Global smartphone shipments grew 41 percent to reach a record 990 million units in 2013, and Android-powered devices accounted for a whopping 79 percent of them. Despite the lowest growth rate in the platform’s history, Android phones still managed to ship four times the amount of iPhone and Windows Phone devices combined.

Samsung’s upcoming Galaxy S5 could get a pretty nice camera upgrade, according to a leaked test photo that has surfaced online. The photo’s accompanying EXIF data shows it was taken with an “SM-G900-V” — which is believed to be the model number of the Verizon Galaxy S5 — with a 21-megapixel camera.

Smartphone users who are still running Android 2.3.3 Gingerbread will finally be able to get their hands on BBM next month. BlackBerry has confirmed that it will launch a “special” version of its popular messaging app to support the 3-year-old operating system, opening it up to millions more users on Android.

Earlier today, Samsung officially launched the Galaxy Grand Neo as the successor to its former ultra-affordable flagship smartphone of 2013, the Galaxy Grand, a mid-range device which proved to be pretty popular with customers who wanted a big-screen Android experience without a big price tag.

Well, that little dream didn’t last long.

Nintendo has denied plans to bring mini games to smartphones and tablets in an effort to promote its latest console titles. Sources had claimed that the Japanese company was set to announce new mobile offerings later this week, but as many will have suspected, that’s not going to happen.