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HTC and Samsung Theme app showdown
HTC and Samsung announced flagship phones Mobile World Congress earlier this year and both mobile manufacturers had a new Theme app integrated into their custom user interfaces. Let’s dive into those integrated apps and try to point out some high and low points each has. For starters, I’ll say that HTC’s theme app has more features…
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HTC announces the HTC J Butterfly for Japan
HTC’s flagship smartphone lineup just got a little more crowded today with the unveiling of the HTC J Butterfly in Japan. The phone isn’t as visually appealing as the HTC One M9 or the One M9+, but HTC’s engineering team decided to take the best components from those phones and combine them in the J…
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Best Buy slashed price of HTC One M8 to $300 – buy one now!
If you own an older HTC phone and don’t really have the cash to update to the new HTC One M9, you should really consider the HTC One M8. Best Buy is currently featuring HTC’s 2014 flagship smartphone for $299.00 – a 50% price cut from its usual $600 sticker price. The phone is nearly…
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Verizon’s HTC One M7 Lollipop update set for Thursday rollout – better late than never
After three and a half months of delays, the Android Lollipop update for the Verizon HTC One M7 finally has a rollout date. HTC’s Mo Versi revealed on Twitter this evening that the software update for the Verizon-branded One M7 will commence this Thursday. We’re not sure that the exact version number will be, but…
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HTC’s April revenue numbers hint at a One M9 flop
HTC closed out the first quarter of 2015 on a positive note, but things appear to be taking a turn for the worse. Revenue for the month of April came in at NT$13.5 billion ($440 million USD), a 39% year-over-year drop. What’s more embarrassing is that April’s revenue was 33% lower than the revenue HTC reported…
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HTC reminds us not all protection plans are created equal
If you’re purchased a smartphone in the past 3-5 years, you’re well aware that there a dozens of different protection plans that promise to protect you from exorbitant repair costs which often exceed the on-contract price of the phone. Your service provider typicality offers an insurance policy which can set you back $10-$20 per month,…
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HTC pulls the plug on Sense TV
If you haven’t opened the Sense TV app in a while then you may not have received notice that HTC is cutting the service off sometime tonight. Those with the HTC One M9 won’t be affected, because the On M9 was shipped without Sense TV on board. Mostly, HTC One M7 & One M8 users will…