XOLO Q1000 Spotted Online with 5-Inch HD Screen and Android 4.2

Mobile phone maker XOLO is gearing up for the launch of a new Android-based smartphone in India, namely the XOLO Q1000, which has already made an appearance online.

The handset was spotted over at Flipkart, and should become official in the near future with a 5-inch HD screen, a 1.2GHz dual-core processor inside, and Google’s Android 4.2 Jelly Bean platform loaded on top, as Fonearena notes. Furthermore, the new mobile phone sports an 8-megapixel photo snapper on the back, with full HD video recording capabilities, along with a front camera for making video calls.

The handset’s specs list also includes 1GB of RAM, 4GB of internal memory, a microSD memory card lot for expansion purposes, 3G capabilities, WiFi and Bluetooth connectivity, GPS receiver, Dual SIM (GSM + GSM), and a 2100 mAh battery to power them all.

XOLO Q1000
Image credits to Flipkart

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Samsung Galaxy Note III GT-N7200 Spotted in AnTuTu with Android 4.3

Following the launch of Galaxy S 4 earlier this year, Samsung Electronics is expected to make official a new handset in its Galaxy Note lineup later this year, and rumor has it that this device has just emerged in the AnTuTu benchmark.

The device, supposedly called Galaxy Note III, should feature model number GT-N7200 when released, and has made it to the headlines quite a few times lately. According to a post on GSMInsider, the Galaxy Note III GT-N7200 scored over 27,000 points in said benchmarking application, yet it remains to be seen if the results are legit.

Expected to become official in September, the smartphone is said run Android 4.3 and to pack the same plastic casing as Galaxy S4 before it, though it will lack the flexible display that users have been long dreaming of. Stay tuned for more on this.

Samsung Galaxy Note III benchmarks
Image credits to mydrivers via GSMInsider

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AMD Drops to Fourth Place on Processor Market

Market analyst firm IC Insight has finished its study of the year 2012, and discovered a surprising thing about the top rankings in terms of total semiconductor sales throughout the 12-month period.

Long story short, AMD came up short compared to three other companies. While Intel came first, as expected, Advanced Micro Devices did not make second spot, or even third. Those positions went to Qualcomm and Samsung, respectively, as shown in the table above. Thus, AMD is on fourth place, after suffering a 21% drop in microprocessor sales.

Speaking of which, Intel also lost, 1% on-year, while Qualcomm's sales grew 28% and Samsung's shipments soared 78%. Samsung has definitely managed to sell lots of mobile chips. In 2013, things aren't looking up for AMD. Already, Q1 has showed the steepest decline ever in a single quarter.

AMD on fourth spot in terms of processor sales
Image credits to AMD

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