Smartphones News & Reviews

Samsung Galaxy S 4 (Sprint) Review

The Samsung Galaxy S 4 is the ultimate kitchen-sink Android phone for 2013, with features you’ll still be discovering months after you buy it. (4.5 out of 5) Editor’s Choice Pros...
Coolpad’s Stock Android Smartphones Target T-Mobile, Sprint

LAS VEGAS—Coolpad may only have one phone out in the U.S., but it’s now the tenth-largest phone maker in the world, bigger than HTC, Motorola, or BlackBerry, according to research firm...
Samsung Galaxy S III Coming to Boost, Virgin Mobile Next Month

Boost Mobile and Virgin Mobile are adding the Samsung Galaxy S III to their pre-paid smartphone lineups. The popular device will launch in June, running on Sprint’s 3G and 4G LTE...
Pantech Discover Review

…the Pantech Discover is more impressive than phones twice its price. It can’t compete directly with the Galaxy S4′s of the world, but for a $50 budget phone, it’s at the...
iPhone Loses Ground to Galaxy Lineup on Customer Satisfaction

Satisfaction with the wireless phone industry is making a comeback this year, gaining 2.9 percent after a two-year decline, according to the American Customer Satisfaction Index (ACSI). Satisfaction with wireless service...
Nvidia Shows 150Mbps Smartphone and More at CTIA

LAS VEGAS–Mobile Internet just not doing it for you? Want to download a movie in seconds? Nvidia showed off a prototype LTE-Advanced smartphone at the CTIA trade show in Las Vegas...
Huawei Ascend G510 Review

The Huawei Ascend G510 sits somewhere in the middle of the Chinese company’s Android range, squaring off against the likes of the Sony Xperia U, LG Optimus L5 II and...
CTIA 2013: Cat B15 Review

You probably know Cat or Caterpillar as the guys in yellow and black, makers of construction equipment and those boots the cool kids were wearing for a little while. Now you...
Report: Samsung Galaxy S 4 Shipments Top 6M

Samsung has reportedly shipped 6 million Samsung Galaxy S 4 smartphones and is on track to top 10 million by month’s end. According to South Korean newspaper Chosun Ilbo, which cited...
Samsung Galaxy S4 Review

The Samsung Galaxy S4 is the most hotly anticipated smartphone ever from the Korean brand, and with a glut of top end features, it’s the most powerful and desirable device...
Sony Xperia Z Review

With a cutting-edge camera, a super-slim design and the ability to withstand life’s knocks and bumps (and Android Jelly Bean to boot) the Xperia Z is a phone that’s got...
Windows Phone Edges In on iOS, Android in Q1, Barely

While Google’s Android and Apple’s iOS continued to dominate the worldwide mobile OS market in the first quarter, Microsoft’s Windows Phone platform edged its way into third place, according to new...
7 Tips to Save iPhone Battery Life

As we rely on our smartphones more and more, battery life becomes an increasing concern. While the iPhone isn’t a horrible power hog, particularly in terms of standby time, there still...
Why Google’s Galaxy S 4 Costs $649

Google’s big I/O conference announcements largely stuck to the company’s core Web services, with one piece of hardware that got no cheers in the hall: a version of Samsung’s blockbuster Galaxy...
iPhone 5 Review

The excitement of the rumour mill, the titillation of every leaked photo led to higher than ever levels of expectation over the iPhone 5 features, and while the announcement was...
Nokia Lumia 928 (Verizon Wireless) Review

The Lumia 928 is the best Windows phone yet, but it isn’t Verizon’s best phone overall. (4 out of 5) Pros Very good low-light camera performance Excellent call quality Bright flash...
Nokia Lumia 520 Review

The Nokia Lumia 520 is Nokia’s fifth Windows Phone 8 handset. It’s a phone which slots into the very bottom end of the range, just below the Nokia Lumia 620....
HTC One SV Review

The HTC One SV isn’t exactly a new handset, more or a reboot of the HTC One S which launched back at MWC 2012. That said the One SV arrives...
95 Percent of Q1 Android Smartphone Profits Went to Samsung

Global Android smartphone profits reached approximately $5.3 billion during the first quarter, but just one company took home the lion’s share of that cash: Samsung. According to stats from Strategy Analytics,...
Samsung Galaxy S 4 With Stock Android Coming in June

Google will offer a version of the Galaxy S 4 running stock Android, beginning June 26. The search giant’s version of Samsung’s new flagship smartphone strips out the extras added by...