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Update, August 22: The source - TechCovet - has just confirmed the stickers were put there by the retailer to increase the sales. With the last hope gone it seems the Optimus Black will be stuck on Gingerbread forever. Sorry, folks! LG’s PR is...

As the latest rumor has it Samsung’s upcoming Windows Phone 8-based smartphones will be the I8370 codenamed Macro and the I8750 codenamed Odyssey. We already knew the code names from a previous leak. The Samsung I8370 will be the cheaper device,...

The Samsung Galaxy S Duos S7562 first surfaced in a not-quite-official manner, but now it was announced through proper channels. Even though it's hot off the presses, we managed to get our hands on the phone and handle it briefly. First off, here...

LG announced global availability of its unorthodox screen ratio sporting Optimus Vu phoneblet. The device will hit select markets in Europe, Asia, Middle East/Africa and Latin America in September. The most important change about the globally...

With Samsung's Unpacked event in Berlin scheduled in little over a week, the Korean giant has released a teaser video for the star of the show - the Galaxy Note 2. In the short clip, we get to catch a glimpse of the stylus, which the upcoming...

That September 5th event might be a good couple of weeks away, yet we've got a chance to see the likely release candidate. Motorola's upcoming (and likely named DROID RAZR HD) top shelf smartphone for Verizon Wireless got shown off in tutorial...

A report has surfaced, claiming that the likable Huawei Ascend P1 midrange Android smartphone will get "enhanced" to cope better with the highly competitive UK market. The changes include a beefed up 1800mAh battery, as well as treatment to give...

We reported back in June about the Lenovo LePhone K860 when it was spotted for the first time on a Japanese mobile blog. The phone has now been made official by Lenovo, although there is no pricing or availability info to go with it. On...

We just got the first official sighting of the Sony Xperia SL – the refreshed version of the company’s current smartphone flagship. It appears that someone over at Sony jumped the gun and published the official page of the smartphone two weeks...

All the fans of Sony Xperia S have a darn good reason to smile today. Google has launched an experiment to bring plain vanilla Android to Sony's top shelf smartphone. Jean-Baptiste Queru (JBQ), Google's Technical Lead of the Android Open Source...

Motorola has filed a lawsuit against Apple in the International Trade Commission (ITC), claiming Apple are infringing upon seven of Motorola's patents in their products. The patents in question are related to features like reminders, email...

Motorola sent out invitations for an event in New York City on September 5th. Scheduled only a few hours after Nokia's own upcoming (and seriously hyped) announcement in the Big Apple, Motorola claims that its showcase will be "the day's main...

The long awaited ICS update for the Xperia P has finally arrived. Besides the improved functionality brought by the latest Android build, Sony has added several of its own optimizations, including new media apps for your music and movies. Some...

Not only did the rumors that Samsung cancelled the 64GB version of the Samsung Galaxy S III turn out to be false, but now we actually have a rough launch target. Clove UK blogged that the upcoming black version of the phone will be packing 64GB of...

After suffering numerous delays, Huawei's mightiest droids, the Ascend D Quad and D Quad XL are finally going to get their official launch later this month. The Huawei Ascend D Quad and D Quad XL are both powered by the company's very own 1.5GHz...

We just got a leaked T-Mobile internal doc, confirming the existence and nearing launch of the Samsung Galaxy S Blaze Q. The good news is that the smartphone gets rid of that awkward naming scheme, but the bad news is it's going to be called the...

Back in May, Samsung India had confirmed on its Facebook page that the Galaxy R will be getting the Android 4.0 update "very soon". Well, it's been three months since but it seems now that the update is finally ready to roll out. One lucky...

RIM standardized the screen resolution for upcoming BlackBerry 10 OS running devices. The future smartphones running the OS will come in two resolutions: 1280 x 720 pixels for full touch devices, and 720 x 720 pixels for handsets with hardware...

While Samsung Galaxy S III users are enjoying their leaked official Android 4.1.1 Jelly Bean ROM, Galaxy S II owners got some good news too. Insiders tipped SamMobile that the former flagship is getting JB soon too. Currently, the update is...

In a rather bold statement, Nokia's executive VP of sales and marketing has called out Samsung directly in anticipation of Nokia and Microsoft's press event scheduled for September 5th during Nokia...