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Samsung is apparently working on a new powerful chip that will be unveiled at some point next year. Based on ARM’s big.LITTLE technology, the forthcoming chipset pairs four Cortex-A15 cores with the same number of low-power Cortex-A7 cores (like NVIDIA’s fifth core in Tegra 3) to both improve performance and battery life by seamlessly switching…
For folks (mostly ladies) who can’t live without a mirror, Oppo unveiled Ulike 2, a unique device that comes with a 5-megapixel front-facing camera. That’s right, 5-megapixel camera sensor is on the front, while camera on the back of the device has an 8-megapixel one [sensor]. The idea is to make it easier for the…
Jolla, the company that wants to re-do MeeGo and make it available to companies not liking any of the incumbent mobile platforms (or just want to experiment with a new platform), unveiled a demo video for its OS and Sailfish UI on YouTube. As you’re about to see, this is one promising platform with a…
A graphic from Geekologie shows the evolution of handset design from the early brick phones that weighed two pounds to the current crop of stylish black slabs. The two most striking changes I see are touchscreens, which revolutionized how we interact with our phones, and internal antenna technology which let designers get rid of that…
For some reason LG decided to ship the Optimus G with a locked bootloader. We don’t get this since this is pretty much a non-Google branded version of the Nexus 4, which is a open as a device can be. Anyway, Android community doesn’t like this and few folks who know what they’re doing decided…
Samsung (and other handset makers for that matter) is/are known to release its phones in multiple color versions. Moreover, it’s not like they push different color variants instantly — rather, few options (or just one) is initially released, followed by some special colors at a later date. For instance, that was the case with the…
Samsung will prepare “La Fleur” editions of few of its devices. Among the phones that will get the flowery treatment are the Galaxy S III, Galaxy Ace 2, Galaxy Ace DUOS and Galaxy S DUOS, making them better suited as presents for the upcoming Valentine’s Day. Specs wise, we don’t expect any changes under the…
With Cyber Monday coming up next week, we have a neat infographic to share, prepared by the good folks of RadiumOne. They’ve investigated online social sharing and holiday shopping trends and their conclusion is that a majority of Americans will be avoiding the in-store chaos this year, with 57% planning to complete their shopping online.…
While other carriers like Verizon and AT&T roll out their LTE service, T-Mobile is expanding its HSPA+ network to include the iPhone-friendly 1900 MHz band. The areas with the expanded 1900 MHz coverage include: Central and Southern Arizona • Phoenix, including Tempe, Scottsdale, Glendale, Peoria, Paradise Valley, Surprise and Ahwatukee • Mesa, including Chandler and…
Samsung announced the Galaxy S III mini in October and now the pint-sized phone is available on Amazon. As spotted by Tech Crunch, the Galaxy S III Mini is available for $413 unlocked, which means it will work with both T-Mobile and AT&T with minimal configuration. The Galaxy S III mini is a scaled down…