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Do you have trouble deciding on a single device?

Android The holiday shopping season will soon begin to pick up, which means new products are beginning to flow in rather steadily. In September alone the Motorola DROID RAZR M, DROID RAZR HD, DROID RAZR MAXX HD, Apple iPhone 5, Amazon Kindle Fire...

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How much does display quality matter to you?

Android Mobile displays have advanced faster than I think any of us imagined possible. Just three years ago, it wasn't uncommon for devices to come fitted with displays smaller than 3.5-inches. Now it's uncommon for a phone to have a display much...

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If you could have any phone in any color, what would it be?

Android The supply of smartphones is never-ending. Hundreds of new phones are announced and released every year. On top of that, some get mid-cycle refreshes that may come in the form of a slight specification bump, a fix for any outstanding...

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Will you switch carriers to get the phone you want?

Android Samsung generally catches a lot of flack for shadowing a lot of the things Apple does. In the past, Samsung has taken many design cues from the Cupertino-based firm, mimicked many of the iOS interface elements in its customized Android...

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I'm a minimal, pull-tab pouch kind of guy

Android I make no bones about it, I am an accessory junkie. Whenever I get a new device, be it a new phone, tablet or even a camera, I search the Web high and low for any sort of case, attachment and add-on I can get for it. And when Amazon has a...

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Mobile gaming is quickly closing in on console-like quality

Android Let the naysayers say what they will, but mobile gaming is really starting to come around. I can think back to a time where mobile gaming was nothing more than taking some generic PC card games – Solitaire, Spider Solitaire, Hearts, etc. –...

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Why do you use iOS?

Ios More than any other aspect of the changing times, I think the personalization of our phones is the one thing that really stands out. No, not from different colors or cases, but from the way that these phones have become so integrated with...

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Do you still handwrite notes?

Android It's no grand secret that our mobile devices can do more than ever before. As I've expressed in every way I know how, high powered processors, endless lists of third-party applications and large, crystal clear displays come together to...

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What's so hard about making smaller high-end phones, OEMs?

Android Back in July, I asked readers what their idea of the perfect smartphone size is. With just shy of 250 responses, the answers varied from 3.5-inches to phablet extremes beyond 5-inches. Just skimming through the horde of comments, it's not...

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Are Apple Maps in iOS 6 sufficient for your needs?

Iphone 5 Unless you were suffering an Internet outage for the last two weeks in September, chances are you at least heard about the unprecedented scrutiny Apple faced over scrapping Google Maps for the default Maps app in iOS 6 for their own. To...

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Has your smartphone replaced your old point and shoot camera?

Android With the never-ending capabilities of modern smartphones, it's difficult to choose a single most important feature. But subconsciously, we like to choose a lone feature that will make or break a smartphone for us. For some, it's the...

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Would you pay $2.99 per month for a vanity number?

Android If for some reason, every number in my long list of messy contacts were to inexplicably disappear, I would be totally out of luck. Aside from my own cell phone numbers (which I admittedly forget sometimes), I can count the telephone...

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Five main reasons I always carry an Android phone

Android Many of you already know that I'm not a one platform man. Each and every day, I leave my apartment with at least two mobile platforms in my pockets. I carry at least two smartphones with me almost everywhere I go, and while I'm not crazy...

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RIM/BlackBerry: Too little, too late?

Android It’s been a while since I’ve looked at the name ‘BlackBerry’ and actually considered purchasing a phone from them. From what I’m seeing so far, BlackBerry 10 doesn’t have what it takes to keep up with the competition of the big dogs like...

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How do you kill time with your smartphone?

Android I remember sitting in the waiting room at the doctor's office as a kid. Between my mother, my sister and myself, we were there at least once every month or so. And I remember always running straight to the magazine table to grab the latest...

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The iPhone 5 display is gorgeous but it still isn't big enough

Iphone 5 Until last Friday, I had been using the iPhone 4S on my personal line since it arrived on my doorstep last October. It served me exceptionally well through tens of thousands of tweets, over 6,000 pictures taken, a few thousand text...

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Apple iPhone 5 Written Review by Taylor

Cell Phone Reviews 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...

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Did your iPhone 5 come pre-scratched or scuffed?

Iphone 5 When Apple took the stage and finally made the iPhone 5 official, there was a moment of relief that surged through everyone. No more rumors, no more iPhone 5 concepts and no more speculation names, design or specs – at least not for...

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Apple iPhone 5 First Impressions by Taylor

First Impressions The iPhone 5 is a device we have been talking and writing about for the better part of two years. The fact that I can finally talk about it in the present tense is strange and a relief. It may not have brought all the changes we were...

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Which carrier should you buy an iPhone 5 from?

Iphone 5 In case you hadn't noticed, today is iPhone 5 day. UPS and FedEx trucks are delivering shiny, new (and possibly even pre-scratched like mine) iPhones to wanting hands all across the nation today. If you aren't waiting in line or sitting by...

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"Take the poll! What is the perfect smartphone size?"

Akash Gupta 4 Inch

Ira James White Jr. 4 inches is perfect ergonomically and for size, all these big phones are getting out of hand. I say getting out of hand because most if not all cellphone makers think they're in a size race now, and I feel like we're going back to the damn 80's and 90's with these big phones by our heads.. get a decent 7 inch tablet to compliment your phone if you need something bigger