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Xiaomi has unveiled the latest version of its MIUI platform that looks better than ever, sporting the ever-trendy flat interface. In fact, the company says MIUI version 6 is all about the (new) look that feels more modern and somewhat reminiscent of Android KitKat and iOS 7. The platform is also faster, and according to…
Alcatel has started rolling out Android 4.4 KitKat update for its Idol X+ smartphone. According to the company’s Facebook page, the new software is pushed out to all existing users of the phone running Jelly Bean. Alcatel hasn’t mentioned any details about its own software tweaks, so we’re guessing they haven’t added that much. This,…
Samsung knows that phone and tablet making won’t bring it high margins forever. In fact, the company has already started to feel pressure from the growing number of Chinese vendors, some of which actually make great devices. Think: Xiaomi, Meizu, Oppo and OnePlus. Heck, Xiaomi is also a platform maker of sorts, with its MIUI…
You may’ve seen the Acer Aspire Switch 10. It’s a rather decent Windows 8.1 2-in-1 device that can “act” both as a tablet and laptop. Inside, it packs Intel’s Bay Trail Atom Z3740 processor, 2GB of RAM and 32GB of internal storage. The screen has a diagonal of 10 inches, and the entire package goes…
Again and again, we see GooPhone cloning popular mobile devices before they start selling. The latest on their list is the soon-to-be-announced Samsung Galaxy Note 4. The Chinese phone clone maker used any number of leaked photos to come up with a phablet that should look like the next Samsung Note. We say “should,” cause…
Carphone Warehouse will be one of the retailers offering the BlackBerry Passport, with their video demoing the built-in smart keyboard hitting the Interwebs. Actually, Carphone didn’t want to make the said clip available to the general public just yet, and has consequently pulled it from YouTube; but not before someone has managed to save the…
We’ve learned to associate dual front speakers with high-end, expensive smartphones from the HTC One series. India-based Lava is here to prove us wrong, having recently unveiled a $63 smartphone, Lava Iris 360 Music, with the same kind of speaker setup. Now, we’re sure these speakers aren’t as powerful as those HTC includes with its…
Sony, it seems, won’t be adopting Google’s Android Wear platform in the near future. According to Digi-Wo, a leaker with a good track-record, the Japanese company will keep using its own Android-based OS for the upcoming SmartWatch 3. He went on to add that this device will build on top of the SmartWatch 2 (pictured…
HTC Butterfly 2 is preparing to hit select markets across Asia, according UPleaks. Unlike other HTC phones, this one will sport an IP57-certified waterproof body, while boasting all of the same hardware components we’ve learn to love on the HTC One M8. These include a 5-inch full HD screen, Qualcomm Snapdragon 801 quad-core chip, dual…
HTC is apparently looking to enter the 64-bit smartphone market later this or early next year. The device codenamed A11 won’t be a high-end model, but a mid-end one, boasting Qualcomm’s Snapdragon 410 (MSM8916) System-On-Chip that rocks four Cortex-A53 cores clocked at 1.4GHz plus an Adreno 306 GPU. Rest of the rumored specs include a…