Tuesday, April 2, 2013

Alleged photo of a Nokia Lumia 950 prototype pops up

An alleged photo of Nokia Lumia 950 prototype has emerged, thus pointing at what could be the Finnish company's upcoming flagship. Accompanying the photo were some rumored details on the upcoming device, whose name subtly harks back at the good old days of Nokia N95. The Nokia Lumia 950 is reportedly going to feature an AMOLED display with a resolution of 1280x768...

The Facebook-centered HTC First press photo leaks out

Two days before its likely announcement, an alleged photo of the Facebook-centric HTC First leaked out. The smartphone will all but certainly make an appearance this coming Thursday, on April 4 during a press event hosted by the social networking giant. The leaked press photo reveals the front of the upcoming device and a three-button configuration below its display....

16nm ARM Cortex-A57 CPU ready to hit mass production

ARM and TSMC announced today that the first ever Cortex-A57 processor has been taped out and is ready to hit mass production. The new chip utilizes TSMC's 16nm FinFET manufacturing process, even though the transistors are still 20nm. Still, ARM says the A57 outputs up to three times the CPU power of the Cortex-A15 without affecting battery life. And if its battery...

Samsung Mega 6.3 to test our love of big screens and resistance to terrible tech naming

The Galaxy Note 2 will soon be the baby brother of the mega range? Samsung are rumoured to be working on two new large screened phones that will fall under the new Samsung Mega moniker, with 5.8-inch and 6.3-inch screens. Both of these phones is expected to launch mid-year, according to Samsung fan blog Sammobile. This is several months ahead of the anticipated...