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Microsoft has launched a new pair of earbuds called "Hoop by Coloud" ,although its doesn't have the swag on "beats by Dre  Apple " the pair is expected to appeal to Windows Phone users who lead active lifestyle .  The model will have a microphone , a call answer key and a volume rocker along with  cleverly designed ear buds which are said to cling on to the ear without popping off the moment you start jogging and the design is sweat , dust and splash resistant .The model will offer a impedance of 32Ohms and a frequency response range of 20 - 20K hertz . The body is 20 grams in weight and t comes with a 120 cm cable length .The earbuds come in  White , Orange and  green . The price of the earbuds are expected to cost 29EUR Written By Rakitha for MasHD Source - GSMArena

OnePlus has teased the internet with a possible mention of a Drone today . The rumors , which stem from Reddit's AMA time has detailed the upcoming item as being neither a smartwatch or a tablet , but a remote drone called DR-1 (possibly Drone One ) . Although the introduction of such a device is rather odd for a one year old company , the introduction of such a product might be a signal that OnePlus might be looking to saturate the market with multiple products rather than just sticking to traditional smartphones . The mystery drone is expected to be unveiled next month (April- hopefully not on the first  )  We've been playing with our new drone and shot this photo of our building at night. What do you want to see next? #OnePlusLife A photo posted by OnePlus (@oneplustech) on Jan 8, 2015 at 2:50am PST Written By Rakitha for MasHD Source - GSMArena

According to a Ask me anything (AMA) under the #AskRickO , Motorola's current president explained that the next gen Motorola Moto X will be launched according to Motorola's annual cycle which falls somewhere in the months of August and September . The phone , which is said to be packing a high end Snapdragon 8xx processor is probably going to jump either to the Snapdragon 815 or the Snapdragon 820 instead of the somewhat "hot" snapdragon 810 which has been blamed for  heat issues on some current flagship devices . The phone , along with this processor might face stiff competition - especially from Samsung as they are expected to launch their next Note during the same time frame . . @northead we try to stay on a roughly annual cycle for all of our products including Moto X. #AskRickO — Rick Osterloh (@rosterloh) March 25, 2015 Written By Rakitha for MasHD Source - GSMArena

HTC has a tough time controlling leaks , the upcoming  E9+ are no exception as they too are supposedly leaked out today in their press render form . The E series , which in the past was considered to be  HTC's "plastic" twin of the metal clad "One" series is now slowly turning into a class of its own as the processor has been changed to a Mediatek one rather than one from HTC's usual supplier - Qualcomm. The processor in question is Mediatek's MTK6795 which is paired with 3GB of RAM . The display of the phone however is said to be en par with flagship models as it has a 5.5" 2K (QHD) resolution , the phone also has a 20MP rear module which is also similar to the once used on the current flagship . The phone , which will be available in Space grey , Gunmetal black white along with gold or rose accents (for the White model) will be unveiled possibly along side HTC's One M9+ next month . Written By Rakitha for MasHD Source - GSMArena

Although HTC made a decent Nexus tablet , the company is still behind in producing a one with some "Sense" on it , but all that is about to end as HTC prepares to introduce one this year . Say hello to the T1H , a new leak in the device leak pond , the design of the talet - which looks quite familiar as the tablet is based on a stretched HTC One is probably not the best looking thing out there , although the tablet has looks that only a mother can love , the innards are also so - so as the main Soc is a 28nm Allwinner H8 Octa core Soc which packs 8 Cortex A7 cores along with a SGX544 Gpu . The device also packs a 4:3 aspect ratio on its 8.9" display which has a rather odd 2048x1530 resolution  Other specs include 2GB of RAM , 16 or 32GB of storage ,  a 6700 mAh battery and a ultra thin 7.88 chassis which might be made out of aluminium. Due to the "old" hardware specs ,  Dual front firing "Boomsound" speakers are also said to be present The device...

LG has kept its upcoming G4 under wraps , but renders and press posters of the device were leaked a few times but today we have the device in flesh and blood - more like silicon and glass (thanks to XDA developers) . Presenting the new LG G4 , this handset , like its previous brethren - the LG G2 and G3 will continue the family tradition of rear mounted buttons and curvy designs , but unlike the last iterations , the new G4 is rumored to pack a stylus - which was originally rumored to be only a feature of the "phablet" version which will be released on another time . The G4  leak also shows us that the device in its current form runs Android 5.0.2  along with some heavy UI tweaks . The LG G4 is expected to pack a 2K (QHD) resolution display of about 5.2- 5.5" along with a Qualcomm snapdragon 810 Soc , 3GB of RAM  and a 16 mp camera with two tone flash and a Laser rangefinder for autofocus . The device is expected to be launched by the end of Spring  Writte...

HTC is no stranger to launching dozens of similar looking smartphones and the upcoming One M9+ is no exception . According to new leaks , the One M9+ looks very similar to the old One M8 along with some Samsung-esque design ques up front . For starters , we have a dual camera set up ,this according to preliminary specs will work in a similar fashion to the M8 , but the main camera's resolution has been increased to 20.7MP  which is a huge improvement over its 4mp predecessor . The rest of the phone will be made out of HTC's favorite metal and the familiar boom sound speakers are split in the bottom half to include a bar type fingerprint sensor . The HTC One M9+ , unlike its "hot" M9 sibling, is said to pack a Mediatek processor , the processor in question is Mediatek's MT6795T , this is a Octa core unit comprising of 64bit cores (yes , this phone will run the 64bit version of Android 5.0 with Sense 7)  and PowerVRG6200 GPU cores with 3GB of RAM  .The dis...

Sony has launched a Japan-only handset today , the phone - named as the Xperia J1 is said to be a carrier based smartphone which is built on the kind of old Xperia Z1compact from about a year back , although the phone might sound old , the device is still quite powerful for its size and it comes with  Android 4.4 with no word on a Lollipop update  . The phone has a Snapdragon 800 Soc . 2GB of RAM , 16GB of internal storage along with a Micro SD card slot . The phone still retains the water resistance and it also has a new metal frame which is probably a indication as to how future Xperias such as the (Z4) would look like . Specs at a glance *4.3" 1280x720p display , 341ppi  *LTE , NFC  *Qualcomm snapdragon 800 (MSM8974) , 2.2Ghz Quadcore  *2GB Ram , 16GB storage with MicroSD expansion *20.7mp Sony sensor with G Lens optics , LED flash  *2mp front facing camera  *Water resistance (IPX5 and X8) and metal frame  *non removable 2300 ...

With Microsoft working hard to promote its Windows Phone platform , cutting corners and making phones accessible to the low end market is probably the best option they have on the table right now , With the announcement of the Lumia 520 , things looked good for the platform , but now its about to get a whole lot better thanks to the announcement of the new Lumia 430 . The Lumia 430 - which sits below the already cheap Lumia 5xx platform is priced at $70 off contract , the internals of the phone remind us of the Lumia 520 as this model is also equipped with the same 1.2 Ghz Snapdragon 200 Soc , but unlike the old model - this has 1GB of ram - making it eligible for the upcoming Windows (phone) 10 update . The rest of the phone is basically a mix of old parts and new ones , for starters , we have a 2MP fixed focus camera and a VGA front facing one for skype , the 4" display also has a low resolution of 480x800 - which by all means is still great for the price . You get 8GB of in...

Google's mighty work horse smartphone - the Nexus 5 has finally reached its end . The phone , which was probably the most well received and the most popular nexus device to date was originally introduced in late 2013 and now after nearly (2 years) , Google has pulled the sales plug . The phone , which showcased Android 4.4.4 KitKat had some beastly specs for its time , the device had a 1080p display , a 8mp rear camera with optical image stabilization and a then flagship Qualcomm Snapdragon 800 Soc and 2 GB of RAM , the starting price of the device - $349 made it a hit among tech lovers and casual users alike , this , combined with the Nexus 6's expensive price , made the Nexus 5 a affordable alternative to enter the Nexus family , and therefore it was kept on sale until today . Although Google dropped the Nexus 5 off its website , the device will still receive Android updates for another year or two , and with a large developer community , the phone will probably keep r...

A lot has been said and done , but Apple didn't officially launch the pilot Apple watch program until today .Although Apple made the Apple watch take the spotlight , they still had enough time allocated to announce satisfaction records (which stands at 99%)and details about Apple's 700 million iPhones sold to date . Apple also announced a new member to the Macbook family - 12" Macbook  and gave plans to send iOS 8.2 to current Apple devices in anticipation of the Apple watch - which apparently works only with iOS devices running the above mentioned software version . The Apple watch - which as Apple explained last year - will come in 3 flavors . The "basic" version is called "Apple Watch Sport" , the mid tier version will be called the "Apple watch" and the top of the range version will go with the name "Apple Watch edition" , the pricing of these three models will vary from $349 upto a mind blowing $10,000 . A new suite of ...

Apple has announced a new refresh to the Macbook line with its new 12" model , the new notebook - which is said to be 24% thinner than the outgoing model is also the lightest Macbook ever produced as the weight of the device is just 2 pounds (0.9 Kg) . The new Macbook comes with a newly designed "terraced battery" which is said to be built on a space saving layer structure which will give the new laptop about 9-10 hours of standard usage , another space saving feature on the new Macbook is the "butterfly mechanism" for the mechanical keyboard which is also helps to keep the device's low profile .The device is also one of the first to feature a fanless design and a multitouch touchpad which will detect clicks according to the pressure applied by the user (force click). The motherboard(logic board) of the new macbook is also smaller than the one found on the Macbook air , the size reduction of 33% makes the device more compact than ever , the displ...

“It’s the most advanced GPU the world has ever seen,” Jen-Hsun said, as he presented Tim with the company’s very first production unit. Nvidia has pulled the covers off its new Titan X GPU. The 8 billion transistor graphics card is built around Maxwell architecture and it also has 12 GB of Framebuffer (RAM) which took Nvidia engineers many man- hours years to develop . Further details about the card (pricing , more specs , GPU core count ) are still kept a secret , but we will post them as soon as they are available Written By Rakitha for MasHD Source - Blog.Nvidia

According to new rumors , Huawei is said to be chosen by Google to build one of its next Nexus devices .The move , which is said to bring a affordable nexus (possibly to replace the Nexus 5) was first brushed off as a rumor , but now Kevin Yang - director of China Research (iSupply) confirmed that the news is indeed true and Google is working with the Chinese OEM to produce the nexus device . If the said Huawei Nexus is true , we expect the already affordable Nexus 5 to to hit retirement , last year , when Google announced the $600+ Nexus 6 , potential nexus buyers were turned off from buying one as the price couldn't be justified as the older generation was $349 . As a response , Google kept the Nexus 5 as a alternative in production ,but now the device is almost one and a half years old and LG will surely end production , and therefore a Huawei alternative will probably substitute the affordable nexus segment while a high end flagship from (possibly LG) will take over the t...

Nvidia is really stepping up its game in the mobile market , after launching the original Shield portable ,and  the successful Shield Tablet , Nvidia is now focusing on the console segment with their new Nvidia Shield - console . The set top box - which is said to pack Nvidia's latest and greatest mobile chipset - The Tegra X1 is said to run Android TV - a special version of Android made specifically for consoles .but unlike the Nexus player , the Shield console will focus on cloud gaming . The Nvidia GRID - which is Nvidia's cloud based gaming system which requires a 10Mbit connection , games are processed off remote servers so all the set top box has to do is run it in full glory - which is quite possible as the new X1 and its Maxwell GPU is pretty much the best mobile chip you can get -at the moment . and if you are not into heavy cloud gaming , you can always play standard Android games as well . The Shield console box is also said to "play Crysis" - in th...

Microsoft has unveiled two new Windows Phone devices today , the two mid range models - Lumia 640 and 640XL are technically replacements to the not so successful Lumia 630 .The new phones are said to pack features that were absent in the previous iteration which include front facing cameras , rear flash and better cameras Lumia 640  This is Microsoft's replacement phone for the 640 , it has a Snapdragon 400 Soc from last year's model , but you do get the same goodies like a MicroSD expansion slot and a removable battery along with a 1mp front facing camera and a 8Mp rear shooter with a single LED flash . The phone is said to be available with a option of having 4G LTE as well as dual sim support . The model is reportedly priced at a somewhat reasonable EUR 160 . Specs at a glance   *5" 1280x720p resolution IPS LCD , Gorilla glass 3 protection *Snapdragon 400 Soc , 1.2 Ghz  , Adreno 305 GPU *1GB Ram , 8GB storage , SD card expansion upto 1...

If you want a 2K resolution 10"  tablet with front facing speakers , look no further , the new Xperia Z4 tablet is probably the best spec'ed and the most powerful Sony product yet . The z4 tablet , like its predecessors , is still water proof , and with its even thinner 6.1mm body , the tablet takes on the titles as being the lightest(389g) and thinnest tablet yet . Powering this thin beauty , we have Qualcomm's latest and greatest , the Snapdragon 810 . The processor features a 4+4 octa core with Cortex A57 and A53 cores running at a clock speed of 2.0 Ghz .The tablet has 3GB of RAM and a 32GB option only (Microsd expansion slot included) . Like its predecessor , the new Sony tablet has a 8.1mp Exmor RS sensor which can record 1080p video , the tablet also has a 5.1 mp 88 degree wide angle lens which makes taking selfies a breeze ,the rest of the specs include NFC , Bluetooth 4.1 and Android 5.0 out of the box . Specs at a glance  *10.1 2560x1600 resolution IPS d...

Sony's Xperia M4 Aqua has been made official , the phone , which is the successor to the M2 Aqua launched last year is Sony's Mid Range offering to the masses .The phone , as the Aqua name implies if water resistant like its bigger Xperia Z series cousins and it shares some design cues and parts with some models as well .The new M4 features a flapless design , which means the charging port is now treated with a water resistant coating which will surely make charging and data sync much easy . The smartphone comes in two storage variants , phones with the Model number E2303, E2353, E2312 are said to get 8GB internal storage and the other set - E2306, E2333, E2363 are said to feature 16GB onboard storage , both models feature SD card expansion and a healthy 2GB RAM . Powering the phone is a Snapdragon 615 Soc , this 64bit processor uses 8 cores (4 Cortex A53 cores at 1.5Ghz and 4 Cortex A53 cores at 1.0 Ghz ) , this is a major step up from the Snapdragon 400 equipped phone from...

Samsung's Galaxy S6 and Galaxy S6 Edge are official , the two phones - both of which share the same platform are only seperated by the difference in display technology and its form factor .The new phones are set to take on the HTC One M8 , the Xperia Z4 , LG's G4 and the multitude of Chinese OEMS that take major chunks off Samsung's market share . Both phones are said to run the latest version of Touchwiz - which is now based on material design of Android 5.0, a new color pallet , a streamlined interface and less buttons and warnings are said to make touchwiz a pleasure to use , the duo are said to pack Exynos 7420 64bit processors , 16P cameras and a improved built in battery with built in Wireless charging .The Galaxy S6 , unlike its Edge cousin is more designed like a standard Samsung smartphone , the phone features identical hardware to its curvy cousin and it also has a possibly cheaper off the shelf price . Samsung Galaxy S6 specs  *5.1" SAMOLED 2560x144...