Samsung Galaxy K (S5) Zoom Allegedly Emerges Online

South Korean mobile phone maker Samsung has been long rumored to bring to the market a successor for its Samsung Galaxy S4 Zoom handset, and the phone appears to have already emerged online in a leaked photo. Supposedly called Galaxy K, though previously said to arrive on shelves as Galaxy S5 Zoon, the mobile phone might sport a faux leather back cover, the same as the latest handsets from Samsung did, while also featuring a large camera sensor, the leaked photo available via kzoom unveils. However, the new mobile phone is said to feature a 20-megapixel camera on the back, up from the 16MP one present on the Galaxy S4 Zoom, as PhoneArena notes. It is also said to have been packed with a 4.8-inch touchscreen display capable of delivering...

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Sony Xperia Z2 Compact (Altair) Spotted at the FCC

Earlier this year, Japanese mobile phone maker Sony Mobile made official a mini version of its Xperia Z1 flagship device, namely the Xperia Z1 Compact, and it seems that the company is already working on a successor for it. A Sony smartphone that features the codename of Altair has been spotted at the FCC, with model number SO-04F attached to it, and rumor has it that it might arrive on shelves as Xperia Z2 Compact. The mobile phone is meant to make an appearance on the network of Japanese wireless carrier NTT DoCoMo, considering its model number. For those out of the loop, we should note that Xperia Z1 Compact was launched in Japan last year, under the name of Xperia Z1 f, and that it needed about four months to be launched in other...

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Microsoft’s New Start Menu Is Just a Mockup, Could Look Completely Different

If you’re thinking that the new Start menu that Microsoft unveiled today at the BUILD 2014 developer conference looks really awesome, I’m sorry to disappoint you, but it turns out that the company is planning a completely different design for the final version of the feature. Microsoft said at BUILD that the Start menu would come back at some point and even though no specifics have been provided, it’s believed that Windows 8.1 Update 2 or Windows 9 could be the OS versions that could feature such an option. Many praised Microsoft for the design of the new Start menu, but we’re hearing that what we got to see at BUILD was just a mockup and the company is actually planning a much simpler design. The existing version of the Start...

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