Samsung Galaxy S4 surfaces in golden clad hues

If you’re a big fan of Samsung Galaxy smartphones, you may be interested to hear that Samsung has announced the Galaxy S4 is available in a couple of new colors. Both of the new colors share the same gold accent trim with gold around the sides and around the home button on the bottom of […]

Just two weeks after Apple announced the gold iPhone 5s, Samsung has jumped on the bandwagon with a

Just two weeks after Apple announced the gold iPhone 5s, Samsung has jumped on the bandwagon with a golden Galaxy S4. Initially available in the United Arab Emirates, it’s not clear yet when they’ll be available elsewhere.

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ZTE planning bigger, better Firefox OS phone for US release next year

ZTE planning bigger, better Firefox OS phone for US release next year

ZTE is one of the few companies making a sly side-bet on Firefox OS, and next year it’s planning to double-down on that initial wager with the launch of a second handset running Mozilla’s smartphone platform. Speaking with IDG’s Michael Kan at Expo Comm China 2013, ZTE’s Executive VP He Shiyou expects the device to land first half 2014, with a larger display than its predecessor, a dual-core processor, a “revamped user experience” and, of course, a low price. The exec also said that, with approximately 100,000 units sold, demand for the ZTE Open “has exceeded supply,” and he anticipates double that figure in total sales. ZTE deliberately manufactured the Open on a small scale, but is optimistic about future adoption of Firefox OS. Shiyou believes HTML5-based apps will become more relevant as speedy network technology like LTE reduces reliance on native software, stating: “In the future, the app store business model will be no more.”

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HTC One Max appears with new camera UI

The HTC One Max has appeared in a smorgasbord of leaks, so much so that there’s not much about it that hasn’t been covered in some way or the other. In the latest leak, a tester rooted the handset and offered up a couple screenshots showing an updated camera user interface, in doing so confirming […]

Samsung unveils plan to launch smartphone with curved display next month

The smartphone market will be seeing a curved handset soon, with Samsung announcing plans to take the wraps of a smartphone with a curved display next month. The announcement was made a bit ago by the Korean company’s head of strategic marketing in its mobile business D.J. Lee, who just revealed the information at a […]

Samsung will announce a curved smartphone next month, but it won’t be ‘completely flexible’

Samsung will reveal curved smartphone in Q4 2013, but it won't be 'completely flexible'

In the midst of Samsung’s global launch for its Note 3, the company is already thinking about its next big reveal. This time around, it’ll involve a curved display. The unnamed device could appear in Korea next month, according to Reuters, although Yonhap News (through the wonders of Google Translate) was told to expect a new device announcement some time in Q4. In either case, it’s soon. The last time we heard about Samsung’s handheld flexible displays was back in CES in January, where a 5.5-inch prototype device named ‘Youm‘ was revealed — that’s what you can see above. The prototype’s screen stretched to the outer edges of the device and was able to display notifications along the side, although the handheld itself wasn’t flexible. According to Park Sang-jin, CEO of Samsung SDI, the new device will use a similar OLED panel and will be curve-shaped (“not completely flexible”), which will “differentiate” the device from Samsung’s existing smartphone family. We suspect it may arrive with that new camera sensor too.

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HTC One with octa-core processor tipped incoming

Recent rumors are suggesting that HTC is working on an updated model of the One smartphone. And just to clarify, we are not talking about the often rumored HTC One Max, but another variant of the HTC One. According to the details, HTC is working on a new model One with an octa-core processor and […]

Coolpad Magview 4 Is A Chinese-Made Flagship Smartphone

Coolpad Magview 4 Is A Chinese Made Flagship SmartphoneFancy a spanking new smartphone that will duke it out with the best of them? Well, here we are with a made in China model, which is the Coolpad Magview 4. Of course, it goes without saying that something like this is not going to make the world of smartphones stop and shudder, but then again, the Coolpad Magview 4 is no slouch if you were to compare it to other existing flagship devices that are in the Chinese market at the moment.

For starters, the Coolpad Magview 4 happens to feature a 5.9” IGZO display from Sharp alongside a full HD 1080p resolution that ought to be “music” to your eyes. Apart from that, it will be powered by a 1.8GHz Tegra 4 quad-core processor from NVIDIA while sporting 2GB RAM. Not only that, for shutterbugs who love using their smartphones to get the job done, the Coolpad Magview 4 will feature a 13-megapixel main camera at the back with an aperture of f2.0, while there is also Dolby technology thrown into the mix so that your ears will dance with joy. To keep the Coolpad Magview 4 up and running for the better part of the day, it will be powered by a 3,000mAh battery and will feature the CoolLife UI 5.0 that is based on Android.

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    iOS 7 waterproof hoax goes viral: lesson learned

    There’s little doubt now that the world understands Apple’s design language so well that those with the ability to replicate it have more power than they know what to do with. Case in point: a falsified advertisement for iOS 7 that suggests the software update can make an iPhone waterproof. People fell for it, hook, […]

    iPhone 5s build cost pegged at $199, iPhone 5c at $173

    When a device as popular as the iPhone is torn down by a group like IHS, every little nook and cranny is investigated with great interest. What the team at IHS have found today, shared with AllThingsD today, but will be producing in full tomorrow, is that their teardown has pulled up costs of “at […]