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Fans of the LG Optimus G might recall that a few weeks ago, it was suggested that the Optimus G2 could get a possible announcement at CES 2013, but unfortunately the event came and went and apart from new LG TVs, there was no mention of the handset at all. Now according to new reports, it seems that the reason why the Optimus G2 did not make its scheduled CES appearance was due to the handset apparently being delayed for later on this year, and will be delayed until the Fall of 2013 which is when Google is expected to release its next major build of Android – Android 5.0 Key Lime Pie. Specs of the device aren’t known at the moment, but many are pretty sure it will sport a Full HD display which seems to be the trend these days.

However at the same time there have also been rumors that LG could be unveiling a quad-core, Full HD 5.5” Android smartphone at MWC 2013 called the Optimus GK, so we’re not sure what to make of this just yet. Either way MWC 2013 will be taking place in over a month’s time and we will be on site, so check back with us then for all the details. In the meantime we suggest you take this with a grain of salt for now.

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If there’s one element in the news universe here that tells us Google is doing things right, it’s the constant talk and response to a new Nexus smartphone – even when the current model is doing exceedingly well on the market. Here in first quarter of 2013 heading into Spring (or maybe that’s just wishful thinking), we’ve got rumors galore of a Nexus 5 being worked on for release at Mobile World Congress 2013 from LG, none other than the manufacturers of the Nexus 4. Today they’ve confirmed that no, that doesn’t make any sense, and that yes, they’re still making massive amounts of the current Google hero Nexus 4 for the time being.

The word was that even thought the Google Nexus 4, manufactured by LG, was doing much better on the market than anyone had guessed, that they’d be creating a Nexus 5 with ever-so-slightly improved specifications all around plus a modified body with no sparkly back panel. One rumor suggested that a brand new Nexus 5 would be shown off a MWC 2013 (which we’ll be at with bells on one way or another), while another rumor with a bit more realistic an outlook suggested they’d show a new Nexus at Google I/O 2013 later this Summer.

“Our domestic Pyeongtaek manufacturing plant has been producing the Nexus 4 without a hitch. There is no problem in supplying. [Nexus 5 rumors] are unfounded. The Nexus 4 by LG is significant in that it’s becoming more successful than the Samsung Galaxy Nexus, and [Mobile World Congress 2013 products] have not been finalized.” – LG Electronics Official (roughly translated)

LG today has spoken to the publication known as Chosun Biz, confirming that they’re still very much invested in the Nexus 4 in its current state, projecting production well into the future for this extremely hot-selling beast. For those of you that are unaware, this machine has sold so well that the online Google Play store had to push shipments back several weeks back in the later weeks of 2012, only now coming up to speed with availability across the USA and Europe. Rest assured, Nexus 4 owners, your device will be the Google hero for many moons.

If you’d like to know more about the Google Nexus 4 by LG, be sure to check our not one, but two big reviews! First have a look at our original Google Nexus 4 review, then see our T-Mobile Nexus 4 review, taken from a slightly different angle. Be sure to jump in to our Android portal as well for more Google mobile OS action than you can possible handle!

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LG confirms Nexus 4 still in production with no 5 on the books is written by Chris Burns & originally posted on SlashGear.
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This week the folks at Huawei have revealed – or teased, really – a new phone that’ll be coming out to the public at Mobile World Congress 2013. This event is next month while the tip here comes from CES and an interview with Engadget where the CEO of Huawei’s Consumer Business Group Richard Yu made it plain that not only will Huawei be bringing a new next-generation super-thin P-series 2 smartphone to the market with a reveal at Mobile World Congress 2013 (next month – we’ll be there), they’ll also be bringing their very own octa-core (that’s 8 CPU cores, mind you) processor to the market in the second half of the year.

This announcement has an 8-core Cortex A15 bit of action being prepared for the mainstream, or at least China – given Huawei’s push to be inside the USA bit by bit over the past year, we wouldn’t be surprised if they made an effort to release a phone or tablet with the SoC inside the states by the end of the 12 month period. This release will join the likes of Samsung who will be bringing their own 8-core design to the market this year as well – how it’ll compare to NVIDIA’s Tegra 4 is yet to be seen, 72 GPU cores and all.

Huawei’s next-generation smartphone has been confirmed by Yu as being thinner than the Alcatel One Touch Idol Ultra, that being just 6.45mm. For comparison purposes, the iPhone 5 is 7.6mm thin and the Samsung Galaxy S III is 8.6mm. With a smartphone that thin, the biggest issue you’re going to have are your nerves, thinking about how you’re in more danger of busting it with your fingers than with a drop to the cement.

Have no fear, though, the body of this machine will be “metallic” – whether or not that means it’ll be metal in this case is still up for debate. We’ll be seeing more of Huawei at Mobile World Congress 2013 without a doubt. Join us starting on in our growing [MWC 2013 tag portal] and Barcelona will be delivered straight to you!

Huawei tips 8-core processor and new P-series phone for MWC 2013 is written by Chris Burns & originally posted on SlashGear.
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A couple of days ago, Samsung announced their own 8-core Exynos processor and it looks like Chinese manufacturer Huawei does not want to be left out. In an interview with the folks at Engadget, Huawei’s Consumer Business Group’s CEO Richard Yu revealed that the company would be launching their own 8-core processor which just like Samsung’s, will be based on the Cortex-A15 design. The chipset will be released in the second half of 2013 although the name of Huawei’s model is unknown at the moment, but Engadget has speculated it could be called the K3V3 and could be manufactured by none other than TSMC. Will it perform just as good, if not better than Samsung’s own 8-core Exynos processor? We guess we will have to wait for benchmarks to find out.

Another interesting tidbit revealed during the interview was the fact that come MWC 2013 which will be taking place next month, Huawei will also be taking the wraps off a new smartphone from the P series lineup. This Huawei device is said to feature a body thinner than the Alcatel Idol One Touch Ultra which supposedly is the world’s thinnest smartphone at the moment. Apart from the phone featuring a metallic body, not much else is known at the moment so be sure to check back with us during MWC for the details.

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This week one of the biggest points of interest in the leaked or otherwise tipped or rumored smartphone department has been the HTC M7, and today we’ve got a batch of new details for you straight from the anonymous barn. This machine is set to be working with an “all black design”, it’s being said today by a source speaking with HTC Source, and will be coming with a new version of HTC Sense that’s both clean and simple – not generally what Sense is all about (so to speak). This device will still not likely be appearing until at least after next week as next week is CES 2013, but you never know!

This machine is being tipped as having a lovely 4.7-inch 1080p display, a fabulous Qualcomm Snapdragon S4 Pro processor clocked in at 1.7GHz, and a 13 megapixel camera on the back. The big deal with this phone is not that it’s got the most gigantic display nor the most powerful processor though, but that it may be coming without capacitive buttons under the display. This would put it in with the rumors for a similar device coming from Samsung this year in the Galaxy S IV.

At the moment, HTC is still working with their HTC One family of devices, a lower-powered HTC One device appearing just today on Cricket Wireless. The M7 is set to work with 2GB of RAM and a set of specifications inside and out that would suggest that it’s set for the top of the heap, on the other hand, and very possibly headed to more than one carrier all at once.

Stick around SlashGear to see exactly what this new device is going to bring to the HTC family of devices for Android in our HTC tag, and don’t for get CES and MWC! Hit the CES 2013 tag portal first to follow SlashGear first, starting Sunday (or today if you like), then hit up the MWC 2013 tag right afterward to follow us to Barcelona!

HTC M7 specifications leak with hint of new Sense is written by Chris Burns & originally posted on SlashGear.
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