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If this was the year of Samsung “Mini” phones, next year we’ll be talking about their “Lite” series. We’ve already told you about Galaxy Grand Lite, but that’s just part of the story. Another model joining the “Lite line-up” will be the Galaxy Note 3 Lite. According to SamMobile, this device will offer a similarly-sized…
Even though we still don’t have a single Samsung smartphone with a 16-megapixel camera (Galaxy S4 Zoom is more of a camera than phone), the Korean company has already started working on a 20MP sensor. According to ET News, most Samsung high-end phones released next year will sport 16-megapixel camera modules; except for the Galaxy…
Android 4.4 KitKat has barely began its rollout to select Android devices, and it looks like Android 4.4.1 could be rolling out soon. The update will more than likely be full of bugfixes for the Nexus 5, Nexus 4, Nexus 10 and Nexus 7. The story comes to us from 9to5Google, who has uncovered a…
Orange may be launching its service in Canada, The Globe and Mail is reporting. According to the media outlet, representatives from Orange Horizons, a subsidiary of the French telecoms group, have held “exploratory talks” with Canada’s telecoms regulator and the country’s trade commissioner service about wireless opportunities. The report goes on suggesting that the carrier…
Former Nokia CEO Stephen Elop may not be the next Microsoft CEO with Redmond giant’s board favoring Ford CEO Alan Mulally and its own Satya Nadella as the most likely candidates to supersede Steve Ballmer. Elop hasn’t been completely discounted as candidate, with Bloomberg sources saying the situation could change and some other people could…
Looks like the Alcatel Idol X+ won’t be the only new thing announced by TCL, which is the owner of the Alcatel brand. The Chinese company may also unveil smartwatch and smart bracelet at the same time. Chinese website MTKSJ has a teaser image for the upcoming Idol X+ announcement. The image reads “1 +…
Samsung is working on a successor to the Galaxy S Duos, with such a device being leaked in Hungary. The local website Tech2.hu caught the smartphone in the wild, and we have the full specs to share. The main thing you should know is that the Galaxy S Duos 2 (GT-S7582) isn’t a high-end device.…
Pantech is preparing to launch a new phone in its own backyard next month. The forthcoming device will rock a 5-inch screen and a fingerprint recognition sensor, ET News is reporting. We don’t have other details but we do guess the rest of this phone’s specs will be top-notch and include things like Qualcomm Snapdragon…
Huawei is preparing to launch the fourth generation of its Honor/Glory devices. Simply called Honor 4 or Glory 4 (depending on the market), it will be a powerful mid-range device offering quite a bang for the buck. Rumored specs include a 720p HD screen, 13-megapixel camera on the back, 5-megapixel front-facing camera, 2GB of RAM,…
The latest hot tip (two tips actually) from EVleaks includes two forthcoming Nokia Asha phones. The first of the two (pictured on the left), codenamed Nokia Normandy, kinda reminds us on some Lumia smartphones, but the fact that it has that Asha-like back button suggests this is a feature phone, rather than a Windows Phone-powered…