Kyle, Author at Droid Life

ZTE Announces Grand X Max for Cricket, Big Display and Battery for Cheap

Kyle October 7, 2014 15

Looking for a big, inexpensive smartphone on a prepaid plan? ZTE's new 6-inch, $200 off-contract Grand X Max might suit you. This morning, the China-based company announced that its newest handset is heading exclusively to Cricket here in the US. With the...

Plastc Tries to Convince You Why Credit Cards are Still a Good Idea

Kyle October 7, 2014 106

Apple and Google may be betting on NFC as the future of consolidated payment, but ubiquity is far from guaranteed; many, many businesses need to upgrade their point-of-sale terminals, which could take years. That is why startups like Coin have looked to...

Cyanogenmod 11S 38R Rolling Out to the OnePlus One, Improved Touchscreen Responsiveness and RAW Recording in Tow

Kyle October 7, 2014 87

Say what you will about OnePlus's sales tactics, but it is tough to deny that the One is a stellar phone for an incredibly low off-contract price. The hardware is solid, to be sure, but it is thanks to a customized version of Cyanogenmod that the smartphone ...

Report: HTC Desire Eye Specs Leaked, Packs 13MP Camera and Removable Battery

Kyle October 6, 2014 46

Mere hours after HTC released a teaser image of what is presumed to be the HTC EYE, two new entries in the the Indian import-export database Zauba have revealed more information about the manufacturer's upcoming smartphones, the Desire Eye and One (M8) Eye. ...

HTC Teases New One (M8) Variant, Set for Unveiling on October 8

Kyle October 6, 2014 79

If two sources had not already leaked the details of HTC's refreshed One (M8), we might have found the teaser posted by HTC's Twitter account somewhat enigmatic. Instead, we consider it formal acknowledgment of the so-called M8 EYE's existence, or possibly...

Samsung Galaxy Alpha Torn Down by iFixit, Contains Remnants of Waterproof Design

Kyle October 2, 2014 6

What secrets lie sandwiched between the metal of Samsung's Galaxy Alpha? iFixit, having exhaustively documented its teardown of the so-called iPhone killer, can definitively tell us. Unfortunately, when it comes to the Alpha, there is not much more than meets...

Unlocking Xperia Z3 Compact Bootloader Worsens Low-Light Camera Performance, May Affect Other Apps

Kyle October 2, 2014 127

The message from most smartphone manufacturers seems abundantly clear - bootloaders are better locked. Even OEMs which ship so-called developer devices seem to do all that they can to dissuade the average user from flashing unauthorized firmware, whether by...

Dropbox Finally Adds Support for SD Card File Transfers

Kyle October 1, 2014 4

Despite Google's obstinacy on the matter, a whopping 63% of our readers made it clear in our July poll that they considered SD card support an important factor in deciding on smartphones. That's a pretty large number of people, one which Dropbox is apparently...