Archives for July 12th, 2014
Sony SCR15 Style Cover Stand for Xperia C3
Sony plans to release a dedicated case for the Xperia C3 in the form of the Style Cover Stand SCR15. Sony has released Style Cover Stand cases for a number of Sony Xperia models including the Xperia Z2, Xperia Z2 Tablet, Xperia T2 Ultra and Xperia T3. The smart booklet-style cover will wake the phone when ...
Android Wear gets its first custom app launcher
And we thought Google won’t allow custom launchers, huh? Apparently they have nothing against such apps as long as the core experience remains intact. The newly unveiled Wear Mini Launcher doesn’t bring along a whole new interface, but quick access to all the apps you’ve installed on your smart watch. After installing this little app, you’ll ...
LG G3 Prime available for pre-order in Korea; We’ve no idea when it will be available elsewhere
The earlier leaked LG G3 Prime is about to hit LG’s home market of South Korea, sporting a faster Qualcomm Snapdragon 805 chip rather than 801 which is found in the current G3. In addition, we would also expect it to boast an additional gig of RAM (for a total of 3GB) as well as ...
Latest Samsung Exynos chip integrates LTE modem, CPU and image signal processing
Samsung has finally found a way to “do the Qualcomm” and launch System on Chip (SoC) that brings together the CPU, LTE modem and image signal processing. This in turn should make for a more affordable and power-efficient solution, one that could be used by more than just a few vendors such as HP and ...
CyanogenMod 11 Nightly builds start for Xperia Z2 Tablet
Official CyanogenMod 11 nightlies have started for the Xperia Z2 Tablet today. This follows on from the unofficial release by the FreeXperia teams a few days back. There are currently nightly builds for the Wi-Fi variants (SGP511, SGP512) of the Xperia Z2 Tablet under codename “Castor Windy” and LTE variants (SGP521, SPG541, SPG551) under codename ...
Xperia Z3 sized up against the Galaxy Note
Many of you are questioning the size of the ‘Xperia Z3′ in the leaked images we have seen thus far. Well here is an image of the same device up against what we believe is the Samsung Galaxy Note. It shows the handset leaked earlier is most likely to be the Xperia Z3 and not ...
More Xperia Z3 pictures leak; reveals more details about device
Following on from the Sony Xperia Z3 image leak yesterday, we have another set of photos that appear to have been taken at the same time. These photos give a better look around the Xperia Z3, showing both the side and top/bottom profiles of the handset. What we notice is that the Xperia Z3′s sides are ...
Xperia Z2 disassembly video
We have already posted an Xperia Z2 disassembly guide earlier in the year, but if you do want to embark on dismantling your beloved Xperia Z2 then sometimes it’s easier to follow a video demo. This is where the following Xperia Z2 disassembly video comes into play. It has been produced by smartphone spare-parts specialist, ...