Android 4.2 Cheapest Dual-SIM Phone, Karbonn A8

Karbonn, one of the handset makers that own a major smartphone market share in India, has just announced the immediate availability of one of the cheapest devices powered by Android 4.2 Jelly Bean platform, the A8. As fonearena points out, Karbonn A8 is now available for purchase via major retailers across India for only Rs 6,189 (€70/$95) outright. For the time being, customers can choose from two color options (black and white), but additional versions may be launched in the future, depending on sales. The smartphone does not bring anything new in terms of hardware or software, instead it offers customers one of the most affordable smartphone alternatives. Dual-SIM (GSM + GSM) support is included as well, but only Dual standby....

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Oppo Representatives Confirms Oppo N1 for This Year, Find 7 for the Next

Chinese mobile phone maker Oppo is getting ready for the launch of a new camera-centric smartphone before the end of this year, and a company’s representative has already confirmed this. The handset, called Oppo N1, should land on the market in 2013, said official confirmed, though no specific info on when that might happen has been provided as of now. However, a recent article on Android Police notes that Oppo might unveil the phone at the IFA 2013 show in Berlin later this week. In addition to this device, Oppo is also gearing up for the launch of Oppo Find 7, a smartphone that will not be unveiled to the world before late 2014, it seems. For the time being, no official confirmation on the actual existence of Find 7 has...

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Xiaomi Mi3 New Leaked Photos

A new leaked photo of the yet unannounced Xiaomi Mi3 smartphone is available for your viewing pleasure, showing the device being used in the field. The handset can be seen in the hands of a user in this leaked photo, one that could be a Xiaomi employee, as GizChina reports. The photo, available courtesy of NowhereElse, confirms that the handset is almost ready to make an official appearance, yet it does not offer specific info on what it might have to offer in terms of features and capabilities. Rumor has it that the new device will be officially unveiled on September 5 in Beijing with a full HD touchscreen display, as well as with a Snapdragon 800 processor packed inside, and 2GB of RAM. Furthermore, it should sport a 13-megapixel...

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Meizu MX3 Promo Video

Today, Chinese mobile phone maker Meizu has officially announced another high-end smartphone in its popular MX series, namely the Meizu MX3. The company has already made available a video promo for the smartphone, as can be seen above. The clip, however, comes from Gizchina, and was not accompanied by specific details on the hardware capabilities of the mobile phone. Even so, users can still have a closer look at the design features of the new device, and will certainly observe the fact that it is one of the thinnest smartphones that the handset vendor has made official to date. For those who would like to learn more on the phone’s designing and manufacturing process, another video is available, embedded below. The second clip also offers a glimpse of the development of this phone’s...

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Oppo N1 Confirmed to Pack Qualcomm’s Snapdragon 800 Chipset

Chinese handset maker Oppo has recently entered the European market with some of the most powerful, yet affordable Android smartphones available. The next flagship handset, Oppo N1 is expected to go official on September 23, but news about the phone’s hardware and software configuration has already started to leak. We already know that the N1 is likely to boast a 5.5-inch full HD capacitive touchscreen display and an impressive 16-megapixel rear camera. Today, new info on the phone’s chipset has emerged via one of Oppo’s marketing execs’ Sina Weibo account, Engadget reports. It appears that Oppo N1 will be packed with Qualcomm’s powerful Snapdragon 800 chipset, which also features microSD card slot for memory expansion and HSPA+...

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Sony Xperia Z1 Honami Press Photos Leak

As expected, the first press photos of the upcoming Sony Xperia Z1 Honami have been leaked ahead of the official reveal, which is expected to take place in just a few days at IFA 2013 trade fair. The first images showing Sony’s next flagship smartphone have just been published by the folks over at XperiaBlog and seem to be legit. Although no official details on the phone’s specs sheet have been unveiled, the latest hearsay claims that Xperia Z1 will boast a stunning 5-inch full HD capacitive touchscreen display and a powerful quad-core Qualcomm Snapdragon 800 processor. In addition, the phone is said to pack 2GB of RAM and an impressive 20.7-megapixel rear-facing camera with G Lens technology. The phone is expected to go official...

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New iPhone 5C Close-up Photos Show the Phone in Detail

The iPhone 5C is real alright! If the images from earlier today didn’t convince you, maybe this new batch will. In what seems to be the most convincing iPhone 5C leak yet, several new images have made it on the web showing the phone (apparently) fully assembled and packaged in its retail box, ready for shipping. As the previous leaks suggested, the phones come with à la iPod touch stickers on their screens with wallpapers that mimic the color of the phones themselves. The packaging of the iPhone 5C bears a striking overall resemblance to the iPod touch shipping box. These photos come from iApps.im and C Technology, and all of them look pretty legitimate from where I’m standing. These babies are reportedly scheduled for unveiling...

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Meizu MX3 Now Official with 5.1-Inch Full HD Screen

Today, Chinese mobile phone maker Meizu has officially announced the next flagship handset in its lineup, the Meizu MX3, a large Android device that can deliver appealing performance capabilities. The mobile phone has been rumored for quite some time now to arrive before the end of this year, but Meizu provided specific info on it only today. The new flagship handset will arrive on shelves with a 5.1-inch touchscreen display capable of providing a 1080p full HD resolution. It delivers a 415PPI pixel density, and an aspect ratio of 15:9. Furthermore, it will pack an Exynos 5 Octa (Exynos 5410) chipset inside, which should translate into great performance capabilities. The specifications list of the new handset also includes an 8-megapixel...

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Meizu MX3 Might Arrive with 128 GB Internal Memory Options

Chinese mobile phone maker Meizu has been long rumored to plan the release of a new flagship Android-based smartphone in September, namely the Meizu MX3, and some more info on the device is now available. Apparently, the company might launch a 128GB flavor of the device, in addition to the previously rumored 16GB, 32GB, and 64GB variants. No official info on the matter has been provided as of now, yet a leaked document that emerged over at Meizumi allegedly shows the aforementioned model. As UnwiredView notes, users interested in grabbing the large capacity handset version might have to play 3,999 Yuan for it, which would amount to around $650 / €490. The 16GB iteration of Meizu MX3 is expected to cost only 1,999 Yuan ($325 / €245). Meizu...

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Intel Bay Trail Tablet SoC Performance Finally Exposed

Intel is always working on something, especially now that it is fighting on more fronts than usual, with the inclusion of tablets in its plans. The company has completed the development of Bay Trail system-on-chip devices. Called Atom Z3000 and based on the Silvermont architecture, the platforms may just take away some of the market share of ARM SoCs. Silvermont is a 22nm architecture also used in Avoton, Rangely, Merrifield and one other, unannounced platform. The Atom Z3700 will include the quad-core variants of the SoCs, while the Z3600 will be the dual-core SoCs. Thanks to Wccftech, we know precisely what all of them can do. There are six SoCs in total, four of them quad-core and two of them dual-core. We'll get the latter pair...

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Qualcomm Touts Its Quad-Core CPUs Against Rival 8-Core Solutions

Mobile chip maker Qualcomm is claiming the top spot on the mobile processors market, courtesy of the wide use of its chipsets inside smartphones and tablet PCs available on shelves today, and also appears keen on showing that its products are better than those of rivals. Having lost some ground in front of cheaper solutions from other companies, which have already launched octa-core processors, Qualcomm decided to publish a video to show to the world the benefits of its processors. As can be seen in the clip embedded below, the company claims that efficient quad-core processors can actually deliver better performance capabilities when compared to 8-core chips, mainly due to the fact that applications cannot scale on so many cores....

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