The hotly-rumoured HTC One Max could follow in the fingersteps of the Apple iPhone 5S and include a fingerprint scanner. According to leaked photos from China of the One Max, and loose talk from staff of the US network Verizon, the fingerprint scanner sits on the back of the phone below the camera for your index …

For all of the features and shooting modes in Samsung’s Galaxy line of smartphones, one area where camera performance particularly falls short is in low-light conditions, even on high-end smartphones like the Galaxy S4, Galaxy Note 3, and Galaxy S4 Zoom. After having spent time with multiple Galaxy models, I have to say that I rarely find myself using the …

Alcatel-Lucent plans to reduce its workforce by 10,000 jobs, or about 14 percent, in a cost-cutting effort to turn around the struggling network equipment maker, according to reports by European newspapers Monday. The company, which counted 72,000 posts among its global workforce in December, plans to cut 15,000 positions while creating 5,000 new jobs, according to Les Echos and Le …

LG is rolling out a new slate in Korea that will be hitting US store shelves soon. Dubbed the LG G Pad 8.3, the tablet comes with an 8.3-inch HD display featuring 272 pixels per inch. The slate has a 1.7GHz quad-core Qualcomm Snapdragon 600 processor and 16GB of onboard storage. The G Pad 8.3 comes with an included microSD …

Sarah Tew/CNET The Galaxy Note 3 is one of the biggest smartphones of the year, literally. Not only did Samsung pack in a larger 5.7-inch display and a faster 2.3GHz quad-core Snapdragon 800 processor, but the company also added a number of new features to help set the device apart from the competition. Along with many of the software enhancements …

Blinkin’ cheek. A feature that has been available on O2 for free on iPhones since the thing launched six years ago has recently been turned on by Orange — and it’s charging for it. Visual voicemail, which Steve Jobs proudly showed off as he announced Apple’s first ever mobile, is now available on the fruit-flavoured network, but it’s only free …

I wasn’t able to watch last weekend’s “Breaking Bad” finale on the night it aired, meaning I faced a risk bigger than Walter White taking on Gus Fring: spoilers. Come Monday morning, one look at Facebook or Twitter and I’d almost certainly read something that gave away important plot points. And I’m spoiler-averse right down to my very core. But …

Google’s new flagship blower is surely mere days from launch, as the eagerly awaited mobile’s full service manual has appeared online. Leaked by an anonymous source to Android Police, which later took it down at the request of manufacturer LG, it apparently confirms many of the phone’s expected specs. Much like LG’s powerhouse G2, the Nexus 5 is driven by …

Round and round we go with rumours of the future of phones: and the future is flexible with the Samsung Galaxy Round and its hotly-tipped curved screen. If new rumours from Korea are to be believed, Samsung’s first phone to sport a curved display will also be the first to hit shops, potentially beating the banana-shaped LG Z revealed last …

An alleged LG service document leaked online spilled the beans on the Nexus 5. Posted on Scribd, the manual is geared toward service technicians and offers a lot of technical troubleshooting diagrams and steps. Some of the phone’s major specs are also laid out. Based on the manual, LG’s Nexus 5 will include a 4.95-inch 1,920×1,080 IPS (in-plane switching) screen, …

Qualcomm hopes to bring some sanity to the fragmented world of wireless charging, one in which disputes over standards have left consumers without the ability to easily charge their phones without any cables. Such has been the dilemma with wireless charging, which is split between three camps: The Power Matters Alliance (PMA), which has got its wireless charging pads in …

Samsung and Sony are respectively expected to introduce new variants of their flagship smartphones, the Samsung Galaxy S4 and Sony Xperia Z1, specifically intended for the Japanese market. According to a leaked NTT DoCoMo brochure obtained by RBMen, both phones should join the carrier’s roster over the next few quarters. Related stories Catch our full Samsung Galaxy S4 review Best …

Got a hankering for watching HBO, VH1, or Showtime live from your smartphone or tablet? AT&T has good(ish) news for you. On Monday, the carrier launched over 100 live TV channels as part of its U-Verse app for select iOS and Android devices. There are a few catches, however. You’ll already need to subscribe to a AT&T’s U-verse TV package, …

LG is set to gear up mass production of curved smartphone screens as it preps its own flexible display phone. “LG Display is launching a new era of flexible displays for smartphones with its industry-leading technology,” Sang Deog Yeo, chief technology officer of LG Display, said in a statement Monday. “The flexible display market is expected to grow quickly as …

A BlackBerry shareholder has filed a lawsuit against the struggling handset maker and two of its executives, alleging they made false and misleading statements about the company’s financial health and the prospects for BlackBerry 10. In a lawsuit filed Friday in federal court in Manhattan, investor Marvin Pearlstein alleges the company misled investors last year by saying BlackBerry was “progressing …