Category: Handsets

All the latest devices which are coming to the market

Samsung Gear Live goes up or Pre-Order on Play Store in US, ships July 9th

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The Samsung Android Wear device which was leaked before Google I/O was officially announced today during the keynote as the Samsung Gear Live which is the company’s first Android wear device. Unlike other Samsung smartwatches which work only with select Samsung Android phones, this watch will work on any Android phone running Android 4.3 and up which is interesting.It is also water and dust resistant.
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ZTE to roll out six smartphones including 4G handsets in India in 2014

ZTE has announced its plans to expand operations in India by launching six new smartphones this year. The Chinese telecom maker made its debut in India last year in July by launching smartphones and 3G data cards.

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Audience teams up with MediaTek to provide voice and audio solutions to MT6592 Octa-core SoC

Audience has joined hands with leading SoC provider MediaTek to deliver the Audience eS700 series smart audio codec products as a pre-configured option on the new MediaTek MT6592 Octa-core AP with MT6290 LTE baseband reference platform for smartphones.

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Ford Superfan Contest Day 1

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We are here at Taipei , Taiwan for Computex 2014 and today is the day 1 of the Ford Superfan Contest . Ford is showing off something really cool for the very first time in Asia at Computex this year and this is something which makes cars talk to each other and this works beyond just Ford cars and will surely make our roads safer in the near future.

Contest 1 question

What experimental technology is Ford demonstrating this week at Computex for the first time in Asia Pacific?

Do tweet your answers with the hashtag #fordcomputex for a chance to win some goodies every day from June 3rd to June 6th here at FoneArena

Click here to tweet your answer  and enter into the contest.

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Microsoft adds two more OEMs to the Windows Phone lineup – Blu and Amagatarai K-Touch

windows-phone-oem-blu-k-touchMicrosoft had some strategic announcements during the Mobile World Congress, in which they announced the addition of new OEM partners that had signed up for making Windows Phone devices. Some of the new additions were Indian manufacturers like Lava, Xolo, Karbonn and later Micromax. In that lineup, we have two more OEMs added to the lineup today, and they are BLU and K-Touch. BLU is possibly the Micromax of the US while K-Touch is known for being an OEM as well as a ODM, which does contract manufacturing for other companies. The addition of these two new OEMs means a wider range of Windows Phone 8.1 devices that are all set to be released in the coming months. Will the third ecosystem finally pick up some steam?

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Sony XPERIA Z2 Unboxing

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Sony had announced the XPERIA Z2 back in February at MWC 2014 in Barcelona, Spain along with Samsung’s Galaxy S5. However due to certain production issues, the phone’s availability has been very scarce. It’s available in Singapore currently and it’s availability has been announced around Europe as well. Other countries worldwide are yet to receive the device so we thought we’ll bring you this unboxing.

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More than 280 million smartphones shipped in Q1 2014, up 28.6% YoY: IDC

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Samsung and Apple are still the leading smartphone vendors by shipments in Q1 2014, according to a report by Research Firm IDC (International Data Corporation). The worldwide smartphone market grew 28.6% year-over-year in the Q1 2014, with shipments of 281.5 million units in the quarter, down 2.8% compared to last quarter. Continue reading “More than 280 million smartphones shipped in Q1 2014, up 28.6% YoY: IDC”

Geeksphone Revolution receives price cut, to get Cyanogenmod 11

Geeksphone is lowering the price of its multi-OS smartphone Revolution from May 1. The Spanish smartphone maker announced the smartphone that runs on Android and Mozilla was first announced in January this year.

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Blackphone to be powered by Nvidia Tegra 4i processor

Blackphone will feature Nvidia’s Tegra 4i chipset to handle application processing and the connectivity. Announced at the MWC 2014, the phone which is touted as the most secure phone. SGP, a joint venture of Silent Circle and Geeksphone have developed the Blackphone which went for pre order in February 24 costs $629 and will ship from June in US and Europe.

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OnePlus One with 5.5-inch 1080p display, Snapdragon 801 announced, starts at $299

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OnePlus, a technology startup that started teasing the OnePlus One smartphone has finally revealed the design and complete features of the phone as it promised. It has a 5.5-inch (1920 ×1080 pixels) Full HD LTPS display from JDI with Corning gorilla glass 3 protection, powered by a 2.5 GHz Qualcomm Snapdragon 801 (MSM8974AC) processor with Adreno 330 GPU and runs on CyanogenMod 11S based on Android 4.4 (KitKat). It has a 13-megapixel camera Sony IMX214 stacked sensor with 6-element lens, f/2.0 aperture, dual LED flash 4K video recording and a 5-megapixel front-facing camera with f/2.0 aperture.

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Worldwide smartphone sales hit 267 million in Q1 2014: Trend Force

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Emerging markets and China have resulted in an uptake in global smartphone sales in the first quarter of 2014, according to a latest report from Trend Force. The market research firm says that smartphone shipment worldwide hit 266.9 million units and improved by 1.13% in the first quarter of 2014.

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Apple, Google, Microsoft, Samsung and others commit to Anti-theft smartphone measures

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Smartphone makers Apple, Google, HTC America, Huawei, Motorola Mobility, Microsoft, Nokia and Samsung and the U.S. telecom operators AT&T, Sprint, T-Mobile, U.S. Cellular and Verizon Wireless have signed a new Anti-Theft Voluntary Commitment to agree that new smartphones manufactured after July 2015 and sold in the United States would have a anti-theft tool pre-loaded or available for download to remote wipe the smartphone data remotely and also kill the smartphone when required. Continue reading “Apple, Google, Microsoft, Samsung and others commit to Anti-theft smartphone measures”

Samsung Galaxy S5 vs Galaxy S4 Photo Gallery

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We hope that you’ve already checked out our photo gallery of the Samsung Galaxy S5. We’ve also released the Benchmarks for the Exynos version of the device. Now here is a photo gallery comparing the Galaxy S5 to the Galaxy S4.

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Samsung Galaxy Ace Style with 4-inch display, Android 4.4 announced

Samsung Galaxy Ace Style

Samsung has finally announced the Galaxy Ace Style that surfaced online recently. It has a  4-inch (800 × 480 pixels) display, powered by a 1.2 dual-core processor and runs on Android 4.4 (KitKat) with new Touchwiz UI. It comes with a 5-megapixel auto focus rear camera and a 0.3-megapixel (VGA) front-facing camera. It comes preloaded with ChatON cross platform messaging app. Continue reading “Samsung Galaxy Ace Style with 4-inch display, Android 4.4 announced”