Sony working on 5-inch midrange device with quad-core MT chip

Sony doing work on 5-inch midrange device with quad-core MT chip

Sony Mobile may be planning to launch a 5-inch entry-level handset during the third quarter utilising the MediaTek quad-core MT6589 system-on-chip. This news follows previous rumours that Sony will launch new handsets using MediaTek chips. Digitimes is reporting that ODM Arima will manufacture the handset.
Arima has also been contracted to manufacture Sony’s current budget offering, the Xperia E (C160X). Sony has also signed up other ODMs such as Compal Communications who is manufacturing the upcoming Xperia L (C210X). Digitimes says that Arima, Compal and Foxconn combined plan to ship around 8 to 10 million smartphones to Sony during this year.

Acer Working on The Liquid S Quad-Core Powered Phablet

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Acer Working on The Liquid S Quad-Core Powered Phablet

Acer is looking to create its very own phablet dubbed the Liquid S according to some clues left behind in an interview. Mobile World Congress (MWC) took place February 25th through 28th and the Taiwanese manufacturer had a small showing with devices such as the Liquid E1, a 4.5 inch Android smartphone running Jelly Bean.
In an interview for the official MWC paper, the President of Acer’s smartphone business hinted at an upcoming phablet:

“Unlimited exploration: the line between tablet and phone is blurring, a new breed of smartphone, the Phablet, is an irreversible trend to create new lifestyles. With above 4.7″ and quad-core+ processors, those giants offer extremely high resolution for multi-tasking, gaming, browsing and more. Acer will launch its Liquid S series as part of this growing segment.”

The company doesn’t currently have a phablet on the market and the Liquid S will be their first ever quad-core phone. Specs for such a device are non-existent at the moment and one has to take into question Acer’s definition of a phablet. There are more than a couple of Android phones currently available with screens larger than 4.7 inches. For example, the Samsung Galaxy S III has a 4.8 inch screen and the HTC DROID DNA has a 5-inch display. Depending on who’s holding it, they probably wouldn’t quality as a phablets.

ZTE Shows off its Flagship: Grand S

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ZTE Shows off its Flagship: Grand S

Its great to see the once small manufacturers suddenly coming to spotlight at big events such as MWC and ZTE is among those which stood out in particular...

Other than showing several smartphones including the one running on the new Firefox OS, ZTE also showed its next flagship smartphone once again, the Grand S. The flagship puts ZTE in the same league as its competitors, if not ahead of them...

Here are the specs of the phone:.

Android 4.1 Jelly Bean.
5 inch display with 1080 x 1920 Full HD resolution.
4G LTE support.
6.9mm thick.
1.7 GHz quad-core processor.
2 GB RAM with 16 GB expandable storage.
13mp rear camera with Full HD video recording.
2mp front facing Full HD camera.
Bluetooth 4.0, microUSB 2.0, NFC, Wifi Hotspot, GPS.
(only) 1780 mAh battery.
Available in 6 colors.

Our only gripe with the phone is its decidedly short battery. This phone has a 5 inch 1080p display + LTE so these phones are obviously hungry powerhouses...

You may criticise the company but this effort was certainly made to keep the phone thin and the effort certainly shows as well. At 6.9mm it is one of the thinnest of the 5 inch phones out there...

The phone will be available in Q1 but the price is still unknown..

NVIDIA unveils Tegra 4i quad-core processor with built-in LTE

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NVIDIA unveils Tegra 4i quad-core processor with built-in LTE

NVIDIA, the American hardware company has officially launched its Tegra 4i chipset. Even though the name suggests it's a close relative to the recently launched Tegra 4 chipset, the new SoC is actually an updated version of last year's Tegra 3 with integrated 4G LTE radio.

The Tegra 4i comes with four Cortex-A9 CPU and a fifth power-saving cores just like the Tegra 3, but its 60-core GPU should actually be closer in performance to the Tegra 4 72-core graphics accelerator. There's also the integrated 4G LTE, which is a first for NVIDIA chipsets. This will help NVIDIA offer an all in one solution, something its Qualcomm rival has been doing for a while now.
An important advantage of NVIDIA's Tegra 4i is that it's half the size of a quad-core Qualcomm chipset, which should have a beneficial effect on battery life.

As expected, the chipset also comes with the improved camera features and along-side "always on HDR" mode, Tegra 4i processor is now capable of taking full panoramic HDR photos.

Tegra 4i is rumored to be available in the market by the end of the year and is expected to power mid-range smartphones manufactured in 2014.

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Sony working on 5-inch midrange device with quad-core MT chip

Sony doing work on 5-inch midrange device with quad-core MT chip

Acer Working on The Liquid S Quad-Core Powered Phablet

Acer Working on The Liquid S Quad-Core Powered Phablet

ZTE Shows off its Flagship: Grand S

ZTE Shows off its Flagship: Grand S

NVIDIA unveils Tegra 4i quad-core processor with built-in LTE

NVIDIA unveils Tegra 4i quad-core processor with built-in LTE

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