Today’s, smartphone market is getting more competitive with device manufacturers pulling out all tricks in an attempt to outdo the competition. Many manufacturers choose to keep prices low and features set reasonable, while others are moving to specific market niches. Women are frequent niche targets in the phone industry and recently Samsung has released the Galaxy S3 Mini in Titan …
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Future Smartphones
Word has it that we will be getting a refresh of the once popular Samsung Galaxy S2. The Plus version of the phone may eventually arrive on Q1 2013. Running Android 4.1 out of the box and sporting a rather limited 8GB of onboard storage, the Galaxy S2 Plus would be available in Dark Blue and Chic White. With a …
Microsoft and its new mobile platform, Windows Phone 8, have been in the news for quite a while. The company has also released an intermediary version, the Windows 7.8, which is intended to deliver some features of Windows Phone 8 to older Mango devices. Like its usual practice in the desktop environment, Microsoft is already busy working on the next …
For many of us, quad-core smartphones are already overkill and consumers would sing the same tune next year. A major Chinese phone maker, ZTE is planning to release its upcoming beast, the ZTE Apache. The phone would be powered by 8-core Cortex A15 processor. MediaTek, a popular chip manufacturer, has been hard at work to release an octa-core chip, which …
The MT6589 may not be the first quad-core processor, but it is the first to be made in Cortex-A7’s image. The architecture is known for its low power profile and dual-SIM (dual active) capability. As such, processors based on Cortex-A7 are generally used for low-cost solutions. The Mediatek MT6589 is made using 28nm manufacturing process and it offers HSPA and …
The Japanese electronic giant, Sharp, is saying that device manufacturers are lining up for the company’s latest panel technology. Sharp has been struggling to create enough interest in the industry for the new IGZO panel. The company is currently the biggest LCD (liquid crystal display) panel manufacturer in Japan and it starts to secure interest from other developers. The new …
Apple may not wish to extend its mobile processor contract production with Samsung next year, due to the increased animosity between the two. Apple may require 200 million processors next year and among major chip makers, only TSMC has the capacity can provide that. Previously Morris Chang, TSMC’s CEO, indicated that his company will dedicate two entire manufacturing plants towards …
Rumors are what making the tech world exciting. They appear almost daily whether by accident or on purpose. Recently, sources referred about a new device called the Samsung SCH S960L. The phone would run Jelly Bean (Android 4.1.2) and its existence has also been confirmed by latest GLBenchmark results. The phone might be an upper mid-range device with a 720p …
High display resolution gives is bright and sharp graphics. It doesn’t seem to matter that people can no longer a distinguish pixel density value higher than 340 ppi, but phone makers want to impress us with numbers. Samsung will begin the production of the next generation Super-AMOLED HD display in early 2013. This should give enough time for the company …
A study was performed recently to test the presence of two common allergens, nickel and cobalt on several popular mobile devices. The test showed that a third of BlackBerry models seem to contain some amount of nickel. It is widely believed in the medical field that nickel and cobalt can cause itchy, dry patches along the ears, jawline and cheekbones. …