HTC Desire 600 Dual SIM Arrives in India at Rs. 26,860 ($446 / €345)

Mobile phone users in India can now purchase a new Android-based smartphone from Taiwanese handset vendor HTC, namely the HTC Desire 600 Dual SIM, which is available in the country with a price tag of Rs. 26,860 ($446 / €345) attached to it.

Unveiled in May, the handset lands on shelves with a 4.5-inch (960 x 540 pixels) screen, a 1.2 GHz quad-core Qualcomm Snapdragon S4 processor inside, and 1GB of RAM. Furthermore, the new mobile phone packs 8GB of internal memory, a microSD memory card slot for storage expansion purposes, 3G, WiFi, Bluetooth, GPS receiver, and an 1860 mAh battery.

On the back, HTC Desire 600 sports an 8-megapixel photo snapper, paired with a 1.6MP front camera for video calling, and HTC BoomSound. Running under Android 4.1 Jelly Bean, the smartphone features HTC's BlinkFeed functionality and can be seen on this page at saholic, as fonearena notes.

HTC Desire 600
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LG Optimus G2 to Sport 3GB of RAM, LTE-Advanced

South Korean mobile phone maker LG Electronics has already confirmed plans to launch a successor for its Optimus G flagship and, although it did not offer details on the device as of now, the handset is expected to be the first in the world to sport 3GB of RAM inside.

According to the latest reports on the matter, the mobile phone will hits helves with support for LTE-Advanced connectivity, although it will be usable only in South Korea, where the technology has already been deployed by SK Telecom. Featuring 3GB of RAM will enable the upcoming smartphone, supposedly called LG Optimus G2, to provide users with enhanced multitasking capabilities, yet it remains to be seen whether this will pan out.

As PhoneArena notes, the phone was recently rumored to sport navigation control buttons on the back, also a first in the smartphone world.

LG Optimus G
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Nokia Mars and Eros Emerge in Leaked O2 Document

We’re only halfway through 2013, and a nice range of high-end smartphones has already arrived on the market, but it seems that some more are also planned for the remaining of the year.

In fact, a recently leaked document that emerged over at Mobiflip has unveiled some of them, including two new smartphones from Nokia, codenamed Nokia Mars and Nokia Eros. Both are expected to land on shelves with Windows Phone loaded on top, while Eros could be the long rumored Nokia EOS handset, which will allegedly be unveiled on July 11 as Lumia 1020, UnwiredView notes. Also noteworthy in said leaked document are three new HTC smartphones, including the HTC One Max, HTC One mini, and the HTC Desire 500.

HTC One Max, a purported larger HTC One, should sport a 5.9-inch Full HD screen, a quad-core Snapdragon 800 processor, UltraPixel camera, and a 3300 mAh battery.

Leaked O2 document unveils new Nokia, HTC smartphones
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2013 iPhone Will Also Ship in Blue [Leaked Photo]

Every day for the past week or so, a new “budget” iPhone leak has been reported. Today, we can feast our eyes on the latest tidbit out of France’s nowhereelse.fr, which is flashing a new batch of 2013 iPhone cases.

At this point, the low-cost 2013 iPhone seems all but confirmed. All the leaks seem to support one another, and the latest one showing the phone’s plastic enclosure has given birth to a bunch of renderings that possibly show the end product. But there’s one new kid on the block in the image displayed above, courtesy of the aforementioned French blog.

The blue case to the right seems to be of the exact shape and size as the other cases (which we’ve seen in previous leaks), and that includes the metal parts inside which supposedly house the motherboard and other electronics that make up the iPhone.

Purported "budget" iPhone cases
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Black HTC One Mini Photos Leak

Taiwanese mobile phone maker HTC Corporation has been long rumored to plan the launch of a mini flavor of its popular HTC One smartphone, and some more proof on the matter has emerged today.

Although the upcoming mobile phone hasn’t been officially confirmed as of now, allegedly leaked photos with it can be seen online, supposedly confirming its near unveiling. Said photos emerged over at smartnews.bg, confirming that it will be a tad smaller than the HTC One, just as previous reports on the matter suggested.

HTC One mini is expected to land on the market with a 4.3-inch touchscreen display, 2GB of RAM, and 16GB of internal memory, while packing the same user interface and features as the current flagship device from the company (which packs a 4.7-inch screen). The forthcoming smartphone runs under Android 4.2.2 Jelly Bean, it seems.

HTC One Mini
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