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Essential Products rumoured Bezel-less phone teased by founder Andy Rubin

March 28, 2017

Andy Rubin, as you may know, is a co-founder of Android, and he was in charge of the OS at Google until 2013. Rubin left the search giant a year later, and recently created a new company called Essential Products. Never mind that Softbank reportedly pulled out of planned 100mil investment in Essential.  News of the company working on a  pressed on and became nearer to reality now that Rubin teased the company's first device, posting an image to Twitter with a  note "really excited about h...

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5 new Moto Mods annonced and more mod concepts in the works

March 09, 2017

Good news for Moto Z owners. Moto announced five new snap-on Mod accessories today for its family of phones, on track with their promise to release at least . At the same time, they are actively wooing developers to contribute and expand the Mod ecosystem. The strategy comes from the point to strengthen the value proposition of a modular smartphone, without it which the phone will not succeed. 1. Game pad The most prominent new Mod is the , a new portable gaming console that you can also p...

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Xperia XZ Premium officially named “Best New Smartphone at MWC 2017”

March 05, 2017

The most watched prize at the Gobal mobile awards at MWC has been won by Sony’s new flagship, Xperia XZ Premium for the ‘Best new smartphone’ for their latest smartphone announced during MWC. The Glomo Award is the latest of 30 accolades (and counting) received while attending Mobile World Congress 2017 for Sony Mobile’s innovation flagship, with media recognition including: UK Blog Awards “Best Innovation”, Tech Radar’s “Reader’s Choice” & “Best Smartphone” and Wi...

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Google confirms "Pixel 2" will be launched

March 05, 2017

Google plans to release a second-generation Pixel smartphone as follow-up to the successful Pixel launched in Oct 2016, Google hardware boss Rick Osterloh confirmed at Mobile World Conference this week. "There is an annual rhythm in the industry. So, you can count on us to follow it." Osterloh reportedly declared at closed meeting during MWC. "You can count on a successor this year, even if you don't hear a date from me now." Osterloh didn't provide specifics on the feature set of the Pixel 2 ...

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Sony adds another 2 devices - The Xperia XA1 and XA1 Ultra

February 28, 2017

Rounding out the company’s early 2017 phone lineup are the Xperia XA1 and XA1 Ultra. These are basically mid range phones. The highlight of this device is the borderless (side) edge-to-edge display, though you do get bezels on the top and bottom. The XA1 has a 5-inch 720p screen while the XA1 Ultra has a 1080p display with a larger 6-inch panel. Both are powered by Mediatek Helio P20 processors and feature edge-to-edge displays similar to what you see in current XAs.Both devices have a 23-me...

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