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It was rumored that Chinese manufacturer Huawei might unveil a new smartphone at the Consumer Electronics Show 2014, and the company has come through. Today it launched the Ascend Mate2 4G, which touts a 6.1-inch IPS display, 4G LTE compatibility, a big 4,050mAh battery, which actually happens to be the largest in the industry, and a 5 megapixel front facing camera. The company claims Ascend Mate2 4G is ideal for watching six downloaded movies or listening up to 100 hours of music on a single charge. Under the hood, there’s a Qualcomm MSM8928 A9 1.6GHz quadcore processor.

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Huawei Ascend Mate2 4G Launched At CES 2014 original content from Ubergizmo.

A lot of rumors were circulating about the LG G Flex’s international release when the company first unveiled its curved smartphone with a flexible display. Initially it was believed that perhaps LG would only release it in a limited quantity, similar to what Samsung did with the Galaxy Round. However LG soon clarified its intentions of taking the G Flex around the world. Today it has finally been confirmed that the smartphone will be launched on AT&T, Sprint and T-Mobile. The company hasn’t unveiled what the price is going to be, it only revealed that the smartphone will be available from AT&T, Sprint and T-Mobile in this quarter.

The announcement of G Flex U.S. launch was made at LG’s International Consumer Electronics Show 2014 press conference. Prospective customers in the U.S. who have been waiting for this device will be pleased to know that it will come with the requisite LTE-bands for all the aforementioned carriers. Only recently press renders of the LG G Flex for multiple U.S. carriers were leaked, hinting towards an imminent announcement, which has now been made. We must wait and see now when exactly in this quarter the LG G Flex ultimately becomes available for customers in the U.S.

LG G Flex For AT&T, Sprint And T-Mobile Confirmed original content from Ubergizmo.

In recent months there has been a lot of speculation about the future of BlackBerry’s hardware business. It hasn’t been able to churn out a hit for a couple of years now, which is why the company has been bleeding market share as well as money. A number of major changes have been made after the new CEO John Chen took the reins, after showing top executives from previous regime the door, Chen has started to appoint new executives that will try and revive this once iconic manufacturer. BlackBerry announced today that its hardware business is now going to be run by Ron Louks, who joins the company as President, Devices and Emerging Solutions.

Louks previously served as the CEO at The OpenNMS Group, prior to that he was the Chief Strategy Office at HTC America and also did a stint as the Chief Technology Office for Sony Ericsson. Under his new role, Louks will be tasked with BlackBerry’s long-term product roadmap which includes hardware, software and design. He will be reporting directly to John Chen, the CEO and Executive Chair at BlackBerry. Louks certainly has a tough job in reviving the company’s hardware business and returning it to profitability. Here’s to new beginnings!

Former HTC Executive To Head BlackBerry’s Hardware Business original content from Ubergizmo.

[CES 2014] The folks over at Alcatel has revealed yet another smartphone that will join their ranks, where it will come in the form of the Alcatel OneTouch POP C9. This is the largest Android-powered smartphone from Alcatel at the moment where the POP series is concerned, with the smallest member of the family being the POP C1 that has a small 3.5” display, while the largest model is the POP C9 which carries a 5.5” display. All in all, Alcatel intends to offer large screen goodness alongside a quad-core processor without breaking the bank.

Just what can we find underneath the hood of the OneTouch POP C9? Well, for starters, this is a colorful plastic device that will arrive in a shade of colors (Bluish Black, Cherry Red, Full White, Hot Pink or Fresh Turquoise) and at first glance, we would not fault you for thinking that it looks a whole lot like the Samsung Galaxy S3. Yes sir, a generation and a half (since the Galaxy S5 is about to be unveiled later this year) behind in terms of looks, but I guess that is the “price” that you pay if you want the best bang for your buck. Forget about Full HD resolution here, as the POP C9’s 5.5” LCD IPS display has a resolution of 540 x 960 pixels. This results in a pixel density of just 200ppi. Other than that, you will find a quad-core 1.3GHz processor, an 8-megapixel camera at the back that does Full HD video recording, a 2-megapixel shooter up front, and a 2,500mAh battery. [Company Page]

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If there’s one thing we can be pretty certain about, is that Samsung’s flagship products will typically use the South Korean company’s AMOLED displays. After all what better way to show off your own technology, right? Interestingly enough thanks a new rumor that has surfaced, it seems that with the upcoming Samsung Galaxy S5, word on the street has it that Samsung might turn to Sharp for their displays, as opposed to using their own AMOLED panels which is typically the case and more or less to be expected from them. This rumor comes from Tencent who claims that Sharp could be the one to provide Samsung with LTPS LCD displays.

So why turn to Sharp when Samsung can easily make their own display panels? Well as it turns out, Samsung is having a hard time manufacturing 2K AMOLED displays that were rumored to be part of the Galaxy S5, and also because the company is apparently trying to focus on bringing more flexible displays into the market, meaning that their efforts could be focused elsewhere. Given that Samsung has invested into Sharp, we guess Samsung could be taking advantage of their investment by getting Sharp to manufacture their displays for them. It is unclear how much of a difference Sharps’ LTPS LCD displays will compare to Samsung’s AMOLED, but we guess we will have to wait and find out, which will be at MWC 2014 if the rumors are to be believed.

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