While many consumers are waiting for the HTC One to go on sale in their respective markets, the folks at iFixit have already disassembled the flagship Android smartphone for all to see what’s under the hood. As you may recall, the One features a 4.7-inch 1080p Full HD Super LCD 3 display, Qualcomm Snapdragon...
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If the affordable Sony Xperia L doesn’t do it for, perhaps you’d be more interested in the mid-range Xperia SP, which was also announced today as a new addition to the 2013 Xperia family. Designed with a precision crafted co-molded aluminium frame, the Xperia SP features a 4.6-inch 720p HD Reality display with Sony’s...
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Along with the Xperia SP, Sony also announced the Xperia L Android smartphone today. With the Xperia L, Sony focused on style and quality camera features at an affordable price-point. It sports a 4.3-inch FWVGA display, Qualcomm MSM8230 1GHz dual-core processor, 1GB of RAM, 8GB of internal storage expandable with microSD card, an 8...
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Samsung’s Galaxy S IV Unpacked 2013 event is still a few hours away, however, for those interested in spoilers, we’ve acquired some photo samples from the unannounced device’s 13 megapixel camera. There’s a nice bit of variation with the seven pictures when it comes to shooting conditions/environments – indoor, outdoor, sunny and low-light. Check...
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The Google Nexus 4 by LG received a repairability score of 7 out 10 by the guys at iFixit, as it was torn down this past weekend in the name of science. The Nexus 4, which was recently released and runs Android 4.2 Jelly Bean, rocks a 4.7-inch WXGA IPS display (1280×768 pixel resolution,...
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Google announced Android 4.2 Jelly Bean along with the Nexus 4 smartphone and Nexus 10 tablet today. One of the highlighted software features of Android 4.2 is a new camera enhancement called Photo Sphere. Photo Sphere essentially allows you to capture more of the world around you by stitching together multiple pictures taken from...
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American actress Jessica Alba graced the stage during the Windows Phone 8 launch event today to offer her experience with Microsoft’s maturing mobile OS. The beautiful 31-year old celebrity is also a mother of two, so the focus of her appearance was on the new Kid’s Corner feature in Windows Phone 8, which essentially...
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The Nexus 10 tablet, manufactured by Samsung, is expected to be unveiled alongside the LG Nexus 4 smartphone at Google’s Android event on October 29th in New York. It seems Vic Gundotra, Google Senior Vice President of Engineering, may have accidentally jumped the gun simply by posting vacation photos on his Google+ page. You...
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Teardowns of smartphones and tablets are typically orchestrated by the folks at iFixit these days, but the makers of the Xperia Tablet S decided to take this one into their own hands. In the time-lapsed video below, you will see Sony engineer Takuya Inaba rip apart the new Android tablet and put it back...
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UPDATE: Nokia has confessed to filming the demonstration video above with a completely different camera, not the Lumia 920! They’ve issued an apology, claiming the video was produced to simulate what they can deliver with optical image stabilization (OIS). A true representation of the OIS feature in action is shown in the video at...
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Today, at the Samsung Mobile Unpacked press conference at IFA 2012, Samsung officially unveiled the Galaxy Note II Android smartphone-tablet hybrid, or “phablet” for short. “Last year at IFA, we launched the GALAXY Note, which opened a new category of smart mobile devices. This year, again at IFA, I am proud to announce the...
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Today, Nikon announced an Android-powered point-and-shoot digital camera, called the COOLPIX S800c. It’s Nikon’s first attempt at a compact camera with Google’s mobile operating system on-board. The S800c features a 16-megapixel CMOS sensor, 10x NIKKOR zoom lens, 1080p HD video capture capability, 3.5-inch WVGA OLED touchscreen display, 1.7GB of internal storage (expandable with SD/SDHC...
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Thanks to the fellas at iFixit, we can now take a look inside the Samsung Galaxy Note 10.1 Android tablet through a series of teardown photos. Recently announced at a press event in NYC and released in the US on August 16, the Android 4.0 Ice Cream Sandwich-powered Galaxy Note 10.1 features a 10.1-inch...
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New press images of the Sony Xperia SL LT26ii Android smartphone have appeared on Hong Kong-based website ePrice. The successor to the Xperia S reportedly sports a 1.7GHz dual-core processor and Android 4.0 Ice Cream Sandwich – if not Android 4.1 Jelly Bean. The photos below show the handset in silver, white, black and...
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The folks at iFixit tore down the Google Nexus 7 tablet earlier in the week, so it’s only fitting that they also ripped apart the Nexus Q social streaming media player – both were unveiled at Google I/O 2012. If you recall, Google was proud to announce that the Nexus Q was designed and...
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