up to this point, smartphones are offered “as is”, which means out-of-the-box, each model looks the same. customization is an afterthought and usually, from third-party makers of cases, decals and the likes. with the much anticipated Motorola Moto X Smartphone that “as is” doesn’t exist. it is the first smartphone that actually lets you dictate the look
another day, another smartphone hailing from the world’s largest economy, China. this time round is a brand that is lesser known, called ThL and it has set itself apart from the horde of Android phones rolling into the market with the ThL Monkey King W11 Smartphone that boasts the world’s first 13MP camera – not the main camera, but the front-facing camera.
you know an Ubuntu-powered smartphone is coming your way, don’t you? it won’t be ‘just round the corner’, but for enthusiasts, you’d be glad to know that it will be arriving, at least by 2014. so here’s something to get you excited about first: the Ubuntu Edge Dual Boot Smartphone has hit crowdfunding platform INDIE
for those who laments that the HTC One is way too big for their petite hands, well, looks like reprieve is coming your way in the form of the much anticipated HTC One mini. bearing the same design as its larger sibling, the HTC One mini is virtually indistinguishable from the 4.7-inch One by photograph
need a big phone with really BIG sound? well, here’s one to watch out for: the new HTC Butterfly S smartphone. sporting the same 5″ Full HD super LCD 3 display, packing in 440 ppi, the ‘S’ iteration now boast a faster Qualcomm Snapdragon 600 quad-core processor, clocking in at 1.9GHz and 2GB of RAM. speed bump aside, the real star of show is a trio of features that are found on the firm’s flagship
Just after the hot summer launch of Galaxy S4, there were hints about the new editions to Galaxy S4 family. The rumor became real just recently at the London event with the official release of Galaxy S4 Active, the water-proof S4 variant. You already witness the smart phone giant, Samsung currently spattering the mobile
when there’s the other big player offering stock Android experience of their flagship handset, it is hard for this other big player (read: HTC) to resist the temptation to do the same. which is why now, to the joy (or dismay, depending where you stand) of HTC fans, you can now experience the power and beauty of
and you thought holding a 5.5″ Note II to your face is silly and you also thought the Ascend Mate is ridiculous and even more so with the mega-size GALAXY Mega, but take a good look at the Sony Xperia Z Ultra Smartphone; it has all 6.4-inches of it (read: even bigger) and embodies the design statement signature to the Japanese electronics giant
another day, another China designed and produced smartphone hits the market. we are talking about the GEAK Eye and Mars Smartphones, announced at a Beijing event a couple of days ago. the Eye is set to woo shutter-happy smartphone enthusiasts, while the Mars is geared towards high-end performance. destined for pre-orders
we are seeing a shift in smartphone build: instead of going the plastic route, many makers (with the exception of a few such as Samsung) have chosen to adopt high-quality materials. the Huawei Ascend P6 is one such latest example. clad in an all-metal body design and boasts what the Chinese firm dubbed as “impossibly thin” thickness of just 6.18 mm
now that the Samsung GALAXY S4 zoom is official, we can safely conclude that the GALAXY Camera was just a testbed. still, we might be wrong, but who really cares when now you can have a smartphone and still enjoy the benefits that comes with a dedicated camera? and that btw, is what the Korean electronics