The battle is on for the release of the world’s first flexible smartphone display. Samsung announced recently that it is going to be bringing out a flexible, curved screen phone and now LG has done exactly the same thing. The design involves an OLED (organic light emitting diode) panel similar to the ones used on OLED TV sets, although in the case of TVs the panel is...
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If you are in Africa or planning to go there anytime soon then maybe you will be tempted to try out the new African smartphone and tablet. These are the first products of this type which have been designed by an African company and it will be interesting to see how successful they are. The phone and tablet are made in China but they have been designed by Verone Mankou...
Taiwan-based smartphone maker HTC announced on Friday that it will be pulling out its operations in Brazil due to poor performance that resulted in a decline in shares in the smartphone market. The company said that it will lay off the staff it employs and stop the wholesale sales of its products. Reports say that the company has already notified some of its employees...
In an effort to build anticipation for one of the most highly-awaited blockbusters of the year and to somehow promote its new Lumia 900 smartphone, Nokia has released an exclusive trailer for the movie The Dark Knight Rises. As we all know, the Finnish mobile phone company is heavily sponsoring the film with the release of its Batman-themed Dark Knight Rises Nokia Lumia...
Reports say that pre-orders for Samsung’s upcoming flagship smartphone, the Samsung Galaxy S III, are being offered by a local retailer in Asia. According to tech website 9 to 5 Google, an online gadget seller in the Philippines has posted pre-orders for the Samsung Galaxy i9300, which is known as the Galaxy S III in other countries. This is even before the company...
Online retail giant Amazon may be releasing its own smartphone in the future if an analyst report is accurate. Amazon may be looking to make it easier for consumers to purchase its digital content and tangible goods using their smartphones. According to Mark Mahaney of Citigoup’s research department, an Amazon smartphone could be ready for release in late 2012. He...
After a week of delay, the new Motorola RAZR is finally launched in the United Kingdom. The new Android-powered RAZR smartphone from Motorola costs £455, and can be bought from Clove. The Motorola RAZR is ultra-thin, and is considered as one of the thinnest smartphones in the market today, with thickness measuring only at 7.1 mm. The RAZR is thinner than the Sony Ericsson...
Apple Inc. has announced that pre-orders for its new iPhone 4S has reached a new record, exceeding the one million mark in a single day. This shatters previous pre-order records for all the company’s products, with 400,000 more than the first day figure of the iPhone 4 more than a year ago. Apple’s iPhone 4 launch day sales reached 1.7 million. Last Friday,...
Samsung has revealed that its new 5.3-inch Galaxy Note will hit stores in the United Kingdom on November 17th, putting rumors that the company wouldn’t release the smartphone-tablet hybrid in the country to rest. “We’re delighted with the overwhelming reception the Galaxy Note has received since it was announced earlier this month and are looking forward...
London-based mobile carrier Vodafone has put up a teaser page in its Australian site, hinting users about “this year’s biggest smartphone release,” which it says is “coming soon to Vodafone.” Tech news site Boy Genius Reports spotted the page and it suggested that it’s a teaser for Apple’s upcoming iPhone 5, which is expected to...