LG G3 Prime Receives Bluetooth Certification

South Korean mobile phone maker LG Electronics appears set to make official a new flavor of its flagship LG G3 smartphone, one that might arrive on shelves under the name of LG G3 Prime, and which has already started to emerge on certification sites. The mobile phone has emerged over at Bluetooth SIG with model number F460S attached to it, and rumor has it that it is none other than the aforementioned LG G3 Prime handset. By the looks of it, LG-F460S might be a carrier version of the smartphone, as a certain LG-F460L was spotted online several days ago, also said to be the yet unannounced device. Given LG’s current model numbering scheme, we expect the smartphone to be launched at wireless carriers in South Korea, with LG-F460S headed...

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ZTE Nubia Z7 Leaked Photos Emerges Again

One of the smartphones that have been long rumored to become official before the end of this year is the ZTE Nubia Z7, which can now be admired in a new series of leaked photos. The mobile phone has emerged over at cnbeta only several days before its official unveiling, supposedly set to take place on July 8 in Beijing. The handset is said to arrive on shelves with high-end hardware capabilities packed inside, while also featuring a thin, metallic body that is only 8.5mm thick. The mobile phone is expected to become available for purchase with a large, 5.5-inch touchscreen display capable of delivering a full HD resolution. Moreover, rumor has it that ZTE will pack it with a quad-core processor inside, either a Snapdragon 801 or a...

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Apple iPhone 6 Glass Leaked, Features Curvature Around the Edges

It seems that the iPhone 6 will indeed sport a “curved” display, but not in a way you might imagine. Apple isn’t bending the phone outright, but rather giving it a tapering around the edges to achieve a rounder design. Leaked by Aussie Sonny Dickson, various images showing the glass cover of the iPhone 6 display reveal that Apple is indeed using a tapered design for the front of the device this time around. This marks a departure from the current flat glass used in the iPhone 5s and iPhone 5c, as well as the former models. The tapering allows the company to achieve a round design across the entire handset, as well as make it appear ultra-thin. The company has used tapering for years to hide the thickest point of its devices, something...

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Android 4.4 KitKat Is Now Available for ASUS PadFone 2

After announcing in late February that Android 4.4 KitKat for PadFone 2 would be released by the end of Q2 2014, ASUS has just made available the firmware update, namely version 11.8.3.3, which does exactly what the producer claimed – update the PadFone 2 to Android 4.4 If you own this device and intend to upgrade it, you should know that ASUS has provided several downloadable packages that are compatible with a specific Stock-Keeping Unit (or SKU). Bear in mind that the update process isn’t able to apply a different SKU than the one already installed on the PadFone 2, or an earlier firmware version. Trying to perform these steps will cause the update to fail, event that will seriously damage your device.Therefore, from the unit’s...

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Moto X+1 Emerges in Brazil, Specs Revealed

One of the mobile phones that handset vendor Motorola has been rumored to plan on making available before the end of this year is the Moto X+1, and some more info on the device is now available. The handset has made an appearance in Brazil on the website of a local retailer, where all of the necessary details on its hardware specs have been unveiled (the listing appears to have been removed in the meantime). The page is still under construction, and there’s no info available on when the device might become available for purchase or at what price tag. In fact, as Phandroid notes, the page even says that a description for the device needs to be added, and that the manufacturer has already provided it via email. Moto X+1 leaked online...

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Samsung Intros Galaxy Core II with 4.5-Inch Screen, Android 4.4

Ever since the beginning of this year, we have seen South Korean handset vendor Samsung focusing mainly on the high-end level of the market, but it seems that it hasn’t forgotten the entry- and mid-range segments either. Today, in addition to Galaxy Star 2 and other entry-level devices, the mobile phone maker has also announced the mid-range Galaxy Core II today, with a 4.5-inch touchscreen display and with a 1.2GHz quad-core processor packed inside. Said WVGA screen and processor are complemented with 768MB of RAM, which will certainly result in pretty decent performance capabilities, especially when paired with the Android 4.4 KitKat operating system loaded on top of the handset. Galaxy Core II will arrive on the market with 4GB...

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Tizen-Based Galaxy S5 Model Emerges in India

One of the devices that South Korean mobile phone maker Samsung Electronics has been long rumored to plan on bringing to the market is a Tizen-based flavor of the Galaxy S5, and the phone has made yet another appearance online today. No official confirmation on it has been provided as of now, but it seems that the mobile phone maker is already testing it in different markets, including India. In fact, a recent listing on Indian import tracking site Zauba shows that a certain ‘Samsung Galaxy S5 Tizen Test Phone’ has entered the country. No less than three units of this device were brought to India for testing purposes, yet no further details on what the handset has to offer have been provided as of now. One thing that said listing...

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