Huawei is preparing to launch its latest flagship device, Honor 6, which we know by its codename “Mulan,” at a special event on June 24th at the Beijing National Stadium. According to reports from China — and brought to our attention by GSMinsider — Huawei wants users to think of its smartphone as a rival…
Kyocera Hydro Icon lands at Boost Mobile, offering rugged LTE connectivity for $149.99 off-contract
Roughly a month ago we’ve seen Sprint and Virgin Mobile adding the Kyocera Hydro Vibe to their respective portfolios; now it’s Boost Mobile’s time. They got the Hydro Icon, which too is rugged and can be completely submerged in up to one meter (3.28 feet) of water for up to 30 minutes. Kyocera’s IP57-rated, Military…
Dual SIM HTC One (M8) caught at Russia’s equivalent of the FCC
Russia’s version of the FCC, the Russian Federal Communication Agency (ROSCOM), has approved a dual-SIM version of the HTC One (M8) to be sold across the country. This, however, doesn’t tell us when this model will actually hit the stores, but with that hurdle out of the way, chances are we won’t be waiting for…
Huawei Mulan coming soon with the company’s own Hisilicon Kirin 920 chip
The upcoming Huawei flagship device, codenamed Mulan, has leaked and from what we can tell, this will be one of the best phones, ever. Design wise, it will keep a very slim profile of Huawei’s Ascend P6 and P7 phones. Inside, we’ll get Huawei’s own Hisilicon Kirin 920 chipset with a 1.3GHz octa-core processor, Mali-T624…
NVIDIA Shield 2 caught at the FCC?
What you can see here could easily be the NVIDIA Shield 2, which has just recently popped-up at the FCC. A device marked as P2570 will build on top of its predecessor, which BTW was marked as P2450. So yes, this could be a real deal… And it’s not like this is the first time…
Wistron showing off 6.45-inch Windows Phone reference design
At last week’s Computex in Taiwan, Wistron has been showing of its Windows Phone reference design device called Wistron Tiger Windows Phone. It’s a phablet with a massive 6.45-inch full HD screen, Qualcomm Snapdragon 800 quad-core chip and aluminum construction. In addition, we see front-facing speakers and the “lack” of navigation and camera buttons, hinting…
iPhone 5S gets a fake mini “version” in China
With the upcoming iPhone 6 set to come with a bigger screen, some folks (myself being one of them) are arguing Apple could also launch the iPhone Mini at some point in the future. Said model could sport a 3.5-4 -inch screen and lower-end specs compared to the “regular” iPhone 6. Chinese cloners can’t bear…
Samsung Galaxy S5 Prime caught at the FCC but it’s not a model made for the U.S.
FCC has approved the still unannounced Samsung SM-G906S, which could easily be the rumored Galaxy S5 Prime. The unit in question comes in three different flavors — SM-G906S, SM-G906K and SM-G906L — each of which is made for a different Korean carrier – SK Telekom, KT and LG U+. As such, these devices sing along…
64GB Moto X officially announced and so is the “Try Then Buy” two-week trial program
The earlier rumored 64GB Moto X has been officially announced, and just like we said it before – it will cost $100 more than the 16GB model. You get to choose between multiple variants that sing on AT&T, T-Mobile (unlocked), Sprint and Republic Wireless; Verizon Wireless users will have to settle with 32GB of internal…
A slew of Windows Phone devices unveiled at Computex
During last week’s Computex, visitors were able to see quite a few still unannounced Windows Phone devices coming from newer Microsoft partners, which jumped on board as soon as the Redmond giant made its platform free for devices with screens under 9 inches. BLU Products, which we know for their affordable Android gear, had two…








