According to BBC, the next several months could see shortages of Qualcomm’s new S4 mobile processors due to the company underestimating demand and simply not being able to keep up with requested orders. The S4 processor is not only a very good performing dual-core chipset, it’s vital to U.S. customers looking for the best processing power for their mobile device whom also want LTE functionality. The other big rival, Nvidia, currently doesn’t support LTE on...
Ah, yes. The drop test. The most unnecessary yet constantly sought after component of any new smartphone. HTCpedia took HTC’s latest One X smartphone and decided to see just how resilient it was to the negative effects of gravity and concrete. It’s worth noting the One X does survive both a hip height and shoulder height drop with just a few scratches to the case. In the end, though, the face-down drop does in the One X like all other competitors before it....
Sick and tired of phone manufacturers fighting over the ridiculous title to be the “world’s thinnest smartphone” while at the same time also possessing battery life that would make a simple capacitor blush? So are we. So damn sick of it. Every single feature you use on that fancy smartphone of yours sucks battery life. And each one of those features is completely useless once the battery dies. If this sounds like the daily rant going on inside of your...
When it comes to LTE coverage, no one is even close to Verizon even with their markets combined (in the U.S.). That said, VZW’s competitors are still chugging away. Case in point: Today AT&T lit up their super fast LTE service in two new cities — Akron and Canton, Ohio. It’s a small step considering Verizon just announced a massive rollout the other day (scheduled to go live today). Still, it’s nice to see VZW finally getting some legitimate...
Well that was fast. After just hearing of an Intel phone “launching this week” by Intel’s own CEO comes today’s announcement by Lava, announcing their new Intel powered smartphone. The Lava Xolo X900 will officially hit the market this week beating Lenovo, long thought to the the first manufacturer to out an Intel powered smartphone. Specs for the X900 include a 4.03-inch 1024 x 600 display, 1.6GHz Atom processor, 400 MHz GPU, 8-megapixel rear-facing...
