HTC hits Apple, Samsung wall as smartphone demand slackens

HTC is in a jam. The Taiwanese smartphone manufacturer has long crafted critically acclaimed smartphones, only to have them ignored in favor of larger, flashier brands. The company's troubles continued on Friday, when it cut its second-quarter revenue ... Read more

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Upgrading your smartphone: Should you buy it or rent it?

Upgrading your phone is no longer as simple as paying $100 or $200 and extending your service contract by two years. Phone companies have been shifting away from contracts and trying to get you to pay full price — $600 to $700 for a high-end phone. Read more

Android Circuit: New Galaxy S6 Mini Leaked, Sony's Smartphone Error, Samsung Advert Attacks Apple

Taking a look back at seven days of news across the Android world, this week's Android Circuit highlights a number of stories including the leak of Samsung's newest Galaxy S6 handsets, Sony's poor judgement on the Xperia Z3 Plus, and the secrets of ... Read more

Micromax launches 'Canvas Knight 2' 4G smartphone at Rs 16,299 in India

The smartphone sports a 5-inch HD Amoled display with Corning Gorilla Glass 3 protection and runs a 64-bit Qualcomm Snapdragon 615 octa-core SoC coupled with 2GB of DDR3 RAM. Knight 2 runs on a Android 5.0 Lollipop OS packs a 13-megapixel autofocus rear ... Read more

Digital Life: Breaking urge to use smartphone while driving

Several apps force users to put the smartphone away while driving. (Photo: Getty Images/iStockphoto) USA TODAY columnist Steven Petrow offers advice about digital etiquette. You've likely seen some of the headlines about AT&T's most recent survey about ... Read more

Should the new car of the future be a smartphone on wheels?

An Android employee gives a demonstration of Android Auto during Google I/O 2014 in San Francisco in 2014. The tech and auto industries believe new car buyers want their vehicles to essentially be smartphones with wheels. That's why Google and Apple are ... Read more

Smartphone Application can Not Make You Healthy Until You Actually Hit the Gym

Is the smartphone your new doctor, as is being claimed by many app developers? The market is already flooded with more than 30,000 health and fitness applications and more are in the offing. So, there is an app that can measure your calorie intake while ... Read more

This smartphone may end up having a tablet-sized battery inside

Chinese smartphone brand Gionee may be best known for its super slim devices such as the Elife S5.5, and the more recent Elife S7, but it also makes a few other interesting devices. One that stands out is the Marathon M3 — so called because the current ... Read more

Sony Starts Shipping Its Best Selfie Smartphone, The Xperia C4

Today, Sony announced that this week it will ship its best selfie smartphone yet, the Xperia C4. The Xperia C4 brings a 5MP front-facing camera that has a 25 mm wide-angle lens optimized for capturing selfies (bigger background area is captured in the ... Read more

Phicomm Passion 660 review: Decent smartphone but nothing special

This is the year Chinese smartphones brands have started taking India much more seriously. Spurred by the success of Xiaomi, we now have CoolPad, Meizu and Phicomm entering the Indian market. Almost every company says they have great expectations from India. Read more