Samsung Galaxy S6 Edge Plus pictures leak via case maker Spigen

Leaks and rumors about the specs and accessories of the much talked about upcoming Samsung Duo the Galaxy S6 Edge Plus and the Galaxy Note 5 continue to flow in. After showing us the images for various cases for the Galaxy Note 5 a few days back, the smartphone case maker Spigen has now revealed protective cases for the Galaxy S6 Edge+ on its website.

The renders of Galaxy S6 Edge+ and Galaxy Note 5 displayed by Spigen on its product pages confirm the leaks and press renders we have seen till now, so no surprises there. The Galaxy S6 Edge Plus will be a bigger version of the Galaxy S6 Edge having a 5.7-inch Quad HD curved display. The Galaxy S6 Edge has a 5.1-inch QHD panel.

Leaked specs suggest the Galaxy S6 Edge Plus will be powered by a Qualcomm Snapdragon 808 chipset and a 3,000mAh battery. Its dimensions will be 154.4mm x 75.8mm x 6.9mm and it will not come with a Stylus like the Galaxy Note 5.

Cases for both the devices will be shipped from September 30, so both the handsets are expected to be available in the market before that. Samsung is holding its Unpacked 2015 event August 13 when the South Korean company is expected to announce the two above mentioned handsets.

Meanwhile, have a look at the images posted by Spigen:

Samsung Galaxy S6 Edge Plus pictures leak via case maker Spigen

A 3D concept rendering for the 2015 Nexus 5 appears in a video

The 2015 edition of the much famous Nexus 5 is now being rumored a lot. Now, the Dutch designer Jermaine Smit has come up with a 3D concept rendering for the handset, using three large cut outs. These cut-outs have been used by the designer to mount a pair of camera sensors and a fingerprint sensor.

According to the designer Smit, the 2015 edition of Nexus 5is expected to have a 5.2inch display panel with a full HD 1080 x 1920 pixel resolution screen. Thus the screen is expected to have a pixel density of 424ppi. Under the hood, there would be a Snapdragon 820 chipset which would come with a octa-core CPU supported with 4GB of DDR4 RAM memory. The concept shows the handset to come with two internal storage options of 32GB and 128GB. On its back panel, there would be a dual camera set-up with a 16MP sensor. The front-camera will be 5MP which would help in video chat sessions and selfies. A Type-C USB port would also be included, with a battery capacity of 2860mAh.

The concept shows the handset with very thin bezels and sleek design. Take a look at the video below to have a better look.

source: NWE (translated)

A 3D concept rendering for the 2015 Nexus 5 appears in a video

Pictures of Microsoft Lumia 950 XL Prototype leak out

 

After launching Windows 10, Microsoft is now getting ready to unveil its Windows 10 Mobile later this year and along with it possibly a couple of flagship Lumia smartphones. Recently, several images of a prototype of a new Microsoft Lumia smartphone have leaked online.

The two upcoming handsets that would run Windows 10 Mobile OS are being allegedly referred to as Lumia Talkman and Lumia Cityman internally. Rumors up till now indicated that they would be called Lumia 940 and Lumia 940 XL. However, other recent rumors suggest that Microsoft would be skipping the 940 series and branding the two handsets as Lumia 950 and Lumia 950 XL. Well, whatever the name, the handsets are the same.

The images leaked now show the prototype enclosed inside a case probably in order to hide its real shape. There is some debate whether it is the Lumia 950 or the larger Lumia 950 XL. The basic design of both is the same except for the screen size. However since the handset is hidden inside the case, it is difficult to say which one it is.

The rounded corners of the prototype are apparent. It sports a 2560 x 1440 pixels QHD Touchscreen and dual SIM functionality. The Lumia 950 (XL) is powered by Snapdragon 810 SoC, has a 3GB RAM and also a USB Type-C port. It has a 20MP camera with triple LED flash. Settings show that the camera has the capability to shoot videos of up to 90fps in 1080p and up to 120fps in 720p.

The prototype model number is RM-1116, build number is 10.0.10240 and it is running Windows 10 Mobile Insider Preview.

Microsoft is expected to officially unveil the Lumia 950 and Lumia 950 XL at its event to be held in October probably in New York. It is also expected to launch Surface Pro 4 and Microsoft Band 2 at the time.

Meanwhile, have a look at the leaked images:

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Pictures of Microsoft Lumia 950 XL Prototype leak out

Alleged photo of Sony Xperia Z5 and Z5 Compact showing fingerprint scanner leak

A photo purporting to be that of the next Sony Xperia flagship in the Z series and its compact sibling has surfaced on Twitter. The picture has been posted by leakster @vizileaks. This could be the as yet unannounced and unconfirmed picture of the Sony Xperia Z5 and its sibling the Xperia Z5 Compact.

The photo shows three smartphones. The phone on the right which is nearest to us is the larger phone possibly the Xperia Z5 and the one on the left which is farthest from us is the compact model. Between the two sits the iPhone 6. Both the Sony Z series phones show an OmniBalance design. A fingerprint scanner can be seen on the right side of the larger Sony Xperia phone and its volume control has been shifted downwards. You can see it in the picture below.

Sony Xperia Z(TBC) and compact pic.twitter.com/yNTHvYg5dm

— ViziLeaks (@vizileaks) August 3, 2015

 

If Sony follows its tradition of outing two flagships in a year, we can expect the company to unveil the Xperia Z5 before the year end. Sony has introduced the Xperia Z4 and Xperia Z3+ in the first half of this year. In 2014, the company had launched two smartphones, the Xperia Z2 and the Xperia Z3.

Now the leaked photo shows us a glimpse of what Sony’s next flagship in the Z series will look like.

Alleged photo of Sony Xperia Z5 and Z5 Compact showing fingerprint scanner leak

New Qualcomm WiPower technology brings wireless charging to metal body mobile devices

Qualcomm has announced that it has developed a new technology by which devices with metal body can be charged wirelessly. The technology called Qualcomm WiPower can charge devices with metal exteriors wirelessly, thus eliminating the need for using wires, reducing the clutter.

Qualcomm WiPower complies with the new Rezence wireless power charging standard, not using the popular PMA or Qi standards. The Rezence standard has been developed by the Alliance for Wireless Power (A4WP) that includes leading brands from various industries like Qualcomm, Microsoft, Acer, Samsung, Lenovo, LG, Asus, Motorola, Intel, and many others as members.

Rezence was first demonstrated at the beginning of this year in January. With this standard, WiPower enables wireless charging of devices without any direct physical contact. You can even charge multiple devices having different power requirements when placed inside the same charge area. And not only charging, WiPower can also power devices such as wireless keyboard, mouse, digital photo frames and lamps.

Qualcomm WiPower works “at a frequency that is more tolerant of metal objects that come within the charge field”. So up till now, the charging process was not affected even if other metal objects such as coins or keys were lying inside the charge field. But now Qualcomm has added one more feature to WiPower, that the device to be charged could itself be made of metal. The new feature maintains the existing WiPower ability “to charge devices requiring up to 22 watts today, at speeds equal to or faster when compared to other wireless charging technologies”.

“Building a wireless charging solution into devices with metal exteriors is a significant step for moving the entire industry forward,” says Steve Pazol, GM, Wireless Charging of Qualcomm Incorporated.

It’s not clear when such WiPower-using mobile devices will be available in the market but we certainly hope to see them soon.

Check out the promo video for Qualcomm WiPower:

New Qualcomm WiPower technology brings wireless charging to metal body mobile devices

Nokia HERE Mapping Service Sold for $3.07 Billion to German Auto Consortium

Nokia is reported that the company has sold HERE mapping service for a figure of $3.07 billion USD to German auto consortium which consists of Audi AG, BMW Group as well as Daimler AG. The deal is expected to finalize in the first quarter of 2016 with profit of about $2.75 Billion.

One of the reasons that can be concluded on why the automakers are willing to purchase the service as such a huge amount is that they are expected to use the data generated from it for the cars that they are developing so that the cars can navigate themselves based on the data. The mapping service also expected to be available across multiple platforms.

With the deal went through successfully, Nokia is expected to concentrate on the bought over of Alcatel-Lucent which after this is finalized, it will make Nokia a world leading network technology and services business as well as licensing and innovation of Nokia Technologies as mentioned by Rajeev Suri, President and Chief Executive Officer of Nokia.

HERE is reported to receive about $606 million USD and had an operating profit of $30.7 million USD during the first half of 2015. This is definitely is a good news as the service suffered a loss in 2014. According to the last year’s report, the service received about $1.07 billion USD and written off certain things out of goodwill which cost about $1.33 billion USD and thus the company made an operating loss of $1.36 billion.

Moving forward, Nokia is expected to design and license smartphones in 2016 as per the agreement with Microsoft.

Nokia HERE Mapping Service Sold for $3.07 Billion to German Auto Consortium

Sony Xperia C5 Ultra Official Launch Considered as Selfie Smartphone

Sony has just officially launch Sony Xperia C5 Ultra earlier today among other smartphone models. The device can be categorized as a mid-range smartphone which have an almost bezel-less design as well as thin as it is measured at 8.2-mm with width of 79.6mm which hopefully not so difficult to hold. On top of that, the device offers great selfie picture results.

Sony Xperia C5 Ultra comes with a 6-inch IPS LCD display screen with resolution of 1080 x 1920. The device is running on a 64-bit octa core MediaTek SoC which is clocked at 1.7GHz, an ARM Mali760 MP2 GPU, a 2GB RAM as well as a 16GB internal storage which can be further expand via microSD card up to 200GB. Other features such as a 13MP front camera which comes with an autofocus Exmor RS sensor with focal length of 22mm and 88 degree field of view, a 13MP rear camera with also a Exmor RS sensor with slightly different focal length and degrees of view at 25mm and 80 degrees respectively as well as a 2930mAh battery size. Unfortunately, the camera does not have optical image stabilization feature and just rely on the software to keep the frame steady.

Sony Xperia C5 Ultra, unfortunately, does not come with water resistance and stereo speakers feature, unlike the other models. The device will have three color options, black, white and mint green. It will be pre-installed with Android 5.0 Lollipop as well as Sony’s own custom Android Skin which has a feature to minimize the user interface so that it can be navigated single handedly.

The device will be released in selected emerging market starting from August this year and there will be two variants of the device, one that support dual-SIM and one that only support single-SIM capability.

Sony Xperia C5 Ultra Official Launch Considered as Selfie Smartphone