Exynos 5 Octa by Samsung is one of the candidates to make the future flagship S4 run smoothly and without problems. The Mobile World Congress provided the opportunity to see how exactly the processor works, though earlier Samsung gave explanation on the big.LITTLE technology. The Exynos 5 Octa sports 8 cores – 4 of them are (big) Cortex A15 that...
Those who are fans of Sony and want to get its Xperia Tablet Z, but live outside of Japan, are quite lucky today. The company announced at the Mobile World Congress that both the Wi-Fi-only and the 4G versions of the tablet will be released globally till the end of March, but the company did not specify the exact date,...
The next low-end device from the Lumia series is Nokia Lumia 520. It emphasises Nokia’s strategy to move to the developing markets and not to suggest only high-end phones. So, after Nokia 105 and 301, the company unveils Lumia 520, which is the cheapest Windows Phone 8 Nokia device. However, there are some features that make it a great deal....
It seems that Nokia wants to be different. By different we mean compete not only with the high-end devices, but also try to win some customers from the poorer countries. That’s probably why the company announces second low-end smartphone at MWC. Let’s have a look at Nokia 301. What’s most exciting about the feature phone is its good camera and...
Not everything at the Mobile World Congress will be for maniacs and people who want to spend thousands on a phone. Nokia unveiled a phone that may become the cheapest one at the Congress, as it is the cheapest so far – Nokia 105. It targets the developing markets of countries where people have restricted budget for phones and where...
Alcatel / Huawei / MWC / Phones / Samsung / Tablets / Video
by Phones Review · Published 02/24/2013 · Last modified 12/30/2013
At last the big day has come! All our attention is fixed in Barcelona, where the Mobile World Congress for 2013 will take place. The big event is starting in a few hours, but some companies – Samsung, Alcatel etc. – were eager to show us what they have brought here. You won’t be surprised, because the rumours and leaks...
Nowadays, different models of smartphones are coming out quite frequently, but they use only a few operating systems and recently the need for something new has been rising sensibly. However, Canonical Ltd. (the company behind Ubuntu, Bazaar and other systems and products) is almost ready to release a new mobile operating system – Ubuntu Phone. It was announced and previewed...
BlackBerry / Phone Business & Stocks / Phones / Video
by Phones Review · Published 02/17/2013 · Last modified 12/30/2013
BlackBerry is proving it is still out there and struggling to keep its positions on the market. It set a release date for one of the developing yet profitable markets – India. This is only 9 days ahead and those fans of India (yes, there are a lot of people there still loyal to the company) are eagerly anticipating one...
The mobile world has walked a long way for, let’s say, the last 20 years or so. Certainly you all remember how the mobile phones looked like back then and what functions they had. Really, it was a lot more expensive to communicate then. Now we can use Wi-Fi, 3G, 4G etc. to write texts, make phone calls and connect...
Accessories / Apple / Phones / Video
by Phones Review · Published 02/06/2013 · Last modified 12/30/2013
As most of us can confirm, one of the biggest disadvantages of the smartphones is the short life of their batteries. A few hours of browsing, talking and using dry it up completely, not to mention playing. However, there are companies that try to take care of this issue and one of them is Mophie with their extremely useful products...
