OnePlus Two may be announced in Q1 or Q2 of 2015

The Chinese company OnePlus entered the smartphone arena this year with its first smartphone OnePlus One going official this April with the tag line “Never Settle”. The phone offers some great features at very low prices, making it a most sought-after phone but is very hard-to-get. Now it looks like its successor the OnePlus Two is already in the works.

OnePlus One has been launched in India on 2nd of this month and the company has officially confirmed that its successor OnePlus Two will be launched before September of 2015. As OnePlus Global’s director Carl Pei told BGR India:

“We are planning to announce the OnePlus Two in Q2 or Q3 next year. So it is one year after this phone [OnePlus One].”

When he was asked if the company plans to launch the new flagship in India, Carl said:

“India will be one of the first countries we will launch the OnePlus Two in.”

Already many rumors about the upcoming OnePlus Two smartphone are floating around. One such rumor says it would have a smaller display but be a bit more pricy than the OnePlus One, but still cheaper than other similar Android phones.

No concrete details about its specs are available as yet but a source has told Business Insider that OnePlus Two would “probably be more customizable” and have “some surprises in store” with respect to its hardware.

OnePlus One is powered by CyanogenMod 11S but Cyanogen has now tied up with Micromax to exclusively supply software to its “Yu” brand of devices. However, OnePlus has assured its customers that it has assembled its own software team to develop something on its own as soon as possible.

Here are some pics of OnePlus One:

OnePlus Two may be announced in Q1 or Q2 of 2015

Merger of PC and Mobile Chips into One Unit is Intel’s Plan

Media reports

Not long ago, it was being discussed in the media that the mobile chip division of Intel was worried about their total loss of $7 billion during the last two years. In the mid of November, a report was published about Intel’s new plan. Intel plans to merge the mobile chip business with the PC chip business. The PC chip business is stronger and a lot more stable than mobile chip business.

Intel explains why

The spokesman of Intel Chuck Mulloy gave a statement about why his company is planning to do all this. According to him, the devices like tablets, phablets, phones and PCs are gradually entering into each other’s category. The idea of merging the mobile chips with PC chips is to get the new system implemented faster and make it more efficient. This will increase the overall pace of the company’s work.
Course of action

The head of the Intel’s PC chips division is Kirk Skaugen, and he is the one who will be running the combined unit. Hermann Eul is the head of the mobile chips, and he will be deeply involved in this transitional work that is expected to complete by March 2015. Once this job is done, Eul will be assigned to a new job.
Advantages

This year, it is expected that Intel is going to ship almost 40 million processors to manufacturers for tablets. However, the company is facing a big budget shortfall due to the subsidies that is being paid to the manufacturers for using its chips. As a consequence of combining the PC and mobile chip businesses, Intel is going to stop to paying subsidies to manufacturers.

Merger of PC and Mobile Chips into One Unit is Intel’s Plan

Prototype of possible Lumia 1020 successor, Microsoft McLaren makes an appearance

Even as everyone is waiting for the next Lumia flagship from Microsoft, a new Nokia prototype device has popped up on a Chinese auction site Taobao. The phone listed on the site is Nokia RM-1052 and by the looks of it, seems to be a Lumia 1020 successor.

As you can see in the image below, the words “Prototype Property of Microsoft-Mobile” and “Not for Sale” are clearly printed on the back of the device.

 

As per the information seen on the screen, details of the prototype Nokia RM-1052 are:

• Nokia Model: RM-1052_1000


• OS: 8.10.14090.0


• Firmware: 03024.00000.14195.26..


• Hardware Version: 0.1.0.3


• CPU Core: 4


• RAM: 1.9GB


• Storage space available: 26.3GB


• Current application uses memory: 58.3MB


• Maximum memory available to applications: 780MB


• Expansion card: none


• Display Resolution: 1920×1080


• Capacitive touch

We see that the phone has an aluminum body and a display of about 5-inch with a resolution of 1920 x 1080 pixels, a quad-core CPU, 2GB of RAM and 32GB internal storage, and it runs Windows Phone 8.1. Its camera bump is similar to that of Lumia 1020. So the Nokia RM-1052 may have a 41MP camera just like the Lumia 1020.

There is a speculation that this prototype might be that of Microsoft’s flagship “McLaren” handset that was supposed to use the contactless zoom in/out 3D Touch technology to control the device with gestures, without touching the screen. However, Microsoft later cancelled the plans to release McLaren. There is also a possibility that this is just some other Windows Phone prototype.

You can have a look at the pictures below:

Via GeekOnGadgets

Prototype of possible Lumia 1020 successor, Microsoft McLaren makes an appearance

Xiaomi Affordable Tablet in 2015, Super-smooth reports

Xiaomi has launched many first-class smartphones in this year with amazing features that are affordable too. With that success, this China manufacturing company has leading marketing sales in 2014 in the region of Apple, Samsung and Nokia smartphones. That made Xiaomi is the third biggest Smartphone manufactures at affordable price in 2014 with its custom MIUI Android skin.

Xiaomi is now going to hit another spot of Apple and Samsung, the tablet market, according to Super-smooth report. The Business Korea cities reports that the company is preparing for a 9.2-inch tablet that will cost only $100.

This rumored Xiaomi tablet could have 1.2 GHz quad core Snapdragon410, 1GB RAM, 8GB internal memory with an Adreno 306GPU. Moreover, the PPI density will be 159 with 720 x 1280 pixel resolution display.

Xiaomi affordable tablet will be launched in 2015 that will perform likely to iPad Mini. However we have not got any news about the launching of a new tablet in the starting of the year yet. The mobile brand is striving to go global with the smartphones but no international availability.

Xiaomi Affordable Tablet in 2015, Super-smooth reports

HTC One M9 Feature Leaks showing big changes with M9 Prime

Still, we don’t know how HTC One M9 will look like. Till now we have heard about the latest Smartphone and only assume the features it may have. However, we will need to wait more 3 or 4 months to get the latest HTC Smartphone.

Today, China has published a report on features of HTC One M9 feature leaks that insides big changes in this handset especially with Bose sound. Moreover, the report also brings that HTC One M9 Prime will be a variant phone of M9.

The leaks presents that HTC One M9 will have the 5.5-inch display with 2560 x 1440 displays, a Snapdragon 805 SoC and 3GB RAM. At the same time, it could have aluminum silicon carbide body powered by 3500 mAh battery.

As Apple has purchased Beats, HTC will need to have a different audio partner and that could be the Boss. Moreover, HTC is planning for 16 megapixels with its UltraPixel hardware and image stabilization.

The new sound device will be available in the early 2015 for the HTC. About HTC One M9 Prime, HTC announces before that will replace the HTC One Max phabet, therefore, we can expect a larger display with some upgrades in features.

We will get official news HTC and its plan only on March 2-5, 2015 in Barcelona

 

HTC One M9 Feature Leaks showing big changes with M9 Prime

Preview of Samsung Galaxy A3 in a hands-on Video

You can watch the preview of Samsung’s upcoming Galaxy A3 smartphone in the first hands-on video published by the Italian website HDBlog. The preview is very comprehensive and gives you a good idea what the device is really like and how it works. In the video, you can watch the phone from all sides and angles, as well as all its functions. Galaxy A3 is the basic phone of Samsung’s A series but it has got some interesting features.

The Galaxy A3 has an Aluminum frame and light-weight design like the Galaxy Alpha. It measures 130.1 x 65.5 x 6.9 mm and weighs 110 grams. Overall, the handset has a sleek, sophisticated look. The device has a 4.5” (960 x 540p) Super AMOLED display with 245ppi. For a low-end phone, the display looks good.

The smartphone has 1.2GHz Qualcomm Snapdragon 410 quad-core 64-bit processor, Adreno 306 GPU for graphics, 1GB of RAM and 16GB of internal memory. There is a microSD card slot for memory expansion up to 64GB. The battery is 1900mAh. The Galaxy A3 runs Android 4.4.4 KitKat with Samsung’s own Touchwiz UI on top. The device offers functions such as private mode, ultra power saving mode and My Magazine.

The handset boasts of an 8MP main camera with auto-focus and LED flash capable of taking Full HD videos, and a 5MP front camera. In terms of connectivity, it has 4G LTE, Wi-Fi, Bluetooth, GPS and NFC.

Have a look at the Screenshots and don’t forget to check out the Video at the end:

Here’s the Hands-on Video:

Preview of Samsung Galaxy A3 in a hands-on Video

World’s thinnest Smartphone, the 4.75mm Vivo X5 Max officially launching on December 10

Vivo has announced that it will officially unveil its uber thin 4.75mm Vivo X5 Max smartphone on December 10. The company had posted teaser images of the smartphone on its Weibo page last month and a few days later, we saw it passing through TENNA.

After launch, the Vivo X5 Max will become the world’s thinnest smartphone and will displace the current thinnest phone Oppo R5 from the top position. Oppo R5 is 4.85mm thick but lacks many features that are common to smartphones because of its slimness, such as the 3.5mm headphone jack.

However, it seems that Vivo has taken care of this problem. Even though the Vivo X5 Max is only 4.75mm thick, it sports a headphone jack as well as a dual SIM tray. You will be able to use either two SIM cards or a SIM card and a microSD card in the tray. The handset will supposedly offer significantly upgraded Hi-Fi sound quality.

Specs for the new Vivo X5 Max include a 5.5-inch LCD display with a resolution of 1920 x 1080 pixels, 1.7GHz MediaTek 64 bit octa-core processor, 2 GB RAM, 13MP primary camera and 5MP front-facing camera. The handset will have LTE connectivity and run Android 4.4.4 KitKat. Its dimensions are 153.9 x 78 x 4.75mm and weighs 146 grams.

The Vivo X5 Max will debut in China first, probably followed by other markets later.

 

Via GizChina

World’s thinnest Smartphone, the 4.75mm Vivo X5 Max officially launching on December 10