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After the successful worldwide launch, Samsung is obviously bullish on the prospects of its latest flagship smartphone, Galaxy S5. According to The Korea Times report, the company expects to ship no less than 35 million Galaxy S5 units between April and June. All these units are estimated to bring-in 17 trillion won (more than $16.3…
Vivo keeps teasing us with new features its upcoming phone, Xshot, will have. The latest information they released via Weibo (and brought to our attention by PhoneArena) talks about this phone’s powerful camera. From what we can tell, this will be the best camera phone ever, boasting a powerful 24-megapixel sensor, f/1.8 aperture, dual-LED flash…
According to the research firm IHS, Samsung Galaxy S5 costs $256 to build. The bill of materials is dominated by that awesome screen which is estimated to cost $63. Samsung-made memory chips are $33, biosensor – $1.45, and fingerprint scanner – $4. In comparison, biometric chip built inside the iPhone 5s costs $15, though the…
Interacting with your PC from your Android smartphone just got a little easier. Google has just released Chrome Remote Desktop app for Android, a way to securely access your computer from your Android device. Chromebook users are probably familiar with Chrome Remote Desktop, a program which allows users to access a PC’s desktop from a…
LG is apparently looking to revamp its phone launch schedule and unveil its 2014 flagship sooner than expected. According to reports from Korea — and brought to our attention by G4Games — the company will announce its latest flagship in “Late June” and make it available in “Early July.” It is said that this model…
Motorola Mobility’s Senior Director of Software Product Management David Schuster spilled the beans on the upcoming update to the Droid RAZR HD and RAZR M, saying that these two phones will get their KitKat goodies in a few weeks. “A number of people have been asking me about that status of the KitKat upgrade for…
Google I/O registration opened up this morning, giving developers and Google enthusiasts the chance to receive tickets for the June 2014 event. For Google I/O 2014, Google has completely revamped the registration process, introducing a lottery of sorts which will determine who will be able to purchase tickets to the event. This year, perspective attendees…
Samsung’s Galaxy S5 is surely a device to behold, packing tons of features and a fingerprint scanner to facilitate security. While fingerprint scanners have been used in smartphones before, such as the iPhone 5S, the scanners may not be as secure as we think. Security Research Labs has used a pretty simple method of fingerprint…
Google is reinventing the way we interact with our smartphones, and you can watch it happening live right now! The Project Ara Developers Conference is now underway, revealing the nitty-gritty details of Google’s Project Ara, a really sweet and mind-blowing modular smartphone concept. Project Ara smartphones will include modules that allow users to swap out…
Google is allowing anyone with $1500 and nerves of steel the chance to buy Google Glass today. Finally, us normies can plop down double our rent for one month (unless you live in the Bay Area of course) to purchase a pretty weird-looking but interesting device. Up until today, Google has kept Glass availability airtight,…