Samsung has introduced a new 13MP camera for smartphones which features optical image stabilization. While it’s hardly the first phone-sized camera with OIS, the company says it should be able to do about twice as good a job at compensating for your shaky hands as current smartphone cameras. According to Samsung, the new camera offers […]
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BLU Studio 5.5 is a big phone with a small price ($179)
Budget smartphone company BLU has a habit of offering Android phones with decent specs and low prices. The latest is a phone with a 5.5 inch display called the BLU Studio 5.5. It has a quad-core ARM Cortex-A7 processor, 1GB of RAM, 4GB of storage, and a $179 price tag. BLU’s phones are budget devices. If […]
Leaked Nexus 5 service manual spills the beans on Google’s next phone
There’s little doubt that Google and LG are working together on a new Nexus smartphone which is set to launch soon. It’s been showing up in leaked photos, FCC documents, and other corners of the internet for weeks. Now the folks at Android Police might have received the motherlode: a 281 page service manual for […]
Rumor: Amazon working on two smartphones, one with a 3D user interface
Amazon’s third generation tablets will start to hit the streets later this month, but the company could also be working on a line of smartphones which could launch later this year or in 2014. There’ve been rumors suggesting that Amazon smartphones were under development for months, but now we have a few more details about […]
Vertu Constellation is a $6,630 Android phone (which nobody should buy)
Android smartphones with the latest hardware can often have price tags of $600 or higher if you buy the phone outright instead of picking one up from a wireless carrier and paying it off over the course of your contract. But Vertu thinks there’s a market for luxury smartphones that cost 10 times as much. […]
FreedomPop offers freemium smartphone service
Tired of paying a monthly bill for your smartphone? FreedomPop is offering a service that’s entirely free (after you spend $99 to buy an Android smartphone from the company). You don’t have to pay a penny for talk, text, or data if you don’t want to. So what’s the catch? Every month you can make […]
ZTE sells about 100,000 Firefox OS phones, new model coming in 2014
The ZTE Open is an entry-level smartphone with a relatively slow processor, low-resolution display, and not a lot of storage. But it has one thing going for it: It’s one of the first phones to ship with Firefox OS. ZTE officials say the company has sold about 100,000 units so far. While that’s not a […]
Coolpad is another 5.9 inch Chinese phone (this one with optional smartwatch)
Like the idea of a Chinese phone with a 5.9 inch screen, but not sold on Oppo’s vision of a camera that rotates to face forward or back? Coolpad is also launching a new phone with a massive display. The Coolpad Magview 4 has a large display, Android 4.2 software, and an NVIDIA Tegra 4 […]
LG Vu 3 is a high-end smartphone with a 4:3 aspect ratio
Tired of smartphones with widescreen displays? LG has been offering models with 4:3 screen aspect ratios for the last few years, and now the company’s LG Vu 3 may be the most impressive phone available with a 4:3 screent. It features Qualcomm Snapdragon 800 processor, 2GB of RAM, and runs Android 4.2 Jelly Bean software. […]
Apple sells 9 million new iPhones in 3 days
Apple appears to have a winning strategy on its hands. After launching the new iPhone 5s and iPhone 5c Friday, Septmber 20th, the company says 9 million units were purchased over the weekend. What the company isn’t saying is how many people spent their money on an iPhone 5c and how many spent a bit […]