Nokia Lumia 1520 specs leak on Chinese online store

Posted on by Jaime Rivera

Those of you waiting for a phablet on the Windows Phone platform may be in store for more than just any phablet. We’ve heard about the Nokia Lumia 1520, and we do know that the company is planning to announce this phone on Tuesday at their Nokia World event. But if this thing were just big, it probably wouldn’t mean as much as it does now that we’ve got some specs to match its size. The device just got leaked in a Chinese online store, and this is definitely going to be a monster. It’s apparently bringing a 6-inch 1080p display, which in the chassis of a Lumia is ...

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Are chip shortages keeping the Snapdragon 800 out of the HTC One Max?

Posted on by Stephen Schenck

By now, we’ve seen the HTC One Max six ways from Sunday; its most recent appearance put the handset up against the Galaxy Note II and 3. Underneath all that, a mystery’s been trying to work itself out: just what SoC would this phablet run? While early rumors and frankly, common sense, suggested that we’d be seeing a Snapdragon 800, more recently there’s been talk that

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iPad event dates, Windows Phone 8.1 leaked, HTC One Max disappoints & more – Pocketnow Daily

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Watch today’s Pocketnow Daily as we talk about Google’s recent update to their Android Device Manager, and what enhancements are included. Then we talk about Nokia’s phablet project, the rumored Lumia 1520, and then we talk about Windows Phone GDR3 running on a Lumia 920. We later go through the first leaked screenshots of Windows Phone 8.1, and some of the things we could expect. Later we move the spotlight to the HTC One Max, and some good and bad rumors. We end today’s show talking about some possible release dates for the iPad 5 and iPad mini 2. All this and ...

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HTC One Max specs leak appears to confirm absence of Snapdragon 800

Posted on by Stephen Schenck

The HTC One Max sure isn’t shy about posing for the camera, and earlier today we brought you the latest pics of the hardware to arrive. While the general layout looks like a lock, we’ve been hearing some conflicting rumors about internal hardware choices, and last week the idea landed that the phablet might not run a Snapdragon 800, but something more along the lines of an S4 Pro, instead. That’s not particularly great news, but one way or another, we’d like to get it either confirmed and learn ...

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LG Nexus 5 with LTE and Snapdragon 800 apparently hits the FCC

Posted on by Jaime Rivera

After the recent leaks of the LG’s next iteration of a Nexus smartphone, which we all lovingly call the Nexus 5, a new device dubbed LG D820 has just landed at the FCC. Don’t think that we’ll begin calling every single LG product to land on the FCC a Nexus for the next couple of weeks; there are actually documents that hint to this specific device being the product we’re looking for. The spec sheet of this phone is extremely interesting. The last three Nexus smartphones have been good devices in everything but specs, and it seems that Google is planning to change ...

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Bigger iPhone prototype, Galaxy Gear compatibility, BlackBerry buyer & more – Pocketnow Daily

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Watch today’s Pocketnow Daily as we talk about the Samsung Galaxy S 4 with Snapdragon 800, which is now slated for Europe in the next coming weeks. Then we go through the Microsoft Surface 2 and the new features that it’ll include. We later shift focus to BlackBerry and their status as a company in the next coming months. We then talk about a new prototype of the iPhone being tested with a larger display. Verizon is next as pre-orders of the Galaxy Note III and Galaxy Gear have begun. We end today’s show talking about the Samsung Galaxy Gear and its compatibility with ...

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Pocketnow Weekly 056: two hours of your tech questions, answered

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Sometimes, you push obligations back for too long and they just pile up, week after week after week, until they never get done. Well, when we started the Pocketnow Weekly technology podcast just over one year ago, we decided that listener mail -your mail- was going to be a big part of it, and it’s consistently added flavor to the show. But the last few weeks have been so packed

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Nokia testing Windows RT tablet with Snapdragon 800?

Posted on by Stephen Schenck

Does a model RX-108 ring any bells for you? Don’t worry if you’re drawing a blank, because it has been a seriously long time since we talked about the device. It popped up back in February as a possible Nokia Windows 8 tablet, but literally all we had was that model number – at the time, it wasn’t clear if we were talking WinRT or full-on Win8. Fast-forward five months, and while the RX-108 remains a mystery, a close relative is back in the news, with Nokia model RX-114 showing up in a benchmark database. ...

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Samsung’s GT-I9507 may be a new GS4, but don’t look for a Snapdragon 800

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Lately, we’ve been tracking evidence that seemed to point to the existence of some new Galaxy S 4 variants. Specifically, following the launch of the LTE-A, Snapdragon 800 version in South Korea, we’ve been looking for signs that similar models might be on their way to other markets. For models like the GT-I9506, there’s been quite a bit of support for that idea, and benchmarks combined with rumors sure

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More evidence arrives for an international Snapdragon 800 Galaxy S 4

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A couple days back we told you about Samsung model GT-I9506, apparently a Galaxy S 4-series handset that appeared to be in development and which benchmark results suggested might be powered by a Snapdragon 800 SoC, just like the GS4 LTE-A Samsung recently launched in South Korea. We heard some theories that GT-I9506 might still be constrained to certain markets – Russia was mentioned, specifically – but today some new signs point to a much ...

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Could Samsung’s GT-I9506 be another Snapdragon 800-based Galaxy S 4?

Posted on by Stephen Schenck

For as much as we like the Galaxy S 4, it was still a bit of a bummer to learn that Samsung was already releasing a version of the smartphone with some updated hardware, bringing South Korea some GS4 models capable of LTE-Advanced operation and running Snapdragon 800 chips. So far, that’s the only market that’s been targeted with this new hardware, but we’re now wondering if Samsung could have another 800-running GS4 up its sleeve, and if it could arrive ...

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HTC M8 rumored as next year’s flagship, following a One refresh

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Way before the HTC One launched, before we had even heard that name, we were following new of the handset as HTC’s codename M7. Similarly, we’ve seen rumors about the HTC M4 evolve into those of the HTC Mini. Now we’ve got one more M-series codename to keep track of, with rumors suggesting that HTC is working on the M8 as next year’s Android heavyweight, but only after the company comes out with a new version of this year’s HTC One. This rumor is seriously light on details at ...

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The Snapdragon 800 is the CPU you want in your next phone

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Inside every smartphone is a processor, but unlike your desktop or laptop computer, it’s not a single, discreet chip. Instead, smartphones employ something called a “system on a chip”, or SoC for short. Over the years these chips have gotten smaller, faster, and have incorporated more features and functionality. This time around it’s the Snapdragon 800 from Qualcomm that’s caught our eye. Snapdragon 800 Processors are designed to deliver amazingly fast apps, stunning graphics, all without sacrificing battery life. If that sounds like every other SoC before it, ...

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Sony Xperia Z Ultra, SmartWatch 2, new GS4 & more – Pocketnow Daily

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Watch today’s Pocketnow Daily as we talk about the recent leaks of a Samsung Galaxy S 4 that’s LTE-Advanced capable and also includes a new Snapdragon 800 processor. Microsoft follows the news as Xbox games are now tipped to reach iOS and Android very soon. Nokia also made the rumor headlines due to the possible name of their future PureView EOS Lumia smartphone. Sony follows as they now announced their new SmartWatch 2, and it proves to be a very compelling product. We end today’s show talking about the new Sony Xperia Z Ultra phablet, and our first impressions of the ...

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Sony may be planning Xperia Z Snapdragon 800 upgrade

Posted on by Stephen Schenck

Qualcomm’s Snapdragon 800 is finally about to arrive on the smartphone scene. We’ve heard about plans to feature the chip in upcoming phones, but there are also some manufacturers interested in bringing the SoC to existing models as a quick-and-dirty update: Samsung appears to be doing just such a thing for the LTE-Advanced version of the Galaxy S 4. Now we’re wondering if Sony might be ...

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