Samsung Galaxy S IV for Verizon to be SCH-V727, Sprint’s version should be SPH-D806
Samsung will officially announce its next-generation Galaxy S flagship device in March. Some sources say it will happen on March 15 – this is certainly a possibility. Regardless of its announcement date, the new smartphone, expected to be called Galaxy S IV, will be widely available around the world later this year.
As it had done with the Galaxy S III, Samsung will launch the S IV in the US via all relevant mobile operators. Our own Samsung insider has managed to confirm… Read more
Samsung Galaxy Note II US pricing unveiled
Announced for the US market last month, the Samsung Galaxy Note II is available there as of today, although only one carrier (T-Mobile) is selling it for now. If you want to buy the Note II from T-Mobile, you’ll have to pay $369.99 (after a $50 mail-in rebate). That’s a crazy price, we know. Anyhow, T-Mobile lets you choose the handset in either white, or blue, here.
Sprint will offer the Galaxy Note II tomorrow, October 25, for $299.99 on… Read more
Samsung Galaxy Note II will be launched by AT&T, Sprint, T-Mobile, Verizon, US Cellular
Samsung’s first Android 4.1 Jelly Bean device, the Galaxy Note II, will be released in the US soon — at about the same time with LG’s new Optimus G. Samsung has confirmed that the Note II would be offered by five US mobile carriers, the same that started selling the Galaxy S III several months ago: AT&T, Sprint, T-Mobile, Verizon Wireless, and US Cellular.
US Cellular is the only carrier to take pre-orders for the Note II. It asks $299.99… Read more
Sprint introduces the Samsung Galaxy Victory 4G LTE
Samsung and Sprint have announced the launch of a new LTE-capable smartphone: the Samsung Galaxy Victory 4G LTE. Presented as being powerful yet affordable, the Victory is no Galaxy S III, but at least it has some of its features, including Android 4.0 Ice Cream Sandwich, S Voice, and S Beam. You also get a 4-inch display with 800 x 480 pixels on the Victory, plus a 1.2 GHz Snapdragon processor, NFC, 1.3 Megapixel front-facing camera, 5 Megapixel rear camera, a 2100… Read more
Sprint starts selling the Motorola Photon Q 4G LTE
As of today, August 19, Sprint customers can buy the Motorola Photon Q 4G LTE — not long after we told you the handset would be released soon. Sprint is asking $199.99 on contract for the new Photon, this way positioning it as top-of-the-line smartphone, next to the Samsung Galaxy S III 16GB and the HTC Evo 4G LTE. If you’re the no commitment type, the Photon Q 4G LTE can be yours for $549.99. In both cases, the handset is waiting… Read more
Motorola suggests Sprint’s Photon Q 4G LTE will be launched soon
Sprint and Motorola made the Photon Q 4G LTE official at the end of June, promising that details on its availability would be announced in the weeks to come. Sadly, those details are yet to be unveiled, but we have a feeling it won’t be long until the smartphone becomes available. That’s because Motorola has tweeted about it in the last few days, reminding us it packs a 5-row QWERTY keyboard with LED edge lighting, and a ColorBoost display. It… Read more
Sprint HTC Evo 3D and Evo Design 4G updated to Android 4.0 ICS
Great news for Sprint customers who are rocking an HTC Evo 3D, or an HTC Evo Design 4G. Both smartphones have received official updated to Android 4.0 Ice Cream Sandwich. The updates are out as of yesterday, and are done over the air. It’s a plain ICS upgrade for the Evo 3D, while the software package for the Evo Deign 4G also brings some fixes related to Sprint’s Mobile Hotspot, Exchange calendar sync, and “dialing 1 to allow voicemail access.”… Read more
Motorola Photon Q 4G LTE with ICS and QWERTY keyboard announced by Sprint
Sprint has officially unveiled a brand new Motorola smartphone: the Photon Q 4G LTE, which becomes the carrier’s first LTE handsets with international roaming capabilities and a full QWERTY keyboard. Yes, that’s right, the Photon Q hides a sliding QWERTY keyboard. This has five rows of keys, and seems quite user-friendly.
Seen from the front, the Motorola Photon Q 4G LTE resembles the Photon 4G MB855 that was launched by Sprint exactly one year ago. It even has a similar… Read more