Verizon was in no hurry to get started with sales of Samsung's Galaxy S 4, but after taking its sweet time, we finally saw the carrier begin carrying the Android last month. Presumably, that was going to be it, and our attention started turning to other Verizon launches, like its similarly delayed interest in the HTC One. However, it looks like the carrier could still have another trick or two up its sleeve, and a new leak attempts to reveal plans for a line of limited edition GS4 designs. The leaked screenshots reveal GS4 case designs from firms like Kid Robot, Undefeated, KAWS, and ...

In today's Nokia Lumia 925 vs HTC One video we're taking a close look at the two flagships, side by side. They are very similar from several perspectives: they're both made out of aluminum, polycarbonate, and glass, and they both have fancy camera names: PureView and Ultrapixel. Of course, the similarities stop there. Since one is running Windows Phone and the other one is powered by Android, the specs couldn't be any different. That's not to say that the inferior, on paper, Lumia 925, delivers less. However, each has is pros and cons when compared to the other. So check out our Nokia ...

Samsung's Galaxy S 4 Mini, announced late last month, may not pack the raw power of its larger sibling, but for users sick of how big smartphones have been getting, it could be a decent compromise between size and performance. Since then, we picked up some early hints about how the phone might be priced, but we were still wanting for additional launch details. Now there's a theory going around this afternoon that the GS4 Mini could be looking to make a home at Verizon in the States. The evidence for that idea is a little light, but hear us out. The Bluetooth SIG has a new listing up for a ...

What evidence have we seen so far for Samsung's next high-end phablet, the Galaxy Note III? There's been plenty of talk, sure, but some of the recent pictures purporting to be the Note III raised enough questions to have us doubting what they really showed. We also saw the name "Galaxy Note III" appear in a document on a Kazakhstani Samsung site, tied to a model number, but Samsung quickly edited that away. Now that model number – or at least something close to it – is surfacing again, this time attached to an image on Picasa. That doc referred to the GN3 as Samsung's model SM-N9000. ...

One of our biggest pet peeves – one we've talked about time and time again – is that smartphone OEMs have had this well-nigh unshakable belief that smaller phones had to be underpowered, and next-gen chips only belong in their handsets. We're still a long way from undoing this trend, but there's been some recent progress – look only to the 4.3-inch 720p displays we've been hearing about on HTC gear. Today, our attention's on Acer, after hearing some company execs talking about an upcoming model. The company's smartphone head ST Liew explained, "a lot of people have started abandoning ...

Just yesterday, we were talking about the possibility of Google releasing a follow-up to last summer's Nexus 7 in the near future. We've heard a little about possible specs, and just got some news about potential price points. Today, we get some of the strongest evidence yet for new hardware, upon the paperwork for a new ASUS tablet hitting the FCC. OK, but ASUS makes plenty of tablets, right? Granted, but check out the info box below, where this model K009 is clearly marked as a Nexus model. The hardware run-down that follows sure seems to match a lot of the rumors we've heard about a new ...

Have you tried out Google's new All Access streaming radio yet? Some of the early adopters playing around with the service had noticed that it sure seemed to be pulling down a lot of data – fine for those of us on unlimited or high-tier plans, but not great news for someone looking to keep their monthly use down. While Google did offer users some control over the amount of bandwidth consumed, there was only one option, letting you force the highest-quality possible. What it didn't have was any way to specify a preference for lower-bandwidth options, so unless you were keeping an eye on ...

Google's Nexus 7 is fast coming up on its one year birthday. As such, it's practically ancient in the smartphone/tablet world, and there's been a flurry of interest lately in talking about a possible sequel. Specifically, much of that has been looking to the ideas of upgrades in display resolution and to the tablet's SoC. The latest rumors to arrive don't touch on specs, but instead try to suss out just when the tablet might launch, and what we could hope to pay. Digitimes is once again turning to its supply chain sources for today's news, which paint the picture of a Google beginning to ...