Huawei has an announcement scheduled for April 28th at the Beijing National Conventional Center, Beijing, China. The company is expected to unveil the Huawei Honor 4C family lineup – the Huawei Honor 4C Play, Huawei Honor 4C Note and the Huawei Honor 4C Max. The Huawei Honor 4C Play is no stranger interms of its […]
Phablet
Phablet is a phrase used to describe a half- smartphone and half- tablet mobile device (a phone/tablet hybrid). It is better defined as a small pocket-sized mobile device that is a bit larger than the size of an average smartphone, with a touch screen ranging in size from 5 inches to 7 inches.
While larger than a smartphone, it is much smaller than most tablets and can be held and used in one hand. Phablets typically use 3G or 4G networks for cellular calls and are Wi-Fi – enabled devices. Check this piece on TGF to know more about phablets.
PS: Words like “phablet,” that are created from parts of two different words, are known as portmanteaus.
iBall Andi Uddaan Quadcore and Andi5 Stallion+
Two iBall smartphone has been listed up on the company’s website – the two smartphones are from different brands – the Andi Uddaan Quadcore and the Andi5 Stallion+. Both smartphones are expected to go official soon but there is no word on pricing and availability yet. iBall Andi Uddaan Quadcore sports a 5-inch (560 X […]
Hisense U988 with 5.5-inch HD display and 8MP camera costs 199 Euro
The Hisense U988 (HS-U988) is a new smartphone destined for the Italian market; the device succeeds the Hisense U980 (HS-U980) which was announced into the same market last year. The phablet sized device sports specs in the lower midrange family and supports Dual SIM functionality. The Hisense U988 sports a 5.5-inch capacitive LCD display with […]
Security-Centric Turing Phone Phablet with Liquidmorphium body announced
Turing Robotics Industries has announced a new smartphone into the market. The Turing Phone is suspected to the be the first from the company but the device is not just any smartphone, it is a security conscious one. The device is said to sport a body made from Liquidmorphium. Liquidmorphium is said to be an […]
Pantech Vega Secret Up 2 is the next flagship from Pantech that never arrived
Pantech is (was) the third largest smartphone manufacturer in South Korea; however the company couldn’t compete financially and in terms of sales to the likes of LG and Samsung. Even thought there hasn’t been much update on the news until recently; the company went on sale last August and had until April 2015 to find […]
TCL Life+ with 5000mAh battery and 2.5D Glass announced
Today has been about smartphones with large batteries (Lenovo K80 – 4000mAh, Acer Liquid X2 – 4000mAh) being announced and the trend continues as we have seen a new smartphone packed with 5000mAh battery. The smartphone in question is the TCL Life+. The TCL Life+ is said to pack a 5000mAh battery capacity which would […]
Acer Liquid X2 announced with Triple-SIM slots and 4000mAh battery
Acer has shown off a new smartphone at the company’s New York Press conference. The device in question is the Acer Liquid X2 which comes with Triple-SiM (that’s three SIM slots) and could be said to borrow a lot from the Xperia Line of smartphone from Sony in-terms of design. Acer didn’t unveil full details […]
Lenovo K80 with 4GB of RAM is the perfect ASUS Zenfone 2 Competitor
Smartphone with Random Access Memory (RAM) totalling 4GB are slowing creeping into the market. Nowadays even 2GB of RAM are now associated with midrange device, how about 4GB of RAM? Lenovo has the answer, the company has announced the K80 smartphone which would use 4GB of RAM. Considering the fact that the Asus Zenfone 2 […]
Lollipop based Lava Iris Alfa L with 3000mAh battery announced
Lava has announced a new smartphone into the Iris Series of device from the company. The device in question is the Lava Iris Alfa L which succeeds the Lava Iris Alfa launched earlier this year and it comes with a huge battery capacity and runs on Android 5.0 Lollipop OS. The Lava Iris Alfa L […]
Elephone showcases upcoming smartphone with 2K display, Intel SoC and 4GB RAM
Elephone showcased an upcoming smartphone with 2K display at the Global Source Mobile Electronics Fair in Hong Kong. The device was showcased alongside the Elephone P7000 and Elephone G9. While there is no definitive name for the device, it is said to be a flagship device and would be released towards the end of the year. […]