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LG's G5 is set to be one of the top dog smartphones for 2016 , the Android flagship is set to join the Android flagship bandwagon and is said to go head to head against the upcoming Samsung , Sony ,Apple Htc flagships this year . Early leaks of the LG G5 showed us a dual camera set up with a fingerprint sensor below it , the dual camera set up - pioneered by LG Optimus 3D is set to re appear on the G5 as it will promote new camera features such as augmented reality as well as capturing depth and refocus after shots . Next on the leaked rumor list includes a pop out battery which is designed to slide out of the phones unibody chassis unlike other manufacturers who decided to seal it in..cough cough..we are looking at you Samsung , the slide out mechanism allows the rumored G5 to preserve its removeable battery bragging rights while keeping things practical enough (image leaked via Cnet Korea) The most recent leak shows us a combination of the two previous leaks in one sc

Asus has anounced a new regional Budget smartphone called the Asus Live.The phone , built on the Asus Zenfone Go platform features a Mediatek MT6580Soc ,2GB of Ram , 16GB of storage and a 5" 720p display . The device features a 8mp rear camera with flash a d a 2mp front facing one , the phone also has a dual sim capability but it lacks LTE support and a 2070mAh battery .The phone has been priced at $211 without contract. Androidheadlines

Verizon has launched a new prepaid smartphone with the partnership of LG. The phone ,available with $30,$45 and $60 prepaid plans with unlimited calls and texts and 1-3GB data caps is just priced at $69 for the smartphone . The phone , made by LG is called the Optimus Zone 3 ,and it features a 4.5" LCD display and has a 480p resolution .The phone features a 1.1 Ghz Snapdragon processor and has 1GB of Ram and 32GB of storage .The device features a 5 mp rear camera and a 2mp fromt facing one . The device runs Android 5.0 lollipop out of the box . Source - Androidcentral

Samsung Galaxy J1 is finally official , the phone , a successor to the previous J1 of 2015 features a new two tier chassis and a new Exynos chip in place of the Spreadstrum processor of the old model .The phone runs Android 5.1 and it features 4G LTE out of the box , the device is set to be available unlocked for a price of $135 SPECS DISPLAY- 4.5" 480X800 TFT PROCESSOR- Exynos 3475 1.3Ghz Quadcore RAM/MEMORY -1GB ram/8GB internal storage with MicroSD expansion CAMERAS- 5MP rear ,2MP front BATTERY- 2050 mAh replacable OTHER-4G LTE , Android 5.1.1 PRICE- $135 Androidauthority

Sony has officially anounced a pink variant of their flagship Z5 smartphone , described as being a color of sophistication , this pink variant is set to adress the new pink smartphone craze that is going about right now . The phone , apart from the colored frame and the pinketta back works and functions just like any other Z5 smartphone out of the box so dont expect some special goodies in the retail pack . The Xperia Z5 is the second member of the Xperia Z5 Family , the phone has a Snapdragon 810 soc , 3gb of ram and a all new 23mp rear camera that is said to be one of the best on the market .Pricing details are not available , but we recon the pinketta edition will run for the same price as any other Z5 . Source - Techtimes

Tp-Link - a Chinese oem with a household name in the field of networking hardware has anounced their arrival to the world of android with the launch of three new Android 5.0 powered handsets . The three handsets ,the Neffos C5 L , the Neffos C5 and the Neffos C5 Max are budget handsets offering classy designs and a trusted brand name under its belt . Pricing and availability details are not released at the time of writing.All devices come with LTE support and Android 5.1 out of the box. Neffos C5L Display-4.5" 480x800 LCD Processor- Snapdragon 210 -1.1ghz storage and ram 1GB ram ,Storage microsdExpansion cameras-8mp rear with flash, 2mp front battery -2000 mAh other - LtE support Neffos C5 Display-5" 720p ips LCD Processor- Mediatek MT6735 (cortex A53 Quadcore)-1.3ghz storage and ram 2GB ram ,16GB storage microsdExpansion cameras-8mp rear with flash, 5mp front battery -2200 mAh other - LtE support Neffos C5 Max Display-5.5" 1080p ips LCD P

Always wanted to get a Nexus 6 but you just didnt like the high pricing ? Well apparently Amazon is running a sort of a firesale on the Nexus 6 right now (as we speak) the phone was Motorola's attempt at making a flagship nexus for 2014  . The phone was praised for its good looks and functionality but its $600+ price was just too much for a nexus so developers and average android Joes forgot about it . With the Nexus 5x and Nexus 6P replacing the throne , the Nexus 6 is now decomissioned but it will still get official updates for many more years to come . The phone initially came out with Android 5.0 and it is currently on 6.0 marshmallow . The ex flagship nexus is available for a alltime low of $249 for the 32GB model and $299 for the 64GB model . If you are interested , head on over to Amazons page and break your piggybanks . Available till stocks lasts . Source -  Amazon

Update - A Lenovo spokesperson has informed us that they would not be killing kff the platforms , but instead lower the number of devices (hint - no moto X or Moto G spinoffs) " Although we are simplifying the combined Motorola and [Lenovo] portfolio, we have no plans to retire Moto G, our most successful smartphone, or Moto E," TL,DR - Lenovo to change Motorolas brand identity and has  killed off the Moto G and Moto E  Motorola -  a icon of the walkie talkie generation and a pioneer of mobile technology is now just a sad hulk of its former glory . The company originally  started out as a radio technology company in 1928 and it later gained international recognition as it pioneered the  walkie talkie after world war two and made communication devices for the Apollo mission to the Moon . With a background in communications technology , Motorola slowly started out its venture into consumer communications systems and semi conductor technologues and in the early 1980'

Casio has anounced a new smartwatch for the great outdoors (WSD-F-10) . The watch , designed with Mil-STD -810 levels for shock and temperature resistance is also water resistant upto 50 meters . The watch is also equipped with a 1.32" dual monochrome and tft lcd display and it has a resolution of 320x300 - the monochrome display turns all content into greyscale delivering even greater batterylife (upto a month on watch only mode) (and one day with all options enabled ) when the going gets tough , the LCD on the other hand works like any other android wear watch and has clock faces to suit.  The watch features a snapdragon processor ,  512mb of ram and 4gb internal storage *  and it features a microphone ,barometer , gyro and accelerometer, compass and support for wifi and bluetooth and vibrator .The android wear watch supports Android devices with 4.3 or higher or ios devices  with ios 8 or higher .The watch costs $500 and when compared to the rest of the Android wear force ,

Nikon has unveiled a new GoPro killing action camera called the Keymission 360 . The camera , designed to be taken on a helmet mount or just about anywhere is capable of 360 degree recording at 4K . The camera , like most action cameras  is water and shock /thermal resistant (100ft/ 30m water and 2m drops)  .The content shot on such a device can easily be available for viewing on VR headsets through a smartphone tethering via Wifi,Bluetooth NFC . Nikons KeyMission 360 will be available later this year . Written by Rakitha for MasHD Source - Theverge

Samsung has announced a new Windows 10 based tablet/laptop hybrid for 2016 - The Galaxy TabPRO S is a Intel powered device with a 12" display aimed at taking on products such as the iPad Pro and Microsofts Surface line of large screen hybrid devices . The TabPRO S  series gets its name from the TabPro series of Android tablets which were decomissioned last year , the name Galaxy is usually reserved for Android devices , but Samsung has had some problems marketing ATIV so the Galaxy brand would probably appeal a lot better to the general market .The tablet features a 12" 2160x1440 Super AMOLED display ,Windows 10 Home or Windows 10 Pro as well as  a 6th gen Intel Core M processor clocked to 2.2 Ghz with 4GB of RAM . The tablet/hybrid has a 128GB/256SSD option and it also has a optional keyboard accessory complete with a touchpad (included in the retail box) . The cameras on the TabPro S are - 5MP rear , 5MP front . The tablet also supports LTE as well as a whole set of

Sony has just announced three new Android TV's at CES 2016 , the three models XBR - X850D  , XBR - X930D and XBR - X340D  run Android ( Googles modified version of Android for SmartTV's )  .All TV's are equipped with 4K  UHD displays and they are also HDR enabled . The Tv's also have the ability to stream web content directly and they are google cast enabled so you can stream content directly from a smartphone or tablet right to your TV via wifi . All new Sony 4K TV's come with Sony's in house Sony X1 4K processor for handling 4K content and running Android TV . Pricing is not available at the moment , but it will be available soon as Sony plans to launch their TV in the first half of this year . Screen Sizes of the 3 models are as follows XBR - X850D  - 55,65,75,85 XBR - X930D - 55, 65 XBR - X940D - 75 Written by Rakitha for MasHD Source - Gsmarena

HUAWEI WATCH (pour femme) Ladies ,if you were worried that Huawei's good looking Huawei Watch had a masculine design ,worry not as the company has announced a new Ladies version of the Android wear timepeice . The watch , designed with the same Sapphire crystal display with a 1.4" fully round AMOLED display and Cold forged stainless steel chassis which comes in Rose Gold with either Swarovski Zirconia (Huawei Watch Jewel) or a engraved pattern design - Clous De Paris Pattern (Huawei Watch Elegant) .The watch also comes with 12 special watch faces and it will cost a whopping $499 (watch elegant) or $599 (watch Jewel) Huawei GX8 Huawei GX8 is a budget Android handset priced at a rather decent unlocked price of $349 . The phone has a 5.5" 1080p display with Android 5.1 and Emotion UI 3.1  . The phone packs a 1.5 Ghz Snapdragon 615 Soc , 2GB or RAM , 16GB storage and a MicroSD expansion Slot . The cameras on the device are listed as follows - 13MP rear with L

Huawei has announced a new Tablet at CES 2016 .The Mediapad M2 -10 is a 10" Android tablet designed with a premium finish aluminuim chassis and a high quality Harman Kardon SWS 2.0 surround sound system . The Tablet has a 10.1" 1080p IPS display , a 2Ghz In-house Kirin 930 Octa core Soc and 2 GB off RAM with 16GB internal storage or 3GB of RAM with 64GB storage (both models have MicroSD card support)  . Both models feature a 13MP rear camera and a 5MP front camera. The two models also feature a 6660 mAh battery and a Wifi or LTE option on both storage models . The pricing for the models are as follows -   16GB Wifi ($349)  16GB LTE ($399)  64GB Wifi ($419)  64GB LTE($469) Written by Rakitha for MasHD Source - Gsmarena

Alcatel has unveiled Android and Windows tablets and smartphones at CES today . The Pixi lineup - one of Alcatels mid tier sub brands is now even bigger thanks to Alcatels lineup which includes a Windows tablet - Pixi 3 (8) ,a Android tablet - Pixi 4 (7) and Android smartphones - Pixi 4 (6) (4) (3.5) . ALCATEL PIXI 3 (8) Alcatel Pixi 3 (8) is Alcatels first tablet running Windows 10 mobile . The OS - initially designed to run on Windows phone devices is now blown up to 8" and therefore it is not the same OS as its desktop counterpart so dont expect to run any major applications . The pixi 3 also has another achillies heel as it runs on a low end 1.3ghz  Quadcore Snapdragon 210 Soc which is designed on the somewhat outdated Cortex A7 platform .The Pixi 3 also has 1GB of ram ,32GB of expandable storage and it has 4G Lte support as well .The cameras on the tablet is  said to be 5MP and 2MP . The battery on the tablet is 4060mAh and as said previously it has a 8" displa

Rumors and leaks about Samsung's upcoming Galaxy S7 is all the rave in the technology world right now .The next gen flagship smartphone , a successor to the popular Galaxy S6 series will incorperate new features , a bigger battery and a incremental design upgrade over the current metal and glass unibody design . Although the S7 will look much squarer in design (Samsung seems to run a bi-annual square and round design phase ) the design will still pack a premuim finish incorperating metal and glass (sorry no replacable batteries) in a tight unibody that ,according to new rumors from @evleaks is said to be water resistant with a IP 67 rating (the S5 had a similar rating ) .The design is also said to incorperate a 3000 mAh battery in the normal S7 model while the S7 Edge will have a slightly beefier 3600 mAh battery -a major update over the woefully inadequate 2550 and 2600 mAh batteries found in the S6 and S6 edge . The phones are also set to recieve expandable microSD card suppor

Nvidia has officially anounced its in car supercomputer called Nvidia Drive PX 2 . The system , designed to give self driving cars the next generational push it need is set up using Nvidias new Pascal gpu which boasts of 8 tflops - this power however comes from 2 pascal GPU cores and 2 ARM based Tegra cores .details about the two tegra cores are not listed , but all we can say is it is based on ARM's 64bit cortex A57 architecture and each of them are configured as a quadcore Soc . The two Pascal processors on tbe other hand are designed using a 16nm FinFet technique and they generate the same power as 150 macbook pro's while remaining the same size as a meduim size lunchbox.  Via -Nvidia The system , equipped with its own cooling system ,the platform requires 250w .But considering that automakers will add this system to the cars battery , it will not be a issue at all .Volvo is said to be the first automaker out to make use of the Drive PX car computer  .The syst

Archos Coblat 50 and 55 plus Archos has unveiled 4 smartphones under the new Coblat and Power smartphone series . The Coblat series (Coblat 50 and Coblat 55 Plus) features a better hardware finish and LTE on both models , the Power series on the other hand (Power 40 and Power 50) smartphones feature a more industrial design, better battery life and a significant price reduction while packing almost similar hardware specs as its Coblat bretheren . The Archos Coblat series will go on sale in April 2016 and the Power will go on sale the month after (May) Archos Power 40 and Power 50 Source - GsmArena Archos Power 40 DISPLAY-4" 480x800 resolution LCD OPERATING SYSTEM - Android 5.0 PROCESSOR- Quadcore Spreadtrum sc7713c soc RAM AND STORAGE - 1GB ram , 8GB storage CAMERAS -8mp rear ,2mp front BATTERY-1900mAh OTHER -3G only PRICE -49EUR Archos Power 50 DISPLAY-5" 480x854 LCD OPERATING SYSTEM -Android 5.0 PROCESSOR- Quadcore Mediatek Soc 6735 RAM AND STO

Lenovo has anounced a new smartphone to its vibe series .The new Vibe S1 Lite is a selfie speced smartphone priced at $199 .The phone , powered by a Mediatek 6753 Octacore processor clocked to 1.3Ghz  has 4G LTe, Dual nanosim support , a good 2GB of Ram and 16GB of internal storage which is expandable . The phones major feature is its 8MP front facing camera which is supported by a 13MP sensor in the rear . the phone runs Android 5.1 along with Lenovos custom UX. Availability of this phone outside Asia is unknown. SOURCE - GsmArena

LG has anounced two new affordable smartphones to replace the L series (l5,l7) .The new LG K series smartphones feature a more professional design with the incorperation of 2.5D glass, a LG v10 inspired matte back and new internal hardware . Both the new LG K7 and K10 smartphones run on Android 5.1 and they feature LG's UX on top as well as 3G and LTE options.Pricing on both models are still not released , but Lg does say that the K7 and K10 smartphones will  hit Asia and Europe this quarter . LG K7 specs Display - 5" 854x480 LCD display Operating system - Android 5.1 Lollipop with LG UX Processor -1.1Ghz Octa core processor (LTE) , 1.3 ghz Quadcore processor (3g) Ram and Storage - 1GB (3G) 1.5GB(LTE) Ram , 8/16GB internal storage with micro sd expansion Cameras- 5MP front ,8MP rear camera with flash Battery -2125mAh Other - available in Black white and Gold color options LG K10 specs Display - 5" 1280x720 LCD display Operating system - Android 5.1 Lolli

Android on domestic appliances is nothing new , from ovens to washing machines , manufacturers have come up with different ideas on how to insert the little green robot into just about everything they can find .Samsung - a company that has a large domestic appliance department has come up with a new fridge that runs on Android . Introducing the new Samsung Family hub - although it sounds like some Samsung smartphone app for kids , the family hub is actually Samsungs latest take on a android powered refrigerator.Equipped with a 21.5" portrait Full HD display , the fridge runs a heavily customized version of Android and it also features 5 android menu buttons(reminds us about the days of Android 2.1 smartphones) located at the bottom bezel on this humongous display .  The fridge , is also equipped with internal cameras that can display its contents without opening the fridge at all . Support for wifi means that this fridge can send its fridge cctv footage to connected devices lik

Ford has anounced plans to add Googles Android auto system and Apple's Carplay system to its 2017 lineup's infotainment system . Android Auto - Googles intergrated car system is designed to pair with Android handsets to sync information from the phone to the car .Apple also has a similar platform called carplay and both systems are said to be available through Ford's intergrated Sync 3 infotainment unit.Although it sounds fancy ,Ford expects a majority of their future vehicles to have it by default at the year 2020 Current year 2016 models equipped with Sync will recieve a update to the Sync 3 standard and all 2017 models will get it along with new features such as LTE connectivity for car tracking and remote access to  the cars doors and engine. Written by Rakitha for MasHD SOURCE - Digitaltrends

Acer's new Liquid Jade Primo is Acers new flagship spec smartphone with Windows 10 mobile . The phone , running on a Snapdragon 808 Soc  features  3GB of RAM and 32GB storage ,unlike the somewhat expensive Lumia smartphones , this packs a $620 price and for that money , you get features like Windows Continuum and 4K video recording . Design wise , the Jade primo has usual indutrial looks and it comes with a 5.5" 1080p amoled pannel .There is also Gorilla glass protection so you dont need to worry muchabout light drops and scratches . A Type C usb port sits below the chassis and this can be connected to another USB C supported monitor for Continuum support . The Jade Primo features a 21MP f/2.2 auto-focus rear camera that features dual LED flash, and  4K video recording. The front camera features a 8mp sensor with 1080p recording .Overall the Jade Primo is a well spec flagship smartphone , but considering that rival handsets feature better specs and a more appealing soft

Whether you like it or not , Chromebooks are here to stay , the web connected operating system is now many years old and due to its enhanced security and low cost , Chromebook devices are really appealing to people who just want to surf the web ,Acer - a major hardware vendor using the OS have updated their Chromebook 11 series with a new , more durable model that will survive 60 cm drops and 60kg downward pressure . Say hello to the Chromebook 11 CB3-131 . This rugged Chromebook , or lets say the shell of the laptop is designed to absorb the daily bumps and drops you may experience during use . The internals on the other hand are still kept in true Chromebook fashion - ARM processors , small internal storage options  and a whopping 9 hour usage rating . The new CB3 131 comes in 2gb ram/16gb storage and 4gb ram/32gb  versions , the display on the Chromebook is a 11.6" 1366x768 resolutiom display with Acer comfyview glare reduction technology. The Acer Chromebook 11 CB3 131 wi

Acer has unveiled a new budget friendly tablet - The Acer iconia One 8 . Priced at a convenient $99.99 , the chewp tablet is not what you call flagship speced but it will surely get the job done as it features Android 5.1 out of the box as well as a kid friendly u.i with features such as a kiosk for ebooks and child friendly games .The Iconica One 8 features a 1280x800 resolution  8" IPS display ,16gb of internal storage +microsd expansion , 1gb of ram and a camera combo of 5mp on the rear and 2mp on the front .The tablet is powered by a quad core Mediatek SOC and it will go on sale starting this February . Written by Rakitha for MasHD SOURCE - Slashgear