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Motorola's highly anticipated offering, the Droid Bionic, after playing hide-and-seek for nine months has finally arrived.

There has been growing rumors that Apple's next-generation iPhone 5 would be seen in the hands of consumers in the first week of October.

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A German court on Friday upheld an injunction requested by Apple barring the sales of Samsung Galaxy tablets in Germany.

Up till now, the Samsung Galaxy S 2 has been slated to be the iPhone 5's top contender, given its solid sell outside the U.S. However, tech pundits can't afford to count out Motorola's Droid Bionic, which has also got released well ahead of the iPhone 5.

While the Samsung Galaxy S2 is grabbing success in other parts of the world and is about to hit the U.S. market, Motorola Droid Bionic has hit the ground and Apple’s iPhone 5 is crawling through slews of rumors to reach the release date.

Jefferies has downgraded its rating on shares of Research In Motion Ltd. (NASDAQ: RIMM) to underperform from hold due to lackluster sell-through competition and valuation, while maintaining its price target at $25.

Here are the reason why iPhone 5 may suffer against Samsung Galaxy S2.

While Apple Inc. is tight-lipped towards its iPhone 5 release date, Jefferies believes 2012 will see an LTE iPhone, LTE iPad, and a focus on video.

The surest sign yet about the impending iPhone 5 release is the reported drying up of iPhone 4 inventory, coupled with the fact that Apple's online store is currently down, triggering speculation that a new hardware launch was imminent.

Good news for Android customers who don’t have an iPhone.

Apple iPhone 5 Production Gains Momentum

Fourth-quarter shipments for Apple's iPhone 5 are expected to surpass 22 million units this year, industry sources told DigiTimes.

The iPhone 5 production looks like it's moving into overdrive as manufacturer Foxconn is said to be producing 150,000 units a day, according to a report from Taiwan's DigiTimes.

If Sprint (S) obtains the right sell Apple's iPhone 5, will it spark a cell phone renaissance or an IPhone 5 Wave that benefits both AT&T (T) and Verizon (VZ), as well?

Verizon consumers are in for a surprise as BlackBerry Torch 9850 will be launched today officially on Verizon network. RIM’s new phone will go head on with Motorola Droid Bionic 4G LTE, an all-powerful smartphone going on sale today as well.

When will it arrive: Rumor has it that an Apple fixture at Best Buy is set for Oct. 21. On Monday, Bloomberg reported that Deutsche Telekom, a German Telco company, has started selling it by taking reservations from its subscribers. Despite technically being non-existent, reports have indicated that the iPhone 5 is going into production overseas this week. If true, that would align with a Best Buy early October release. So you can look forward (eventually) to a September reveal.

Booming demand for Apple's iPhone and phones using Google's Android software lifted second-quarter smartphone sales in Western Europe by 48 percent year on year, while former market leader Nokia fell further behind.

The heated patent war between Apple and Samsung has found a new battlefield: Japan.

Google, moving into the smartphone battles, has allied with Taiwan’s HTC in battling Apple over alleged patent infringement.

The questions surrounding the way in which the San Francisco’s Police Department assisted the Apple security employees for a missing iPhone prototype believed to be iPhone 5, has triggered an internal investigation at the SFPD.