The yet to be revealed Sony Xperia Z3 got fully disassembled before its official announcement. Sony’s next flagship is going to debut at the manufacturer’s IFA press conference next week, on September 3. The images of the devices teardown confirm fall right in line with past leaks. They also reveal that the upcoming flagship will pack a 3,100mAh battery – down from 3,200mAh in the Sony Xperia Z2. Sony Xperia Z3 teardown…

According to ad viewing traffic from Chitika Insights the Amazon Fire phone commands around 0.015% of ad serving in the US for the last 20 days of Chitika’s research. Coupled with the comScore data that in the three months ending June 2014 there were between 173m and 175m phones active in the US some have estimated that the Amazon Fire phone has only ended up in the hands of around 26 thousand…

Barely a few days after details on the Samsung Galaxy Note 4 camera made the rounds, juicy bits of information about on the fingerprint scanner of the device also made the rounds. Samsung’s upcoming flagship phablet will tote the same hardware solution as the Galaxy S5 and the Galaxy Alpha, but with expanded functionality. In addition to the already familiar screen lock, Private Mode authentication, and Samsung and PayPal account verification, the…

The yet to be revealed Nexus X smartphone made yet another appearance in AnTuTu. Made by Motorola, the device is expected to debut at some point this fall with proper flagship specs on board. Nexus X in AnTuTu (click to enlarge) The leaked AnTuTu screenshots confirm the device’s previously leaked specs. They include Qualcomm Snapdragon 805 APQ8084 chipset with 2.7GHz quad-core CPU, Adreno 420 GPU, 3GB of RAM, and 32GB of built-in…

According to Strategy Analytics, Samsung occupies the top spot on the global market for LTE smartphones in Q2 this year. The Korean giant took the leadership position with 28.6 million devices sold on its way to 32.2% share. Samsung overtook Apple, which was the leading vendor in the previous quarter with 40.5% share from 32.7 million devices sold. The Cupertino giant recorded 31.9% market share in Q2. LG came in a distant…

A couple of days after the first Samsung Galaxy Note 4 video teaser went live, the company released another one. The phablet is set to debut in less than two weeks, on September 3. Once again, the teaser video focuses on the Galaxy Note family’s core feature – its S Pen. Unlike last time however, when the video was focused entirely on the joys of handwriting, the new clip showcases more of…

Spice Mobile took the wraps off an ultra-affordable dual-SIM smartphone with Firefox OS on board. Spice Fire One Mi-FX 1 will cost only Rs. 2,299 (about S38) when it becomes exclusively available through Snapdeal.com this coming Friday, on August 29. Spice Fire One Mi-FX 1 features a 1GHz single-core CPU, 3.5″ HVGA display (480 x 320 pixels), and EDGE-only connectivity. The device packs a 2MP main camera and a 1.3MP front-facing unit….

Less than a week after it showed up in a Sony document, the Xperia Z3 Tablet Compact made another unscheduled appearance. This time around, the compact slate emerged in an alleged live photo. The leaked image reveals a white slate with typical Sony styling, joined by a yet to be revealed Sony smartwatch. The photo is captured by a swimming pool, so it is all but certain that the duo of gadgets…

The Motorola Moto X+1 is among the most hotly anticipated smartphones that will come out this September. We’ve already got a glimpse of its internals thanks to a leaked benchmark scorecard, but now we get some more bits of the puzzle. A tipster that has good track record with Motorola has detailed some of the exclusive Moto X+1 features that should help the smartphone tackle the big guys. Most interestingly, he says…

The Chinese manufacturer Gionee released a teaser for what appears to be the world’s slimmest smartphone. The yet to be revealed device is bound to be even thinner than the already ludicrously skinny Gionee Elife S5.5. Gionee’s teaser (click to enlarge) The teaser consists of a walk down memory lane, showcasing handset phone thinness champions from the past. They include the Motorola V8, Apple iPhone 4, Motorola XT910, and Gionee’s own Elife…