Jul 21
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.
Source: Photo Rumors
Verizon Wireless subscribers have yet another Samsung smartphone on the cards – although the Samsung Stellar will not be any kind of high end device that folks would want to clamor after. Arriving on Verizon in a couple of days’ time, it will cost $50 a pop prior to a $50 mail-in rebate on a 2-year contract. Underneath the hood, you will find that the Samsung Stellar features a 1.2GHz dual-core Snapdragon processor, Android 4.0 Ice Cream Sandwich as the operating system of choice, LTE connectivity support, a 4” WVGA display, and a 1.3-megapixel camera in front with a 3.2-megapixel shooter at the back, which are rather modest by today’s standards. Other hardware specifications include Wi-Fi connectivity and a microSD memory card slot. Ah well, at least this could very well be one of the cheapest (free after all with a mail-in rebate) LTE smartphone you can find at the moment. [
