Category: Android Phone

HTC’s Senior Manager of Online Communications, Jeff Gordon, dropped a nice bit of news for those who are here in the United States wanting an HTC 10.  The latest flagship from the company will start shipping this week, unlocked, according to Gordon’s tweet.

@Eak1570 Unlocked HTC 10 begins shipping in the US next week.

— Jeff Gordon (@urbanstrata) April 29, 2016

It is great news for those who have been wanting to get the device unlocked and not with a carrier commitment.  While the Tweet did not give any indication on shipping times, it is good to know that orders can happen this week.

Today marks the first birthday of Project Fi, Google’s MVNO solution supported by T-Mobile and Sprint.  A year ago today the company announced the carrier solution that at the time was only supported by the then new Nexus 6.  Since then, the service has grown to support the Nexus 6P and Nexus 5X and has added a data-only service for certain tablets.

If you are looking for a great deal for a back up phone or maybe a phone for the kids, you can pick up a great deal on a refurbished Samsung Galaxy S5 today over at Amazon.  Right now you can pick the phone up in either black or white for $159.99.  That is a savings of 80% off the full retail price when the phone was released.  The phone is unlocked so you will no problem getting it to work on either AT&T or T-Mobile here in the States.

If you have been wanting to get your hands on the latest flagship phone from LG, the LG G5, you can go to any of the major US carriers and pick one up starting today.  AT&T, Sprint, T-Mobile and Verizon all have the device available for order on their sites and most of them should have the device available for pick-up at their larger stores.  If you are planning on trying to get on in person today, be sure to call ahead to make sure your local retail outlet has the device in stock.

After debuting on AT&T some four months ago, the Blackberry Priv is finally making its way to Verizon.  You can now order the Blackberry flagship device and their first running Android on the Verizon website while in store purchasing will be coming on Friday, March 11th throughout the United States.  Online, the carrier is offering the Priv for $30 per month for 24 months (a total of $720) or you can buy it outright for $720.

Today over on Amazon, you can pick up a great deal on the Alcatel IDOL 3.  The 5.5″ display device comes unlocked and ready to work on GSM carriers here in the United States for only $179.99.  That is $100 off the retail price of the phone and while it was recently replaced with the IDOL 4, it is still an outstanding device for this price.  The IDOL 3 will work with both AT&T and T-Mobile so you will have 4G LTE coverage and it comes with a US warranty so you have some support should anything ever go wrong with it.