Alcatel announced OneTouch IDOL X+ Smartphone | Features | Specs

CES-2014 : At CES introduced the OneTouch POP C9 smartphone, there is also the Alcatel OneTouch IDOL X+ that has been touted to deliver life-like content, where it will perfectly match its design with performance. Just what kind of hardware specifications will the Alcatel OneTouch IDOL X+ come with?

Well, one will be able to find the octa-core processor underneath the hood alongside a 5″ Full HD display at 441ppi pixel resolution, accompanied by a 13.1-megapixel shooter at the back that does Full HD video recording as well, all crammed into a svelte chassis that measures a mere 7.9 millimeters thin.

Specially constructed to deliver content to the masses, the Alcatel OneTouch IDOL X+ offers vibrant color to pictures and video. It has been finely-tuned to unleash the full power of the octa-core processor, and also boasts of better battery efficiency which will reduce power consumption by up to 18 percent when compared to a Quad Core chip when decoding full HD 1080p video. Other smart performance tweaks have also been thrown into the mix to make it a viable option for those who want a decent smartphone without breaking the bank.

Source: Press Release

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Android 4.4 KitKat Leaked Images | Google's next Android OS | Review | Release Date

Before Google launch, some leaked images of Android 4.4 comes on the web. The Google's next Android operating system Android 4.4 is code named as KitKat, not for long-rumored Android 5.0. The KitKat name is taken from chocolate maker Nestle company.

Google's Android is the most popular operating system, millions of users are using Android OS on different devices like smartphone, tablets, and gaming systems.

Google says that "it's our goal with Android KitKat to make an amazing Android experience available for everybody."

So far, some leaked images are leaked over the Internet world. According to leak images, Android 4.4 Kitkat will come in new user interface, but not sure on these images are real or fake.

Here are four leaked images from 9to5google website, the first image shows a new blue colored phone dialer, where a new look of messaging app shows its controls moved to the top right corner.

Moreover, the home screen shows lighter color icons in the status bar like the Apple iOS 7 have. And in the last image shows the proof to be an Android 4.4 operating system.

Android 4.4 KitKat is expecting to be release on October 14th, but no official confirmation on Android 4.4 release.

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Samsung Exynos 5 Octa Core Mobile CPU Will Use All 8 Cores Simultaneously | Deploy Starts in Q4

Samsung's Exynos 5 Octa-Core mobile processor has been introduced earlier this year, a Korean based Samsung Electronic and world's famous smartphone maker, now introduced a new mobile processor chip, a "true" Octa-Core processor that have eight cores and will able to use its all eight cores at one time.


Samsung's Exynos 5 Octa is using big.LITTLE technology. However, earlier chip ( comes in Galaxy S4 ) was unable to use its all eight core simultaneously because it have two processors, a Quad-Core Cortex A7 for little task and a Quad-Core Cortex A15 for big tasks that makes four plus four cores is equal to eight cores. But now it is able to use all eight cores for little and big tasks at a time.

"It's usually assumed that the big CPU will do the performance-critical work, however, power-efficient little cores can handle many significant workloads all on their own, so the workload is balanced within the system. big.LITTLE processing is designed to deliver the right combination of processors for a specific job. An eight-core processor with HMP is the truest form of the big.LITTLE technology with limitless benefits to the users of high-performance, low-power mobile products."- Taehoon Kim, vice president, System LSI marketing, Samsung Electonics

The new Eight core Exynos chip with Heterogeneous Multi-Processing ( HMP ) will be ready to deploy in Q4 of this year.

Source: Phonearena

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Leaked iPhone 5S Manual Reveals Home Button as Touch ID | iPhone 5S Fingerprint Sensor | Review

Ahead of Apple's official reveal of the iPhone 5S, As the Official iPhone event is just hours away and the iPhone 5S new feature leaked.


From a leaked image of the upcoming iPhone 5S alleged user manual shows a different home button with a silver ring and is labeled as a "Touch ID Sensor". This new image has been posted by Nowhereelse.fr that describes about this feature. The wall street Journal have  claims the presence of  this fingerprint.


This would imply that Apple will refer to the fingerprint scanner as the Touch ID Sensor and is said to be used to unlock the iPhone. This might be new primary feature for the iPhone 5S. 


We've already seen specs upcoming iPhone 5S and we've also seen Apple's cheaper iPhone 5C which is coming in plastic body. Just a few hours from the official event so we'll know more about it.

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Sony Announced Xperia Z1 Smartphone | 20.7 MP Powerful Camera Phone | Review | Features | Price

At last Sony has announced Honami ( Xperia Z1 ). In the world of technology, Sony claims that Xperia Z1 is the very best slim technology, waterproof, and soo beautifully designed Android smartphone. Sony is putted everything at this phone, Sony doing very hard working on their smartphones, company hopes to turn things around this new high-end product.

Sony is well known for its music technology, the Sony Xperia Z1 design and looks is very close to the Xperia Z ( launched in month of Feb ). Xperia Z1 have a stunning looks combines with premium materials and cool metallic frame around the side. This phone is also waterproof and dust resistant smartphone with IP55 and IP58 certification.

Sony featured Triluminos display on Xperia Z1 and firstly Triluminos display was seen on Xperia Z Ultra for an immersive viewing experience. Sony's Xperia Z1 comes with a 5-inch Full HD display at resolution of 1080 x 1920 pixels that make 443 ppi pixel density. Xperua Z1 also include X-Reality software engine for mobile which enhance each and every image and video. 

Sony Xperia Z1 is a powerful smartphone which is powered and boast by Qualcomm's latest Snapdragon 800 chipset clocked at 2.2 GHz Quad-Core processor. This is not enough Xperia Z1 also packed with latest Adreno 330 GPU that deliver 50% more graphic processing power for 3D games and videos. The Device comes in two model, with 16 GB/32 GB internal storage that can expand up to 64 GB and a 2 GB of RAM.

The Most important key feature, Sony Xperia Z1 offers a 20.7-MP ( Megapixels ) 1/2.3" camerawith Exmor RS sensor with an f/2.0 aperture, BIONZ mobile image processing engine and CMOS image sensor. This is what the smartphone offers Sony's award-winning G-lens. This time Xperia Z1 camera is equal to Digital camera. Sony also provide a physical dedicated camera key.

Sony Xperia Z1 comes with big battery capacity of 3,000 mAh that capable of delivering a long talk-time with 880 hrs of stand-by time on GSM, 7 hrs of HD video playback and 110 hrs of music listening time. To save more power Sony also include a Stamina mode feature which turn off applications to save power.

Sony Xperia Z will hit market by end of September month. No information is available on exact date and pricing of this device, stay tuned we'll update it soon.

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Apple will Launch Cheapest iPhone 5C | Review | Features | Specs | Price

Apple's upcoming high-end cheapest iPhone 5C have seen in colorful plastic. iPhone 5C is just not coming in black and white, it'll available in five colors. which may includes red, blue and yellow colors also.

The iPhone 5C using curved premium design, with high quality plastic rather than the aluminium and toughened glass, which used in iPhone 5 and iPhone 5S. Now, Apple tried to provide their iPhone at cheap cost. This iPhone 5C also made volume buttons, hold buttons, mute slider and SIM tray in plastic material to keep the cost down.

All new iPhone 5C will be the first Apple device runs on new iOS 7. This budgeted iPhone 5C have same a 4-inch touch display with resolution of 1136 x 640 pixels, 326ppi pixel density. This is powered by a Dual-Core unkown processor and chipset. iPhone 5C is packed with 16GB, 32GB, 64GB of internal storage and a 1GB of RAM. 

Like to photo shoots from your iPhone device, this iPhone have a 8-MP ( MegaPixel ) of camera with a 1.2-MP of front facing camera, keep your favorite moments with super quality.

This is really a amazing iPhone with all features at cheap cost, the iPhone 5C may arrive in the month of October. This may be cost at $330 approx.

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Talk To The Hand: Take Phone Call Using Bluetooth-Enabled Glove | Winter Handsfree | Price

Humans created many of unusual creations and today we have a handfree glove that allows you to take phone calls without taking their phone out of pocket. These gloves are known as 'Talk to the Hand'.


O2 and artist Sean Miles worked together. Both created pair of gloves that allows to answer phone calls simply by gestures with your hand. These gloves have a speakers located into the thumb and a in-built microphone in the ( pinky ) little finger that can be connected to any mobile phone using bluetooth. 


Don't worry of its battery life, according to company fully charged battery will last 10 days of standby-time and 20 hrs of talktime. The glove charges via a micro USB port which is in-build in it.


"Main aim behind this Talk to the Hand project is to raise awareness on recycling old and wasted mobiles and gadgets", according to Sean Miles. As for the availability and price, no information is available at the moment.

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BBK Vivo X3T | World's Thinnest Smartphone Certified | A Chinese Smartphone | Review | Features

BBK, a china based company has made the world's thinnest smartphone and the phone has received certification in china, the smartphone called BBK Vivo X3T. This smartphone thickness is measured of 5.75 mm, which break the thickness of iPod Touch at 6.1 mm.

While BBK is not a popular brand, but this make history with their smartphone. According to features, Vivo X3T includes a 5-inch full-HD display with a resolution of 1080 x 1920 pixels. The phone have a 1.5 GHz Quad-Core MediaTek processor and a 1 GB of RAM. This Ultra thin phone have a 8 MP of rear camera on other hand a front 5 MP video calling camera.

BBK Vivo X3T will be packed with Android v4.2 operating system with dimension of 143.27mm x 71.03mm x 5.75mm. Although we know it will become more expensive and low capacity battery because of its thickness. Other information regarding this phone was not released.

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Acer Launched It's Fifth Smartphone Liquid Z3 | Review | Features | Price

Acer, a well known Laptop manufacturer has unveiled its new low-end Android smartphone called Acer Liquid Z3. Sounds good, let's have a look at it.

Most mobile manufacturer companies launching their big screen smartphones but Acer's Liquid Z3 is not a big smartphone, it comes with a 3.5-inch screen with 109 x 60 x 10.4mm of dimension, this means its easy to carry in your hand as well as pocket.

This Acer's Android smartphone is powered by a 1.7 GHz Dual-Core processor. The 3.5-inch screen have a resolution of 320 x 480 pixels or a HVGA display. The phone is packed with 4 GB of internal storage with microSD card slot and a 512 MB of RAM. This device is runs on Android 4.2 Jelly Bean OS and an update to Android 4.3 OS will come soon. It also comes in Dual-SIM model as well.

According to Connectivity, it have features like Bluetooth, Wi-Fi, GPS, 3G connectivity with HSPA+ support means you can surf at speed of 21Mbps.

In Additional, Liquid Z3 have a 3 Megapixels ( MP ) of rear camera but no camera for video calls. This is light weight smartphone with 120 grams and it includes a 1500 mAh battery.

Acer Liquid Z3 is a perfect phone for you if you have low budget. This device will available in the mid of August and priced at $132.

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Motorola DROID MAXX Have 3500mAh Big Battery Give 48 hrs of Backup | Review | Features | Price

This time Motorola have been busy in making smartphones, after Motorola's DROID ULTRA and DROID MINI there latest smartphone Motorola DROID MAXX has been announced. Let's take a look at its features and hardware configurations.

The new Droid MAXX is comes with a long lasting 3500mAh battery that will give you almost 48 hours of extended battery life. The Motorola Droid MAXX comes in same design and Kevlar unibody and have 8.5 mm thickness.

According to hardware configurations,  Droid MAXX is packed with Motorola's X processing unit, 16 GB of internal storage and 2 GB of RAM for smooth and fast processing. In addition, Droid MAXX have a 5-inch HD display at 1280 x 720 pixels resolution, 10 MP ( mega pixels ) of rear camera and 2 MP of front camera. and is also comes in 4G-LTE version.

This phone will solve your battery life problem. As per availability and price, you can purchase Droid MAXX for $299 with a 2-year of contract.

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Hands On: Motorola DROID ULTRA Announced | Review | Features | Price | Release Date

Verizon and Motorola have teamed up and officially showed off a new DROID smartphone, let's have a look at new member of Droid family.

FEATURES
The Motorola Droid Ultra an Android smartphone comes in glossy color kevlar body, its just 7.18 mm thin and weight of 137 grams. Droid Ultra comes with 5-inch HD display at a resolution of 1280 x 720p and have dimensions of 137.5 x 71.2 x 7.18 mm. The Phone is powered by Snapdragon S4 Pro 1.7 GHz Dual-Core processor, system chip of Motorola X8 and a Adreno 320 Quad-Core graphics processor. This device have feature of making calls, finding directions, search etc using voice commands. The phone is packed with 16 GB of internal memory and a 2 GB of RAM.


CAMERA
The Droid have 10 MP of rear camera with LED flash and auto focus. It can record full HD videos with resolution of 1920 x 1080 at 60 frame per seconds. It also have 2 MP front camera for video calls.

CONNECTIVITY
According to connectivity, it includes Bluetooth v4.0 EDR, Wi-Fi 802.11 a/b/g/n/ac, Wi-Fi hotspot, DLNA, NFC, GPS, 3G and 4G-LTE. To insert a SIM in SIM slot, you have to use a Nano SIM card. Droid Ultra running on Android v4.2.2 Jelly Bean operating system. 


BATTERY & PRICE
The Phone have Li-ion 2130 mAh battery which gives you 312 hrs of stand-by time and talktime of 28 hrs. Droid Ultra is available at $199 and it will release on 20th August 2013.

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Meizu MX3 | Images and Features Leaked | Review

Popular Chinese Smartphone developer Meizu's next generation flagship model called Meizu MX3, phone images and specifications has been leaked on web. The Meizu's upcoming smartphone leaked images showing the front and back panels. On the backside of phone shows a camera and a flash, but the camera resolution isn't known yet.

The MX3, Flyme OS based smartphone will be feature a 5.1-inch display, with full HD resolution at high pixel density. The Phone have attractive design and has thickness of just 8.6 mm.

The type of display used in it is unknown yet. According to srcleaks, the phone is expecting to run on Flyme 3.0 OS, there'll be 2 GB of RAM but unfortunately, we have no information about processor.

We haven't that much of information, but we could expect from Meizu to get announced it soon. We'll gather and serve you when more leaks comes to the web.


Source: GSMArena

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Blackberry Q5 | BB10.1 Smartphone | Review | Features | Price

Today in India, Blackberry has launched new smartphone running on Blackberry 10.1 operating system called Blackberry Q5 at a price tag of Rs 24,990/-. The Blackberry Q5 is the third smartphone running BB10 OS. The Q5 is both touch and type smartphone has a 3.1-inch LCD display and qwerty keypad.

DESIGN/DISPLAY
The Blackberry Q5 will be available in white, red and black color. The Q5, a curved model have plastic body with 120 x 66 x 10.8 mm dimensions, 120 gram of weight. Blackberry Q5 have 3.1-inch, 720p IPS LCD touchscreen display at an aspect ratio of 1:1, with a resolution of 720 x 720 pixels at 329ppi pixel density.

FEATURES/PERFORMANCE
The Blackberry Q5  is powered by a Qualcomm Snapdragon 1.2 GHz Dual-core processor, on other hand Q10 was packed with 1.5 GHz dual-core processor. Unlike the Q10, which has 16 GB of internal storage and 8 MP of camera, but in Q5, which has a internal memory of 8 GB and 5 MP of rear, 2 MP of front camera. The Q5 have 2 GB of RAM, external microSD card slot, Wi-Fi 802.11 b/g/n, Hotspot, DLNA, GPS, NFC.

CAMERA
Capture your favorite moments with 5 MP of rear camera with features like LED flash, autofocus, geo-tagging, 4-element F2.4 lens, image stablization and burst mode. It offers 5x of Digital Zoom and it can record full HD video at 1080p. Q5 also have 2 MP of fixed focus front camera with features like image and video stablization, it have 3x Digital Zoom and it can record HD video at 720p.

The Q5 has a larger battery capacity of 2180mAh compared to Q10 which has 2100mAh and 1800mAh for the Z10.

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Micromax Canvas 4 | Launched in Indian Market | Review | Features | Price

Micromax has launched "Canvas 4" Android smartphone in India and began its pre-order at 28th of June at Rs 5,000 without declaring its price and specifications.

The Micromax Canvas 4, the handset comes with a 5-inch display with resolution of 1280 x 720p 'TRU-HD' IPS panel, 1.2GHz quad-core processor powered by MT6589, and it runs on Android 4.2.1 Jelly Bean OS. The device comes with 13 MP rear camera with features of five element lens, multiple face detection, image stablization and vertical panorama, on the other side canvas 4 have 5 MP front camera for video calling. Canvas 4 comes in dual SIM with dual standby functionality.

In case of storage capacity it have 16GB internal storage and 1GB of RAM, the storage is expandable with microSD card up to 32GB. Connectivity options includes Wi-Fi, Bluetooth, GPS and Micro-USB. Canvas 4 have 2,000 mAh battery. Micromax Canvas 4 has price tag of Rs17,999 in Indian market.


Source:  GSM Arena

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Motorola Droid Maxx | Leaked Image | Capacitive Buttons | Verizon Wireless

A Leaked image of the Motorola Droid Maxx for Verizon shows the front look of the phone. A Leaked image of Motorola Droid Maxx has been tweeted by evleaks.

Last month evleaks hinted Droid Ultra, which can be seen in the leaked image, this might be the extended version of the Droid Ultra. The Droid ultra which carries the codename XT1080 is expected to come in white, black and red colors, while the Droid Maxx Codename XT1080M will be offered by popular Verizon wireless.

The new device as you can see in the leaked image, the phone has capacitive touch buttons, Kevlar construction and a front-facing camera and it would come in black and white colors according to evleaks.

Source: @evleaks

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Nokia 301 | 3G Dual-SIM Phone | Features | Price | Affordable Mobile Phone

Nokia brings cheapest 'candybar' designed 3G phone known as nokia 301. Nokia 301 is an affordable mobile phone launched in market.

Nokia 301 comes with many features running on Symbian OS 40 at an expectable price of £56, €65, $ 85, Rs5,149/-.

The Nokia 301 is a feature phone with a physical menu keys and numerical 12-button keypad. Nokia 301 have 2.4 inch 256k colors TFT screen with a resolution of 240 x 320 pixels. On top of phone it have 3.5mm headset jack and a microUSB port for connectivity.

The main feature Nokia 301 have is 3.15 megapixels(MP) rear camera with video recorder and Bluetooh v2.1 with A2DP. it also have 256MB of ROM, 64MB of RAM and a microSD card slot which can expands up to 32GB.

Other features on Nokia 301 are Stereo FM Radio also packed with optional dual-SIM card slot from which second SIM slot supports only 2G network but the main first SIM slot supports 3.5G network with a 1200mAh battery that give backup of 504 hours on standby mode and 6 hours of talktime on 3G network.

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Micromax Canvas A92 Lite | Android Mobile | Features | Price | Review

Micromax has launched a stylish and medium Smartphone in the market known as Micromax A92 Canvas Lite to be priced at Rs 8,499/-. Micromax A92 Canvas Lite android smartphone mobile is available in two colors that is white and black. The candybar design of the phone looks very similar to its predecessors and it weighs less as well.

Micromax A92 Canvas Lite comes with 5-inch TFT capacitive touch screen display with a resolution of 480X854 pixels and a pixel density of 196 ppi. It is powered by a 1GHz dual-core processor alongside 512MB of RAM.

The smartphone has Android 4.1.2 (Jelly Bean) OS, 4GB of internal storage, of which 0.94 GB is user accessible. The storage can be further expanded by up to 32GB via microSD card. It is a dual-SIM (GSM+GSM) smartphone with dual standby. Other connectivity options include 3G, Wi-Fi 802.11 b/g/n, Bluetooth and GPS.

A92 Canvas Lite comes with a 5MP rear camera with 5X Digital Zoom and Flash. The camera is also capable of recording videos at 30 fps. There is no video calling camera.

This android mobile A92 Canvas Lite has G-Sensor, light sensor and proximity sensor and is powered by a 2000 mAh Li-Ion battery which Micromax promises 6 hours of talktime on 2G and 240 hours of standby back up.

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Samsung Galaxy S4 Active | Full Specifications

SAMSUNG GALAXY S4 ACTIVE SPECIFICATIONS : ↓

OS	Android v4.2.2 (Jelly Bean)
PROCESSOR	1.9 GHz Quad-core Krait 300
GPU	Adreno 320
DISPLAY TYPE + SIZE	TFT capacitive, Gorilla Glass 2, 16M colors, Multitouch + 5-Inch 1920 x 1080p, 441 ppi density
DATA + SPEED	GPRS, EDGE, HSDPA-42Mbps, HSUPA-5.76Mbps, 4G-LTE
CONNECTIVITY	Wi-Fi - a/b/g/n/ac, Bluetooth - v4.0 with A2DP, NFC, Infrared, DLNA, OTA, microUSB v2.0
STORAGE	Internal - 16GB (11.2GB user available), 2GB RAM External - Expand up to 64GB via. microSD card
SENSORS	Accelerometer, Gyroscope, Compass, Barometer, Proximity, Gesture
CAMERA	Primary - 8MP, 3264 x 2448 pixels resolution, LED Flash, Autofocus Secondary - 2MP, 1080p@30fps Video Recording - 1080p@30fps
PHONE CERTIFIED	Water and Dust Resistant - IP 67 Certified
BATTERY	Li-ion 2600 mAh

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Sony Xperia Z Ultra | Biggest Phone | Largest Display | Features | Price | Review

Sony Xperia Z Ultra "World's Biggest Phone" is meant to be a Phablet - with a 6.44-inch 1080p reality display and also "World's Slimmest Phone" with just at 6.5mm thick but handset is heaver at 212 grams.

The Xperia Z Ultra is water-resistant and dust-resistant (IP55 and IP58) like the 5-Inch Xperia Z. Most different feature from other competitor mobiles is the battery-saving mode known as "Stamina mode" same feature as on Xperia Z.

Xperia Z Ultra comes with latest version of Jelly Bean i.e. Android 4.2 on Qualcomm's quad-core Snapdragon 800 processor clocked speed at 2.2GHz. It has 8MP rear camera with latest Sony's Exmor RS mobile sensor, 4G-LTE, NFC, 2GB of RAM, 16GB of internal storage and expand storage up to 64GB with micro SD card slot.

Earlier, Sony's 5-Inch Xperia Z has a capacity of 2,330 mAh which is poor battery life of around four to five hours of use, But now Xperia Z Ultra upgrades the battery capacity to 3,000 mAh as display is upgraded.

The Xperia Z Ultra will be available globally in the 3rd quarter of this year and will come in three color i.e. white, black and purple. Sony doesn't have any price tag yet.

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Micromax Canvas 4 | Full HD Phone | Pre-order Date | Features | Price

Micromax Canvas 4 is the next most anticipated smartphone launch in India next month. Micromax’s forthcoming flagship model the Canvas 4 has been creating quite the buzz and as the date of an unveiling nears, we are seeing a steady increase in the number of leaks and rumors. The first set of press photos surfaced online recently.

 It is not that the company has officially announced or released any data or images but the first supposed image of Canvas 4 is being shared with you and we are pretty sure this is your first look at the device. The image of Micromax Canvas 4 has been sent to a select few media by @MMXNewscaster and the source should be trusted by looking at its past record.

Rumours about the next generation Canvas smartphone have gained traction with its debut event just around the corner. Regarding its specifications, Canvas 4, is expected to sport a 5.5Inch Full HD 1080p display powered by a 2GHz quad-core Cortex A7 processor along with PowerVR Series 5XT graphics. It is also speculated to pack 2GB of RAM and 8GB of internal storage which can be further expanded through the microSD card slot.

According to connectivity, the device may arrived with Single and Dual-SIM card slots versions, Surf net at lighting speed with 3G. Canvas 4 has NFC, Bluetooth 4.0, Wi-Fi 802.11, and USB 2.0 ports. It is also expected to host a 13-megapixel rear camera with dual-LED flash, a 3.2-megapixel front-facing camera, a long backup 3,000mAh battery and the Android 4.1.2 Jelly Bean operating system. The other add-on features of the image snapper would be autofocus, face and smile detection and image stabilization.

Micromax has set the pre-booking date as June 28th for the device. We will definitely let you know once it goes for pre-order. We should know exact specification of the device by then, till then wait!!!

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