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Huawei is gearing towards launching a third device in the Ascent Mate series, which — unlike its predecessor — 3 will be a high- rather than mid-end phablet. The Mate 2 came with a 6.1-inch 720p HD screen and Qualcomm Snapdragon 400 chip; according to its AnTuTu listing, the Mate 3 will keep the screen…
We’ve told you that a special version of the Samsung Galaxy S5 with Snapdragon 805 chip, LTE-A connectivity and Quad HD screen has been announced for South Korea. Some of us — myself included — claimed this should’ve been the “regular” Galaxy S5, but alas – that’s not the case. We have to settle with…
You may recall Ryan Seacrest’s Typo accessory that promised to made the iPhone look like a BlackBerry. The Canadian company didn’t like what they saw, claiming that the device infringed on their (keyboard) patents. So they’ve decided to sue them and have even convinced the judges to stop the sales of Typo. Guess what? Ryan…
Kyocera is out with the world’s first “regular” smartphone with sapphire screen. I’m saying “regular,” because there are already few devices with such panel though they tend to cost few thousands of dollars. Think: luxury phone makers like Vertu and Gresso. The Japanese company has made its own technology and chances are they’ll be looking…
Verizon has started rolling out Android 4.4.2 KitKat update for its version of the LG G Pad 8.3. Aside from the changes KitKat brings to the mix, LG also included some of its own tweaks, while fixing bugs left and right. The first thing you’ll notice — presuming your G Pad 8.3 was included in…
You’ve probably heard that France’s Iliad has made a $15 billion offer to buy 56.6% of T-Mobile USA, which for those who count, is a 17% premium over T-Mobile’s Wednesday closing price. Germans refused the deal as they’re looking for a) more money; or b) potentially even a better thing – to merge with Sprint…
There’s no doubt that the upcoming Meizu MX4 will be an amazing device. From what we’ve heard before, it will be available in few different versions, one of which will rock top-notch specs that includes a 5.5-inch 2560×1536 pixels screen, Qualcomm Snapdragon 805 chip, 3GB of RAM and a 16-megapixel main camera. The other model…
Motorola secured trademark for the Moto Maxx name, which we tend to think will be device with a massive battery that could provide enough juice to keep the phone running for full two days. Or something of that sort. The American handset maker, now part of the Lenovo Group, is already offering the “Maxx smartphone”…
BlackBerry may be losing its consumer market share, but some governments can’t buy enough of their smartphones. Take Germany as an example; the government in Berlin has already deployed around 3,000 encrypted BlackBerry units with Secusmart technology, and that’s just a start. The latest report, coming from the Financial Post, suggests that they’re looking to…
Who says you need to sell phones in the West to be super-successful? Take Xiaomi as an example. The so called “Apple of China” has managed to emerge as the 5th largest smartphone vendor in the second quarter of the year. Xiaomi captures a record 5% market share moving around 15 million units. Strategy Analytics…