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HP Reportedly May Launch New Smartphones Next Year
Hewlett-Packard is reportedly planning to introduce a few phablets with screen sizes of six and seven-inches. The news comes from The Information (via T3). According to the report, the devices will be aimed at developing markets and cost between £125 to £150 without a contract. The company pulled out of…
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Rumors Of Another Nokia Handset In Production Emerge, Known As RM-964
Nokia might be planning on releasing enough phones for the next 12 months. This year alone has seen over 10 devices from the Finnish company. We have the Lumia 929, which should be coming soon, then there is that 4.5-inch low end device that is presumably in testing in India…
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Samsung Could Be Working On Another Windows Phone 8 Smartphone
Samsung had a few attempts at making an entry in the Windows Phone sphere, first being with the Ativ S I8750, an S3 imitation having running the Windows Phone OS, and afterwards two more in the shape of the Ativ Odyssey and the Ativ Neo S. It seems that they…
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Two New Nokia Asha handsets Have Been Leaked
Two Nokia handset images have been leaked a few hours ago, according to a post by UnwiredView. The most interesting part is that Nokia kept their existence on the low-key and the following images can at least confirm the rumor of their presence. One of them is codenamed Nokia Normandy,…
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Apple May Not Release a 6-inch iPhone After All
Taiwanese analyst Ming-Chi Kuo of KGI Securities had previously predicted that 2014 would bring an Apple device with a 4.5-inch to 5-inch display. It seems that Kuo now believes that the Cupertino-based company will not extend the iPhone display beyond the 5-inch diagonal mark due to their “unwavering principle of…
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Lenovo Vibe Z Announced With Qualcomm Snapdragon 800 CPU, Dual-Sim And Flip Cover
Lenovo announced a new model of their Vibe X smartphone series, the Vibe Z. It is powered by a Qualcomm processor and a larger display, replacing the former MediaTek MT6589T chip with the Quad-Core Snapdragon 800 clocked at 2.2GHz with Adreno 330 graphics and 2GB of RAM. The Vibe Z…
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Android Jelly Bean To Go Past 50% Share
In recent Android news, it seems like the Android 4.x Jelly Bean takes up half of the android share with over 50% of devices running on the Operating System on devices such as smartphones, tablets, phablets, etc. As shown above, the 4.3 Jelly Bean is marked at 2.3% while growing…
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Two Variants Available For The Nexus 5, The D820 And D821
As it comes in most cases, the Nexus 5 is not just one handset and model. It comes in two different variants, the D820 and D821 as they are called. The D820 is manufactured for the North America region and the D821 is distributed in the Rest of The World.…
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Android 4.4 Ported To The Nexus 4, Nexus 7 And Nexus 7 – 2013 Edition
In less than 24 hours, a group of talented software geeks has been successful in porting Google’s latest Android OS, 4.4 KitKat, to three Nexus devices. Android 4.4 KitKat is not yet officially available for Nexus devices, but AOSP builds for the Nexus 4 and Nexus 7 – 2012 and…
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5 Million Galaxy Note 3 Handsets Sold in One Month
The Samsung Galaxy Note 3 was released about a month ago and given the Galaxy Note series’ popularity, it does not come as a surprise to find out that the Galaxy Note 3 has done pretty well for itself. According to a statement made by Samsung’s CEO, JK Shin, he…
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Android 4.2.2 Jelly Bean Rolls Out For Sony Xperia L
The Xperia L received the Android 4.2.2 update today. Android 4.2.2 15.3.A.0.26 firmware is a major update for the Xperia L, the previous version of the handset was android 4.1.2 15.0.A.2.17 firmware, and it is confirmed in regions such as Indonesia, India, Philippines, Central Europe and is available over PC…
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Three New ZTE Dual-Core Handsets Announced
ZTE has announced three new devices, Blade Q Mini, Blade Q and Blade Q Maxi in the Blade series for European market. The Blade Q Mini has a 4-inch capacitive touch screen display with a 480 x 800 pixels resolution, Blade Q has a 4.5-inch capacitive touch screen display with…
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Galaxy Gear To Receive Full Content Notifications With AllTheNotifications Manager App
The Galaxy Gear is fairly limited to text and e-mail popping up with the full message, given the “smartwatch” title it bears and the multitude of tasks we thought of performing right on our wrist. However, this is more a limitation of Samsung’s notification service on the phone rather than…
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Galaxy S4 GT-I9500 Update Fixes Battery Drain and Jerkiness Issues
An over-the-air software update for the Exynos-based variant of the Galaxy S4 (GT-I9500) has been released by Samsung, which addresses two glaring bugs that came to light after last week’s big update that gave it Android 4.3, KNOX, and Galaxy Gear support. Labeled a “system stability” update, the only item on…
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Vivo Xplay 3S Overtakes AnTuTu With A Scores Upwards Of 36,000
Anyone who is keen on keeping up with mobile technology and have not heard of the Vivo Xplay 3S, it’s time to get your tech cap on and find out. The aforementioned Smartphone is in the race to become the first Smartphone to be launched with a WQHD display. The…
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