Mobile Devices - Page 93

Earlier this month, Evan Blass leaked the specs of the upcoming Moto Z2 Play, the successor to the Moto Z Play announced in August last year.

The report claimed that the device would come with a smaller battery than the original phone. The Moto Z Play had a 3,510 mAh battery, while the Moto Z2 Play is expected to feature a 3,000 mAh one.

Although the Moto Z2 Play hasn't been launched yet, Lenovo has confirmed that the device would indeed come with a smaller, 3,000 mAh battery. The company revealed this info on their official Twitter profile.

Nokia's Snapdragon 835 powered flagship has been rumored for a while, and it is believed that the device will be named the Nokia 9.

Nokia recently announced the modern version of the Nokia 3310 and three smartphones, but their flagship has yet to arrive.

Now, the first images of Nokia's upcoming flagship have leaked. Unfortunately, the phone is locked in an enclosure so we can't get the full image of the phone, but it is enough to confirm some previous leaks.

Qualcomm will reportedly be shifting over to the Snapdragon 845 processor very soon, with some new details on what the inside of it will look like, thanks to new rumors from MyDrivers.

The upcoming Snapdragon 845 isn't expected until Q1 2018, but it will be based on the 10nm Low Power Early (LPE) FinFET process compared to the second-gen Low Power Plus (LPP) process from Samsung. In April, Ryan Lee, Vice President of Foundry Marketing at Samsung Electronics said: "With our successful 10LPE production experience, we have commenced production of the 10LPP to maintain our leadership in the advanced-node foundry market. 10LPP will be one of our key process offerings for high performance mobile, computing and network applications, and Samsung will continue to offer the most advanced logic process technology".

Snapdragon 845 is expected to rock four unannounced Cortex A57 cores alongside four low-power Cortex A53 cores, joined by Adreno 630 graphics. Qualcomm's super-fast Snapdragon X20 LTE modem will be used, offering 1.2Gbps speeds on Cat 18. Qualcomm will reportedly include support for UFS 2.1 storage, as well as the faster and more power efficient LPDDR4X RAM.

Back in April, ZTE launched the Nubia Z17 mini, but we are still waiting for its rumored flagship - the Nubia Z17.

According to the latest reports, the company should unveil the phone on June 1st. An alleged invitation for the official launch has appeared online, and it shows the date an interesting title - "nubiaimagination." The interesting part is that the letters "ai" are highlighted in red suggesting that we might see some virtual assistant with the device.

The alleged press renders have also leaked, and they show the ZTE Nubia Z17 in shiny blue color. It appears that the device will have a glass front and back with a metal frame in between.

The successor to the last year's Xiaomi Mi Max will be unveiled next week, on May 25th.

The device is rumored to be powered by a Snapdragon 626 and come with 4GB of RAM, and 128GB of internal storage. Earlier rumors suggested that it could have 6GB of RAM, but it seems that Xiaomi went with 4GB. Although, it is possible that we could see two versions of the device with different RAM size.

The Mi Max 2 is expected to feature a huge 6.4-inch Full HD screen. The main camera is rumored to have 12MP while the front shooter should come with 5MP.

Motorola has announced two very affordable low-end smartphones - the Moto C and Moto C Plus.

The Moto C comes with a 5-inch FWVGA (854x480) screen. It is powered by MediaTek's MT6737M processor and comes with 1GB of RAM, and 8GB or 16GB of internal storage.

The phone comes with a 5MP main camera and a 2MP front shooter. The device features a 2,350 mAh battery, and it runs Android Nougat 7.0.

A prototype image of the non-final design of the OnePlus 5 recently leaked, and now there's another prototype photo leaked which gives us a bit different image of the phone.

The new photo shows that the LED flash is now between the two cameras in the back, not below them. The antenna lines are now missing.

The new leak also shows the bottom of the phone, and it's clear that the company has decided to ditch the 3.5mm headphone jack, as earlier rumored.

It's been a long 5 months of waiting, but ASUS' new phone that is capable of both Google Tango and Google Daydream is confirmed to be launching this summer.

This phone is a big deal because it's the only phone to date to support both Google's AR and VR platforms. Not only that, but it does so in a significantly smaller device than the first Google Tango device from Lenovo.

While it is great that this new phone will ship with both Google's AR and VR platforms, there are concerns that it won't sell as well because it is shipping with a Qualcomm Snapdragon 821 processor, one that's been shipping in phones for quite some time and has been outdone by the Snapdragon 835.

LG has launched a new smartphone in the US - the Stylo 3 Plus.

The device is powered by a Snapdragon 435 and comes with 2GB of RAM, and 32GB of internal storage, expandable to 2TB with a microSD card.

The Stylo 3 Plus has a 5.7-inch Full HD display and, as the name suggests, comes with a stylus.

LG's V30 has been rumored ever since they launched the V20 last year, more speculation started to come out once the G6 came out, especially regarding which processor it would run. Because the LG G6 runs a Snapdragon 821, the expectation is that the more premium V30 will run a newer and more powerful Snapdragon 835 processor.

However, in addition to the Snapdragon 835 processor, it appears that the V30 will also be capable of supporting or meeting the requirements to support Google's Daydream VR platform. This is a big deal because LG doesn't currently have a Daydream supported device.

One of the big reasons for this is that OLED displays are needed in order to meet Google's display performance requirements for Daydream.

HTC unveiled its highly-anticipated flagship, the HTC U11, earlier this week, but they didn't mention pricing during the press conference.

In the weeks before the launch, we heard rumors that the U11 will be cheaper than the Galaxy S8. The sources claim that the U11 would cost around $660.

HTC's official website says that the U11 can be yours for $649 in the US. The estimated shipping date is in June.

OnePlus has confirmed that they will launch the OnePlus 5 this summer, and many are excited about OnePlus' upcoming flagship.

Their fans now have a reason for even more excitement. OnePlus has announced that they've teamed up with DxO to enhance the photography experience on their upcoming flagship.

DxO is most well-known for creating the defining photography benchmark, the DxOMark. They've got years of imaging experience and expertise, both for professional cameras and for smartphones.

While we still don't actually know whether or not Apple will call their new phone the iPhone 7S or iPhone 8, there are already many rumors floating around about Apple's next flagship device.

We recently learned that Apple had placed orders for their A11 chip that should power the new phone and we have seen a rendered video which allegedly shows Apple's upcoming flagship.

Now, an alleged mock-up of the phone has appeared, and it shows the final design of the phone. The images show the design which resembles the device we saw in the rendered video.

The Galaxy Note8 will likely debut this fall, and it is expected that the phone will feature a dual rear camera setup.

However, it seems that the Note8 won't be Samsung's first smartphone with a dual camera.

The latest leak suggests that the Galaxy C10, expected to be announced before the Note8, will rock a dual camera setup.

DXOMark, one of the photography industry's standards for image quality is also well known for evaluating the quality of smartphone cameras. They have been pretty fair when it comes to evaluating smartphone cameras, so it makes sense to trust their results. While DXOMark isn't necessarily the whole story when it comes to overall smartphone camera experience, they do provide an expectation of image quality.

Based on recent results distributed by HTC and talked about during their press conference, the new HTC U11 managed to dethrone the previous best smartphone camera, the Samsung Galaxy S8.

Read also: HTC U11: Hands-on and first impressions

OPPO has started this year with good results. Its R9s was the best selling Android smartphone in Q1 2017 with 8.9 million units shipped.

But OPPO is just warming up. While we are waiting for the launch of its long-rumored flagship, the Find 9, the company has launched another smartphone - the A77.

The OPPO A77 comes with a 5.5-inch display and is powered by an octa-core 1.5GHz MediaTek MT6750T processor. The phone features 4GB of RAM and 64GB of internal storage, expandable up to 256GB with a microSD card.

Panasonic has been a leader in rugged computing, in fact they basically invented the category with their Toughbook series of notebooks.

However, as Panasonic has evolved as a company, their core competency has moved away from computers. This appears to be showing with the latest recall of 250,000 batteries that are commonly found inside of their rugged FZ-G1 tablets.

16 different reports have indicated that these Panasonic Toughbook Tablets have been catching fire between March of 2015 and April of this year, or two full years. 12 of those systems were in North America and one was in Japan, but there have been no reports of injuries.

OnePlus has recently confirmed that they will launch the OnePlus 5, the successor to the OnePlus 3/3T, this summer. The highly-anticipated smartphone should be the company's flagship that could compete with the recently launched Galaxy S8.

We've seen numerous leaks about the upcoming phone and we know that it should be powered by Snapdragon 835 and come with a dual rear camera setup.

Now, an alleged prototype photograph has leaked, but apparently, this isn't the final design. The photo shows the back of the phone and confirms that the device will have a dual rear camera setup.

We know that Samsung is working on the Galaxy Note8. This was confirmed earlier this year by DJ Koh, Samsung's Mobile Chief. The Note 8 will likely debut this fall, but the first leaks have already been revealed.

According to the latest report from China, the Galaxy Note8 will have a huge 6.3-inch display, most likely with the same 18:5:9 aspect ratio as the Galaxy S8.

The same source claims that the Note8 should sport a dual rear camera setup. Unfortunately, no other info is available at the moment.

HTC has finally unveiled their highly-anticipated flagship, the HTC U11. Although we expected the U11 to be unveiled in April, a year after its predecessor the HTC 10, the company wanted to wait for its official 20th anniversary to launch the phone.

Ever since the HTC One, announced in 2013, there hasn't been much hype about the new HTC phones. In the world of smartphones, HTC doesn't represent what it used to. They are leaders in virtual reality with their Vive device. The company recently sold its phone manufacturing facility in Shanghai to boost their investment into their Vive virtual reality business. Although the company said the sale of the Shanghai plant would not affect its mobile division, it is clear in which direction the company is headed in.

Just recently, HTC announced that they marked an 18.03% decline in revenue this year compared to the last one. It seems that the HTC U Ultra and HTC U Play sales aren't that great, and they aren't helping the company to get back on track. The two phones were launched in January, but many were left disappointed with the last year's processor and a steep price that can be compared to the price of Snapdragon 835 powered Galaxy S8.