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Apple till now has stuck to the 3.5-inch form factor, while the standard display size of rival smartphones is upping day by day. In the run of 4.3-inch-plus Androids now flooding the market, Apple has to think seriously about the change in dimensions of its upcoming iPhone, dubbed iPhone 5. And, if reports are to be believed, iPhone 5 will feature a 3.95-inch display with 1136 X 640 resolution.
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Grand Theft Auto 5 is the most-anticipated game at the moment. Game Disc for Rockstar's latest release May Payne 3 has revealed a list of vehicles that will be coming to the next GTA title.
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Sprint is the only major network carrier in U.S. that still offers unlimited data plans. In order to lure in more customers, Sprint is on an advertising spree to promote its iPhone 4S unlimited data plans. Sprint is also offering $100 discount at minimum when you trade in another carrier's iPhone for Sprint's iPhone 4S.
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Samsung Galaxy S3 has received mixed reviews so far. But it has been pre-ordered over 9 million times making it the most powerful device of 2012.
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Apple launched FaceTime in 2010 along with iPhone 4. It was speculated that the video chatting feature will be functional over 3G network. However, many people were disappointed when they found that FaceTime works on Wi-Fi network only. However, looking at the iOS warning message on the latest version of Apple's mobile operating system, it seems that FaceTime will become functional over cellular networks soon.
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HTC was found guilty of infringing Apple patent by ITC (International Trade Commission) in December last year. The punishment is a ban on HTC handsets that utilize the patented technology. Earlier this week, the news surfaced that HTC One X and EVO 4G LTE have been held up at customs. Now the patent war is about to affect other HTC smartphones too with Amaze 4G on the verge of getting blocked in U.S.
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Until now, Apple has never changed the screen size of iPhone, which has always been set to 3.5-inch since the debut of original iPhone in 2007. But to make the next generation iPhone be successful in the market like its predecessors, Apple seriously needs to consider the form factor, especially the screen size of the next generation iPhone, dubbed iPhone 5, to make it stand against rivals like Nokia Lumia 900, HTC One X and Samsung Galaxy S3.
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After four years, Chelsea has again reached UEFA Champions League Finals, and this time the match is against Bundesliga giants Bayern Munich. Before semi-finals, it was believed that the two rival Spanish clubs - FC Barcelona and Real Madrid - will clash in the finals. Surprisingly, star players from both teams (Messi, Kaka and Ronaldo) missed out penalty shootouts, and as a result, the current UEFA champions - Barcelona - and the most successful club at UEFA - Real Madrid - got knocked out of t...
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Apple iPhone 5 is still shrouded in a mystery and we are working hard to bring pieces together to visualize the final product. The recent news is that Apple has acquired the much-highlighted iPhone5.com domain indicating that the new iPhone is on the way.
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Although there are a few months to go before Apple unveils its next generation iPhone, dubbed iPhone 5, but the tech giant never leaves any opportunity to trigger excitement among its fanboys. Apple is gearing up for the annual Worldwide Developer Conference (WWDC) being held in San Francisco next month, where Apple is expected to introduce iOS 6. And, reportedly, the new OS has already been spotted on Application Usage logs.
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T-Mobile is taken seriously when it comes to carrier availability of Samsung Galaxy S3 across the U.S. In the UK, T-Mobile will offer Samsung Galaxy S3 (or Samsung Galaxy SIII) for £49.99 on two year Full Monty plan. On the other hand, T-Mobile's U.S. version of Galaxy S3, codenamed "T999", is expected to release in upcoming few weeks. But a new T-Mobile smartphone - Samsung SGH-T699 - has appeared in User Agent string, indicating that another Samsung device is coming to the carrier.
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With a 4.8-inch display, Galaxy S2 is the second biggest smartphone after Samsung's own Galaxy Note that features a 5.3-inch screen. So Galaxy Note has already defeated the new Samsung flagship model in one department - screen size. Will it be able to take on Galaxy S3 in terms of other specs as well? Let us find out in the "Samsung Inside" smartphone battle.
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Browser wars are heading to iOS as Google is planning to launch Chrome browser for iPhone and iPad. U.S. based research firm Macquarie Equities Group reports that Google is working on iOS version of Chrome browser and the browser will debut latter this year, possibly by the end of second quarter of 2012.
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