News – Feb 12th

Heads up, T-Mobile folk, because it looks like there’s a new family plan promotion coming your way. A new image shared by TmoNews has revealed that T-Mobile is planning a family plan add-a-line sale that’ll knock $5 off of the price of each eligible line until Jan. 2, 2014, bringing Value add-a-lines down to $0 while additional Classic lines will be $5…

It’s time for a PhoneDog Snapshot Review, where we take our typical two-part review and condense it down into a tiny little video that’s loaded with information!  Today, the BlackBerry Z10 .
Is this new model better than the last?
The BlackBerry Z10 is a substantial improvement over previous BlackBerry smartphones…

It’s bad joke Monday!  If you’ve got the spirit and you’re on MetroPCS , this could be the device for you.  It’s the LG Spirit 4G , and at $199 (without contract), it’s a nice little smartphone.  Featuring a 1.2 GHz dual-core Snapdragon S4 CPU, 4.5-inch display, 5-megapixel camera with 1080p HD recording, and Android 4…

Just a couple of weeks after the Nexus 4 made its triumphant return to the Play Store, Google has begun stocking one of the new handset’s hotly-anticipated accessories. The Nexus 4’s wireless charger is now available for purchase from the Play Store, with pricing set at $59.99 and units expected to ship out in less than 1 week…

In 2012, Sony decided to alter its smartphone strategy and launched numerous affordable entry level smartphones, aiming to bring solid Android at prices close to those of some featurephones. It seems the move paid off handsomely, as the company is continuing the push at the start of this year…

The Samsung dominance in the Chinese market continues as the company has retained its No.1 spot for yet another year, according to a report from the market researcher iResearch.

The great sales of the mid-range smartphones have played a major part in Samsung's success. The South Korean's market share for smartphones stood at 32…

The Samsung Galaxy Note II lead the pack again finishing in first on the Official Smartphone Rankings.  By over 100 points to Note II ties down another Monday featured user review position.
“awesome” By HITMAN1ACTUAL on February 9, 2013
This is 1 of the best phone I have ever used. I just came from the one x and it blows the doors off of that one x…

In what seems to be a global first, the Australian Parliament has ordered Apple, Microsoft and Adobe System to appear before it and explain why their products are priced higher, despite the country's strong currency.

The global companies will be appearing before the parliament in Canberra on March 22 after all the three companies had earlier declined to appear before the special committee,…

Are you an HTC DROID DNA owner? Do you love software updates? If you answered “Yes” to both questions, then today is your lucky day, my friend. Verizon has revealed a new update for the DROID DNA on its official support page for the handset, and it’s got a handful of improvements to make your smartphone-using experience better…

Sony Xperia Z is equipped with a 13 megapixel Exmor RS camera sensor and 5 inch full HD (1920 x 1080) Reality Display with Mobile Bravia Engine 2, but how it looks in the real life?

The guys over at FrAndroidTube got their hands on the device and compared the video quality against the competition, in this case the Samsung Galaxy Note II and the Nexus 4…

An official press photo of the HTC One has leaked showcasing the phone's front panel. The source is evleaks and judging from its history of leaks, then we have every reason to believe this is the real deal.

Rather surprisingly, the HTC One get rid of the traditional three-button combo and features just back and home buttons below its display…

Just two days ago we informed you about the upcoming upgrade of the LG Optimus L lineup. As the latest rumors have it the Optimus L3, L5 and L7 will get new editions with various hardware and software upgrades.

Today, we can show you a real life photo of the white Optimus L3 II. Its model number is E435F and while we can't be sure if this small fella is the same as the one on the previously…

After leaking out both in press images and on video , the ASUS MeMO Pad Smart has been given an official introduction. Serving as the bigger sibling to the 7-inch MeMO Pad that was announced in January, the MeMO Pad Smart boasts a higher-end spec list that includes a 10.1-inch display and a 1.2GHz quad-core Tegra 3 processor…

In week 49 of PhoneDog Media’s Official Smartphone Rankings™, Samsung Galaxy Note II was once again the number one smartphone on both the People’s Choice Chart and Mobile Tech Experts’ Chart. After 11 consecutive weeks, it appears to be the favorite smartphone.  Will it retain the crown once new devices launch from HTC, LG, and Motorola?
MT PLEASANT, SC – For 49 weeks and counting, PhoneDog Media’s Official Smartphone Rankings™ (OSR) has become the gold standard…

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It may be a little bit late, but at PhoneDog, we unbox all smartphones!  This time around, the Motorola Electrify M .  It’s a smartphone from US Cellular that closely resembles the DROID RAZR M and offers a 1.5 GHz dual-core Snapdragon S4 CPU, 4.3-inch display with 540×960 pixels, 8-megapixel camera with 1080p HD recording, a 2,000 mAh battery, 4G LTE (in US Cellular markets that support it), and Android 4…

The Xperia Z is Sony’s latest Android flagship handset and packs some great specs and comes with a 13 megapixel camera and 2,330mAh battery.
 
According to Sony, the Xperia Z has the ability to take unlimited number of images at 10 frames per second and 9 megapixels resolution in Burst mode. But in real life it can do more, the video under shows that you can take 999 pictures in just 68 seconds…

Asus MeMo Pad Smart was expected officially to be announced at the upcoming CES but it was unveiled this weekend at Thailand Mobile Expo. Check the video review after the break.

The MeMo Pad 10 Smart features a 10.1 inch (1280×800 pixels) display, 1.2 GHz quad-core Tegra 3 processor, 1 GB of RAM, 16 GB internal memory expandable via microSD card, 5 megapixel main camera, 1…

Have an iPhone 4S ? Then you’ll want to fire up ye olde Software Update, because Apple has begun rolling out an update to iOS 6.1.1 for last-gen handset. As spotted by The Next Web , the update is build number 10B145 and is available for download manually right here . According to the changelog provided by Apple, the iOS 6…

For a long time Pantech has been known as second tier manufacturer of devices and never really seriously attempted to get out of that mold until now. Introducing the Pantech Discover this device is Pantech’s first real flagship device. The fine folks at AT&T have let me test one for a little and I have been using it for a couple of days…