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ZTE is preparing for Mobile World Congress where it will unveil two very different devices. On one hand, we’ll see the Grand Memo II LTE with 6-inch screen; and on the other – ZTE Open C running Firefox OS 1.3. The first of the two is a high-end phablet with top-notch specs that include a…
Acer is gearing towards unveiling a new phone at Mobile World Congress, taking place next week in Barcelona. The image above has been shared by the company across multiple social channels, showing a back of an unspecified smartphone with what seems as a great camera and fingerprint scanner. We’re not sure what this unit packs…
Xiaomi has finally announced a successor to its popular Hongmi smartphone. Called Hongmi 1S, this model dumps MediaTek’s chip for the one made by Qualcomm – Snapdragon 400, which has four cores clocked at 1.6GHz. This chip also comes with improved GPU in the form of Adreno 305 that should deliver faster graphics. Rest of…
In the same AMA session at Reddit where HTC announced its commitment to update North American smartphones for a period of two years, the company also said it will bring Windows Phone Blue to its 8X smartphone. Moreover, they may stay in the Windows Phone game despite their devices not selling that well. The exact…
HTC is reportedly to release a new mid-range phablet device soon, the Desire 8. While specs and other details have not yet been officially confirmed, we have a pretty good idea what HTC will have in store for us. We saw a leaked render picture last week, and HTC seems to have confirmed that with…
BlackBerry is apparently gearing towards launching a new mid-level phone for the emerging markets. Codenamed “Jakarta,” this device may be known simply as BlackBerry Z3 and we may get to see it officially outed at Mobile World Congress next week. Here’s what this model will be all about (specs wise): 5-inch screen with qHD (540…
HTC is apparently working on a music-centric phone and will release it during the first half of the year, EVleaks has tweeted. We’re left wondering about the details and can only guess what this unit will be all about. Chances are it will be a mid- rather than high-end model, with the latter position being…
LG announced a trio of low-end Android smartphones, part of their L Series III. The new L40, L70 and L90 offer great value for money, targeting first-time smartphone buyers and folks looking to enter the “Android world” on a budget. Here’s what each of these is all about: LG L40 1.2GHz dual-core processor 3.5-inch (480…
On the heels of the recent update to the Xperia SP, Sony has started rolling out Android 4.3 software for its other devices, namely the Xperia T, Xperia TX and Xperia V. Users all around the world should start seeing new software waiting to be downloaded though, as that’s usually the case, some markets will…
HTC held an AMA (Ask Me Anything) session at Reddit where users were invited to post their questions to the Taiwanese company. When prompted about device updates, the company’s representative said that they’ll keep supporting all new “North American Flagship Devices” with Android updates for 2 years. Given the immense resource requirements for updates we…