HTC J Butterfly announced in Japan

Do you remember that HTC 5-inch smartphone with a full HD display ? Well, it's here and packs some really good specs. It has a 1.5GHz quad-core Snapdragon S4 Pro running on Android 4.1 Jellybean, 2GB of RAM, 16GB of internal storage with microSD card slot, a 5-inch full HD display with 440ppi, a 2.1MP front facing camera an 8MP rear camera that can capture 1080p videos, IPX5 protection, LTE, WiFi, NFC, Bluetooth 4.0 and a 2,020mAh. As you can see from the images it will come in white, red and black colours. It will launch in Japan on AU/KDDI network. This model will be exclusive to Japan.

Source: Engadget & GSMArena.
Images: HTC JP

ASUS Padfone 2 unveiled

ASUS announced the Padfone 2 today at Milan, which packs some boasting specs.

The smartphone packs a 1.5GHz Qualcomm Snapdragon S4 Pro running ICS with a Jellybean promised in the future, 2GB of RAM, it will come in 16, 32 and 64GB of internal storage, 50GB of ASUS's Webstorage for 2 years, 4.7-inch 720p Super IPS+ display, a 1.2MP front camera and a 13MP rear camera capable to capture up to 1080p videos, NFC, LTE and a 2,140mAh battery to power it all, it's not replacable though.

As for the tablet side, there is a 10.1-inch IPS display, a 5,000mAh and a 13-pin connector that's compatible with microUSB and MHL.

Source: Engadget & GSMArena.
Image: Engadget.

Samsung Galaxy SIII Mini announced

Today Samsung has announced the smaller variant of the Galaxy SIII, the Galaxy SIII Mini.

• Under the hood it packs a 1GHz dual-core processor
•  runs Android 4.1 Jellybean customized with TouchWiz
• 1GB of RAM
• 8 and 16GB of internal storage
• 4-inch Super AMOLED display
• a VGA front 5MP rear camera with LED flash capable to record 720p HD videos
• Bluetooth 4.0
• WiFi
• NFC
• GPS with GLONASS
• 1,500mAh battery

Source: Samsung

Images: Samsung

Sprint Samsung Galaxy Victory 4G LTE announced

Samsung announced the Galaxy Victory 4G LTE that will be sold on Sprint's network for $99 with a $50 mail-in rebate.

Under the hood it has a 1.2GHz dual-core Snapdragon S4 processor runs on Android 4.0 ICS, 1GB of RAM, 4GB of internal storage expandable with a microSD card, 4-inch Super AMOLED display, a 1.3MP front facing camera and a 5MP rear shooter with LED flash, Bluetooth 4.0, NFC, S Beam, Google Wallet, AllShare Play, AllShare Group Cast, and of course it has LTE and 2,100mAh battery. It will be availableo n Sprint's network on September 16th.

Source: Android Police & Sprint.
Image: Sprint.

ZTE Flash for Sprint as leaked promo reveals

A leaked promo reveals that the ZTE Flash is headed to Sprint network and packs some really good specs. It has a 1.5GHz dual-core Snapdragon S4 processor, 1GB of RAM, 1GB of RAM, 8GB of internal storage expandable via a microSDXC card, 4.5-inch 720p IPS display protected with Gorilla Glass, 1MP front camera & 12.6MP rear camera with LED flash, LTE, Bluetooth 4.0, GPS, WiFi & NFC. Pretty good specs huh ? As rumored it should launch on October 14th.

Source: GSMArena.

Image: GSMArena.

LG LS860 "Cayenne" spotted again

We saw the LG LS860 "Cayenne" spotted earlier this week but now it's been spotted once with more and better specs.  It now has a 1.2 GHz dual-core Snapdragon S4 processor runs on ICS, 1GB of RAM, 4-inch WVGA IPS display, NFC, LTE, a QWERTY physical keyboard and a 1,700mAh battery to power it all.

It's also rumored that it will launch through Sprint's network in Q3. It's not a bad phone maybe it's a small version of the previously leaked LS970.

Source: Phandroid.

Image: Phandoroid.

Samsung Galaxy SIII specs and features

Yeah here it is the much awaited Samsung Galaxy SIII. Well personally I think this is the real iPhone... Bye bye iPhone and say hello to the Galaxy SIII. It has a 1.4GHz Exynos 4412 quad-core chip, Android ICS pre-installed, 1GB of RAM, will come in 16, 32 and 64GB versions, a 4.8-inch HD Super AMOLED display 1280x780 resolution, HDMI adapter, 1.9MP front camera and an 8MP rear camera, LTE, NFC enabled and a 2,100mAh battery to power it all.

It's as thin as 8.6mm, weighs133g and has a slim bezel. As we previously said it will come in marble white and pebble blue.

As rumours claimed it has a 4.8-inch HD Super AMOLED display 1280x720 screen resolution.

It has an 8MP camera as some rumours claimed. a 1.9MP front camera is present, with it you can capture an HD self video and you can also capture a still photo while recording a video !

This smartphone packs a whole bunch of new features. These new features are: pop-up play this works like this, if you are watching a video ad you want for example search for something on the net you can imply do it and you still watch it in a pop-up. 

S Voice. Just like Siri you can talk and the smartphone responds. Probably this is the closest service to Siri.

Another awesome feature is SmartSay. If you look at the phone the screen will stay up if you don't look at the screen the screen will go on stand by. It tracks you're eyeball movement.

The AllShare eco system.

 

AllShare Play. This service let's you access your files from anywhere.

AllShare Cast is like Apple's AirPlay.You can share videos, pictures and games onto a bigscreen.

Buddy photo share instantly recognizes people's faces in photos and let's you share with them.

Direct Call. Direct Call let's you phone people when you're messaging them. 

Social Tag. This feature let's you to keep track of your loved says Samsung.

Group Cast is a feature where a group of people can share their own screen with others.

Smart Alert. This feature will let you know if you have some missed calls or messages by vibrating the phone.


The Samsung Galaxy SIII also helps you keep track of your health with dedicated applications.

International Sony Xperia ion announced yesterday

The International Sony Xperia ion was announced yesterday in Taiwan.

Image from: www.gsmarena.com

 It has a 1.5GHz dual-core processor running on Android 2.3 Gingerbread but will get an upgrade to ICS, 16GB of internal storage expandable via a microSD card, 4.6-inch 720p display with Mobile BRAVIA technology, 12MP rear camera capable to capture 1080p videos, NFC,WiFi, Bluetooth and it will lack LTE and will rely on HSPDA. Video link: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-AHEYljMSLQ&feature=player_embedded.

Source: GSMArena.

LG Optimus Elite announced

Sprint will have this phone for $29.99 after a $50 mail-in rebate on a 2 year contract. This eco-friendly smartphone has an 800MHz single-core processor running on Android 2.3 Gingerbread, 512MB of RAM, 3.5-inch display, 5MP rear camera with LED flash, NFC, Bluetooth 3.0 and WiFi. A pretty good budget Android phone.

Image from: www.digitallifeplus.com

Source: Engadget

Intel Atom smartphones will go up for sale tomorrow

Intel Atom based smartphones will go up for sale tomorrow. The Indian company, Lava will put the Xolo X900 for sale tomorrow. This smartphones has a 1.6GHz single-core Intel Atom Z2460 processor with Hyper Threading running on Android 2.3 Gingerbread, 1GB of RAM, 4.03-inch display, 8MP rear camera capable to capture 1080p videos, PowerVR SGX540 GPU, NFC, HDMI out. A pretty good phone huh ?

Image from: http://www.fonearena.com/

Source: GSMArena.

Panasonic Eluga now for sale in Germany

The Panasonic Eluga is now for sale in Germany. Amazon.de, GetGoods.de and Guenstinger.de have it for sale now. Under the hood the Eluga packs a 1GHz dual-core processor running on Android 2.3 Gingerbread but will get a taste of ICS this summer, 1GB of RAM, 8GB of internal storage, 4.3-inch qHD AMOLED display, an 8MP camera NFC and a 1,150mAh battery. Expansys will have it on April 24th.

Image from: www.gsmarena.com

Source: http://www.gsmarena.com/panasonic_eluga_droid_on_sale_in_germany_coming_to_the_uk_soon-news-4095.php.

Nokia Lumia 610 NFC now official

A new version of the Nokia Lumia 610 is now official. It will remain with the same specs like the previous version but with NFC added on board. video link: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Skpt9I-BxYg.