TCL Idol X is a 5" 1080p smartphone priced at $277

TCL Idol X has made its way to retail availability in China. The sleek-looking, bright-colored Android smartphone offers a quad-core SoC and 5" 1080p display, tucked into a 6.99mm thin body for only 1,699 yuan ($277; €207). The TCL smartphone is essentially a rebranded copy of the Alcatel One Touch Idol X which we've encountered before. Alcatel is a subsidiary of...

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Sony Xperia Z goes official for T-Mobile in the United States

T-Mobile US announced that it will officially offer the Sony Xperia Z in the "coming weeks." The Big Magenta will be the only carrier in the United States to offer Sony's water-resistant Android flagship. As far as specs go, the T-Mobile exclusive Sony Xperia Z will be no different than the international version which we extensively reviewed, save for support for...

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Intel explores smartwaches that literally make you attached to texting

Watching the watchmen (credit: Bloomberg) Heavy texters who are joined at the hip with their smartphones could see that figure of speech become more literal in the future, as Intel has suggested it is working on wearable devices. "We're looking at novel display devices," said Intel chief technology officer Justin Rattner at Bloomberg's The Next Big Thing...

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Nvidia admits mobile is taking over, decides to share its GPU tech

Go mobile or die trying Nvidia may be missing from the Xbox One and PS4, but the chip maker is about to start a whole new racket, one that could see its chips in everything from smartphones to supercomputers. In a blog post, David Shannon, executive vice president, general counsel and secretary of Nvidia, announced today that the company will begin licensing...

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Next-gen Windows Phone with Snapdragon 800 in the works at Nokia?

Nokia's Lumia phones could be about to get even flashier Qualcomm's next-gen Snapdragon system on a chip (SoC), the Snapdragon 800, has already appeared in Android phones, and it's only a matter of time before Windows Phone devices get it too. The blog TechTastic thinks that time is going to arrive sooner than later, as they've spotted what appears to be...

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Alienware teases tablets and phones: This is just the beginning

The Alienware 14 is the smallest of the new laptops Alienware was pretty busy leading up to E3 2013, showing off three powerful new gaming laptops, size-appropriately named the Alienware 14, 17 and 18. While the angular laptops sport Intel's latest Haswell chips, it looks as though the company still has much more up its sleeve. When TechRadar caught up...

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Hands on: Huawei Ascend P6 review

Hands on: Huawei Ascend P6 review We've discovered that the model we were sent for review is pre-production, despite Huawei's proclamations otherwise. In line with our stringent reviews guarantee, we've rolled this back to a preview - stay tuned for our full review when we get a final sample in soon. The Huawei Ascend P6 represents the Chinese smartphone manufacturer's...

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Samsung invites world and dog over for Galaxy and Ativ event

Samsung is announcing... a fibre light? We're expecting Samsung to bring plenty of goodies along to its June 20 event - namely the recently-announced Samsung Galaxy S4 Mini, Galaxy S4 Active and Galaxy S4 Zoom - with hopefully a few surprises thrown in too. Galaxy NX mirrorless camera, anyone? But for those who feel they need to know everything as it happens,...

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Huawei Ascend P6 release date and price: global availability revealed

Will you be temepted by this super-slim smartphone? The Hauwei Ascend P6 has been officially announced as the world's thinnest smartphone and it will be available from July in select markets. Huawei CEO Richard Yu confirmed that the Ascend P6 would be on sale in 19 countries by the end of July, including the UK, Australia, China, Italy and Spain. Those...

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Huawei: our Emotion UI is better than stock Android

Of course it's better, Huawei. Huawei's CEO told has told TechRadar that it could offer stock Android with its new Ascend P6, but doesn't think it would benefit consumers. With the Samsung Galaxy S4 and the HTC One both being offered with a stripped down, native Android experience, we asked Huawei's Consumer Business Group CEO Richard Yu whether Huawei would...

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Huawei Ascend P6 unveiled: world's thinnest smartphone ahoy

Yeah, it's coming in pink too. And what? Huawei has launched its new flagship 'design-oriented' phone, with top-end specs crammed into a tiny frame. Unlike the Ascend P2, this phone is design-led, but with a decent spec list second. It comes with a 1.5GHz quad core processor with 2GB RAM. Like most Huawei devices, the Ascend P6 has been leaked all over...

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6.2mm Huawei Ascend P6 goes official with quad-core CPU

The Huawei Ascend P6 entered our rumor mill a while ago with full specs, official and live pictures coming since. Today Huawei finally is holding a press event in London where it promised to show the Ascend P6 officially. Well, the event is still half an hour away but Huawei has just made the Ascend P6 official via a press release. It might have been a mistake by someone...

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First Tizen phone to be powered by an Exynos 4 chipset

We're still waiting for the first Tizen device – it will launch in August or September according to Samsung VP. In the meantime we get leaks that paint a picture of what the device will be like – a smartphone with 720p screen and an Exynos 4 chipset. TechTastic looked through the Tizen repository for stuff committed by Samsung and there seems to be support for only two...

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Android 4.2 update still headed for HTC One, despite delay

Update pulled - for now HTC One owners may be concerned by the lack of word on Android 4.2 coming to the phone, but HTC has confirmed that an update is on its way – so hold tight. While HTC hasn't given the Android 4.2.2 Jelly Bean upgrade a specific release date, it told Engadget that it's still very much on its way. The update was thought to be coming...

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HTC Desire 200 comes in diminuitive size with ageing specs

HTC Desire 200 - 200 times as good as the Desire The original HTC Desire is one of an exclusive coterie of phones that have achieved the highest honour a phone can enjoy: a five star TechRadar review. We don't think the HTC Desire 200 will quite manage to reach the same heady heights as its forefather, but for a budget phone, its specs are not too shabby....

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Nokia developing a Snapdragon 800 smartphone

The evidence that Nokia is working on a quad-core Windows Phone 8 handset is mounting and this time we're talking the big guns – Qualcomm Snapdragon 800. A changelog in a file hosted on Nokia's servers indicates that the terms "quad_core", "adreno_330", "qualcomm_snapdragon_s4_msm8274" and "qualcomm_snapdragon_s4_msm8974" were added recently. The MSM8274 is a Snapdragon...

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Samsung Galaxy Note 8.0 releasing on AT&T for $399

The GSM variant of the Samsung Galaxy Tab 8.0 will soon be hitting the American shores. AT&T will begin selling the tablet starting June 21 for $399 along with a two-year contract. If, however, you also choose to purchase either of the Samsung S4, S4 Active or the Galaxy Note II from AT&T, then the tablet will only cost you $199. You can read...

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