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We’re just a week away from Motorola unveiling its heavily-rumored Moto X smartphone, and the speculation is greater than ever. Leaks haven’t stopped either, which is why we’re seeing another one today in the form of the new phone’s camera user interface that includes a whole new look, as well as a focus on swipe gestures.

Leaked screenshots obtained by Android Police reveal what the Moto X’s camera UI will look like, and it’s a lot different from anything we’ve seen before, which doesn’t come as a huge surprise to us. Much of the stuff we’ve seen with the Moto X suggest that the interface will look mostly stock, but the camera UI seems to have gotten some focused attention.

For starters, the camera app relies heavily on swipe gestures, and this is mostly because it’s a very minimalistic interface. All of the settings are hidden off to the sides and are brought in using swipe gestures when they’re needed. Swiping from the left brings up a spinning carousel of camera settings that you can play around with, and swiping from the other direction brings up the gallery.

The screenshots also confirm that you’ll be able to quickly open up the Moto X camera app with two twists of the wrist, which seems a little weird, we’ll have to wait and see how that’ll work exactly. The settings include a host of different options to play around with, including setting the flash, and taking slo-mo video, as well as HDR photos.

As for the shutter button, the camera app allows you to snap a photo by just tapping anywhere on the screen, and holding down on the screen will allow for rapid fire. You can also use the digital zoom by swiping up or down on the screen to bring the camera closer in on a subject. Essentially, there’s nothing getting in the way in the viewfinder when snapping a photo, which seems like a good idea, and we’re excited to see what else Motorola has in store for us come August 1.

SOURCE: Android Police

Moto X camera interface leaks with new look and swipe gestures is written by Craig Lloyd & originally posted on SlashGear.
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We might have already heard quite a few ramblings of the next-generation Nexus 7, but nothing is quite as solid as a leaked retail store circular ad. A leaked Best Buy ad shows off the next-generation Nexus 7, revealing not only its $229 price tag, but also the 1920×1200 full HD display gracing the front of the tablet.

The ad also notes that the $229 price tag will get you 16GB of storage, meaning that the 32GB version will cost just a little bit more, possibly in the $249 or $279 range. Sadly, Best Buy is always pretty vague about advertising products in their weekly ads, so we don’t get treated with any more details than those little tidbits.

However, the Best Buy circular mentions that the tablet will be “available Tuesday.” Seeing as how Google is holding an event on Wednesday this week, the ad could be referring to July 30 as the official launch date of the refreshed Google slate. However, the distribution date for the leaked circular isn’t known, so whatever date “Tuesday” is, is still unknown, but it’s said the circular will begin running on July 28, so we have no reason to not think that the new Nexus 7 will be arriving on July 30.

The refreshed Nexus 7 is also said to be getting an update to Android 4.3, and will come with dual cameras, as well as wireless charging, which we’ve already seen on Google’s latest Nexus 4 handset. The tablet is also said to be sporting a quad-core processor clocked at 1.5GHz with 2GB of RAM paired up. Exact specs aren’t known, obviously, but it seems this new Nexus 7 refresh will be a big one, while keeping the same 7-inch screen and mostly the same body style.

SOURCE: Phone Arena

Nexus 7 2 Best Buy ad affirms full HD display is written by Craig Lloyd & originally posted on SlashGear.
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Hasselblad’s strategy of sprucing up Sony cameras must be paying off — that would explain Photo Rumors‘ apparent leak of the Stellar, a Hasselblad take on the RX100. The already high-end compact cam will reportedly switch to a tan metallic body and offer several choices of exotic grip material, including carbon fiber and padouk wood. There’s no mention of functional upgrades over the Sony original, though. As with the Lunar, we’re more likely to see a price hike instead — Photo Rumors claims the Stellar should launch on July 26th for between $1,600 to $3,200, which would limit it to particularly well-heeled photographers.

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Source: Photo Rumors

The cat’s finally out of the bag, and we’ll be getting our first official look at the heavily-rumored Moto X come August 1, but there are a still a few days left before that happens, leaving the door wide open for even more leaks and rumors to make their way to the front. This time around, we’re treated with a clean press shot of the Moto X.

This isn’t the first clear photo that we’ve seen of the device, as Google chairman Eric Schmidt modeled off the phone in a few “spy” shots a few days ago. That provided us a good look of the back of the device with the glossy curved shell. However, today’s press image gives us the first clear look at the front of the handset.

There’s nothing too surprising in the press image above, other than that it appears Motorola did away with the obnoxious logo on the upper-left corner that we saw in a Verizon leak earlier this month. The device also looks identical to what we saw in a leaked promo video for the Moto X.

We’ll be seeing the phone’s unveiling on the first of the month, and the only evidence we have for a public launch date is US Cellular’s leaked release date of August 26. From that, it’s probably safe to say that other major carriers will follow suit and launch the phone towards the end of the month.

What’s perhaps the most interesting tidbit is how Motorola will be conducting the unveil event on August 1. From the invitation that we received, it looks like the company might not have one grand keynote, but rather multiple sessions detailing different bits about the phone. Plus, these details will have embargo times that are lifted later in the day. It’ll be interesting how it goes, but we’ll be there to bring you the latest about the Moto X, so stick around.

VIA: Lei Feng; The Unlockr

Moto X press image leaks ahead of August event is written by Craig Lloyd & originally posted on SlashGear.
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The plastic (some say budget) iPhone has been making appearances at a more rapid pace of as of late, with the latest leak involving comparison shots between a plastic iPhone and an iPhone 5. The images give the cheaper model an interesting perspective, as well as a look at some of the subtle design differences between the two (plastic shell aside).

You can check out the full roster of images in the gallery below, in which we see a pastel green plastic iPhone laid atop, aside, and against an iPhone 5. With the images, both the roundness and ample plastic become strikingly apparent, as well as some design changes that exist between the two of them. There’s also a couple shots of the plastic iPhone’s innards.

While the back of both the plastic iPhone and the iPhone 5 look the same in terms of design, we see the differences in other shots. The bottom, for example, of the plastic iPhone features four speaker holes on one side of the connection slot, while the iPhone 5 has more robust grilles on either side. The volume buttons are also different, with the plastic iPhone’s being elongated rather than circular.

The leak, which surfaced on Chinese website Weibo, also suggests that the plastic iPhone will be available in two different models that look the same but feature different hardware, codenamed Zenevo and Zagato/Bertone. The Zenevo model is said to feature a Samsung H5P dual processor, 1GB of RAM, Bluetooth 4.0, and FDD 4G connectivity.

The so-called Zegato/Bertone version of the handset, meanwhile, is reportedly featuring an H6P processor and 1GB of RAM, as well as Bluetooth 4.0 and TDD 4G LTE support. As always, take it all with a grain of salt, as nothing is confirmed. You can find out about the other plastic iPhone leaks that have surfaced in the timeline below.

SOURCE: Tech Kitty

Plastic iPhone and iPhone 5 comparison shots leaked is written by Brittany Hillen & originally posted on SlashGear.
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