Acer introduces Iconia Tab 7 and Iconia One 7
Published On
April 30, 2014
By
Mustafa Ahmed
The Taiwanese multinational hardware and electronic corporation, Acer has introduced two new Android slates named Iconia Tab 7 and Iconia One 7. We have the specifications of these tablets. The Iconia Tab 7 will come in two versions.
First version Iconia Tab 7 A1-713HD will come out of the box with a MediaTek MT-8382 SoC clocked at 1.3GHz processor, seven-inches screen with the resolution of 1280 x 800 display, five megapixels primary camera and 0.3 megapixels front-facing camera and runs Android's version 4.4 KitKat.
The second version Iconia Tab 7 A1-713 will come out of the box with a seven-inches screen with the resolution of 1024 x 600 display, two megapixels primary camera and runs Android's version 4.2 Jelly Bean. It supports SIM capability too. It weighs 298 grams.
Acer Iconia One 7 will come out of the box with a Intel Atom Z2560 SoC clocked at 1.6GHz processor, seven-inches screen with resolution of 1280 x 800 display, 8 gigs and 16 gigs of internal memory (expandable up to 32GB via microSD card slot), a gigabyte of Random Access Memory, 5 megapixels rear camera and 0.3 megapixels front-facing camera, 3,700mAh powered battery and runs Android's 4.2 Jelly Bean. It is available in Black, White, Blue, Red and Pink. It is weighs 330 grams.
Source: Android Community
LG is inviting the media to their Press Conference on May 27 and 28
Published On
April 30, 2014
By
Syamanth Sreejith
LG has issued Press invites to the media for their upcoming Press Conference, that is about to take place in six different parts of the world. So folks, you will have to mark your calenders for the dates of 27th and 28th of May, next month, to see what's next for this big South Korean consumer electronics manufacturer.
LG will hold events in San Francisco and New York in United States and in London, United Kingdom on the first day, which is on May 27th, followed by Seoul in South Korea, Singapore and Istanbul, Turkey the next day, on May 28th. Their new invitation is read as, "To be simple is to be Great" -Ralph Waldo Emerson.
As we already know what the Koreans are all hinting about, with the prominence given to the letter "G" from the company's invitation post. We expect Life's Good to announce and unveil their next generation 2014 flagship handset at their upcoming event, the rumored and leaked, LG G3. Also to cement our hopes, we saw, LG acknowledging it's plans to higher it's Quarter 2 revenue with the announcement of their 2014 front runner smartphone, the LG G3, in their Quarter 1, 2014 earnings reports that made it's way out yesterday.
In the past we have seen leaks of the smartphone, coming out, suggesting us how it's internal specifications are going to be like, then we saw the retail box of the G3 leak in Gold color option, again hinting to see the phone go official in a Gold flavor at launch. Following that we also saw some more of it's screens leak, telling us about a 2K UHD resolution screen, cases that went on sale, tipping us it's design and lastly the phone itself made it's debut on camera, the past week, showing of it's newly designed physical button on the back. Anyways we will have to wait until LG event goes live on 27th of next month, and see officially what's really cooking deep in their pipeline.
Source: The Verge
HTC announced Harman Kardon edition of One 2014 exclusively for Sprint
Published On
April 30, 2014
By
Syamanth Sreejith
The Taiwanese multinational corporation and manufacturer of smartphones and tablets, HTC and United States based telecommunications and wireless service provider Sprint Corporation took the stage at the companies event yesterday at New York to announce their special edition Harman Kardon HTC flagship, One 2014 or M8.
Looking at it's hardware and the design, HTC has done over a new paint job of Black and Gold flavors, where the new phone totally focuses on 'Media Junkie' out there. The new smartphone is said to have industry-leading sound with the company's own proprietary front facing dual-stereo speakers and custom amps. The speakers are capable of HD Audio music reproduction via a 24bit/192kHz DAC, that streams out roughly six times the information of a compact disc and 60 times the information from a MP3 or online music streaming service, when playing high resolution (FLAC) audios, that can be downloaded from sources like, HDtracks.com.
The new Harman Kardon edition of One (M8) also packs in a custom set of Harman Kardon AE-S headphones worth 149 United States Dollars retail price, out of the box, featuring extended audio bass response. In addition the phone has got 160 gigabytes of internal mass storage capacity that can be expanded up to 128 gigabytes through a microSD card slot, a revolutionary new application named, HARMAN's Clari-Fi, which basically restores and "rebuilds" music fidelity that was lost during the audio compression.
Other internal specifications remain the same, attributing five-inches Full High Definition screen of 1080p display, Quad-Core Qualcomm Snapdragon 801 processor, speeding at 2.3GHz, Duo-Camera of the 'Ultrapixles' fashion, with dual-tone LED flash light and 1080p video recording, access to "world phone" global connectivity and Sprint Spark for high speed LTE network connections, along with crystal clear HD voice performance.
To add some bonus to the announcement, Sprint Wireless will also offer it's customers Harman Kardon Onyx Studio for just $99.99 when bought with the HTC One 2014 (M8) Harman Kardon edition, which is originally worth $399.99 in retail value.
"For years, mobile music has been watered down and compressed into small, low-resolution digital files. The technological advances in smartphone processors and memories make high-quality audio possible today, so Sprint, HARMAN and HTC have partnered to bring this breakthrough to our customers," said Dan Hesse, CEO of Sprint Corporation.
As of it's availability and pricing, the newly announced phone will make it's way to all official Sprint retail stores by 9th of next month, May, where via Sprint Easy-Pay plan customers can bag one for $0 down payment on a 24-months contract for just $28.34 per-month.
Source: Sprint
Nokia have their new President and CEO, Rajeev Suri
Published On
April 30, 2014
By
Syamanth Sreejith
After all that Microsoft's acquisition over Nokia Devices and Service business is completed, the Finnish based multinational manufacturer looks forward with their new President and Chief Executive Officer in position, Rajeev Suri. Nokia Board of Directors has appointed him as the new CEO of Nokia Corporation, which will be effective from 1st of May, 2014, tomorrow.
47 years old Rajeev Suri is an Indian born Singapore Citizen, who was formerly known as the CEO of Nokia Siemens Network. Suri is with Nokia since 1995, where he held a wide range of leadership position in the company. On October, 2009 he was made the Chief Executive Officer of NSN, a joint venture between Nokia and German multinational engineering and electronics conglomerate company, Siemens, which was then completely owned by the Finland people.
In this regard, the firm's interim CEO, Risto Siilasmaa will return back exclusively to the role as the company's Chairman of Nokia's Board of Directors, starting from tomorrow.
"As Nokia opens this new chapter, the Nokia Board and I are confident that Rajeev is the right person to lead the company forward. He has a proven ability to create strategic clarity, drive innovation and growth, ensure disciplined execution, and deliver results. We believe that his passion for technology will help ensure that Nokia continues to deliver innovations that have a positive impact on people's lives," said Risto Siilasmaa, Interim Chief Executive Officer of Nokia Corporation.
"I am honored to have been asked to take this role, and excited about the possibilities that lie in our future, Nokia, with its deep experience in connecting people and its three strong businesses, is well-positioned to tap new opportunities during this time of technological change. I look forward to working with the entire Nokia team as we embark on this exciting journey," said Rajeev Suri.
Source: GlobeNewswire
LG ships 12.3 Million smartphones in their Quarter 1, 2014 earnings
Published On
April 29, 2014
By
Syamanth Sreejith
LG Electronics, Incorporated also announced their Quarter 1 earnings report today, where this South Korean company noted 319 percent increase in their net profit, when we compare their numbers of the same quarter of the previous year. This Quarter 1, LG gained 92.60 Billion KRW (86.62 Million United States Dollars) with an operating profit of 504 Billion KRW ($471.47 Million), where the company marked significant improvement from their previous quarter. So, this first quarter for the South Koreans managed a consolidated revenue of 14.27 Trillion KRW ($13.35 Billion), with an increase of 1.2 percent from the same quarter of 2013.
Now, according to our department, LG Mobile Communications Company, shipped about 12.3 Million smartphones in the first three months, taking 75 percent of all phones shipped, the firm marked an increase of 19 percent from the same period, last year. Life's Good also said that, they have shipped five Million 4G LTE smartphone, which is the most ever in a single quarter. A revenue of 3.41 Trillion KRW ($3.19 Billion), which increased by 6 percent year-after-year. LG expect higher revenue in the second quarter for the company, with the sales of L Series III smartphones and their announcement of the company's 2014 flagship handset, the upcoming, rumored and leaked LG G3.
Source: LG
Samsung outs it's Quarter 1, 2014 earnings report
Published On
April 29, 2014
By
Syamanth Sreejith
The big South Korean multinational electronics corporation, Samsung's Quarter 1 earnings reports are now out officially, again recording some big numbers to the sales with their division of smartphones and tablets. The whole division of the firm ended their counting of the Quarter 1 at a net income of 7.57 Trillion won over the sales of 53.68 Trillion won in revenue. Samsung's Quarter 1 consolidated operating profit reported 8.49 Trillion won.
The company's IT & Mobile Communications division posted a mark of operating profits 6.43 Trillion won on 32.44 Trillion won in revenue for this quarter that ended by March. Where out of the whole IM earnings, mobile business were responsible for a gain of 31.36 Trillion. Koreans also made a note that, the market demand on smartphones and tablets are relatively less in the first quarter, but still the operating profits have gained 18 percent more, when compared to the previous quarter.
As of the smartphones made by Samsung, the sales of Galaxy S4 and Galaxy Note 3 have helped them boost on track, along with Samsung's new flagship handset, the Galaxy S5. For the tablets side, the company managed to ship 13 Million units during this weak and slowest quarter, while receiving a good amount of sales on their 12.2-inches slates, the Galaxy Note Pro and Galaxy Tab Pro devices. The firm now expects it's Galaxy S5 sales to surpass the Galaxy S4 sales in the upcoming quarter. Samsung looks forward to the upcoming FIFA World Cup in Brazil, as new mobile devices and display panels used in premium smartphones are headed towards to market for consumers, already.
"While developed markets are expected to lead global economic recovery, macroeconomic uncertainties, such as currency fluctuation in emerging markets due to QE tapering in the US, are expected to continue in 2014, we expect our overall earnings to improve starting from the second quarter, driven by improvements in the Display Panel segment and the Consumer Electronics division in conjunction with steady growth momentum in mobile and memory businesses," said Robert Yi, Senior Vice President and Head of Investor Relations.
Source: SAMSUNG TOMORROW
Premium version of Samsung Galaxy S5 rumored, headed to India
Published On
April 29, 2014
By
Syamanth Sreejith
We are now back with some rumors and leaks based on the South Korean multinational electronics manufacturer's 2014 flagship handset's purported premium version, the Samsung Galaxy S5 Prime. In our previous leaks on the Galaxy S5, we had hinted you about the company's plans to out the models of their front runner smartphone in both traditional plastics and another in a metal based finish.
While we are not sure on what the name of the phone will commercially be when Samsung debuts the device, but for now we will have to call it the Galaxy S5 Prime, as it's tipped to feature more detailed higher end internals in a premium chassis outside. And if the new reports from the Indian import cargo website Zauba's manifest is to be believed, we see them reporting the shipments of four Samsung sample mobile phone sets, model named, SM-G906K from South Korea to India for R&D purpose. Accordingly, their database haven't gone wrong at times, where previously we saw many of Samsung devices go through them, before an official announcement.
Other reports in hands read that, earlier, GFXBench had listed a Samsung phone with model name, SM-G906S, can be a different version of SM-G906K, attributing internal specifications like, Quad-Core Qualcomm Snapdragon 805 processor, speeding at 2.5GHz, Adreno 420 Graphics Processing Unit (GPU), 5.2-inches Ultra High Definition screen of 2560 x 1440 or 2K resolution display, 32 gigabytes of internal mass storage, three gigabytes of Random Access Memory (RAM), 16 megapixels main camera, a two megapixels secondary camera and running Android's version 4.4.2 KitKat. We hope you haven't forgotten the Galaxy F series line-up too.
Source: BGR
Samsung announces Galaxy K Zoom in Singapore
Published On
April 29, 2014
By
Syamanth Sreejith
It is 29th of April, and if you remember, we had reported you about Samsung's 'Kapture The Moment', event going to take place at Red Dot Design Museum, Singapore, where this morning the South Korean electronics manufacturing giant announced their next generation high-end phone-camera, the Samsung Galaxy K Zoom. The Koreans likes to call their new announcement, the "camera-specialized smartphone", offering users with advanced technical camera system and complete professional camera like functions, to capture the important moments in high clarity.
Keeping the past leaks in mind, what we see today going official from Samsung looks exactly what showed up in the previous reads. The new device from 'Sammy' is again featuring the firm's flagship Galaxy S5 like hardware, almost the faux leather finish with ergonomic grip, also a very sleek and stylish lines that feel soft and extremely comfortable in the hands to hold the Galaxy K Zoom.
"With the introduction of the Galaxy K zoom, Samsung continues to demonstrate our commitment to creating products that meet the diverse demands of our consumers. The new Galaxy K zoom empowers users to effortlessly capture and share their most important everyday moments in stunning clarity, with the convenience and connectedness of a Galaxy smartphone, for a unique, all-in-one mobile experience," said Sun Hong Lim, Senior Vice President of Mobile Communications Business at Samsung Electronics.
So folks, wondering about the new handset's/camera's internal specification listings? Well, the newly unveiled Galaxy K Zoom packs in a Samsung made Hexa-Core Exynos 5 processor with six cores, compensating four ARM Cortex-A7 chips clocked at 1.3GHz and two ARM Cortex-A15's speeding at 1.7GHz, a Mali-T624 Graphics Processing Unit (GPU), 4.8-inches High Definition Super AMOLED screen of 1280 x 720 resolution display, eight gigabytes of internal mass memory (expandable via microSD card slot) and two gigabytes of Random Access Memory (RAM).
Now for the fun part, there is a 20.7 megapixels main shooter on the back, sporting BSI CMOS sensor and Xenon flash light, capable of 10x optical zoom, equipped with new retracting lens technology, alongside Optical Image Stabilization (OIS) to reduce blurriness in captured shots, also taking great snaps at low light conditions. The main sensor shoots videos at Full high Definition 1080p, with value-added features like AF/AE Separation, Object tracking, Studio, Smile/ Blink detection, where else on the front there is a two megapixels secondary camera. For connectivity, the K Zoom has got, Bluetooth 4.0, Near Field Communication (NFC) and 4G LTE Cat4 network support on board, a 2,430mAh powered battery and running Android's version 4.4 KitKat out of the box with proprietary TouchWiz User Interface. Other custom Samsung attributes include, Ultra Power Saving Mode, Kids Mode and S Health Lite.
The new Samsung Galaxy K Zoom will be available in Black, White and Blue color options, measured at 137.5 x 70.8 x 16.6 millimeters in dimensions and weighs 200 grams on mass.
Source: Samsung
Huawei Ascend P7 Mini reveals
Published On
April 28, 2014
By
Mustafa Ahmed
The Chinese multinational company, Huawei's upcoming flagship smartphone Ascend P7's miniature device Ascend P7 Mini just got revealed. It is said that both these handsets will be announced at 7th of May 2014. We have got the specification of the device.
The Ascend P7 Mini will come out of the box with a Qualcomm Snapdragon 400 SoC clocked at 1.2GHz processor and Adreno 305 GPU, 4.5-inches TFT screen with the resolution of 960 x 540 display marked at 244ppi, eight gigs of internal memory (expandable via microSD card slot), a gigabyte of Random Assecc Memory, eight megapixels primary camera with LED flash and five megapixels front-facing camera, 2,000mAh powered battery and runs Android's version 4.3 Jelly Bean on the top.
For connectivity options it supports NFC, DLNA, WiFi, Bluetooth 4.0 and 4G LTE connectivity. The dimensions of the handset are 131.2 x 65.3 x 7.8 mm and weighs 115 grams. It is available in White and Black color options. We will have to wait and watch till the final announcement of these smartphones.
Source: NDTV
LG Indonesia announces L80
Published On
April 28, 2014
By
Syamanth Sreejith
We were wrong on this guy, where hours back we reported you the same smartphone leaking from a Russian domain. It seems like LG is in a hurry to announce their next generation affordable handset, the LG L80 in Indonesia. We have already seen the South Korean's sanctioning the trio set of L Series III smartphone their the company's Mobile World Congress trade show event, named LG L90, L70 and L40. The L Series III expands their list today, adding the latest and newly announced L80 phone to their budget friendly fleet.
The new phone will sport a Dual-Core Qualcomm Snapdragon processor clocked at 1.2GHz, five-inches IPS screen of WVGA 480 x 800 resolution display, four gigabytes of Read Only Memory (expandable via microSD card slot), one gigabyte of Random Access Memory, five megapixels main shooter on the back with LED flash light, a VGA front facing snapper, Bluetooth 4.0 and 3G network support on board with dual-SIM capability, featuring LG's own Knock Code facility, a 2,540mAh powered battery and running Android's version 4.4 KitKat out of the box with company's proprietary Optimus User Interface on top. The phone will be available in both Black and White color options, at a price about 215 United States Dollars.
Source: CHIP ONLINE id, GSMArena
Reportedly upcoming LG G3 surfaces on web, facing it's back
Published On
April 28, 2014
By
Syamanth Sreejith
We finally have some full proof evidence of the upcoming South Korean consumer electronics manufacturer, LG's 2014 flagship handset, the lately rumored G3. Matching our previously reported leak of the G3 cases, a new phone with LG branding have made it to the internet, talking it to be the same and company's 2014 front runner smartphone, the purported LG made G3.
Wearing GSMArena's watermark, the blurry and dark image does not tells us more other than the White phone and how it's physical buttons on the back be like. So keeping the previous year's flagship design structure in mind, the firm seems to have tweaked their hardware buttons a bit in graph. It looks like the main primary camera of the device is backed with volume up and down rockers just under the lens with the power key sitting just in the middle. The guess for a LED flash light seems to be perfect for the one on the right side of the camera lens and it looks like LG have implemented a fingerprint scanner on the left to the shooter, suggesting us what we saw recently from a LG made isai FL for Japan.
Other than the truth at the moment, the phone is also rumored to feature Quad-Core Qualcomm Snapdragon 800 or 801 processor clocked at 2.3GHz, a 5.5-inches Ultra High Definition screen of 2560 x 1440 resolution display, 16 and 32 gigabytes of internal storage (expandable via microSD card slot), two and three gigabytes of Random Access Memory (RAM), 13 megapixels main camera on the back with Optical Image Stabilization Plus (OIS+) tech and a 2.1 megapixels front facer, running Android's version 4.4 or 4.4.2 KitKat with LG's own improved Optimus User Interface, that showed up earlier.
Source: GSMArena
Apple brings up iPhone 5 Sleep/Wake Button replacement program
Published On
April 28, 2014
By
Syamanth Sreejith
The American multinational corporation, Apple, Inc have put forward a new program, in which the company will replace the malfunctioning sleep/wake button on your Apple iPhone 5, for free of charge.
According to Apple, the sleep/wake button mechanism on a small percentage of iPhone 5 will stop working or will not work continuously or steadily. It is also said that, this issue is affected to the models of Apple's iPhone 5 that was manufactured in the month of March, 2013's batch. In regard, Apple is now all set to replace the sleep/wake button mechanism free of charge, if your Apple's fifth generation iOS smartphone packs in a qualifying serial number.
So the program is pretty simple, to check whether your handset qualifies for this program, just click on our source link and type in your iPhone 5 serial number or International Mobile Equipment Identity (IMEI), that you can find in the 'About' section of the iPhone's 'Settings' tab. Once your phone have qualified, you are eligible for this program from the Americans. The replacement process in your country starts on 2nd of May, 2013, where all you have to do is to take your iPhone 5 to an Authorized participating Apple Service Provider, from then the smartphone will be examined to verify eligibility, before proceeding with the replacement process.
Note: To use the carry-in option, you must visit a participating Apple Authorized Service Provider and not a wireless carrier partner.
Source: Apple
LG L80's Press renders and details leaks out
Published On
April 28, 2014
By
Syamanth Sreejith
At this year's Mobile World Congress trade show, the South Korean electronics manufacturer, Life's Good announced their next generation L Series III, the company's traditional set of Android powered handsets. We saw LG going official with L90, L70 and L40. Today, we have their fourth edition smartphone leaking in couple of neat Press renders from a Russian tipster, suggesting some of the upcoming device's internal specifications alongside.
From the new unannounced smartphone design, it looks to feature capacitive buttons on it's bottom front side, for back, home, recent apps and a dedicated SIM management key, as the homescreen of the LG L80 from the leaks hints us about the dual-SIM capability.
The new purported phone is reportedly named the LG L80, expected to come out of the box with a 1.2GHz speeding Dual-Core processor, five-inches screen of 800 x 480 resolution display, four gigabytes of internal mass storage capacity (expandable via microSD card slot), one gigabyte of Random Access Memory (RAM), a 2,540mAh powered battery and running Android's version 4.4 KitKat over the hood with other LG's own attributes like the Knock Code.
The phone is rumored for a lunch in the second half of next month, May in both Black and White color options. Pricing information seems to be still undercover according to the source reads.
Source: HI-TECH@mail.ru
Oppo announces the Oppo Joy
Published On
April 27, 2014
By
Mustafa Ahmed
The Chinese manufacturer, Oppo has announced a new Android smartphone named Oppo Joy. We have got it's details and specifications of the device. It supports dual-SIM capabilities.
The Oppo Joy will come out of the box with a Dual-Core MediaTek SoC clocked at 1.3GHz processor, Mali 400 Graphical Processor Unit (GPU), 4-inches WVGA screen resolution of 840 x 400 display, four gigs of internal memory (expandable via microSD card slot), 512MB of Random Access Memory, three megapixels primary camera and 0.3 megapixels front-facing camera, 1,700mAh powered battery and runs Android's version 4.2 Jelly Bean with Color OS user interface on the top.
The dimensions of the device are 124 x 63 x 9.9 mm thick and 125 grams. For connectivity options it supports Bluetooth, WiFi, GPS, 3G HSPA+ and microUSB port. There is no information about the availability and pricing of the handset.
Source: fonearena
Oppo announces R1S
Published On
April 26, 2014
By
Syamanth Sreejith
The Chinese based electronics manufacturer, Oppo has announced their next generation Oppo R1S, a successor to it's lately announced Oppo R1. The previous Friday we heard from the company, of what they have next in their pipeline, hinting us to see a better processor and camera than what carried out of it's predecessor Oppo R1.
Talking about the industrial design of the newly official phone from the Chinese, the firm seems to have maintained their traditional look with the glass finish on either sides of the unit over the metal chassis rim going all four sides of the R1S, making the Oppo smartphone almost a look alike of an Apple made iPhone.
As far as it's internal software and hardware specifications are concerned, we will see the handset rocking a Quad-Core Qualcomm powered Snapdragon 400 processor, speeding at 1.6GHz with Cortex-A7 chipset and Adreno 305 Graphics Processing Unit (GPU), five-inches High Definition IPS tech screen of 1280 x 720 resolution display, marked at 294 pixels-per-inch, 16 gigabytes of internal mass storage, one gigabyte of Random Access Memory (RAM), 13 megapixels main camera on the back with CMOS sensor and LED flash light, a five megapixels secondary front facer, both capable of capturing videos at 1080 pixels. And for connectivity there is Bluetooth 4.0 and faster speeds of 4G TD-LTE network support on board, alongside other major connections, a 2,410mAh powered battery and runs on Android's version 4.3 Jelly Bean with Oppo's own customized ColorOS 1.2 on top.
Oppo R1S will come in both Blue and White color options, measured at 142.7 x 70.4 x 7.1 millimeters and weighs 140 grams on mass. The handset is now up for pre-orders on Oppo's official domain for a price about 399 United States Dollars.
Source: oppo
China Mobile and Samsung goes official with Galaxy Beam 2
Published On
April 26, 2014
By
Syamanth Sreejith
The South Korean electronics manufacturer's Chinese department lists a new middle ranged phone to their official web domain, the successor and second generation model to their previously announced Galaxy Beam, this time the South Koreans renames their unit as the new Galaxy Beam 2.
Like it's last generation handset, the new Galaxy Beam too packs in that dedicated "professional-grade" digital mini projector on it's top, which is capable of screening WVGA resolution images to any flat surface, in a complete stylish metallic design body.
Other internal specification includes a Quad-Core 1.2GHz powered processor, 4.66-inches WVGA screen panel of 480 x 800 resolution display, microSD card slot for further mass memory expansion, one gigabyte of Random Access Memory (RAM), five megapixels main camera on the back with LED flash light, a VGA front facing snapper, Bluetooth 4.0 and 3G connection support on China's TD-SCDMA network, a 2,600mAh powered battery and running Android's version 4.2 Jelly Bean out of the box. The newly announced Samsung made Galaxy Beam 2 is measured at 134.5 x 70 x 11.64 millimeters in dimensions and weighs 165 grams on mass.
As the branding on the phone suggests, it has already arrived on the country's China Mobile 3G, but we doubt it's global availability, anytime soon.
Source: Samsung
LG G3 cases on sale
Published On
April 25, 2014
By
Mustafa Ahmed
The South Korean manufacturer, LG's upcoming flagship G3 cases have already been for sale on a website. The case showcases the size of the device. The cut outs suggests that for a sensor or a fingerprint scanner. The speakers placement are reportedly towards below right hand side. Down we also see cut outs for 3.5 mm audio jack as well as microUSB port. It is rumored to have 13 megapixels primary camera with a dedicated LED flash.
According to the reads from our past rumor mills, the upcoming LG G3 is expected to pack a Qualcomm Snapdragon 800 chipset clocked at 2.3GHz processor, 5.5-inches QHD screen with the resolution of 2560 x 1440 display, supporting 32GB of internal memory (expandable up to 64GB via microSD card slot), three gigabytes of Random Access Memory, 2.1 megapixels front-facing camera, 3,000mAh powered battery and runs Android's version 4.4 KitKat and with company's Optimus UI on the top.
Source: GSMArena
Kyocera made Brigadier leaked for Verizon
Published On
April 24, 2014
By
Syamanth Sreejith
Kyocera Corporation, being a Japanese multinational company known for manufacturing electronics and ceramics, is reportedly all set to unveil their new 2014 rugged and robust smartphone for Stateside's largest telecommunications and network provider, Verizon Wireless.
The yet to go official phone from Kyocera this time is named the Brigadier and we have the upcoming handset's leaked Press render coming all the way from the trusted courtesy of evleaks, Twitter. Unfortunately the phone's internal specifications is not revealed at the moment, but as it made by Kyocera, will be seeing a phone that'll durable underwater, dust and shock proof too. The 4G LTE branding on the back proves the phone to handle LTE network out of the box, also we doubt the Brigadier to run on Android's version 4.4 KitKat on board. According to it's design, we see three physical buttons on the front for back, home and recent apps, and on the back, there is a main camera of unknown pixels and a LED flash light. We can take the date, 24th of May, Saturday, next month for an official announcement of the unit, from the carrier and the manufacturer, as read from the smartphone's homescreen data.
Source: evleaks (Twitter)
HTC One 2014 (M8) leaks in Red for Verizon Wireless
Published On
April 24, 2014
By
Syamanth Sreejith
HTC's One 2014 or M8 has again hit the leaks tag, but why after an official announcement? Well, the phone appears on Twitter's database in a new color option, this time too with the watermarking of evleaks. The phone is all set to make it's debut for the largest telecommunications and network provider in the United States, Verizon Wireless.
The Taiwanese firm's 2014 front runner smartphone seems to have got the new paint job of Red flavor, where the previous year we saw HTC doing the same with their 2013 flagship phone, the One (M7), announcing it in Glamour Red, later on. According to the past reports from the internals, it was said that the company is planning to out Blue and Red version of their latest high-end smartphone, soon, where today already witness the Red One (M8) leaking all the way down, courtesy of evleaks, wearing the Verizon and 4G LTE branding prints on it's back. And keeping an eye on evleaks's past track record, they haven't gone wrong many a times in this business. We have doubts of this to be the Stateside carrier, Verizon exclusive, at least at lunch.
Source: evleaks (Twitter)
Seven-inches Samsung phone/tablet passes through TENAA
Published On
April 24, 2014
By
Syamanth Sreejith
The South Korean electronics manufacturer Samsung's new upcoming undisclosed device passed through FCC equivalent, China's certification process, Telecommunication Equipment Certification Center or TENAA. Why we call it the phone/tablet, as you can see folks, the unannounced Samsung device seems to feature a dedicated earpiece on the top, that looks almost like the ASUS made Fonepad 7, something new from the Samsung make.
As for as it's design is concerned, the Samsung phone/tablet looks to deliver that faux leather feel on its's back with the speaker grills towards to bottom right corner. There is also the power button and volume up and down rockers fitted on the right side of the device. On the front we have Samsung's traditional home button with capacitive options and back buttons on either sides of the home key.
The new unit from 'Sammy', is reportedly model named SM-T2558, said to come out of the box with a Quad-Core processor, speeding at 1.2GHz, seven-inches High Definition screen of 1280 x 720 resolution display, microSD card slot for memory expansion and 1.5 gigabytes of Random Access Memory (RAM), an eight megapixels main camera on the back with LED flash light, two megapixels secondary camera and featuring Android's version 4.3 Jelly Bean on top. Also that China Mobile 4G LTE branding on the back leads us to the conclusion, that this yet to go official tablet will attribute fourth generation LTE capabilities on board. The dimensions of the unit reads, 191.24 x 99.7 x 8.95 millimeters on scale and weighs 245 grams on mass.
Source: Pocketnow
Samsung Galaxy K Zoom images alleged
Published On
April 23, 2014
By
Mustafa Ahmed
The South Korean manufacturer, Samsung's new upcoming device named Galaxy K Zoom images leaks with a back cover on it. We have got couple of images of the protective back cover. The device looks pretty descent from the outset.
Galaxy K Zoom rumored technical specifications include a Samsung Exynos 5 Hexa Soc clocked at 1.3GHz processor with two Cortex A-15's and four Cortex A-7 cores, Mali-T624 GPU, 4.8-inches Super AMOLED screen with 720p display, 16 gigabytes of ROM, two gigabytes of RAM, 20 megapixels main camera capable of taking 1080p video recording, supports 10x optical zoom lens and 2 megapixels of front-facing camera, Bluetooth 4.0, NFC and 4G LTE network support and runs Android's version 4.4.2 KitKat with TouchWiz UI over the hood. We will have to wait and watch till the device gets officially announced.
Source: PHANDROID
OnePlus officially announces One, 2014 Flagship Killer and "Never Settle" CyanogenMod phone
Published On
April 23, 2014
By
Syamanth Sreejith
Today morning, OnePlus had an event scheduled at their homeland, where we have the phone from the rumor and leaks mill officially unveiled and announced. OnePlus being a start-up company from China, known for producing smartphones, that was founded on 17th of December, 2013 has their first and latest smartphone and the company's 2014 flagship, the OnePlus One introduced. The new phone from the Chinese people will run CyanogenMod's custom ROM version 11S out of the box, which is based on Android's version 4.4 KitKat, also attributing a custom theme engine allowing users to customize the way it looks, where it is also read that the people from the company has been working with the CM team for a while to develop the new neat looking flat minimal User Interface and high-end internal specification.
Talking about the newly introduced smartphone's design, the handset's is completely flat from it's front and is build with the special material of magnesium, which brings down the OnePlus One's weight to only 162 grams in total, making it the world's lightest 5.5-inches smartphone. The Chinese firm also boasts about their speaker setup, where they quotes it to be the world's first phone to feature bottom facing stereo speakers powered by American audio electronics company, JBL. There is no real branding or logo on the front screen, giving it the premium dark feel, with really narrow and thin bezels on either sides of the display, going beautifully curved and rounded on the four edges.
The One will rock a Quad-Core Qualcomm 8974AC powered Snapdragon 801 processor, speeding at 2.5GHz with Krait 400 cores, JDI made 5.5-inches Full High Definition screen of 1920 x 1080 resolution display, marked at 401 pixels-per-inches, 16 and 64 gigabytes of internal mass storage option, three gigabytes of LPDDR3 Random Access Memory (RAM), 13 megapixels main camera on the back made of Sony's second generation Exmor IMX214 sensor, with six lenses tech shooting at f/2.0 aperture, with shutter speed as quick as 0.3 seconds, a dedicated LED flash light, taking great shots at low light conditions, recording videos at 4K resolution pixels, a five megapixels front facing secondary camera, capturing videos at 1080p. From the connectivity department, there is Bluetooth 4.0 and fourth generation LTE network support as highlights, a 3,100mAh powered battery life and running CyanogenMod 11S custom ROM over the hood. Other new features include voice activation, smart gestures, and more.
The phone is measured at 152.9 x 75.9 x 8.9 millimeters in dimensions, coming to the store shelves in Sandstone Black and Silk White color options. The phone will be widely available in countries starting from Austria, Belgium, Canada, Denmark, Finland, France, Germany, Hong Kong, Italy, Netherlands, Portugal, Spain, Sweden, Taiwan, United Kingdom to United States, soon. OnePlus's Customer Service team is ready to serve it's users in all launch countries. OnePlus One smartphone will also be available through company based personalized invite system. Currently the 16 GB Silk White OnePlus One is priced at 299 United States Dollars and 64 GB Sandstone Black model will cost you $349.
Update: The OnePlus's 2014 front runner, One will have personalized textured backs that replaces the stock with Bamboo, Wood, Denim and Kevlar.
Purported upcoming LG G3's screens leaks out
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April 23, 2014
By
Syamanth Sreejith
The South Korean consumer electronics manufacturing company's upcoming and rumored 2014 front runner smartphone, the purported LG G3 has been talked about all over the internet these days. Yesterday courtesy of GSMArena, we got to see more leaked screenshots of the codenamed B2 or so called yet to go official G3's homescreen and notification drawer.
According to our previous reports and adding the latest source reads, the phone is still rumored and expected to come out of the box with a QHD screen of 2560 x 1440 resolution display, meaning some real 2K business. These screens that appeared on web yesterday is likely of 2560 x 1440 resolution pixels, you can find one with the original pixels count here. The new smartphone is said to attribute the latest version of company's own Optimus User Interface with Google platform's Android version 4.4 KitKat over the hood. The new UI looks extremely bright, neat and minimal with the new flat icons on board.
From the first homescreen we notice the wordings, "You may want to take an umbrella, since rain is expected during this afternoon." Which can be a new element add-on to the device's weather forecast widget, that shows recommendations based on users daily usage. Changes also seems to have hit the notification drawer, where LG seems to have tweaked their existing quick settings toggles with Samsung's new TouchWiz User Interface like looking circular or rounded icons.
Last Thursday we also saw the unannounced handset's retail packaging box leak in Golden color option, suggesting us to see the phone in a Gold flavor at launch. The LG G3 phone or the firm's 2014 flagship is speculated with a Qualcomm made Snapdragon 800 processor running at 2.3GHz, a 5.5-inches UHD screen of hinted 2560 x 1440 or 2K resolution display, 32 gigs of internal mass storage (expandable via microSD card slot), three gigabytes of RAM, 13 megapixels main camera on the back with a 2.1 megapixels front facer, running Android's version 4.4 or 4.4.2 KitKat on top with Optimus User Interface. We've also heard that the phone will physically resemble the lately leaked au by KDDI exclusive LG isai FL, which is also known as LG G3's modified version for the Japanese market. The date, 17th May, 2014 looks to match a good day for it's announcement.
Source: GSMArena
Now flash CyanogenMod to your smartphone via a text message, but you must be rooted
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April 23, 2014
By
Syamanth Sreejith
How do you like installing custom ROM's like CyanogenMod to your smartphone? Is it with a custom recovery, manually by Fastboot or with tools like Goo Manager? Remember CyanogenMod's Installer application that was available from Google Play before it got pulled due to violation of Google Play's developer terms. Anyways, folks, you people let us know that in the comments section below, but you wouldn't be surprised if we say that you can flash the CyanogenMod custom Read Only Memory or ROM to your handsets through a simple text message.
Well, a senior member, rootfan from the XDA-Developers forums have introduced a new application named SMS-Romer that lets you flash in and install any builds of CyanogenMod custom ROM to your Android running smartphones that is officially supported with CyanogenMod. But before you get into this setup, let us remind you, that your smartphone must be rooted before you get hands on with this new process. The application currently allows it's users to select between build types, including nightly, stable, release candidate or snapshot. In addition to that, you can also clear and wipe the phone's dalvik cache, system cache and make a factory data reset in the installation process, alongside installing the any particular version of 'Gapps' or 'Google Apps'. It is also said that, you must have TWRP recovery or TWRP2+ installed onto your device at the time of flashing, as the new SMS-Romer application utilizes TWRP's open source ORS like the TWRP Coordinator. Unfortunately the application is not available from Google Play, but you can download it from here or from the XDA-Developers source link, 2.
Source: XDA-Developers 1, 2, TechnoBuffalo
Microsoft's acquisition over Nokia's closing date gets confirmed
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April 23, 2014
By
Syamanth Sreejith
On the morning of September 3rd, 2013 we got up with a shocking news, that confirmed the American multinational software corporation's acquisition over the Finnish based smartphone manufacturer Nokia and it's related devices, service business, license of patents and mapping services for about only 5.5 Billion Euros.
Yesterday the Redmond company's official blog shared a news, that they have almost completed all the necessary steps to finalize the Microsoft's acquisition over Nokia Devices and Service business. Following this Microsoft will complete all their transaction by this Friday, 25th of April, and will officially welcome the Finnish devices and service to the American family.
It is also read that, Microsoft's acquisition of Nokia will help them accelerate innovation and market adoption for the future Windows Phone, and they look forward to introduce Microsoft services to their next Billion customers through Nokia made smartphones.
Brad Smith, General Counsel & Executive Vice President, Legal & Corporate Affairs, Microsoft has also made it clear that, keeping this multinational agreement in mind, both the companies have made significant adjustments to the original deal throughout the preparation process, including online assets management, where from then Microsoft will be managing Nokia's official online web domain and other social media sites. Other adjustments talks about the shift of 21 Nokia employees working on mobile phones, who will have to move their offices to Microsoft to continue their work, unlike the original deal, which said that, all employees in Nokia's Chief Technology Office will be continuing with Nokia. Lastly, the Americans were previously said to acquire Nokia's Korean manufacturing facility, where they have adjusted the agreement to not do so.
Source: Microsoft
Micromax goes official with Canvas Doodle 3
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April 22, 2014
By
Mustafa Ahmed
The Indian manufacturer, Micromax has announced new phablet named Micromax Canvas Doodle 3. We have got the details and specifications of the device. The Canvas Doodle 3 will come out of the box with a Dual-Core MediaTek MT6572 chipset clocked at 1.3GHz processor.
It has 6-inches FWVGA screen with the resolution 480 x 854 display marked at 163 ppi, four gigs of internal memory (expandable up to 32GB via microSD card slot), 512MB of RAM, 5 megapixels primary camera with LED flash and 0.3 megapixels front-facing camera, 2,500mAh powered battery and runs Android's version 4.2 Jelly Bean over the hood. For the connectivity options it supports FM-Radio, 3G, Bluetooth, GPS, USB 2.0 and WiFi. It is available in Black and White color options. The phablet will be launched on 25th April and costs US Dollars 140.
Source: Micromax
LG will offer it's G Watch in Champagne Gold flavor
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April 22, 2014
By
Syamanth Sreejith
The South Korean consumer electronics manufacturer, LG has announced and unveiled their new Google's wearable platform, Android Wear powered G Watch the past month, where we still wait for the device to go on sale from the company. While we are eagerly waiting for LG's G Watch shipments to hit the retailers soon this summer, the firm yesterday introduced a new color for their latest smartwatch.
LG will now offer their new G Watch running Android Wear not just in the Stealth Black color option but also in new Champagne Gold editions. Life's Good manufacture took it's official Facebook page to announce the arrival of their new flavor for the G Watch. Unlike other Android Wear running smartwatch manufacturer's like Motorola, LG will be the first to go off the notch with a different color than the standard Black code. The South Korean seems to have updated their web domain too, with the promotion of the newly presented Champagne Gold G Watch.
Source: LG Mobile (Facebook), LG
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