Rumors say that the Moto G5 Plus will be officially introduced at the show, a 5.2 - inch smartphone supposed to offer buyers a bunch of interesting specs and an affordable price — at least, we expect the G5 Plus to be a cheaper alternative to the high -
end handsets launching at the show.
Not exact matches
T - Mobile will officially
launch the Alcatel Idol 4S with Windows 10 later this week, but if you're still on the fence about this high -
end Windows
handset, check out the above unboxing video from Beau at PhoneDog.
However, before the company ties up those high
end products, it is focusing on something a bit more affordable with the Desire 510, a
handset it
launched yesterday and has been showing off today.
Earlier on in the week, Nokia
ended Ovi services, whilst Vodafone
launched their latest own brand Android phone and O2 suffered a major network problem, along with Samsung announcing they are to roll out Gingerbread to
handsets.
Motorola aren't just
launching a high -
end handset in the Atrix, but they're trying to suggest it is much more.
Towards the
end of the week, Vodafone updated their BlackBerry pay as you go range and LG
launched their Android budget «Froyo»
handset — where we published a walk - through in both images and video.
The analyst believes RIM is preparing to
launch two new low -
end BlackBerry
handsets in the coming months to target emerging markets, but he thinks these new BlackBerry phones may drive the average selling prices of the company's smartphones even lower.
Towards the
end of the week, news came from Huawei surrounding their first native Android 2.2
handset is about to be
launched at Berlin's consumer electronics show IFA next month.
Rob Orr, RIM's VP of product management, told TechRadar that there isn't a specific timeframe for an update, but the first BB10
handset will be released «towards the
end of 2012,» and «at some point after the
launch we'll bring BB10 to our PlayBooks.»
«We've said publicly a number of times that our first BB10
handset will be available towards the
end of 2012, and that's still firmly the case,» Orr told Techradar, «At some point after the
launch we'll bring BB10 to our PlayBooks, yes.»
Moreover, Google has been working closely with various
handset maker including Essential, Huawei, HTC, Kyocera, Motorola, HMD Global Home of Nokia Phones, Samsung, Sharp, and Sony to
launch or upgrade new / existing devices to Android 8.0 Oreo by the
end of this year.
When we had a chance to check out the device first - hand, we said the G2x could easily
end up being one of our favorite
handsets on T - Mobile, so we're definitely looking forward to seeing the phone
launch.
At this point, most of the new
handsets — with a few exceptions of the lower
end models — are finally
launching with Android 4.0, Google's platform that was announced in October of 2011.
We just received word from our friends at Beejive that their brand new version of BeejiveIM for BlackBerry
handsets launches today, and is even on sale until the
end of the year at only $ 9.99 / $ 14.95 (single license or transferable license).
Research In Motion will
launch devices running BlackBerry 10 at the
end of the month, but the
handset maker is still playing with the idea of licensing its new operating system to other manufacturers.
Sprint is looking to
launch the mid-range spec'd Samsung Galaxy Victory 4G LTE
handset by the
end of this month.
Verizon is expected to
launch the Samsung ATIV Odyssey
handset by the
end of this year and it also rumored to offered for free on contract, but the carrier has yet to confirm its plans to carry the Samsung Windows Phone 8 devices.
The ultra-low
end handset from Huawei has just
launched by Wind Mobile in Canada.
Research In Motion Reports Year -
End and Fourth Quarter Results for Fiscal 2012 As RIM announces Q4 2012 earnings, Jim Balsillie resigns from company's board RIM's Q4: Weak results, outlook and brutally honest CEO commentary Reality Check: RIM is not giving up on the consumer market BlackBerry World promises to share story, direction and vision for BlackBerry in 2012 RIM granted patent that allows for volume adjustment based on
handset placement RIM delays annual presentation to financial analysts until
launch of BlackBerry 10 I dream of BlackBerry 10 phones...
LG
launched a budget
handset towards the
end of the week, and T - Mobile announced they will be getting Android «Froyo» 2.2 for Samsung Galaxy S mobile phones.
Motorola just
launched two high -
end Android
handsets, including the Droid Turbo and the Nexus 6 — the latter in partnership with Google — but the company isn't done releasing hot Android devices.
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.
It is also unclear which markets shall
end up seeing the just -
launched ASUS ZenFone AR
handset, but more details about the release date and price should appear in the near future.
Other than that new BlackBerry «Curve», two other products will be
launched, one of them being a high -
end (read expensive)
handset produced in partnership with car manufacturer Porsche.
Samsung has quietly
launched a low -
end handset in India today.
The
handset will apparently feature a Full HD display, and should
launch by the
end of June.
The handful of Galaxy S9 colors that will be offered by
launch are likely to be expanded over the course of 2018, with Samsung having a long history of revising its high -
end offerings throughout each calendar year in order to maintain interest in the
handsets and keep them in the media spotlight.
As a steady stream of leaks has shown, it appears Samsung will likely
launch not one but two big - screened, high -
end handsets this year — the Galaxy Note 5 and Galaxy S6 edge +.
It's a top
end handset with impressive specs that make us jealous it'll be Latin America only at
launch.
Normally, Samsung
launches a new top -
end handset of the Galaxy Note series in September.
OnePlus is the company that
launched the One
handset with killer specifications that you would usually find on high
end smartphone but with almost half the price.
We might also see some new
handsets being
launched running Android 6.0 maybe by
end of December 2015 or early 2016.
Back then, the company only sold its
handsets through an invite - only system where one was to be invited to buy the phone by another person, but this changed with the
launch of OnePlus X towards the
end of last year.
But looking at the speed at which new
handsets / technology are being
launched / developed, you probably might
end up buying a new
handset with latest OS.
New
handsets like ZTE Axon 7
launched in May this year comes with top -
end specs, which may give some competition to the Samsung offering.
The LG G7 and LG G7 Plus
launch date will likely be towards the
end of April, or at the start of May, with it hitting store shelves sometime in May, according to the latest leaks surrounding the flagship
handsets.
Specific details have not been revealed, but considering that Android 5.0 Lollipop is arriving as soon as November 3rd, at least for the new Nexus devices
launching in early November, LG might be getting ready for a speedy Lollipop update for its high -
end handset — after all, some of the older Nexus devices aren't even expected to get Android 5.0 in early November, with cellular versions of the Nexus 7, the Nexus 5 and the Nexus 4 said to be upgraded by the
end of next month.
Interestingly, the budget Zmax Pro was
launched immediately after the manufacturer's foray into the high -
end market with its Axon 7
handset that was made available directly to its customers.
The high -
end mid-tier
handset will reportedly
launch in Q4 2017.
The next
handset was the Coolpad Note 5
launched by
end of September 2016.
At the same event where
launch partners Asus and HP revealed the first Snapdragon 835 - powered devices running Windows 10, Qualcomm unveiled the successor to its current flagship chip, which is found in the majority of high -
end handsets such as the Galaxy S8 / S8 Plus and Note 8, Pixel 2/2 XL, and LG V30.
Looks like Narendra Modi will first bring Octa core powered
handsets to India before Micromax lol according to some news, Team smartNaMo will
launch smartphones by August
end with 5 inch full HD IPS panel display with with Gorilla Glass 2 coating, 1.2 GHzquad - core processor, 2 GB RAM and 32 GB inbuilt memory, micro SD card support.
Nubia has
launched an impressive
handset that offers top -
end specifications for around $ 600 USD.
While Samsung is again looking to have its high -
end handset in stores before the iPhone, it delayed the
launch of the new Note by almost a month compared to last year.
In July, OnePlus
launched its second
handset, a flagship - class device packed with high -
end specs at a fairly low price.
If the
handset does indeed
launch with such beefy hardware specs, it'll be one of the more high -
end Android smartphones on the market.
Smartwatch 2 also seeing a Stateside
launch alongside Sony's latest high -
end handsets Literally days after Sony CEO Kaz Hirai seemingly poured water on a Sony breakout in the U.S, today we're treated to the news of three new device
launches.
With this news we would see some brands
launching their
handsets probably by
end of this month or the next.
According to unnamed supply chain sources speaking to Chinese site Economic Daily, Apple will
launch a high -
end handset codenamed «Lisbon» and a lower -
end one known as «Hangzhou» in 2018, and both of these will include much of the technology from the iPhone X, such as its OLED screen and Face ID scanner.
Lava Mobiles are well known for its low cost
handsets and by
launching the X900 they will be entering the high
end segment.