http://www.phonearena.com/ PhoneArena.com - Cell Phone Reviews, News, Specs and Info. en-us Copyright 2001-2006 PhoneArena. All rights reserved. phonearena@phonearena.com http://www.phonearena.com/img/logo-en.gif http://www.phonearena.com/ 107 80 http://www.phonearena.com/news/Dish-abandons-Sprint-purchase-to-focus-on-acquiring-Clearwire_id44233It looks like the final roadblock between Softbank's purchase of Sprint has gotten out of the way. Dish Network has pulled its bid to buy Sprint, and says that it will instead focus its efforts on acquiring Clearwire in its ongoing plans to build its own wireless carrier...]]>NewsTue, 18 Jun 2013 19:16:00 -0500http://www.phonearena.com/news/Dish-abandons-Sprint-purchase-to-focus-on-acquiring-Clearwire_id44233/commentsPhone Arenahttp://www.phonearena.com/news/HTC-One-is-3rd-best-selling-phone-in-the-U.S.-and-it-hasnt-hit-Verizon-yet_id44212There has been a lot of talk about the HTC One sales, mostly due to the state of HTC. There have been a number of high profile employees leaving the company, the HTC One had production delays, and founder/CEO Peter Chou has even gone so far as to say he would step down if the HTC One is a failure. Well, it looks like that won't be necessary, because the HTC One is apparently the 3rd best selling phone in the U.S...]]>NewsTue, 18 Jun 2013 09:22:00 -0500http://www.phonearena.com/news/HTC-One-is-3rd-best-selling-phone-in-the-U.S.-and-it-hasnt-hit-Verizon-yet_id44212/commentsPhone Arenahttp://www.phonearena.com/news/Tests-show-AT-Ts-LTE-network-is-fastest-T-Mobiles-HSPA-faster-than-Sprints-LTE_id44209Every year, PCMag drives all around the country to test the wireless carrier networks in 30 different states. The tests are pretty impressive, and quite helpful for those of you who may be unhappy with your service and looking to switch. This year, the big winner was AT&T, which proved to have the fastest LTE, but there were other surprises in the testing as well...]]>NewsTue, 18 Jun 2013 08:52:00 -0500http://www.phonearena.com/news/Tests-show-AT-Ts-LTE-network-is-fastest-T-Mobiles-HSPA-faster-than-Sprints-LTE_id44209/commentsPhone Arenahttp://www.phonearena.com/news/HTC-Tiara-and-a-Samsung-WP8-smartphone-coming-to-Ting_id44198The HTC Tiara is a smartphone that we've been hearing rumors about for months. If these are to be trusted, the smartphone is of the mid-range class, running Microsoft's Windows Phone 8 operating system. Sprint is the carrier bound to launch this upcoming handset, but it turns out that others are interested in offering the device as well. Ting – a virtual mobile operator that uses the Sprint network – confirmed via its official blog that the HTC Tiara will land on its shelves in July...]]>NewsTue, 18 Jun 2013 06:52:00 -0500http://www.phonearena.com/news/HTC-Tiara-and-a-Samsung-WP8-smartphone-coming-to-Ting_id44198/commentsPhone Arenahttp://www.phonearena.com/news/Sprint-sues-both-Dish-Network-and-Clearwire_id44169Sprint, the majority owner of network wholesaler Clearwire, has filed a suit in the Delaware Court of Chancery against Dish Network and Clearwire seeking to block Dish's acquisition of Clearwire; Dish said on Monday that the Hart-Scott-Rodino act waiting period expired June 14th with no request for more information from the government...]]>NewsMon, 17 Jun 2013 20:26:00 -0500http://www.phonearena.com/news/Sprint-sues-both-Dish-Network-and-Clearwire_id44169/commentsPhone Arenahttp://www.phonearena.com/news/Sprint-adds-22-new-cities-to-its-LTE-roster_id44157The nation's third largest mobile carrier, Sprint, has expanded the size of its LTE service by adding coverage to 22 new U.S. cities including some major vacation destinations such as Miami, Tampa and Fond du Lac, Wis; well, maybe the latter isn't exactly a major tourist destination, but it does now offer 4G LTE service for Sprint customers in the region...]]>NewsMon, 17 Jun 2013 10:37:00 -0500http://www.phonearena.com/news/Sprint-adds-22-new-cities-to-its-LTE-roster_id44157/commentsPhone Arenahttp://www.phonearena.com/news/WSJ-NSA-does-not-gather-cellphone-location-records-despite-authorization-to-do-so_id44126In what is quickly becoming a pesky topic that just won't go away, no less than the Wall Street Journal reported on Sunday night that even though the NSA is legally authorized to collect information that can pinpoint the location of cellphone callers, it refuses to do so; T-Mobile is majority owned by a foreign company, Deutsche Telekom, which appears to preclude it from directly providing information...]]>NewsSun, 16 Jun 2013 23:09:00 -0500http://www.phonearena.com/news/WSJ-NSA-does-not-gather-cellphone-location-records-despite-authorization-to-do-so_id44126/commentsPhone Arenahttp://www.phonearena.com/news/Ting-to-add-a-couple-Windows-Phone-8-devices-next-month_id44121The MVNO known as Ting, and operated by Tucows announced that it was planning on bringing two...]]>NewsSun, 16 Jun 2013 21:32:00 -0500http://www.phonearena.com/news/Ting-to-add-a-couple-Windows-Phone-8-devices-next-month_id44121/commentsPhone Arenahttp://www.phonearena.com/news/Snapdragon-800-based-Samsung-Galaxy-S4-breaks-benchmark-records_id44063The Samsung Galaxy S4 is currently shipping with either a Snapdragon 600 quad-core or an Exynos 5 Octa chip, but chances are that a more powerful version…]]>NewsFri, 14 Jun 2013 08:40:00 -0500http://www.phonearena.com/news/Snapdragon-800-based-Samsung-Galaxy-S4-breaks-benchmark-records_id44063/commentsPhone Arenahttp://www.phonearena.com/news/Foreign-ownership-in-Verizon-and-T-Mobile-prevent-them-from-contributing-to-U.S.-surveillance-program_id44041According to a report published Thursday in the Wall Street Journal, Verizon and T-Mobile cannot turn over data directly to the U.S. surveillance program run by the NSA because both have foreign corporate parents; Verizon is 45% owned by Britain's Vodafone (with the remainder 55% owned by Verizon Communications), and T-Mobile is owned by Germany's Deutsche Telecom...]]>NewsFri, 14 Jun 2013 00:12:00 -0500http://www.phonearena.com/news/Foreign-ownership-in-Verizon-and-T-Mobile-prevent-them-from-contributing-to-U.S.-surveillance-program_id44041/commentsPhone Arenahttp://www.phonearena.com/phones/LG-Optimus-F3_id7862LG Optimus F3 is a 4.0-inch (WVGA), dual-core Android Jelly Bean 4.1.2 device with beefy 2,460mAh battery.]]>PhonesTue, 21 May 2013 05:24:00 -0500http://www.phonearena.com/phones/LG-Optimus-F3_id7862/discussionsPhone Arenahttp://www.phonearena.com/phones/ZTE-Vital_id7882The Sprint Vital is a ZTE-made affordable phone. One Benjamin buys you a handset with a 5-inch 720p IPS display and a 1.5GHz dual-core Snapdragon MSM8960 processor, running on Android 4.1.2 Jelly Bean. The Sprint Vital features a 13-megapixel main camera and a 1-megapixel front camera for video calls. The battery is 2460mAh and that should easily last you a day. Internal storage is 8GB and expandable via microSD cards of up to 64GB.]]>PhonesMon, 10 Jun 2013 01:42:00 -0500http://www.phonearena.com/phones/ZTE-Vital_id7882/discussionsPhone Arenahttp://www.phonearena.com/news/Amazon-to-sell-HTC-One-for-79.99-on-Friday-only-to-new-AT-T-Sprint-subscribers_id44028The HTC One has done everything that the Taiwan manufacturer hoped that it would; with the company rallying around the device as far back as HTC's February Year End party, the metal unibody design and sexy styling has allowed the phone to challenge the Samsung Galaxy S4. While unofficially the Samsung Galaxy S4 has outsold the HTC One 2 to 1, that still could turn into a pretty good sales total for the model...]]>NewsThu, 13 Jun 2013 13:29:00 -0500http://www.phonearena.com/news/Amazon-to-sell-HTC-One-for-79.99-on-Friday-only-to-new-AT-T-Sprint-subscribers_id44028/commentsPhone Arenahttp://www.phonearena.com/news/Samsung-says-Galaxy-S4-sales-are-alive-and-well-confirms-Galaxy-Camera-2-for-June_id44017Bearish reports on Galaxy S4 sales have eroded Samsung’s stock value in the last couple of weeks and now Samsung has stepped up…]]>NewsThu, 13 Jun 2013 06:43:00 -0500http://www.phonearena.com/news/Samsung-says-Galaxy-S4-sales-are-alive-and-well-confirms-Galaxy-Camera-2-for-June_id44017/commentsPhone Arenahttp://www.phonearena.com/news/Samsung-Galaxy-S4-Google-Edition-goes-through-the-rings-of-hell_id44010It is a known fact that every smartphone maker tests its smartphones extensively before releasing them to market and stress tests are part of that whole pre-launch torture…]]>NewsThu, 13 Jun 2013 03:29:00 -0500http://www.phonearena.com/news/Samsung-Galaxy-S4-Google-Edition-goes-through-the-rings-of-hell_id44010/commentsPhone Arenahttp://www.phonearena.com/news/Samsung-reducing-its-Galaxy-S4-parts-order-for-next-quarter-by-a-third_id44008The sources confirmed once again that Samsung has issued order forecasts on the lower range for this quarter, 20-25 million instead of 25 million firm, and has lowered the forecast for next quarter from 30 million units down to 20 million...]]>NewsThu, 13 Jun 2013 02:59:00 -0500http://www.phonearena.com/news/Samsung-reducing-its-Galaxy-S4-parts-order-for-next-quarter-by-a-third_id44008/commentsPhone Arenahttp://www.phonearena.com/news/Clearwire-board-said-to-favor-offer-from-Dish-Network-stockholder-vote-on-Sprint-bid-delayed_id43990Dish Network might not win Sprint, but it looks like it has a very good chance of walking away with Clearwire; a special committee of the network wholesaler's board is planning on delaying a stockholder vote scheduled for Thursday and is recommending that the full board endorse the bid made by Dish Network for the company...]]>NewsWed, 12 Jun 2013 17:09:00 -0500http://www.phonearena.com/news/Clearwire-board-said-to-favor-offer-from-Dish-Network-stockholder-vote-on-Sprint-bid-delayed_id43990/commentsPhone Arenahttp://www.phonearena.com/news/Samsung-Galaxy-S4-with-Snapdragon-800-gets-DLNA-certification-could-soon-come-to-Korea_id43977The Samsung Galaxy S4 initially launched in two variants - one with a Qualcomm Snapdragon chip for most Western markets and another one with an Exynos 5 Octa chip…]]>NewsWed, 12 Jun 2013 07:48:00 -0500http://www.phonearena.com/news/Samsung-Galaxy-S4-with-Snapdragon-800-gets-DLNA-certification-could-soon-come-to-Korea_id43977/commentsPhone Arenahttp://www.phonearena.com/news/Samsung-Galaxy-S4-or-not-here-is-a-virtually-identical-clone-from-China-coming-with-hand-gestures_id43969You might have not heard about Chinese company No.1, but it is now getting ready to release a very close Galaxy S4 clone that now only looks like the Samsung flagship…]]>NewsWed, 12 Jun 2013 02:55:00 -0500http://www.phonearena.com/news/Samsung-Galaxy-S4-or-not-here-is-a-virtually-identical-clone-from-China-coming-with-hand-gestures_id43969/commentsPhone Arenahttp://www.phonearena.com/news/New-deal-with-SoftBank-includes-poison-pill-for-Sprint_id43967More information is coming out about the revised SoftBank bid for Sprint; where the original deal was for 70% of the carrier at a price of $20.1 billion, the new deal is for 78% of the carrier at the new price of $21.6 billion. Where Sprint shareholders stood to receive $12.1 billion in the original deal, the revised offer gives them $16.6 billion...]]>NewsWed, 12 Jun 2013 01:52:00 -0500http://www.phonearena.com/news/New-deal-with-SoftBank-includes-poison-pill-for-Sprint_id43967/commentsPhone Arenahttp://www.phonearena.com/news/DISH-is-losing-precious-time-by-focusing-on-Clearwire-and-Sprint_id43961For gadget geeks, this veritable love quadrangle between DISH, Sprint, Clearwire and SoftBank may not...]]>NewsWed, 12 Jun 2013 00:44:00 -0500http://www.phonearena.com/news/DISH-is-losing-precious-time-by-focusing-on-Clearwire-and-Sprint_id43961/commentsPhone Arenahttp://www.phonearena.com/news/What-will-Charlie-do_id43959Now that Japan's SoftBank has raised its bid for 70% of Sprint by $1.5 billion to $21.6 billion, the question on the mind of SoftBank's investment bankers, industry analysts and Wall Street traders is, "What will Charlie do?" The Charlie in question is none other than Charles Ergen, the CEO of Dish Network. Ergen's desire to start a new mobile carrier has put Dish in the middle of two takeover battles...]]>NewsTue, 11 Jun 2013 22:19:00 -0500http://www.phonearena.com/news/What-will-Charlie-do_id43959/commentsPhone Arenahttp://www.phonearena.com/news/HPs-purchase-of-Palm-a-waste-says-Jon-Rubinstein_id43953Jon Rubinstein was the star at CES 2009; making the introduction of the Palm Pre and webOS, Rubinstein commanded the stage showing off the phone that everyone said was going to be a strong challenger to the Apple iPhone. Who could have predicted that the CES announcement would be the peak for both the Palm Pre and Rubinstein...]]>NewsTue, 11 Jun 2013 18:12:00 -0500http://www.phonearena.com/news/HPs-purchase-of-Palm-a-waste-says-Jon-Rubinstein_id43953/commentsPhone Arenahttp://www.phonearena.com/news/SoftBank-ups-bid-for-70-of-Sprint-to-21.6-billion-stockholder-vote-moved-to-June-25th_id43931Back on June 4th, with the Sprint stockholders vote closing in, we told you that SoftBank could raise its bid in order to make sure it would win the vote; sure enough, with the stockholders tally coming on Wednesday, the Japanese telecommunications firm raised its bid to $21.6 billion for 70% of the third largest carrier in the U.S. SoftBank's original offer was $20.1 billion. The new offer is valued at $7.48 cents a share...]]>NewsTue, 11 Jun 2013 00:16:00 -0500http://www.phonearena.com/news/SoftBank-ups-bid-for-70-of-Sprint-to-21.6-billion-stockholder-vote-moved-to-June-25th_id43931/commentsPhone Arenahttp://www.phonearena.com/news/Just-two-days-before-Sprint-stockholder-vote-Dish-is-still-doing-due-diligence_id43927Just two days before Sprint stockholders vote on whether to accept the $20.1 billion offer from Japan's SoftBank to buy 70% of the nation's third largest carrier, Dish Network said that it was still doing due diligence on Sprint's books; after Sprint agreed to the SoftBank deal, Dish lobbed in a $25.5 billion bid to buy the entire company. Dish says that it is currently negotiating its own deal with Sprint...]]>NewsMon, 10 Jun 2013 20:52:00 -0500http://www.phonearena.com/news/Just-two-days-before-Sprint-stockholder-vote-Dish-is-still-doing-due-diligence_id43927/commentsPhone Arenahttp://www.phonearena.com/news/iOS-7-is-coming-to-iPhone-4-and-up-but-not-all-features-will-be-available-on-all-devices_id43915So, iOS 7 is finally here, and guess what, it'll be coming to most of the iPhones and iPads currently in use. As before, though, not each and every feature will be available on every iOS 7-supported model...]]>NewsMon, 10 Jun 2013 14:47:00 -0500http://www.phonearena.com/news/iOS-7-is-coming-to-iPhone-4-and-up-but-not-all-features-will-be-available-on-all-devices_id43915/commentsPhone Arenahttp://www.phonearena.com/news/Sprint-Vital-arrives-on-June-14-for-99_id43891The Sprint Vital has just gone official and it is a ZTE-made phone with a release date set for June 14th and an affordable $99 price on a two-year contract…]]>NewsMon, 10 Jun 2013 09:30:00 -0500http://www.phonearena.com/news/Sprint-Vital-arrives-on-June-14-for-99_id43891/commentsPhone Arenahttp://www.phonearena.com/news/HTC-One-grabs-Best-Device-award-at-Computex-2013_id43880The HTC One is a design wonder and while it might not have the backing of marketing as huge as Samsung’s, it is scoring all sorts of awards…]]>NewsMon, 10 Jun 2013 03:57:00 -0500http://www.phonearena.com/news/HTC-One-grabs-Best-Device-award-at-Computex-2013_id43880/commentsPhone Arenahttp://www.phonearena.com/phones/ZTE-Vital_id7882The Sprint Vital is a ZTE-made affordable phone. One Benjamin buys you a handset with a 5-inch 720p IPS display and a 1.5GHz dual-core Snapdragon MSM8960 processor, running on Android 4.1.2 Jelly Bean. The Sprint Vital features a 13-megapixel main camera and a 1-megapixel front camera for video calls. The battery is 2460mAh and that should easily last you a day. Internal storage is 8GB and expandable via microSD cards of up to 64GB.]]>PhonesMon, 10 Jun 2013 01:42:00 -0500http://www.phonearena.com/phones/ZTE-Vital_id7882/discussionsPhone Arenahttp://www.phonearena.com/news/Best-Buy-has-Samsung-Galaxy-S-III-for-Virgin-Mobile-available-for-pre-order-399_id43868The Galaxy S III may be a year old, but it can still hold its own amongst the players in the field. Aside from...]]>NewsSun, 09 Jun 2013 23:20:00 -0500http://www.phonearena.com/news/Best-Buy-has-Samsung-Galaxy-S-III-for-Virgin-Mobile-available-for-pre-order-399_id43868/commentsPhone Arenahttp://www.phonearena.com/news/PRISM-whistle-blower-steps-out-of-the-shadows_id43860The man credited as the NSA whistle-blower who spilled the beans on the surveillance program that has everyone in the U.S. talking, is Edward Snowden; the 29 year-old currently works for defense contractor Booz Allen Hamilton and was once a undercover employee for the CIA. Not shrinking from fear, Snowden said, "I have no intention of hiding who I am because I know I have done nothing wrong"...]]>NewsSun, 09 Jun 2013 21:00:00 -0500http://www.phonearena.com/news/PRISM-whistle-blower-steps-out-of-the-shadows_id43860/commentsPhone Arenahttp://www.phonearena.com/news/Director-of-National-Intelligence-makes-good-on-promise-to-declassify-some-PRISM-information_id43848When he first responded to the reports that gave the first details of the NSA's PRISM data collection program, the Director of National Intelligence, James Clapper, had said he would work towards declassifying information about the program in order to correct what he called "numerous inaccuracies" and "reckless disclosures" by the media...]]>NewsSat, 08 Jun 2013 22:32:00 -0500http://www.phonearena.com/news/Director-of-National-Intelligence-makes-good-on-promise-to-declassify-some-PRISM-information_id43848/commentsPhone Arenahttp://www.phonearena.com/news/U.S.-stopped-terror-atack-planned-for-New-York-Citys-subway-in-2009-thanks-to-NSA-phone-program_id43828With civil libertarians and some congressmen complaining that the NSA's PRISM program is too broad and obtains too much information on individual American citizens instead of focusing on terrorists like it is intended to do, reports are coming out on Friday that the plan might have averted a huge terror attack on U.S. soil...]]>NewsSat, 08 Jun 2013 03:08:00 -0500http://www.phonearena.com/news/U.S.-stopped-terror-atack-planned-for-New-York-Citys-subway-in-2009-thanks-to-NSA-phone-program_id43828/commentsPhone Arenahttp://www.phonearena.com/news/Two-phones-heading-for-Sprint-HTC-Tiara-and-ZTE-Vital-visit-the-FCC_id43814Back in February, we told you about the HTC Tiara; this is a Windows Phone 8 handset that it apparently heading to Sprint with the GDR2 updated version of Windows Phone 8 pre-installed. The device also showed up in a Windows Phone 8 roadmap seen early last month. While the phone has yet to be introduced, it has visited the FCC as the HTC PO88100...]]>NewsFri, 07 Jun 2013 18:49:00 -0500http://www.phonearena.com/news/Two-phones-heading-for-Sprint-HTC-Tiara-and-ZTE-Vital-visit-the-FCC_id43814/commentsPhone Arenahttp://www.phonearena.com/news/Softbank-may-look-to-acquire-T-Mobile-if-Sprint-purchase-fails_id43815Softbank has been officially set to acquire a majority share of Sprint since October, and the $20 billion deal keeps inching closer and closer to completion, but a new report says that Softbank has a backup plan in case the purchase doesn't get approval. Apparently, the fallback plan for Softbank is to follow in AT&T's footsteps and try to purchase T-Mobile...]]>NewsFri, 07 Jun 2013 17:26:00 -0500http://www.phonearena.com/news/Softbank-may-look-to-acquire-T-Mobile-if-Sprint-purchase-fails_id43815/commentsPhone Arenahttp://www.phonearena.com/news/President-Obama-on-PRISM-Nobody-is-listening-to-your-telephone-calls_id43804Yesterday, news broke that the National Security Agency has been using a program called PRISM to collect metadata on calls made on Verizon, AT&T, and Sprint in the U.S. The Director of National Intelligence has already come out to comment on the report, but now we have word from President Obama himself, who says that "Nobody is listening to your telephone calls"....]]>NewsFri, 07 Jun 2013 12:19:00 -0500http://www.phonearena.com/news/President-Obama-on-PRISM-Nobody-is-listening-to-your-telephone-calls_id43804/commentsPhone Arenahttp://www.phonearena.com/news/International-spying-British-intelligence-has-had-access-to-PRISM-since-2010_id43801We said that yesterday's reports about PRISM were probably just the tip of the iceberg, but we didn't really expect the iceberg would be international. Yesterday, The Washington Post detailed an NSA program called PRISM, which supposedly collects data from a number of big name internet companies (though most deny it), and today The Guardian is saying that British intelligence has had access to PRISM since 2010...]]>NewsFri, 07 Jun 2013 11:58:00 -0500http://www.phonearena.com/news/International-spying-British-intelligence-has-had-access-to-PRISM-since-2010_id43801/commentsPhone Arenahttp://www.phonearena.com/news/HTC-One-sales-doubled-to-1.2-million-in-May-but-analysts-expect-no-further-growth_id43795The HTC One is obviously a big success for ailing HTC and the latest estimates show sales of the flagship doubled sequentially to reach 1.2 million in May…]]>NewsFri, 07 Jun 2013 09:22:00 -0500http://www.phonearena.com/news/HTC-One-sales-doubled-to-1.2-million-in-May-but-analysts-expect-no-further-growth_id43795/commentsPhone Arenahttp://www.phonearena.com/news/Worries-that-Samsung-might-have-diluted-Galaxy-S4-sales-result-in-12-billion-loss-in-market-value_id43789The Samsung Galaxy S4 is clearly the most popular Android smartphone to date - it sold a whopping 10 million devices within the first month of availability…]]>NewsFri, 07 Jun 2013 07:46:00 -0500http://www.phonearena.com/news/Worries-that-Samsung-might-have-diluted-Galaxy-S4-sales-result-in-12-billion-loss-in-market-value_id43789/commentsPhone Arenahttp://www.phonearena.com/news/Director-of-National-Intelligence-says-PRISM-reports-contain-numerous-inaccuracies_id43770Everyone seems to be scrambling on this one, and more and more it looks like we should be suspicious of the reports by The Washington Post and The Guardian. Not only have most of the companies named in The Washington Post report about PRISM data collection denied involvement in any government program; now, the Director of National Intelligence has come out to say the reports "contain numerous inaccuracies"...]]>NewsThu, 06 Jun 2013 22:15:00 -0500http://www.phonearena.com/news/Director-of-National-Intelligence-says-PRISM-reports-contain-numerous-inaccuracies_id43770/commentsPhone Arenahttp://www.phonearena.com/news/NSA-call-logging-extends-to-AT-T-and-Sprint_id43768We said when we reported that companies like Google, Apple, Microsoft, and Facebook had been named as part of the NSA's PRISM data collection program that we would be hearing more soon enough. We didn't expect how soon though. As we were writing that story, the Wall Street Journal reported that the NSA's call logging extends beyond Verizon to cover AT&T and Sprint as well...]]>NewsThu, 06 Jun 2013 21:23:00 -0500http://www.phonearena.com/news/NSA-call-logging-extends-to-AT-T-and-Sprint_id43768/commentsPhone Arenahttp://www.phonearena.com/news/LG-Optimus-F3-comes-to-Sprint-June-14th-phone-will-be-priced-at-29.99_id43757Toward the end of last month, we passed along the word that the LG Optimus F3 was making its way to Sprint; well, the journey is almost over as Sprint has announced on Thursday that the handset will be available online or through 1-800-SPRINT1 starting June 14th. The LG Optimus F3 will be in stores later this summer...]]>NewsThu, 06 Jun 2013 13:16:00 -0500http://www.phonearena.com/news/LG-Optimus-F3-comes-to-Sprint-June-14th-phone-will-be-priced-at-29.99_id43757/commentsPhone Arenahttp://www.phonearena.com/news/Shattered-iPhone-5-screens-to-be-fixed-at-Apple-stores-using-this-contraption_id43752As we reported yesterday, Apple is now fixing shattered iPhone 5 screens at its retail stores instead of giving out replacement units. The service, which costs $49 for those who have AppleCare+ and $149 for those who don't, is comparable in price to what third-party iPhone 5 repair services cost. However, the Geniuses at the Apple Store won't be opening damaged iPhones using tweezers and guitar picks. Instead, they'll be using a bit more sophisticated gear...]]>NewsThu, 06 Jun 2013 09:15:00 -0500http://www.phonearena.com/news/Shattered-iPhone-5-screens-to-be-fixed-at-Apple-stores-using-this-contraption_id43752/commentsPhone Arenahttp://www.phonearena.com/news/Samsung-tempering-investors-expectations-on-the-Galaxy-S4-sales_id43750Samsung's gradual evolution of the Galaxy line strategy might turn and bite it in the rear, it seems, according to some industry analysts, and with the latest Galaxy S4 flagship at that, despite the clever marketing efforts...]]>NewsThu, 06 Jun 2013 09:01:00 -0500http://www.phonearena.com/news/Samsung-tempering-investors-expectations-on-the-Galaxy-S4-sales_id43750/commentsPhone Arenahttp://www.phonearena.com/news/Studio-prints-a-46-canvas-from-an-HTC-One-photo-rendering-the-megapixel-war-moot_id43745HTC One bucked the trend with the UltraPixel camera, which technically is just 4MP, but the pixels themselves are much larger, capturing more light in than the tinier dots that are in higher-res phone cameras, and that's a pretty important part of the equation. The upside of large resolutions, though, is said to be the ability to print the pictures huge...]]>NewsThu, 06 Jun 2013 06:38:00 -0500http://www.phonearena.com/news/Studio-prints-a-46-canvas-from-an-HTC-One-photo-rendering-the-megapixel-war-moot_id43745/commentsPhone Arenahttp://www.phonearena.com/news/New-Quick-Snooze-Galaxy-S4-ad-baits-dads-ahead-of-Fathers-Day_id43744After the "Swaddle Master", we now have the "Quick Snooze". Worn out by a hard day's work of caring for his baby, the Father's Day poster child dozes off on the couch, while watching a game with the offspring. The Smart Pause feature kicks in, and the video pauses for the duration of the power nap, then resumes where he left off, which is a subtle way to dismiss the Galaxy S4 new features being called "gimmicks"...]]>NewsThu, 06 Jun 2013 05:19:00 -0500http://www.phonearena.com/news/New-Quick-Snooze-Galaxy-S4-ad-baits-dads-ahead-of-Fathers-Day_id43744/commentsPhone Arenahttp://www.phonearena.com/news/Does-Apple-limit-data-speeds-on-some-U.S.-carriers_id43739According to a person who provides hacks for the Apple iPhone, a code was found on iOS that effectively lowers the data speed on three U.S. wireless carriers; Joseph Brown says that he has found code on the Apple iPhone and Apple iPad running on Verizon, Sprint and AT&T that limits the speed of the devices...]]>NewsThu, 06 Jun 2013 03:00:00 -0500http://www.phonearena.com/news/Does-Apple-limit-data-speeds-on-some-U.S.-carriers_id43739/commentsPhone Arenahttp://www.phonearena.com/news/Push-To-Walk-Sprints-iDEN-service-set-to-pass-away-on-June-30th_id43733Over a year ago, Sprint said that it could close down it's iDEN push-to-talk network on June 30th; sure enough, a little more than a year later the carrier says that it will pull the plug on iDEN at 12:01 am June 30th. That means the final full day of service will be June 29th and on that day Sprint will be busy trying to get its iDEN customers moved over to its Direct Connect service...]]>NewsWed, 05 Jun 2013 22:18:00 -0500http://www.phonearena.com/news/Push-To-Walk-Sprints-iDEN-service-set-to-pass-away-on-June-30th_id43733/commentsPhone Arenahttp://www.phonearena.com/news/Samsung-Galaxy-S4-grabs-top-spot-at-three-of-four-top-U.S.-carriers_id43729For the first time since the launch of the Apple iPhone 5 last September, Samsung outsold Apple in the U.S. during a month; based on the monthly store surveys conducted by Canaccord Genuity analyst Michael Walkley, the Korean based manufacturer outsold Apple during May thanks to the formidable combination of the Samsung Galaxy S4, Samsung Galaxy S III and the Samsung GALAXY Note II...]]>NewsWed, 05 Jun 2013 21:16:00 -0500http://www.phonearena.com/news/Samsung-Galaxy-S4-grabs-top-spot-at-three-of-four-top-U.S.-carriers_id43729/commentsPhone Arenahttp://www.phonearena.com/news/BlackBerry-A10-due-in-November-already-confirmed-for-Sprint_id43718The sales performance of the BlackBerry Z10 has been a topic of debate, although platform numbers suggest that the device hasn't been able to stop BlackBerry's slide. But, the company is already preparing the follow-up to the all-touchscreen smartphone with the BlackBerry A10, which is reportedly due to be released in November, and already has a commitment from Sprint to carry the phone...]]>NewsWed, 05 Jun 2013 14:52:00 -0500http://www.phonearena.com/news/BlackBerry-A10-due-in-November-already-confirmed-for-Sprint_id43718/commentsPhone Arena