HTC 10 will soon begin shipping in the U.S. Photo: HTC

HTC has confirmed that it will begin shipping unlocked HTC 10 orders to customers in the U.S. next week.

Verizon has already started shipping units out to its own customers, leaving those who ordered directly from HTC scratching their heads.

And there’s no way around it. Photo: Mike Mozart/Flickr CC

Verizon will soon start charging a $20 fee for anyone upgrading their smartphone with pretty much no loopholes to get out of it. Yes, a carrier is introducing a new fee without much explanation and customers are forced to deal with it. Shocking, I know. The new fee goes into effect April 4.

Nope. Not yet. Photo: Killian Bell/Cult of Android

Everyone thinks Gear S2 is getting support for the iPhone today, and it’s all thanks to Verizon. But in actual fact, that’s not the case.

While Samsung’s latest smartwatch will be iPhone-compatible at some point, you’ll have to wait a little while longer for it.

Two major carriers won’t get the instantly recognizable Robin smartphone. Photo: Nextbit

In a move that will come as a surprise to anybody who backed Nextbit’s successful crowdfunding campaign, the company has cancelled the CDMA version of its Robin smartphone.

Nextbit cited its inability to fully understand the costs involved with getting a smartphone onto Verizon’s and Sprint’s CDMA networks, as well as the lengthy approval process that would be required. Nextbit CEO Tom Moss said the company was simply “too optimistic, too bullish” when setting out on its CDMA journey.

Samsung Pay on Galaxy S7. Photo: Killian Bell/Cult of Android

If you’ve bought a Galaxy S7 or Galaxy S7 edge from Verizon, you may have noticed that it’s missing one big feature: Samsung Pay. Fortunately, this isn’t part of a plan to block the mobile payments service on Verizon handsets, and it will be available later this week.