LG Unveiled Stylus 2 smartphone Runs on Android Marshmallow

South Korean electronics company LG unveiled their new smartphone Stylus 2 ahead of the Mobile World Congress (MWC) 2016 that will take place in Barcelona, Spain next week. The LG Stylus 2 will replace the G4 Stylus and it will be released in the Korean market in titan, white and brown color options.

The new smartphone LG Stylus 2 features a 5.7-inch HD display with 1280x720 pixels resolution and runs on Android 6.0 Marshmallow OS. Under the hood, it is powered by a 1.2 GHz quad-core processor paired wtih 1.5GB of RAM and 16GB ROM that can be expanded using a microSD card. It sports a 13MP camera with LED flash and an 8MP front camera for selfies and video calling. The power juice is 3,000 mAh battery. Its connectivity options include 4G, LTE, 3G, WiFi, Bluetooth, GPS, and an optional NFC.

The unit comes with a Stylus pen with nano-coated tip that the company said is more accuate compared to rubber tipped pen. The Pen Pop feature shows a pop-up menu when the stylus is removed to provide Pop Memo and Pop Scanner. There is also a Pen Keeper where you can put your pen when not using it. You will get a pop-up message if the Stylus bay is empty.

The new model weighs 145 grams, 20 grams less than the G4 Stylus, and is only 7.4 millimeters thick.

Microsoft Lumia 950 and Lumia 950 XL

Before Microsoft announce their newest Windows Phones based on the latest Windows 10 OS, Evan Blass Tweeted the leaked images of the two upcoming flagship devices the Microsoft Lumia 950 and Lumia 950 XL. Internally, the smartphones are called Talkman and Cityman.

Microsoft is looking at an October event to launch for the newest Windows 10 hardware and two new premium Windows 10 Lumia devices. The leaked picture shows Cityman in Cyan and Talkman in Black. At the back of the phone you can see a small Microsoft logo below the camera.

Microsoft Cityman is expected to sport a 5.7-inch WQHD (1440 x 2560) display and will likely be successor to Lumia 1020 with a 20MP pureview camera.  Microsoft Talkman will have a smaller display at 5.2-inch with same WQHD resolution. Both the handsets will feature USB Type-C port and support Qi Wireless Charging.

Samsung Galaxy S6 Edge Iron Man edition

Check out this cool smartphone from Samsung, the Galaxy S6 Edge Iron Man edition. Samsung and Marvel has corroborated to produce the Iron Man themed smartphone. The company revealed about the phone last Friday but give no details about it. On their Twitter account they said that it is "Coming Soon (*Detailed availability in markets may differ by region)"

According to a Samsung official, they plan to launch the Galaxy S 6 edge Iron Man Limited Edition in selective markets. Detailed availability in markets, release date and retail partners will be disclosed in coming weeks.

The new HTC One M9 Leaked Promotional Videos

HTC a Taiwan based manufacturer of smartphones and tablets has not yet released the specs for their upcoming flagship smartphone the new HTC One M9. However, the promotional video was leaked through Twitter by UPLeaks. The Twitter account is no longer active. You can see a screen grab above on which clearly show the new HTC One M9.

One clip shows the HTC One M9 functions, design, features and specs like the UltraPixel (for low-light selfies) camera 4MP front-facing camera, homescreen apps that changes depending where you are, 20MP main camera, photo editor, Htc Boomsound now powered by Dolby Audio, and htc connect (3 finger swipe to stream video or music).

HTC One M9 is expected to be powered by an 8-core Qualcomm Snapdragon 810 processor. Rumored specs of the phone  include 3GB DDR4 RAM, 32GB storage, support for VoLTE and LTE Category 6 network, Bluetooth 4.1 and 2840mAh battery.

There are also another videos that were uploaded by Slashgear that shows the phones camera and themes functionality respectively.

Check out the videos below:

Budget Phone: Samsung Galaxy S Duos 3

Samsung Galaxy S Duos 3 is the newest product in the line of Samsung’s Galaxy S Duos series. It runs on KitKat the latest OS from Android. It also has TouchWiz Essence user interface by Samsung.

Other specification are almost the same from the Samsung Galaxy S Duos 2 S7582. It is equiped with a 4 inches display, WVGA screen 480 x 800 pixels TFT capacitive touchscreen, 16M colors. The processor of the smartphone is 1 GHz dual core Cortex-A7 with 512 MB of RAM. The phone storage is 4 GB of internal memory that is expandable with microSD card. The back camera is 5 MP shooter 2592 х 1944 pixels with autofocus, and LED flash. The front camera is VGA. Samsung Galaxy S Duos 3 is powered by Li-Ion 1500 mAh battery.

Samsung Galaxy Alpha

The new Samsung Galaxy Alpha is a very thin, metal-framed Android smartphone it is Samsung's thinnest Android phone.

Samsung's sales is struggling despite the smartphones sales growing by about 27%, this time Samsung wanted a more elegant and more sturdy casing for their Samsung Galaxy Alpha. The smartphone casing is a metal frame and it is 6.7mm thick making it the thinnest Android phone of Samsung. Samsung's Galaxy S5 is 8.1mm thick. The phone is also light weighing just 115 grams.

The Samsung Galaxy Alpha has a 4.7" HD Super AMOLED display with a resolution of 1280 x 720 pixels. It is powered by an Exynos processor with four ARM Cortex-A15 cores that runs at 1.8GHz and four Cortex-A7 cores running at 1.3GHz, or quad-core 2.5GHz processor.

It runs on Android 4.4.4 (KitKat). It has a 12 megapixel rear main camera and a 2.1 megapixel front camera. It is equipped with a 2GB of RAM and 32GB of internal storage, but the storage is not expandable with a microSD card slot. The LTE connection supports download speeds up to 300Mbps, as long as there is a network that can handle it as well. You can also connect through WiFi, USB, and Bluetooth. The smartphone is also equipped with a fingerprint scanner.

The battery is not that impressive, it has a 1,860 mAh battery.

The back panel is removable with a tactile pattern. The colors available are Charcoal Black, Dazzling White, Frosted Gold, Sleek Silver, and Scuba Blue.

The Samsung Galaxy Alpha will go on sale on September.

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Nexus 5 Specs Leaked

 
The new Nexus 5 LG-D821 smartphone specifications have been leaked. The manual and images of the Nexus 5 was posted on "Android Police" but was later removed. LG requested for it to be removed.

Here are the leaked specifications:
- 4.95 inch 1080p display full HD screen
- 2.3Ghz Snapdragon 800 chip
- 2GBs of RAM
- 32GBs internal storage
- 8mp rear camera with optical image stabilizer
- 1.3MP front camera
- 2300mAh battery
- Micro SIM slot
- Wireless charging
- Sensors: Accelerometer, Gyroscope, Compass, Proximity/Ambient Light, Pressure
- Slimport compatibility

Firefox OS Devices are out in the market in Spain

Smartphones that uses Firefox OS go on sale Tuesday in Spain. The system is an open source alternative that network operators hope will challenge the  Apple's iOS and Google Android.

Telefónica a Spanish telecoms company said that the ZTE Corp. “Open” will be available at Movistar stores priced at €69 ($90), including €30 for prepaid customers.

In Poland Deutsche Telekom AG has worked with Alcatel-Lucent and will be launching the One Touch Fire shortly. Prices and dates were not available.

The devices are designed for first-time smartphone owners and run an open-source operating system produced by a consortium headed by the Mozilla Foundation, the body behind the Firefox web browser.

The operating system is built using HTML5, the same language in which websites are built, which, Mozilla says, should make it much easier to develop apps.

source WSJ