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We first heard chatter about the Sony “Sirius” smartphone on the last day of 2013. It was rumored that this device is going to be unveiled in the first half of 2014, which hinted at a possible unveiling either at CES 2014 or MWC 2014. Sony doesn’t seem to be in the mood of announcing a new flagship device at the International Consumer Electronics Show that’s well underway in Las Vegas, so that leaves out Mobile World Congress, which takes place next month. Infamous Twitter leaker @evleaks has leaked purported specifications of this next generation flagship smartphone from Sony.

The smartphone is said to tout a Qualcomm MSM8974AB SoC, a faster variant of its popular quadcore Snapdragon 800 processor. Sony’s existing flagship smartphone, the Xperia Z1, has a 5-inch Triluminos display, Sirius is expected to tout a 5.2-inch display with no word as yet on the display technology being used. Moreover, it is also claimed that this smartphone will be released in the U.S. via Verizon Wireless, which is going to make it the first Sony Android powered smartphone to be released by Big Red. @evleaks says that the Sirius smartphone is going to be launched at MWC 2014, so we’ll just have to wait and see if that happens. In the meantime, we can expect more rumors about the Sirius to come in.

Sony’s ‘Sirius’ Expected To Be Its 2014 Flagship Smartphone original content from Ubergizmo.

Last year it was reported multiple times that due to disappointing sales of the Galaxy S4, Samsung has decided to launch Galaxy S5 earlier than originally planned. Some rumors even pegged the launch for January 2014. There have been conflicting rumors about a possible Galaxy S5 release date, and the latest from Korean publication inews24 offers a new timeframe. This publication claims to have heard from Samsung executive Dong-hoon Chang that the company is going to launch Galaxy S5 at the Mobile World Congress 2014 in Barcelona next month.

Mr. Chang is currently the executive vice president and head of the design team at Samsung’s IT & Mobile Communications Division as well as the Head of Design Strategy Team at Samsung Electronics’ Corporate Design Center. He is certainly a high level executive, and it seems a bit odd that someone in his position is “confirming” the launch of this year’s flagship smartphone even before the company has made an official announcement. So its best to take this report with a grain of salt. The report also claims that Galaxy S5 might not be the final moniker for this device, which implies that perhaps Samsung has a new moniker in mind for its 2014 flagship smartphone. As always, Samsung has not commented on rumors about the Galaxy S5. MWC 2014 kicks off on February 24th, so we’ll know for sure then.

Galaxy S5 Launch At MWC 2014 ‘Confirmed’ By Samsung Executive original content from Ubergizmo.

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There has been a lot of speculation this year about Samsung’s Tizen devices. The company has already termed the OS it has built in collaboration with Intel as a “simple alternative” to Android, but so far no glimpse of its Tizen powered smartphone has been seen. It was previously rumored that perhaps Samsung might show something at the MWC 2014 in Barcelona, and it certainly intends to. Invitations have been sent out for an event in Barcelona on February 23rd, just one day before the Mobile World Congress 2014 kicks off.

The invite reads that event attendees will be offered an “exclusive sneak preview of the newest Tizen devices,” and that both companies will talk about the major milestones the OS has achieved since last year’s event. Analysts believe that Samsung is under increasing pressure to show off Tizen to the world, given the fact that a number of other nascent mobile platforms have already started making their way into the market, Jolla and Firefox OS are prime examples. It was rumored that Samsung’s first Tizen powered smartphone will be released in 2013, but apparently the company’s co-CEO pushed the release back because they wanted to further enhance and improve Tizen. Apart from smartphones, Samsung is also due to unveil Tizen powered smart TVs and refrigerators.

Samsung Unveils First Tizen Devices In February original content from Ubergizmo.

According to the rumors, Q1 of 2014 looks to be a pretty busy time of the year for Samsung. So far we have learnt that the South Korean tech giant will be planning on announcing the Galaxy S5, Galaxy Grand Lite, and the Galaxy Note 3 Lite in the early part of the year, but now according to South Korean publication, ETNews, Samsung will have 5 devices to debut at the start of the year. Three of the devices have already been mentioned, and with the remaining two said to be entry-mid-level devices. Unfortunately apart from the rumors and alleged leaked specifications of the Galaxy S5, Galaxy Grand Lite, and Galaxy Note 3 Lite, not much else is known about the remaining two handsets.

If there is an opportunity for Samsung to announce these devices, chances are we could be looking at CES 2014 or MWC 2014. However Samsung has typically preferred to announce its flagship devices at their own events, so chances are that CES and MWC are probably our best bet to learn about the other devices. Obviously since nothing has been confirmed yet, do take it with a grain of salt for now, but if they are true, exciting times are just around the corner.

Samsung Expected To Unveil Up To 5 Devices In Q1 2014 [Rumor] original content from Ubergizmo.