So the Nokia Lumia 1020 has started to show in various markets (finally) and many of the Lumia 920 users are now thinking to replace their 1 year old phone with 1020. Here is how it goes – the 1020 and 920 are practically the same phone aside from the camera (obviously) and other minor hardware upgrades. If you weren’t happy with the 920 because of software then you probably won’t be happy with a 1020.
Category: Android
Verizon will offer a blue Galaxy S4 through Best Buy
Until now, Samsung has been offering Galaxy S4 in two colors – white and black. Yesterday, we spotted a gold Galaxy S4 that is slated to be UAE-release only and would not be making its way to US. However, US will be getting blue version of S4 which is lighter than the blue version of S3 that was launched last year.
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This is Gold Galaxy S4
Just two weeks after Apple released gold iPhone 5s, Samsung has announced in United Arab Emirates that they will soon be offering two new gold colored Galaxy S4 phones. However, we are doubtful that these golden beauties will ever make it to US and European markets.
Blackberry Slashes Price of Z10 in India
Blackberry India has announced a festive offer for the Blackberry Z10 smartphone in India. The company is calling it a limited period offer where you can buy the Z10 for just INR 29,990 ($480). Blackberry launched Z10 in India with whopping price of $720.
The company says that their scheme is in line with their commitment to the Indian market. Here is the press release.
Asus releases new Padfone Infinity
Until now, we only had scanty knowledge of the upcoming Asus’ Padfone (thanks to evleaks), but that the company has made it official, we have its detailed specs, release date and pricing information as well. Slated to be launched in early November 2013 in Germany (and other parts of Europe) and US.
As expected, the Asus Padfone Infinity is a world class phone. It features a 5 inch corning gorilla glass display that packs full HD 1920×1080 resolution. Inside the shell, it features Qualcomm Snapdragon 800 processor operating at 2.2 GHz clock speed backed by Adreno 330 GPU. The SoC has 2 gigabytes of RAM and 16 gigabytes of flash memory. The latter can be expanded further via microSD card slot and if you want more, Asus gives you another 50 gigabytes of webstorage for 2 years, free of charge. The battery capacity, according to spec sheet is 2400 mAh, which is enough to last for up to 19 hours of talk time in 3G networks. Located at the back of the smartphone is a 13-megapixel camera with pixel master technology, auto focus and LED flash. The front camera has 2 megapixels. The PadFone supports 802.11 a / b / g / n / ac WLAN standards, and comes with Bluetooth 4.0, NFC and fast LTE with up to 150 Mbit / s. Asus says that the Padfone Infinity weighs 145 grams and measure 143.5 x 72.8 x 8.9 millimeters.
Download vanilla Android 4.3 for HTC One
HTC is on the verge of releasing Android 4.3 for the HTC One, but it will be a bloated one, which means it will come pre loaded with HTC Sense bloated UI and usual unwanted HTC stuff. Fortunately, thanks to XDA, there are myriad ROMs that give you vanilla stock android experience. Heck, there are some that are pre rooted, deodexed! Now, there is one that is vanilla + Android 4.3 = just what the doctor ordered!