Mobile Phones

Some iPhone 5 owners eligible for free battery swap

“Very small percentage” of about 50 million phones.

Store mannequins can now beacon passing smartphones

For the first time, store mannequins are being embedded with Bluetooth beaconing chips. And it’s cross-platform.

Samsung sinks to new low with ALS Ice Bucket Challenge video

iPhone 6 rumor rollup for the week ending Aug. 22

What matters in the fall smartphone lineup: brand, display size, battery life, LTE

Opera Mini becomes default browser for Microsoft’s fading feature phones

Zipbuds: Earbuds with great sound, great design (particularly for travellers), and a great price

You can spend a lot of money on earbuds but Zipbuds, currently a Kickstarter campaign, not only sound good, they're well-designed, and remarkably low-cost and great for travel

The 5 most anticipated smartphone launches coming in September

Sprint slashes shared data plan prices

iPhone 5C’s China bust raises questions about Apple’s pricing for ’14 models