Third Party E Store leaks specs of the Xiaomi Mi 5

Chinese handset manufacturer and smartphone giant Xiaomi is expected to unveil a flagship handset on the 15^th of January 2015 and looking to the rumors floating about the Xiaomi Mi4S or the Xiaomi Mi5, we believe that it could be nothing but this handset that is to make news. Now once again, the specs of the device have been detailed by an third party e store.

The eCommerce website Oppomart has said that the Xiaomi Mi5 will have a 5.7inch display with a QHD pixel resolution of 1440×2560 pixels and a 515ppi density. The dimensions for the device are said to be with 8.8mm of thickness. The device is supposed to have a Qualcomm Snapdragon 805 chipset with four Krait cores with a clock speed of 2.7GHz and supported with Andreno 420 GPU for graphic control. The Xiaomi Mi5 is said to have a 3GB of LPDDR3 RAM and will come with two eMMC 5.0 flash storage options of 16GB and 64GB. The device is supposed to have a 16MP primary camera to its back with f/1.8 lens and a 8MP secondary snapper to the front. The battery capacity for the device is said to be whopping 3600mAh.

It is however said that the Xiaomi Mi5 will have insufficient LTE-FDD bands support if the company plans to enter into US. Earlier reports have claimed that the Mi5 will have the latest Snapdragon 810 chipset. We would wait for things to get official on 15^th.

source: Oppomart

Third Party E Store leaks specs of the Xiaomi Mi 5

Samsung Galaxy S6 Edge with curved screen reportedly under tests

There has been quite a buzz from some time about Korean giant Samsung planning to release a Galaxy Note Edge like device with curved screen along with the much rumored Samsung Galaxy S6. Some of the sources have even claimed that the Galaxy S6 Edge will have rounded-off screen at both ends. This is even said to be a special edition phone that would arrive along with the Galaxy S6.

Resembling these rumors about the Edge variant, a similar kind of device has been spotted at Zuaba (India import / export database) and Samsung is believed to have it imported in India for testing purpose. The listed smartphone comes with a codename SM-G925F describing this prototype handset similar to the Galaxy Note 4 (for R&D purpose).

Looking of its codename, there are speculations that this could be the Edge variant of the Samsung Galaxy S6 and the parent handset is believed to have a codename SM-G920 which shows much similarity with the codenames of Galaxy Note 4 and Galaxy Note Edge (SM-N910 vs SM-N915).

It is said that at the CES 2015, the company is likely to show the device only to “selected partners” and not to consumers. It would be interesting to see whether the company releases any presentation or video for the same.

source: Zauba, SamMobile

Samsung Galaxy S6 Edge with curved screen reportedly under tests

An alleged Samsung Galaxy S6 spotted on KNOX video

Last week the much rumored and awaited Samsung Galaxy S6 was spotted in multiple leaked images showing up the device to be in the working condition. Now a very similarkind of dvice has been spotted on a video recently posted by the Samsung’s official blogging website. The video is basically all about setting up the My KNOX app on Samsung handsets from the Google Play Store.

However, upon minutely observing the device in the video, it seems to be having thin bezels. Moreover, it also appears that model sports some metal design build as well! However, earlier speculation has revealed that the Galaxy S6 would have half-metal body fall very much in line with this. The Samsung Galaxy S6 is expected to arrive along with a dual-edged curved display handset.

However, we cannot say anything with surety at the moment and so we would like you to take this with a pinch of salt. In the meanwhile check out the video below.

source: SamsungTomorrow

An alleged Samsung Galaxy S6 spotted on KNOX video

Asus launches its new camera centric Zenfone Zoom

Asus had some big announcements at the CES 2015 yesterday! Along with announcing one-of-its-kind Asus Zenfone 2, the company also has announced a new camera centric Zenfone Zoom smartphone. This is currently the slimmest smartphone on the planet with a 3x optical zoon facility. The 3x optical zoom is the major USP of the device and this feature is even not found in the Samsung’s recently launched K Zoom – the camera centric smartphone series from Samsung. The handset offers a excellent 13MP PixelMaster camera with 10 element lens and a f/2.0 aperture of-course along with the optical image stabilization. The camera also has features like the laser auto focus and a dual-color Red Tone flash tech giving an exquisite point-to-shoot camera experience. The primary camera has also got some manual adjustments like shutter speed and exposure. The camera to its front is the conventional 5MP with wide-angle.

The other specs for the handset includes a 5.5inch IPS-LCD screen with full HD resolution delivering an excellent 400 nits of peak brightness. To its heart lies a powerful quad-core Intel Atom chipset with 64 bit processing capabilities. The dimensions of the device show it to be fairly compact with 11.5mm of thickness and 185 grams of weight. The device packs a good battery with capacity of 3000mAh. The handset is fairly priced with $399 price tag.

source: ASUS

Asus launches its new camera centric Zenfone Zoom

Montblanc Introduces e-Strap To Improve The Current Expensive Swiss Watches

Smartwatches are not very old in the field of technology. Swiss watch makers are in pressure that this new device will take away the customers of the expensive watches; but a German company of watches, Montblanc, has come up with a solution. On the New Year’s Day, Swiss firm sent out an email in which it introduced the e-Strap to its fans and costumers. This device would be replaced by the current strap on the watches and would change the current expensive Swiss watch into a smart-watch with high functions.

This month, this device would officially be revealed in Geneva at a conference by the company. The e-Strap vibrates to provide the notification of the incoming smartphone call. It also includes a touch-screen to display previews of emails, enables the user to read his text messages and alerts him with his upcoming appointment.

Activity Tracker of the device counts each step taken by the user and also measures the distance traveled. Also, it keeps up the track of used calories. The vibration alert of the e-Strap reminds the user to stay active, and an app is available to keep data of fitness for months and weeks.

The device enables the user to take pictures with a tap, and remotely control the music of smartphone. The ‘Find-Me’ feature enables the user to find his lost watch with smartphone or lost smartphone with watch within 30 meters.

The e-strap is compatible with Apple iPhone 6, Apple iPhone 6 Plus, Apple iPhone 5s, Apple iPhone 5c, Apple iPhone 5, Apple iPhone 4s, and also with Samsung Galaxy Note 4, Samsung Galaxy Note 3, Samsung Galaxy S5, Samsung Galaxy S4 and some other selected devices that run on Android 4.3 or higher.

The device is heat, fire and water resistant. The lowest purchasable price of the device is $241 USD, while the stand alone model could be purchased at $541 USD. The price of Montblanc Timewalker Urban Speed chronograph e-Strap is $5641 USD. This solution set out by Montblanc is great compare to the competition in market.

Montblanc Introduces e-Strap To Improve The Current Expensive Swiss Watches

Affordable Acer Liquid Z410 smartphone with 64-bit SoC and 4G LTE support announced at CES 2015

CES 2015 is here and will bring with it an abundance of new device announcements. Taiwanese manufacturer Acer has already gone ahead and revealed a new budget smartphone Acer Liquid Z410. The handset boasts of 64-bit processor and Cat. 4 LTE support but costs only €129 (about $154).

At this price, the Acer Liquid Z410 packs some decent specs inside its smart exterior. Specs include 4.5-inch qHD display with a resolution of 540 x 960 pixels and pixel density of 245 ppi and a 64-bit, quad-core MediaTek MT6732 processor with ARM Mali-T760 GPU and 4G LTE (Cat.4) support. There is a 5MP camera at the back with LED flash and a 2MP selfie camera at the front with an 80⁰ wide-angle lens. Unfortunately, Acer has not revealed details of its RAM and internal storage. The battery is also not specified but the company says that the battery will offer talk time of up to 5.5 hours and standby time of up to 400 hours.

The handset has a speaker at the front with DTS Studio Sound. Nothing is mentioned about the Android version it will run but there is talk that the Acer Liquid Z410 will run Android 4.4 Kitkat. The handset will have a new button “AcerRAPID” placed below the camera with which a user can access customizable actions to personalize the user experience. There is also Acer QuickTouch with which a user can control the device with easy one-finger gesture.

According to the company, “The combination of AcerRAPID™ and QuickTouch empowers the Liquid Z410 to get things done faster than ever.”

The Acer Liquid Z410 will hit the shelves of EMEA countries (Europe, Middle East and Africa) by the end of February.

Source Acer

Via PhoneArena

Affordable Acer Liquid Z410 smartphone with 64-bit SoC and 4G LTE support announced at CES 2015

Asus Zenfone 2 with 4GB RAM goes official: Complete Specs and Official Images

Asus has unveiled the second generation Zenfone aka the Asus Zenfone 2 at the CES 2015. Experiencing quite a successful journey first the first series Zenfones, the company has upped the ante with some more powerful 4GB RAM memory, 64 bit chipset and 13MP camera amongst many other things. Here is the complete review for the device.

Design and Display

The design for Asus Zenfone has turned out to be the major USP of the device. Sporting an elegant and classy with metal like finish the handset manages to drag more attention. Some design changes have been introduced in the Asus Zenfone 2 like the volume rocker has been shifted to the back panel similar to the LG flagships. The Zenfone 2 sports a brushed metal finish and has a dual-tone LED to its back panel that smoothly merges with the finish.

 

 

With a 5.5inch screen size, the handset has an pretty good screen-to-body ratio of 72%. The screen is a protective shield of Corning Gorilla Glass 3 and offers full HD resolution of 1080p with 403ppi. The screen for the device offers 400 nits of brightness.

64 bit Intel Atom chipset and 4GB RAM memory

Asus has left no stone unturned as far as the processing speed for the device is concerned with a whopping 64 bit Intel Atom silicon chipset. The device bakes an powerful LTE enabled Intel Atom Z3580 chipset with four cores offering clock speeds up to 2.33GHz. The chip also consists of a PowerVR G6430 GPU with Open GL 3.0 support. The processor is said to be very fast supporting high graphic 3D games and runs the latest Android 5.0 Lollipop OS.

The biggest surprise with the smartphone is its RAM memory. The handset would be available in two different RAM memory options with 2GB RAM for the basic version and a whopping 4GB of RAM for the higher version. This is the first smartphone to be announced with a powerful trio combination of 64 bit chipset, 64 bit Android support and more than 3GB of RAM memory.

Android 5.0 Lollipop and Zen UI

This is the great news as the latest iteration of the Android OS aka the Android 5.0 Lollipop would be running the device. Undeniably it is the Zen UI which now comes with various enhancements adds the charm to the overall interface. Asus is said to have worked on some OS tricks wherein the app and action shortcuts are now merged with gesture controls, various custom themes and icon packs and special one-hand operation and “Kids” mode.

The new features of the Zen UI include Trend Micro security, SnapView, ZenMotion, Zen UI updates and many more.

Camera and Battery Life

As far as the camera segment is concerned, Asus seem to have brought a considerable amount of improvement in this segment. To its back lies a powerful 13MP primary camera with 5 elemt and f/2.0 aperture along with a dual-color “Real Tone” LED flash. The front offers a good 5MP of secondary camera 85 degree wide-angle and is capable of shooting selfie panoramas as well. The PixelMaster software is available for both the cameras with options of shooting in low light conditions with a provision of snapping images with 400% brightness offering very good digital noise cancellation.

The handset has got a substantially good battery backup of 3000mAh Li-Po battery and supports the fast charging tech that charges 60% of the battery in just 39 minutes.

The 2GB variant of the device is priced around at $199 while the 4GB variant is priced for a very affordable $300 price tag.

Please leave us the comments about your views for the device.

Asus Zenfone 2 with 4GB RAM goes official: Complete Specs and Official Images