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HTC

Apr 26, 2013

IDC: Smartphones outsold feature phones for the first time in Q1 2013

The analyst firm IDC has just published their Q1 2013 figures, and they can confidently say that, for the first time in mobile telecoms history, smartphones outsold feature phones. Roughly 418.6 million mobile phones

COMPONENTS

Apr 26, 2013

Bloomberg: Despite Samsung making 51% of the world’s mobile RAM, they don’t have enough

When DigiTimes published a rumor earlier this month saying Samsung was having issues making enough mobile RAM chips for the Galaxy S4, the report was dismissed. Because let's face it, DigiTimes is usually right

GALAXY S3

Apr 26, 2013

Leak: Samsung Galaxy Core, it’s a 4.3 inch GS3/GS4 hybrid you should try and avoid

The Russian website Hi-Tech just leaked a brand new Galaxy phone, the Core. From the front it looks like a GS4. From the sides it looks like a GS3. And the back shares design

ANDROID PHONES

Apr 26, 2013

Gadget Porn: Chipworks takes apart the Exynos 5 powered Samsung Galaxy S4

Geeks usually become geeks at an early age, and they typically start by taking a screwdriver to the gadgets mom and dad have laying around the house. That desire to take things apart continues into

GALAXY S4

Apr 25, 2013

Samsung’s corporate security software isn’t done; it’s not coming to the GS4 until July

If you want corporate clients to take your devices seriously, you need to make your phones ultra secure. That's the whole point of Samsung's Knox software, which the company created to let people

SAMSUNG

Apr 25, 2013

Samsung launched their store within a store at a Best Buy in New York’s Union Square today

Best Buy has all these stores around the nation dedicated to selling televisions, stereos, computers, and pretty much any interesting piece of consumer technology. So Best Buy's CEO, Hubert Joly (above), met with J.

ANDROID PHONES

Apr 25, 2013

Official: The octo-core Samsung Galaxy S4 is shipping tomorrow … in Korea

Samsung Korea has just published a press release (Google Translate) saying their flagship phone, the Galaxy S4, will start shipping on all three Korean mobile operators tomorrow. What makes the Korean S4 special is that

GALAXY S4

Apr 25, 2013

Must See: An exhaustive nine minute run-through of most of the GS4’s software features

Samsung's new flagship phone, the GS4, impresses me because of its hardware. The company however is trying to make people appreciate it for its software. I've often said how I've turned off

digitaloptics reveals the gs4s eye tracking features wouldnt be possible without them

GALAXY S4

Apr 24, 2013

DigitalOptics reveals the GS4’s eye tracking features wouldn’t be possible without them

Samsung's Galaxy S4 does a whole bunch of things with its front facing camera that are genuinely new, though I'm not so sure if said things are actually useful. But enough about that,

GALAXY S4

Apr 24, 2013

Samsung says a ruggedized version of the GS4 will come out this year

For the next few days and weeks, Samsung is going to hold Galaxy S4 launch parties all over the world. According to T-Break Technology, during the GS4 launch party in Dubai, the Head of

ANDROID PHONES

Apr 24, 2013

The Samsung Galaxy S4 reviews are out, so what’s everyone saying?

If you're a tech journalist, you often get courted by hardware makers to review their latest wares. There's usually a catch though. You can't publish your findings until an agreed upon time

GOOGLE

Apr 23, 2013

ABI Research: 28% of smartphones sold in 2012 cost less than $250; it’ll hit 46% in 2018

Mobile phones, the kind that do nothing but make phone calls, used to cost several thousands of dollars. Thanks to the relentless pace of technological innovation, Nokia can sell you a device that'll let

AT&T

Apr 23, 2013

AT&T says the Samsung GS4 will be on store shelves on April 27th; that’s this Saturday

AT&T just sent out a tweet saying that the Samsung Galaxy S4 will be available for purchase from their retail stores on April 27th. They specifically mention that it'll only be the 16

CHINESE PLAYERS

Apr 23, 2013

Analyst says Samsung made three out of every ten smartphones shipped in Q1 2013

TrendForce, an analyst firm that doesn't exactly have the same notoriety as say Gartner or Strategy Analytics, has put out their Q1 2013 smartphone shipment data for all to see. They say that Samsung

ANDROID PHONES

Apr 22, 2013

Video: Guy takes a series of knives to the Samsung Galaxy S4, and nothing happens

Some guy who is a part of Samsung Romania's Mobilers program (read: he gets phones to review) recently made a video that's been circulating around Android sites like crazy. Did he uncover some

GALAXY NOTE

Apr 22, 2013

Rumor: The Galaxy Note III will use an OLED screen with a plastic substrate; world’s first

Those tiny pixels that you stare at all day, they're "glued" to a sheet of glass. Glass is a fantastic material to work with, but as anyone who has ever dropped a phone can

GALAXY S4

Apr 22, 2013

Videos: Two North American publications have already uploaded their Samsung GS4 reviews

The Galaxy S4 is going to launch this Saturday in several countries. Many publications already have one or two of them floating around their offices, but they agreed not to publish their reviews of the

ANDROID PHONES

Apr 22, 2013

Rumor: The Samsung Galaxy S4 mini will be available in three versions in early Q3

Samsung's 2013 flagship phone, the Galaxy S4, is likely going to be the best selling Android smartphone of the year. That being said, some of you don't like big phones. I used to