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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.

Droid Bionic may not be able to enjoy its hallowed title of the most powerful phone on Verizon LTE network for long as rumors of some strong 4G LTE contenders have been doing rounds lately.

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

South Korea's LG Electronics Inc has slashed about 30 percent of overseas staff at its struggling mobile phone division as a part of broad-based reforms to turn the money-losing business around, media reported on Thursday.

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.

Apple is planning on shipping out more than 20 million iPhone 5 units this year.

Apple’s upcoming iPhone 5 has not yet been officially announced, but rumors emerged suggesting an early October release was likely. However, the arrival will not go unchallenged, thanks to players like Motorola’s Droid Bionic, which is expected to be the biggest threat to the iPhone 5.

Motorola Droid Bionic, one of the most anticipated smartphones this year along with iPhone 5 and Samsung Galaxy S2, is launching today on Verizon’s fast 4G network.

Apple is seeking to ban sales of some Samsung Electronics gadgets in Japan, accusing its rival of violating patents relating to the iPhone and iPad, the latest salvo in a series of patent battles between the two companies.

Since Apple has been delaying its much-anticipated iPhone 5, Android smartphones are trying to grab market share by launching feature-rich devices.

Prototype images of T-Mobile’s upcoming HTC smartphone, Ruby, have been leaked and, according to reports, it could be the same as that of HTC’s forthcoming smartphone HTC Amaze 4G.

Samsung Galaxy S2 has already wasted a lot of time, missing its summer window to hit the U.S. smartphone market and it isn’t set to launch until Sept.16, when Sprint will launch Galaxy S 2 Epic 4G Touch.

Wondering why Verizon is not carrying Samsung Galaxy S2? The answer came in the form of Motorola Droid Bionic, which would be available from the carrier beginning Sept.8.

The much anticipated Motorola Droid Bionic will be officially released on September 8. Motorola’s smartphone has received rave reviews from tech journalists who had the opportunity to handle the device.

Verizon Wireless said it will start selling the high-speed Bionic phone from Motorola Mobility on Sept 8, months after the device had been expected to launch.

Motorola Mobility's highly anticipated Droid Bionic smartphone is finally coming after incessant delays, marking the final hurrah for the storied firm as an independent manufacturer.

HTC filed infringement claims with the U.S. International Trade Commission (ITC) against Apple on Wednesday using patents it got from Google last week.

The iPhone may be a cash cow for Apple but it is certainly turning into an embarrassment for the San Francisco Police Department. The latest report only confirms that the police department messed up, in some way at least, and has gotten pulled entirely too far into the apparent missing iPhone 5 prototype report.

Here are five things to know about Motorola's Droid Bionic.

While Apple Inc. is tight-lipped towards its iPhone 5 release date, the smartphone is expected to face a good deal of competition from Android devices, particularly from Motorola Droid Bionic, which would be available at Verizon from Thursday.

Apple iPhone 5 has a new rival on the block. It is Samsung Stratosphere, which is expected to be a QWERTY slider phone with 4G LTE support.