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Solavei now offering nano-SIM cards for use with Apple iPhone 5

Business And Money Less than a month after adding the new BlackBerry Z10 to its stable of supported devices, T-Mobile MVNO Solavei has opened its airwaves to another major smartphone. Solavei announced this morning that it's now officially offering nano-SIM...

Mar 6th by Alex Wagner 3

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I think we've left small screen sizes in the dust

Lifestyle We watch as trends come and go in the mobile market. We watch as manufacturers put a focus on one feature or piece of hardware, and watch as they fade away or stick around. They come and go.

Mar 5th by Evan Selleck 50 35 Reactions

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Thoughts on AMOLED and LCD displays in 2013: Is there a clear winner?

Lifestyle There are many displays technologies prowling the mobile domain, yet no two are alike. AMOLED displays and its variants HD, Super, Plus, and Full HD, take up a large chunk of the market thanks to Samsung's near monopoly of the...

Mar 3rd by Chase Bonar 84 54 Reactions

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The Galaxy S IV needs a distinct feature, or else

Android I've said it before and I'll say it again, hardware features in our smartphones are beginning to peak. Regardless of your smartphone preference, there is an uncountable array of hardware combinations. The sheer amount of cores, gigabits of...

Mar 1st by Chase Bonar 115 58 Reactions

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Hey Canonical: I just tested Ubuntu for phones and I'm sold

Android There's a Key Lime Pie-size hole in the Android ecosystem, and Jelly Bean hasn't filled the gap. Jelly Bean has suited me well for the past five months, but that doesn't mean I'm not getting bored with it. I'm looking for more quick...

Feb 24th by Chase Bonar 80 42 Reactions

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I would pay to have Google Now

Android There are a lot of services out there. Cloud-based or otherwise, there are plenty of options out there for anyone who needs an application to get something done. Different calendars.

Feb 23rd by Evan Selleck 59 39 Reactions

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The Oracle called, here's two things she just told me about The One

Android And so it begins. The comparisons. The "I want it, and I want it now" arguments. The importance of hardware and design in justifying a handset's $800 pricetag. It's a double-edged sword, this industry. No, I'm not talking about the...

Feb 21st by Chase Bonar 81 49 Reactions

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Apple, please do something...anything

Ios Apple is living in a new world in 2013. Some loyalists have crossed the border to Android running atop Samsung's Galaxy S III. Others have moved to a similarly functional OS via the HTC Windows Phone 8X. Yet, some stay loyal to Apple and...

Feb 17th by Chase Bonar 308 163 Reactions

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HTC's One is the company's one last shot

Android As we inch inexorably closer towards February 19, I can’t help but feel a deep sense of anxiety building in my gut. HTC has always been one of my favorite device manufacturers, even before I got my hands on the original Hero, and the 19 of...

Feb 17th by Evan Selleck 89 52 Reactions

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The Internship: Google's way of crashing everyone's momentum in tech

Android Rule #10 is clearly not a problem for Owen Wilson and Vince Vaughn in their new Hollywood gig The Internship. But as interns at Google, it's obvious that their journey amongst the brighest and youngest techies will not be smooth, mainly...

Feb 16th by Chase Bonar 9 7 Reactions

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Apple is feeling bullish about smartphone displays in 2013

Business And Money It makes complete sense that Apple would believe their devices are superior compared to the competition. It's an atmosphere harbored by Steve Jobs himself and duly earned. Yet Apple under the direction of CEO Tim Cook has been much less...

Feb 14th by Chase Bonar 158 105 Reactions

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Do you have to charge your phone too often?

Lifestyle One of the things I look at when inspecting the specification list of a device is the battery size. I check to see how it compares to the devices already available on the market, to devices that have been officially confirmed to be coming...

Feb 11th by Evan Selleck 14

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Would you pay for Apple's new iOS 7 or Samsung's next TouchWiz?

Business And Money It's no secret that 2013 will be the year of large smartphones. Whether or not they should be called phablets from now on is a matter of personal opinion. Regardless of your thoughts on large devices or top specifications, smartphones are...

Feb 10th by Chase Bonar 212 162 Reactions

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Is Apple their own biggest obstacle?

Android Last year, right around this time, I was starting to get excited about what Apple had coming down the pipe. Last year, around this time, I would have told you that I thought Apple was gearing up to surprise the world with a brand new...

Feb 9th by Evan Selleck 20

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When does screen size matter to you?

Lifestyle A report published by Digitimes says shipments of smartphones with displays 5-inches and larger are expected to grow 136% this year as compared to 2012. In other words, a total of 60.4 million units are expected to ship worldwide with a...

Feb 9th by Chase Bonar 105 74 Reactions

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Are you interested in a smartwatch with complete phone functionality?

Android To the tech enthusiasts in search of a reason to put down the Cheeto's and hit the treadmill: your answer awaits you. Come forth from the couch and embrace the technological prowess of the Neptune Pine smartwatch. As a tech enthusiast...

Feb 8th by Chase Bonar 10

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Featured user review Apple iPhone 5 2-8-13

Featured User Reviews It's been a little over a month since the Apple iPhone 5 found the top 5 but it is back this week knocking the HTC DROID DNA out.

Feb 8th by The PhoneDog 4

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Can LG pick up where HTC left off?

Android The most exciting news in mobile has been centered around the same players as of late. Rumors of the HTC M7, Samsung Galaxy S IV, and the potential for Apple to announce more than one smartphone are justified but redundant. Of the three...

Feb 7th by Chase Bonar 72 60 Reactions

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Should Apple add tablet features to their iPad lineup?

Ios I was having a discussion with a friend yesterday about iOS, about the iPad Mini, and about his iPhone. He had asked me if I still had the iPad Mini I had shown him a little while ago, and I told him no.

Feb 6th by Evan Selleck 5

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Would you choose cloud storage over a microSD card?

Lifestyle Last year, Taylor Martin outlined what he thinks HTC can do to make a comeback in 2013. As he always does, he made some great points, especially when he put the microscope on smartphone memory. Martin pointed out that our phones need more...

Feb 5th by Evan Selleck 32

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What apps do you use every single day?

Cell Phone Apps Right before I started writing this article, I picked up the iPhone 5 I carry around on a daily basis, and counted the number of applications I have currently installed on it. I didn’t count games; just the number of applications that I...

Feb 5th by Evan Selleck 15

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Smartphones are too fragile and thin these days

Lifestyle When it comes to a device worthy of the term "daily driver," it's my belief that function and utility should come before design. I like to run case-less even if accidents happen. Most rugged cases are unattractive and ruin the appearance...

Feb 2nd by Chase Bonar 23

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Could we see three iPhones in 2013?

Ios Rumor mills are at it again with talks of Apple possibly planning to release more than one iDevice this year. While I definitely think some changes are in order for Apple to keep on keeping on, releasing two additional versions of the...

Jan 31st by Anna Scantlin 10

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How BlackBerry 10 targets all the major mobile platforms

Android My favorite part about BlackBerry’s press event was realizing I wasn’t at a yard sale when Alicia Keys came on stage. It just happened to be a coincidence that it was the end of the show. Admittedly, it seemed like we were being pitched...

Jan 31st by Chase Bonar 6

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Are Apple's app policies keeping you away?

Ios A day after our beloved Aaron returned, he posed a simple question, in the form of a poll: What does Apple need to do to stay competitive? It’s a good question to ask, because this year is the year that Apple will hopefully unveil an iOS...

Jan 27th by Evan Selleck 7

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What features should be standardized across all smartphones?

Android Before my time, our expert Evan Selleck tackled a big question: Which smartphone features can you live without? Though there are many I can simply do without, I believe there are many more that should be standardized across the board. We...

Jan 27th by Chase Bonar 21

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The Infobar A02 is the freshest OS mashup you have never heard of

Android Do you want to know what you’re missing with Android, but just the thought of leaving Windows Phone 8 gives you separation anxiety? Does your desire for a simplified approach outweigh the functionality of Apple’s iOS? Have no fear for your...

Jan 26th by Chase Bonar 6

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Should unlocking your cell phone be illegal?

Lifestyle One of the several advantages of SIM technology is the ability to seamlessly swap out cell phones with like-banded phones. For instance, if you got tired of your current phone one day and had another phone laying around, you could simply...

Jan 24th by Taylor Martin 141 102 Reactions

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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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Apple iPhone 5 32GB White

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Nov 12

Jason Stephen-Szikszay Chioino

"Apple's best yet!"

Overall

4.4

This was a hard choice to make, there are sooo many amazing smartphones out there with multiple mobile OS's now. There's The Galaxy Note II with an older Android, the Nokia Lumia 920 with Windows Phone 8, there's the Galaxy Nexus 4 with Jelly Bean 4.2, etc etc etc. However, in my opinion, even though iOS hasn't really changed a whole heck of a lot visually since 2007 and the handset has only grown .5 inches, I still prefer quality and simplicity over cheap plastic with a difficult OS. Even... more...

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

Apple iPhone 5 32GB White

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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...