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 …
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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 …
New website instantly checks nearby Apple Stores for available iPhone 5s stock
With 9 million people around the world already having bought new iPhones by the end of their debut weekend, one might think supply would now …
Qualcomm exec calls Apple’s 64-bit iPhone 5s processor a ‘gimmick’ [updated]
There has been a lot of discussion surrounding the iPhone 5s’s new 64-bit processor ever since Apple unveiled the chipset last month. Some have applauded the …
What do people want in a smartwatch?
BGR reviewed Samsung’s new Galaxy Gear smartwatch earlier this week and to put it mildly, we were not impressed. The design of the watch wasn’t …
BlackBerry’s death benefits will be paid out to Apple, Samsung
The BlackBerry story is far from over and regardless of whether or not the Fairfax buyout happens, the company will live on in one form …
LG ‘G Pro Lite Dual’ entry-level smartphone supposedly leaks online
LG might be preparing a budget smartphone for customers who are looking for a more affordable option than the LG Optimus G Pro. Hi-Tech.Mail.Ru reports that …
Video: First Samsung Galaxy Note 3 commercial features Galaxy Gear, dancing marionettes
With all the new high-profile smartphone and tablet releases in recent weeks, we’ve been inundated with advertising and now Samsung is joining in with the first …
Galaxy Note 3 juices benchmark tests, Phil Schiller takes note
There’s no question that the Galaxy Note 3 is one of the most powerful Android smartphones on the market, but Samsung appears to have designed …
Microsoft owes Nokia a giant ‘thank you’ card: Windows Phone surges in Europe
Windows Phone adoption has been surging in Europe, thanks mostly to the efforts of Nokia. Kantar Worldpanel’s latest data on European smartphone market share shows …
Apple is reportedly testing iWatch designs with flexible OLED displays
Rumors of Apple’s “iWatch” have prompted a number of rival electronics vendors to embrace wearable computing with open arms. While there is still no firm …
Study: The Galaxy Note 3 looks like the world’s best smartphone display
While it’s fashionable to mock Samsung for building its smartphones with cheap-feeling plastic, even its detractors admit that the company knows how to build terrific …
iOS market share lost ground to Android in September despite iPhone 5s, 5c launches
Apple’s brand new iPhone 5s and iPhone 5c combined to sell more than 9 million units through their first weekend of availability alone. The company’s …
T-Mobile keeps gaining steam on ‘uncarrier’ plans, iPhone launch
Evidence keeps piling up that American consumers really do want an alternative to traditional wireless carriers. A new report from Kantar Worldpanel shows that T-Mobile’s …
Some carriers still hate the iPhone
We have written before about why many carriers hate the iPhone but sell it anyway because it is a necessary evil. Even though the iPhone …
Apple seeds iOS 7.0.3 to employees, testing partners
It looks like there is going to be one more build of Apple’s new mobile software before the company releases iOS 7.1 — popular belief …
