Apart from working on a bunch of new smartphones for all market segments the Korean Samsung apparently prepares a new generation of the not so popular phablet devices – hybrids between smartphones and tablets. Samsung will soon release a new line under the trade name of Galaxy Mega. At first there will be two models only - the GT-I9152 with a 5.8-inch display and the GT-I92...
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Sony works on Honami smartphone
4 April 2013 | Smartphones
The latest news surrounding Sony says the company now works on a new smartphone called Honami expected by the end of summer 2013. The Honami smartphone will likely not belong to the famous Xperia series. It will come with a very advanced 20 MP camera and a powerful Qualcomm Snapdragon quad-core chip at 2.3 GHz and Adreno 330 graphics. In addition to all this...
Samsung announces three new smartphones
4 April 2013 | Smartphones
South Korean smartphone maker Samsung has announced the arrival of three new smartphones – the budget-oriented Galaxy Star and Galaxy Pocket Neo and the mid-range Galaxy Win. The Samsung Galaxy Star (codename GT-S5282) comes with a 3-inch QVGA sensor display at 320 x 240 pixels and has a 1 GHz processor. The smartphone offers 512 MB of RAM, 4 GB of internal memory, a microS...
Sony to offer affordable 5-inch smartphone
2 April 2013 | Smartphones
Sony will try to capture some more market share later this year by introducing a new affordable 5-inch smartphone that will serve the mid-range of the market. Very few details are known as of now but the new Sony product is expected to feature a MediaTek MT6589 processor with four Cortex-A7c computational cores that will operate at 1.2 GHz. Also, supposedly the smartphone wil...
Xiaomi introduces high-end Mi-3 smartphone
2 April 2013 | Smartphones
The Chinese smartphone maker Xiaomi has introduced its latest high-end Android smartphone – the Mi-3. The new company product comes with all the latest technologies including support for LTE and a huge 5-inch Super AMOLED Plus display at Full HD resolution (1920 x 1080 pixels). Inside the Mi-3 is based on the Qualcomm Snapdragon 800 processor that comes with four Krait 400 ...
Lenovo may start making processors
1 April 2013 | Smartphones, Tablets
The Chinese PC and smartphone maker Lenovo may soon start making its own processors. Don't get too excited though - the company won't compete on the PC processor market against companies such as Intel and AMD – instead Lenovo will design and produce own brand processors for its smartphones and tablets. Lenovo’s smartphones and tablets are not among the most popular in the...
Sony works on Xperia A and Xperia UL smartphones
28 March 2013 | Smartphones
Qualcomm’s Snaprdagon 600 processor will soon find a new home in two upcoming Sony smartphones – the Xperia A and Xperia UL. The Sony Xperia A, also known as Dogo, will have 2 GB of RAM, 32 GB of integrated internal storage, a 4.6-inch sensor display, NFC, an infrared port, a TV tuner and a 2300 mAh battery. The Xperia A will be available in Japan at fir...
Huawei to compete against Galaxy S4
26 March 2013 | Smartphones
The Chinese Huawei will soon unleash a new flagship company smartphone that will compete against the recently announced Samsung Galaxy S4 smartphone. There’s little information on the upcoming device except that it will come with a thin chassis of just 6.3 mm, a 4.9-inch Full HD display at 1920 x 1080 pixels, a K3V3 processor with four Cortex-A15 cores at 1.8 GHz, Mali T604...
HTC leaks Desire P and Desire Q specs
26 March 2013 | Smartphones
The troubled smartphone manufacturer HTC has posted images on its web site of its latest smartphone products – the Desire P and Desire Q. Along with the pictures the company has posted some specs too. The HTC Desire P will be a mid-range device and will have a 4.3-inch WVGA display, an unknown dual-core CPU at 1 GHz and a rear 8 MP camera with LED flash. There’s also Beat...
Samsung Galaxy S4 Mini details leaked
25 March 2013 | Smartphones
A few months after the launch of the Samsung Galaxy S4 the South Korean company plans to release a smaller version of the smartphone known as Samsung Galaxy S4 Mini. Here’s what we can expect, courtesy of a tech specs leak: The Samsung Galaxy S4 Mini will look very much like the regular Samsung Galaxy S4 smartphone and will be available in four different models. The GT-I919...
Lenovo releases IdeaPhone S720 smartphone
25 March 2013 | Smartphones
Lenovo Group Limited has started the sales of its latest smartphone – the IdeaPhone S720. The new smartphone boasts support for two SIM cards, a thin chassis (just 9.9 mm) and more… The IdeaPhone S720 is based on a dual-core 1 GHz processor and sports a 4.5-inch IPS display at 540 x 960 pixels (qHD resolution). The handset has 512 MB of RAM, 4 GB of internal storage and a...
