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Yezz Smartphone Trio Starts At $69
Miami — Yezz, the supplier of unlocked smartphones, added a trio of low-price 3G Android phones priced from $69 to $119. All access the...
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Carriers Revealing Plans For Nexus 6
New York – Carriers have begun disclosing their plans for the industry’s first Android smartphone running the Android 5.0 Lollipop OS. Sprint will make...
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HTC Signs Robinson Cano
Seattle – HTC signed a multi-year agreement with Robinson Cano, six-time MLB All-Star and Seattle Mariners second baseman, as its first athlete brand ambassador....
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AT&T Stuffing Stockings With Smart Watches, Phones, Camera
Dallas — AT&T is gearing up for the holiday season with the launch of the Moto 360 and LG G Watch R smart watches,...
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Galaxy Note Edge Makes The Cut
Dallas — Samsung’s Galaxy Note Edge smartphone, whose screen wraps around the device’s right edge to display quick-access app icons, will be available starting...
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Caterpillar Brand Crawls Into U.S. Cellphone Market
Reading, England — Bullitt Group, the licensee of the Caterpillar brand for ruggedized cellphones, is expanding its U.S. selection of smartphones with a 3G...
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Sprint Expands Handset Leasing Program
Overland Park, Kansas – Sprint expanded its Sprint Lease program to the Samsung Galaxy S 5 and Samsung Galaxy S5 Sport, having limited leasing...
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LG Gains Q3 Smartphone Share
Chicago – LG’s share of third-quarter U.S. smartphone activations jumped to 18 percent from the second-quarter’s 8 percent and the year-ago 9 percent, Consumer...
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FTC Complaint Vs. AT&T Could Give Other Carriers Pause
Washington — The Federal Trade Commission’s (FTC) lawsuit against AT&T over throttling the wireless data speeds of unlimited-data subscribers will likely put other carriers...
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Droid Turbo Gets XLTE, 4K Capture, Fast Charging
Basking Ridge, N.J. – Verizon’s next-generation Droid-brand phone, available Oct. 30 through direct and indirect channels, will be the carrier’s first Droid with dual-band...
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T-Mobile Sees Competitive Advantage In Network, Phones
Bellevue, Wash. –T-Mobile executives expect to continue grabbing market share not only because of its recent marketing moves but also by offering high-demand smartphones...
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ZTE Scores 3 NBA Team Sponsorships
New York – Chinese cellphone maker ZTE expanded its NBA partnership with the announcement that it will become the official smartphone sponsor of the...
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MVNO Touch Mobile Revises VoIP Prepaid Plans
Waterloo, Ontario – Start-up prepaid MVNO Touch Mobile revised the price plans for its service, adding an unlimited Wi-Fi calling and text plan for...
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TracFone’s Net Adds, Revenues Jump In Q3
Miami— No-contract cellular MVNO TracFone Wireless added 385,000 net new subscribers in the third quarter, up substantially from the year-ago 5,000 to strengthen the...
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LG Gets More Vertically Integrated In Cellphones
Seoul – LG said it expects to increase its mobile-phone competitiveness with the launch of its first mobile applications processor, which combines a 1.5GHz...
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Cricket Brings New Offerings To Walmart
Atlanta, Ga. – AT&T prepaid subsidiary Cricket Wireless brought its newest plans and phones to almost 1,000 Walmart stores as part of its rebuilding...
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EFun Launches 2-In-1 Windows Tablet At $179
West Covina, Calif. — EFun launched what it called the industry’s first Windows two-in-one tablet retailing for less than $200. The company’s two-in-one 10.1-inch...
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Apple Launches iPad Air 2, Mini 3
CUPERTINO, CALIF. — Apple unveiled its latest iPads — the iPad Air 2 and iPad Mini 3 — hoping to reverse declining sales and...
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GreatCall Calls On Rite Aid
San Diego – MVNO GreatCall, which targets the elderly and growing baby-boomer populations, is expanding its distribution to more than 4,000 Rite Aid pharmacies....
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AT&T Targets Affordability With PadFone X Mini
Dallas – AT&T, which launched the Asus PadFone X earlier this year, is bringing out the device’s little brother. The PadFone X mini smartphone-and-tablet...
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T-Mobile Reveals Price, Availability Of Sony Z3 Phone
Bellevue, Wash. – T-Mobile followed Verizon in announcing a price and availability date for Sony’s premium waterproof Z3 smartphone, making it available Oct. 29...
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Sprint Reveals Availability Dates Of Sharp Aquos Phone
Overland Park, Kansas – Sprint revealed availability dates of the first Sharp smartphone to be available through a U.S. carrier. The Aquos Crystal, unveiled...
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Sony Expands Verizon Partnership With Smartphone
New York – The Sony brand will return to Verizon’s smartphone lineup after an absence of three years, joining connected Sony accessories and a...
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Carriers Adding More Affordable LTE Phones
New York – Carriers AT&T and Verizon and MVNO Consumer Cellular focused on affordable smartphones in their latest product launches. AT&T plans Oct 10...
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HTC Stresses Imaging In New Phone, Point-And-Shoot
New York – Smartphone maker HTC put the focus on imaging with the launch of a flagship phone in its value-oriented Desire line and...
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Target Adds 5 Consumer Cellular Phones
Minneapolis – Target’s U.S. stores nationwide began offering five cellphones yesterday with service from MVNO Consumer Cellular, Target said. The phones are the Consumer...
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Consumer Cellular To Sell Into Target
Portland, Ore.– Cellular MVNO Consumer Cellular, which targets the 50-plus age group with no-contract postpaid service, will substantially expand its brick-and-mortar presence this week...
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LG Rolls Out More Affordable LTE Phone
Seoul, South Korea — LG unveiled a new LTE smartphone targeted to consumers upgrading to LTE in Europe, Asia and the Americas. The quad-core...
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Straight Talk Adding More Alcatel OneTouch Phones
Irvine, Calif. – Alcatel OneTouch is expanding its smartphone selection through prepaid-MVNO TracFone and TracFone’s Straight Talk brand, which is available exclusively in Walmart....
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FM-Radio App For Smartphones Gets Major Update
Chicago – NextRadio will update its interactive radio application for FM radio-equipped Android smartphones to offer a visual tuning interface. The Live Guide feature...
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Verizon Joining AT&T In Offering Moto X
Basking Ridge, N.J. – Verizon will join AT&T in offering Motorola’s second-generation Moto X on Sept. 26, when the carrier will offer the XLTE-ready...
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AT&T To Offer BlackBerry Passport
Toronto — At least one of the big four U.S. carriers — AT&T — will carry the BlackBerry Passport, but BlackBerry didn’t say when....
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T-Mobile, AT&T Plan Samsung Gear S
New York – T-Mobile and AT&T said they will carry Samsung’s recently announced Gear S smart watch in the fall. Neither offered a price...
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BlackBerry: Passport Phone Part Of Comeback Drive
Toronto – BlackBerry unveiled its business- and productivity-focused Passport smartphone, which the company promoted as a PC substitute for business people on the go....
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Low-Price HTC LTE Phone Gains Traction
Overland Park, Kan. – HTC’s Desire 510 smartphone, promoted as the company’s most affordable LTE phone to date, is gaining U.S. distribution. Sprint launched...
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iPhone 6 Plus: Plus-Size Screen, Plus-Size Margin
El Segundo, Calif. — Apple’s iPhone 6 Plus not only offers a bigger display than its little buddy the iPhone 6, but it also...
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AT&T Gets Exclusive On Galaxy Alpha
Dallas — Samsung’s first metal-frame smartphone will be available exclusively on the AT&T network on Sept. 26, when AT&T-owned stores will offer the device...
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Apple Breaks 3-Day Sales Record For iPhone Launch
Cupertino, Calif. — Apple sold more than 10 million new iPhone 6 and iPhone 6 Plus smartphones in the first three days of availability,...
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Samsung’s Note 4 Price, Availability Released
Dallas – Samsung plans retail availability of its 5.7-inch Note 4 phablet on Oct. 17 through major retailers and carriers. T-Mobile will make the...
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T-Mobile Programs Extend In-Home Coverage
Bellevue, Wash. – T-Mobile expects to improve its coverage in homes with the availability of its Personal CellSpot for phones equipped with Wi-Fi calling....
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Sprint Prepaid Brand Sharpens Price Plans
Overland Park, Kan. – Sprint expanded its selection of Sprint-brand prepaid plans for feature phones and smartphones, reduced prices, and packed them with more...
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T-Mobile Embraces Wi-Fi In Big Way
San Francisco – T-Mobile has become the most Wi-Fi-centric carrier in the U.S. with the launch of international Wi-Fi Calling, call hand-off between Wi-Fi...