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We don’t usually associate Acer with cool mobile devices. Quite the contrary, their gear seldom praised, and the company is struggling to stay relevant in this space. They, obviously, don’t like this and are preparing to change some things in the future. Beyond better devices, the Taiwanese company is also looking to launch an Apple…
Yesterday, the media reported that Facebook’s CEO met with Samsung’s top executives, including the company’s vice chairman Lee Jay-yong, Sheryl Sandberg, as well as Shin Jong-kyun, head of mobile at Samsung. That, obviously, prompted another slew of rumors that we’ll be seeing another Facebook phone, this time coming to the market with the help of…
Gionee can’t reach users in the West alone; it needs a partner to do that, and guess what – they have teamed-up with UK-based KAZAM to bring their super-slim Elife S5.1 to the Brits, and perhaps the rest of Europe. At 5.15mm, the mentioned Gionee product happens to be the world’s thinnest smartphone, which we…
You may like the idea of having a Windows Phone device that has the UI made in Cupertino, and guess what – you can easily do that with a new app called iOS 7 Launcher. Available as a free download from the Windows Marketplace, the application will make your (for instance) Lumia phone feel like…
AT&T, Asus and Intel announced the PadFone X mini smartphone/tablet combo. The device will start selling on October 24th for $199.99 requiring no contract signing activities. Inside, the mini packs Intel’s dual-core Atom Z2560 CPU, a single gig of RAM, 8GB of expandable storage, 5-megapixel rear and 2-megapixel front cameras. The phone part has a 4.5-inch…
Meizu is feeling a lot of pressure from rising Chinese players like Xiaomi, Oppo, Zopo and Gionee. The company has its own Android-based platform, Flyme, and is also trying to diversify its offering by working with Canonical on the first Ubuntu-powered smartphone. Like that’s not enough, they are also experimenting with Alibaba’s upcoming Aliyun OS…
Lenovo is looking to launch an all-metal phone in the near future, GSMarena is reporting. The company’s leaked Sisley smartphone looks very much like the new iPhone 6 but it’s even better, I would say. Similarly to Samsung’s Galaxy Alpha, this is not a high-end device. Rather, it sports a 5-inch 720p HD screen, 1.2GHz…
Huawei unveiled a special version of the Honor 6 smartphone at an event in Beijing. The new Honor 6 Extreme Edition uses the company’s latest Kirin 928 octa-core chipset clocked at 2GHz that also includes the Mali T628MP4 graphics. In addition, the device comes with full 3GB of RAM, making sure you always have enough…
Here’s what happens when two luxury brands team-up – you get a smartphone only a select few could buy. Vertu and Bentley announced their partnership a few months ago, and today we get to see the first product of this co-operation. The luxurious Vertu for Bentley handset will, obviously, be a limited edition device with…
Chinese Zopo is preparing to launch what we would say is the first regular (as opposed to luxury) high-end smartphone with Sapphire Glass screen. Kyocera has a device with such display but their Brigadier is a mid-range product, offered by Verizon Wireless in the U.S. Aside from offering virtually impossible to break 5.5-inch full HD…