We know you’ve been wondering about Nokia’s return to metal body plates in its new flagship Nokia Lumia 925. Well, our sister site CNET UK has the full review of the unlocked, global version. The verdict? This Windows phone is light and slim, and its sixth camera lens seems to do the trick with slightly …

Starting Friday, MetroPCS customers will already be able to feel the effects of T-Mobile’s buyout in the form of three new phones that customers can start using right away on T-Mobile’s 4G network. Related stories How T-Mobile is priming a stronger LTE network with MetroPCS All about the LG Optimus L9 (review) Samsung Exhibit review The Android-running LG Optimus L9 …

Related stories: Leaked Nokia EOS images fuel the rumor fire Nokia Lumia 925 kicks off with new Glance Screen Check out the Lumia 928’s Xenon flash Nokia fans, prepare yourself for…something. On Thursday, the Finnish maker of Windows Phone devices invited press to a New York launch event on July 11, promising that the phone maker would “reinvent zoom.” Although …

Apple has played the game long enough to keep its secrets heavily guarded, but a close look at some of iOS 7’s lesser-known features hints at a few hardware changes we should count on (or not) for the next iPhone — and maybe for the next iPads, too. Camera enhancements It doesn’t take an OS upgrade to guess that Apple …

Apple’s iOS 7 comes out swinging with an overhauled design that reskins practically every element with a gleaming-new interface. From what we’ve seen so far (including hands-on time with iOS 7 on an iPhone 5), we like the latest ‘do. A lot. While some new behaviors go along with the updated apps, iOS 7’s changes are more cosmetic and iterative …

For all of your smartphone-owning life, you’ve been told you can’t use your expensive device while wearing gloves, no matter how low the mercury plummets. You weren’t really sure why, you just knew it wasn’t going to happen. And so rocketed sales of fingerless gloves, conductive gloves, and even conductive thread for those brave (or thrifty!) enough to hack their …

LG will want to sell the Optimus F3 it announced on Thursday to everyone, but the Android 4.1 Jelly Bean smartphone comes with some features specifically meant for blind and hearing-impaired users. Most notably, the phone automatically integrates Google TalkBack, a text-to-speech accessibility app that you would ordinarily have to download and activate to use. Students can also download the …

Samsung’s supercharged Galaxy S4 may be sucking in all the headlines, but for Boost Mobile and Virgin Mobile, both Sprint’s prepaid carriers, the Samsung Galaxy S3 is more than enough Android phone for its customers. Starting June 12, Boost and Virgin will begin selling Samsung’s high-end GS3 smartphone for $399.99 (it initially sold for upwards of $600 off-contract). That makes …

Big Red faithful who have long been craving a physical keyboard’s reassuring typing touch, this is your moment. Verizon will begin offering the new BlackBerry Q10 smartphone in stores starting next Monday, June 10 — but eager beavers can preorder theirs starting Thursday. Related stories: BlackBerry Q10, fully reviewed BlackBerry’s white Q10, up close Typing on the BlackBerry Q10 Verizon …

Not one, but two sources bubbled up photos on Wednesday of a Nokia Windows phone that could be the handset-maker’s next flagship, after its freshly-announced Lumia 925. Known as the Nokia EOS, photos from a GSM Arena tipster and from a new Twitter user going by ViziLeaks (via WP Central) both show a similar squared-off shape and tall dimensions. This …