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Sprint’s Premium Device Fee Material Change, Our ETF Out Dilemma

Jan 19th, 2011

As you may have heard today, Sprint will start assessing new fees for customers who swap 3G smartphones on Everything Plans after January 30th. Customers are facing a mandatory bill increase of $120/year for swapping phones they already own.

Samsung Will Not Be Charging Carriers For Android Updates

Jan 19th, 2011
Samsung Will Not Be Charging Carriers For Android Updates

We have heard the rumor regarding Samsung Galaxy S smartphone Froyo update delays. According to the report, it was cause by Samsung demands on payment from the carriers for the updates that will be make. But as a matter of fact, it’s a false accusation toward Samsung. Samsung Mobile sent an e-mail to folks from PhoneDog stating that they are innocent

Android Gets New Update on RealPlayer

Jan 19th, 2011
Android Gets New Update on RealPlayer

RealPlayer was first introduced to Android users way back in June, 2010. The apps was welcomed greatly by Android users and as result, RealPlayer was download over a million times. Today, Android received a new update on RealPlayer. Interesting enough, the new update was influenced by their users feedback

Verizon Giving Away $200 For Purchasing Their iPhone 4

Jan 19th, 2011
Verizon Giving Away $200 For Purchasing Their iPhone 4

If you have purchase a new smartphone, feature phones or certified pre-owned phones between the end of November and beginning of January, but you want Verizon new iPhone 4, you don’t have to worry. Verizon is now offering a great deal for their customers. Check out Verizon’s own iPhone FAQ which found by the folks from BGR . Current Verizon customers who purchased and activated new smartphones, feature phones or certified pre-owned phones between 11/26/2010, and 01/10/2011, are eligible to receive up to a $200 Visa debit card when they purchase an iPhone 4 at full retail price by 02/28/2011 and return their existing phone.

Apple Will Sell Their 100 Millionth iPhone This Year

Jan 18th, 2011
Apple Will Sell Their 100 Millionth iPhone This Year

Being phone geeks, we at MobileCrunch HQ like to keep pretty close tabs on how many iPhones are floating around out there, if only because the idea of selling millions and millions of anything blows our collective mind. As of September of last year , the iPhone grand total was riiiight around 73.5 million. Apple has just announced the numbers for their 1st fiscal quarter of 2011 (which, confusing terms aside, ran from September 25th to December 25th, 2010) — and all in all, the company managed to churn out roughly 16.24 million iPhones.

Rumor: White iPhone 4 Finally Coming February 27th?

Jan 18th, 2011
Rumor: White iPhone 4 Finally Coming February 27th?

Sound the alarm! The White iPhone 4 (which, according to legend, is woven from the finest unicorn hair and is visibile only during the new moon) might actually, seriously, for-real-real be coming soon. More seriously: this isn’t the first time we’ve seen the white iPhone 4 show up in an inventory system, so don’t get too excited just yet. With that said, it may be a bit telling that we’re suddenly seeing them in a bunch of inventory systems (Rogers in Canada just added it, as did Vodafone Germany).

Buy a Verizon Phone Recently, But Want The iPhone? Verizon Has A (Not Very Good) Deal For You

Jan 18th, 2011
Buy a Verizon Phone Recently, But Want The iPhone? Verizon Has A (Not Very Good) Deal For You

December. It’s a month of celebration, giving, and smart phone buying. Unfortunately, it’s also the month before January, which is when Verizon finally announced that they were getting the iPhone 4.