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With Samsung, Apple and Motorola delaying the launch of any high-end smartphone, and with Samsung battling out their dispute with Apple, HTC sneaked through with many smartphones from the beginning of this year.

Apple iPhone 5 release date is excitingly close, if the latest rumors are not merely figments of imagination. Multiple tech Web sites have zeroed in on an October launch of iPhone 5, and the buzz in the air is hard to miss.

Samsung Galaxy S II, one of the most anticipated smartphones of this year and the strongest rival of iPhone 5 is about to hit the U.S shores at the end of this week.

Apart from Apple Inc.'s iPhone 5, the most awaited Android Smartphones are the Samsung Galaxy S2 and the Motorola Droid Bionic. The much-awaited Samsung’s flagship Galaxy S2 smartphone has made it to the United States, quelling anticipation, and is set to compete with Motorola Droid Bionic for the market share.

Here are the reasons why Motorola Droid Bionic could be iPhone 5’s biggest smartphone rival this fall.

Here is the list of the top 5 alternative choices.

It looks like rumors about Samsung Hercules may turn out to be true as Engadget has provided an Oct. 26 release date for both Hercules and HTC Ruby.

Apple scored a yet another victory in its multi-country patent infringement battle against Samsung Electronics after a German court issued a preliminary injunction barring Samsung from selling Galaxy Tab 7.7 in that country.

A new day, a new iPhone 5 rumor circles around the internet. Now, the latest from the rumor mill is that iPhone 5 would come up with a 4-inch screen to take on Android smartphones.

Samsung Electronics Co has stopped promoting its new tablet computer at Europe's biggest consumer electronics fair after a court-ordered sales injunction in Germany, the latest setback in its global patent battle with Apple Inc.

With a surprise Verizon Korean-translated commercial showing an additional frame revealing a Sept. 8 release date, expect the Droid Bionic to be launched on Thursday.

Here are the reasons why iPhone 5 will be the best selling smartphone.

As iPhone 5 release date is nearing its rumored October tryst with destiny, the focus is on the phone’s screen size. The buzz is centered around whether iPhone 5 will have a 3.7-inch display or a 4-inch display. Here we sum up arguments favoring both camps -- those who think Apple will stick to smaller display and bank on better resolution and those who vouch for bigger display to take on competition.

The company had to pull the just-unveiled Galaxy Tab 7.7 out of the IFA consumer- electronics show in Berlin after a Dusseldorf court granted Apple's request on Sept. 2 to ban sales and marketing of the product.

Finally, the release date of the Droid Bionic has been confirmed.Verizon Wireless, on its Twitter page, announced the release date of Motorola Droid Bionic. Unsurprisingly, the new beast of Motorola Android phone will be unleashed on Sept. 8, as previously rumored by numerous sources.

Research in Motion can expect to get a boost in unit-sales of its struggling Playbook Tablet this weekend as major U.S. retailer Best Buy is slashing prices on the devices in its stores across the country.

Below is the list of the devices.

Google’s acquisition of Motorola, in early August, generated reports stating Google’s interest in gaining access to the hardware company’s gamut of 17,000 patents.

Most people speculating about iPhone 5 specifications believed that the next Apple iPhone will feature a 4-inch display screen to compete with major smartphones in the market.

While Apple is still not making any announcement regarding the iPhone 5 release, IFA Germany has taken the wraps off some latest smartphones that can pose a major threat to the impending next generation iPhone.

Samsung’s new Galaxy S2 was released in more than 120 countries, and it is expected to reach the U.S. shores this month. South Korea and United Kingdom were the first markets to receive the device.