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Wow, that was fast. Only two days after Samsung’s official announcement of the Galaxy S5, China’s GooPhone managed to clone it. The end-result is actually pretty decent, though you should refrain from buying it at any cost. We can’t support this form of blatant IP infringements and you shouldn’t either. Anyway, the newly unveiled GooPhone…
You may think Moto X is Motorola’s best-selling phone ever; think again – that title goes to Moto G. Yup, this low-cost Android smartphone is apparently selling like crazy, with the handset maker saying it’s their highest-selling smartphone ever. Motorola still manages to keep some of the profits, hinting us how cost-effective their operations became…
And yet again, we’re out with our Evolution chart, looking back at all Galaxy S models from the original device to the brand new Galaxy S5. As that’s usually the case, with every Galaxy S model, the Korean giant introduces new technologies. The Galaxy S5 is no exception and it’s the first Sammy-made smartphone to…
Good folks of GizChina managed to catch two Ubuntu-based smartphones in Barcelona. First, there’s the Meizu MX3 which we knew will be one of the first devices to get Canonical’s mobile platform. Things are seemingly progressing in the right direction with the first Ubuntu-powered Meizu phone hitting the market by the end of year. But…
Panasonic has seemingly lost interest for the mainstream smartphone market. Instead, at Mobile World Congress they’ve unveiled a pair of rugged devices made for special use cases. The new Toughpad FZ-E1 and Toughpad FZ-X1 look similar, but there’s one important difference between the two. While the former (FZ-E1) runs Windows Embedded 8 Handheld platform, the…
Folks looking for an extra piece of mind may like the Blackphone, a device that brings Android security to a whole new level. Product of Geeksphone and Silent Circle, it runs a custom version of Google’s mobile OS called PrivatOS and ships with pre-installed apps to enable private calls, texting, video chats, file exchange up…
BlackBerry unveiled a pair of new smartphones at Mobile World Congress. The first of the two, Z3 (aka Jakarta), is the result of BlackBerry’s co-operation with Foxconn. This unit has a z10-like all-touchscreen form factor and is heading to Indonesia, where interested users will be able to buy it starting from April for some $200.…
TCL, which is the owner of the Alcatel brand, has great plans for the future. During Mobile World Congress in Barcelona, the company has demoed its smartbook concept to Engadget. The 11-inch MacBook Air-like laptop has no brains of its own; it rather relies on the hardware of a smartphone to effectively transform it into…
Aside from the Android-powered Nokia X range, the Finnish company also unveiled two low-cost feature phones – Nokia 220 and Nokia Asha 230. The first of the two is said to be Nokia’s most affordable Internet-connected phone ever, selling for €29 before taxes and subsidies. It has a 2.4-inch QVGA (240×320) screen, 2-megapixel camera, FM…
We knew we wouldn’t be seeing the successor to the HTC One at MWC 2014,with HTC opting instead to unveil a pair of mid-range devices, the HTC Desire 816 and the Desire 610. The 816 is being touted as HTC’s “flagship mid-range” smartphone, with the device touting many of the HTC One’s features such as…