Pocketnow Week in Review: week 24 news recap of 2014

The technology world is a fast moving one, and hence, there are more than 100 stories we publish on a weekly basis here on Pocketnow. Those include reviews, videos, editorials, news, and more. With this new, weekly series, we’re making it easier for you to look back at the most interesting, exciting, and popular topics of the week, in case you missed anything.Look for the Pocketnow Week in Review every Sunday morning. It contains the most popular ten stories of the week printed on the portal, as well as top ...

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AT&T launches Galaxy S5 Active, available today

There was little doubt that the Galaxy S5 Active exists, thanks to all the leaks we’ve seen recently. But, with water resistance already present on the Galaxy S 5, many were wondering about the purpose of an Active phone. As a reminder, last year’s Galaxy S4 Active brought IP57 over the standard build of the S4, but in 2014, Samsung wants you to be (more) active.The Samsung Galaxy S5 Active is now also shock ...

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First Samsung Galaxy S5 Active render leaks

There are no hard-and-fast rules when it comes to how news of pre-release smartphones arrive. Sometimes it’s a months-long process, wherein new information arrives little by little, and the whole time we’re unsure what’s trustworthy and what’s not. Sometimes we’re left guessing all the way up until the very end. And then there those times when the normal progression all goes awry, and we’re seeing leaks all out of order. Such is the case with Samsung’s Galaxy S5 Active, as we check out the first render of the phone to leak, as it gets ready for ...

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Additional Galaxy S5 hands-on videos reveal more and more of upcoming phone

Forget fan renders. Forget low-quality blurrycam shots. Last night the Samsung Galaxy S5 Active went from being the stuff of rumors and speculation to being the next best thing to officially confirmed, as a fantastic hands-on interaction with the ruggedized smartphone was published. Things quickly progressed from a few powered-down still shots to videos of the phone in action, and we brought you the first few updates as they arrived. Well, by now ...

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Samsung Galaxy S5 Active finally revealed in leaked pics?

Sure, the Samsung Galaxy S5 is already water-resistant, but just because the flagship itself is a little more resilient than last year’s edition doesn’t mean that the manufacturer isn’t interested in releasing a beefed-up Active version, as well. Going back as far as February we’ve been hearing rumors of a GS5 Active, and lately they’ve really been increasing in activity. Most recently, we’ve seen Samsung itself allude ...

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Samsung Galaxy S5 Active looks to be getting ready for launch

The case for Samsung releasing a number of new Galaxy S5-series phones keeps looking stronger and stronger, and models like the GS5 Mini, GS5 Active, and this quad HD GS5 Prime keep picking up new evidence in support of their existence as they get closer and closer to official Samsung confirmation. Earlier this month we checked out a page on one of Samsung’s regional sites in Finland, which seemed to confirm support for the model number we had identified as the GS5 Mini. Today we return with a new twist on the same ...

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Possible Galaxy S5 Active for AT&T turns up in User Agent Profile

For a moment there, it seemed like Samsung might not bring a Galaxy S5 Active to market, at least considering the water resistance already inherent to the parent Galaxy S5. But even after the GS5′s launch, these Active rumors have persisted, and last week we saw them get quite specific, zeroing-in on a model number. This week that model number leads us to some new evidence, as a User Agent Profile turns up for this mystery hardware. We already heard that the GS5 ...

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Galaxy S5 rumors: new production problems, Active model could still happen

Have you managed to get through all this new HTC One coverage without forgetting about Samsung’s Galaxy S5? Though Samsung got its news out early, HTC has managed to beat the South Korean company when it comes to getting its new phone into the hands of users. We’re still waiting for GS5 sales to begin, and last week heard a rumor suggesting that Samsung was running into manufacturing issues that threatened to affect availability. Today we get an update on that situation, and also hear about a possible

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