New rumors appear recently saying that the upcoming Optimus G2 may be powered by the Qualcomm Snapdragon 800 chip. A benchmarks result of a mysterious phone codenamed LG D801 shows that it uses the Qualcomm Snapdragon MSM8974 800 processor. LG hasn’t told us anything about a phone with this product number, so there’s a possibility that we are looking at …
Tag: Upcoming Smartphones
Like other major phone makers, LG is wasting no time releasing one smartphone after another. After launching the Nexus 4 for Google and its own Optimus G handset, the company is preparing to release a new phone, called the Optimus G2. It may eventually arrive May 2013 and could also come packing with the now famous 5” 1080p displays. While …
Things are getting a bit crazy over the smartphone industry with the eventual release of 1080p HD displays and it’s no wonder that various phone makers all want a slice of the promising high-end market pie. HTC was the first in the market to release 1080p handset with the J Butterfly, followed by the Droid DNA and soon the Deluxe. …
Reports are emerging from South Korea that Samsung is preparing its next flagship, the Galaxy S4 and it would be unveiled in MWC 2013 in February. According to an unnamed Samsung employee, the Galaxy S4 is being developed and it should be ready for an introduction early next year. The rumor emerges nicely just after the official announcement of the …
Microsoft has filed a patent application for an interesting method to silence a mobile device. A swift whack will tell the operating system to activate the silent mode. The patent is titled “controlling audio of a device” and the phone simply monitors data delivered by the accelerometer. So if the system detects specific kind of jolt, the speaker is turned …