Verizon is at last, in the process of pushing out the much-anticipated Android 4.3 Jelly Bean over-the-air (OTA) update to all its carrier-branded Samsung Galaxy S III handsets located in the United States. In addition to the upgraded build of the open-source operating system, this update brings a newer version of the TouchWiz user interface, plus a multitude of bug fixes, stability improvements, speed optimizations, as well as support for the Galaxy Gear and Samsung KNOX.

Earlier today, Samsung officially announced a revamped version of its ultra-rugged, waterproof smartphone, the “Galaxy S4 Active, which was released back in June, 2013. This new variant has some pretty noticeable differences from the original. For starters, the name has been changed to the “Galaxy S4 Active LTE-A” as it now boasts LTE-Advanced data speeds of up to 150Mbps.

Following HTC’s new black One Max variant which made its first appearance in Hong Kong less than a week ago, the Happy Telephone Company has again announced another new colorway for its HTC One Max and this time it’s a gorgeous shade of red which debuts in Taiwan today.

Word has it that, Sprint is in the middle of pushing out a minor over-the-air update to all its carrier-branded HTC One devices registered in the United States. Sadly, this upgrade doesn’t bring any major software developments, such as Android 4.4 KitKat, but it does include a couple of requested stability improvements, one of which being a fix for the annoying issue that repeatedly occurred informing users that an “invalid” SIM card was inserted and the other being HD voice enhancements.

Not for the first this month, AT&T has announced in a series of press releases on its official website that it’s in the process of switching on its super-fast 4G LTE network, and this time its in additional twelve markets spread across the U.S. This announcement bumps the operators total LTE market count up to a mind-blowing 488 locations, which makes it the largest 4G-enabled carrier located in the United States.