehxnx. Users were quick to dismantle the cryptic post and deciphered it's actually an anagram, with tgeltaayehxnx standing for TheNextGalaxy. Interestingly enough, on the website tgeltaayehxnx.com you will find a countdown timer that is set to go off some time… Continue reading →

Owners of certain GSM Galaxy Nexus are reporting a new software update being pushed to their phone. Continue reading →

The WiMAX equipped HTC J has become official for the Japanese carrier KDDI. Carrying the rather dramatic ISW13HT model number, the Android smartphone shares quite a few specs with the globally available, HTC One S, which we came to like a lot. Continue reading →

According to Korean tech site MK, Samsung might be prepping up its very own cloud service. It's going to be called, and we are not joking, S-Cloud. Continue reading →

The HTC design team shed some light on the company’s future plans during an event in Seattle. Unfortunately the news is not happy for the texting addicts – HTC is done with the hardware QWERTYs for good Continue reading →

The Tinhte post that revealed the Galaxy S III test unit may have been pulled down, but it contained more than just a hands-on video – it also had a few 8MP camera samples. Now, the phone is not a production unit and the lighting conditions are far from perfect, but the EXIF data of the samples is still able to reveal a few interesting bits about the smartphone. Continue reading →

Yet another alleged live photo of the upcoming Samsung Galaxy S III flagship leaked yesterday, but the guys from Tinhte.vn got their hands on just that device and shot an informative video that reveals a lot about the phone. It's important to note that the device shown isn't the final design – it's just a sort of test mule, with all the hardware packed in a box to let the carriers test it…. Continue reading →

We've been fighting an uphill battle for years now against people manipulating our voting system, and it seems we’ve finally lost it. Let’s see if there's a way to win the war. We have no more tricks up our sleeves and dedicated fanboys are ruining our voting system by attempting to place their favorite phone on top of the charts. Continue reading →

Nokia just announced the Lumia 610 roll out schedule for Asia. The first country to get the company's most affordable WP smartphone will be the Philippines – sales there start during the last week of April. Continue reading →

RIM officially announced the BlackBerry Curve 9220 yesterday. It is an entry-level (by RIM standards) smartphone based on the company’s latest OS 7.1 version. Unboxing the Curve 9220 The Curve 9220 is now available in India for INR11000 while other markets should get it soon Continue reading →

Nokia just announced their financial results for Q1 of 2012 and things aren't looking that good, but CEO Stephen Elop is keeping his chin up. Nokia's smartphone division was hit the hardest, but the good news for them is that this is due to the decline in sales of Symbian phones, with the Lumia range starting to make up for it Continue reading →

Gizmodo Brazil has just stumbled upon what its source adamantly claims is the soon-to-be-revealed Samsung Galaxy S III. And what the images show is a mild redesign and cosmetic changes, as it was suggested earlier. Gizmodo's source claims the Galaxy S III carries the GT-I9300 model number, is thinner than its predecessor and carries a 12MP camera at the back Continue reading →

Yesterday, we talked about the Intel Medfield based phones going on sale today and as expected the Lava Xolo X900 has gone on sale in India. Continue reading →

The Cookie series from LG hasn't seen a new iteration for a while now, and the new T375 Smart shows they're still committed to the entry level market. Despite what the name suggests, the Cookie Smart is a regular feature phone. Continue reading →