Apple’s iPhone 5S will be “about 31-percent faster” than the iPhone 5 and include new motion-tracking technology, insiders claim, sparking speculation about the presumed Apple A7 processor expected to power the next-gen flagship phone. “Sources are telling me the new iPhone’s A7 chip is running at about 31% faster than A6″ Fox News’s Clayton Morris […]
The iPhone is rumored to come in three colors so far: white, black, and gold. But wait — there seems to be another color making the rumor rounds. A grey, graphite, or gunmetal (whatever you want to call it) color for the iPhone 5S has leaked, pointing to the possibility of the new Apple phone […]
An image from Microsoft has leaked that reveals what appears to be an employee-only version of the Xbox One that’s made in white. The console is blazoned in all white except for the side panels, and the controller sports a rather nice looking white and black combo that looks pretty sleek. The Kinect, however, remains […]
Press renders? Pah. Now we’ve seen snaps of the forthcoming blue HTC One in some of its metallic glory. The shell, which was reportedly snapped by a worker who works for a factory contracted to make parts for HTC’s smartphones, seems to confirm that the company is cooking up an azure edition of its flagship handset. While we’re not sure if this will single-handedly restore HTC’s fortunes, at least there’s a built-in market for fans of Eiffel 65, ELO and the bad guys from Firefly.
Update: Yet another HTC One in blue has been spotted out in the wild and the folks over at Mobile01 have got the pictures. We’ve tucked one after the break for you to take a look at, too.
Filed under: Cellphones, Mobile, HTC
Source: Sina Weibo, Mobile 01
Rumors of Sony’s ILC-3000 or A-3000 E-mount camera have been floating in the wind for a while, but so far nothing of substance has touched down. Now, a contributor at Dyxum.com has spotted Sony advocate Gustav Kiburg with a model that seems to fit the bill. Though it looks more like an Alpha DSLR than a NEX, the E-mount camera is purported to have no mirror and a 20-megapixel APS-C sensor that maxes out at 16,000 ISO (not to mention, captures 1080p video). Amazingly, it also apparently sports a reasonable, £300 ($450 or so) price tag. We’ll soon find out whether any of that is true if yet another rumor proves accurate — it’s supposedly set to arrive early tomorrow morning in Europe.
Via: Pocket-Lint
Source: Dyxum.com
There are certainly benefits to working for Microsoft beyond a steady paycheck. We’ve seen the company gift employees with phones and tablets and, if the picture above proves legit, a lucky bunch will receive a free Xbox One on launch day — in an exclusive white and silver-grey hue, no less. In addition to a console etched with “I made this” and “launch team something,” they’ll get one year of Xbox Live and all first-party games (if we’re understanding “1P” correctly) gratis. According to the picture, which surfaced on NeoGAF’s forums and Reddit, this special edition Xbone will be given to full-timers (as of July 12th this year) in MS’s Interactive Entertainment Business who are still employed at launch. This is just a rumor, of course, but if some Photoshop trickster cooked this up, we’d think they’d go as far as making the Kinect white, if only for consistency. Or, maybe that’s what we’re supposed to think.
Filed under: Gaming, Microsoft
Source: NeoGAF forums, Reddit
Looks like white and brown won’t be the only colors on offer for Samsung’s Galaxy Tab 3 7.0 for long. Evidently set to join those variants, @evleaks recently pushed out a purported press render of the slate clad in a deep blue. Notably free of any carrier-branding, it’s unlikely that this unit is the AT&T-compatible LTE model that recently traveled through the FCC. No word on when and where this version might be available, but we’ll keep you posted about any developments.
Filed under: Tablets
Source: @evleaks
Every day, we get closer to the September 10 Apple event, at which we’ll get the official reveal for the iPhone 5S and the iPhone 5C. However, today you can get a look at the 5C a little early as leaked photos and a video show a colorful array of back cases and a setup […]
When we spotted this photo on French blog NoWhereElse, we were close to dismissing this as just a bunch of iPhone 5C knock-offs (the shanzhai industry works very fast), just as the site also speculates. But after digging around the original poster’s Sina Weibo profile, we deduced that this spy shot came straight out of Pegatron’s Shanghai plant, which matches what we’ve read in the recent China Labor Watch report on Apple.
According to her posts, the cheeky employee — or more likely an ex-employee at this point — in question joined the company’s quality control department around mid-July. In an earlier comment, she also hinted that her plant is responsible for the latest Mac mini as well. The above photo was published yesterday, and it only came with the following caption:
“The low-end iPhone 5C to be launched for Chinese consumers in September doesn’t look much different than the Xiaomi Phone 2, right?”
While it doesn’t explain what’s going on in the image, this appears to be a warm-up procedure (likely just with small batches for quality control) to make sure the devices are fully functional before they are boxed up. We’ve seen this in factory tours before, but no photography was allowed in the production lines; which makes us wonder how this shot came out of a supposedly well-guarded environment. September couldn’t come any quicker for leaky Apple.
Filed under: Cellphones, Mobile, Apple
Via: NoWhereElse
Source: Sina Weibo
Waiting for the Legend of Zelda: the Wind Waker HD before picking up a Wii U? You’re in luck — the company seems to be prepping a bundle specifically for Hylian-minded buyers. NeoGAF users have salvaged an image of the special edition console from a trailer Nintendo posted to its YouTube channel and then immediately pulled. The video, which showed off the game’s “hero mode” difficulty setting, teased a black Wii U gamepad decorated a golden Triforce and other Zelda inspired accents. The leak doesn’t say much else about the hardware, but it’s probably safe to assume that the black console matches the 32GB internals of the standard deluxe edition. Price, availability and additional information will have to wait until Nintendo makes this bundle official, but curious folks can find a mirror of the leaked trailer at the source.
Filed under: Nintendo
Source: Destructoid, NeoGAF
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