Smartphones News & Reviews

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...
Time-Lapse Video: 3D Printing Star Trek’s U.S.S. Enterprise

To boldly go where no 3D printer has gone before. Yes, that’s the pun that came to mind when we decided to make a 3D print of the U.S.S. Enterprise in...
BlackBerry Q5 Smartphone

BlackBerry just announced the Q5 smartphone in a variety of colors geared towards youth in emerging markets. The Q5 provides BlackBerry 10 functionality with QWERTY keyboard and a 3.1-inch touchscreen As...
Nokia Lumia 928 Review

The Nokia Lumia 928 keeps the best aspects of the Lumia 920 and adds a sleeker design, better audio and compelling camera apps. (4 out of 5) Nokia has fired another...
BlackBerry Q5 Review

The BlackBerry Q5 is here, and about time too as the Canadian firm launches its first affordable BlackBerry 10 device. Unveiled at the annual BlackBerry Live conference in Orlando the BlackBerry...
Nokia Lumia 925 Review

The Nokia Lumia 925 is an odd device – on the one hand, a bold design, on the other, debatable specs for a flagship phone. Known as the "Catwalk" phone for...
Sony Unveils Waterproof Xperia ZR Smartphone

Sony today added a new rugged smartphone to its Xperia lineup, the waterproof Xperia ZR. The device will allow for underwater photo and video capture, Sony said. With all the ports...
Alcatel One Touch Idol (AT&T) Review

The One Touch Idol from Alcatel is a lightweight and capable contract-free Android phone, but its short battery life and lack of LTE disappoint. (3 out of 5) Alcatel has built...
Infographic: The Cost of Losing Your Smartphone

It’s no big secret that our smartphones are playing an increasingly important role in our daily lives as repositories for everything from private financial information and address books to the memories...