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With the iPhone nearing its annual refresh cycle, Walmart has jumped the gun and put the current Apple smartphone offering in the discount corner to make space for the upcoming iPhone.
As a result, the Apple iPhone 4S and Apple iPhone 5 have both seen their prices slashed significantly. Walmart now sells the iPhone 5 for $129, down from $189, while the iPhone 4S is discounted from $89 to $39.


The deals are only available with new 2-year contracts with either AT&T, Spring or Verizon. T-Mobile isn't offered, as Walmart doesn't support the carrier. Other major brick and mortar retailer Best Buy is also reportedly planning to slash the price of both Apple smartphone devices by offering in-store credit.
The Apple iPhone 5S is expected to go on sale later this year. As a purported iPhone 5S live image showed, it is not going to be a completely redesigned product but more of a faster, more refined version of the current iPhone 5.

Vertu has announced a new special edition of the already special Vertu Ti handset. Called the Vertu Ti Color (surely they could have afforded to come up with a more creative name), the limited edition handset will be available in two colors, Sunset Red and Midnight Blue. Only 1000 units of this handset will be made.


One of the things that sets Vertu devices apart from other phones is the choice of material gone into making them (and the other being the resultant price tag). The Vertu Ti Colors follows that tradition by having a grade 5 titanium body, which other than making it five times stronger than other smartphones also makes it very light. Complementing the metal is calf leather in either of the two colors.
In terms of hardware specifications, the Vertu Ti Color has a 3.7-inch display with sapphire crystal cover that is said to be the largest ever engineered. Sapphire crystal is known to be extremely hard and weaker only to diamond.
On the inside is a 1.7GHz processor of unknown make and model, 8 megapixel rear camera with auto-focus and dual LED flash, 1.3 megapixel front camera, 64GB storage memory, NFC and a rather outdated Android 4.0 Ice Cream Sandwich operating system. Also part of the package is Vertu's famous Concierge service.
The Vertu Ti Colors is priced at HK$90,000 (or US$11,600) and is on sale right now.

A trio of leaked screenshots that allegedly come from the LG Optimus G2 have appeared revealing a bit of what LG has been cooking for its upcoming Android flagship smartphone.
The images in question show that the company hasn't altered the look of the Optimus UI too much, but has rather given it a few refreshing touches here and there. What the screenshots do reveal though, is the resolution of the Optimus G2. The smartphone's 5" screen is now confirmed to have full HD resolution .
Here are the screenshots themselves. Notice the onscreen software buttons, suggesting that LG has chosen to leave out the physical buttons for its upcoming flagship. This would also make it easier for LG to make the rumored Nexus 5.
Purported photo of the LG Opitmus G2 has already given us a glimpse of how the smartphone would look. Qualcomm and LG have also confirmed the smartphone will be powered by the Snapdragon 800 chipset.