Hisense X1 has a 6.8" display and is US bound

Did you ever want to hold your Nexus 7 tablet up to your ear and make a phone call? Hisense feels your pain, so they made the X1 - a phablet with a 6.8" 1080p IPS display. The humongous device will be selling in China before it hits the United States. It packs some pretty appealing specs which include a Snapdragon 800 chipset, 13MP camera, Android 4.4 KitKat, and...

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Samsung's rumoured Galaxy Note 3 Neo could be the first hexa-core phone

Half Note 2, Half Note 3? The Note 3 Neo could be along the way Samsung's been popping out Pro devices like a rain-soaked silicon Mogwi this week, but the company be about to switch focus to its second tier options, judging by alleged leaked internal documents. GSM Arena claims to have gotten its hands on Samsung literature showing full specs for the rumoured...

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Incipio confirms Nokia Lumia ICON existence and name, again

Sometimes the easiest way to get a confirmation of a smartphone's existence is to just look at the accessory manufacturers who mass produce for upcoming devices. A look at Incipio's portfolio gave us just that with its case for the Nokia Lumia ICON. The case was previously put up online but then quickly taken off, as we reported in an earlier story. It was now...

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EXCLUSIVE: Samsung Galaxy Note 3 Neo full specs leak

What has until now been rumored as the "Lite" version of the Samsung Galaxy Note 3 is apparently set to see life as the Samsung Galaxy Note 3 Neo. The confirmation comes from a bunch of these leaked internal product positioning documents that we acquired. The Samsung Galaxy Note 3 Neo looks to be more of a refresh to the Samsung Galaxy Note 2 rather than a dumbed-down...

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Vodafone promising to deliver Moto G on contract complete with Android KitKat

Dear Moto G, thanks for not costing much money. Love, us. For the SIM-free price of £130, the Moto G represents perhaps the best value ever offered by a smartphone manufacturer in the UK, but Vodafone still reckons it can snare some buyers on contracts. The company has announced it'll be stocking the upper-mid-range handset in the near future (no firm release...

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Nokia Normandy leaks yet again, runs on Android KitKat

The rumors of the notorious Nokia Normandy prototype running on Android has been around for quite some time. Even though the company's Devices and Services division is soon to be acquired by Microsoft, it seems the Normandy rumors continue, suggesting the device might come to live against all odds. Last month we learned the codenamed Normandy device is supposed to be...

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Is this the Nokia Normandy Android phone we've been hearing about?

Wrong phone, right screens? (credit: @evleaks) Will it? Won't it? We simply don't know if Nokia has plans to launch its own Android smartphone, with rumours suggesting either outcome is possible - but a fresh leak has given the "it will" camp a little more fire power. The regular (and normally accurate) @evleaks is at the centre of things again, posting...

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Blackberry Z10 now £150 off-contract in the UK

Blackberry's Z10 handset just received another price cut: you can snatch one up for £150 SIM-free straight from the manufacturer's UK website. This applies to both the black and white versions of the smartphone. This is what your money will get you: a quad-band 4G/LTE smartphone with a 4.2 inch screen with a dual-core 1.5 GHz Krait processor and 2GB of RAM....

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Android 4.3 Jelly Bean now available on Asus Fonepad 7

Asus has announced the 7-inch Fonepad 7 hybrid on IFA back at September last year. It quickly gained some popularity due to its very attractive price tag and unique mixture of tablet and smartphone experience although it didn't exactly turn into a best seller. Still that doesn't prevent Asus from taking good care of it and here comes its first major update. Originally...

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Samsung Galaxy Grand Neo escapes ahead of MWC 2014

Its not even here yet and the Galaxy Grand 2 is on a diet (credit: SamMobile) CES 2014 may be in full swing but that hasn't stopped MWC 2014 news from reaching our ears, with a leak of the Samsung Galaxy Grand Neo hitting the web. The Galaxy Grand branding hasn't reached UK shores yet, although there have been hints that that Galaxy Grand 2 is likely...

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Nokia Lumia 1520 32GB model coming to AT&T;

According to a report by WPCentral, AT&T is about to start offering a 32GB model of its Windows Phone 8 flagship - the Nokia Lumia 1520. So if you've been waiting for the 32GB version of the phablet on AT&T, you will be able to buy it starting January 10. The US carrier started offering the 16GB Lumia 1520 at its brick-and-mortar stores as well as online for...

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Can renewed focus on physical keyboards save BlackBerry?

The Q10 may just be the start of a new dawn Touchscreen smartphones might be all the rage but it seems that the humble QWERTY keyboard still has a place, in Canada at least. Bloomberg quotes new BlackBerry CEO John Chen at CES 2014 saying "I personally love the keyboards", adding that that future BB devices will "predominantly" use physical keyboards. ...

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EXCLUSIVE: Galaxy Grand Neo to launch in mid-February

After we the Samsung Galaxy Grand Neo specifications, we received additional availability info. The 5" Android will start selling in Europe (Belgium at least) in Week 7 this year – that's February 10-16. As we reported earlier, the Grand Neo will cost €300 (after tax) in Europe. That would put it in competition with phones much more capable than it. We'll see...

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