The claws are out now. T-Mobile CEO John Legere fired back at AT&T’s new early upgrade plan, calling it “smoke and mirrors” and a “poor copycat,” and warned that customers pay more and end up getting less than what T-Mobile’s Jump plan has to offer. “Their offer is terrible for consumers,” Legere told CNET in …
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What do the iPhone 6 and Samsung have in common? Not much, according to a report. Samsung will not be making processors for Apple’s iPhone 6, so says the Korea Economic Daily in a report dated Wednesday. To counter the “damage caused” by “Apple shunning Samsung” for the iPhone 6 processor, the Korean company is developing a processor with an …
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Nokia could give its smartphones like the Lumia 1020 a Bluetooth boost, from version 3.0 of the wireless technology to Bluetooth 4.0. Related stories Bluetooth 4.0 will change your life Bluetooth locks and unlocks your front door Nokia Lumia 1020 hands-on According to sources cited by The Verge, the Finnish phone maker is readying a software update that will sweep …
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HTC must be nearly ready to unveil the comprehensively leaked HTC One Mini — it’s paid tribute to ‘little things that pack a big punch’ in a quirky infographic on its corporate blog. The graphic shows tiny animals, people and cultural and scientific phenomena that punch above their weight, implying the Taiwanese company has something similarly mini-mighty up its sleeve. …
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The BBC has announced five new high definition channels to launch in 2014, including HD versions of BBC News, BBC Three and CBeebies. The new channels are BBC News HD, BBC Three HD, BBC Four HD, CBeebies HD and CBBC HD. Unlike the previous BBC HD channel that cherry-picked HD programs, the new high-def channels are simply HD versions of …
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Though still cloaked in mystery, BlackBerry’s next anticipated flagship phone, the all-touchscreen A10, has seemingly surfaced for the first time in video form in a YouTube clip from smartphone accessory maker Vivix. The short video shows what appears to be an unreleased BlackBerry device matching the description of the rumored A10 “Aristo,” which is said to have a 5-inch touchscreen, …
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Microsoft has slashed the price of the Microsoft Surface by almost a third. A whopping £120 has been sliced off the Windows 8 tablet, making it more than a hundred quid cheaper than the latest iPad. The discount drops the price of the 32GB model to £280, down from £400. Meanwhile the 64GB version now costs £360. Among the places you …
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Uber is adding a new feature that lets customers split the cost of a ride among multiple passengers, according to a report from The New York Times on Monday. The car e-hailing service is including the new feature in its next iPhone and Android software updates. After you request a ride, you can tap on the arrow next to the …
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Wake me up when September ends — because that’s when the Nokia Lumia 1020 arrives in the UK. Nokia says the phone will be available this quarter, which means September at the latest. And if the coming soon page at mobile phone emporium Carphone Warehouse is to be believed, it will be later rather than sooner. At last week’s announcement …
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AT&T isn’t going to let T-Mobile steal all of the spotlight when it comes to big shake-ups to its plans. The Dallas telecommunications provider unveiled AT&T Next, a new program for customers that allows them to pay for their own smartphones in monthly installments, and enables an annual upgrade to a smartphone or tablet. Related stories When Does My Phone …
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