Carphone Warehouse has today started taking pre-orders for the LG G Flex, and as you might expect, prices are pretty steep. You’ll have to pay at least £49 ($80) up-front for the handset, while the cheapest tariff is £52 ($85) per month for two years.
AT&T is currently pushing out a minor over-the-air update to all its carrier-branded Optimus G devices located in the United States. Sadly, this upgrade doesn’t bring any major software developments, such as Android 4.2.2, let alone 4.4, but it does include a couple of much requested stability improvements, one of which allows users to take still photos using the front and rear camera at the same time.
If it wants to retain its massive share of the smartphone market, Samsung must ensure its flagship devices are always one step ahead of the competition. So with the Galaxy S5, the South Korean company hopes to take on Apple’s Touch ID with eye-scanning technology that’ll let you unlock your phone using only your irises.
The device will be available around March or April of this year, Samsung executive vice president Lee Young Hee confirmed in an interview with Bloomberg — and it’ll launch alongside a second-generation Galaxy Gear that’ll be thinner than its predecessor.
In the midst of its press conference ahead of CES in Las Vegas, this morning, LG let slip that its first curved flexible smartphone, the G Flex, will indeed be coming to AT&T, Sprint and T-Mobile during Q1 of 2014, thus confirming weeks of leaks, rumors and speculation.
At CES in Las Vegas, ZTE has today unveiled its latest flagship smartphone, the Grand S II. It packs high-end specifications, including a 5.5-inch 1080p display and a quad-core Snapdragon 800 processor — as well as new voice recognition software that allows multiple users to unlock the device using only their voice.
