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We know that Sony will start selling its hot-new Xperia Z by the end of this month. However, it wasn’t clear whether they were talking about a 3G or 4G (LTE) model. Now we know that an LTE-enabled device will closely follow its 3G counterpart, with Vodafone starting to sell it in March. In fact,…
Sony is apparently working on a successor to the Xperia Z and Xperia ZL as we speak. A new, still unannounced device marked as C6802 has been caught at the HTML5 Test website, suggesting that the upcoming phone will sport a full HD screen and Android 4.2. We’ve no idea what this phone is all…
If you a) live in India; and b) don’t want to pay a premium for a well-known, global brand, you may want to take a look at Xolo’s latest smartphone – A1000. A direct competitor to the Samsung Galaxy Grand (which sells for Rs. 21,500 – about $400), it has a same-sized, 5-inch screen but…
Low-cost tablet maker Gemini unveiled two new 7-inch tablets in the UK. The first device, Gemini JoyTAB Duo 7, which only has Wi-Fi connectivity support, will sell for the low price of 79.99 GBP (about $124). That money gets a tablet with a dual-core Cortex A9 processor clocked at 1.6GHz, 1GB of RAM, dual cameras…
AT&T’s Samsung Galaxy Note II got a small update which we think will patch the infamous Exynos chipset exploit, discovered in December last year. The 8.45MB heavy download, described as “chipset security enhancement,” brings software version to I317UCAMA4, though the phablet keeps running Android version 4.1.2. As far as we’ve understood, aside from fixing this…
Phones 4u has started showcasing the Sony Xperia Z at its 300+ stores across the UK. However, just because you can play with a single unit that doesn’t mean you can have it. You’ll rather have to wait for the end of the month (February 28th) to be able to buy yourself Sony’s superphone. In…
O2 will be the first British mobile operator that will sell the Huawei Ascend W1, which is the Chinese company’s first (and still only) Windows Phone 8 device. The smartphone already got a page at the carrier’s website from where we learn it will be available in late March in “Electric Blue” and “Electric Pink.”…
Sony announced that its Xperia ZL smartphone will start selling in Canada “beginning in April 2013.” The powerful smartphone will be available from a number of carriers, including Bell, Mobilicity, MTS, Rogers, Videotron and WIND Mobile, though we guess TELUS may also join the party at some point. Unfortunately, the press release doesn’t say anything…
With the proliferation of smartphones around the globe, smartphone owners are now holding a lot of sensitive data on their mobile devices. Getting a phone stolen now days brings a new set of problems; not only do you lose your phone, but any sensitive data on your device could potentially be accessed by whomever now…
We’ve got a fresh sighting of what could be the Samsung Galaxy 8.0 during the announcement of a new color option for the Galaxy Note 10.1 LTE in South Korea.The device, which is slightly obscured by a giant chef’s hat, looks at first glance like the Galaxy Note 2.But upon further inspection, the device bears…