LG made one of the best-looking smartwatches, the G Watch R, and quickly improved on it. The LG Watch Urbane has classic looks, complete with three hardware buttons, but is actually the most advanced smartwatch to date. It's the first with LTE...
Acer has just lifted the curtains of its MWC 2015 Android line-up of smartphones. The trio of phones includes a pair of Liquid Z devices and the Liquid Jade Z. Starting off with the Liquid Jade Z, which is the higher tier offering from the company. Featuring a 64-bit MediaTek CPU, the phone is built around a 5" 720p display. Acer uses a new Zero Air Gap technology on the unit, too, in addition to a Gorilla Glass 3 layer for protection. Acer Liquid Jade Z The Acer Liquid Jade Z is LTE-ready and weighs 110 grams and its body is 7.9mm thin. Visually, the phone is reminiscent of the Liquid Jade S, which isn't a bad thing at all. At the back, there's a 13MP snapper with LED flash, while a 5MP front-facing camera takes care of video chatting and selfies. The Liquid Z220 and Liquid Z520 are both 4" smartphones with WVGA resolution (233 ppi pixel density) and both feature a Snapdragon 400 with a quad-core CPU and 1GB of RAM. Acer Liquid Z550 The two differ in the main camera department, as the Liquid Z520 has an 8MP camera with LED flash, while the Z220 has a 5MP shooter, again coupled with an LED flash. Acer has packed the Liquid Z520 with DTS studio sound speaker at the back. Acer Liquid Z220 In terms of pricing, the Liquid Z220 and Liquid Z520 will launch in March and April, respectively. The Liquid Z520 will retail for €109, while the Liquid Z220 will be €89. The Acer Liquid Jade Z will be out in March with a €199 price tag. Source • Source...
Acer announced three Android smartphones and one Windows Phone device at a pre-MWC event today in Barcelona. The Windows Phone 8.1-powred Liquid M220 is an entry-level device with a 4" display and a dual-core processor. Acer Liquid M220 features a 4" WVGA screen, runs on a 1.2GHz dual-core processor with 512MB RAM, and offers 5MP rear camera, 4GB expandable storage and dual-SIM functionality. It also sports a 2MP front snapper and a 1,300 mAh battery. Acer Liquid M220 The Liquid M220 runs on Windows Phone 8.1 by default, but it will be updated to Windows 10 once the new OS kicks off later this year. Acer Liquid M220 will become available in the EMEA markets starting this April at €79. It will come in two flavors - Mystic Black and Pure White. Source •...
The Sony Xperia M4 Aqua slipped out from under the covers once again, this time the white one. The new set of photos shows more angles of the upcoming device, which follows Sony's traditional OmniBalance design. The handset has front-facing stereo speakers, similar to the Xperia Z3. The handset will be waterproof, most likely IP68, but there doesn't seem to be a flap protecting microUSB port. Until now exposed USB ports have limited water resistance to IP67, so we'll have to wait until the official announcement to get the real number. Leaked photos of the incoming Sony Xperia M4 Aqua The Sony Xperia M4 Aqua builds on the Xperia M2 Aqua from late last year. It's expected to have a 5.2" 720p display, Snapdragon 610 chipset, Android 5.0 Lollipop 13MP and 5MP cameras with 1080p video. Thanks to Anurag for the tip! Source (in Chinese) |...
With less than 24 hours to go before HTC officially takes the wraps off the One (M9), someone mistakenly uploaded a hands-on video of the device to YouTube. Even if it's been taken down in the meantime, countless people have managed to capture it and reupload it, so we can once again see exactly what the One (M9) will look like. Unsurprisingly, it's identical to what those leaked promotional materials (and videos) showed us a few days ago. In the image below, the One (M9) is on the left, with the One (M8) in the center, and the original One on the right. The front of the new phone looks incredibly similar to that of the One (M8), with only subtle details having changed. The situation is different on the back, however. In the picture above, the One (M9) is on the right, with the One (M8) in the center, and the original One on the left. Gone is the Duo Camera in the One (M9), as is the UltraPixel shooter, replaced with a higher-res sensor. The UltraPixel camera is now on the front. These images are basically screenshots from the aforementioned hands-on video. If you want to see the whole thing, you can do that at the Source link unless it's been taken down. Interestingly, HTC is said to debut a "dual finish metal unibody" construction for the One (M9). The unit in the video has a silver back, but its edges are gold (as made obvious in the shot above, which has the One (M9) on the right). The HTC One (M9) is expected to come with a 5-inch 1080p touchscreen, a 20.7MP rear camera, a 4MP front snapper, 3GB of RAM, 32GB of storage, and Qualcomm's Snapdragon 810 SoC - sporting an octa-core CPU with four 2 GHz Cortex-A57 cores and four 1.5 GHz Cortex-A53 ones. Source (in...
Tomorrow in Barcelona Samsung will make both the Galaxy S6 and the Galaxy S6 Edge official. And now, a mere one day before that event, a video has surfaced which does a good job recapping all the leaked details we've heard about the two handsets. Not only that, but it seems to add a couple of new renders too - showing parts of the front of the Galaxy S6 Edge, as well as what could be the back of either model, since they're expected to be pretty much identical from that point of view. The video stresses the main specs we've seen rumored so far. An octa-core CPU is pretty much a given, and according to past info Samsung has dropped Qualcomm as a supplier so we might have only one variant with the Korean company's own Exynos silicon. Aiding it will be 3GB of RAM. The smartphones should both have metal frames, and Gorilla Glass 4 on the front as well as the back, for a more premium look than past Galaxy S-series devices. With this new build comes the revelation that neither handset will offer a microSD card slot, or a user-replaceable battery. Both phones will sport 5.1-inch QHD (2,560x1,440) Super AMOLED touchscreens, but obviously the panel in the S6 Edge will curve slightly both on the left and right edges. In fact, the siblings are going to be mostly identical, save for the screen difference and the Edge also getting 50 mAh more battery capacity. The fingerprint sensor may not be of the swipe variety this time around, like the one in past Samsung devices. So the new scanner should mimic the one Apple uses for its iPhones and iPads in terms of ease of use. The heart rate monitor that made its debut on last year's Galaxy S5 is still in, yet it has been repositioned along with the LED flash. Unfortunately for fans of the feature, the S6 models will not be water resistant like the Galaxy S5. This seems odd, especially as Sony has been making water resistant smartphones out of similar materials (with metal frames and glass on both the front and back) for years now. The Galaxy S6 and Galaxy S6 Edge will be slimmer and narrower than the S5, and they will have wireless charging built-in - so no more aftermarket kits required for that. Thanks for sending this in, Dean...
