Pantech IM-A880X Spotted in AnTuTu Benchmark with Snapdragon 800 Processor

South Korean mobile phone maker Pantech appears set to bring to the market a new high-end device in the not too distant future, one that sports the model number IM-A880X, and which has just emerged in the AnTuTu benchmarking application. The device is said to pack a Qualcomm Snapdragon 800 processor inside, and appears to be capable of delivering far better performance capabilities when compared to what Samsung’s Exynos 5 Octa-based Galaxy S4 has to offer. As AndroidAuthority notes, the smartphone can perform 10 percent better when compared to what Galaxy S 4 has to offer, with a score of 30133 in AnTuTu, with Android 4.2.2 Jelly Bean on top. Furthermore, as the news site points out, the Snapdragon 800-powered device can best...

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Nokia Lumia 925 Superman Limited Edition to Land in China Soon

Users in China will soon be able to purchase a Limited Edition flavor of the new Nokia Lumia 925 smartphone, the latest reports on the matter claim. Apparently, the company is preparing a Superman Limited Edition of the device, set to become available in China one day after the new Superman movie, Man of Steel, launches on June 14. The new smartphone flavor is expected to arrive with a Superman livery on the back, a recent post on WPDang unveils. Furthermore, Nokia will release a wireless charging cover with the same logo on it as a separate accessory.  However, no changes will be made to the smartphone’s internal hardware, it seems, though Nokia will load on it the newly released Man of Steel application for Windows Phone...

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Samsung Galaxy S4 Mega next to Galaxy S 4, Galaxy S4 Mini

Samsung has been long rumored to plan on launching new high-end, large devices in its Galaxy lineup, and a new such smartphone has made an appearance online, next to the already made official Galaxy S4. A leaked photo that emerged over at mobileaks.nl shows the new smartphone, supposedly called Galaxy S4 Mega, though it might very well be Galaxy Note III, next to Galaxy S 4 and a smaller smartphone, supposedly the unannounced Galaxy S4 mini. The phone appears to pack a smaller bezel when compared to the Galaxy S4, while also suggested to pack a 6-inch touchscreen display, falling in between the Galaxy Mega 5.8 and Galaxy Mega 6.3 smartphones. Unfortunately, no info on the specifications list of the smartphone has been provided...

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Gigabyte's Low-Cost Haswell-Ready LGA1150 Motherboards

We've already seen Mini-ITX Z87 and top-tier Z87 ATX motherboards from Gigabyte, but the company isn't done yet. In anticipation of next week's release of Intel Haswell CPUs, it has introduced some low-cost LGA 1150 mainboards too. The names of the new platforms are B85M-D3H, the Z87-D3HP, and the Z87-UD3H, and their prices are of under $150 / €150. The Z87-UD3H, as one might have guessed, is the most feature-packed of the lot, with heatsinks colored blue, silver, and pink. It uses a pair of PCI Express 3.0 x16 slots, one PCI Express 2.0 x16 slot (electrical x4), three PCI Express 2.0 x1 slots, a legacy PCI, a 24-pin ATX connector and an 8-pin EPS port. Then, there is an optional SATA power connector that can stabilize power domains,...

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Nokia to Launch Dual-SIM Lumias, New Low-End Handsets

Finnish mobile phone maker Nokia has registered a great success with the cheapest smartphones in its Lumia series, especially with the Windows Phone 8-powered Lumia 520, and it appears set to focus on this segment to increase its market share. In fact, Jo Harlow, Nokia’s executive vice president for smartphone business, has already confirmed this, while also adding that the company is focused on launching devices that pack features currently missing from the lineup. One of them would be Dual-SIM capability, which is highly appreciated in various emerging markets such as India, Jo Harlow said in an interview with DNA. “We will continue to push the boundaries of how low we can take Lumia. That’s one thing. […] Dual-SIM is an important...

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