Back in May, LG announced five new colorways for its flagship smartphone, the G3 –Metallic Black, Silk White, Shine Gold, Moon Violet, and Burgundy Red. Two months on and both the violet and red options are still not available in the United States. This has left some consumers who wanted to bag themselves either of these two options scratching their heads and searching for answers. Thankfully, LG has today spoken out and provided us with an update on the subject.

Last week, we reported that a number of Galaxy Tab S users had been experiencing some serious overheating issues which caused the faux leather panel on the back of the tablet to warp and buckle. Samsung has today published an official statement with regards to this issue.

The South Korean company claims that the distortion of the backplate is not actually a byproduct of the processor getting too hot. It is, in fact, a problem with faulty back covers on the production line, which has now been rectified. Any customers with a defective tablet are asked to visit their nearest Samsung Electronics store where they will receive a replacement.

When Google started rolling out Android 4.3 Jelly Bean to the Nexus 4 back in July, some users stumbled upon a very handy privacy feature, called “App Ops”, hidden in the Developer’s section of the built-in settings application, which enabled them to “install apps while preventing the app from collecting sensitive data like the user’s location or address book” — which I am pretty sure we can all agree is a rather useful security function to have on our devices.

The teeny tiny link to Apple’s statement.

A court of appeal has reprimanded the “non-compliant” statement Apple published on its website regarding the case against Samsung’s Galaxy Tab in the United Kingdom. Apple now has 48 hours to correct the statement, which must then be displayed on the homepage of its website until December 14.