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The hot-new Xiaomi Mi3 may be cool for many but not everyone can afford the Snapdragon 800-powered version of the device. For those customer, the Chinese company offers its lower-end Hongmi smartphone, which delivers an awesome value for the money. However, there’s also a subset of users who want something in between; A device that…
And yet again we bring you the image of the wood-back Moto X. The unit EVleaks folks shared with the world has Verizon’s logo on the back, indicating which company will end-up selling one of these. Though it may not be the only carrier selling the wooden Moto X, we’re not sure. On one hand,…
Google’s journey into your living room has been an arduous and so far, unsuccessful one. Google TV has failed to make a splash, even with the better hardware found on newer set-top boxes like the Asus Cube. After hearing very little about the TV service during this year’s Google I/O conference, it was thought that…
Viva the physical smartphone keyboard! That’s LG’s new battle cry, according to a tweet from @evleaks. The prolific tipster leaked a photo of the LG Optimus F3Q via Twitter, showing that the days of the physical slide-out smartphone keyboard are indeed alive, albeit waning. Smartphones with a slide-out QWERTY keyboard have dropped in popularity in the…
We’ve been hearing before that Oppo is working on the successor of its Find 5 smartphone. The rumored Find 7 may launch in the near future now that LTE has become reality in China. Few days ago the company posted a teaser image on their official Weibo account saying “4G LTE, I’m ready!” The image…
Looks like Nike is preparing to re-enter the smart watch space now that everyone and their mama are talking about wearable computing. According to DigiTimes, the largest sports equipment maker will unveil a new smart watch during the first half of next year. Citing sources in Taiwan’s supply chain, DigiTimes claims that Nike’s watch is…
Uber, the popular on demand car service, is on track to record $210 million in revenue for 2013 on over $1 billion in rides, while also adding close to 80,000 new clients a week and growing its active clients to over 450,000, according to Gawker. This news comes after the taxi hailing service brought in…
Samsung could be releasing around a half-dozen new smartphones in the beginning of 2014, according to Korean media outlet ETNews. That means that the Galaxy S5 isn’t all Samsung has up their sleeves for the new year. While it’s not uncommon for Samsung to unleash many smartphones of varying specs throughout the year, this report…
The rumors surrounding the Samsung Galaxy S5 are flying and a sketchy image of the device is beginning to form. According to rumors, successor to the Galaxy S4 will likely feature an aluminum unibody case, next-gen processor and a 2k display. A device showed up on GFXBench today, code-named the Samsung SM-G900S, that could indeed…
The next Samsung Galaxy phone may support a metal unibody design, a major departure from the plastic housings that has plagued the smartphone line. Leaked photos recently showed what appeared to be an aluminum chassis for the upcoming S5, now a new reports offers more evidence that Samsung is finally getting rid of the plastic!…