With MWC coming up next month, we’re seeing a steady stream of leaks around the next generation range of smartphones. Thanks to a leaked slide, we get a glimpse of what is to be LG’s next flagship device. The LG Optimus Pro will be equipped with a 5″ full HD 1080p display similar to the ones we expect to see on every competing flagship device.
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Byond B63 with 4.5-inch qHD screen, Android 4.1 launched for Rs. 9,999
Indian smartphone manufacturer, Byond, has today launched its latest Android powered smartphone. Called the Byond B63, the phone is powered by a 1.2Ghz dual core processor which we can assume to be a MediaTek chip like in other smartphones in this category. The phone runs Android 4.1.1 Jellybean, which means you get to enjoy Google Now and the benefits of Project Butter. There’s built in Dual SIM support as well which lets you keep two SIM cards in active standby.
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HTC Butterfly Photo Gallery
The HTC Butterfly is the international variant of the J Butterfly (Japan) and the DROID DNA (USA) variants. We have got our hands on one and this gallery is first among the articles we plan to cover on this phone.
Samsung Galaxy S4 rumored to support wireless charging
The Samsung Galaxy S 4 is currently the most anticipated smartphone and they will be announcing this device in a few months, but that doesn’t stop the rumor mill from running, and one of the latest rumor is that the SGS 4 is going to support Qi standard wireless charging.
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HTC M7 image surfaces, might be revealed at MWC
HTC is long expected to reveal its next generation flagship at MWC in February and now thanks to UnwiredView, we have our first glimpse of the handset. Obtained from a firmware image, we can see that the handset maybe equipped with an edge to edge display. The image has been extracted from a video explaining how to install the SIM card to first time owners.
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Leak reports Gtalk and Twitter to be integrated with BB10 O.S
Just a few weeks back we had reported that RIM is all set to launch BB10 with loads of applications, now as the time comes closer to the launch of RIM’s much awaited O.S rumors are coming in that Twitter and Gtalk will be integrated right into the O.S and will be included inside the Blackberry hub.
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Apple cutting down iPhone 5 components due to lower demand than expected
Apple has been dominating the smartphone and tablet market from quite some time, but there seems to be a problem in their camp as there have been reports of Apple cutting down their order for the screens of iPhone 5 by almost half for the first quarter of 2013.
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Spice Stellar Pad Mi-1010 Review
The lower end tablet segment has been seeing a lot of entrants lately with offerings from the likes of MicroMax, Zync amongst others. We’re now seeing the next generation of budget tablets which are increasingly providing features seen only in their higher end kin. Today we’ll be taking a look at the Spice Stellar Pad Mi-1010. Continue reading “Spice Stellar Pad Mi-1010 Review”
Lenovo K900 powered by Intel Clovertrail+ chipset revealed
Lenovo has revealed its latest smartphone running an Intel chip over at CES in Las Vegas. The Lenovo K900 runs on the Clovertrail + platform with the specific chip speculated to be an Atom Z2580 clocked at 2Ghz. The smartphone is equipped with a 5.5 inch 1080p IPS display presumably manufactured by Sharp. There is 2GB of RAM and 16GB of storage which can be further expanded via the microSD card slot.
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Android 4.1.2 update rolling out for Galaxy Camera
Delivering on their promise of providing Android 4.1.2 for the Galaxy Camera, Samsung has today flipped the switch for the update and are pushing it to devices around the world. Our own unit just received the update over the air. Users shouldn’t expect too much in terms of new features from the update which mostly contains bug fixes.
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Tizen-based devices launching this year, Samsung confirms
We have been hearing about Tizen’s development from about a year now. We had also heard rumors about Samsung releasing Tizen-based devices this year, now they has finally confirmed that they will be launching multiple Tizen-based devices this year.
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iPad beats competitors by far in terms of web traffic
We all know that iPad actually revived the tablet market, when Microsoft’s Tablet PC concept actually backfired. Now Chitika which is a mobile ad network has reported that still the iPad leads by far when it comes to web usage.
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Lava XOLO A700 Review
Entry level Android smartphones are a hot category and Lava has introduced its own entry in the field to cash in on the craze. With good build quality, competitive specifications and a near stock build of Android, the Xolo A700 has a lot going for it but is it the device to get ? Read on the complete review to find out. Continue reading “Lava XOLO A700 Review”
Highest number of Android and iOS devices get activated on Christmas Day
Looks like everyone did wait till Christmas day to open their presents, as it has been reported that Android and iOS device activation was the highest ever on December 25th. According to Flurry analytics, 17.4 million Android and iOS devices were activated on Christmas day compared to an average of 4 million activations on any other day, which is an increase of a whopping 332%.
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Mobile subscriber base in China crosses 1.104 billion with revenues over $116.26 billion in 2012
China’s Ministry of Industry and Information Technology has published statistics which reveal that the country’s mobile subscriber base has crossed 1.104 billion users as of November 2012. This is an increment of close to 118 million subscribers over the course of 11 months. The national telecom business volume has gone up 11.4% over the same period last year with a total of 1.18601 trillion yuan.
Approximately 82% of China’s population uses a mobile phone with about 20% of that (approximately 220 million) using 3G equipped devices. The Chinese smartphone market remains one of the most rapidly increasing territories and will top the combined US iOS & Android install base in 2013. There are about 167 million iOS and Android devices in use. Gartner had previously reported that Lenovo is set to steal the spot for number one manufacturer from Samsung in 2013. With the amount of innovation being seen in China by the likes of Huawei, ZTE amongst others, we expect Android based smartphones to help increase the smartphone userbase multifold over the next year.
[Source – MIIT]