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Google’s New Nexus Devices Feature Android L – for Lollipop

by Super User

Details about Google’s Nexus 6 smartphone were heavily leaked before it was officially announced this month. Even in March (Display Monitor Vol 21 No 9), rumours were appearing online. Now we can see that …

Vivo Has Ambitious Smartphone Plan

by Super User

A posting on the ‘Chinese Twitter’, Weibo, has revealed that smartphone maker Vivo is planning to create a 3.8mm-thick smartphone. Yes, that’s 1.3mm thinner than the current record-holder, the ELife S5.1 from Gionee (Display …

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Huawei Rises to Phablet Space

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We missed Huawei at IFA, but the company announced two new smartphones called the Ascend Mate 7 and Ascend G7. The former features a 6″ display (1920 x 1080), aluminium chassis and octa-core processor …

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LG’s Entry-Level Phone Boasts 4G, Dual-SIM

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LG’s F60 is the company’s newest entry-level offering – with 4G connectivity. Powered by a 1.2GHz Qualcomm quad-core processor, running Android 4.4, the phone shares many functions with the LG G3. These include Knock …

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LG Donates Smartphones to Help Fight Ebola

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2,000 smartphones are to be contributed to the UN, for use in combating the ebola outbreak in West Africa, by LG. The phones will be provided to UN healthcare and other key personnel in …

Huawei’s Honor Brand Charges in to Europe

by Super User

Huawei’s Honor brand is available online only. Savings from this business strategy are said to be passed on to consumers directly. A new addition to the lineup is the Honor 6, available through Amazon …

Tesco Cancels Hudl Smartphone

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Tesco’s Hudl tablet was wildly popular last year, but the company has cancelled plans for a 4G smartphone under the same brand. Since the phone, apparently capable of challenging the Galaxy S5, was first …

Vivo IV Recognised as World’s Thinnest Phone…

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The Vivo IV, by Blu, was temporarily the world’s thinnest phone, certified by the Guiness Book of Records. Measuring just 5.5mm, it is on sale in the USA now. It was not developed solely …

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HTC Takes The Needle to a Smartphone

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A limited edition HTC One M8 has been created, in partnership with tattoo artists Lal Hardy and Cally-Jo Pothecary. HTC and the artists designed the phone to celebrate the company’s sponsorship of the MOBO …

ZTE Aims to Climb Within USA Top 5

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Cheng Lixin, CEO of ZTE North America, has said that the company aims to double sales in the US market this year. That would put total device sales at 20 million units. The intent …

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Vivo…Until Gionee Revamped its Own Product

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China’s Gionee has gone and outdone itself, beating its previous S5.5 smartphone (holding the record for the world’s thinnest model) with the 5.1mm-thick ELife S5.1 (thinner than my mousemat! – TA). Like the S5.5, …

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Asus Expects Double Shipments Next Year

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Asus expecys to ship 16 million handsets next year, say supply chain sources: double the expected eight million shipments in 2014. Almost three million were shipped in Q3. The sources say that smartphone profits …

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