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It was late last year when we heard of Samsung announcing the availability of a Rose Gold edition of the Samsung Galaxy Note 3, and earlier this month, serial leakster @evleaks did share the very real possibility of the Galaxy Note 3 arriving in a Rose Gold format on Verizon. I guess that day will come pretty soon, as the official images of the Galaxy Note 3 Rose Gold edition has been shared by Samsung. Apparently, this particular shade of luxury, so to speak, will arrive as an exclusive device only on Verizon Wireless, which means that other mobile carriers over in the US will not be able to make it available to the masses even if they wanted to.

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Rose Gold Samsung Galaxy Note 3 Makes Its Way To Verizon original content from Ubergizmo.

Verizon has recently been making a few changes to its plans. It now allows Edge program subscribers to upgrade smartphones after just 30 days, and it has also introduced a new tier in its shared data plans. The carrier has now turned its focus towards international texts, which can be quite expensive if you happen to do that a lot. Usually carriers offer bundles of international texts for a price, Verizon has gone all out and is now offering unlimited international texts for just $5 per month.

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Verizon Offering Unlimited International Texts For $5 Per Month original content from Ubergizmo.

There is no doubt about the fact that smartphone adoption has significantly increased over the past few years. They have become intertwined with our lives, smartphones offer features and enable services that make us do so much more every day. It would be hard to imagine a life without them to be frank. The largest mobile carrier in the U.S., Verizon Wireless, reported its 4Q 2013 earnings today and also revealed that over 70 percent of all of its subscribers now use a smartphone. (more…)

70% Of Verizon Wireless Subscribers Now Use A Smartphone original content from Ubergizmo.

It wasn’t that long ago that smartphones were a niche product. They were bought almost exclusively by nerds and nerdy businesspeople. But that time is long gone. In Verizon’s most recent financial earnings report, the telecommunications giant touts that 70% of the devices on its retail postpaid network are smartphones.

Verizon also reports that at the end of 2013, there were 96.8 million retail postpaid connections after the company added 1.6 million new connections. That works out to 67.76 million smartphones on Verizon’s network alone.

In the summer of 2012, smartphones crossed the 50% penetration mark on Verizon’s network. At that time, just before the launch of the iPhone 5, feature phones were quickly going out of vogue while at the same time, smartphones were dropping in price.

Now, in the dusk of 2014, smartphones are clearly the dominant type of phone. They’re available at every price point. And carriers couldn’t be more happy. With smartphones comes pricey data plans and happy company fat cats.

Verizon is reporting 2013 fourth quarter total revenues of $21.1 billion, up 5.7 percent year over year. For full-year 2013, total revenues were $81.0 billion, up 6.8 percent over 2012, and service revenues were $69.0 billion in 2013, up 8.3 percent year over year.

There doesn’t seem to be an end in sight for smartphones. With carriers constantly reinventing upgrade cycles and manufacturers rolling out innovative models, the smartphone market doesn’t look to be saturated anytime soon. If anything, the company’s whose futures depend on smartphones won’t allow it.

If you are the sort of smartphone user who doesn’t consume that much data, having to pay for expensive plans with more data than you use can be irritating. Verizon … Continue reading