AT&T just announced that starting August 19th, it will offer family plans to its prepaid customers with the all new multiline discount. This means that you could save up to $600 a year if you share your plan with four other people. America’s second largest carrier has been aggressively reforming its GoPhone prepaid service: currently it offers 6GB of LTE data and unlimited talk and text for just $60. If you’re willing to settle for 3GB of LTE, it will set you back $45.

The HTC One X won’t be arriving on AT&T until May 6, but there are numerous reports that indicate the flagship device has already reached the eager hands of some customers. What gives? It appears that some retail stores in the US have already received the phones ahead of schedule. So the few customers who got their hands on the HTC One X early probably have mad negotiation skills, connections to store staff, or are just plain lucky.

The Kickstarter project for Glyph caused quite a stir this time last year when the campaign surpassed its $250,000 goal in just a few hours. Eventually the campaign raised some $1.5 million for its inventors. If you haven’t heard of Glyph, it is a audio-visual headset that looks like a cross between Geordi’s visor and a set of expensive Bluetooth headphones. When the band is in its upright position Glyph functions like  pair of headphones, but flip it down and it comes a visor for watching movies and playing games.

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Well, color us surprised! We know that HTC is releasing the entry-level Desire C soon. It turns out there are two more Desire models that the Taiwanese phone maker is preparing to push into the market. Seemingly coming out of nowhere, the Desire C is set to receive the company of the HTC Desire V and Desire VC. What of their specs? There’s definitely some good surprises waiting for those who lament HTC’s decision to pack the Desire C with a 600MHz processor (in 2012, really?

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TL;DR The Vivo Nex features a pop-out camera, but the mechanics are hidden. JerryRigEverything removes the painted glass backing to expose the phone’s internals. Some shielding is also removed to expose the camera module. The Vivo Nex is one of the most unique handsets on the market at the moment, thanks to its pop-up front-facing camera. Zack Nelson, the voice behind the JerryRigEverything YouTube channel, thought it was crazy to hide the internal mechanics of the camera, so he decided to remove the phone’s colored, non-transparent backing.

At MWC 2019 we had the opportunity to check out Lenovo’s latest, which included a plethora of new laptops. And while Lenovo might not be as well known for its phones, we also had the chance to check out the Lenovo Tab V7. As you can tell by the name, Lenovo is billing this more as a tablet “that can function as a phone”than actual smartphone. The reason for this is the large 6.

The Motorola DROID Turbo 2 is a handset renowned for its supposed ruggedness. The screen is advertised as shatterproof, and the device performed well in drop tests. However, some users are experiencing a performance issue that Verizon and Motorola are blaming on users dropping the device: the appearance of a green, vertical line on the screen. Don’t miss: 5 problems with the Droid Turbo 2 and how to fix them The thing is, the users who are experiencing this problem are saying that they never dropped their devices.

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