News : Sony Xperia TX, T and V benchmark scores are here

The Xperia TX, Xperia T and Xperia V are all of them running on dual-core processors, using the new Krait architecture and clocked at 1.5 GHz. There's still some doubt about the GPUs, but all three tested units reported rocking Adreno 225.

The Krait cores helped the three new Xperias pass the BenchmarkPi with flying colors - none of the quad-core smartphones currently on the market could come anywhere near their achievement. To be fair, though, BenchmarkPi doesn't make use of the multi-core architectures, so the dual-core Kraits have an advantage here.

Benchmark Pi

Lower is better

• Sony Xperia T309
• Sony Xperia V309
• Sony Xperia TX310
• HTC One X (Tegra 3)338
• Samsung Galaxy S III344
• LG Optimus 4X HD350
• Meizu MX 4-core362

The NenaMark 2 results of the Sony Xperia T, TX and V proves that the three new smartphones are Adreno 225-powered. The kind of framerates that the new Sony smartphones achieved are beyond the capabilities of any of the previous Qualcomm mobile GPUs.

NenaMark 2

Higher is better

ony Xperia T

• Sony Xperia TX60
• Sony Xperia V58.8
• Samsung Galaxy S III58.8
• Meizu MX 4-core54.1
• LG Optimus 4X HD52.3
• HTC One X (Tegra 3)47.5

Finally, we come to the overall performance test with Quadrant and the Xperia trio made it three out of three against its quad-core rivals. An impressive achievement indeed.

Quadrant

Higher is betterSony Xperia V6047

• Sony Xperia TX5793
• Sony Xperia T5675
• Samsung Galaxy S III5365
• Meizu MX 4-core5170
• HTC One X (Tegra 3)4842
• LG Optimus 4X HD4814
• Motorola Atrix HD4178

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News (IFA) : Samsung Unveils EK-GC100 Galaxy Camera Running Android 4.1

Following Nikon steps with its Coolpix S800c, Samsung announced their own Android camera. Samsung EK-GC100 camera features an Exynos 4412 quad core Cortex A9 processor, a 4.8″ touchscreen display (1280×720), Wi-Fi and 3G or 4G connectivity (depending on model), a 16MP camera with a 21X optical zoom, and runs Android Jelly Bean.

Samsung Galaxy Camera

Samsung Galaxy Camera specifications:

• OS – Android 4.1 (Jelly Bean)
• Processor -  1.4GHz Quad-Core processor
• Memory – 8GB ＋ memory slot : micro SDSC, micro SDHC, micro SDXC
• Display – 121.2 mm (4.8″), 308 ppi, HD Super Clear Touch Display
• Image Sensor – 16.3 effective megapixel 1/2.3″ BSI CMOS
• Lens -  F2.8, 23 mm, 21x super long zoom
• IS -  OIS (cnxsoft: what is that?) (Optical Image Stabilization) – See Ganesh comment below for details explanation, in case you don’t know this.
• ISO – Auto, 100, 200, 400, 800, 1600, 3200
• Network – 4G, 3G (HSPA＋ 21Mbps): 850 / 900 / 1900 / 2100 MHz
• Image – JPEG format 16M, 14M, 12M Wide, 10M, 5M, 3M, 2M Wide, 1M
• Video – MP4 (Video: MPEG4, AVC/H.264, Audio: AAC), Full HD 1920×1080 30fps, Slow motion Movie 720×480 120fps
• Video Output – HDMI 1.4
• GPS -  A-GPS, GLONASS
• Connectivity – WiFi a/b/g/n, WiFi HT40, GPS/GLONASS and Bluetooth 4.0
• Battery -  1,650 mAh
• Dimension (WxHxD) – 128.7 x 70.8 x 19.1 mm
• Weight -  305g

The device comes with Google Play, and support a whole range of camera “value-added” features (Smart Pro, Smart Content Manager, Photo Wizard, Movie Wizard, Voice Control, Slow Motion Video, and more). This device is still under development, but Engadget was allowed to shot an hands-on video of a prototype, but was not permitted to distribute picture samples taken with the camera.

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News Goophone I5 - 4 Inch Screen Quad-core CPU 8MP Camera Android Phone

 

The (digital world) pirates certainly know what tickles our fancy, with the iPhone 5 yet to be released or even announced (that will have to wait until this September), but surprise, surprise, they have already come up with a knockoff that is Android-powered, now how about that? I am quite sure if the Apple legal eagles are through with the manufacturer of this handset, they won’t be able to get as much as $1 billion from them.

This iPhone 5 replica will most likely be released before the real deal, and it will in no way run on the iOS platform. The entire irony of the situation is that this is powered by the Android operating system, although I am not quite sure of the dock connectors that it relies on to hook up to an external computer, if possible. Do bear in mind that what you see above could very well be just a render, so it might not even be an actual device in existence.

Goophone I5

General

• Manufacturer: Goophone
• Model: Goophone I5
• Phone Style: Bar, multi-touch screen, 4 inch Capacitive touchscreen
• Operating System: Android 4.0 OS
• Processor: Quad-core NVIDIA Tegra 3

Display

• Screen Size: 4 touchscreen
• Display reulotion: 1280*720 pixel
• Color Support: 16 million colors
• Screen Technology: Multi-touch screen

Camera

• Camera Resulotion: 8MP rear camera + 1.3MP front camera, digital zoom

Connectivity

• Connectivity Technology: GSM + WCDMA
• Network Band: GSM 850/900/1800/1900 MHz + WCDMA 850/2100MHz
• Data Technology: EDGE, GPRS
• Bluetooth: Bluetooth 2.1 + EDR
• WLan: Wi-Fi IEEE 802.11 b/g
• USB: USB 2.0
• GPS: GPS/A-GPS (Built-in GPS chipset)

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