Following hordes of recent leaks, rumors, and speculation Samsung has officially announced the Galaxy Note 3 at its Unpacked event this evening. The company’s new flagship phablet is slightly bigger, thinner and lighter than its predecessor, and will be available in over 140 countries worldwide, starting September 25, with an arrival on all 4 key U.S. carriers, as well as U.S. Cellular later this year.

Alcatel has today announced the One Touch Hero, a 6-inch phablet with some really nifty features. It has a 1080p display and other high-end internals, plus an intelligent stylus like the Samsung Galaxy Note. But its special feature is its special covers, one of which features an E Ink display that will let you read books and more without using the phone’s power-sapping full HD display.

Samsung almost managed to keep the Galaxy Gear a secret, but just two days ahead of its official unveiling, pictures of a prototype have been leaked for the first time. This is the device that’s been given to developers a select Samsung partners, according to the sources that obtained the pictures — but is this the design you can expect the Galaxy Gear to ship with?

We’ve already seen the Galaxy Note III’s new front panel in black, but like most Samsung smartphones, it’ll be available in white, too. And the leaked photos above show you exactly what that model will look like.

The second Samsung Galaxy S4 Zoom variant, which boasts 4G LTE connectivity, has today gone on sale in Europe. It’s almost identical to the HSDPA version that went on sale back in July, and it’ll be available on a variety of networks including Deutsche Telekom, Tele2, Telia Sonera, and Orange.