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In the midst of the unofficial confirmations of both the iPhone and the iPad appearing soon in reboots at a single Apple event comes an assembly line tip that two iterations of the iPhone will ship in September. This suggestion comes from the Wall Street Journal seeing word from people familiar with the matter speaking […]

It’s a fine line that gadget fans have to walk, moderating our techno-lust just enough that we don’t start hurting people. It’s a lesson that LG Korea has just learned the hard way after a promotional event for the new G2 caused 20 people to be injured. The “G in the cloud” event in Seoul involved launching hundreds of helium balloons into the air, carrying vouchers for free handsets — which some members of the crowd tried to shoot down using BB guns. The company has already apologized to those who were inadvertently shot and will cover the cost of their medical care, while subsequent events have been called off. What’s wrong with a raffle?

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Via: AndroidBeat

Source: Korea Times

This morning LG revealed the LG G2, their headliner for the year 2013 in smartphone form, complete with a 5.2-inch display and a back-facing set of physical buttons. With no physical buttons around the sides of this smartphone and only on-screen buttons up front, this device is LG’s most unique hardware delivery of the year […]

LG sent out invitations for its August 7 event earlier this month, hinting that it would be unveiling the LG G2 with a couple of careful letters and numbers in the image. Now it has fired of another invitation, this time leaving no doubt that it will be showing off the handset next month, as well as providing the first official look at the smartphone.

The invitation states that participants will get to “experience” the LG G2, removing the doubt no one had at this point that the handset will be making its appearance on August 7. This comes shortly after the company confirmed the name of the device in a separate announcement, dropping the “Optimus” tag as many leaks have suggested.

The LG G2 will be kicking off a line of premium handsets that all fall under the “G” brand, according to that announcement, with a separate line of handsets falling under the “Vu:” brand. While the event invitation doesn’t give a particularly detailed look at the device, it does confirm the existence of the buttons on the back of the handset, which will serve as power and volume rockers.

The unconventional button layout, which we first heard about back in April, is said to be the result of how thin the handset is, with there being no room on the edges for typical button placement. Some suggest the buttons will serve more than simple power and volume control, but that is yet to be seen.

According to other leaks, the LG G2 will feature a 5.2-inch display, and will run a Qualcomm Snapdragon 800 2.2GHz processor along with 2GB of RAM. There’s said to be a 13-megapixel rear camera, with the software being Android 4.2.2 Jelly Bean. You can find out more about what we’ve already heard in the timeline below, and of course we’ll be here with all the details on August 7.

LG August 7 event invitation confirms G2 unveiling is written by Brittany Hillen & originally posted on SlashGear.
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If you were worried about the legitimacy of the leaked image shown last week depicting the DROID ULTRA complete with bright red stripe down its back, you weren’t alone. What’s appeared today, however, is a lovely bit of leak showing the same unit, this time with a much more photographically sound angle on it – that’s a Limited Edition of the unit if ever we’ve seen one. Here the DROID ULTRA comes out to play for Verizon employees – or the very lucky.

This machine is aimed at being the upgrade of the DROID RAZR HD, the smaller of the two RAZR devices in the carrier’s current Motorola-made smartphone lineup. There’s also the DROID RAZR M, of course, but this is in terms of battery capacity. Here the DROID ULTRA carries what’s almost certainly an upgraded higher-definition display and an expanded bit of ruggedness as well.

This variant of the DROID ULTRA suggests that though both Motorola and Verizon will be going all-in when it comes to the Moto X, they’re still not forgetting their virtual handshake in the DROID brand lineup. This version of the machine could also very easily be the DROID MAXX, the larger of the two full-sized smartphones as far as battery capacity, this based on past iterations of this special edition red stripe – MAXX it’s always been.

This machine – minus the stripe – will quite likely be revealed at the Verizon event coming tomorrow – that’s July 23rd of this month, mind you. Have a peek at the DROID timeline below to catch up on what this reboot of the DROID series means for you and your decisions in Verizon-bound smartphone upgrades soon. Choices await!

VIA: DroidLife; Houdabao

DROID ULTRA leaks again, racing stripe intact is written by Chris Burns & originally posted on SlashGear.
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