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Another long–time rumored Nokia device has been officially announced – Lumia 1520. The world’s first Windows Phone phablet rocks a 6-inch full HD screen with “super sensitive touch,” and an awesome camera on the back: PureView 20-megapixel with ZEISS optics, optical image stabilization, 2x lossless zoom, oversampling, dual LED flash. Just like the new tablet,…
The long–time rumored Nokia Lumia 2520 has been officially announced. Just as expected, it’s a 10.1-inch Windows RT 8.1 tablet, powered by Qualcomm’s fast Snapdragon 800 quad-core chip clocked at 2.2GHz. That screen supports full HD resolution, in case you wonder, while the rest of the specs include a 6.7-megapixel camera with ZEISS optics on…
Visitors to the recently ended Hong Kong Electronics Fair (Autumn Edition) had a chance to check out the world’s first smartphone with “real” octa-core processor. The device called UMI X2S sports MediaTek’s 1.5GHz MT6592 chip that can fire-up all eight cores when needed. In addition, this phone also boasts a 5-inch full HD screen, as…
HTC One Max is heading to three of the U.S. biggest mobile networks – AT&T, Verizon Wireless and Sprint. And thanks to EVleaks we have the press renders of Verizon’s and AT&T’s models to show you. Both models look the same with each version sporting the carrier’s logo at the bottom, between back and home…
We’ve already told you about Vivo’s upcoming smartphone that will use Nikon’s camera technology. Like that’s not enough, the company is working on what could be the world’s first smartphone with 2K display. Yup, that’s 2560 x 1440 pixels making for super sharp photos and videos. And while we’re not sure those extra pixels are…
Archos unveiled four budget Jelly Bean smartphones with screen sizes ranging from 4 to 5.3 inches. The new Archos Titanium 40, Titanium 45, Titanium 5 and Titanium 5.3 will come with dual SIM capability, MediaTek’s 1.3GHz MTK6572s dual-core processor, 512MB of RAM, HSPA+ and Wi-Fi connectivity, 5-megapixel rear and VGA front cameras, and just 4GB…
Lenovo, which these days calls itself a multimode computing company, announced the Lenovo A10, an Android-powered laptop. Running Android 4.2, it weighs less than 1kg and is thus easy to carry around. Unfortunately though, it’s not exactly a powerhouse under the hood, boasting a rather dated Rockchip RK3188 quad-core Cortex-A9 chip clocked at 1.6GHz. In…
Huawei is apparently working on an enhanced version of its Ascend P6 smartphone. The main new thing the upcoming P6S will pack is improved K3V2+ quad-core chip. However, don’t expect the major revamp of the CPU design; it will keep using Cortex-A9 cores while boasting a faster GPU. Moreover, the updated chip will be made…
Cricket announced another low-cost Android smartphone, ZTE Source. The 4G LTE-enabled device won’t win any specs wars, but it’s rather decent, nonetheless. It packs a 4.5-inch 480 x 854 screen, 1.2GHz dual-core Snapdragon chip, 1GB of RAM, 5-megapixel camera on the back, and 4GB of expandable storage. Wi-Fi connectivity is also there for those moments…
After that great Telus’ leak, Engadget caught the Nexus 5 in the Play Store. The device was offered as an option along with the Nexus 7 and Nexus 10, with the price tag of $349 for the 16GB model. Needless to say, Google was quick to pull out that page and will re-introduce it at…