VimpelCom, owner of Beeline, Russia’s third-biggest mobile carrier, has cut its ties with Apple and decided it will no longer offer the iPhone. The company reportedly feels Apple’s conditions are too “harsh,” and so it has inked a deal with its biggest rival instead.

With the HTC One now shipping from hundreds of carriers across a whole host of markets, we’ve been wondering why it’s taking Verizon so long to throw its own hat into the ring. According to a leaked roadmap detailing the carrier’s plans for the next two months, we’ll have to wait until August for it to arrive — which is the same month Verizon plans to launch the much-anticipated Moto X.

Samsung has overtaken Apple and Nokia to become the global leader in mobile web traffic, according to the latest figures from web analytics company StatCounter. It’s the first time the South Korean company has taken the lead in Internet usage, but Apple isn’t far behind.

U.K. independent electronics retailer Clove will start shipping its first batch of Galaxy S4 Zoom stock today. The device is expected to retail at £442.80 inc. VAT, (£369 exc. VAT), which equates to approximately $660. This announcement comes just days after the Galaxy S4 Active and Galaxy S4 Mini touched down in the United Kingdom.

Google has patched a major security vulnerability in the Android platform that allowed hackers to inject malicious code into trusted applications without changing their verification signature. It’s now up to hardware manufacturers to make the patch available to their own devices, and Samsung is believed to be one of the first that will start rolling it out.