iPhone 5s orders launch to 7-10 day estimates in Australia/China, 'October' in Hong Kong/Singapore
As we've been documenting in updates to our article about shortages of gold iPhone 5S models in Australia, shortages of all models of the device are rapidly coming apparent as Apple's online stores in the Asia-Pacific region are coming back online. In...
Nokia Lumia 1520 reveal looks set for October 22
Nokia has just tweeted a teaser for the event, outing the date as October 22. There's also a picture of what looks like some Abu Dhabi sand dunes. Could be an interesting location for a Nokia event to take place. Original story below... Until now we were...
Three reasons Apple created the iPhone 5C
After months of rumor, hype, speculation, and outright guessing, Apple finally held its big iPhone unveiling party last week. As expected, it introduced not one, but two new iPhone models. Apple announced the obligatory iPhone 5s, along with a cheaper,...
Will Apple sell 1 million iPhone 5Cs in 24 hours?
According to an informal study conducted by Piper Jaffray analyst Gene Munster, strong consumer interest in the iPhone 5C may enable Apple to sell as many as one million devices in the first 24 hours of pre-order availability, reports Barron’s. Apple...
Nokia was testing Android on Lumias before Microsoft sale
Before Nokia bet its smartphone ambitions on Windows Phone, the idea of an Android-powered Nokia device was not so hard to believe. Now, according to a new report from The New York Times, it turns out Nokia engineers did develop Lumia phones that ran...
iPhone 5c preorders begin Friday at midnight, still no word on iPhone 5s preorders
Bad news, Apple fans: it looks like the new flagship iPhone 5s is going to be beyond difficult to come by when it launches next Friday, September 20th. Wireless carriers in the U.S. have begun to post information pertaining to iPhone pre-sales and as...
Apple's two new iPhones target high, low-end markets
Apple Inc unveiled a high-end iPhone with a fingerprint scanner as it tries to stand out in a crowded market, and a cheaper, colorful plastic model for emerging markets that proved pricier than expected. Apple did not disclose pricing in China, its largest...
Apple’s iPhone 6 said to feature 4.5 to 5-inch display, not a massive 6-inch screen
It looks like we couldn’t even make it to Apple’s iPhone 5S and iPhone 5C unveiling on Tuesday before the rumor mill shifted focus to Apple’s iPhone 6. A report from The Wall Street Journal late last week suggested that Apple is currently testing new...
Sales of Samsung’s new Note 10.1 tablet are expected to be ‘small’
Samsung’s new Galaxy Note 3 and Galaxy Gear smartwatch shared the spotlight during the company’s Unpacked press conference earlier this week, but a third new device was also unveiled. Dubbed “Samsung Galaxy Note 10.1 (2014 Edition)” — seriously, that’s...
Sony unveils new smartphone in bid for top three ranking
Sony Corp. unveiled a new smartphone on Wednesday in its push to become the world's third-biggest maker of smartphones after Samsung and Apple. Sony's Chief Executive Kazuo Hirai told a news conference in Berlin, where Europe's largest consumer electronics...