The HTC One is an incredible Android, but even its proponents have lamented the lack of microSD expansion and a removable battery. Well, the international and US carrier editions of the One lack such features, but microSD, at least, is indeed present on models like the Chinese One. What gives? An HTC exec offers an explanation for the disparity, but we're not quite sure we buy it. According to HTC Senior Global Online Communications Manager Jeff Gordon, "because the Chinese version of the One is designed specifically for the smaller Chinese radio bands, we do have additional space inside ...

5 million HTC One devices sold to date, in a month, according to reports, which is a decent number considering all of the difficulties in production and distribution (and the phone is still not available in every region where it should be). That's half of the number of Galaxy S 4 units Samsung managed to sell through its global channels, but the South Korean company did a better job at both producing volumes and making it available worldwide. This information, unlike Samsung's, is not coming via a press release, but The Wall Street Journal is quoting an executive -- probably still working ...

10 million Samsung Galaxy S 4 units was the number we expected officially from the company after reading reports concerning the success of this year's flagship coming from South Korea. Right on schedule, the phone-maker officially announced global channel sales for the Samsung Galaxy S 4 exceeding 10 million devices. As a quick reminder, it took the original Galaxy S seven months, the Galaxy S II five months , and the Galaxy S III 50 days to reach the same number and we can't say we're surprised as we predicted the Galaxy S 4 will be the best selling Samsung phone ever. Furthermore, ...

Google is on a bit of a tear lately, updating apps and services across the board. We follow up the recent changes to Google+ with an update for the Android Drive app, giving the program a new look. The Now-ification of Google apps continues with Drive's new card-based layout. You can swipe these around to navigate through your shared files, and there's a new quick preview mode. For those of you who like to work with documents on your phone – and not just view them – the new Drive gains some additional editing tools. When working with spreadsheets, you can now adjust cell alignment and ...

Back in April, Verizon distributed invitations to an event taking place today, during the annual CTIA convention. At first, we were thinking the carrier might be planning to say something about its GS4 launch, but after learning about its accelerated timetable for the start of sales, that didn't make sense anymore. We also thought about the Lumia 928, but that was already announced earlier this month. Lately, we've been wondering about the HTC One – was Verizon finally ready to elbow in on the Droid DNA's space and give subscribers access to the One? The timing seemed right, but with ...

Earlier this month, we finally started to see all the rumors surrounding Motorola's X phone come together to take physical form, upon the discovery of imagery of an "XFON" apparently getting ready for AT&T. Then we saw what appeared to be the same handset hit the FCC as Motorola model XT1058, again showing support for AT&T's network. Since then, there have been signs that the XFON might also be in the works for other carriers, like a CDMA version arriving as model XT1060. Today, we've got yet another XFON contender to look at, with a Motorola model XT1056 for Sprint making its own ...

HTC's 2013 Androids have thus far been generally higher-end devices. Sure, the First is no One, but specs like that 4.3-inch 720p screen make it clear that this is no bargain-basement model. We all knew that trend couldn't last forever, and sure enough, we're now getting a look at some lesser Androids to help fill out HTC's handset lineup, upon the discovery of evidence pointing to both the Desire 200 and Desire 600. The first thing you should notice is the naming: gone are the days of the Desire C and Desire V, replaced with a system reminiscent of Nokia, or even Qualcomm and its SoC ...

The captain is the last one to abandon a sinking ship. HTC's Peter Chou promised that he'd resign as the CEO of the company if the HTC One isn't going to bring the Taiwanese manufacturer above the floating line. However, until then, some important crew members have either left, leaving, or urging fellow HTC-ers to leave. Is HTC sinking? Jason Gordon, HTC's vice president of global communications, tweeted that his last day at the job was this Friday. Chief Product Officer, Kouji Kodera, left the company last week, alongside global retail marketing manager Rebecca Rowland, director of ...