Verizon Wireless initially planned a release date of May 30th for its upcoming Samsung Galaxy S4, but today the largest carrier in the U.S. announced that it has rescheduled the online and retail store launch to May 23rd. The flagship Android smartphone is already available on AT&T, Sprint and T-Mobile, so eager consumers waiting...
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Verizon Wireless has finally released a significant upgrade for its variant of the Samsung Galaxy Note II. The JZO54K.I605VRAMC3 update brings the Galaxy Note 2′s software version to Android 4.1.2 Jelly Bean and comes with a long list of new features and enhancements. This includes better app support for Multi Window View, a notification...
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In a Tweet sent out today, Verizon Wireless announced it will open pre-orders for its variant of the Samsung Galaxy S4 smartphone beginning tomorrow, April 25th. Big Red has not officially confirmed a release date outside of the general time-frame of next month, though an earlier leak pointed to May 30th as a high...
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Verizon Wireless announced that it would add a new global-ready Android smartphone, the Pantech Perception, to its arsenal on April 25th. The Perception has a large 4.8-inch 720p HD display, 16GB of internal storage, an 8 megapixel rear camera, 2MP front-facing camera and it supports Big Red’s 4G LTE network. The device will be...
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In the video above, the Samsung Galaxy S4 Android smartphone gets put through a series of scratch tests with various knives, coins, a set of keys and a pen. The Galaxy S4′s Full Hd Super AMOLED display strengthened with Gorilla Glass 3 appears to have passed with flying colors. via
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All four major U.S. carriers announced second quarter availability when the Samsung Galaxy S4 Android smartphone was initially unveiled. T-Mobile, AT&T and Sprint recently revealed plans to begin selling the flagship device during the last week of April. Verizon Wireless, on the other hand, has remained rather quiet as its rivals make headlines with...
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We may be looking at a scattered U.S. release for the Samsung Galaxy S4 Android smartphone. The fourth generation Galaxy flagship will reportedly land on AT&T on April 26th and Verizon on May 30th, according to a training document for Staples employees leaked over the weekend. Keep in mind these are specifically noted as...
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Verizon Wireless has announced significant changes to its upgrade policies. Big Red subscribers will no longer qualify for an upgrade discount at 20 months, as those with contracts expiring in January 2014 or later will now need to wait the full 24 months before upgrading to a new Android, iPhone, Windows Phone or any...
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As promised, Verizon Wireless will soon upgrade the Motorola Droid Bionic to Android 4.1.2 Jelly Bean. The 98.72.22 OTA software update will be pushed out in phases beginning Monday, April 15. Jelly bean introduces significant new features to Big Red’s original 4G LTE handset, including expanded notifications, a smarter keyboard, more intuitive voice searching...
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U.S. Cellular will join AT&T in opening up pre-orders for the Samsung Galaxy S4 on April 16. It’s possible we’ll be looking at simultaneous launches across all the major US carriers. T-Mobile’s already confirmed release date of May 1st could be a hint as to when we should expect the flagship Android smartphone on...
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As you may already know, there will be two varying models of the Samsung Galaxy S4 Android smartphone when it’s released in the second quarter. One will feature Samsung’s in-house Exynos 5410 1.6GHz octa-core processor while the other sports Qualcomm’s Snapdragon 600 1.9GHz quad-core chipset. Since Samsung announced the Snapdragon 600 model for markets...
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The high-end HTC One Android smartphone will hit the market in the United Kingdom, Germany and Taiwan beginning next week, followed by releases in other parts of Europe and Asia, as well as North America, including the United States and Canada, by the end of April 2013. For those in the U.S., the HTC...
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Verizon Wireless has updated its text and multimedia messaging Android app, called Verizon Messages, to version 4.0. The latest upgrade integrates messages, including SMS and MMS, across devices using the customer’s mobile number. Messages will sync and appear simultaneously on the user’s Android smartphone, Android tablet, iPad and/or PC. This is achieved by storing...
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Whether average consumers know it or not, there will be two significantly different Samsung Galaxy S4 models circulating around the world when it begins shipping to 327 mobile operators across 155 countries in late April 2013. Varying color options and storage configurations are always expected with new phone releases, but what we’re referring to,...
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Verizon Wireless posted the full changelog for the Android 4.2.2 Jelly Bean OTA update that should already be rolling out in phases to the Galaxy Nexus. As expected, the JDQ39 upgrade introduces significant, new features like Photo Sphere, Notification Panel enhancements, LockScreen Widgets and Gesture Typing to Big Red’s LTE variant of the Galaxy...
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