A new resale value index by investment firm Piper Jaffray was released today, and the numbers may come as a surprise to Android fans, and good news for iPhone users. Piper Jaffray’s report shows that the iPhone loses its value much slower than similar phones from Samsung, including the Galaxy S III and Note II. The Note II lost 15% of its value over…
It has emerged today that Apple has decided to add the Samsung Galaxy S4 to its infringement case against Samsung, replacing another device on its list. Frankly, this whole infringement case is getting ridiculous, in fact, it’s so substantial that the trial doesn’t even begin until spring of next year. By then, Judge Koh has ordered that parties have…
The US government’s Department of Defense will soon have more options when it comes to purchasing a business smartphone for use for official government purposes. The Pentagon is expected to officially approve both Apple’s iPhone and Samsung’s Galaxy line of phones for use by employees of the Department of Defense. Both companies have been battling…
Now that the Galaxy S4 is being put in people’s anxious hands, the inevitable “drop tests” have begun. As you can in the above video, the Galaxy S4 cracks when the device is held at a height of around 7 feet. However, the iPhone 5 would go on to withstand the same 7 foot drop, two 10 foot drops, and even being run over by a car. The only thing that showed…
So you watched Samsung’s Galaxy S4 event and you wished that your iPhone could use the “Smart Pause” feature…well, now it can (sort of). A new application by the name of “LookAway Player” features eye-tracking capabilities that allow it to do exactly what “Smart Pause” offers in the GS4. The application, if you were wondering, is currently available for…
When first-time smartphone buyers are looking into new phones, they are often looking for something simple. The easier the phone is to learn, the better it is for newcomers to the smartphone world. The king of simplicity recently has been Apple’s iPhone. It’s sometimes been called the “smartphone for dummies” due to its simple interface that includes…
Everything Everywhere has announced plans to double the speed of its 4G network in 10 UK cities this summer. The move comes as part of the UK’s 4G rollout, which is still ongoing. Around 1 third of EE’s customers currently enjoy 4G speeds. EE has decided to really crank up speeds in the 10 biggest cities in the UK: Birmingham, Bristol, Cardiff,…
A study recently conducted by Consumer Intelligence Research Partners on 500 iPhone and 500 Samsung Galaxy SIII users shows that despite the ongoing arguments between the devices, their users are very similar. The study, conducted in the first two months of 2013, shows the usage patterns of the devices’ users. It was discovered that users of both the…
I stand before you today perplexed. My disposition towards Samsung, Android and Apple has, in the past at least, made it very easy for me to throw myself into an angry tirade, in which I could easily denounce this or that patent infringement, point out this or that flaw in Android, or criticize this or that decision of Samsung. But the release of the…
Samsung recently unveiled its long-awaited fourth addition to the ‘Galaxy S’ family, predictably named the Galaxy S4. The device directly competes with Apple’s not-so-new iPhone 5, but how much profit will Samsung make from it? Well, that should be easily calculable, as we already know how much each Galaxy S4 costs Samsung to build. IHS Suppli came up…
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