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As per the ever-increasing rumor mill, South Korean tech giant Samsung's highly anticipated Galaxy S3 smartphone will get a significant power boost up with a much improved processor. At a time when rumors are rife that a quad-core, Exynos processor would be featured in the next Samsung flagship smartphone, another new Android smartphone has been announced sporting the same.

Samsung Electronics Co <005930.KS> said on Monday it would unveil the third-generation of its flagship smartphone Galaxy S on May 3 in London, banking on a heavy marketing campaign heading into the summer Olympics in the city.

Rumors about the upcoming Apple iPhone and Samsung Galaxy's next flagship model are all the rage in the mobile space. All the tech-forward consumers are hoping to get their hands on the next-big-thing as soon as it hits store shelves.

Apple certainly knows how to keep its fans guessing, with followers musing over a fall or summer release date for the next iPhone, as well as its suspected characteristics. The latest rumor to surface about what the next-generation iPhone will feature is compatibility with a wireless headset equipped with a built-in MP3 player.

A new, unsubstantiated, leaked image of what may be the Samsung Galaxy S3 smartphone has surfaced. It depicts an Asian woman posing with two copies of the new phone, suggesting that production is under way.

HTC One X is receiving raving reviews since its launch. While the HTC flagship is being touted as the King among the Android phones, our very favorite Samsung Galaxy S2 is also getting its much-awaited Ice Cream Sandwich update and preparing to give the last fight against the so-called king before the company phases it out with the launch of Galaxy S3.

At a time when rumors surrounding the release date of Apple's next-gen iPhone are torn between June and October with no official words from Apple yet, Piper Jaffray analyst Gene Munster has provided another twist to the tale, saying that it's the FYQ3 forecast that would make clear the prospects for an iPhone 5 introduction.

Yet another week has passed by and Samsung Galaxy S3 rumors are still high at the moment. Well, this time again, the major cause is the purported leaked image, which seems to be sprawling all over the media world, indicating this is what the Korean giant's next flagship will look like.

Google Inc shares tumbled 4 percent on Friday as Wall Street ignored the Internet search giant's plans to split its stock and focused on a decline in advertising rates and other worrisome business trends.

With a single ruling this week, U.S. District Judge James Robart of Seattle federal court may have fundamentally altered the balance of power between Motorola Mobility and the leading opponents of Motorola's soon-to-be-parent Google, Microsoft and Apple.

Here are some of the many uses of satellites: anchoring the GPS that powers navigation and geotagging systems in smartphones and cameras. Relaying phone, radio and television signals. And now, helping scientists count nearly 600,000 emperor penguins in Antarctica.

Samsung’s highly anticipated Galaxy S3 smartphone is said to be the manufacturer’s flagship device of the year. The Korea-based company has yet to announce an official release date, but speculations have been circulating about when the phone will be launched and which features it will support.

Samsung Galaxy S3 and Apple iPhone 5 are launching almost at the same time in May or June. Both phones are coming with revolutionary features like updated OS, quad core processor and grand cameras. Which one will be the winner?

This is going to be an exciting year for smartphone lovers. While rumors of the release of iPhone 5 and Samsung Galaxy S3 are flying high, other big shots like HTC One X, One S, LG Viper 4G and HTC Incredible 4G are also hitting the shelves within a very short period of time.

Apple changed the entire smartphone genre with the introduction of the iPhone in 2007, and five years later, Apple fans are anxiously awaiting a new iPhone, rumored to be released between June and October 2012. Nobody outside the enormous complex at 1 Infinite Loop truly knows what the sixth-generation iPhone, presumably called the iPhone 5, will look like or feature, but that isn't stopping us from daydreaming about all of the possible features in Apple's next phone.

AT&T has been pushing its Nokia Lumia 900 hard, but sales associates at its stores don't seem convinced.

Global smartphones annual sales will cross the billion-unit mark in 2014, helped by strong demand from China and the launch of cheaper low-end handsets, Credit Suisse said.

While Samsung and Apple are still tight-lipped about their plans to release their next flagship smartphones in the market, other major phone manufacturers are taking full advantage of the whole market situation and delivering their best bets to consumers.

Samsung is all set to roll out its Galaxy Note 10.1 tablet. How well the Note will fare against Apple's new iPad and Asus Transformer Prime TF700T?

Samsung is not alone to pepper up the market with its next-gen offering, there are others on the showground too. And these Android smartphone manufacturers are prepping up with their latest flagship devices to rival straightforwardly against Galaxy S3.

Materials of Nokia's new flagship model smartphone, the Lumia 900, cost $209, some 46 percent of its retail price, with the Finnish firm saving on processor and memory cost, teardown analysis of research firm IHS iSuppli showed on Wednesday.