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Again and again, we see GooPhone cloning popular mobile devices before they start selling. The latest on their list is the soon-to-be-announced Samsung Galaxy Note 4. The Chinese phone clone maker used any number of leaked photos to come up with a phablet that should look like the next Samsung Note. We say “should,” cause…
We’ve learned to associate dual front speakers with high-end, expensive smartphones from the HTC One series. India-based Lava is here to prove us wrong, having recently unveiled a $63 smartphone, Lava Iris 360 Music, with the same kind of speaker setup. Now, we’re sure these speakers aren’t as powerful as those HTC includes with its…
HTC Butterfly 2 is preparing to hit select markets across Asia, according UPleaks. Unlike other HTC phones, this one will sport an IP57-certified waterproof body, while boasting all of the same hardware components we’ve learn to love on the HTC One M8. These include a 5-inch full HD screen, Qualcomm Snapdragon 801 quad-core chip, dual…
HTC is apparently looking to enter the 64-bit smartphone market later this or early next year. The device codenamed A11 won’t be a high-end model, but a mid-end one, boasting Qualcomm’s Snapdragon 410 (MSM8916) System-On-Chip that rocks four Cortex-A53 cores clocked at 1.4GHz plus an Adreno 306 GPU. Rest of the rumored specs include a…
Yup, we’ve told you that Samsung is working on a VR headset and has apparently teamed-up with Oculus to make this happen. And here you can see how that product, dubbed Gear VR, will look like. From what I can tell, this device will primarily find its customers among the gamers many of whom can’t…
Asus has made KitKat update available for two of its devices, Padfone Infinity and Fonepad Note 6. As that’s the case with many handset makers, aside from core platform enhancements, Asus has also included some of its own updates and tweaks to the mix. Unfortunately, the new software isn’t available over-the-air, and you’ll have to…
As part of its plan to get more customers in Asia, Sony is gearing towards launching an affordable Xperia phablet. Said device, which will be marked as Sony D22XX (D2202, D2212, D2203), appeared on the Indonesian Postel site, showing entry-level specs that include a 6.1-inch FWVGA (480 x 854 pixels) screen and 1.2GHz Qualcomm Snapdragon…
It looks like Siri may have been a bad, bad personal assistant. A Florida man accused of murder may have used Apple’s digital assistant to find a safe place to dump his roommate’s body. Pedro Bravo is accused of killing his former roommate in the midst of an argument over an ex-girlfriend in 2012. According…
Samsung has finally officially announced the Galaxy Alpha smartphone, its first device that at least partially dumps plastic for more durable materials. Namely, this phone has a metal frame that is accompanied with a soft touch back that gives it a premium look and feel. Specs wise, we’re talking about a high-end device though not…
We’ve been told that the Samsung Galaxy Note 4 could be available in two different versions, one with a regular screen and the other with three-sided Yoam display. The latter could also have a different name to emphasize the extra coolness this sort of a display adds to the mix. Perhaps this unit ends up…