Last fall we have already reported on the rumor arose around Sony’s future and their 12-inch tablet. Digitimes managed to find out a little more about this device and the plans of other companies to produce tablets with larger screens.

Sony’s tablet to be released in the first half of 2015 and mass production will start very soon, according to the source. There is also information about some of the characteristics of the device. For example, the size of the screen seem to be 12.9 inches with a resolution of 3840 x 2400 pixels. The tablet will run on a processor from Qualcomm and take pictures of the 8-megapixel camera. Another leaked characteristic – is the thickness of the body, which should be only 8.6 mm.

The tablet will be carried out by a Pegatron, which also produces plates for Apple and Microsoft. Cost 12.9-inch Sony will not be cheaper than $ 1,000 in Digitimes believe that it is aimed at the upper price segment, as is likely, and devices with a large screen from other manufacturers.

Speaking of other manufacturers. Source with information from the supply chain, says Sony – only one company in the list of those wishing to release a large tablet in 2015. The names of other companies are not named, but it is necessary to assume that this list includes Apple and other major players.

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Not long ago, the network has photos of the smartphone, which is presumed to be the new flagship of the Xiaomi called Mi5, or Mi4s. Today in this picture add some rumors can add this product scandal Chinese company with a very passionate temper.

DigiTimes reports that the 5.7-inch Quad-HD-screen smartphone will be covered with sapphire crystal. These rumors are inevitably associated others speak of possible difficulties in the production of a sufficient number of sapphire for mass product. Apple has not left to cope with this problem to last autumn, and will be particularly ironic if the flagship Xiaomi will still be covered with sapphire crystal.

Let me remind you that the Chinese company Xiaomi performs with strong intentions to overcome the giants of the market. Profit Samsung has already suffered from the popularity of low-cost smartphones Xiaomi. If the Chinese cope with sapphire, it will be a good blow to Apple, which the company survive, but can not forget. Apple fans have been waiting sapphire screen in the iPhone 6, but it will get the owners Xiaomi. On the advantages of sapphire glass, you can learn raqwe.com

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Everyone knows that Sony has recently changed its policy regarding the release of their devices, and now every six months we have seen the presentation of the company’s flagship devices. This year was no exception, even if you consider the fact that Sony, in connection with losses, intends to change its policy.

According to recent leaks that have come into our hands because of North Korea, which recently made ​​a hacker attack on the server Sony, the new flagship of the company – Sony Xperia Z4 – get slightly modified appearance instead of rounded frames we will see metal sharpened edges that shimmer beautifully to light in combination with a glass surface of the front and rear housing portions. It is worth noting that the new design is more suitable Z-series; yes, it has undergone significant changes are not so, but I feel the attention to detail – how polished corners framework, it looks really, really good. And what about the bulging glass, which is in harmony with the frame. We cannot say about the new rectangular power button: symbolic decision, because Sony for several years using a proprietary round button. In addition to the Z4, renderers are shown on smart watches and unknown smartphone, whose back cover is made of a soft-touch material.

All of these images are taken from a letter by Michael Linton, who is chief executive officer of Sony Pictures Entertainment. In addition, the letter was discussed and the advertising part of the project. Our colleagues from gizmodo found out that Sony wants to see Daniel Craig (James Bond) as a PR person Xperia Z4. Namely, we are talking about the film Spectre, which is scheduled for October next year. Bond will need to use the Z4 at the moment when he will be in the camera lens in close-up, during which Sony promises Craig $ 5 million.

Total advertising campaign will cost Sony Xperia Z4 in $ 28 million. This amount includes the cost of conventional advertising ($ 18 million), $ 5 million of Daniel and $ 5 million production costs.

Recall, according to the latest data, Xperia Z4 will get a 5.4-inch QHD-display, quad-core Snapdragon 805, 20.7-megapixel rear camera with an improved sensor and a 4.8-megapixel front with wide-angle lenses.

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At the beginning of next year at CES, Asus plans to introduce a new line of smartphones Zenfone. At first glance, the device should not be very different from its competitors, however, turned out to be not so simple.

As the resource phonearena, the network has a short teaser video, which shows one of the smartphone line Zenfone, which is equipped with two lenses of the camera.

The video also sounds the phrase: “To see what others cannot see,” which alludes to the presence in the smartphone really unique technology-related pictures or videos.

ASUS ZenFone Teaser Hints at Dual Camera Handset

If a little speculate that comes to mind a few ideas. Perhaps smartphone from Asus can take pictures with a blurred background or on the device will be able to post-editing material removal.

In addition, Zenfone may be able to capture three-dimensional images, as it once was in the smartphone HTC Evo 3D.

In any case, something innovative, Asus will show us. It remains only to wait for CES, which will be held in January 2015.

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Interest in Samsung smartphones cannot hold forever on building gigahertz. Therefore, the appearance of rumors about Project Zero had for the company is very much welcome. All again wondered what the next Galaxy S.

Recall that after some failures in the mobile sector, Samsung went back to the drawing board and decided to completely revise his view on what should be the Galaxy S6. The project was named Project Zero. And today at our disposal, it seems the first images that give little idea about the design of the South Korean leader in 2015.

Photos published by the French resource NoWhereElse, who has a decent portfolio of reliable spillage Samsung and Apple. Nevertheless, the publication warns that pictured earlier party device body, so there is no 100% certainty that in the end Galaxy S6 will remain that way.

However, it seems that Samsung finally came to understand what kind of body materials popular with users, and the future flagship “Galaxy”, is likely to have a one-piece aluminum body. Based on the experience of the latest models A-series, it is not surprising.

And if you have enough change in the materials used in the flagship of Samsung, or are you waiting for something more?

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This year, Asus showed a whole range of budget devices Zenfone 4, 5 and 6. The number in the title means nothing else than the diagonal of the unit, thus, Asus has provided users to choose a smartphone “by hand” in a relatively small money. It is noteworthy that the device get really deserve and have received a lot of positive reviews, especially Zenfone 5. Therefore, the next generation new Zenfone also causes some interest.

It is reported that, among other products, at CES 2015, which will take place in January, Asus shows new Zenfone. The event is scheduled for January 5, the day before the actual start of the exhibition, as is customary and “senior” colleagues in the market, probably in order to attract the most attention and not get lost in the mass of information noise around CES.

Another similarity with the presentation of the largest manufacturers of smartphones and is organized by web-broadcasting, which will be available on its Online.

As the first generation of devices will be equipped with new Zenfone processors from Intel. The latter, by the way, has confirmed that smartphones will support LTE-connection and cost from $ 300.

However, in addition, are expected patterns on chips from MediaTek, which obviously will be a little bit cheaper. Apparently, Asus does not want to lose sight of the markets in China and other developing countries. By the way, this year the company sold about 8 million smartphones and expects to double figures in 2015.

Given the present state of the economy, for many users, who will be forced in the next year, for whatever reasons, to change the smartphone – new Asus Zenfone may well be a viable option, especially if the manufacturer can keep all the things for which he praised Zenfone 5

ASUS has confirmed its participation at CES 2015, the new ZenFone soon

The exhibition CES 2015 just around the corner and more manufacturers confirm their participation in the event. The Taiwanese company ASUS is no exception. Today it was announced that a press conference will be held on January 5 producers. It is expected that within the framework of the event shows the ASUS smartphones new Zenfone, including 5.5” model. Rumor has it that some of the newcomers will be equipped with processors Intel, but there are also new items with MediaTek chipsets on board. Smartphones based on Intel’s decision will be supported LTE and a price tag of $ 300, gadgets processor MediaTek, are likely to be cheaper, as focused on Asian markets. Recall that this year, ASUS has sold about 8 million smartphones in 2015, the company plans to double this figure.

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Update – it’s always nice, is not it? And for Android they have not yet come to an end! If you believe the rumors, the Android Lollipop can begin to come to Android Wear Lollipop – devices today. Of course, the update for portable gadgets cannot be compared with the transition from KitKat on Lollipop on smartphones and tablets, but still expect a few new features.

This is with reference to their trusted sources reported Phandroid. If their information is correct, then the update will include the following:

• Information about the battery and internal storage annex companion
• New dials with the ability to switch between them in the application of the companion and the new API, which will allow to display the weather icon on any dial
• The ability to restore the cards that the user brushed
• New fast switches for setting the brightness of the screen (normal, theater and sunny modes)
• The new settings for the visually impaired, including the size of the text, and the option to increase the color blind
• «Ok, Google» will take into account the previous Activity

In addition, it is expected a significant improvement in battery life for some gadgets that is probably the main news.

In short, we are waiting. In the meantime, tell me, do you have time to become the owner of the device running on Android Wear Lollipop?

Details about the update to Android Wear Lollipop

Google has said in his blog about the major update of Android Wear Lollipop. Starting next week the owners of smart hours on this platform will receive an update that will add their gadgets many new features. Including the replacement of the background image on the dial directly through the Play Store.

Update Android Wear is the number 5.0, and it is based on Android Lollipop. Install it can be via Wi-Fi in a few days. After the update the clock dials can be installed by third-party developers. Some will be paid, but most free. Section with them already appeared in the Play Store , here are some examples of registration:

These wallpapers are developed partners Google, but today dials for Android Wear can create anyone. The company’s website is available a special API. In Play store already has a few dials, to establish an informal, but in February they will either be translated into the official API, or removed from the store.

And this, we dare to assume only the beginning of a new milestone Android Wear on Android 5.0 Lollipop. The next year, the platform will get even more innovation.

Google released Android Wear Lollipop 5.0

Google has released a new version of the operating system for the human body wearable electronic devices. With the release of Android Wear Lollipop owners ‘smart’ hours given the opportunity to personalize the main screen of the device by means of thematic dials Watch Face.

One of the key innovations Android Wear Lollipop was the appearance of the official API to change the look of the dial. In Android Wear Lollipop weather icons have been redesigned, the menu settings and organized support display information about the weather, eliminates the tedious navigation to weather the card Google Now.

Appendix companion Android Wear Lollipop, running on a dual smartphone, learn how to display information related to the battery worn on the wrist gadget. Demonstrates forecast as to how long the smart watch worked in standalone mode, and specify which applications are running the most power consume. Companion app also displays information on the performance of flash space applications on a smart watch.

The developers have added in Android Wear Lollipop specific settings, including color inversion, larger fonts. There are new brightness setting. Enough to make a swipe down to open the menu from which to select Cinema (backlight turns off completely until you press the power button), the maximum brightness mode, silent mode and settings.

If a user accidentally brushed some of the cards with the notification that appears in the Smart hours, unable to carefully examine the contents of the notification in Android Wear Lollipop it can be brought back. The removal is performed gesture swipe up.

At the same time in the online store Google Play is a new section with thematic dials – he added a section with applications for hours on Android Wear. You will see the dozens of design options – from the characters, minions of the animated film “Despicable Me” to the brand dials from Porsche and Red Bull, from X-ray images of the famous designer Hugh Turvey before registration in the subject of the popular game Pac-Man.

Users can set the concomitant application Android Wear Lollipop, by which it will be easier to search, download and install the various dials.

Specialized platform for wearable devices Android Wear Lollipop was announced in March and released in June of this year. To date, users are six models of smart hours on Android Wear – Asus ZenWatch, LG G Watch, LG G Watch R, Moto 360, Samsung Gear Live and Sony SmartWatch 3. Updates Android Wear Lollipop, providing shift dials and a number of other new features that take into force within the next week.

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If you analyze in detail the line of portable devices from Samsung and LG, it can be seen between many similar traits. Both companies have similar line of flagship devices, smartphones with big screen and even line Android Wear-gadgets.

As the resource phonearena, LG has decided to further increase the similarity between the products of Korean companies. It is reported that LG has applied for registration of the trade mark stylus G Pen  – presumably stylus, which will be bundled with devices larger size.

It is worth noting that LG already has in its arsenal a smartphone LG G3 stylus G Pen, which is bundled stylus. However, its capabilities significantly inferior to similar solution, which uses Samsung’s Series devices Note.

Most likely, LG decided to modify the functionality and stylus to enter the market large Phablet to control which can be used not only fingers.

The only nuance in this story is that not so long ago on the web there were rumors that the company will close the line of LG G Pro Phablet. Therefore, either the previous rumors were false, or the Korean company has its own plans, which we do not yet know.

LG is preparing a smart stylus G Pen

Some smartphones LG already have at their disposal a stylus, such as 5.5-inch planshetofon LG G3 Stylus. However, in addition to the convenience of managing such solutions from LG does not offer any additional features unlike smartphone series Galaxy Note from Samsung.

However, apparently LG decided to market under the trademark device stylus G Pen, which must receive additional functions and features for the input stilusnogo.

It is still unknown what line-up will be used stylus G Pen, but it would be interesting to look at competitor Samsung Galaxy Note in the presentation of the company LG.

The last of the stylus-equipped smartphone LG, G3 Stylus, though conventionally belonged to the flagship line, the average received Features: 5.5-inch display with a resolution of 540×960 pixels, 4-core processor from Mediatek clocked at 1.3 GHz and 1 GB of RAM.

Given the fact that the new stylus LG Company has registered a new trademark, the gadget can be equipped with top-level device. It is unlikely that they will become the new G4, but perhaps a manufacturer wants to bring to market a new line, which would become a competitor to Galaxy Note-gadgets.

LG thought about electronic feathers stylus G Pen

LG and Samsung, living in South Korea, compete, obviously, in all respects. As for the mobile industry, vendors produce similar products: in the hands of LG are communicators line G and smartphones tablets family G Pro, while promoting Samsung Galaxy S, respectively, representatives and Galaxy Note. Again, smart watches based on Android Wear brands have turned out at almost the same.

The same happens with accessories for mobile device management – stylus. LG has applied for trademark registration stylus G Pen, indicating an impending birth of a new electronic pen. Corporation, it seems, is going to release a smartphone-tablet with a set of powerful features of interaction through a stylus in order to compete with the electronic pen Samsung S-Pen.

It is not excluded stylus G Pen capacitive stylus can also work with many of the previously released devices LG.

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Qualcomm’s Snapdragon processors provide the performance of a variety of devices, from smartphones to the average person the latest flagships. Some manufacturers, including major players in the market, truly depend on Qualcomm, all needing a lot of their chips to meet consumer demand. And it seems that next year it could be a problem.

For example, the latest version of the processor Snapdragon 810 must be installed in smartphones like Samsung Galaxy S6 and LG G4, each of which, as you know, is the flagship device, so – on its sales expectations were high.

However, according to GSMArena with reference to the Korean sources, generation of smartphones in 2015 may be in “grave danger”. The fact that Qualcomm has serious problems with Snapdragon 810, which may interfere with the mass production of the chip, and hence the delay of future releases of the set of devices.

According to the report, the processor is subject to overheating at a certain voltage, which greatly affects its performance. In addition, the problem supplement claims to the operation of the controller memory and possible bugs in the drivers Adreno 430 graphics chip.

Recall that the Korean giant said it is possible to produce its own chips. There is a notorious Samsung Exynos, and LG unveiled in October LG G3 Screen, working on the first processor company – NUCLUN. Nevertheless, such a solution cannot be called painless, and the problem of the delay output devices on the market that will not solve. In small batches processors require manufacturers.

However, the information is unconfirmed, so – continues to be classified as rumors.

In Snapdragon 810 revealed serious problems

The system-on-chip Qualcomm Snapdragon 810, which should become the flagship chip for smartphones and tablets in the first half of next year, is still far from ready. According to the newspaper BusinessKorea, corporations LG and Samsung are faced with problems of overheating and numerous errors on their smartphones developed.

According to preliminary measurements made by the departments of development and testing LG and Samsung, Snapdragon 810 at the nominal operating frequency quickly heats up to temperatures uncomfortable for the user, and then pretty quickly controller chip temperature starts to resort to “throttling”, because of which seriously begins to sink performance. Furthermore, we found the problem of interaction of the processor and memory controller, resulting in errors. Without defects and does not cost the newest video processor Adreno 430, wrongly implements the specification OpenGL ES, but According to the source within the Qualcomm, is the smallest of the problems within the company as a bug in a graphics accelerator drivers already fixed, but customers corporations have not yet received the updated binaries.

According to sources BusinessKorea, Samsung is considering extending the geographical distribution of its smartphones with chips Exynos 7 because of problems with the Snapdragon 810, but the main obstacle to this will be LTE-modem, which requires certification of mobile operators who are accustomed to working with Qualcomm Gobi modems instead Intel XMM and others. The LG is no backup plan B in case of unavailability Snapdragon 810 for commercial release, so the companies are waiting for solutions from the most Qualcomm. The American company, of course, declined to comment, citing the fact that do not discuss rumors, but clarified that her own projects – a smartphone and a tablet for developers will go according to plan – in mid-December. The first announcements of smartphones and tablets on the new chip is expected to exhibitions Consumer Electronic Show and the Mobile World Congress in the first quarter of 2015.

We had problems with Qualcomm Snapdragon 810 chipset

Many major manufacturers of smartphones depend on the supply of chipsets Qualcomm.

The following year, the market should see flagship smartphone Samsung Galaxy S6 and LG G4 on the latest chipset Snapdragon 810. But recently appeared on the network rumors threaten these companies’ plans.

Korean sources claim that Qualcomm had serious problems with overheating Snapdragon 810 at a certain voltage. Even more trouble Qualcomm exacerbated by problems with the controller RAM and chipset drivers Adreno 430 GPU.

These problems are quite fixable, but they can lead to a certain delay in the start of mass production of Snapdragon 810 and affect the timing of release of some flagship smartphone or change their configuration.

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Samsung is planning to introduce a successor to the flagship Galaxy S5 at the beginning of 2015, and we have already speculated, what will be the next smartphone Samsung Galaxy S6 from the Korean giant. Now some of our assumptions were confirmed, thanks to information from a database of synthetic benchmark AnTuTu.

As the resource phonearena, the network has a screenshot taken from the base AnTuTu, which shows the characteristics of a smartphone with the code SM-G925F, which corresponds to the Samsung Galaxy S6.

If we assume that the information in the image is true, the novelty from Samsung will receive an 8-core 64-bit processor with Exynos 7420 graphics accelerator ARM Mali-T760. RAM Galaxy S6 is 3 GB, and the internal drive will have a capacity of 32 gigabytes.

Screen smartphone will increase to 5.5 inches, and its resolution is 1440 by 2560 pixels. New work will be running the latest version of Android Lollipop. Camera resolution is also expected to increase and reach 20 megapixels.

In addition, it is expected that the Samsung Galaxy S6 has an updated design with metallic accents, similar to the line of smartphones series A.

Samsung Galaxy S6 passed the test in AnTuTu, showing some of the characteristics

Rumors and leaks about the Samsung Galaxy S6 replenished frequently, which suggests the same thought – Samsung certainly going to present its new flagship as soon as possible. Our colleagues from SamMobile able to get information, and together with a very interesting screenshots.

We almost had previously said that if the Samsung Galaxy S6 gets Snapdragon processor 810, then it can be quite a challenge. Because of this, there were suspicions that Samsung is not physically able to release a flagship smartphone before.

But all this is hardly true, because the benefit of Samsung to release Samsung Galaxy S6 as soon as possible. On the other hand, has now been learned that the device Samsung SM-G925F had a test AnTuTu. What is interesting, Galaxy Note 3 has a model number N900, Galaxy S5 – SM-900F, Galaxy Note 4 – SM-910F. Theoretically, it can be assumed that SM-G925F is just Galaxy S6 as a prototype. However, Samsung likes to produce specific device with an unusual number that just concerns Note Edge and LTE-A versions. Until something definite is difficult to say.

If this is true, then the Samsung Galaxy S6 has a 5.5-inch display with a resolution of Quad HD, 20-megapixel camera, an eight 64-bit processor Exynos 7420 and 3GB of RAM. Also, the device is already working on Android 5.0 Lollipop. But there is a very interesting remark – Galaxy Note 2 has a 5.5-inch screen and Galaxy S5 – 4.99 inches. If the screen Samsung Galaxy S6 rose to 5.5 inches, it’s a pretty drastic step. Although there may be hiding inaccurate test.

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