YotaPhone 2 2014

A smartphone with AMOLED dual-display and an E-ink reader, joins the smartphone line-up at MWC

Remember that dual-display with an E-ink back display? That wowed us. well, YotaPhone is back again to bring the refreshed and upgraded version of the old YotaPhone and introduced it  at MWC 2014, the YotaPhone 2 with different built-deign and improved specs that can join the Flagship category.

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The YotaPhone 2 houses great specs from 5-inch Full HD AMOLED front display and E-ink back that measures 4.7 inches with the screen resolution of 960x540. The updated screen resolution gives you more rich-tone text than the first YotaPhone that only measures 640x360 resolution. Now they made the YotaPhone much slimmer and brought the curved edge design.

But wait, YotaPhone didn't stop there, they now offer great specs with its 2.3GHZ quad-core Qualcomm Snapdragon 800 chipset, 2GB RAM. The camera is great now for having its 2MP front facing camera and 8MP back camera. With its connectivity of 4G support, 3G, Wi-Fi, Bluetooth 4.0, A-GPS support, wireless charging, an internal storage of 32GB, Android 4.4. KitKat and powered by its 2550 mAh battery.

The 2nd gen YotaPhone will be available in 2 colors mainly Black and White, having no specific pricing and release date. We can predict that the YotaPhone will be made available this late 2014.

The official Samsung Galaxy S5

After the long wait and confusing leaked photographs the Galaxy S5 is here!

The Samsung Galaxy S4 was updated and replaced by its his bigger brother the Samsung galaxy S5, The Galaxy S5 was announced at Mobile World Congress 2014, after the long wait it's finally here!
Another phone from Samsung but will it be the "Best smartphone of 2014" ? 
Other companies are on the look out for Sammy, with their Samsung Galaxy S5.

The Samsung Galaxy S5 is very similar to the S4 with its round edge corners and a metal case on the side but now they replaced the Hyper-glazed back cover to a new soft touched back without the leather look.

The Galaxy S5 hardware supports 5.1" SuperAMOLED display with 1080p resolution not like what we expected with the 2k screen resolution but a new smarter feature the "Finger print scanning home button" With its home / finger print scanner button and touch buttons, for the camera GS4 got the 2MP front facing camera and 16MP rear facing camera with LED flash and capable of 4K video recording but now with a smarter feature, the flash will support a "Heart rate sensor" that will monitor your heart rate. 

Samsung brought the very high-end specification that you will only get on the Galaxy S5, the Galxy S5 houses great specifications with its 2.5GHz quad-core Snapdragon 800 chipset, 2GB RAM, NFC, Wi-Fi, USB 3, Bluetooth 4.0, Wi-Fi 802.11ac, Android 4.4 KitKat  and a 2,800mAh battery.

The Samsung Galaxy S5 will be made available on April 11 in 150 countries.

The galaxy S5 offers two new sensors the Finger print scanner and Heart rate sensor.

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The Galaxy S5 offers different colors from Gold, White, Blue and Black

Samsung Gear 2 Neo

Another Gear from Samsung? Now it's the Gear 2 Neo.

Samsung then again announced another smart watch at the Mobile World Congress but now the Gear 2 Neo with its cool bright orange color.

Samsung managed to slim down the built factor of the Gear 2 Neo, it is much slimmer than the Gear 2, but having the slim form factor comes some sacrifices with the Gear 2 Neo having no camera. The bright side is the Gear 2 Neo is elegant and with its rubberized strap it doesn't look cheap at all. 

The Gear 2 Neos shares similar specification with its bigger brother the original Galaxy Gear 1, with its 1.63-inch, 320x320 pixel resolution display and 278 pixels per inch. The interface of the Gear 2 Neo does support the Tizen OS and Samsung promised that hundreds of apps will be made available at launch. The good news is even you have an old Samsung device you can pair the Gear 2 Neo with it, Samsung says you can pair the Gear 2 Neo with 20 different Samsung devices. 

The Gear 2 Neo houses great specifications with its 1GHz dual-core CPU, with the untouched 512MB RAMS. Samsung says teh battery will last for 5 days.

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Samsung Gear 2

A new Gear from Samsung, it's the Samsung Gear 2!

Samsung announced not one but three smart watches but we not focus on the Gear 2 because the Gear 2 is an upgrade from the original Galaxy Gear, with the Gear 2 having a beast specifications and a huge difference in the design factor.

The Gear 2 supports 2.3 x 1.5 x 0.39 inches much slimmer than the Galaxy Gear with its 2.2 x 1.4 x 0.43 inches, the Gear 2 looks more elegant and much more lighter and it supports a home / back button. The Gear 2 is now IP67-certified, and water resistant and you can use it while swimming or in the shower.

Samsung made an improvement when it comes to the camera of the Gear 2, it now houses a 2MP camera and capable of 1920 x 1080p video recording, the camera is now located on the watch itself not like the original Galaxy Gear which is placed on the strap.

The Gear 2 supports a huge upgrade in-terms of specifications 1 GHz dual-core processor, and 512 MB of RAM, it's huge specs for just a smart watch that will keep you running. It will last for 3 days in just a single charge.

The new Gear 2 runs the new Samsung OS the Tizen OS, they said that it will offer hundreds of app at launch date.

Gear 2 adds some new features with infrared sensor that can help you use your watch as a remote for you TV, pedometer to let you track your fitness activities and media controls.

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Samsung Gear Fit

Samsung's new Gear line-up, your Gear for Fitness!

Samsung announced three Gear line-up from Gear 2, Gear 2 Neo and the Gear Fit.

Samsung now joins the Smart watch / Fitness category by introducing its Gear Fit, The Gear Fit focuses on fitness by means of tracking your daily activities. 

The Samsung Gear Fit houses 1.84” Curved Super AMOLED (432x128) for its dimension 23.4 x 57.4 x 11.95 mm, 27g , a small but great screen resolution for a small fitness band, the on-screen icon offers Pedometer, Exercise, Heart Rate, Sleep, Stopwatch, Timer. The Gear Fit carries loads of sensors from Accelerometer, Gyro to Heart Rate, the Heart Rate sensor can be found on the back of the Gear Fit. Connectivty for the Gear Fit is Bluetooth® v4.0 LE and it is powered by 210mAh standard battery (Typical Usage 3 to 4 days, low Usage up to 5 days).

The additional features for the Gear Fit having said that it can be a smart watch / fitness band it lets you see you notifications (SNS, Call, E-mail, Apps) Schedule, Smart Relay, Media Controller, interchangeable strap and IP67 Dust and water resistant so you can use it while washing your hands.

Samsung will sell several color options straps for the Gear Fit but for the pricing and availability are still unclear.

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The Heart Rate Sensor:

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SmartBand from Sony

A new smart wear from Sony, The Sony SmartBand SWR10.

" Log your life with SmartBand " - Sony

Sony announced the SmartBand SWR10 at the Mobile World Congress with its smartphone line-up.
This smart wear is one innovative way of Sony by introducing its Life logging wristband that lets you log your daily activities, your communications, entertainment, log special events and watch every events on your Android device.

The SmartBand itself weighs only 21 grams, it requires you to have Android KitKat to be able to view your daily activities on your Android device. The SmartBand lets you plan your activities, It will show you your call and text notifications by just a simple vibrate, use it as a media control. Sony made it a Fitness tracking device that you can measure your steps and calculate your calorie burn. It is also a waterproof and the design is perfect and you can wear the SmartBand 24/7 to log your day.



The Sony SmartBand comes with an app called "LifeLog" this app will monitor your everyday activities, lets you plan your day, record your special events and lets you remind your physical activities and you can see if you've been riding, cycling, walking, running and even monitor how hours you've slept.

Sony SmartBand SWR10 will be globally available from March 2014, the color availability for now is Black but Sony says more colors will be available in the launch date.

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HTC's Desire 610 and 816 mid-range line-up

HTC's Desire 610 and 816 joins the mid-range category

HTC announced not only one but two plasticky mid-range smartphones and budget friendly smartphones namely HTC Desire 610 and HTC Desire 816, HTC joins the party by launching its mid-range line-up at the Mobile World Congress to compete with other companies that offers mid-range smartphones like the Xperia M2, LG G2 mini, and many more. The HTC Desire 610 will be the mid-low range device and while the HTC Desire 816 will be the mid-high device and will get a refreshed version in the near future.

The Desire 610 comes with 4.7-inch qHD display, supporting it with Snapdragon 400 processor with four Kraits running at 1.2 GHz, 1GB of RAM and 8GB of internal storage and an expandable storage up to 64GB via microSD card, it will run the Android Jelly Bean with HTC UI, the camera houses 8 megapixel rear camera with LED flash and 1.3 megapixel front facing not bad for selfies. The feature that stands out the most with its mid-low range level is the 4G LTE connectivity.

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While the HTC Desire 816 the bigger brother of the Desire 610 lines in the phablet smartphone catergory with its 5.5” screen with a resolution of 720 x 1280 pixels, a size of 156.6 x 78.7 x 7.99mm and weighs about 165g, it is powered by Qualcomm Snapdragon 400 processor with a 1.6GHz quad-core CPU and Adreno 305 GPU. with 1.5GB of RAM and 8GB of internal storage, expandable microSD. 

The connectivity of the Desire 816 hosts Bluetooth 4.0, Wi-Fi 802.11 b/g/n with Wi-Fi Direct and 4G LTE connectivity. The HTC Desire UI will come with its Sense 5.5 out of the box and powered by it 2,600mAh battery.

The HTC desire houses its 13MP rear camera and 5MP front facing camera for great selfies and get ready for the selfie season from HTC Desire 816 because the Desire 816 will be available in April.

For color availability you will get the Black, Orange, Light Green and White

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Sony Xperia M2 a new mid-ranger smartphone from Sony Xperia

A new mid-ranger smartphone from Sony, it's the Sony Xperia M2 with great specifications.

Sony announced their flagship smartphone the Sony Xperia Z2 then later announced yet another smartphone but now it's a mid-ranger smartphone with great specifications and a budget friendly smartphone.

The Sony Xperia M2 houses a 4.8" TFT display with 540x960 pixels resolution, with the power of Snapdragon 400 chipset with a quad-core 1.2GHz Cortex-A7 processor, Adreno 305 GPU and 1GB of RAM, with its built-in storage of 8GM but expandable microSD storage up to 32GB and it is powered by 2300 mAh of battery.

The Xperia M2 camera is 8MP camera with Sony's Exmor RS sensor with LED flash that is capable of 1080p video recording.

For connectivity it's only 3G enabled HSPA (unspecified), UMTS, EDGE, GPRS and GPS, A-GPS, Glonass, NFC and Bluetooth 4.0 with FM radio.

The M2 runs Google™ Android™ 4.3 (Jelly Bean MR2) but hopefully Sony will cater the KitKat version. The M2 will be made available in April.

For color availability

• White
• Purple
• Black

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LG with its Third generation L series

LG gave their Third Generation L series at MWC 2014 in Barcelona.

It's time to discovery tomorrow with LG, LG announced their famous L series line-up at MWC 2014, LG retains its distinctive look while giving it a hardcore of specification inside.
LG isn't just bringing high-end smartphone but also a low-range to mid-range smartphone at Mobile World Congress 2014 or MWC 2014. The LG L Series III offers a budget friendly price for a smartphone among us. The LG L series III is the said evolution of LG L series II.
The L series III supports somewhat mid-range specifications they all offer 1.2GHz Quad-core Processor , but a larger 1GB of RAM on the L70 and L90, Android 4.4 KitKat and they are capable of the smart accessories from LG. Dual sim for the LG L70 and L40. But The LG L series differ from screen sizes 3.5-inch for LG L40, 4.5-inch for LG L70 and 4.7-inch for LG L90. It runs some new features like the Knock Code™ / Plug & Pop / Clip Tray / Guest Mode™ from LG.

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LG L90

LG L70

LG L40

Watch the LG L Series III : Design Interview 2

Sony Xperia Z2

A new flagship phone from Sony the Sony Xperia Z2 an upgrade from the Sony Xperia Z1

"The Sony Xperia Z2, our best ever smartphone" - Sony

The Sony Xperia Z2 was announced at MWC 2014 in Barcelona a new flagship phone from Sony. Sony took over the general market by storm when they announced their 1st flagship phone the Xperia Z1 and then later  followed by a slight upgrade regarding the screen sizes with the Xperia Z Ultra and Xperia Z1 Compact.

The Sony Xperia Z2 house a great upgrade from the Z1, The Xperia Z2 houses and 5.2 inch Full HD screen with Live color LED, running Qualcomm Snapdragon 801 2.3GHz Krait CPUs inside, Adreno 330 GPU, 3GB of RAM, for the camera it houses 20.7MP with 1/2.-type Exmor RS for mobile CMOS image sensor and a G lens and it shoots in 4k video recording, 4G LTE, NFC capability, a large 3200mAh battery and the most ever famous Xperia line-up feature is the Waterproof capability.

The Sony Xperia Z2 will be available in March of 2014 globally and more detailed reviews as soon as possible.

Color availability:

Black

White

Purple

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Huawei TalkBand B1

Wearable technology is a huge hype these days and top companies like Pebble, Samsung, LG and Sony unveiled their wearable tech. To be specific a smart watch that can interact with you and your phone and can track your daily fitness activities, but Huawei is up for the game to compete with the huge companies by unveiling their Huawei TalkBand B1 at MWC 2014 in Barcelona.

The Huawei TalkBand B1 lets you talk while tracking your daily activities and it connects to you smartphone via Blue tooth and  a wristband that you can wear everyday. The Huawei TalkBand B1 can track your calorie counts, fitness levels and even your sleep patterns and Huawei even doubles it as a Bluetooth headset but you need to download a specific app only for Android and an up-coming app for different platforms and it offers a microphone but its not a touch band but supports a button-navigation.

Specifications for the Huawei TalkBand B1, it supports a 1.4" Film OLED with its extremely thin body for only 0.3 mm wide, weighing only 1 gram and a bendable curved dispaly. Huawei even made it water resistant that you can wash your hands while wearing it but it's not completely waterproof and a big plus for the battery life that Huawei puts in, it can charge for 2 hours and the TalkBand B1 will last for 6days, the band itself is the charger and you can charge it via usb.

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LG G Pro 2

MWC is just around the corner and LG is there to showcase their smartphone line-up, most especially the LG G Pro 2 another flagship phone for LG an upgrade from the said " Best smartphone of 2013 " the LG G2.

LG is having an event at MWC in Barcelona tomorrow 24th of February, 2014.

" Knock and discover tomorrow with LG "

The LG G Pro 2 offers:

• 5.9-inch Full HD IPS display of 1080 x 1920
• Slim bezel
• Qualcomm Snapdragon 800 quad-core processor clocked at 2.26 GHz, Adreno 330 GPU
• 16GB and 32GB internal storage with expandable microSD card slot
• 13.0MP optically image stabilized camera and a 2.1MP front camera
• Android 4.4 KitKat out of the box
• 4G LTE
• Bluetooth 4.0, USB, WiFi a/b/g/n/ac and NFC
• 3 color variant Titan Black, White, and Silver
• 3,200mAh removable battery

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Knock and discover tomorrow with LG

The Korean company LG is teasing it’s MWC 2014 or Mobile World Congress event that’s happening in Barcelona this February 24-27.

MWC is one of the biggest technology showcase event that is happening next week February 24-27 in Barcelona. Many technology companies are coming and will be showing innovative products that can be used by the general market. but LG is having an event too. LG will showcase their new flagship line-up smartphone with their new and refreshed LG G PRO 2 that was announced last week in Korea but LG will still showcase an event for the LG G PRO 2.

We’ll be expecting something from LG by just watching the teaser, but what to expect? Well LG has always something to WOW the general market.

• New Possibilities
• Smarter Inspiration
• Unique Brilliance

Knock and discover tomorrow with LG.

Come see what we are bringing on the stage at MWC 2014.
- Monday, 24th February, 2014 @ Barcelona - LG

A new mini flagship smartphone from LG the LG G2 mini

Last week the Korean company LG announced its flagship smartphone the LG G PRO 2 but suddenly announced yet another mid-range flagship smartphone but a smaller one. It’s the LG G2 mini that shares the same built factor from its bigger brother the LG G Pro 2.

The LG G2 mini shares a somewhat good specification for a mid-range smartphone

• 4.7” display of qHD resolution (540x960 pixels)
• Android 4.4 KitKat out of the box
• LG Optimus UI
• 8MP camera with LED flash
• 8GB onboard storage
• 2,440mAh removable battery 
• MicroSD card slot
• 1GB or RAM
• 1.2GHz quad-core CPU
• Non-LTE

A choice between:

• Snapdragon 400

Or

• Nvidia Tegra 4i chipset.

Color availability:

• White
• Black
• Red
• Champagne color

The LG G2 mini will be available this March in Russia. Then The Middle East, Latin America, Asia and Europe will follow in April.

HTC M8 leaked photographs

A follow-up from the successor of HTC, the HTC One. HTC will bring a new updated and a powerful flagship phone for HTC, the HTC M8 is the code for the HTC 2 and now it is getting attentions because of the unique body but somehow familiar build design to the HTC One.

Here’s some leaked photos of the HTC M8:

Photos of @HTCFAMILY_RU

We can see a:

• Dual Flash
• Dual Camera
• Shinier Silver Metal Body Design

MARK YOUR CALENDARS NOW FOR THE HTC M8 EVENT

A big power in a small phone it's the Xperia Z1 Compact

Tired of phones with big screen?

Looking for a phone with one-handed use?

Looking for a phone with a big specification but in a small case?

Well Sony has something for you!

Sony brought that phone for you it’s the Xperia Z1 Compact.

" Outstanding performance in the size for you " - Sony

A new tagline for Sony, and they’re right. But all flagship devices of Sony ranges from 5 inches to 6.4 inches. like the Xperia Z1 and Xperia Z ultra. but why put the Z1 compact on the 4.3 inches lineup? We have the answer for that. Not all people want a big screen some people would rather use a normal screen size that ranges from 4 inches to 4.3 inches for one-handed use.

But wait there’s more, the Z1 and Z1 compact are the same in terms of hardware.

With it’s glass front and back panel, in terms of camera and the most famous features of the Xperia lineup the Dust resistant and Waterproof technology.

 " The best of Sony in a compact waterproof* smatphone " - Sony

The Z1 Compact houses some great specifications.

• Weight: 137 grams
• Dimensions: 127 x 64.9 x 9.5 mm
• Display: 4.3 inch TRILUMINOS™ Display for mobile with X-Reality™ for mobile picture engine 16,777,216 colours, 1280x720 pixels
• Internal:

1. Google Android 4.3 (Jelly Bean) 
2. 2.2 GHz Qualcomm MSM8974 Quad Core
3. 16 GB, 2 GB RAM
4. Micro SD expandable up to 64 GB
5. Wi-Fi 802.11 a/b/g/n/ac, Wi-Fi Direct, DLNA, Wi-Fi hotspot
6. Bluetooth v4.0 with A2DP
7. NFC
8. LTE
9. MicroUSB v2.0 (MHL) and added USB On-the-go

• Camera: 20.7 megapixel camera with Sony Exmor, G Lens

Color Availability: Black, Lime Green, White and Pink

Sony did a great job on creating a small phone with a power house of specifications, we would love to see an update of the Z1 compact.

A small but powerful phone from Sony, the Xperia Z1 Compact.

Links down below for more details about the Sony Xperia Z1 Compact.

Sony Xperia Z1 Compact