NEO M1 May Be the First Windows Phone Handset with MediaTek Chipset

China is one of the largest smartphone markets in the world. Aside from the well-known handset manufacturers that are present in most parts of the world, Chinese OEMs are flooding the market in the Mainland with very cheap devices. NEO is such a company that launches cheap but powerful smartphones in China. The company’s roadmap is unknown for the most part, except for those moments when NEO comes forward with official statements confirming the upcoming release of a new device. Sometime pictures of new, unannounced products leak ahead of these official announcements and generate lots of rumors regarding NEO’s lineup of smartphones. The newest device announced by NEO is simply called M1 and has been confirmed to be officially introduced...

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Nexus 6 to Come from HTC

Mountain View-based giant Google has been long rumored to plan the launch of a Nexus 6 smartphone sometime in late 2014, and a new report on the matter suggests that the company might have partnered with HTC for that. Earlier this year, Google actually confirmed that the next device in the Nexus series would be released in the second half of the year, but it did not provide further details on the matter. However, a report coming from inferse suggests that Google has partnered with HTC for the launch of Nexus 6 and that the device will be based on the newly released HTC One M8 smartphone. Previously, the company was said to have chosen LG or Lenovo for this task, but it seems that the plan would be to return to roots, as HTC was the...

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Next-Generation Smartphones to Feature Snapdragon 808/810 Processors

The latest flagship smartphones unveiled this year will arrive on the market with Snapdragon 801 processors from Qualcomm, though it seems that it won’t be too long before even more powerful handsets are released, featuring the company’s next-gen mobile processors. Today, the chipmaker confirmed the upcoming availability of Snapdragon 810 and 808 processors, both set to make it inside the upcoming series of high-end, flagship mobile devices. The new chipsets are announced as part of the Snapdragon 800 family, while being aimed at delivering “the ultimate connected mobile computing experiences in video, imaging and graphics.” The company also notes that the new processors are built on Qualcomm Technologies' highest performing platform...

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Samsung 10.5-Inch AMOLED Tablet Full Specs Leak

Not so long ago, it was revealed Samsung SM-T800 was actually one of Samsung’s long-awaited AMOLED tablets. Now SamMobile reports they have managed to get hold of the entire spec sheet of the upcoming 10.5-inch AMOLED tablet. The SM-T800 is the Wi-Fi only model, but an LTE one will be made available as well. Moving along the slate will have a 10.5-inch Super AMOLED screen with a 2560 x 1600 resolution and will draw power from a quad-core Snapdragon processor (it will probably be S801) combined with 2GB of RAM. Like with the latest high-end Galaxy NotePRO and TabPRO tablets, the slate will run Android 4.4.2 KitKat out of the box. Further specifications include two cameras (8MP on the back and 2MP up in front), a choice between 16/32/64GB...

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