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Well folks, the day has come – Xiaomi has officially announced its latest flagship smartphone, the 4G LTE-enabled Mi4. Some of the things we’ve heard before were true and some others, we’re sad to say, missed the mark. For one thing, the Mi4 doesn’t rock the Qualcomm Snapdragon 805 chip but Snapdragon 801, which is…
The earlier rumored LG G3 Prime has been officially announced as LG G3 Cat.6 in South Korea, and will go on sale on July 25th! The improved version of the “regular” G3 uses Qualcomm’s newer (and faster) Snapdragon 805 System on Chip (SoC), rather than Snapdragon 801, which also happens to power flagship devices of…
It was back in February when we first talked about the Gionee Elife S5.5, which at that time was the device with the slimmest body, ever. At 5.5mm, it still holds the said spot but that will change soon; and the next phone to claim the throne will be another Gionee device. The soon-to-be-launched Gionee…
Samsung has released a new Galaxy S5 ad today, one that sets its sights on the iPhone. It’s not surprising to see Sammy go for Apple’s jugular, but this ad hits iPhone users right below the belt. The new ad takes on the old “size matters” line, with the Galaxy S5’s large screen putting the…
Like it already doesn’t have a great relationship with Google, ZTE announced that some of its future smartphones will ship with the Google Now launcher preloaded. Said launcher is typically used on Nexus and Google Play Edition devices, and this would be the first time a major handset maker opted to use Google’s rather than…
Meh, the Xiaomi Mi4 — which should be announced tomorrow — won’t have a stainless steel body after all. The news comes right from the horse’s mouth, the company’s co-founder Liwan Jiang who turned to Chinese social network to effectively lower our expectations. That said, we’re really not sure why in the world did Xiaomi…
The newly announced Nubia Z7 is selling like hot cupcakes in China, with ZTE clearing out its initial inventory in exactly 4 minutes and 36 seconds! During that short period, the company has managed to move 52,800 Z7 units, which is an impressive feat. Then again, we’re also talking about an impressive phone, though it’s…
Aside from the “regular” colored Samsung Z models, the Korean company is also working on the gold-colored version. Brought to our attention by the good folks of TizenExperts, this unit looks rather sexy in gold and could thus help Sammy move more units. That said, we’re still waiting to see any Z variant hitting the…
Rumors of an upcoming SHIELD tablet look to be true, thanks to a massive leak today. VideoCardz got ahold of what looks to be an extensive slide slow for the NVIDIA SHIELD tablet, chock full of shots of the device and accompanying controller, a full spec sheet and even a look at the build of the…
Although we’re still waiting for Cook & Co. to officially announce the next iPhone that doesn’t prevent certain Chinese vendors from launching their own “variants” of the smartphone. GooPhone is notorious for its clones, having launched numerous “versions” of popular devices, thus making them properly qualified for the fake iPhone 6. And voila… relying on…