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Nokia Lumia 510 is now official

After some rumours that Nokia was working on the Lumia 510. Well, it's now here. It packs a Snapdragon S1 800MHz single-core processor runs on Windows Phone 7.5 Mango, 256MB of RAM, 4GB of internal storage with no microSD card slot, a 4-inch display, a VGA front camera and a 5MP rear camera, GPS, A-GPS, WiFi and a 1,300mAh battery to power it all.

Images: Nokia & Phonearena.
Source: Phonearena.

Oppo Find 5 leaked images and specs

Leaked images and specs of the Oppo Find 5 have been released, has specs similair to the HTC J Butterfly that was unveiled earlier this week.

The phone sports a 1.5GHz quad-core Qualcomm Snapdragon S4 Pro, runs on Android 4.1 Jellybean out of the box, 2GB of RAM, will come in either 16 or 32GB of internal storage, has a 5-inch fullHD display, a 12MP backs camera with a Sony backlit sensor, an aluminium unibody with a 3mm bezel and 6.9mm of thickness and a 2,500mAh battery to power it all. 

The pricing will be 363.51 euro for the 16GB version and 397.95 euro for the 32GB version. There are also rumours that it will be available in Europe or America.

Source: GSMArena.

Images: GSMArena.

Samsung Galaxy Y receives a small update

Samsung pushed out an update to the Galaxy Y, no ICS nor Jellybean just a small update. The will bring with it more system stability and better touchscreen responsiveness. The update size is only a 1.5MB. So Galaxy Y users pick that phone and check for any system updates.

Source: GSMArena.

Image: TalkAndroid.

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

Samsung Galaxy Music is official

Samsung Galaxy Music is official, has dual-sim too.

• Runs on Android 4.0 ICS customized with TouchWiz obviously
• 512MB of RAM
• 4GB internal storage 
• 3-inch QVGA display
• 3MP rear camera
• WiFi
• Bluetooth 3.0
• GPS with Glonass
• 1,300mAh battery

And as the name suggests it packs some music features that are: Smart Volume, Music View, Sound Alive, SRS and dual front loudspeakers. Another version of this phone, the Galaxy Music Duos that will be dual sim. There's no word about pricing and when it'll be available.

Source: Samsung and GSMArena.

Image: GSMArena.

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.

Two new Samsung smartphones running WP8 leak

The Samsung Odyessey & Marco are the leaked WP devices we're talking about. They both pack good specs.

Samsung Odyessey: The Odyessey has a 1.5GHz dual-core Snapdragon S4 processor, a 4.65-inch HD Super AMOLED display, 2MP front camera & an 8MP rear camera & NFC.

Samsung Marco: The Marco also has a 1.5GHz dual-core Snapdragon S4 processor, 4-inch WVGA display, 2MP front camera & 5MP rear camera & LTE.

Both are listed to come out in Q4.

Source: Phonearena & from image.

Image: Phonearena.

Sony Xperia miro and tipo announced

Sony announces two new smartphones, the Xperia miro and tipo.



Sony Xperia Tipo: It has an 800MHz single-core processor that runs Android 4.0 ICS, 2.9GB of internal storage but only 2.2GB user available, 3.2-inch scratch-resistant display, 3.2MP rear camera, comes with a some of Sony's music services that are: xLOUD, PlayNow and TrackID, Bluetooth, WiFi, 3G and a 1,500mAh to power it all. Comes in a dual-SIM version. Close-up: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XQZ8sS-_KvE&feature=player_embedded

Sony Xperia miro: It has the same 800MHz single-core processor found in the tipo and also runs Android4.0 ICS, 4GB of internal storage but only 2.2GB user available storage, 3.5-inch scratch- resistant display, 5MP rear camera, comes with a series of Sony's music services that are: xLOUD, Walkman, PlayNow and TrackID, Bluetooth, WiFi, 3G and a 1,500mAh batter to power it all.

Source: Sony. Images: Sony.

Gigabyte announces new smartphones

Gigabyte announced 3 new smartphones at Computex. All of them are dual-SIM.

Gigabyte GSmart M1420: a 1GHz MTK6575 single-core processor and runs on Android 4.0 ICS, a 4-inch WVGA display, a 1.3MP front camera and an 8MP rear camera, WiFi and Bluetooth.

Gigabyte GSmart G1362: It has a 1.2GHz processor, 512MB of RAM, 4GB of internal storage, a VGA front facing camera and a 5MP rear camera, a 4.3-inch display, WiFi and Bluetooth.

Gigabyte GSmart M1320: It has a 1GHz processor, 512Megs of RAM, 4GB of internal storage, a 3MP shooter, a 3.5-inch display, WiFi and Bluetooth.

Gigabyte GSmart G1342: And the smaller of the branch. It has an 800MHz processor, 512MB of RAM, 1GB of internal storage and WiFi. 

Source: GSMArena.

Images: GSMDome and GSMArena.

AT&T Samsung Exhilarte is official

Samsung Exhilarate for AT&T is official. It has a 1.2GHz dual-core processor and runs Android 2.3 Gingerbread, 1.3MP front camera and a 5MP rear camera capable to shoot 720p videos, a 4-inch HD Super AMOLED display, A-GPS, Bluetooth, LTE, WiFi and it's made form 80% recycled material.. It will be available on June 10th for $50 and obviously a pay monthly plan.

Source: GSMArena.

Image: Samsung.

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Samsung files for more trademark names

Samsung files for six more trademark names apart from the others made earlier this year. They could be new mid-range or budget smartphones. The six new trademark names are: Galaxy Epic, Galaxy Rivet, Galaxy Lunge, Galaxy Forge, Galaxy Mission, Galaxy Mission and the Galaxy Welid. Or as someone said in Phandroid's comments they could be just carrier names for the SIII. We'll wait and see guys :)

Source: Phandroid.

Image: Phandroid.

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.