Android VP Hugo Barra leaves Google for Xiaomi

In a surprising twist of events, Vice President of Android - Hugo Barra - has decided to move on from Google and join Chinese smartphone manufacturer Xiaomi. The news was first broken by AllThingsD and was later confirmed by Barra in a post on Google+. He would be joining Xiaomi Global in China as their Vice President and "help them expand their incredible...

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Yes, BlackBerry still makes phones, and the Z30 can't stop leaking

Zer she blows We've been so mesmerized by the impending train wreck that is BlackBerry lately that we'd almost forgotten it makes smartphones. Thankfully, we have a reminder today in the form of a quick video claiming to show off the BlackBerry Z30 (you remember that, don't you?) as it's flipped, swiped and bandied about. This seems to be a fully functioning...

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iPhone 5S release date set for Sept. 20? T-Mobile workers' holiday plans shelved

Apple popping champagne on September 20? The next-generation iPhone handset(s) may go on sale on 20 September, if reports suggesting T-Mobile employees in the U.S. have been denied time off during that weekend prove accurate. The U.S.-based Tmo News website said the mobile network has blocked off September 20-22 (a Friday, Saturday and Sunday) as vacation-free...

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Three confirms 4G roll-out will start in December

A visual representation of the speed of 4G Three has got all official on its 4G plans, confirming that the network's roll-out will begin in December 2013. If you already have a 4G handset and a Three SIM then 4G speeds won't cost you any extra - all you have to do is install a software update from the network to activate it. Those on monthly plans with...

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More evidence of the HTC One Max's fingerprint scanner surfaces

It's a hole! It can't scan anything! (credit: ePrice) With IFA right around the corner, we've heard plenty from Samsung and LG. HTC, however, is keeping itself in the mix, if inadvertently, with a few reports today shedding light on its potential future plans. Let's start with the hardware: ePrice (Google translated) claimed it picked up the HTC One...

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Verizon, Kyocera and Bear Grylls unveil Hydro Elite

Bear Grylls might currently be off-air, but he came back to brings some awesomeness to Verizon's latest though smartphone - the Kyocera Hydro Elite. Hydro Elite, as the name suggests, is an IPX7-certified water resistant droid. It can last for up to 30 minutes under a meter of water. Other than water protection, the Kyocera Hydro Elite comes with a 4.3-inch...

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Nokia 515 hopes to bring style to the budget feature phone crowd

Nokia 515 - style on a budget Nokia has announced its latest addition to the feature phone market: the Nokia 515. The Finnish phone giant knows that there's still plenty of life in the feature phone market and that's why it is still releasing handsets like the Nokia 515 - not everyone cares if their phone has the power to fling furious feathered fowl. ...

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The Nokia 515 is a precision-crafted dual-SIM featurephone

Nokia just announced the 515 - a featurephone that goes directly after many high-end smartphones in terms of design and build quality. Its body is carved out of a single piece of anodized and sandblasted aluminum, the screen is made out of gently-curved and polarized Gorilla Glass 2 and the keyboard is built from hardened polycarbonate resin. Nokia 515 official photos...

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Acer Liquid S2 pops up on GFX Bench, runs on Snapdragon 800

Acer Liquid S2 seems to be the company's next flagship device that will supposedly hit the shelves very soon. According to a leaked roadmap Acer Liquid S2 will run on a quad-core 2.3GHz processor and pack a 5.98" 1080p IPS display. The rest of the mentioned specs include 2GB RAM, 16GB internal storage and NFC. The Android version is dubbed K OS, although we are not sure...

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Sony Xperia Z1 network license unveils new photos, more info

The Telecommunication Equipment Certification Center in China has given the Sony Xperia Z1 a network license allowing it to operate on the country's mobile networks. However, the Certification Center has also leaked four snapshots of the smartphone from the front, back and two of its sides. The photos confirm just about everything we've already seen about the phone...

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BlackBerry Z30 shows up in yet another leaked video

The BlackBerry Z30 (also known as the A10) has made its rounds several times through the rumor mill with plenty of leaked images and even a few videos. The latest video is of the fullHD variety and shows off the device from all sides - granted not always in focus. There's no AT&T branding this time around, which hopefully means the smartphone will be available in international markets as well. The pleasantly-textured back panel is accompanied by an alleged 5" OLED 720p display, 1.7 GHz dual-core Krait CPU with quad-core Adreno GPU,...

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Nokia Asha 502 and Asha 503 with curved glass in the works

Once again evleaks brings us some juicy information on phones that are yet to become official. This time it's about two upcoming Asha handsets previously rumored as Pegasus and Lanai. Nokia Pegasus / Nokia Lanai = Asha 502 / Asha 503 (doubleshot)— @evleaks (@evleaks) August 28, 2013 Nokia Lanai will be called Asha 503 and we've already seen it leaking in...

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Samsung Galaxy Note III front pictured next to Note II panel

We got to see plenty of leaked photos of the front panel of the Samsung Galaxy Note III yesterday, but a new photo from today includes the front panel of the Galaxy Note II and puts things in perspective. After many different values for the screen diagonal of the Note III, the rumor mill seems to have settled on 5.7". That would make for another 0.2" jump, after the...

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Huge Nexus 4 price drop may signal new Nexus 5 on horizon

It's BIG people Google has slashed the price of its Nexus 4 handset, raising suspicions that it may be queuing up its rumoured successor the Nexus 5. The healthy price cut sees the 16GB LG made Nexus 4 drop from £279 ($349, AU$399) to £199 ($249, AU$299), while the 8GB version is now £159 ($199, AU$249) - down from £239 ($299, AU$349). Countries benefiting...

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New Sony video teases upcoming Honami, drops it in water

Remember this image, posted on Facebook? Well it comes with a whole video, which got released by Sony on YouTube. The video shines a light on the phone's sides, the power button, the camera button, the G lens atop that rumored 20 MP camera and the phone being dropped in water. There's almost no doubt now that the phone we're seeing teased again and again is...

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