Micromax recently launched a high
end handset called the Superfone A85 which is priced below Rs. 19,000.
Apple is said to be working on a new high -
end handset called the iPhone 8 or iPhone X.
Not exact matches
The BlackBerry Classic, released in December 2014, saw the return of what BlackBerry is
calling the «classic navigation keys» which have been absent from the recent crop of BlackBerry 10
handsets: a phonecall key, menu key, trackpad, back button and, yes - back at last - an
end call key.
It is
called the ZTE Concord II that joining a low -
end and cheap
handset on T - Mobile and MetroPCS.
It's not clear what these devices will be
called, or how they would differentiate themselves from Nexus
handsets, but the paper says the phone will launch by the
end of the year, at least according to a senior source.
As you would expect, the new
handsets are packed with all sorts of high -
end specs, including Qualcomm's Snapdragon 835 chipset, iris and facial recognition, a PC - style desktop experience, and a new digital assistant
called Bixby.
Meanwhile, Xiaomi is also getting ready to endorse a gaming - centric high -
end handset of sorts, manufactured by a little company
called Black Shark, which the «Apple of China» just so happens to own.
That home button actually doubles as a fingerprint scanner, and the highest -
end model (3 GB RAM + 128 GB storage) of this
handset is actually
called the Xiaomi Mi 5 Pro.
This is creating a whole new genre of smartphones in 2018, what MediaTek likes to
call «New Premium» —
handsets that offer higher -
end performance and features at mid-range prices.
Specifically, Pichai said during the
call (which was live streamed on YouTube) that he believes we'll have 11 Daydream - ready
handsets by the
end of 2017.
Whether Samsung
ends up
calling its quad HD
handset the Galaxy F or the Galaxy S5 Prime is still up in the air (and you may have noticed us going back and forth on the naming, with no clear front - runner having yet emerged) but what no one seems to be doubting anymore is that it's coming, one way or another.
We are never really sure you need
Call and
End buttons on an Android
handset and in this case there is a shortcut to the dialler hardwired to every main screen.
The search giant has released a lead - up video
called «Funny you should ask» that features common questions — complaints, really — leveled at most smartphones, with an October 4th date at the
end for the debut of the mysterious
handset.
The Micromax A50 also
called Superfone Ninja is a cool dual SIM android powered
handset that comes with high
end features for a price of under Rs. 5,000.
If the HTC U11 Plus truly doesn't
end up making an appearance ten days from now, it's unclear if the
handset will be pushed to early 2018 and essentially serve as an intermediate model between the U11 and U12 or however HTC
ends up
calling its «true» 2018 flagship.
It's
called the One A9 and it's a
handset that hovers over the line between a midrange device and a high -
end flagship, with features that will probably stand out to some, and other areas that could probably see some improvement — especially in the Android ecosystem.
It's no secret that Microsoft is getting out of the phone hardware business; in fact, during its last earnings
call, the company said that it should be completely done selling its
handsets by the
end of June, after reporting just $ 5 million in phone revenue last quarter.