Aug 03

BLU Products intros Vivo 4.3, says it’s ‘world’s first’ dual-SIM smartphone with Super AMOLED Plus

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BLU Products intros Vivo 43, says it's 'world's first' dualSIM smartphone with Super AMOLED Plus

It feels like it was only yesterday that BLU was keeping us slightly occupied with its Studio 5.3 and TouchBook 7.3 devices, which, as you may or may not know, left us with somewhat of a bittersweet taste in our mouths. Still, the past is the past, and now the company’s back for more with the recent revelation of its Vivo 4.3 handset; one the company’s loudly dubbing as the “world’s first dual-SIM smartphone with Super AMOLED Plus.” Regardless of any global, self-induced titles, the 4.3-inch Vivo appears to offer some interesting features of its own, including that aforementioned Super AMOLED Plus screen, a 1GHz, dual-core Cortex A9 CPU, dual-SIM capabilities and a tweaked flavor of Android 4.0. What’s best, however, is BLU plans on selling the Vivo 4.3 unlocked in the US next month for $250, while additional availability is “soon to follow” through Latin America and some parts of Asia.

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Jul 27

Samsung Galaxy S Lightray 4G hides out in the open, heads to MetroPCS

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Samsung Galaxy S Lightray 4G hides out in the open, headed to MetroPCS

What’s old is apparently new again for MetroPCS subscribers. Thanks to some leaked training materials over on Howard Forums, we have a pretty clear idea of the next Galaxy S device to bow on that budget carrier’s lineup — the Lightray 4G. No, your eyes aren’t deceiving you, we’ve seen this exact phone before at CES 2012 where it was part of Dyle’s Mobile TV showcase. And that chassis you see above? It’s a mostly unaltered version of Verizon’s Droid Charge, although that formerly pointed chin seems to have gotten the Ashlee Simpson treatment. Spec-wise, the 4.3-inch device reportedly packs a Super AMOLED Plus display, 1.3-megapixel front-facing / 8-megapixel rear cameras, 16GB of included microSD storage (what it’ll ship with onboard is unknown), HDMI-out and, bizarrely, that aforementioned TV tuner, replete with antenna. No word on when this unofficial fella’s set to go legit nor which Google OS treat it’ll run, but with a recently surfaced FCC doc and company slides to go off, we’re sure to find out sooner rather than later.

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