iPhone 5 unless it includes 4G networking. And not the 4G LTE which Verizon and AT&T keep touting…
incompatible version of 4G networking
Sprint won’t have the iPhone until the iPhone 6
iPhone 5 by default as AT&T
different iPhone 4 hardware models
Sprint will instantly become the smallest U.S. carrier as well as the only one not in line for the iPhone.
Motorola Mobility
iPhone 5 era for political or network reasons
Android platform
Android-based flagship phone has been thoroughly outsold by AT&T’s flagship iPhone 4
Droid phone
Android offerings
rival Android platform
Android manufacturers HTC and Samsung are losing their underwear in the courts thanks to prolonged patent wars and may not ultimately be a part of the Android collective once it’s all said and done.
Apple delayed the launch of the iPhone 5 to take advantage of the so-called Thanksgiving and Christmas shopping rush.
more powerful back and front cameras.
next-generation Apple smartphone.
based in Asia.
supply of the units from Apple’s manufacturing partners
also added that Apple is still internally “debating” on either the September 29th or the 30th preorder date, but the latter seems more likely.
much-anticipated smartphones this year.
iPhone 5
expected by the end of September
iPhone 5
new A5 chip, the dual-core dedicated processor of the computer company, as well as bigger RAM, 8-megapixel rear camera, a non-VGA front-facing camera and could sport a new design. The new iPhone 5 is also the expected device to launch with iOS 5 out of the box.
iPhone 5′s design is “curvier”
f Samsung Mobile
Android OEM
launch a “defensive” strategy against the iPhone 5 by launching the company’s most popular Android smartphone to date
Samsung Galaxy S II.
Galaxy S II was heralded this week, claiming that the Samsung Hercules, or the Samsung Galaxy S II variant for the US carrier T-Mobile.
AT&T, Sprint Nextel and Verizon Wireless
also expected to sell the Samsung Galaxy S II,
Other Android devices that are also expected to arrive by Thanksgiving are the HTC Vigor, Motorola Droid Bionic and the new Nexus smartphone from Google.
Android “team” compete against the iPhone 5? I
Android smartphone that could possibly steal some of the iPhone 5 customers?
"It isn't rocket science to understand that it's the Galaxy S II announcement,"
It isn't an overstatement to say that the Samsung Galaxy S II is the strongest competition the iPhone faces.
sports a 4.3-inch, 800x480 screen, a 1.2-GHz processor, fast 4G network connectivity, and a sleek, simple design evocative of the iPhone. By contrast, the Apple iPhone 4 has a 3.5-inch, 960x640 screen, a 1-GHz processor, and a slower, 3G connection.
Bigger and faster?
Though it hasn’t gone on sale yet in the U.S.
Galaxy S II are copious
obscene.
24 days, the company sold 1 million units
The 2 million units sold in 42 days would fill two and a half soccer fields.
That's a lot of smartphones. But it's more than that: It's a lot of good smartphones,
"If the U.S. versions are anything like the international versions, these are going to be spectacular smartphones," he told FoxNews.com. Segan gave an international version of the phone an Editors' Choice award, calling it the finest Android smartphone available today.
Apple iPhone 5
he elephant in the room
he 3 million Galaxy S II phones sold in just over 50 days are as heavy as 100 elephants)
iPhone 5 is widely expected to be coming out in September, Segan noted.
And getting the right price could make all the difference for Samsung. "They don't want to be more expensive than the iPhone," Segan said.
But that 4G network connection may prove a major difference between the two.
Unless Apple has made some sort of secret breakthrough, [the faster LTE network] might make a Verizon iPhone too thick and power-hungry for Apple's demands this year. Apple may skip it for now and wait for smaller and cooler chipsets," Segan noted.
That faster connection really pays off for anyone surfing a lot of complicated websites or viewing movies over Netflix, he said.
But in the end, pricing, a final feature set and the design is all up to the carriers. "The mainstream price for a smartphone is $199 with contract," Segan noted. "We're all hoping for $199."
A group of South Korean users of
Apple Inc. (AAPL)’s iPhone sued the company in a local court, claiming
it invaded their privacy by allowing the smartphone to collect
location data without their consent.
About 27,000 people joined a class-action suit against
Apple’s South Korean unit and headquarters, seeking 1 million
won per person ($930) in damages,
Apple was fined by South Korea’s telecommunications
regulator on Aug. 3 and ordered to encrypt location data of
people using iPhones to address privacy concerns.
Apple was fined 3 million won for collecting such data even
when some users turned off location-recognition features on
their iPhones, the Korea Communications Commission said Aug. 3.
Google Inc
Earlier this year, Apple was sued in the U.S. by two iPhone
and iPad users who claimed the devices secretly collected
information on their movements.
“I’m an iPhone user myself, so when I first heard about
this in the media, I reviewed the legality of the matter based
on Korean law,” Kim Hyeong Seok, an attorney for the
plaintiffs
8 megapixel cameras; some have 3-D video capture and playback.
BlackBerry battery life standards
fairly heavy mobile phone user, consuming apps
5.5 hours of talk time on GSM
9810 rates 6.5
Torch 9800
768 MB
of RAM
Torch 9850 has 4 GB of storage on board, expandable to 36 GB, while the Torch 9810 has 8 GB on board, upgradeable to 32 GB. The Bold starts with 8 GB, and maxes out at 40 GB.
ban the sale of three phones are "too similar" to the iPhone. The ban begins October 15.
Missing from the ban, however, are the Galaxy Tab tablets,
included in the original suit filed this month.
evidence that it may have doctored photos in that case, as well.
get the Tab banned in Germany,
A Dutch court found Samsung to be infringing on an Apple patent
technologies related to a “Portable Electronic Device for Photo Management.”
covers the various aspects of a photo gallery user interface
Samsung’s Galaxy S, SII, and Ace smartphones have thus been banned from sale.
use of touchscreen gestures
ban takes effect October 15
phones will be barred in Germany, Ireland, Sweden, Switzerland, the UK, and the Netherlands.
ruling will not be enforceable in other EU member-states because Apple failed to pay the administrative costs necessary in order to make the patent valid, tech patent blog FOSS Patents reports.
Apple’s failure to keep its paperwork in order
ban could have disruptive effects on Samsung sales across Europe.
fact that a good portion of Samsung’s distribution system for the region runs through the Netherlands:
sell these devices, the company will now need to ship them into various countries directly.
Samsung is obviously not pleased with the ruling, and has vowed to take “all possible measures including legal action” to ensure there will be no disruption in sales of its devices.
That said, Samsung still has options: the injunction found that Android 2.3 infringed on the patent but Android 3.0 and above did not.
Korean electronics maker needs to do is update the banned phones and the injunction will be un-enforceable, something Judge E.F. Brinkman
a 1.5GHz dual-core processor, 4.3-inch qHD (960×540) touchscreen, a dedicated camera button, a dedicated video button, an 8MP rear camera, a 2MP front camera, 1GB of RAM, and Bluetooth 3.0.
HTC Ruby
handset rumor roundup,
be more powerful than the Hercules (S II),
1.2GHz dual-core processor and a 4.3-inch 480×800 screen. Both phones will be “4G” capable, meaning they will run on T-Mobile’s high-speed HSPA+ network.This is all speculation, of course, as is most early handset news. Handset manufacturers don’t
like to announce release dates or device information before the day of launch, likely because of how fast the industry moves an
d how much control is in the hands of the wireless carriers, which have a good amount of power over handset sales here in the United States.
Samsung is holding a Galaxy S II event on August 29.