The well informed evleaks have posted on their twitter ID the name of the future Nokia phone, in this case, it is Nokia Glee. No further information was earlier released. However, Tom Warren, who is the TheVerge’s editor said that the phone will run on windows phone platform and will be a music-centric device.
My android phone suddenly just refused to charge or turn on and I’m mid contract planning on moving to contract free soon. I ended up with Windows Phone because for $100 the Lumia 520 was surprisingly good, unlike the $80 goPhone android model they had at the at&t store. And I’m far too dependent on a smartphone to go even a few months without one.
I like WP more than I thought I would. It has it’s perks and it’s very usable. I mean the fact that for $100 with no contract I can get a WP is amazing. That said, being heavily invested in the Google ecosystem I too will probably switch in a few months once the nexus 5 is out.
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So the Nokia Lumia 1020 has started to show in various markets (finally) and many of the Lumia 920 users are now thinking to replace their 1 year old phone with 1020. Here is how it goes – the 1020 and 920 are practically the same phone aside from the camera (obviously) and other minor hardware upgrades. If you weren’t happy with the 920 because of software then you probably won’t be happy with a 1020.
Until now, Samsung has been offering Galaxy S4 in two colors – white and black. Yesterday, we spotted a gold Galaxy S4 that is slated to be UAE-release only and would not be making its way to US. However, US will be getting blue version of S4 which is lighter than the blue version of S3 that was launched last year.
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Just two weeks after Apple released gold iPhone 5s, Samsung has announced in United Arab Emirates that they will soon be offering two new gold colored Galaxy S4 phones. However, we are doubtful that these golden beauties will ever make it to US and European markets.
Blackberry India has announced a festive offer for the Blackberry Z10 smartphone in India. The company is calling it a limited period offer where you can buy the Z10 for just INR 29,990 ($480). Blackberry launched Z10 in India with whopping price of $720.
The company says that their scheme is in line with their commitment to the Indian market. Here is the press release.
Until now, we only had scanty knowledge of the upcoming Asus’ Padfone (thanks to evleaks), but that the company has made it official, we have its detailed specs, release date and pricing information as well. Slated to be launched in early November 2013 in Germany (and other parts of Europe) and US.
As expected, the Asus Padfone Infinity is a world class phone. It features a 5 inch corning gorilla glass display that packs full HD 1920×1080 resolution. Inside the shell, it features Qualcomm Snapdragon 800 processor operating at 2.2 GHz clock speed backed by Adreno 330 GPU. The SoC has 2 gigabytes of RAM and 16 gigabytes of flash memory. The latter can be expanded further via microSD card slot and if you want more, Asus gives you another 50 gigabytes of webstorage for 2 years, free of charge. The battery capacity, according to spec sheet is 2400 mAh, which is enough to last for up to 19 hours of talk time in 3G networks. Located at the back of the smartphone is a 13-megapixel camera with pixel master technology, auto focus and LED flash. The front camera has 2 megapixels. The PadFone supports 802.11 a / b / g / n / ac WLAN standards, and comes with Bluetooth 4.0, NFC and fast LTE with up to 150 Mbit / s. Asus says that the Padfone Infinity weighs 145 grams and measure 143.5 x 72.8 x 8.9 millimeters.
HTC is on the verge of releasing Android 4.3 for the HTC One, but it will be a bloated one, which means it will come pre loaded with HTC Sense bloated UI and usual unwanted HTC stuff. Fortunately, thanks to XDA, there are myriad ROMs that give you vanilla stock android experience. Heck, there are some that are pre rooted, deodexed! Now, there is one that is vanilla + Android 4.3 = just what the doctor ordered!
At the Apple iPhone 5S launch, the Cupertino giant introduced cases for the phone as well. To be made available in 6 colors – brown, black, beige, yellow, blue and red, the official Apple iPhone 5S case will retail at 39 dollars. The official case, as expected, fits the phone perfectly. It is beautiful to touch and this is the first time, I have ever used a case for my iPhone 5S.
Folks at STM Harbour 2 has been released for the iPhone 5 / 5s. Priced at just 30 dollars, the company has made some design changes compared to its Flip case. The case is still rubber from the inside and plastic on the outside. It still has a rubber seam that connects its bottom part.
