Well, buy me a bagel and call me Alfred - it's only EE hinting at the S4!
Three and EE will both be stocking the next Samsung handset, with pre-registration already going live for the former.
While not naming the actual handset, Three stated: "The latest flagship addition to the popular Galaxy range of mobile devices will be revealed to the world in New York on March 14th."
There's no information beyond that, and sadly no Galaxy S4 price or release date – but then again, we'd be gobsmacked if there had been. You can pre-register with Three here.
EE Squared
EE has joined the party too, but more cryptically – it's posted a picture to its Twitter feed of the banner in Times Square.
It's not an actual confirmation, but there's no way the network would be talking up the next flagship handset otherwise.
EE also upped the crypticity with this response to our question as to whether it will have a pre-registration page: "As the only UK network to offer superfast 4G, we regularly introduce new handsets to our range, to provide our customers with a choice of the latest high end smartphones"
Let's be honest here: if any of the networks DON'T take the Samsung Galaxy S4 it will be more of a story. But hey – it's launch week, so we can't help but bring you every juicy morsel ahead of our coverage of the launch event itself.
The Motorola X is slowly becoming more likely as new sources claim to reveal details about Google's next Nexus smartphone.
Ever since Google took over Motorola Mobility last year we've been waiting for the search giant to harness its new found handset division for a new Nexus device and, as rumours ramp up around the Motorola X, we may finally get our wish.
Initially a blurry press image and a set of specs hit the web via Dutch site Android World, but these were later dismissed after it was revealed the information was more fabricated than fact.
It doesn't stop there though, as Australian website AusDroid now claims to have gotten wind of the real specifications for the Motorola X from a "well placed individual".
The pie is almost ready
It's still up for debate just how "well placed" the source actually is, so we're taking the following details with the required dosage of salt.
Apparently the Motorola X will sport a 5-inch full HD display, although it could drop to 4.7-inches as there are apparent difficulties in sourcing the 5-inch choice.
Round the back you'll probably be greeted with a 10MP snapper - which is a departure from the 16MP lens which had been touted previously - plus there's an outside chance of what would be a market-leading 5MP front-facing camera.
We raised eyebrows at the suggestion the Motorola X would sport a dual-core processor, considering the Nexus 4 sports a punchy quad-core offering we'd find it odd if Google was to dial down the power.
It's currently thought that the Motorola X will be the first handset to carry Google's upcoming Key Lime Pie version of Android, and both the new device and OS could feature at the firm's I/O event in May.
The iPhone 5 may only be around six months old, but we're already hearing information about a successor. In keeping with Apple's naming convention this should end up being called the iPhone 5S.
The early arrival of the iPad 4 and the iPad mini - just eight months after the release of the iPad 3 in March - has meant that Apple still has the ability to surprise and we could well see an iPhone 5S appear earlier than expected.
Nevertheless, it's more likely that the iPhone 5S will hit stores in the latter part of 2013, following the trend set by the iPhone 5 and 4S. It's even possible that Apple will skip the iPhone 5S and hop right on to the iPhone 6, though there is little suggestion that this would be the case.
And, as for the software, we're expecting that to be revised too. Some developers contacted The Next Web in early January to say they had seen a new iPhone6.1 identifer in logs - a device running iOS 7.
Apple's past 'S' models have featured the same shell as the core model, though with different features and slightly different tech specs.
The iPhone 5S isn't expected to differentiate itself from the iPhone 5 too drastically, though a better camera and slightly faster processor will surely be part of the package.
One analyst has claimed Apple could use the iPhone 5S to increase its margin for iPhones as a result of falling profitability.
iPhone 5S release date
That means the iPhone 5S release date could be as early Spring 2013. However, we believe it's still likely that we'll see another iPhone later in 2013.
But that's not what everybody thinks: the Chinese-language Commercial Times estimates that full commercial production of the rumored iPhone 5S has begun already. That's borne out by further rumors suggesting a March manufacturing start date, followed by a mid-year release.
Digitimes reckons the iPhone 5S release date will be a little later, citing predicted sales targets of relevant component manufacturers. "Apple is expected to introduce its next-generation iPad and iPhone series around the middle of 2013... Component orders placed by Apple, which climbed to high levels prior to the iPhone 5 rollout, will rise again between March and April, the observers indicated."
iMore rumours in early March pointed to the 5S being out in August 2013.
iPhone 5S display
iPhone 5S or iPhone 6 will include a Super HD screen display and camera according to new reports in December 2012. The China Times says a 'Touch On Display' panel is being developed by Taiwanese supplier Innolux with 10 point multi-touch and a 0.5mm thickness. Apparently the site spoke to sources inside Apple's supply chain.
iPhone 5S casing
According to further rumours, the iPhone 5S might not be the only Apple handset we see this year - rumours abound about cheaper, plastic iPhones, while Apple could be readying an even bigger smartphone to launch in June, apparently called the iPhone Math.
According to the hit-and-miss China Times wesbite the iPhone Math will carry a sizable 4.8-inch display and an 8MP camera.
However, it remains likely that the iPhone 5s will simply use the iPhone 5 shell given Apple's penchant for doing this with the iPhone 3GS and iPhone 4S.
iPhone 5S camera
In January 2013 iLounge received information that indicated the handset would sport the same design as the iPhone 5 with the key difference being a beefier camera and larger flash on the back.
That's hardly ground breaking from Apple, with the touted 13MP camera on the 5S hardly bucking the trend considering the Sony Xperia Z already has this and we'd expect the Samsung Galaxy S4 to offer up something similar.
New rumours from January 2013 pointed towards the iPhone 5S having a 13MP camera as well.
Have we already seen the iPhone 5S?
It was reported on 6 December that images of a purported next-generation iPhone have surfaced on French website Nowhereelse.fr, revealing an exterior virtually identical to the current iPhone 5 but with slightly different internals.
It appears little will change inside the next iPhone [Image credit: Nowhereelse.fr]
Rumours have abounded for years that the iPhone will incorporate NFC at some stage, but this has proved unfounded. Indeed, Apple decided to incorporate Passbook into the iPhone 5 and iOS 6 as a way to provide a similar, if different, feature.
Now, according to the often-wrong China Times, Apple is rumoured to be equipping the 5S with NFC in addition to a fingerprint scanner for added security. We're really not sure about this one, though rumours of fingerprint scanners and NFC support in Apple's devices trace back to last July when Apple bought mobile security firm AuthenTec for $356 million (UK£238 million, UA$346 million).
It's possible, then.
iPhone 5S wireless charging
According to CP Tech, Apple filed a patent application last month for Wireless Power Utilization, a wireless charging system with near-field magnetic resonance (NFMR). That means we'll get wireless charging at last.
Needless to say, TechRadar will be keeping a close eye on all the iPhone 5S rumors and will bring you the latest developments as they emerge - on this very page.
It's an image striaght out of Samsung, but it seems to be missing a few things
Bad news if you're not a fan of the Samsung Galaxy S3 styling as the first official teaser from the Korean firm has revealed the hotly anticipated Samsung Galaxy S4 is set to sport a similar design to its plastic clad brother.
Samsung US posted the picture on its Twitter feed yesterday evening, coupled with the message: "The countdown for #TheNextBigThing has begun. Who's ready for the Global Unpacked Event on March 14?"
The handset in the image is heavily in shadow, with the top left portion basking in the eerie light revealing a volume rocker switch on the left and the same curved edges as the Galaxy S3.
I can't hear you
We not completely convinced that this is the real deal though, as there's no sign of an earpiece, front facing camera or sensors above the screen - with just the Samsung logo occupying this space.
There have been a handful of leaked images claiming to show the Galaxy S4 over the last few months, although none have been totally convincing but it seems likely that Samsung isn't going to be drastically changing its design ethos for its next flagship iteration.
Thankfully we only have a couple of days to wait until the Samsung Galaxy S4 is officially unveiled in New York and TechRadar will be there to bring you all the news as it breaks.
Could Lenovo's plentiful financial resources revive BlackBerry?
Chinese PC manufacturer Lenovo has once again indicated it is interested in a potential BlackBerry deal, sending shares in the Canadian smartphone company soaring on Monday.
Speaking to French newspaper Les Echos, Lenovo CEO Yang Yuanqing admitted that a buyout might be in the cards as the company seeks to gain more traction in the western mobile market.
He said that a deal "could possibly make sense, but first I need to analyze the market and understand what exactly the importance of this company is."
When Lenovo first publicly admitted its potential interest in buying the former mobile kingpin, BlackBerry CEO Thorsten Heins didn't exactly deny the possibility of a a partnership.
Heins, who in the past has not ruled out investment, a buyout or licensing BlackBerry 10 to other manufacturers said: "As always with these topics, we will talk about things when they are ready to be talked about and ready to be announced.
"There are other constituents in the process that need to be involved - if there would be anything."
How willing RIM is to sell-up, accept investment or entertain a takeover bid remains to be seen.
Rather than crying over its fall from grace, the company has been on a PR offensive since it launched the first handsets running BB10 on January 30, claiming strong early sales, while setting its sights on place in the mobile OS race.
Fair share
Monday's comments boosted the company formerly-known-as-RIM's share price, sending it up 14 per cent.
Shares are up 26 per cent overall in 2013, Bloomberg reports, following a long period in the doldrums.
The next we may hear on the matter of Lenovo's interests is when Heins delivers the company's quarterly results to investors in a conference call on March 28.
That's unless Lenovo continues to continue to speak publicly on the matter.
