That the new phone is bound to be a best-seller, with some innovative features, but won't transform the mobile landscape.

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Even early this morning, a New York-bound flight from London turned around in midair after a cell phone went off on the plane.

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The Samsung ATIV Odyssey bound for Verizon has been a known device ever since Windows Phone 8 was launched, but at the time of its announcement we were told that we could expect it in December.

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The shots appear to be taken in a phone unlocking shop somewhere in China, with this GT-i9502 model apparently bound for carrier China Unicom.

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Speaking by phone from her home in California, she told CNN Hallums told her he had been "tied and bound" and cannot walk well.

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