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You may think Moto X is Motorola’s best-selling phone ever; think again – that title goes to Moto G. Yup, this low-cost Android smartphone is apparently selling like crazy, with the handset maker saying it’s their highest-selling smartphone ever. Motorola still manages to keep some of the profits, hinting us how cost-effective their operations became…
According to a report from The Verge, Motorola will be launching a few wearable devices in the coming year. The news was revealed at MWC 2014 in Barcelona in an interview with Senior Vice President of Motorola Rick Osterloch. According to Osterloch, Motorola will launch a stylish smartwatch, promising to address style and battery life…
NVIDIA’s Tegra 4i has made it to Europe, appearing inside of the Wiko WAX Android smartphone. Wiko, a French smartphone maker unleashed the Wiko WAX at MWC 2014, announcing an April launch date for various European countries including France, Spain, Portugal, Germany, Italy, UK and Belgium. The Wiko WAX sports a 4.7 inch 720p display,…
Allwinner has unveiled a new octa-core processor that will soon be used in mobile devices, the UltraOcta A80. The processor is the world’s first ARM big.LITTLE octa-core heterogeneous SoC design that includes a PowerVR Series6 GPU. In layman’s terms? Our tablets and smartphones are about to get a heck of a lot faster. The UltraOcta…
And yet again, we’re out with our Evolution chart, looking back at all Galaxy S models from the original device to the brand new Galaxy S5. As that’s usually the case, with every Galaxy S model, the Korean giant introduces new technologies. The Galaxy S5 is no exception and it’s the first Sammy-made smartphone to…
Good folks of GizChina managed to catch two Ubuntu-based smartphones in Barcelona. First, there’s the Meizu MX3 which we knew will be one of the first devices to get Canonical’s mobile platform. Things are seemingly progressing in the right direction with the first Ubuntu-powered Meizu phone hitting the market by the end of year. But…
We’ve seen a number of dirt-cheap tablets in our time. Alas, most of those came from little known Chinese companies; while Alcatel is now owned by China’s TCL, it’s not exactly an unknown company. After announcing three new phones and an LTE-enabled low-end tablet, they’re out with another tablet targeting the very low-end of the…
Folks looking for an extra piece of mind may like the Blackphone, a device that brings Android security to a whole new level. Product of Geeksphone and Silent Circle, it runs a custom version of Google’s mobile OS called PrivatOS and ships with pre-installed apps to enable private calls, texting, video chats, file exchange up…
BlackBerry unveiled a pair of new smartphones at Mobile World Congress. The first of the two, Z3 (aka Jakarta), is the result of BlackBerry’s co-operation with Foxconn. This unit has a z10-like all-touchscreen form factor and is heading to Indonesia, where interested users will be able to buy it starting from April for some $200.…
T-Mobile’s JUMP! early device trade-in program has been given a few tweaks, allowing T-Mobile customers more flexibility when it comes to upgrading to a new smartphone. The program, which launched mid-2013 allows T-Mobile customers to upgrade their devices more frequently in exchange for paying a little bit more each month. Pretty much every major carrier…