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At one point we thought that Lenovo could acquire NEC. Apparently, the Chinese firm isn’t looking for the Japanese company’s handset portfolio, but its patents. We’ve no information how much Lenovo paid for the privilege, but we do know they got NEC’s 3,800+ patent families filed in numerous countries around the world. The portfolio includes…
After many rumors and leaked photos, we’ll finally see the Huawei announcing the Ascend P7 on May 7th. The event will take place in Paris, France, hinting us that outside China, Huawei expects to sell a ton of these in Europe. From what we’ve heard before, the P7 will build on top of the last-year’s…
Microsoft is apparently working to make Windows Phones compatible with hi-res 2K screens and next-gen chips. In fact, a Windows Phone device marked as Qualcomm LiQUID has been caught at GFXBench, and from its listing we learn that it will come with a 2K / QHD screen and Qualcomm Snapdragon 805 chip. Unfortunately, the listing…
We haven’t talked about TAG Heuer phones for more than a year; the luxury brand is back in the game and this time they’ve made sure their phone packs a neat technology under the hood. Actually, that’s under the screen which hides solar photovoltaic cells that are able to charge the phone while not in…
We can’t say we’re really surprised to see the special, dual-SIM version of the Galaxy S5 being unveiled in China. Samsung did this in the past, though we always hoped such model will eventually hit the Western hemisphere. Alas, as I’m writing this – that hasn’t happened. Anyway, the dual-SIM Galaxy S5 does come with…
Almost missed this… During the recent BUILD conference in San Francisco, Microsoft announced two additional partners that will be making Windows Phone devices – Micromax and Prestigio. The two aren’t exactly household names in the West but they could help the Redmond giant grow its market share in the growing economies. Micromax is especially interesting…
China’s VIVO was the first handset maker to launch a smartphone with 2K screen. Their Xplay 3S pretty much opened a new era in mobile computing, with its 6-inch display managing to “cope” with 1440 x 2560 pixels. Like that’s not enough, the company is already working on the next flagship device that will be…
You know how BlackBerry and T-Mobile broke-up, right? Well, the Canadian company is now proactively pitching BlackBerry owners on T-Mobile’s network, offering them $100 off their next BlackBerry purchase at ShopBlackBerry. The deal is valid through May 31st and includes the BlackBerry Z10, Q5 and Q10. The Z30, for some reason, isn’t on the list.…
Now that the Xperia Z2 has been officially announced, we expect to see the Z2 Compact following suit. If we can take cues from the last year’s model, the smaller flagship will debut in Japan and only later hit the markets across the Western hemisphere. Well, the Japanese version of the Xperia Z2 Compact has…
Even though the Xiaomi Redmi has been selling in China for more than a year, it’s still a popular device, offering a hard-to-beat value for money. Up until this point it was available with black front though users were able to change its back cover. Now the white version has been announced, helping the handset…