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For those unfamiliar, Deutsche Telekom is the parent company of US carrier T-Mobile. As you might have heard, there have also been talks that T-Mobile could be bought up by Sprint and in the past we have seen how other carriers, such as AT&T, have attempted to purchase T-Mobile as well. All of this seems to indicate that Deutsche Telekom wants to exit the US market as they believe that by being fourth place, behind AT&T, Verizon, and Sprint, it would limited their long-term profitability. (more…)

Deutsche Telekom Taking Its Time To Exit US Market [Rumor] original content from Ubergizmo.

For those unfamiliar with Sony’s work, the company has been instrumental with their efforts in helping Apple’s iPhone achieve great photos, thanks to the company providing CMOS sensors to both the iPhone 5 and iPhone 5s’ rear-facing cameras, but what about the front-facing camera? Front-facing cameras have never really gotten much attention as for the most part, they are used to take selfies or to video chat with someone, so as far as photo quality is concerned, it does not necessarily have to be the best of the best. That being said, according to a report from Nikkei, they claim that Apple could be turning to Sony for its front-facing cameras, which at the moment are supplied by OmniVision.

Presumably by going with Sony, Apple is looking to bump the quality of its front-facing cameras up a notch as well, although exactly how big a difference in quality we might expect remains to be seen. This alleged deal is also expected to see Sony raising its production of sensors to 200 million per year just to Apple alone, an increase of 100% from its 100 million sensors per year which the company currently provides to Apple. To help cope with the extra work load, Sony has reportedly acquired a Japanese chip producer to help increase production by 25%.

iPhone 6′s Front Cameras Could Be Provided By Sony original content from Ubergizmo.

A couple of days ago, we reported that Canon was prepping a successor to the Rebel T3/EOS 1100D. Well thanks to the folks at Canon Rumors, the alleged final specifications of the device has been revealed, and it will also be known as the EOS Kiss X70. So what kind of specs can we expect from one of Canon’s entry-level cameras? For starters it would seem that the EOS Kiss X70 will pack an 18MP APS-C sensor and will be powered by Canon’s DIGIC 4 image processor. It will be able to shoot at 3fps in terms of continuous shooting and have an ISO range of 100-6,400 (12,800 extended).

Its shutter speed will also range from as quick as 1/4000 seconds to as long as 30 seconds for those who are interested in long exposure photography. The EOS Kiss X70 will also come with a 3-inch LCD display and will be able to  capture videos in Full HD quality at 30fps. There will be as many as five different creative filters that photographers can apply to their photos. The camera will also pack an LP-E10 battery and will weigh around 435g for the body-only. Unfortunately pricing and availability has not yet been revealed, but hopefully we will be learning more about the camera soon at CP+, but until then, take it with a grain of salt for now.

Canon EOS Kiss X70 Specs Revealed original content from Ubergizmo.

The Samsung Galaxy S5 has yet to hit the market, let alone been announced, but it seems that rumors of a Galaxy Note 4 have begun to surface. According to the rumors from the Korean media, word on the street has it that Samsung could be launching the Galaxy Note 4 which a three-sided display. If you’re wondering what that looks like, it’s basically a screen that will wrap around the edges of the phone (as pictured above), essentially putting the display on the edges as well as on the front of the device at the same time. It is an interesting concept and in the past we’ve seen how these side-screens can be used for different tasks, such as media player controls and such.

Interestingly enough, the report also claims that Samsung will be testing the waters with the Galaxy Note 4 and will only manufacture about a million units. We’re not sure why Samsung would do that given that the Galaxy Note series has typically been well-received, but then again given that the Galaxy Round wasn’t exactly a stellar success, perhaps Samsung has decided to err on the side of caution. It will be interesting to see if the Galaxy Note 4 will indeed feature this alleged three-sided display as not only would it make it an interesting design, but would provide us a new and unique way of interacting with our devices, but until then take it with a grain of salt.

Samsung Galaxy Note 4 Could Sport Three-Sided Display original content from Ubergizmo.

Touch ID was one of the new features that was introduced with the iPhone 5s and we can only assume that Apple will be bringing that feature to the iPhone 6. That being said, will Apple be making any changes or improvements to Touch ID for the iPhone 6? We guess we will just have to wait and find out, but thanks to a new report from DigiTimes, they are claiming that Apple will be turning to the 8-inch processing for the iPhone 6 versus the 12-inch fabrication process which apparently Apple was a little concerned over in terms of yield rates.

“Apple previously decided to have TSMC produce fingerprint sensors for its next-generation iPhone at the foundry’s 12-inch facilities using a 65nm process, the sources noted. However, acknowledging risks associated with 12-inch WLP technologies, Apple has finally chosen TSMC’s 8-inch processing which enables mature yield rates for WLP to produce the fingerprint sensors, the sources said.” So what does this mean for the end user? Well as you might recall, iPhone 5s units were in short supply when they were first released and this was apparently due to the Touch ID’s production. So with the kinks ironed out and with a more refined processed being used, perhaps iPhone 6 supply will be better than that of the iPhone 5s.

TSMC To Work On iPhone 6′s Touch ID Sensor [Rumor] original content from Ubergizmo.