Leaks : Sony ‘Yuga’ C660X gets extensive preview ahead of announcement

 

Mobile-Review has done it again, detailing a significant preview of an as-yet unreleased Sony Xperia handset. Their preview of the Sony C660X (C6603) ‘Yuga’ leaves no stone uncovered as it reveals pretty much everything about the handset, however it’s worth noting that this preview is based on a prototype.

First of all, let’s talk specs. The Yuga has a 5-inch 1080p display that will be powered by a Qualcomm Snapdragon S4 Pro chipset (APQ8064 & MDM9615) with 1.5GHz quad-core processor and Adreno 320 GPU. It will come with 2GB RAM, a microSD memory card slot (we’re not sure what internal storage this has, if any), LTE and a 13MP camera. The prototype previewed was running Android 4.1.2 Jelly Bean.

Via Mobile-Review.

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ZTE May Reveals The Thinnest 5-inch Phablet Before X’mas To Compete With OPPO Find 5

 

Smartphone makers are getting insane of making 5-inch smartphone with 1080p display, so it should come as no surprise that China’s ZTE is, too. Call it “Nubia Z5″. It’s pretty similar toHTC Butterfly (known as HTC Droid DNA in U.S.) and Oppo Find 5 that opted a 5-inch Full HD display, quad-core 1.5 GHz Snapdrago S4 Pro APQ8064 chipset and 2GB of RAM. Rumors are saying ZTE’s Nubia Z5 will have a slim chassis measured at 7.6mm in thickness, meaning it should be thinner than OPPO Find 5 and HTC Butterfly! Isn’t that exciting?

Official Picture

Official Picture

The rumor did not have too many info of the specs, but hinted it will bring a 13 MP rear-facing shooter and it’s possible to land in China before Christmas holiday. Price is unknown yet. ZTE is a latecomer to the segment, where HTC Butterfly is planned to go on sales sometimes this week in China and OPPO Find 5 will be announced tomorrow (We will attend to the launch event as well).

Display’s side-by-side comparison

Nubia Z5’s 1080p display is said to come with 440ppi, which will look more decent than Samsung S3 and iPhone 4S. But comparing with HTC Butterfly and the rumored OPPO Find 5, it is really not a surprise…

Leak shot of Nubia Z5

The global smartphone industry is apparently having a major change over this year, whereas top-tier smartphone brands are being threatened by China’s rising stars like Meizu, Oppo,Xiaomi and Huawei, who had already shown off their works to challenge Apple’s iPhones and Samsung’s S series phone. It’s now ZTE’s turn to show us what they have got.

Source: CNMO (Chinese Translated)

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Leaks : Meizu MX2 images leak ahead of official announcement

Meizu is all set to announce the successor to the Meizu MX later this month but before we get the official announcement, a couple of hands-on images of the phone have been leaked.

The new phone ditches the iPhone-like design to a, well, less iPhone-like design. Gone are the physical controls below the display, which have been replaced by the now standard on-screen Android navigation controls.

The display aspect ratio is also visibly different. Meizu stuck with the 3:2 960 x 640 resolution (that Apple uses for the iPhone) for their past two models and it has now been chucked in favor of what looks like 1280 x 768.

The phone supposedly runs on a quad-core processor and will have Meizu's Flyme skin on top of Android (hopefully Jelly Bean).

The device will officially be announced in China on November 27.

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news: Sony C6603 ‘Yuga’ pictures leak

Sony will not be happy about this at all, but pictures of the Sony C660X (C6603) handset (codenamed Yuga) have leaked. There are seven pictures in total and everything we have been told by our sources up until now, suggest that these pictures are the real deal.

The site that has leaked the pictures, Android Schweiz, claims Yuga will come with a 1.5GHz quad-core processor, 2GB RAM, a surprising 12MP camera (we always thought 13MP Exmor RS was pretty much a dead cert) and a 5-inch 1080p display. The camera may be upgraded by the time it comes to launch though. 

The Yuga comes in a unibody enclosure, therefore do not expect to be able to replace the battery. It will also be the first Sony Xperia phone to come with a glass back, similar to the iPhone 4/4S. The handset design looks elegant with a boxy shape (no arc or NXT features here) and a very thin bezel either side of the display. It has a striking chrome power button on the right side with volume rocker in the middle. A dedicated camera button is also present where you’d expect it to be.

As can be seen in the pictures below, this prototype is running Android 4.1.1, a new kernel version (3.4) as well as 10.1.A.0.XXX firmware, which we already know is Jelly Bean. It all looks like a very nice package indeed and we can’t wait to see/hear more. So, would you buy it?

Via Android Schweiz.

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New JB ROM for Samsung Galaxy Note leaks, supports Multi-View

A couple of weeks ago we saw the first Android 4.1 Jelly Bean ROM for the Samsung Galaxy Note leak, version N7000XXLS2, but now SamMobile claim that they have the real deal straight from Samsung's servers and that the previos ROM was a system dump.

The update brings the original Galaxy Note to Android 4.1.1 and gives it the latest TouchWiz with all the bells and whistles. The ROM also has basic support for Air View (detecting the S Pen from a distance and triggering previews), but that isn't ready just yet.

Before you flash N7000XXLS2 on your Note, have a look at this video N7000XXLS7, which some lucky guy in France who got the update early. It updates the phablet to Android 4.1.2 and enables Multi-View just like on the new Note II.

The video is quite long (and in French), but here are the juicy bits - flashing the ROM at 4:00, you can see the Jelly Bean version at 7:30 and 16:50, Multi-View is shown off at 9:00 and texting works too (13:00), suggesting it's a fully featured ROM.

You can't flash this ROM has yet as it still hasn’t made its way to XDA. On the upside, LS2 is from October 9 (nearly a month ago), so Samsung should be testing a newer version internally (possibly the LS7) and the update should be nearly ready (the Galaxy S II update should arrive at the same time too).

Source 1 • Source 2 | Via

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Camera samples shot with Galaxy Nexus 2 I9260 leak on Picasa

It's been nearly a full year since the last Google Nexus phone was announced (though we witnessed the launch of the Nexus 7 tablet in the meantime). We've already seen some leaked specs of an update for the Galaxy Nexus but now we have photos uploaded to Picasa to back those up as well.

The EXIF info in the photos labels the device "GT-I9260" - the expected model number of the successor of the current Galaxy Nexus (I9250). Unfortunately, the photos were not shot at full resolution, so they can't confirm the upgrade to 8MP that the camera of the next Galaxy Nexus is rumored to receive.

What the photos do reveal however, is a F/2.65 aperture and a 4mm focal length. The Galaxy S III has an aperture of F/2.6 and a focal length of 3.6mm, while the Galaxy S II has an aperture F/2.65 and a focal length of 3.97mm, so it might be theoretically possible that the new Nexus phone may have the same camera as the Galaxy SII.

The firmware versions listed in the EXIF info in the two photos is I9260XXALI5 and I9260XXALI6.

In one of the photos, there's a portion of an Excel window with a table listing Bluetooth specs for something, but there's nothing interesting that can be made out.

Besides the camera, the Samsung I9260 Galaxy Nexus "Premiere" is supposed to have a better CPU (Cortex-A9 dual-core at 1.5GHz instead of 1.2GHz), a microSD card slot and the same 4.65" Super AMOLED HD screen.

Would it be okay if the next Galaxy Nexus really isn't based on the Galaxy S III? The OS it will run is still not clear - typically, a Nexus device would come with the latest available iteration of Android, but Jelly Bean is still very fresh (barely powering a percent of all Androids), so it might be too early for Key Lime Pie.

Source | Via (in Japanese)

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Leaks : BlackBerry 10 L-series phone image leaks again

The BlackBerry 10 L-series phone is out in the wild again, except this time someone bothered to switch it on. This image first found on Instagram shows a person who really needs a manicure holding what is unmistakably the phone previously known as 'London' that we have seen again and again in the past.

The phone is showing the application launcher but it seems the icons are on the homescreen itself, à la, the iOS. You can see there are several of these screens although there are not that many apps so it seems it also lets you keep those tile shaped widgets we have seen in the past.

This is probably just an early prototype considering the BlackBerry 10 devices aren't going to launch until next year. A lot of things could change till then so there is not a lot of point pondering over this image.

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[News] Chinese ex-teen idol Jimmy Lin leaks what he claims is the #iPhone5 on Weibo

Jimmy Lin is a singer, actor, and race car driver, being a pretty popular teen idol in his heyday to boot. Now all of a sudden he pops with a number of images on his Weibo account - the Chinese version of Twitter - and claims they are of him holding the new iPhone 5, or whatever it gets named.

He waxes about the purported features, such as a larger 4" screen, aluminum alloy for the back, and a new dock connector, but says the handset is slimmer, yet feels almost the same in the hand, as the current version. 

 

 

His observation about the material on the rear is that it resembles very much what we have on the iPad, so we are likely to experience a glass/aluminum fusion as a chassis for the next iPhone, if all the leaks and rumors turn out legit.

source: DreamerJimmy (Weibo) via CNETAsia

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News : More #iphone5 leaks over Sina today

After we got many rumors about the new Apple iPhone devices, we’va a couple the picture of the new Apple iPhone (also known as iPhone 5) from SIna Microblogging user.

This picture is claimed as a picture of Apple iPhone 5 prototype, but there is  no suspense metal back shell look like we’ve ever talking before, but the size is big enough comparing with Apple iPhone 4S.

There is no comment from Apple regarding this picture, so we have to wait until Apple officially released the iPhone 5 phone on the market, so let’s wait.

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News : @Samsung Galaxy S III Mini, Samsung Galaxy S II Plus and Samsung Galaxy Premier leaked

Not everyone wants a smartphone with a 4.8inch screen. That makes things difficult for those who would love to own a Samsung Galaxy S III, but can't use such a large display because of small hands or personal preference. According to a source for SamMobile, the Korean based manufacturer has a solution with the Samsung Galaxy S III Mini. The latter will offer much of the Samsung Galaxy S IIIexperience except it will launch with a 4 inch WVGA display, smaller than the 4.8 inch 720 x 1280 Super AMOLED screen on the full sized model. The 8MP camera on the back of the Samsung Galaxy S III will be replaced with a 5MP shooter on the Samsung Galaxy S III Mini, and a dual-core processor will be under the hood. In an attempt to compete with the new Apple iPhone, the Galaxy III Mini is expected to be priced at 250 EUR ($314.50 USD) compared to a price of about 650 EUR ($817.70 USD) off contract for the 6th generation of Apple's iconic smartphone, which is rumored to have the same 4 inch screen size.

Will Samsung offer a "mini" version of the Samsung Galaxy S III?

The same source says that Samsung will also release a device called theSamsung Galaxy S II Plus. The Super AMOLED Plus screen, at 4.3 inches, is smaller than the Sprint and T-Mobile versions of the phone (4.52 inches), and equals the size of the international model and the variant offered by AT&T. A single-core processor is a step down from the dual-core version on the Samsung Galaxy S II, and an 8MP camera will be featured on back. Running on Android 4.0, the Samsung Galaxy  S II Plus will come in 16GB and 32GB models.

Lastly, the source is tipping the GT-i9260 called the Samsung Galaxy S Premier, which will be similar to the Samsung Galaxy S II Plus except for a larger 4.65 inch Super AMOLED HD display. This model will allegedly run on Android 4.1, Jelly Bean.

No pricing information or carrier availability has been leaked, but if  all this is legit, it sounds like Samsung is trying to offer a phone for every taste.

source: SamMobile via AndroidGuys

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News : Nokia Lumia 820, 920 leak out: PureView coming to Windows Phone

daThe new Nokia Lumias have leaked out and they bring great news for Windows Phone fans - Nokia is bringing its PureView imaging technology to Windows Phone 8 with a monster 4.5-inch Nokia Lumia 920, designed in Nokia’s best N9/Lumia 800 traditions and with great new colors, at least if this here leak proves true. 

Along with it comes a lesser specced and non-PureView 4.3-inch Nokia Lumia 820 with equally colorful jazzy looks and probably a more affordable price. 

Both the Nokia Lumia 920 and the Lumia 820 seem to focus on the camera with Carl Zeiss lenses on both gadgets.

We don't know the actual resolution of the allegedy Lumia 920 PureView camera, but so far we've heard speculation that a PureView Windows Phone Lumia could sport a 21-megapixel sensor. This would allow the PureView oversampling technology to combine four pixels into one super pixel when you shoot at 5 megapixels, which in turn would mean less noise and better performance in low light conditions, as well as some non-degrading zoom capability (not just plain digital zoom). Still, in all likelihood this won't be exactly like the monster 41-megapixel sensor on the Nokia 808 PureView Symbian device, but somewhat less capable. On the bright side of things - you don't have to deal with a huge bulge on the back of the device, and the upcoming Lumia 920 definitely looks very, very sleek, much better than the bulky 808 PureView.

We love the colors on both the Lumia 920 and 820. That amazing yellow and vivid, almost crimson red right in the middle seem to set the new trend for Nokia Windows Phones.

As good and veritable as it sounds, this is still a leak so the final handsets Nokia unveils on September 5th might differ from what we see here. Still, to us it seems that there is all likelihood that those images are legit. If so, there will be a lot to get hyped up about in less than a week. 

How do you like what you see? Could that be your future phone right here? 

source: evleaks (1), (2) via PocketNow 

Nokia Lumia 920 with PureView	Nokia Lumia 820, no PureView

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News " HTC Accord render leaks out: a colorful 4.3-inch Snapdragon S4-based Windows Phone

The HTC Accord has just leaked out and it’s a very purple, very colorful Snapdragon S4-based device running on Windows Phone 8. Now, except for the color, design and camera, there is hardly much that any company can do to differentiate in the Windows Phone area - all phones are running on Qualcomm chips with buttery smooth performance.

On the HTC Accord, it’s a 1.5GHz dual-core Snapdragon S4 MSM8960 powering a 4.3-inch Super LCD 2 screen with a sweet HD resolution of 720 x 1280 pixels. 

The HTC Accord is said to come in an 8GB and a 16GB version and pack an 8-megapixel rear camera, NFC support and expandable memory via microSD cards. We can’t see a front facing camera on this press photo, though, but it could still turn out to be there. It would be a sore omission, if it’s not. 

This image of the HTC Accord comes from an HTC ROM, obtained by XDA-Developers’ user Football. Interestingly, the home screen shows the typical layout for Windows Phone 7.x but not a trace of Windows Phone 8. We can confidently guess that it probably was just an earlier render, and of course, the final HTC Accord will ship with WP8 on board.

source: Football4PDA via TheVerge

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Leaks : New 10-inch HTC tablet leaks ahead of IFA

An as-yet-unnamed 10″ tablet from HTC just leaked, showing off a rather unconventional design.

The new tablet is scheduled to be revealed at IFA in the coming days, when we’ll hopefully find out more about why the camera is below the screen rather than above.

Camera aside, the ample bezel along the bottom provides plenty of space for gripping, and we all know how handy this is on a 10-inch tablet.

Perhaps you’ll be able to rotate the device so that the camera gets positioned above the screen, with auto-rotation doing the rest of the work for you, but then the whole tablet will look somewhat awkward. Plus the placing of the HTC logo on the back suggests that this is not how the slate was meant to be used.

Either way, we’ll know more about the new tablet in the coming days at IFA, where HTC will supposedly announce it officially.

Source | Via

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