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What features can Apple do without in a budget iPhone?

Iphone Os In today’s emerging mobile markets, budget smartphones are gaining popularity at an alarming rate. As we get closer to an age where affordable, efficient, and functional are all adjectives we use to describe phones, we have all the reason...

Jan 21st by Chase Bonar 95 73 Reactions

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Siri needs a raise

Android Do you ever find yourself using a feature on your phone so much that you think it’s absolutely crucial to its existence? You use it so much that it’s become a learned habit, and you choose to do that one thing over another.

Jan 18th by Evan Selleck 13

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Oh, Apple... you've met with a terrible fate, haven't you?

Android Apple’s market shares went from being an all-time high this past September at $702.10 to, as of this article right now, $485.92 – an alarming dip in profits to say the least. Needless to say (but I’m going to say it anyway) the demand for...

Jan 16th by Anna Scantlin 40

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The Best Smartphones: Week 45

Official Smartphone Rankings It's time for another round-up of last week's OSR action. Taylor is back in another weekly recap of PhoneDog's Official Smartphone Rankings. In week 45, ending January 13, the Samsung Galaxy Note II proved its dominance in both charts,...

Jan 15th by Taylor Martin 0

Apple rumored to have cut orders for iPhone 5 screens in half due to weaker than anticipated demand

Ios Apple touted iPhone 5 sales of over 5 million over the device's launch weekend, but according to new reports, demand the new iOS smartphone may be weaker than expected as of late. According to reports from The Wall Street Journal and...

Jan 14th by Alex Wagner 8

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Did you buy a Nexus 4 because of the specs or the price?

Android When a new phone is announced, there’s a short time where it’s all about the specifications. Even if we’re wondering in the back of our head, “How much is this going to cost?” there’s at least a teeny tiny moment in time where we’re just...

Jan 13th by Evan Selleck 37

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What headphones do you use?

Lifestyle Do you remember the good old days when you purchased a phone, opened the box, and found a pair of headphones inside? That used to be a common commodity, but the argument could be made that they weren’t really worth the purchase.

Jan 13th by Evan Selleck 86

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Are you going to buy an iPhone on Straight Talk?

Lifestyle As more attention is put on iOS and its need to change, the iPhone keeps popping up on new carriers. There has to be some irony in that. Or, perhaps it makes sense. With even more popularity and availability, people can’t stop seeing an...

Jan 10th by Evan Selleck 14

iPhone 5 and iPhone 4 to be offered through Straight Talk starting Jan. 11

Ios Apple's iPhone 5 will continue its U.S. carrier tour later this week, as it's slated to be available through Straight Talk starting on Jan. 11. The iPhone 5, as well as the iPhone 4, will be offered through Straight Talk and will be sold...

Jan 8th by Alex Wagner 7

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Featured user review Apple iPhone 5 1-4-13

Featured User Reviews Making a jump back up into the top 5 for the week, the Apple iPhone 5 closes out the first week of our featured user reviews for 2013.

Jan 4th by The PhoneDog 9

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The Best Smartphones: Week 43

Official Smartphone Rankings Another week, another round-up of last weeks standings in PhoneDog Media's Official Smartphone Rankings! This time, Taylor recaps the top five smartphones in both the People's Choice Chart and the Mobile Tech Expert's Chart. The Samsung...

Jan 2nd by Taylor Martin 9

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Do you use a car mount?

Lifestyle I have my phone with me at all times. When I’m on the computer, it is right next to me, usually making sounds as notifications go off on the phone, and on the computer at the same time.

Jan 2nd by Evan Selleck 16

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Do you use drawing apps on your touchscreen device?

Lifestyle I’ve seen a lot of different Windows 8 commercials as of late, which isn’t surprising. I should be seeing a lot of them, if Microsoft hopes to make any kind of impact. One of the most talked about ads is Microsoft’s Surface spot, the one...

Jan 1st by Evan Selleck 4

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Can Apple revolutionize the smartphone market again?

Iphone Os At the beginning of December, I asked you if you thought the iPhone, and iOS, was due for a revolution in 2013. That was a pretty loaded question, though. After all, I don’t think there’s a person on the planet, whether they use an iPhone...

from 2012 by Evan Selleck 48

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Let's talk predictions: what would you like to see in an 'iPhone 5S'?

Ios When Apple releases the first generation of the next tier of their famous iPhone line, the reviews seem to always come back the same: the device was good, but not great. In some ways I’m glad that my upgrade isn’t available until sometime...

from 2012 by Anna Scantlin 214 148 Reactions

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Are notification shades getting too cluttered?

Lifestyle Notifications are one of those areas that will probably always have to keep evolving. Much like every piece of technology, you’ll never be able to make everyone happy with the way that notifications are implemented.

from 2012 by Evan Selleck 39

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Is your household a one ecosystem home?

Android Now that the holiday shopping sprees are over, it’s time to settle down and look back at all the cool things we bought for others. Okay, done with that? Good. Now, let’s talk about all the cool things you were given!

from 2012 by Evan Selleck 17

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Taylor's Top 10 iOS apps (December 2012)

Cell Phone Apps After detailing my favorite application for 2012, I was asked what my top 10 Android applications are. Inevitably, since I use both Android and iOS in smartphone and tablet form, I was also asked about my top 10 iOS applications. Just as...

from 2012 by Taylor Martin 28 11 Reactions

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What were your favorite phone releases of 2012?

Android With the end of year just a few days away, it seems like a good time to reflect on how 2012 went for the mobile industry and talk about which ones were our favorites among the many devices released. Did the phone releases of this year meet...

from 2012 by Anna Scantlin 38

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I need more sliding panels in my apps

Lifestyle Path was the start of it. If you haven’t heard of Path, it’s another social network. I haven’t used it in ages, but I can admit that Path was where my love affair for sliding panels started. It certainly isn’t the first application to use...

from 2012 by Evan Selleck 6

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Do you prefer a hardware camera key?

Lifestyle Before my daughters were born, I never took pictures with my phone. And no, never isn’t extreme. More often than not, I’d simply forget that my phone even had that capability.

from 2012 by Evan Selleck 23

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Do you rely on Google apps on your iOS device?

Ios Back before iOS Maps released to the public, I was using the beta software as often as I could. I did a lot of traveling around that time, too, and all of it was behind the wheel of my car. I drove from different states, from the Southwest...

from 2012 by Evan Selleck 8

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Would you trade better display tech for better battery life?

Android Everyone loves the battery in the Samsung Galaxy Note II, or at least everyone I’ve spoken to who owns the phone. Or has even used it for an extended period of time. It measures in at 3100mAh, which is a proverbial ton of power shoved into...

from 2012 by Evan Selleck 21

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Do you miss unlimited data?

Lifestyle I know a few people who still have unlimited data, and I’m jealous. Really. In the last couple of months, I’ve managed to pull down a lot more data than I ever have before, and I’m really starting to feel it.

from 2012 by Evan Selleck 40

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I have serious reservations about leaving iOS

Iphone 5 When I published my review of the iPhone 5 in late September, I knew it wouldn't be long before I was tired of the phone, before the newness of the device would wear off and I would be interested in something else. My interests have...

from 2012 by Taylor Martin 74

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How would you change Android?

Android Android isn’t all about customization, but that’s certainly one of its strongest characteristics. Certainly the platform has other pronounced features; it can’t all be about the hundreds or thousands of different ways you can change your...

from 2012 by Evan Selleck 139 93 Reactions

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I may have to give up buying only digital content

Lifestyle Earlier today, I was subjecting myself to the very definition of insanity. I was, despite knowing better, doing the same thing over and over again, expecting the results to be different each time.

from 2012 by Evan Selleck 37

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How do you read books on your phone?

Lifestyle While universal applications aren’t quite a thing yet, there are some apps out there that, thankfully, work in such a way that a purchase through them doesn’t mean we’ll lose that purchase if we switch the mobile platform that we are using.

from 2012 by Evan Selleck 5

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Could it be the end for Apple, or an opportunity to change for the better?

Ios Thursday evening, Apple investors were in for somewhat of a surprise when they found out that Apple’s shares, which have been bouncing up and down since September, may be heading towards the start of Apple’s (possible) decline. September...

from 2012 by Anna Scantlin 48

iPhone 5 being offered for $127, third generation iPad for $399 at Walmart stores [UPDATED]

Holiday Earlier today, we learned that Verizon is offering some discounted Android handsets, including a trio of RAZR devices. Now it's the iOS crowd's turn in the deals spotlight, as Walmart has announced that it'll be cutting the prices of some...

from 2012 by Alex Wagner 6

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Apple iPhone 5 16GB Black

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Jan 3

Dennis Orcutt Jr

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4.8

I'm a phone junkie. I just cannot help myself. Folks ask me why I don't do this for a living as much as I love gadgets/mobile phones etc. Surprisingly even to me, this is my first review. My first somewhat smart phone was the old Cingular 8125 by HTC. It served me well until original iPhone changed EVERYTHING for me in 2007. Wow, wow, wow, finally a phone that had a nice user interface! I have had every iPhone since, either new or bought used cheaper for my 4 and 4s. As with many, I... more...

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5 Reception & Call Quality
5 Battery Life
4 Design / Form Factor
5 Apps & Media Support

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Apple iPhone 5 Written Review by Taylor

At long last, the long-rumored Apple iPhone 5 arrived last Friday and it is easily the most well put together smartphone we at PhoneDog have gotten our hands on. With a much-anticipated larger display, LTE connectivity, improved optics and oodles of enhancements in iOS 6, the iPhone 5 is exactly what Apple needed to stoke the fire. The iPhone 5 has everything it needed to both rack in new customers and keep upgrading customers content. Nothing more, nothing less. With prices starting... more...