After going official in LG's native South Korea last month, the G Stylo phablet has been semi-announced by T-Mobile – in that the carrier acknowledged that it would be selling it, but hasn't shared any more details. On the other hand, a report recently revealed a possible May 20 release date for the handset on the magenta network.

In the meantime, Sprint went and published an actual announcement for the G Stylo, complete with a release date. What's more, the phone is already up for grabs today at Boost Mobile, one of Sprint's prepaid brands.

If you have nothing against using Boost as your carrier, then the G Stylo will cost you $199.99, obviously without a long-term contract.

If you want to wait for Sprint to launch it, then you'll be doing that until next month. The G Stylo will be available at Sprint Prepaid on June 7, and Sprint at June 12. The price for Sprint Prepaid will be the same as the one already employed by Boost.

As for contracts, if you wait until June 12 you'll be able to get a G Stylo for $0 down, then followed by 24 monthly payments of $12, adding up to a total price of $288.

The LG G Stylo comes with a stylus (as its name implies), a 5.7-inch 720p touchscreen, an 8 MP rear camera with LED flash and laser autofocus, a 5 MP selfie snapper, 2GB of RAM, 16GB of expandable storage, and a 3,000 mAh battery. It runs Android 5.0 Lollipop and it's powered by Qualcomm's Snapdragon 410 chipset, which comes with a 1.2 GHz quad-core Cortex-A53…

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Just days after there were reports that the Verizon and Sprint variants of the LG G4 smartphone have cleared the FCC hurdle, there is finally some information on the carrier retail price of the device.

The terms and conditions of the giveaways currently being run by T-Mobile and Sprint indicate that the flagship will carry a price tag of approximately $600, which is lower than the one carried by the Galaxy S6, or the HTC One M9.

As for the giveaways, T-Mobile is giving a total of 28 LG G4 handsets, while Sprint is giving away 8 units. Hit the source links below for more information.

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Asus has had a weak first quarter – in which it shipped only 3 million smartphones due to a shortage of 4GB memory modules – but the company still believes that it can achieve its goal of shipping 25 million handsets in 2015, according to CEO Jerry Shen.

The Taiwanese company is expected to ship 4.8 million units in Q2, which translates into a total of 7.8 million shipments in the first half of 2015. As for the second half, Shen said they are looking at 3 million shipments a month in the three months following June.

Asus is aiming to ship a total of 17 million smartphones outside of China, which means that the company's performance in the Asian country will determine whether or not it can achieve its annual shipments…

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Sony has quietly announced the Xperia A4 smartphone for the Japanese carrier NTT Docomo. The new device sports a model number SO-04G, which fuels speculation that it may be the future global Xperia Z4 Compact. A former Xperia A2 SO-04F was launched for the world as Xperia Z3 Compact, so it's not entirely out of the question. Additionally, the carrier's site lists the Z4 and A4 models side by side, giving more credibility to the suspicion.

The Xperia A4 is built around the same 4.6-inch 720p Triluminous display as the Z3 Compact, and is largely identical to Sony's small-size flagship. It packs the same Snapdragon 801 chipset and that alone may lead us to believe that the A4 is nothing but a carrier-specific Z3 Compact, instead of a successor. After all, it's the chipset that sets apart the Xperia Z4 from the predecessor and if you deny the Compact that upgrade, it remains the same phone.

Other than that, the Xperia A4 comes with 2GB of RAM and 16GB of internal storage. The 20.7MP main camera, found on each and every Sony flagship since the Xperia Z1, is on board too. A notable difference from the global Xperia Z3 Compact is the OS version, with the Xperia A4 launching straight on Android 5.0, though admittedly the Z3 Compact has already received the update.

The pictures of the Xperia A4 on the carrier's site also suggest a matte plastic back, as opposed to the glass used on the Z3 Compact. The marginal difference in dimensions (128 x 66 x 9.1mm for the A4, versus 127.3 x 64.9 x 8.6 mm for the Z3 Compact) further supports that theory. Weight is the same 129g, and battery capacity has been kept at 2,600mAh as well.

The Sony Xperia A4 is available now for pre-order and will start shipping in mid-June. We'll wait and see if it develops into a Z3 Compact successor or remains simply a local version of it.

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XOLO has launched a new budget smartphone in India. The XOLO Prime is priced at Rs. 5,699 ($89).

The XOLO Prime has 4.5-inch 854×480 resolution IPS display, 1.3GHz quad-core processor, 1GB RAM, 8GB internal memory with microSD card slot, 5 megapixel rear camera, dual SIM support, 1,800mAh battery, and Android 5.0 Lollipop.

The XOLO Prime has a glass body and will be available in four colors – black, blue, red, and…

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The Android 5.1 update for Samsung's latest flagship devices – the Galaxy S6 and S6 Edge – will be available next month, according to the latest OS Upgrade schedule available on the website of Canadian carrier Rogers.

It's worth mentioning that the website also makes it clear that the listed dates are subject to change, which means that the June time frame for the update isn't set in stone.

From what is known till now, the update is expected to bring, among others, a new Guest Mode feature that would enable you to set up separate profiles for guests.
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