The Chinese smartphone maker ZTE has presented a new very slim smartphone known as Grand S Flex. The new product is just 6.9 mm thick but the lack of space does not prevent it from having powerful hardware on the inside. The Grand S Flex is definitely a powerful device – it comes with a quad-core Qualcomm Snapdragon S4 processor at 1.7 GHz and a 5-inch display that works at...
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AMD Kaveri APUs to use FM2+ socket
4 June 2013 | Notebooks
The next generation of AMD APUs codenamed Kaveri will require a new socket that will be known as FM2+ AMD has announced. This is sad news to owners of Trinity and Richland chips, because the new socket will require new motherboards so owners of Trinity and Richland-based systems do not have an upgrade path. The reason for the introduction of the FM2+ socket is rather simple â...
Western Digital introduces world’s thinnest 1 TB hard drive
4 June 2013 | Notebooks, Ultrabooks
US hard drive maker Western Digital has introduced the world’s thinnest mobile hard drive with 1 TB of capacity. The new drive is just 7 mm thick and targets ultrabook and notebook users that require plenty of storage space. The new thin 1 TB hard drive (model number WD10SPCX) belongs to the company’s Blue family and offers the common 2.5-inch form factor. The drive featu...
Acer plans high-end Haswell-powered tablet
3 June 2013 | Tablets
Acer has announced plans for a new high-end tablet that will arrive under the codename Bulgari. The tablet will officially belong to the company’s Iconia line but so far just the codename is known. The Bulgari tablet will come with a relatively large 11.6-inch IPS display that will operate at 2560 x 1440 pixels. Inside the device will have an Intel Core i3 Haswell processor...
MSI announces GE40 gaming notebook
3 June 2013 | Notebooks, PC gaming
MSI has been quite active on the gaming laptop market announcing newer and newer models on a regular basis. Today is not an exception – MSI has officially unveiled the GE40 gaming laptop – a 14-inch device that packs the latest Intel Haswell chips. The small display means the laptop is not that big – it is just 29 mm thick and weighs 2 kilograms only. The 14-inch displa...
Gigabyte talks about Sumo Omega gaming PC chassis
3 June 2013 | PC gaming, Peripherals/Accessories
The Taiwanese Gigabyte has prepared a new gaming PC chassis that will soon hit markets under the trade name of Sumo Omega. The Sumo Omega seems to be a heavyweight champion so the name fits nicely – it’s a mid-tower chassis made out of SECC steel (0.5 mm thick) and will measure 232 x 526 x 510 mm for total weight of 10 kg. The chassis supports ATX and Micro-ATX motherboar...
AMD prepares 5 GHz processor
3 June 2013 | PC
Earlier this year rumors around AMD suggested that the chip company is working on the so-called Centurion CPU that will be based on the Vishera core and will run at the staggering 5 GHz stock clock speed. Now it appears that we are one step closer to having such a chip as AMD has designed two new FX lines that may as well reach the stellar speed of 5 GHz. The Swedish website ...
Samsung debuts two new Galaxy Tab 3 models
3 June 2013 | Tablets
The South Korean tech company Samsung has announced two new tablets that belong to the company’s Galaxy Tab 3 line – the Galaxy Tab 8.0 and the Galaxy Tab 10.1. As the names suggest the new devices arrive with 8-inch and 10.1-inch displays respectively. Obviously the Samsung Galaxy Tab 3 8.0 is the smaller of the two models but despite its size the device packs some respe...
Lenovo prepares two new notebooks
31 May 2013 | Notebooks
Fans of the Chinese computer manufacturer Lenovo will soon have the opportunity to enjoy two new Lenovo notebooks – the IdeaPad G500 and the thin version of the same notebook – the G500s. Both devices are expected to debut next week at the upcoming Computex 2013 exhibition. Both newcomers share quite a bit of tech specs - they all feature nine Intel processors - Pentium B...
Dell releases budget-oriented Inspiron notebook
31 May 2013 | Notebooks
US computer maker Dell has added a new value-oriented 15.6-inch notebook to its Inspiron 15RV notebook line. The new model is known as I15RV-3812BLK and measures 376 x 259 x 25.4 mm for a total weight of 2.3 kilograms. Inside the Dell Inspiron I15RV-3812BLK is based on a dual-core Intel Core i3-3227U Ivy Bridge processor at 1.9 GHz and offers Intel HD 4000 graphics at 350 MHz...
Zotac debuts GeForce GTX 770 with record clock speeds
31 May 2013 | PC
NVIDIA’s GeForce GTX 770 graphics card debuted just hours ago but major video card manufacturers already have modified versions of NVIDIA's reference GTX 770 model. While there are many GTX 770 versions on the market now Zotac catches attention with its GTX 770 cards thanks to buffed up specs including the highest ever clock speeds seen in a GTX 770 video card! Zotac has pr...
