Late last week we talked about a theory regarding the launch of Verizon's version of the HTC One. While it was heavily based on speculation, the idea that Verizon might take advantage of an event during the upcoming CTIA conference to announce the smartphone seemed pretty darn logical. Verizon continues to remain tight-lipped about the situation, but we get a little bit of circumstantial evidence supporting the One launch theory today, upon seeing Verizon heavily discount the HTC Droid DNA. After all, the predominant theory for why Verizon has kept its distance from the One concerns last ...

Last week's news of a big HTC First price cut resulted in mixed reactions. Some saw it as great news, making an already hot phone even more affordable. On the other hand, that big of a cut, that early on in the phone's life, had others talking about the beginning of the end for the First. Today a new rumor claims that the latter situation is closer to the truth, and the First could be getting an early retirement. BGR claims to have heard from its sources that dismal First sales - to the tune of a mere 15,000 units - are causing the carrier to abandon the phone, rather than ride things out ...

Samsung's Galaxy S 4 Zoom has been coming at us like a snowball rolling down a hill lately, adding rumor after rumor to its story as it quickly turns from something wholly unknown to a device that's really feeling like it's nearly about to arrive. We've still got lots of questions about just what this hardware could be like, but as we wait for those answers we can finally check out one important ability of a model called the Zoom: its ability to take pictures. The above image was posted to Picasa by someone who appears to be a Samsung employee, identified as coming from the Samsung ...

What are Verizon's intentions for the HTC One? There've been a lot of rumors, speculation, and conflicting official comments from both the carrier and manufacturer, leaving us guessing. Common sense would suggest that Verizon needs to adopt the handset at some point, but that it would want to do so without causing too much friction around the Droid DNA and its owners. Now a new theory tries to pinpoint just when Verizon might want to make its One plans official, and it makes more than a little sense. Today's Lumia 928 announcement came a little bit out of left field; we assumed it was ...

For many of us, the front-facing cameras on our smartphones are somewhat of an afterthought. Sure, we like that they're there for that rare occasion when someone wants to video chat or we need to snap a new profile picture, but other than making sure that smartphones we're shopping for include the feature, we rarely get too concerned about specs. After all, the megapixel count for your phone's main camera is going to make a larger impact on use than just how high-res the front-facer is. Nevertheless, today we're hearing about a bunch of Androids that may offer eight-megapixel front-facing ...

In the time leading up to the launch of the Galaxy S 4, we sure heard plenty of rumors about just what sort of hardware we'd end up seeing. You might remember that a "Project J" was mentioned more than once. Supposedly, the GS4 itself was the main Project J model, but a number of others were mentioned. Specifically, we heard about both a J Mini and a J Active. A GS4 Mini sounded about right, but at the time we didn't quite know what to make of the Active; recently, evidence of a waterproof GS4 Active has finally turned up to answer our questions. Today, we add to the Project J story with a ...

One theory that's arisen time and time again in anticipation of Google I/O is the idea that Google could use the venue to introduce a new Nexus 7 tablet. After all, we'd like to believe that some new hardware would show its face at the event, and a tablet is both a much "easier" product to bring to market than a new phone, as well as has a history of premiering at I/O in the first place. We've heard a number of stabs at just how this new Nexus 7 might differ from existing models, and that trend continues today, with a new set of specs suggested. Just to be clear, this isn't any sort of ...

Rumors of an Amazon smartphone have been around forever, and after the Kindle Fire launched, speculation has only heated up that Amazon was planning to branch out into phones, as well. We've talked about the various rumors a number of times over the past few months, but they all seemed to tell the tale of a pretty pedestrian-sounding smartphone. The latest rumors to arrive suggest the company could have some much bolder plans in mind, trying to rekindle the 3D smartphone fad with the introduction of an Amazon 3D smartphone. According to the Wall Street Journal, Amazon has two smartphones ...