Nokia Lumia 925 32GB launching in the first half of June in Germany?
Proudly announced by Nokia last week, the new Lumia 928 Windows Phone 8 handset only has 16 GB of internal memory. Well, at least its regular version has, because Vodafone will sell an exclusive 32GB edition in Europe. And yet it looks like this edition isn’t as exclusive as believed. WParea.de has discovered a T-Mobile [...]
Waterproof Samsung Galaxy S4 Active GT-I9295 pictured, Sony Xperia Z will have a true competitor
The rumored Samsung Galaxy S4 Active is a real device, and several live photos of it have appeared on the Web to prove that. Similar in size to the original Galaxy S4, the S4 Active (mode number GT-I9295) looks quite different, thanks to its red back and sides, and the three hardware buttons on the [...]
Jolla’s first Sailfish OS phone unveiled, costs €399, should be launched this year
Built on the remains of Nokia’s and Intel’s MeeGo, Sailfish OS is a brand new mobile platform developed by Finnish company Jolla – founded by ex Nokia employees. The very first Sailfish smartphone has been unveiled today by Jolla, and it’s a fairly large device, sporting a 4.5 inch display (of unknown resolution). It further [...]
UK: Vodafone Smart III gets you Android Jelly Bean in a £95 package
Each year in May Vodafone launches a new own-brand smartphone called Smart. At least that’s been the case for the past two years, and here we are in May and there’s a new Vodafone Smart up for purchase. Following in the footsteps of the original Smart from 2011 and the Smart II from last year, [...]
Nokia compares its Lumia 925 to iPhone 5, Galaxy S4, HTC One and Sony Xperia Z (photography skills)
Nokia’s Lumia 925 is certainly a great camera phone – thanks to the company’s PureView technology, optical image stabilization, the new Smart Camera software, and the Carl Zeiss lens. But just how good is it, really? Well, Nokia claims it’s the best you can get, especially when it comes to low-light photography. Nokia has posted [...]
Samsung’s Galaxy Mega phablets delayed?
Samsung’s Galaxy Mega 6.3 i9200 and Galaxy Mega 5.8 i9150 were announced in April, with the promise that they’d be released starting May in Europe. Last we heard, the Mega 6.3 was supposed to become available in week 19 (May 6 – May 12), and the Mega 5.8 this week (May 13 – May 19). [...]
Sony Xperia UL with Snapdragon 600 CPU gets photographed for the first time, shows all angles
The upcoming Sony Xperia UL has been caught in the wild for the first time, and a few photos resulted. This is the first time we get a look at the Xperia UL, a smartphone that was first rumored in March. Back then we heard it would be headed to Japan, and more specifically to [...]
Verizon’s Nokia Lumia 928 can be ordered now, will ship “by May 20″
Windows Phone and / or Nokia fans in the US can now order Verizon’s exclusive Lumia 928 smartphone. The 928 costs $99.99 on contract, or $499.99 without any agreement. For some unknown reason, though, Verizon can’t ship the handset right away – it currently says that it should be delivered “by May 20” to customers [...]
Samsung decides to stick to plasticky SGS4 design for Galaxy Note III
Samsung Galaxy Note III, the next generation of the original phablet – is probably the next most anticipated mobile device after iPhone, still to be launched this year. The phablet is a few months away from launch, and early in the day we’ve heard a lot of cool rumors about it. They said that Galaxy [...]
LG Optimus GJ – a waterproof version of Optimus G flagship is coming to Taiwan next week
While not comparable in sales to Samsung Galaxy S III, Optimus G was the first true high end Android hit phone for LG. We already know that Korean company is preparing something special for the follow-up Optimus G2 soon. But , it seems, it still has some surprises in store for the original flagship too. [...]
Verizon HTC One possibly coming soon?
There’s a new HTC smartphone that received Wi-Fi certification (PDF) a few days ago, and it might turn out to be an HTC One for Verizon Wireless. The smartphone’s model number is PN073XX, and we know that it features LTE connectivity, and dual band Wi-Fi. Blog of Mobile (in Japanese) – which has a very [...]
ZTE Grand X2 In announced: Intel Atom Z2580, Android Jelly Bean
ZTE has announced yet another Android smartphone powered by a dual-core Intel processor – about a month after unveiling the ZTE Geek. The new smartphone is called ZTE Grand X2 In and, just like the Geek, it comes with a Intel Atom Z2580 chipset (aka Clover Trail+). Unlike the previous handset, which sports a 5 [...]
Samsung Galaxy S4 Google Edition – stock Android phone very few will care about
Well, the last minute rumor about Samsung Galaxy S4 Google Edition with stock Android was true. Google just announced that this new phone will be available on June 26th. It will have the latest version of clean Android, will receive the OS updates together with other Nexus phones, will have all the Galaxy S4 specs [...]
Microsoft promises Windows Phone 8 software update for this summer
In a post detailing Nokia’s brand new Lumia 925 (officially announced yesterday, and pictured below), Microsoft has revealed that a software update to all Windows Phone 8 handsets is coming “later this summer.” It won’t be a major update, bringing FM radio support, support for CalDAV and CardDAV sync protocols (for Google services), while Data [...]
HTC Droid DNA free at Verizon until May 21
If you’re interested in grabbing the HTC device that had a 1080p Full HD touchscreen way before the One, here’s something for you. Verizon has started a promo on the Droid DNA. It’s not the simplest thing in the world, but it’s not the most complicated either. And the thing you need to remember here [...]
Mobile device wrapped in electronic display. Erick Tseng’s crazy Android phone idea from 2009
Back in 2009, when Android was a scrappy, buggy mobile OS upstart, before Nexus One, before its growth surge of 2010-2011, and before Larry Page got so obsessed about own hardware, that he bought Motorola; Google’s mobile team was playing with a lot of interesting ideas. Like building, or at least designing, some crazy looking [...]
White LG Nexus 4 shows up in Dubai ahead of Google I/O. May not get to Moscone Center in time
With Google annual I/O developer conference opening later today, mobile side of it is likely to be a bit disappointing. From all things that already leaked and that didn’t leak, its pretty much clear that there won’t be a new major Android update announced today. The best we can expect – is a new point [...]
Samsung shipped 4 million Galaxy S4 in 4 April days, 6 million by May 10th. On track to sell 10 million by May’s end
Everyone knew that Galaxy S4 will be a big seller for Samsung. Now we are starting to get some inklings of just how big it’ll be. And it seems, that with Galaxy S4, Samsung is getting into Apple’s kind of opening weekend sales territory. According to Korea’s ChosunIlbo, who quotes an unnamed Samsung exec, they [...]
Galaxy S4 Google Edition gets Samsung out of Nexus phone program, for early Android access run-around
There will be no new Google Nexus phone announced at Google I/O later today. But the will something better. A Google Edition of what is arguably the best or second best smartphone on the market – Samsung Galaxy S4, running the stock version of latest Android. There’s no word which stock Android version will that [...]
Liquid E2 might help Acer sell 2 million Android phones this year
Expected to become available in Europe starting this month, the Acer Liquid E2 is one of the cheapest quad-core Android Jelly bean handsets ever. Acer will ask only €229 (about $296) for it. This low price is possible thanks in no small part to the quad-core MediaTek MTK 6589 CPU that’s powering the E2. That [...]
