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Vertu is apparently preparing to launch another expensive smartphone later this year. After the sexy Signature Touch, the luxury phone maker will release the Vertu Aster, if we can take its certification details as some sort of proof. Said device has cleared both the FCC and China’s Telecommunication Equipment Certification Center (TENAA), so we know…
Looks like Vivo is preparing to stun the market one more time. This particular Chinese vendor is known for being the first to launch a phone with Quad HD screen. Moreover, they are also known for their great smartphone camera technology, but that’s just a start. What these guys (and gals) are working on next…
Well, here’s something I haven’t written in a while: BlackBerry has released a new smartphone! Ever since BlackBerry began coming apart at the seams, the company has been struggling to stay afloat, dropping Thorsten Heins and nabbing James Chen as CEO of BlackBerry. Where Heins was extravagant and flashy, Chen is anything but. Since his…
The newly announced Apple Watch isn’t waterproof. It is water-resistant, which means it will work in the rain, though it can’t be exposed to a ton of water, so even the heavy rain could damage it. Yeah, just like you, we’re wondering why Cook & Co. haven’t found a way to solve this, but I…
Chinese tech analyst Pan Jiutang claims that Vivo will be the first vendor to launch a smartphone powered by Qualcomm’s upcoming Snapdragon 810 chip. According to him, the Chinese company will use Qualcomm’s 64-bit beast SoC in its next flagship device, the Vivo Xplay 5. He went on to add that other Chinese vendors to…
Two different Samsung Galaxy Note Edge variants have been cleared by the FCC, and unfortunately none of these is destined to North America. Rather, the SCL24 and SC-01G are heading for Japan, where they will end up in portfolios of KDDI and NTT DoCoMo, respectively. As you probably already know, the Galaxy Note Edge was…
Thanks to a prank posted to the infamous 4Chan website, people are microwaving their brand new iPhones in an attempt to catch a quick battery charge. Baffling, I know. But the prank is pretty convincing..I guess? Take a look at it below. Looks legit right? Well, it’s totally not. Apparently some people with little…
The BlackBerry Torch won’t be the last QWERTY slider made by the Canadian company. If we can take BlackBerry’s recent patent filing for anything, they are working on another such device as we speak. However, unlike the original Torch, this one has a different kind of keyboard, one that looks like Passport’s keyboard. We’re talking…
The other day we’ve told you that Samsung is working on the entire Alpha series of devices of which the Galaxy Alpha was just a first member. One of these devices, marked as SM-A500, has been leaked and brought to our attention by the good folks of SamMobile. This is a mid-range product, one that’s…
It looks like we’ll finally see the very first Tizen-powered smartphone launching in November. According to TizenExperts, at this time Samsung will unveil a smartphone running its own OS in India. This won’t be the earlier announced Samsung Z, but some completely different device that will cater towards folks on a budget. Actually, not one…