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- iPhone 5 Unboxing – Taking Out of the Box the Wonderkid of 2012 Smartphones (Video)
- BlackBerry 10 Series Device Debuts Through Use by Lady Gaga, Ridley Scott, Other Famous People (Video)
- Samsung ATIV S is up on Preorder for $711 – SIM-free
- HTC One X+ Appears in O2 UK Brochure, Apparently Comes With 64 GB of Storage, 1.7 GHz Tegra 3 CPU
- HTC One S T-Mobile Version Gets Android 4.0.4 With Sense 4.1
- Samsung Holding NYC Press Event on October 24th
- Samsung Galaxy Music Images and Specs Leaked
- iPhone 5 Debuts In 22 More Countries Today
| iPhone 5 Unboxing – Taking Out of the Box the Wonderkid of 2012 Smartphones (Video) Posted: 28 Sep 2012 03:33 PM PDT
Announced on September 12th and selling starting with September 21st, the iPhone 5 has finally reached our testing table. We’ve unboxed it for your viewing pleasure and you can watch the resulting video below. The handset is sold in black or white and goes for $200, as the starting price with a 2 year contract.
The device is available in 16, 32 and 64 GB of storage and measures 7.6 mm in thickness and weighs 112 grams, 20% than the iPhone 4S. Inside the compact white box we find the handset with two plastic sheets on it (front and back), a bunch of manuals, the nano SIM card tray key, charger, USB/Lightning cable and the EarPods headphones. One thing I noticed from the start is that the iPhone 5 takes a long while to shut down and start up when keeping the On/OFF button pressed.
I also noticed that the handset feels great in the hand, it’s extremely light and has very good grip. As you can see it’s bigger than the iPhone 4S, I mean longer with almost 1 centimeter, since it packs a 4 inch display. Said display supports a 640 x 1136 pixel resolution and the panel used here is an IPS LCD with 326 ppi density and 16:9 aspect ratio. Other features include a 1440 mAh battery, a dual core Apple A6 processor, 1 GB of RAM, an 8 megapixel camera with sapphire glass protection for the lens and a front 1.2 megapixel camera. At the bottom of the phone we have the Lightning port and the moved audio jack that instead of the upper part is now at the bottom. iPhone 5 runs iOS 6.0 and we also showed you a bit of the Apple Maps solution and a bit of the new and upgraded Siri. We’ll be back with more details in a lengthy preview, but for now the device feels and looks stunning. No light bleeding or chipping yet! Related posts:
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| Posted: 28 Sep 2012 10:06 AM PDT
Who knew that RIM was still able to come up with something original? They’ve just posted a video detailing a bit of the BlackBerry L Series and N Series devices and also a crazy idea, a really good PR stunt. They intend to hand over the first high end smartphone with BlackBerry 10 on board to famous people like Lady Gaga and Ridley Scott and have them create content on the device in a single day.
The L Series model is a device we’ve seen before in presentations and demos, once again in a case of sorts, that hides its design. RIM’s idea is simple: the L Series high end BlackBerry goes to Lady Gaga, she writes and records a song using the phone in a single day and then passes it on to J.K. Rowling. The creator of Harry Potter than writes a short story and then the phone reaches Ridley Scott, the creator of Alien, who uses the editing software on the device to create a movie poster and also records a short movie with it. Then the device gets passed on till it reaches normal people, who will get one day with the handset, to do what they want with it and use it for their purposes. In the video we see Twitter, Flickr, Facebook integration and some very cool photo editing effects for the BlackBerry 10 OS. The marketing project will select 10 people from a collection of both famous and no famous areas. This feels like a great initiative and for the first time I see hope for RIM if they make it to the end with the project.
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| Samsung ATIV S is up on Preorder for $711 – SIM-free Posted: 28 Sep 2012 09:34 AM PDT
Samsung unveiled the Windows Phone 8 handset – the ATIV S durrinf IFA 2012, to everyone’s surprise. The devices comes with a 4.8 inch screen with a HD Super AMOLED panel, a 1.5 GHz dual core Qualcomm CPU, 1 GB of RAM, Gorilla Glass 2 screen protection and 16 or 32 GB of storage. Ativ S also has NFC, for payment and file sharing purposes and will get a bunch of Samsung apps like the Music Hub and the Media Hub for US market.
According to the latest news, the Samsung ATIV S Windows 8 smartphone is now up on preorder. The device is priced between the HTC 8X – WP8 - EUR 499 on preorder, and the Nokia Lumia 920, which ranges from EUR 599 in Italy, to EUR 649 in Germany. For $711 or 550 Euro you can now preorder the SIM-free ATIV S WP8. It is a well built device, capable of handling more then everything you through at it and you can preorder it from the first online retailer that apparenly has the offer available. Related posts:
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| HTC One X+ Appears in O2 UK Brochure, Apparently Comes With 64 GB of Storage, 1.7 GHz Tegra 3 CPU Posted: 28 Sep 2012 04:55 AM PDT
We’ve been hearing about the HTC One X+ so often that we feel like we own it already. After numerous leaks in benchmarks, pictures, specs and all that, plus a few pics, today we get a brochure from O2 UK showing the handset. This supposed update of the HTC One X is only expected to bring a better CPU and Android Jelly Bean preinstalled.
HTC One X+ features a 1.7 GHz Tegra 3 processor, 64 GB of built in memory and keeps the 8 megapixel camera. It also gets Android 4.1 Jelly Bean preinstalled, and an additional 25 GB of DropBox storage is available. The price tag shown here is 479.99 quid on a pay as you go plan when it comes to O2. Frankly speaking, to me this update feels as useless as the one of the HTC Sensation to HTC Sensation XE. What do you get extra? Some red rings on the case, Beats Audio and headphones and some minor tweaks of the device. Did it sell well? Nope, not at all and that’s proved by the fact it disappeared quickly from carriers and retailers, just like the HTC One XL. HTC has to be careful this time, since launching the HTC One X+ too soon and the rumored HTC phablet would cannibalize both their sales. Related posts:
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| HTC One S T-Mobile Version Gets Android 4.0.4 With Sense 4.1 Posted: 28 Sep 2012 04:36 AM PDT
HTC One S, the T-Mobile version has reached version Android 4.0.4 of its OS, up from Android 4.0.3 and HTC Sense 4.1 from 4.0. The 150 MB download also brings a bunch of changes and bug fixes, that are detailed below. If you still have a One S and you weren’t scared by the chipping case issue, this is what you need to know:
The device has some problems solved through the update, stuff like data connection delay, signal fluctuation, WiFi dropping or not connecting, email links that don’t open, loading screens or lag problems and music skips. General connectivity issues have also been corrected. Overall the phone is more stable now, so it’s recommended you actually perform the update ASAP. You should make sure the battery is fully charged before proceeding, to have enough juice for the new software. Although backup is not needed theoretically, you’d better play it safe and have one ready. And hopefully we’re one step closer to the Android 4.1 Jelly Bean update through this latest software offering… Did you update? How is it working for you? Related posts:
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| Samsung Holding NYC Press Event on October 24th Posted: 28 Sep 2012 02:08 AM PDT
Samsung has sent invitations for their newest press event in New York. The press invite bares the ”The Next Big Thing Is Here” slogan. We will probably be delighted with the announcement of new device/s from the top smartphonee Korean manufacturer.
As the Windows 8 official launch draws near, Samsung is expected to announce devices running on the Microsoft platform at the press event in NYC on October 24th. The manufacturer gives us a clue to at least one device that will be announced at the conference : the US bound Galaxy Note II. The press invite image shows what looks like the S-Pen stylus, characteristic for Samsung’s Note line-up. We have already seen leaked images of the Verizon branded Note II with LTE that will apparently launch next month. This model comes with the same specs as the international version as Samsung has apparently added LTE capabilities to their Exynos chipset. Whatever Samsung will announce be sure to follow us for the latest info. Related posts:
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| Samsung Galaxy Music Images and Specs Leaked Posted: 28 Sep 2012 01:54 AM PDT
First time we’ve heard about the Galaxy Music is when Samsung published the list of updates to Jelly Bean for its devices. That is where the Galaxy Music was stated to get the update to Android 4.1 somewhere in the near future. Telekom-presse leaked a couple of pictures of the new upcoming device dedicate for music listening.
The Samsung Galaxy Music is Samsung’s newest device made to replace your PMP while keeping your smartphone functionality. The device comes in two versions: Galaxy Music and Galaxy Music DUOS. The latter has dual SIM capabilities while retaining the smae aspects of the specs. Speaking of the hardware, let’s take a look at what the Galaxy Music has to offer:
The Galaxy Music comes with Android 4.0.4 pre-installed but an upgrade to Jelly Bean is expected. It features dual front speakers, a front camera for video chat, WiFi and GPS. We are expecting Samsung to detail the release date and pricing very soon.
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| iPhone 5 Debuts In 22 More Countries Today Posted: 28 Sep 2012 01:31 AM PDT
It’s a good day to be an iPhone fan, since the coveted iPhone 5 debuts today in 22 more countries. It was already available in the first wave on September 21st in the likes of USA, Canada, Australia, France, Germany and Japan, plus UK, but now it reaches more territories. Those include Austria, Belgium, Denmark, Finland, Hungary, Italy, Netherlands and more.
Prices will vary depending on the country and the amount of VAT will be the one to decide it. Spain, Slovenia, Slovakia, Portugal and Switzerland are on the list as well, in case you’re wondering. Before you rush to buy a unit, remember that there’s a Scuff Gate scandal going on, with potential scratches of the black iPhone 5 leading to shiny metal exposure on the sides. Also, the white version is rumored to be leaking light at the top part, so nothing’s perfect these days. Also, the other day some people confirmed a mystery purple hue that their iPhone 5 pictures caught on camera, a potential photo sensor defect. Those are all isolated cases, that Apple didn’t even address, so before we get word that there’s a mass bug going on, you can feel safe to buy an iPhone 5. It offers you a dual core Apple A6 processor, 1 GB of RAM, a 4 inch display with 640 x 1136 pixel resolution, an 8 megapixel camera with sapphire glass protection, the brand new Lightning port and bundled Earpods headphones. Related posts:
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