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...
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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...
ZTE announces 5-inch U887 smartphone
21 December 2012 | Smartphones
Chinese smartphone maker ZTE has announced a new 5-inch smartphone known as U887 thus joining the emerging market of smartphones with 5-inch displays. The U887 is based on a dual-core MT6577 processor at 1.2 GHz and has 512 MB RAM. The display works at 800 x 480 pixels and there’s also a 5 MP rear camera and a 3 MP front camera. The device runs Android but ZTE failed to announce ...
Samsung to showcase flexible displays at CES 2013
20 December 2012 | Smartphones, Tablets
It has been known far and wide that the Korean tech giant Samsung has the technology required to create flexible displays and use them in various devices including smartphones and tablets. Such is the case of the upcoming Galaxy S4 smartphone – now largely expected to become the first ever smartphone with a flexible display. Up until now, however, customers have not seen devi...
ZTE announces Grand Era LTE smartphone
19 December 2012 | Smartphones
ZTE has announced a new smartphone that goes by the name of Grand Era LTE. As the name hints the new ZTE product supports LTE but the unusual thing is it has support for two LTE networks – TD-LTE and LTE FDD. The Grand Era LTE is based on a dual-core 1.5 GHz processor and has a 4.5-inch display working at 720p resolution (1280 x 720 pixels to be precise) protected by Corning...
NVIDIA to announce Tegra 4 at CES 2013
18 December 2012 | Smartphones, Tablets
The expected NVIDIA Tegra 4 chips will appear at CES 2013 next month, the latest information on the upcoming processors claims. "We think we will announce our [next-generation Tegra] products at CES and our customers will announce their products at MWC," said Chris Evenden, director of investor relations of NVIDIA. Tegra 4 will be available in two versions – Wayne and Grey...
Nokia debuts Lumia 505 budget smartphone
18 December 2012 | Smartphones
The rumored Nokia Lumia 505 budget-oriented smartphone has finally been officially announced by Nokia. The device will run Windows Phone 7.8 and will be available first in Mexico via the local cell phone provider Telcel. Looking at the specs we find a smartphone that measures 118.1 x 61.2 x 11.3 mm and features a 3.7-inch ClearBlack sensor display that runs at 800 x 480 pixels,...
Samsung officially presents Galaxy Grand smartphone
18 December 2012 | Smartphones
After hearing rumors of upcoming new Samsung smartphones for the past few weeks the first one seems to have arrived – the South Korean tech giant Samsung officially unveiled the Galaxy Grand smartphone. The newcomer's release date and pricing will be announced at the upcoming CES 2013 next month but it's for sure now that the Samsung Galaxy Grand will be available in two vers...
Lenovo starts sales of A586 Android smartphone with “face unlock”
17 December 2012 | Smartphones
The Chinese company Lenovo has started sales of a new smartphone - the Android-based A586. The new Lenovo smartphone is unusual because it comes with “face unlock” - a new security function that unlocks the phone after the user says a certain phrase and the smartphone recognizes it. The rest of the smartphone features include 1.2 GHz Qualcomm...
Samsung devices come with a strange bug
17 December 2012 | Smartphones
A XDA Developer member that goes by the name of alephzain has reportedly discovered a bug in the Android operating system that can give an attacker full access to all of the installed memory on a device - be it a smartphone, tablet or the like. Unfortunately for Samsung users the bug has been reported in almost all of Samsung’s mobile devices including the Galaxy S2 and S...
More details on Sony 5440 now available
14 December 2012 | Smartphones
Sony has been working on a new flagship smartphone – known as 5440 – for a while now but up until this moment the device has been a secret. Not anymore – scarce details have made it to the Internet - and while the Sony 5440 is still far away we now know what to expect - at least. Scheduled for Q4 2013, the Sony 5440 will have a 5-inch OLED Full HD sensor display and will be b...
