Chinese device manufacturer, Mlais has announced a new smartphone – the Mlais M52 Red Note. The affordable midrange smartphone is expected to launch on March 29th for a price equivalent to around $150 – $170 in White, Blue, Orange and Black colour options. The Mlais M52 Red Note is powered by an octa-core 64-bit MediaTek […]
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.
Motorola Moto Turbo launches in India for Rs. 41999
Motorola has finally announced the Moto Turbo smartphone in India and the device is on sale exclusively via online e-commerce platform Flipkart for Rs 41,999 ($699.9) in Black Colour with Ballistic Nylon. The Motorola Moto Turbo is the same Droid Turbo which was announced in October last year for Verizon and the Moto Maxx which […]
Blackberry Glide: Blackberry Slider smartphone gets rendered
Blackberry caused a stir by briefly showing off the ‘Blackberry Slider‘ smartphone along with the announcement of the Blackberry Leap at the just concluded MWC 2015. The device which the Blackberry CEO, John Chen called the Slide or Blackberry Slide had its White and Black colour option showed off within 10 seconds before they were […]
Hisense L696, L690 and H910 Android smartphones announced
Chinese device manufacturer, Hisense has announced three new smartphones – the Hisense L696, Hisense L690 and Hisense H910. All three devices are powered the by a 64-bit enabled Qualcomm snapdragon processor, support 4G LTE connectivity and would be available globally in different markets asides China. Hisense L696 The Hisense L696 features a 5-inch LCD IPS […]
Huawei P8 Max specs leaks: 6.8-inch display and Android Lollipop OS
Huawei like most companies visited the MWC 2015 which is already over; but didn’t unveil the rumoured Huawei P8 smartphone which is supposed the kickoff life without the Ascend name from the company’s flagship. The Huawei P8 is expected to now launch at a standalone event in April. New reports now suggests that the smartphone […]
HTC One E9 (HTC A55) Specs sheet: 5.5-inch Quad HD screen, 20MP main camera and Android Lollipop OS
HTC only announced its flagship smartphone – One M9 at the MWC 2015 other smartphones tipped to launch at the event didn’t see its launch. One of those devices is the rumoured HTC A55 that was said to be a desire range flagship. Well, the smartphone with the codename HTC A55 is not a desire […]
Rumour Mill: Apple iPhone 6s and iPhone 6s Plus will sport 2GB of RAM and Apple SIM
Following Apple’s smartphone launch plan, we know it is hard for the company to jump ahead to the rumoured iPhone 7 now. Instead the company is expected to announce the next generation iPhones – the iPhone 6s and the iPhone 6s Plus. These new models would add some updates to last year’s smartphone offering. Sources […]
Blackberry Slider smartphone with Dual-Curved all touch display teased at the MWC
Blackberry decided to save the best for the last at the MWC 2015. After the company announced the Blackberry Leap; the company decided to tease a Blackberry Slider smartphone which has a Dual curved display which wraps around the side like the Samsung Galaxy S6 Edge and has a slide out keyboard. What a Surprise! […]
Microsoft Lumia 640 XL with 5.7-inch HD clearback display and Windows Phone 8.1 OS
Alongside the Microsoft Lumia 640; the company also announced a phablet running on Windows Phone 8.1. The Microsoft Lumia 640 XL also comes with a quad-core Snapdragon 400 processor and runs on Windows Phone 8.1 OS. The Microsoft Lumia 640 XL is available in Single SIM or Dual SIM LTE variant and Dual SIM 3G […]
MWC 2015: Alcatel OneTouch Hero 2+ with Cyanogen OS goes official
Alcatel, a TCL owned company has been hard at work at the on-going Mobile World Conference in Barcelona. The company has so far announced a smartphone with Windows phone OS, some other phones running Android OS, a Firefox OS smartphone and now the company has unveiled the OneTouch Hero2+ which would run Cyanogen OS out-of-the-box. […]