Verizon releases the Samsung Galaxy J3 (2016), yours for $109.99 sans contract

Today Verizon has started selling a new Samsung smartphone. We’re talking about the Galaxy J3 (2016), a device that should also reach AT&T tomorrow, and has been out at Sprint’s prepaid brands since January.

Big Red has managed to be faster than its main competitor, however. It’s offering the phone for fans of prepaid plans, so there’s no long-term contract to sign when you buy the J3.

It’s priced at $109.99, which isn’t bad considering its specs. The Galaxy J3 (2016) has a 5-inch 720p Super AMOLED touchscreen, a 5 MP rear camera with f/2.2 aperture, a 2 MP selfie shooter, the…

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HTC launches the One M9 Prime Camera Edition in Europe

Sure, it has a new flagship smartphone on the way in the 10, but HTC has now decided to launch a new version of last year’s top of the line offering. It’s called HTC One M9 Prime Camera Edition, and so far it’s only surfaced in Poland, where it became official today. This model borrows the looks of the One M9 from 2015, but changes a few of its specs.

For example, the rear camera is now a 13 MP f/2.0 unit, with optical image stabilization. Furthermore, the chipset used is MediaTek’s Helio X10, which has a 2.2 GHz octa-core Cortex-A53 CPU. Finally, the RAM and storage amounts have been cut…

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Globtrotting With The Coolest Phone On The Planet — Samsung Galaxy S7 Edge

I don’t pretend to know all the reasons why iPhone sales are down for the first time, but after using Samsung’s Galaxy S7 Edge for the past several weeks, I think I have a clue. The iPhone has never been the cheapest phone on the planet and now it’s not the coolest one either.

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