ZTE announces “ultra slim” Grand Memo II LTE

ZTE today announced the newest handset in its Android phablet line, the Grand Memo II LTE. The new device follows in the footsteps of last year’s Grand Memo LTE, mating a 6-inch IPS display with a 3200 mAh battery and squeezing it all into a frame just 7.2mm thick. The device is powered by a Snapdragon 400 chipset (MSM8926, the quad-core version with the Adreno 305) backed up by 2GB of RAM and 16GB of storage, with a 13MP Sony BSI camera around back and a 5MP ...

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Mobile World Congress 2013 Recap

Technically, the Mobile World Congress may finish-up tomorrow, but with all the big smartphone and tablet events over, we’re calling it a wrap. We’ve had a great time the past several days bringing you news of all the new hardware and software companies came to the event to promote, and as we now begin to recuperate and get back to business as usual, we wanted to take a look back on MWC 2013 and everything it brought us. The week leading up to the MWC was filled with rumors, as we should expect, and while some played out, others ...

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The Pocketnow Weekly Podcast, Episode 033: The Great MWC Wrap-Up

We think it’s pretty fair to say that MWC 2013 was one part IFA and one part CES: a few stark disappointments peppered among some really amazing stuff. We’ve seen technology this week ranging from the incredible to the absurd – from the third iteration of ASUS’s wild Padfone concept to the improbable debut of a Kyocera Echo lookalike. The big guys have come out to play, too, but they’re a little shy this time around: neither Samsung’s Galaxy Note 8.0 nor Nokia’s midrange Lumias blew the roof off the joint. Even a few has-beens came out to confuse ...

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ZTE Grand Memo vs. Samsung Galaxy Note II (Video)

Samsung’s Galaxy Note II is the gold standard when it comes to phablets, so of course we had to compare it against ZTE’s new 5.7-incher, the Grand Memo. While the Grand Memo’s screen isn’t that much bigger than the Note II’s the handset itself is noticeably taller. ZTE goes with a higher-resolution camera than the Note II’s, but you pay for that with a much larger camera bulge. ZTE may get around to releasing a stylus, but even if it ...

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ZTE Grand Memo Hands-On (Video)

Intrigued by ZTE’s just-announced Grand Memo, the 5.7-inch phablet we just told you about? We went hands-on with the Android to let you know just what to expect. Again, we’re looking at a 720p model with a Snapdragon S4, after hearing about 1080p and a Snapdragon 800 during the announcement itself – clearly, ZTE has its signals crossed somewhere. While it’s no Huawei Ascend Mate, the Memo is definitely a handful. Take a look below to get a quick look at ZTE’s UI and some of the software.

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ZTE Reveals Grand Memo 5.7-Inch Phablet, ZTE Open Firefox OS Phone

The cat may be out of the bag for the ZTE Open, the company’s first Firefox OS smartphone, but that’s not the only thing ZTE came to the Mobile World Congress to show off. To get the full scoop on the Open, as well as learn about the company’s other new hardware, our attention turns to the company’s MWC press event this morning. First up, ZTE announced the Grand Memo, its new Android phablet. While earlier reports from the MWC gave the Grand Memo a 5.7-inch 720p screen, just a tad larger than the Note II or ...

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