July 2014 cell phone news

News A Tattoo to Unlock Your Phone

VivaLnk's Digital Tattoo was a five-day skin sticker that used NFC to unlock a phone with a tap, aimed at people who skip the lock screen.

News There Are More Smartphone Users in China Than People in the U.S.

China had 527 million people browsing the web on phones in mid-2014, more smartphone users than the entire population of the United States.

News Microsoft Discontinues Nokia X Android Smartphone

Microsoft killed the Android-based Nokia X four months after launch, folding its designs into low-cost Windows Phone Lumia handsets instead.

Phones What Your Smartphone Says About Your Personality

Research found South Korean phone owners personalize their handsets far more than Americans do, and what that says about how each group uses a phone.

Phones Samsung Delays the Tizen OS Smartphone

Samsung pushed back the Samsung Z, its first phone on the Tizen operating system, after promising a July 2014 launch in Russia.