LG plans to release its first curved-screen smartphone in November
Here comes the next big smartphone fad: Curved, flexible displays. Reuters reports that LG Display has started mass producing flexible smartphone displays that LG will …
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HTC One Max for Verizon pictured in leaked photos
Things have been downhill for HTC ever since its record revenue run in mid-2011. In fact, launching the best Android smartphone in the world seemingly …
Samsung reportedly has a waterproof, dust-resistant Galaxy S5 and Note 3 in the works
Earlier this year, Samsung released its outdoor-friendly Galaxy S4 Active for the adventurous smartphone owners who want to avoid replacing their devices several times a …
Meet the Galaxy J, Samsung’s first ‘phablet mini’
It was only a matter of time before Samsung decided to create a hybrid combining its most popular smartphone with its most popular phablet. Engadget …
The HTC death watch has officially begun
HTC’s ability to survive as an independent company may be past the point of no return. Asymco’s Horace Dediu notes that once most manufacturers start …
Samsung ‘Galaxy Round’ smartphone with flexible display may be announced this week
Flexible displays could potentially open the door for a variety of exciting (and not so exciting) new form factors for smartphones and other devices. The …
Samsung rumored to be working on its own version of Google Glass
Samsung see, Samsung do. Eldar Murtazin, the founder of Russian website Mobile-review, writes on his Twitter account that Samsung is planning to unveil its own version of Google …
Everything you ever wanted to know about Google’s upcoming Nexus 5
Google hasn’t yet unveiled its next-generation Nexus 5 smartphone, but at this point it probably doesn’t even have to anymore. The Nexus 5’s specs have …
Solid report claims Apple’s iPhone 6 will finally feature a bigger 4.8-inch display
With the iPhone 5s launch behind us, industry watchers are now turning up the heat as they sniff around for details on next year’s iPhone …
Nokia smartwatch revealed in leaked pictures
Nokia may be on its way out of the consumer hardware business but it looks like the company plans to go out with a bang. A …
Video: Samsung’s Galaxy Gear ad is cooler than the actual watch
Critics may have savaged Samsung’s first Galaxy Gear smartwatch but that hasn’t stopped the company’s crack marketing team from churning out a terrific ad that’s …
Samsung reportedly in talks to acquire stake in Best Buy [updated]
We learned on Friday that Samsung is set to bring in record profits this quarter, but that analysts do not believe smartphone-driven profit growth will …
Apple and Samsung are still the only smartphone companies winning in the U.S.
It’s hard to make a case that any company other than Apple or Samsung has any momentum in the American smartphone market. The latest numbers …
iPhone 5s reigns as top-selling smartphone at all 4 major U.S. carriers
It might not come as much of a surprise since Apple posted record-breaking iPhone 5s and 5c sales at launch, but it’s still notable that the …
Did BlackBerry ever really stand a chance against iOS and Android?
There’s no shortage of articles out there — some of which may have been posted on BGR from time to time — highlighting all the …
Red Nokia Lumia 1520 phablet shown again in leaked picture
Now that we have an official date for Nokia’s press conference, it shouldn’t be long before the Nokia Lumia 1520 is finally publicly revealed. Several photos …
The bitterest pill: BlackBerry Z30 won’t be sold by Canada’s largest wireless carrier [updated]
It’s been an ugly year for BlackBerry so far and now it seems that the company can’t even count on one of its home country’s …
iPhone 5c price slashed to $50 at Best Buy after just 2 weeks
In a potentially ominous sign for early sales, Best Buy has slashed the price of the iPhone 5c in half after just two weeks. ABC …
HTC’s latest cunning comeback plan: Dual-boot Windows Phone onto its Android handsets
HTC may have found an even worse comeback plan than building a third Facebook phone. Unnamed sources tell Bloomberg that Microsoft has approached HTC with …
Android is huge in China but it’s also out of Google’s control
There’s no question that Android is far and away the No. 1 mobile operating system in China but that might not be as good for …
LG ‘G Flex’ phone with curved display to debut in November
We reported yesterday on a possible flexible display smartphone called the ‘LG Z’ launching this month, but new information points to a November release date …
Apple acquires personal assistant software Cue, presumably to give Siri a brain boost
Apple is still investing to make sure its own voice-enabled personal assistant keeps up with the times. TechCrunch reports that Apple has spent at least …
Samsung: We don’t cheat on benchmarks
BGR reviewed Samsung’s Galaxy Note 3 recently and said that the humongous handset is likely the best smartphone Samsung has ever made. As good as …
Just in time for Android 4.4 KitKat, Jelly Bean adoption rate nears 50%
It’s taken more than a year but Jelly Bean is finally approaching a 50% adoption rate among Android users. The latest numbers posted on the …
ZTE announces U.S. availability for Grand S, nubia 5 hero phones
ZTE quickly ascended the ranks to become a top-five smartphone vendor earlier this year, and it hopes to capitalize on that success with the release …
Amazon’s secret smartphone project seemingly detailed
Rumors of an upcoming Amazon smartphone have been swirling for well over a year now. BGR has independently confirmed with several sources that the company …
WhatsApp’s engagement drop could be a big red flag
Even as rival messaging apps such as WeChat, LINE, Kik and Tango have made progress in various markets in Latin America, Africa and Asia, it has seemed …
‘LG Z’ smartphone with flexible display might launch this month
Hot on the heels of Samsung’s recent curved display smartphone announcement, LG has revealed that it too will soon launch the LG Z smartphone with …
Chart: HTC lost 90% of its market value in two years
They say that deaths come in threes, but we’re not sure they were referring to smartphone makers. Either way, it seems that HTC might be …
Samsung isn’t the only smartphone maker boosting benchmark scores
Tuesday’s news that the Galaxy Note 3 was found artificially increasing its own benchmark scores caused a bit of a stir. There’s no question that …
