While LG has confirmed that it is planning to launch a successor to last year’s LG G Flex smartphone by the end of the year, it has yet to make any official announcement. Despite that, an overeager Senior Research Engineer at LG appears to have revealed that the new flexible smartphone will be headed to Sprint when it does get announced. […]
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Sprint appoints Marcelo Claure as new President and CEO
Sprint today announced that it has appointed Marcelo Claure as the company’s next President and Chief Executive Officer. Claure takes over from Dan Hesse, who has been CEO since 2007, on August 11, 2014. “Marcelo is a successful entrepreneur who transformed a start-up into a global telecommunications company. He has the management experience, passion and drive to create the strongest […]
Photos of Sprint LG G3 inside its box
Sprint Wireless announced yesterday that it will begin to take pre-orders for the LG G3 on July 11 ahead of a launch on July 18. Do you want to know what you’ll get in the box? Sadly, we do not have an LG G3 here but a tipster who has proven to be reliable in the past has sent us […]
Sprint to begin LG G3 pre-orders on July 11
Sprint today announced that it will begin to take LG G3 pre-orders on Friday, July 11. It will then launch a week later. Pricing will start at US$0 with the Sprint Easy Pay plan which spreads the purchase price over 24 monthly payments of US$25. Sprint will offer the LG G3 in both “exclusive runway-worthy shine gold” or metallic black. […]
Sprint ever closer to buying T-Mobile in US$32 billion deal
Hints and rumours that Sprint Wireless and T-Mobile USA could merge have been floating about for some time. Such a deal appears closer than it’s ever been as the two companies (via their parent companies SoftBank and Deutsche Telekom respectively) have now agreed “on the broad outlines of a merger” that would see Sprint acquire T-Mobile for US$32 billion. “People […]
LG G3 coming to U.S. with AT&T, Sprint and T-Mobile
LG was less than forthcoming with launch details at the LG G3 launch event. The press release that followed the event only confirmed that the LG G3 would launch first in Korea on May 28 and that a global rollout involving 170 carriers would follow. Carriers are now starting to announce their plans for the latest LG flagship smartphone and […]
Android 4.4.2 KitKat coming to Sprint LG G Flex
It looks like Sprint LG G Flex owners willl not have to wait much longer for their Android 4.4.2 KitKat update. Much like the T-Mobile one we already spotted, the Sprint update has now popped up on the LG OpenSource Code Distribution website as firmware version LS995ZV6 for the the LG-LS995. For reference, the current firmware version is LS995ZV3. As we […]
Sprint removes Android 4.4.3 KTU48F from Nexus 5 support page
It would appear that Sprint Wireless decided to pull an April Fools prank a bit later than usual. Earlier this week, a Nexus 5 support page was update to show that a new Android build was now the most recent version, leading to speculation that the carrier was about to start pushing out the update to its customers. The new build, […]