Graphics chipmaker NVIDIA has officially introduced its fourth generation Tegra processor at the on-going CES 2013 in the USA. Previously known as Wayne, Tegra 4 comes with four ARM Cortex-A15 cores that run at 1.9 GHz but features a fifth simpler core that saves power and handles ordinary tasks. The chip offers GeForce graphics with 72 stream processors and boasts much i...
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First picture of Samsung Galaxy S4 leaked
7 January 2013 | Smartphones
The Internet has seen what seems to be the first leaked picture of the upcoming Samsung Galaxy S4 smartphone. The picture is of course unofficial and somewhat blurry but if true may give us all the first hint of what is to come in April this year. The Samsung Galaxy S4 is expected to feature a quad-core Exynos 5450 processor at 2 GHz and Mali-T658 graphics with the ne...
Corning ready to present Gorilla Glass 3
4 January 2013 | Featured, Smartphones
Corning’s Gorilla Glass has become quite popular thanks to its sturdiness that is highly appreciated when it comes to smartphones and other similar devices. And while many people out there think Gorilla Glass 2 is the best there will be, Corning thinks otherwise – and will soon show this to the entire world. Apparently the US company will unveil Gorilla Glass 3 at the upcom...
Ubuntu comes up with smartphone OS
3 January 2013 | Smartphones
Ubuntu has been making one of the most popular Linux versions out there but it seems the company will soon serve us a new flavor of OS – Ubuntu Linux for smartphones. Believe it or not the new OS is expected to debut at CES 2013 next week. Apparently this version of Linux for smartphones has been reworked and reintroduced for mobile devices and now Ubuntu markets it as “the...
More information on Samsung Galaxy S4 now available
2 January 2013 | Featured, Smartphones
Rumors on the Internet have indicated that Samsung will launch its highly expected Galaxy S4 smartphone in April of this year - which will be nearly a year since the launch of the Galaxy S3 back in 2012. Of course all information presented here is preliminary but still some interesting details have surfaced – the S4 is expected to come with a 5-inch AMOLED display at Full HD reso...
Specs and pics of Huawei Ascend D2 now available online
28 December 2012 | Smartphones
Here’s another smartphone leak – this time about an upcoming Huawei flagship smartphone dubbed Ascend D2. The new device will appear on market in early January and is expected to sell for USD 528. The Huawei Ascend D2 is to get a thin and lightweight chassis (9.9 mm thick and total weight of 170 grams). The smartphone will offer a 5-inch 1080p sensor display, 2 GB of RAM...
Another Samsung smartphone leaked
28 December 2012 | Smartphones
Samsung just keeps on making newer and newer smartphones with no rest – but it appears the company simply can’t keep them a secret. A new smartphone by Samsung has appeared in the popular benchmark GLBenchmark. The new device is still a secret and is known as GT-S6810P but out in the real world it will be known as Galaxy Frame. The latest Samsung smartphone will be a bu...
ZTE announces Nubia Z5, plans Grand S smartphone
28 December 2012 | Smartphones
Having been leaked a while ago, now ZTE’s Nubia Z5 smartphone is official, following a release by the Chinese smartphone maker. Starting with the specs, the Nubia Z5 is powered by a quad-core 1.5 GHz processor and sports a 5-inch 1080p touchscreen display with 443 ppi (pixels per inch), which beats Apple’s Retina display with its 326 ppi. In addition users will get a 2300 mAh b...
Sony to launch Xperia Z smartphone
27 December 2012 | Smartphones
Sony will add a new flagship smartphone to its offerings very soon according to the latest information surrounding the company. The new device will be known as Xperia Z (formerly known as Yuga C660X) and will come in a black chassis only with the following dimensions – 139 x 71 x 7.9 mm – but the weight is unknown as of now. The new flagship dust and water resistant smartphone ...
Huawei gets ready to announce 6.1-inch smartphone
27 December 2012 | Smartphones
Chinese smartphone makers are not widely regarded as top smartphone manufacturers so some Chinese companies work hard to change this widely spread opinion. Huawei is the latest company to do so – the Chinese smartphone maker is getting ready to unveil a 6.1-inch device at the upcoming CES 2013 next month. Not much is known about the device except that it will be called Ascend Mat...
New smartphone claims “world’s thinnest” title
21 December 2012 | Smartphones
A new smartphone by the Chinese company TCL Communication has serious claims against the “world’s thinnest smartphone” title. The TCL S850 smartphone is indeed just 6.45 mm thick besting the thinnest smartphone to date – BBK’s Vivo X1, which is 6.55 mm thick. The TCL S850 offers a MediaTek MTK6577 processor at 1.2 GHz, which offers two Cortex-A9 cores and an integ...
