Hot-rod red Lumia 1520 revs its engines in Twitter photo leak

Oh hi, hottie (credit: @evleaks) The Nokia Lumia 1520 appeared today in yet another leaked photo, this time in a bright hot-rod red. Well-known Twitter leakster @evleaks came through again on this one after publishing a leaked press shot of the yellow Lumia 1520 in early September. Like that photo, today's leak came with a brief but factoid-focused...

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Rogers will not be offering BlackBerry Z30 in Canada

The largest Canadian wireless carrier Rogers will not offer the BlackBerry Z30, thus bringing another setback to the troubled manufacturer in its home market. The carrier explains the decision with limited shelf space which allows for only “the biggest winners.” Canadian customers who wish to pick up a subsidized BlackBerry Z30 will have to opt for Bell or Telus –...

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Samsung denies cheating Galaxy Note 3 benchmark tests

As real as the plastic leather on the back The Samsung Galaxy Note 3 packs a speedy 2.3GHz quad-core processor, but the company is now defending its mega-sized phablet’s CPU that has picked up the moniker “phabricated.” Samsung stands accused of boosting the CPU performance of its newly launched smartphone as soon as popular benchmark testing apps are detected....

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Mystery Samsung SM-G910 tipped as long-awaited flexi-screen smartphone

A flexible Note 3 on the way? There's been a few whispers lately that Samsung's long-in-development flexible screen technology is ready for action and may arrive soon in the form of a Galaxy Note 3 variant. Well, you can turn that anticipation up a notch now that a mystery device called the SM-G910 has apparently made an appearance in benchmarking tests....

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Apple iPhone 5s is the top selling device in the US in September

Apple iPhone 5s went on sale in the US on all the four major carriers on September 20. In just 10 days, the newest iPhone has outsold Samsung's Galaxy S4 and became the top selling smartphone in the US for the month of September. According to a report from Canaccord Genuity, a research firm, the Apple iPhone 5s is currently seeing "very strong" sales and the iPhone 5c...

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Specs of Samsung's flexible display smartphone appear

After all these years of research and development, the flexible display smartphone might soon become reality. Samsung is already rumored to bring its first smartphone with flexible display this month and we even heard from the companies executives, regarding their plans to introduce a curved display smartphone. Thanks to a new report, we also get to learn some of the...

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Press image of Nokia Lumia 1520 in Red surfaces

Nokia's upcoming phablet, the Lumia 1520 has already shown up in live images and we even saw the press render of the upcoming device. Now, another press image of Nokia's first phablet has surfaced, showing the 6-inch smartphone in its red outfit. Nokia Lumia 1520, which was formerly known as Bandit will be powered by a Qualcomm Snapdragon 800 processor and the phablet...

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Samsung launches dual-SIM version of the Galaxy Note 3

Samsung has just launched the dual-SIM version of the Galaxy Note 3 phablet. Most of the recent Galaxies received a dual-SIM treatment shortly after release and the Galaxy Note 3 is no exception. The first country to get the dual-SIM Galaxy Note 3 is China, though the gadget is carrier unlocked and can be exported and used on other countries around the world. You should...

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Samsung Galaxy S5 release date, news and rumours

We know what he wants to see... The Samsung Galaxy S4 has landed - and we loved it, as you'll see through our in-depth review. It's light, slim and powerful, and has the best screen we've seen on a smartphone. But we know what you're like. You're already thinking about the Galaxy S5. Luckily we're constantly trawling the web for all the latest on Samsung's...

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Samsung Galaxy Ace 3 release date is revealed

Smoke it a kipper it'll be here by breakfast Samsung has officially announced the Galaxy Ace 3 release date for the UK, with the phone available from 5 October. The Android Jellybean 4.2 phone falls in the lower mid-range market and can boast 4G connectivity - which is a boon in these superfast days. You can count on Samsung's Android sheen plus features...

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HTC posts first ever loss amid rumours of One Mini shortage

HTC in the red, but it's not dead HTC has had a rocky couple of years and news that it's finally made its first loss hasn't come as a particular surprise. The Taiwanese firm's profits have been slim for the past few quarters, and during the third quarter of 2013 HTC announced it had made a net loss of $101 million (around £63 million, AU$107 million). ...

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Google to ditch Asus for next Nexus 7?

Could this be the last Nexus 7 by Asus? Despite having partnered with Asus for both this and last years Nexus 7, it looks like Google might ditch Asus for next years 7-inch slate. This latest rumour comes courtesy of Digitimes, which claims that Asus is trying to expand its share in the tablet market to make up for potentially losing the Nexus 7 contract....

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HTC One Max leaks with a microSD card, removable back

The HTC One Max has leaked over in China sporting a removable back panel and a microSD card underneath. We've already seen a similar HTC One device, which also had a second SIM card but this HTC One Max appears to be single SIM. We also get a new glance of the One Max next to a Samsung Galaxy Note 3 but the information says the HTC phablet has a 5.7" screen and not the...

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Jelly Bean now comfortably most popular version of Android

Lots of Jelly Bean for lots of people Google has released the latest Android figures and it's good news for Jelly Bean as it's now on almost half of all handsets running the search giant's software. We say almost because the actual figure is 48.6%, but you get the picture - although the first incarnation of Jelly Bean (aka Android 4.1) is currently the most...

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Microsoft had asked HTC to put WP on Android devices

It's been nearly three years since Windows Phone released and although it has improved since then the progress hasn't been scintillating. With market share still lagging far behind Android and iOS, Microsoft is now having to take desperate measures to ensure success in a market which they once dominated. One such measure has been to ask HTC to install...

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