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Help us make a change, sign our smartphone petition now

Help us make a change, sign our smartphone petition now

19 April, 2013 | comments (366)

This week we took on a somewhat unusual endeavor. We asked for your help to make a difference in the high-end smartphone market. The currents trends mean you cannot get a top-of-the-line smartphone with a pocketable size. The trend suits OEMs just...

Tags: Android, Misc


Xiaomi MI-2S with new chipset announced, faster than the S4?

Xiaomi MI-2S with new chipset announced, faster than the S4?

09 April, 2013 | comments (91)

Oh, Xiaomi – you keep teasing us with low-priced superphones that are a challenge to buy outside of China. The latest offering is an S version of the recent Xiaomi MI-2 and it packs a Snapdragon 600 chipset (over the S4 Pro of the MI-2). The...

Tags: Xiaomi, Android


Mobile World Congress 2013 coverage

Mobile World Congress 2013 coverage

24 February, 2013 | comments (40)

MWC 2013 overview #review-body th, #review-body td { font-size:12px; } Lumia 720 and 520 are Nokia's latest smartphones Nokia announces 105 and 301 feature phones at MWC Nokia announces a wireless car charger...

Tags: MWC 2013


LG Nexus 4 benchmarked, Android 4.2 confirmed

LG Nexus 4 benchmarked, Android 4.2 confirmed

24 October, 2012 | comments (92)

The LG Nexus 4, under the codename Mako, has surfaced in the GLBenchmark scoreboard, securing itself a top 4 place, just behind the Pantech Vega IM-A850, Asus PadFone 2 and the Xiaomi MI-2. All of these, like the Nexus 4, are rocking a Snapdragon S4...


Xiaomi Mi-Two goes on sale this Friday, Mi-One S still selling well

Xiaomi Mi-Two goes on sale this Friday, Mi-One S still selling well

24 October, 2012 | comments (26)

Xiaomi is the underdog that's showing up the big players. Its Xiaomi Mi-Two phone was the first smartphone to with a Snapdragon S4 Pro chipset to be announced (though the LG Optimus G beat it to market) and it went into production about a month ago....


Xiaomi Mi-Two benchmarked, shows great performance early on

Xiaomi Mi-Two benchmarked, shows great performance early on

28 September, 2012 | comments (48)

The Xiaomi Mi-Two was the first phone announced with Qualcomm's monster Snapdragon S4 Pro chipset. The phone is yet to launch officially (production started a week ago), but several Chinese sites have received an engineering sample and the reviews...


Xiaomi starts Mi-Two production on September 22

Xiaomi starts Mi-Two production on September 22

10 September, 2012 | comments (77)

Xiaomi beat LG to the punch by announcing the first quad-core Krait-powered phone (though the Optimus G should have the distinction of shipping first). The Xiaomi Mi-Two will go into production on September 22, revealed the company's...


Xiaomi MI-2 leaks, might be the cheapest quad-core out there

Xiaomi MI-2 leaks, might be the cheapest quad-core out there

23 July, 2012 | comments (22)

Xiaomi is the Chinese manufacturer, which brought us the MI-1 - an affordable and capable dual-core smartphone with a deeply customized Android experience, thanks to its MIUI launcher. Now, almost a year later we got a glimpse of what's next to...