IFA, iPhone, IFA, IFA, Moto, IFA – week 36 recap: week in review

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The technology world is a fast moving one, and hence, there are more than 100 stories we publish on a weekly basis here on Pocketnow. Those include reviews, videos, editorials, news, and more. With this new, weekly series, we’re making it easier for you to look back at the most interesting, exciting, and popular topics of the week, in case you missed anything.Look for the Pocketnow Week in Review every Saturday morning. It contains the most popular ten stories of the week printed on the portal, as well as top ...

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Smartwatch update: HTC may have killed its plans, while Huawei looks to 2015

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At this point, with so many IFA 2014 product launches out of the way, it’s starting to become very clear which devices we just aren’t going to see announced. Yes, rumors did an excellent job this year at predicting what we’d see debut, but not every thread has led somewhere fruitful. In the days leading up to the expo, we heard about HTC’s rumored smartwatch plans, with the company supposedly working on a pair of models ...

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Samsung Gear Circle hands-on (Video)

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What are the hottest products at IFA this year? The smartphones with their eye-catching over-the-edge screens? The super-slim tablets? The smartwatches with circular displays or even cellular radios? There is a heck of a lot of really attention-grabbing hardware out there, and while it’s easy to get caught-up in the really headlining items, focusing solely on them would be doing a disservice to the scores of additional products manufacturers have brought to show off, including a lot of new accessories. Samsung had some new toys to share at its Unpacked 2 event the other day, and we ...

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LG G3 vs LG G3 S comparison (Video)

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Our little game of catch-up-on-this-summer’s-new-phones continues at IFA in Berlin today, and following run-ins with models like the Samsung Galaxy Alpha, we continue to look for devices launched in the weeks and months leading up to the trade show, which we just haven’t had the chance to check out in person yet. LG’S G3 remains the company’s flagship Android, but in the time since it debuted, we’ve seen it joined by a few new family members. Back in July,

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Galaxy Note Edge: features explained (Video)

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You’ve heard the rumors about a Samsung phone with an over-the-edge display. Earlier this week, you even saw that model go official, as the company launched its Galaxy Note Edge. And in the time since, you’ve had the chance to hear some opinions on the phablet’s design, as well as check out our first hands-on look. ...

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Samsung Galaxy Tab Active hands-on (Video)

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Well before IFA came along, Samsung was already a tablet juggernaut this year. We saw the launches of multiple Galaxy Tab 4, TabPRO, and most recently Tab S models, so it wouldn’t be crazy to assume that Samsung would take a little tablet break, focusing more on its new handsets and wearables. Then again, this is Samsung we’re talking ...

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Samsung Gear S hands-on (Video)

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We just shared with you our hands-on look at Samsung’s new Galaxy Alpha, remarking how IFA is a great venue to not just see the new products announced in Berlin this week, but also those the manufacturers here had launched in the days prior to the show. The Alpha is already a few weeks old, but Samsung’s got another pre-IFA launch that’s a bit newer, with the Gear S smartwatch having been ...

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Sony Xperia E3 hands-on (Video)

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Sony helped start-off our IFA 2014 coverage with a bang, announcing new flagship-level models like the Xperia Z3, Z3 Compact, and Z3 Tablet Compact. We followed that up by tracking those devices down for the hands-on video treatment. But while those were easily the most high-profile of the new Sony devices to launch, they weren’t alone, and we also saw the manufacturer announce a lower-end handset,

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Samsung Galaxy Alpha hands-on (Video)

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One of the best parts of going to expos like IFA is getting to see all a manufacturer’s recent hardware. We realize that probably sounds more than a little obvious, but we mean that it’s not always the products that are being launched right at the show itself that are there to be demonstrated – it’s also a bunch of hardware that’s launched in the weeks and months prior to the show, and for such models we otherwise haven’t had the chance to try out before, these shows are fantastic ...

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LG G Watch R hands-on (Video)

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Today’s a big day for Android Wear: the Moto 360, one of the two smartwatch models to officially kick-off the platform all the way back in March (has it been that long already?) has finally arrived, and sales of the model open today. But in taking its sweet time to get here, another round smartwatch has jumped into the race, and

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The new Moto G vs Moto G: spec by spec comparison

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The Moto G was Motorola’s best-selling device in company history, and that was for one simple reason: it offered reasonable specs for a reasonable price, and people loved that. But can the new Moto G follow in the footsteps, and fill the shoes of its older brother behemoth? Let’s find out in our specs comparison between the new Moto G vs Moto G (the old one).First of all, the screen is bigger on the new G, but that equals a sacrifice in pixel density. At this kind of pixel density, it’s possible for the human eye to make out individual pixels if you’re close enough ...

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The new Moto X vs Moto X: spec comparison

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If you’ve seen our coverage so far of the new Moto X, then you know that it’s quite a leap over the original Moto X in terms of specs. While the general premise is the same – a snappy phone that does what you’d like without a hitch, while also making life just a little bit easier to bear – the specs have certainly improved. Let’s check it all out in our spec comparison between the new Moto X vs Moto X, right down below.Motorola has gone all-out here, letting the new Moto X best the old one in almost every single category on our chart. The screen is more pixel ...

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Motorola Moto 360 specs: inside the round Android Wear wonder

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Now that the Moto 360 is finally official, it’s time we tear open the aluminum casing and dig into the innards. In our full list of Motorola Moto 360 specs down below, we go through exactly what powers the newest and hottest Android Wear device on the market.Itching for more coverage of Motorola’s newest products? Look no further than our very own homepage, where you’ll see the rest of our hands-on and news coverage from Motorola’s Chicago press event. Also be sure to check out our IFA 2014 coverage, ...

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Alcatel Onetouch keeps the IFA hardware coming: new Pop 2 models

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Yesterday we shared with you news of a couple of the latest products form Alcatel Onetouch to launch at IFA 2014, the Hero 8 tablet and Hero 2 phablet. Before the company calls the expo a wrap, though, it’s got some additional hardware to show off, and this morning announces its Pop 2 family of devices.The Pop 2 ...

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The new Moto X specs: cracking open the aluminum-clad Android

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When the Moto X came out last year, many shamed it for not featuring high-end specs like the other flagships in town. While phones like the HTC One and Samsung Galaxy S4 were rocking quad-core Snapdragon 600 processors, ...

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