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Related - Moto X play unveiled               - Moto G 2015 unveiled Motorola has unveiled a new smartphone called the Moto X Style - this is basically a upmarket version of the Moto X series with design in mind ,( this is basically a new product category )  the unlocked phone - available with a thin curved body features removable panels which are available in leather , wood and of course metal , this phone , powered by the Snapdragon 808 processor and 3GB of RAM is also one of the first Motorola phones to feature universal LTE which lets you pop in any sim of your choice as the device ships unlocked . The phone features a 5.7" LCD display with a resolution of 2560x1440 (2K) resolution , this also has Gorilla glass protection .The display occupies 76%of the phones real estate so the overall footprint of the phone is quite "modest" by modern standards . Camera on the phone is said to be a  21MP sensor with dual tone flash , this recor...

Related - Moto G 2015 unveiled               - Moto X style unveiled Motorola has officially unveiled the third generation Moto X today ,the phone named the Motorola Moto Style has all the flagship specs you need and a $400 price point to beat (see link above), but what if you wanted something with the same flagship name and camera for less , well Motorola has you covered with the Motorola Moto X Play . Hard-ware wise the Moto X Play features a Snapdragon 615 Octa core Soc clocked to 1.7Ghz , although the chip is not something you call flagship , the phone is still one of the best mid rangers as the asking price .The phone has 2GB of RAM , 16/32GB of storage and a MicroSD card slot . Display of the phone is set at 5.5" with a 1080p resolution , this Full hd panel is a LCD unit protected by Gorilla glass 3 . Camera wise, the Moto X features a 21MP rear module with dual flash in a linear arrangement ,the camera records 1080p and the f...

Related - Moto X style unveiled               - Moto X play unveiled Motorola has officially announced the Motorola Moto G in 2015, this third sequel of the successful budget smartphone has a lot to offer and it brings the long awaited departure from the Snapdragon 400 Which powered the previous two generations. The new Moto G comes in two flavors - one model is one is the affordable model while the other comes with a minor spec overhaul in the form of More RAM and double the storage, the rest of the specs are identical and BOTH support LTE. The Moto G features a Snapdragon 410 Soc, this 64bit chip is a quad core unit Consisting of 4 colors A53 clocked to 1.4Ghz, there is Also 2GB of RAM (1GB of RAM if you buy the 8GB version) Which is to welcome the users who updated to Lollipop in the older devices did find the experience stuttery with the 1GB in the older models. There is Also 8GB / 16GB options available, and like the previous gen, the ...

The Long awaited One Plus two is finally here , the phone - a sequel to the successful One Plus One  of last year was probably one of the most desired smartphones of the era but now the company is back with a updated hardware spec sheet and in house software . The OnePlus Two smartphone basically looks like a modded OnePlus one - well thats because most of the phone is based on the older OnePlus chassis including the display which hasn't received any change as well as some of the styling cues . The front of the device now has a fingerprint sensor - which is actually a static touch pad style one similar to the ones HTC uses and does not press in . There are two capacitive  keys which flank the sensor and they can all be customized to launch different tasks if you prefer , the OnePlus Two also supports display default Lollipop touch keys . The rest of the specs include a MicroUSB type C port which is a departure from the MicroUSB 2.0 technology used in the old version , th...

Dell has unveiled a new hardcore Windows 8.1 tablet which is cutely named the Latitude 12 Rugged tablet . The device which on paper looks to be a 12" tablet is actually smaller as the display is only 11.6" - which by tablet standards is still pretty large , but this coupled with the 1366x768 resolution will surely make this device feel a bit out of place in a world filled with high pixel counts and mind blowing resolutions , but then again none of those tablets feature Dust , water , shock and Mud resistance as well as absorb drops from 4 feet and resist temperatures that can go from minus 20 to 145 degrees F , this then is not a tablet for your office - it as DEll intends is directly aimed at Military emergency responders and explorers . The Intel Core M powered tablet is running a full version of Windows 8.1 and it features a 512GB SSD flash storage and about 4-8GB of RAM .The tablet is expected to cost about $1500-2000 which is a lot for a Windows powered Core M tablet...

By now most of you already know what the 2015 Moto G will look like , but just when you thought the torrent of Moto G leaks were over , a new one has popped up showing what appears to be one of the official press renders of the device .The Moto G 2015 - which is rumored to come in two flavors  - one a sub $179 GSM only variant and a more expensive $229-249 phone with some good specs and LTE .The basic model of the phone is said to pack a weaker Snapdragon 410 Soc and  2GB of RAM ,8GB of storage +MicroSD expansion and  a 2470mAh battery  with  the same 5" 720p IPS display derived from the second gen Moto G .The premium model ,which is rumored to carry LTE support is a completely different animal from the basic version as it is rumored to pack a 1.7Ghz Snapdragon 610 Soc with Adreno 405 Graphics  and 2GB of RAM . The display of the phone is also rumored to get a 1080p full hd upgrade while retaining the 5" display size , as for the other specs , the spec...

YU's Yureka has been refreshed with a new Full HD twist , the phone , which runs Android in the form of Cyanogen OS 12 now comes with a Full HD display with the same 5.5" screen size . the internals of the phone are said to stay the same with the exception of the camera - which has received a Sony IMX214 sensor with Largan blue architecture .The phone still features the Snapdragon 615 Soc ,2GB of Ram , LTE support and of course , the affordable $160 price point. Specs at s glance  *5.5" 1080p IPS display  *64 bit 1.7Ghz Snapdragon 615 (MSM8939)  *2GB RAM ,16GB storage +MicroSD slot *LTE ,GPS ,Dual sim support  *Android 5.0.2 (Cyanogen OS )  *13MP rear camera ,LED flash  *5MP front facing camera  *2500mAh battery  Source - GSMArena

LG has officially refreshed its LG Bello smartphone from last year , the budget handset - aimed as a sidekick to the popular LG Leon handset is now set to take on many regions including India and Latin America this month with Europe and the rest of the CIS states set to receive sales in Q3 of this year The LG Bello 2 is said to feature a new 1.3 Ghz Quad core Soc , 1 GB of RAM , a new 8MP rear camera and a 5MP front facing "selfie" camera along with a 5" IPS display and optional dual sim support Specs at a glance *5" 854x480p IPS display *1.3Ghz Quadcore processor *1GB RAM , 8GB storage+MicroSD expansion slot *8MP rear camera , LED flash *5MP front camera *Optional Dual sim *2540mAh removable battery *Android 5.1.1 Written by Rakitha for MasHD Source - GSMArena

Samsung has officially announced the Galaxy Tab S2 ,the S2 , a product line that features a 8.0 version and a slightly larger 9.7" one which replaces the older Tab S 8.4 and Tab S 10.5 from last year with a all new form factor and new hardware inside .Although both products were announced today , the official launch of the tablet is due next month and so far the prices are said to remain very similar to the original Tab S lineup from last year Samsung Galaxy Tab S2 8.0 This is Samsung's Tab S 8.4 replacement for this year , unlike the previous 16:9/16:10 widescreen aspect ratios ,the new model features a portrait friendly 8" 4:3 aspect ratio ,this shift in aspect ratio does take some of the SuperAmoled displays high resolution off as the new model only has 2048x1536 px - a figure that gives it a lower PPI count than the outgoing model which had 2560x1600 . Rest of the specs are impressive however , the Tablet is now powered by a Exynos 5433 Octa core which uses ...

If you are a guitar buff , the audio company Marshall is nothing new to you , with retro inspired Guitar amps and speakers the company slowly shifted to the mobile market with bluetooth speakers ,but now ,Marshall has officially launched a Lollipop based Android smartphone which echoes its retro amp design throughout the device . The phone - named Marshall London , is basically a Snapdragon 410 powered smartphone underneath , the display is 4.7" and it has a resolution of 720p , the phone has 2GB RAM , 16GB of onboard storage with MicroSD card expansion and a removable back cover which offers a 2500 mAh removable battery and access to sim and Sd card slots . The phone has a 8Mp rear camera and a LED flash , and it has a 2MP front camera along with two Audio jacks if you want to plug in two audio sets and it features a customizable Gold "M" button on top - which you can set in order to launch your favourite music app  .The phone also has two stereo speakers ...

If you were a 70's kid, you would have remembered a famous computer company named Commodore , the company ,which went out of business in the mid 90's but apparently the brand is still not dead as two Italian businessmen have recently snatched up rights for a London based company called "Commodore business machines" which has now released a Commodore branded smartphone . The Commodore PET , a name which was popularized by the 40 year old  PC which had a 1Mhz processor and 4KB of ram has now popped on the back of a Smartphone which is also named the "Commodore PET"  .The Commodore PET smartphone , unlike its unrelated sibling  runs on a 64bit Mediatek 1.7Ghz Octa core processor and has 2GB of RAM for the 16GB model and 3GB of ram for the 32GB model .Both phones feature 1080p displays and has Corning gorilla glass protection .The rest of the phone includes a Sony made 13MP sensor , a 3000 mAh battery and a VICE C64 and AMIGA emulator which will let you run cl...

The famous Chinese Oem - ZTE has finally managed to land on the shores of the U.S with their new flagship phone called the ZTE Axon - the phone , which is a major "first " for the company is set to run for about $449 off contract and is available through their website .The phhone packs monstrous hardware including a Snapdragon chip , a dual  camera setup (which works similar to the HTC M8's set up and 4GB RAM along with a 2K display to top it off , the phone is available in Ion Gold, Chromium Silver, and Phthalo Blue Specs at a glance *5.5" 1440x2560 IPS display *2Ghz Snapdragon 810 *4GB RAM , 32GB onboard storage -no MicroSD card slot *LTE ,WIFI ,GPS ,NFC ,Bluetooth *13MP+2MP rear dual camera set up with 4K recording ,Dual LED flash ,8MP front camera *Android Lollipop 5.1.1 *3000 mAh battery Written by Rakitha for MasHD Source - NDTV

HTC desire 626/626s HTC has unveiled 4 Lollipop equipped budget oriented smartphones for the U.S market today HTC Desire 520, HTC Desire 526, HTC Desire 626 and the HTC Desire 626s are all low end devices featuring Qualcomm's Snapdragon 210 Soc , 8MP rear cameras and 2000 mAh batteries . All three devices are expected to work on the post -paid method with multiple vendors including AT&T , Verizon and Cricket set to announce pricing for these devices All phones come with Snapdragon 210 MSM8909 clocked to 1.1GHz with Adreno 304 ,Android 5.1 Lollipop and a MicroSD card slot upto 2TB along with 8MP rear cameras with flash and 2000 mAh batteries HTC desire 626 *5.0" 1280x720 display *Snapdragon 210 *16GB storage ,MicroSD card support *1.5GB RAM *8MP Rear with LED flash ,5MP Front cameras *2000 mAh battery HTC desire 626s *5.0" 1280x720 display *Snapdragon 210 *8GB storage ,MicroSD card support *1GB RAM *8MP Rear with LED flash ,2MP Front cameras *20...

Apple has finally announced the long awaited refresh for its iPod range today, the previous versions of the iPod shuffle, iPod Nano and the iPod touch were last refreshed in 2012 with the iPod Touch getting a fully fledged retina display of 4 inches and a new sleek iPhone like anodized aluminum back, the Chip inside the iPod was a Apple A5 - a chip that was old at the time of launch. Flash forward to 2015, we have Apple bumping the minimum specs of every ios device to 64bit technology. The iPod, which ran a dual core cortex A9 processor is out of date at the moment so it is a logical step to increase power on the 2015 refresh we have today. Say hello to the iPod touch 5th/6th generation. The iPod has now recieved a welcome refresh in the form of a Apple A8 Soc - a chip from the iPhone 6/6+, although we expected Apple to add a Apple A7, this is quite a surprise indeed, the rest of the specs are mostly the same, but the rear camera is now bumped to 8mp. The display in the iPod remai...

According to new leaks , Motorola is set to launch the new Moto G (2015) on the 28th of July , the handset - which is the third iteration of the popular affordable handset is partly responsible for Motorola's success in the handset market owing to affordable base prices of around $179 -$199 . The new model , which , unlike the previous models , is said to pack some 64bit hardware in the form of a 1.4Ghz Snapdragon 410 Soc which packs 4 Cortex A53 cores and Adreno 306 GPU .The base model - which is mostl likely a 8GB GSM version wil only get 1GB of RAM with the 16GB (possibly LTE equipped) model setting off with 2GB of RAM in the hold  both versions are said to have MicroSD expansion slots so you can transfer some apps to the SD card thanks to features in Android 5.1 Lollipop . The smartphone is said to feature 5" 720p IPS displays and the previous IPX7 water splash resistance is also present .The cameras on the new phone is upgraded well as the new one uses a 13MP rear mo...

Samsung is said to be readying a new successor to the Note line this year , the Note 5 - which is set to bring the famous S-Pen functionality and beefier specs over the S6 is probably one reason people are holding out for the Note line rather than buying a S series device ,but according to rumors  , the Note 5 is expected to launch on the 12th of August with sales starting on the 21st of the same month .The handset - which like its older brethren still features a beefed up Exynos 7420/7422 Soc with a 5.6"+ SuperAmoled pannel which is said to feature 4GB of LPDDR4 RAM and LTE support as well . The phone is also the first Note smartphone to feature a non removable battery  and it is also the first unit to have no MicroSD card support , dropping such features will surely put a heap of potential buyers off , but the trade off was also expected from the Galaxy S line ,but as the majority of users don't mind losing features on a phone they drop off every two years  so it is h...

Samsung's Galaxy A8 is official , the handset which is currently set as the flagship in the premuim mid range Samsung A series brings 5.9mm thinness and a 5.7" Amoled display which brings more wow to anyone who has issues buying the expensive Galaxy S6 or a Note . The Samsung Galaxy A8 features a 1080p SuperAmoled panel that measures in at 5.7" . The phone consists of two high spec cameras - one a 16MP main module which is slightly inferior to the flagship S6's 16MP module even though the one on the A8 still has all the bells and whistles including optical image stabilization .The secondary one features a resolution of 5MP . Under the hood we have some familiar Qualcomm sourced specs including a 64bit Snapdragon 615 Octa-core Soc which is clocked to 1.5Ghz  , a Adreno 405 GPU and 2GB of LPDDR3 Ram  , speaking of storage ,the phone features a 16GB/32GB capacity with a microSD expansion slot upto 128GB which is a bit strange considering the S6 took a different approac...

With Apple iPhone 6 series cannibalizing ,iPad and iPod sales , devices like the humble iPod touch were probably expected to hit the guillotine early on in the year 2015 but apparently they are set to refresh the lineup for another year following today's alleged Apple event . The event - which in Apple tradition is set to take spontaneously but leakers managed to get wind of the event early on , according to the leaks  , the iPod Touch , the iPod Nano and the iPod shuffle are said to get some new colors and a possible hardware upgrade for the iPod touch to make it viable for the 64bit only versions of iOS for the future . The Shuffle and the Nano were very popular during the early days of smartphone adoption but it quickly faded out as its younger audience dropped dramatically , the two models  currently come in a small pallet of colors which are now said to get a Deep blue option replacing the steel blue in the previous iterations along with a new Champagne gold option akin...

Rumors of a  Nexus 5 for 2015 are all around the interwebs ,but today we have something special as a test run on Antutu5 shows a mysterious  nexus 5 (2015) hitting a record making 85530 on the benchmark scale which is insanely high considering that current flagships like the S6 , M8 and G4 are about 20K below this figure . The mysterious device is expected to be built by LG - a company which gained reputation after some popular -well built gadgets like the original Nexus 5 , the G Pad 8.3 and the highly acclaimed LG G4 . although we would expect the G4 to serve as the chassis for the Next nexus device , the upcoming LG G4 pro might be a better platform as a Snapdragon 820 is rumored to be on board . There are rumors of a Huawei built nexus as well  but for now ,LG is probably the one with the most thrums on the table at the moment  as it has the experience and the capability to produce a handset in the 5" range which many Android /Nexus fans expected to see in the ...