Did the Samsung Galaxy S4 with Snapdragon 800 get snapped by a blogger?

So many rumours, yet no confirmations... A possible Samsung Galaxy S4 powered by the Snapdragon 800 processor has had the rumour mills running hot since yesterday, and now a photograph of an S4 look-a-like has popped up on the same day as the Samsung Premier 2013 event. Photographed by micro-blogger Palm, Slashgear believes it could very well be Samsung's...

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Samsung phones, tablets and camera slim down and see convergence

Samsung Galaxy S4's 'Mini Me' Samsung announced the mini version of its flagship smartphone, but there was nothing small about the number of products it unveiled today in London. The Korean manufacturer finally told the world what it already knew: the Samsung Galaxy S4 Mini is on its way. The Galaxy S4 Mini is the 4G successor to the Samsung Galaxy S3...

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Apple's fingerprint scanner could be hidden in the bezel of an iPhone

Security is just a touch away (credit: Patently Apple) The security of mobile devices to this point has been restricted to a personal identification number or a simple swipe of the finger on the screen. With the amount of personal information readily available to anyone who happens to open your device without your knowledge, any additional security would...

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Hands on: Samsung Galaxy S4 Mini review

Hands on: Samsung Galaxy S4 Mini review The Samsung Galaxy S4 Mini has arrived with exactly zero surprise factor, as the Korean firm looks to milk its flagship brand for all its worth. It takes over from the Samsung Galaxy S3 Mini which launched a few months after the Galaxy S3 last year, but Samsung has not given the S4 as much time to find its feet before bringing...

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Samsung manual reveals possible Galaxy S4 with, you guessed it, Snapdragon 800

The Galaxy S4 insists on showing everyone its awkward topless vacation photos Rumors that Qualcomm's next-gen Snapdragon 800 processor, the MSM8974, will make its way into a variant of Samsung's Galaxy S4 appear to have just been confirmed by a user manual of all things. The online manual for a South Korean device known as the SHV-E330S, which Engadget believes...

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Cheap iPhone won't actually be that cheap, says rumored manufacturer

Unlike the iPhone 5, the cheap iPhone is rumored to sport a plastic chassis A cheap iPhone has been rumored for months, but the company thought to be making it has a wrench to throw in our spinning dreams of a budget-priced Apple phone. The cheap iPhone won't actually be that cheap, said T.H. Tung, CEO of Pegatron, the Taiwanese manufacturer thought to be...

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Samsung Galaxy S4 turns up in five new garish shades

Lovely, right? The Samsung Galaxy S4 has added five new colours to its arsenal as the Korean firm looks to suit everyone's taste. You now get to pick from Blue Arctic, Purple Mirage, Red Aurora, Brown Autumn and Pink Twilight on top of the original black and white which arrived at launch. Samsung didn't reveal when these new colours would be available,...

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Watch the Samsung's Galaxy & Ativ Premiere event live here

Samsung is kicking off its Ativ & Galaxy event and you can tune in to YouTube to see all the new (and possibly some old) gadgets that are unveiled and showcased. We're watching too and will post about all the new stuff, in case you just want the details, quick. We're expecting to see the Samsung Galaxy NX interchangeable lens camera with Android, maybe the Galaxy Camera 2 (mentioned by JK Shin, but some say the co-CEO was talking about the Galaxy S4 Zoom) along with at least two new additions to the Ativ PC line – a Book 9 Lite ultrabook...

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Windows Phone 9 release date, news and rumours

Windows Phone 9 is on its way Windows Phone 8 may only be less than a year old, but that hasn't stopped talk of the next iteration, Windows Phone 9. Expected to be with us by the end of the year it looks like Microsoft may be adopting the annual software cycle made popular by Apple in an attempt to keep its mobile OS fresh and, more importantly, relevant....

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Android 4.2.2 JB update for Sony Xperia ZL now seeding

Sony promised to release Android 4.2.2 updates for the Xperia Z and Xperia ZL soon after their launch. And even though the Xperia ZL hit the shelves a few weeks later than the Xperia Z, it is the first one to taste the latest 4.2.2 version of Jelly Bean. Currently the Android 4.2.2 update is available for the Sony Xperia ZL C6503 (LTE) model across Europe. You can...

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Android 4.3 Jelly Bean release date, news and rumours

What do you want Android 4.3 to bring? We're all waiting for the next big iteration of Android to hit us and while we already know it's going to be dubbed Key Lime Pie, it turns out Google isn't quite finished with Jelly Bean as Android 4.3 the next update on the horizon. Don't go expecting huge changes from Android 4.3 Jelly Bean, because as you can probably...

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Oppo confirms Find 7, though not for September, denies Find 5 Mini

After the Oppo Find 5 came around and convinced us that the Chinese manufacturer is perfectly capable of standing up to the big names in business, we've been keeping a close eye on the company's new projects. Recently we've heard about Find 5 mini and Find 7 coming up, and as luck would have it we were just contacted by an Oppo representative, who wanted to clear out a...

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AT&T is now shipping the Samsung Galaxy S4 Active

AT&T holds the exclusivity on the dust and water resistant Samsung Galaxy S4 Active for the United States. The phone was unveiled earlier this month and its worldwide availability will start with the US and Sweden. AT&T has been taking pre-orders since June 14 with a promised shipping date June 21. As it turns out though AT&T started shipping the Galaxy...

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Huawei Ascend W2 leaks again with specs and China in its sights

Oh hello Ascend W2 (credit: China Mobile) The Huawei Ascend W2 looks pretty likely to be the next Windows Phone 8 handset to come out of the Chinese firm after it appeared briefly in a video from China Mobile. Following on from the Ascend W1, the Ascend W2 is set to bring with it slightly beefier specs, which will see Hauwei bend towards the middle of...

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Powerful 41MP PureView camera teased for Nokia EOS

Mega camera ahoy! The numerous rumours surrounding the Nokia EOS and its absurdly powerful 41MP camera have been given further justification after Nokia itself posted a teaser on its website. We expect to see the Nokia EOS officially unveiled at Nokia's July 11 event in New York, and it looks like Elop and co are planning to bring the camera tech from its...

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Another leaked image of the Samsung Galaxy Note III surfaces

The Samsung Galaxy Note III has leaked several times already, first showing off a 5.9-inch display with a rounded corner unibody typical of Samsung's design strategy, then sporting a more straight-edged prototype look, and now with a 6-inch display with ultra-narrow bezels that supposedly result in 84% screen-to-footprint ratio. Not much else in the way of specs information...

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Is this the 6-inch Samsung Galaxy Note 3 we've been waiting for?

Could it be? Could it be? (credit: punkpanda) Another day, another Samsung Galaxy Note 3 leak to confuse and mystify us before the so-called phablet actually breaks cover. The new image, dropped by a Tweeter by the name of @punkpanda, shows a handset with clearly curved edges much like the Galaxy Note 2, while recent leaks have shown the supposed Note...

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Manual for Samsung Galaxy S4 with Snapdragon 800, LTE-A leaks

Samsung has officially confirmed that it is working on a Snapdragon 800 based Galaxy S4 variant, carrying the model number SHV-E330S. Today we also got a manual uploaded a bit prematurely to give us more details about what the device will be like. The chipset is obviously new – Qualcomm MSM8974 with four Krait 400 CPU cores (clockspeed is unknown but we've seen benchmarks...

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