It's been the subject of endless podcasts, roundtable discussions, and an avalanche of editorials - and now, we've got a specimen of our very own in the booth. Fresh off the back of the UPS truck, Pocketnow's Nexus 5 review unit has arrived in all its 16GB, black-and-white glory, and it's time we took it out of its box! But this isn't just an opportunity to give you a vicarious unboxing experience. It's also a hands-on sneak preview of the smartphone you could win in the latest Pocketnow giveaway! That's right: we're giving away a white 16GB Nexus 5 just like this one. All you need to ...

Michael just wrapped-up the full review of the global variant of the Samsung Galaxy Note 3, easily one of the most highly-anticipated smartphones of the year. As such, it scored very well and proved to be a force to be reckoned with in the mobile market as we head into the holiday months. So why are we doing yet another Galaxy Note 3 unboxing? Because it's headed to the states and the AT&T review unit just landed on our doorstep this morning. Internally, it has some differences from the global model, which are well worth looking into and, well … comparing. So while we push this ...

Yes, yes, we know: Brandon Miniman already unboxed the cooler iPhone. And we'll give you that. With a fingerprint scanner, enhanced camera, and 64-bit A7 CPU, the iPhone 5s is definitely the more buzzworthy of today's new iOS smartphone duo. But the iPhone 5c ain't no slouch. Granted, the improvements it brings over least year's model are so marginal that it's somewhat fair to call the 5c an "iPhone 5 in a plastic case," but that plastic is a defining feature of the device. Never before has Apple released an iPhone with so many color options, and never before has it packaged it up like an ...

We've already shown you what taking the LG G2 out of its packaging looks like, and we've long since pressed that review unit into service generating the features, comparisons, and full review you've anxiously awaited since we first laid hands on the G2 last month. But it's one thing to unbox a device that's come straight from the manufacturer, and quite another to do the same with its carrier-branded variants. From branding to UI to bloatware to what comes bundled in the box, carriers hold a lot of sway when it comes to customizing their smartphones - and it's rare that we get to see those ...

The new Motorola is among us, or so the company says. The US-based handset maker has been on cruise control since being acquired by Google early last year. And ever since, we've been eagerly awaiting post-acquisition Motorola handsets in hopes of a beautiful fusion of an adept hardware manufacturer and the maker of one of our favorite mobile operating systems. In the last month, Motorola drew the curtains on its new outlook on the mobile market, which consisted of four new phones: Droid Ultra, Droid Maxx, Droid Mini, and the Moto X. We've already had an extensive look at the Moto X, and ...

How big is too big for a smartphone? That's the question no one seems to know the answer to and some companies seem determined to answer. Sony is one of those companies, and the Xperia Z Ultra is one of its latest experiments. With its display measuring a staggering 6.4-inches, diagonally, it pushes the boundaries of what will fit in your pockets and hands. Under the hood, however, Sony pulled no punches. It equips a Snapdragon 800 chipset, 2GB RAM, 16GB storage, a 3,050mAh battery, IP55 and IP58 dust proofing and water resistance, and a bevy of connectivity options. As per usual, we ...

At CES this year, NVIDIA held a press conference, where both the Tegra 4 and Shield were announced. The NVIDIA Shield is a Tegra 4-powered portable gaming console which runs Android. The design is practically a relatively generic looking game controller with a 5-inch 720p display that hinges open like any other clamshell device. And the rest of its internals are on par with most other high-end Android smartphones: 2GB RAM, 16GB fixed storage, Wi-Fi b/g/n, microSD card slot, etc. We'll have to put this device to the test to see if it's worth the hefty $299 price tag. In the meantime, be ...

Normally, the launch of a carrier-specific variant of an HTC 8X wouldn't merit much in the way of celebration. It certainly wouldn't ordinarily be enough to rearrange our schedule, especially if it meant delaying the recording of the already-late Pocketnow Weekly podcast for another hour, or putting the on-time publication of our Nokia Lumia 1020 review in serious jeopardy. If this were a less-notable device, we'd have pushed it off until Monday. But the HTC 8XT is no ordinary WP8 smartphone. It's Sprint's first Windows Phone 8 device, and only the second Windows Phone the carrier has ever ...