Archives for July 4th, 2014
Firefox OS demoed on the Xperia SP
Firefox OS first made an appearance over a year ago, it is an open-source mobile platform that eschews traditional apps as you know them for ‘web apps’ instead. Sony has supported the project from day one, releasing the Firefox OS experimental ROM for the Xperia E and more recently created widget functionality for the OS. ...
Sony to use MediaTek MT6732 chipset in 4 to 5 models next year?
Sony Mobile will release 4 to 5 MediaTek-powered Xperia devices in 2015 according to a report by Digitimes. The report suggests that Sony Mobile is adopting the MediaTek MT6732 chipset, which is a 64-bit 1.5GHz quad-core LTE platform. Sony plans to use Taiwanese-based ODMs including Arima Communications, Compal Communications and FIH Mobile to release around ...
Samsung Galaxy Mega 2 to rock a 5.9-inch screen and 64-bit Qualcomm Snapdragon 410 chip
Samsung is preparing to launch a successor to its Galaxy Mega 6.3 and Galaxy Mega 5.8 phablets in the near future. We’ve already told you what this phone could be all about, and now we have few additional details to add to the pile. According to the PhoneArena report, the upcoming Galaxy Mega 2 will level-up ...
Lenovo to launch more than 60 different smartphones this year
Lenovo has set an ambitious goal for 2014, with plans to move no less than 80 million smartphones by the end of the year, 60 million in China alone. According to DigiTimes, this impressive volume will be spread across more than 60 different models, half of which will support 4G LTE connectivity. As far as I’ve understood, ...
Meizu smart watch coming soon?
Meizu may be looking to enter the smart watch market; what else the image above could suggest? According to GizChina, the image reads “Look at your watch. Do you have this type of habit?” Now, we don’t know whether the Chinese phone maker will indeed join the “wrist revolution,” or is just mocking the entire sector, ...
Sony Xperia Z3 Compact to rock Qualcomm Snapdragon 801?
Yet again, Sony is gearing towards launching what could be the best “Mini” smartphone out there. Forget about Samsung Galaxy S5 Mini and the upcoming LG G3 Mini – Sony will yet again have the best pocketable smartphone with its forthcoming Xperia Z3 Compact. According to the leaked screenshot, this little fella will rock the Qualcomm ...