Sprint is set to launch its new early upgrade buyout program which will be called “Upgrade Now”. Scheduled to run from 2/12/12 – 4/14/12, it will allow certain Sprint users to buy their way out of their current contract and in terms swap it for a new smartphone and 2-year contract i.e. early upgrade. Sprint … Read more

While the Samsung Galaxy S3 won’t be making its debut at MWC 2012 later this month, that doesn’t mean that the Galaxy name will stay out of the shadows. In fact, we will be seeing an enhanced version of the original Samsung Galaxy S2 in Canada sometime in “early Q2”. AT&T Skyrocket HD headed to … Read more

While the Samsung Galaxy Nexus has been out for some time now, we have yet to see another manufacturer release a smartphone with Android 4.0 Ice Cream Sandwich preloaded. Well that may soon change as details about what we can expect at MWC 2012 keep surfacing. Quad-Core HTC Endeavor with Android 4.0 Ice Cream Sandwich … Read more

The Samsung Galaxy Nexus has been out for quite a while now however we have yet to see other Android 4.0 Ice Cream Sandwich phones roll out. Devices like the Motorola RAZR and Bionic, Samsung Galaxy S2 and Galaxy Note, and the HTC Sensation series, have all been promised to receive the update but no … Read more

We’ve always praised the rear shell of the HTC Incredible range and found that it was one of the few times that HTC really innovated in terms of design. Well it now looks like we may get that same sexy backside but with more sophisticated hardware headed to Verizon Wireless. Is this the Verizon HTC … Read more

If you are planning to upgrade your smartphone anytime before Valentine’s Day then you better think twice as AT&T plans to double its upgrade fee to $36 come February 12. AT&T sent the following communication to Engadget: “Wireless devices today are more sophisticated than ever before. And because of that, the costs associated with upgrading … Read more

In Q1 2011, AT&T launched the LG Phoenix, a post-paid offering that shared its release date with the pre-paid LG Thrive. And living up to its promise, AT&T is upgrading all its 2011 models to Android 2.3 Gingerbread, with the LG Phoenix upgrade available right now. AT&T LG Phoenix Android Gingerbread update now available Now … Read more

Just before Christmas last year, Samsung went ahead and officially announced that the Android 4.0 Ice Cream Sandwich update will be making its way to the Samsung S2, Galaxy Note and the Galaxy Tab models. They later added that given that the Samsung Galaxy S and older Galaxy Tab models may not be able to … Read more

The Verizon Motorola DROID 4 was released just recently only and we can already find its price tag marked down considerably at third party retailers. Earlier today we reported that the Verizon Motorola DROID 4 was available for $149.99 with a two-year contract via Wirefly. Now the folks over at Amazon Wireless have beaten Wirefly … Read more

While the Sprint Samsung Galaxy Nexus is set to hit stores any day now and end Verizon’s exclusivity of the Android Ice Cream Sandwich device, GSM users still have to rely on purchasing an international version if they wish to use it on T-Mobile or AT&T. Well that may be set to change. T-Mobile Samsung … Read more