Many of the leaks posted about new smartphones on tech blogs across the world began with a simple tweet on @evleaks’ Twitter. His leaks were often treated as facts, with the pictures and snippets being as real as day and night. Facts, not possibilities, was the @evleaks magic. A magic with a lot of work...
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It’s iPhone 6 rumor time again and this time we get our first look at Apple’s next generation Apple A8 chipset. The pictures come from nowherelese, that has been churning out one iPhone 6 leak after another and in their last leak had confirmed the September 9 launch date from a trusted Chinese source who...
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Sony is probably one of the few android manufacturers out there that just can’t keep their upcoming products under wraps. First it was the Xperia Z3 that leaked in all its glory and now it’s the turn of Xperia Z3 Tablet Compact. The product page of the Xperia Z2 tablet on Sony’s official website shows...
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Just how many times have we seen a smartphone get taken apart before it is even announced officially? Not very often we’d say. But that’s exactly what we have here today. The Sony Xperia Z3 has been detailed in a collection of photos sent to Xperia blog. Just like the previous Xperia flagships, the Z3...
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Invites for the year’s most anticipated reveal event have been released! As rumored yesterday, Apple has officially announced that they will indeed be holding their next major event on September 9th, 2014 – just under two weeks from today. Unlike previous years, the invite image does not have anything subtly hinting of the event’s announcements....
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It’s no longer a big mystery, Sony plans to take next week’s IFA consumer electronics trade show by storm, using the glamorous Berlin stage to propel at least three new Android devices in the limelight. Let’s face it, truly accidental product leaks are a much rarer thing than most people reckon. More often than not,...
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It doesn’t look like early smartwatch adopters will get all their wishes fulfilled by a single wearable piece anytime soon, as LG’s G Watch R clearly trumps Samsung’s Gear S in software functionality and elegance, falling short of perfection however in the connectivity department. It took a bit of bitching and moaning, but round wearable...
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Although the number of Google partners to join the Android Wear game seems to be growing by the day, Samsung refuses to abandon the Tizen ship, taking the wraps off its first ever wholly independent wearable device, the Gear S. Yes, the name Gear Solo had a much nicer ring to it. And we were...
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ZOTAC has been a pioneer in the small form factor mini-PC space with its ZBOX nano series. Now, with ZOTAC ZBOX PI320 pico, is taking PC miniaturisation to an all new level. Measuring just 115mm x 66mm x 19mm, the pico is smaller than two modern flagship smartphones stacked on top of each other and...
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Sources are of the view that this notebook will either come by the end of 2014 or in early 2015. Reports coming in from Apple’s Asia based supply chain today suggest that the company is readying a slimmer MacBook. It has been claimed that component production for this notebook has already begun. Though it hasn’t...
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Sony has horrible luck when it comes to keeping details on upcoming devices under wraps, and things aren’t getting any better as its upcoming flagship has starred in yet another crystal clear leak. The Xperia Z3 has been captured in live images repeatedly in the last few weeks, telling us almost everything about how the...
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The long-rumored sequel to the aging Nexus 7 2013 tablet is inching closer and closer to a formal announcement, and evidence is piling up in support of the purported Nexus 9, aka HTC Flounder, aka HTC Volantis being a powerhouse like no other previous Nexus family member. Still scared the end may be nigh for...
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HTC’s newest inexpensive Android smartphone, dubbed Desire 510, is far from a looker or powerhouse, yet it may just make more headlines than, say, the One M8 for Windows, as it offers LTE connectivity and 64-bit processing speed on the very cheap. While searching for a “hero” device to put the company back on the...
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Allegedly leaked schematics which detail “Phosphorus” co-processor on the iPhone 6 surface online. Apple made a significant improvement to the iPhone’s power package last year. Alongside the A7 processor it introduced the M7 co-processor which essentially collects data from a number of sensors, including but not limited to accelerometer and the gyroscope, processes it and...
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LG officially announces what we originally thought was their definitive Galaxy Note competitor. Around three weeks ago, VR-Zone discussed leaked information regarding two new LG G3 variants: the G3A and the G3 Stylus. Today, a few weeks before IFA 2014, LG has officially announced the G3 Stylus, and it is rather surprising. Contrary to popular...
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It looks like one of Apple’s carrier partners has jumped the gun on the upcoming flagship smartphone. China Telecom posted a rendering of what is believed to be the iPhone 6 on Sina Weibo. While it wouldn’t surprise anyone to find out that carriers know a lot more about Apple’s upcoming smartphone that they are...
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Developer Bungie’s highly anticipated shooter has been forecasted to become the highest selling title for a newly created IP. Activision’s second quarter financial results were recently announced, and the company is betting big on the upcoming shooter Destiny. The publisher’s reports show that players can’t wait to get their hands on the game, with pre-orders...
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G.SKILL has joined the likes of Crucial, Corsair and ADATA in announcing next-generation consumer DDR4 RAM kits. The Ripjaws 4 series arrives in anticipation of next month’s release of Haswell-E and the X99 platform. Ripjaws 4 comes in a variety of kits – ranging from 2133 MHz all the way up to a higher-than-expected 3200...
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Purported images of shells of the two iPhone 6 models have appeared online comparing both of them side by side. For the past few months now we have been constantly hearing rumors that Apple is going to release two new iPhone models this year, just like it did back in 2013. However this year it [...]
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As per the latest rumor regarding Apple’s next generation tablet it is going to have double the amount of RAM that the iPad Air currently has. Last year Apple released the iPad Air. It brought a handful of design changes for the tablet which brings its look and feel in line with the iPad mini [...]
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The 4.7″ iPhone 6 reminds us of the original iPhone (2007). With Apple’s rumored iPhone event for September 9th less than three weeks away, leaks for the upcoming iPhone 6 are getting stronger, and more authentic. So far, we know Apple’s next device will come with an unusually durable sapphire display, a 4.7″ display, and [...]
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So far considered premium features worthy of only expensive high-end mobile devices, water and dust protection make their Western debut on an entry-level, hopefully budget-sensible Android – Sony’s Xperia M2 Aqua. Given Sony was the one to push waterproofing into the mainstream mobile décor in the first place, it feels right for the Japanese to [...]
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The noPhone may not technically be a smart device, or a real phone for that matter, but it does offer a “technology-free alternative to constant hand-to-phone contact”, and so it’s a truly unique… thing, with an unrivaled list of special features. Forget 2K, 4K, 8K screen resolution, quad-core, octa-core, 64-bit processors, PureView cameras, wireless charging, [...]
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Defying all the haters that dubbed his work a one-hit wonder affair, “Flappy Bird” phenomenon creator Dong Nguyen is back with an original new product (yeah, right), called “Swing Copters” and featuring basically the exact same gameplay as the erstwhile aviary gold mine. It may feel like a hundred years ago now, but the incredible [...]
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Enough joking around and waiting for Chromebook demand to miraculously start lagging after so many great months, Microsoft is just about ready to take the bull by the horns and launch a super-low-cost Windows 8.1 rival. Remember the uber-affordable Windows-powered HP Stream laptop that Microsoft officials teased last month as basically the lead executioner of [...]
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It is possible that Apple may ship USB cables that are reversible on both ends with upcoming mobile devices like the iPhone 6. Apple’s Lightning cable, which replaced the old 30 pin dock connector cables, is reversible on one end. While it still has a conventional USB plug, the other end is reversible meaning that [...]
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Alleged details of the next generation iPhone have emerged online today, its A8 processor may be accompanied by 1GB of RAM. Apple is expected to introduce the iPhone 6 next month, like last year it may unveil two new models. Both will be powered by the company’s A8 processor. Questions have been asked many times [...]
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Yet another upcoming top-shelf Motorola smartphone seems to have surfaced online, carrying the ballsy Droid Turbo moniker and a Samsung Galaxy Note 4-rivaling spec sheet. There are unflattering gadget names, like, say, Droid Razr, there are those that subtly convey the right message, such as Droid Ultra, and then there are stage names that ditch [...]
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After gathering numerous bleak pricing hints in regards to the unveiled-but-not-yet-released Motorola Moto 360 smartwatch, it comes as a very nice last-minute surprise that the Android Wear timepiece is officially listed at a palatable $250. Still likely a few weeks away from a commercial launch, the hotly anticipated Moto 360 has just been exposed by [...]
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With a little over three weeks reportedly left until Apple finally brings to light the greatly anticipated iPhone 6 pair, the battery capacity puzzle seems fully settled, although the latest purported leaks out of Asia, like all Asian leaks, have to be taken with prudence. For a perennially vigilant tech giant vis-à-vis unauthorized spills of [...]
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HTC’s fantastic in plastic, affordable, single rear camera-sporting take on the all-metal One M8, confusingly named One E8, is apparently headed stateside, after going live in a handful of European and Asian territories back in June. I bet you did not see this coming. Nor did we. I mean, we did, but a while ago, [...]
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California-based Kateeva claims to have invented a flexible coating which can seal OLED displays. Their coating, which costs half the price of other alternatives, would allow for production of bendable screens at affordable prices. Bendable displays have been showing up at trade shows for a few years now, but the technology is still prohibitively expensive. [...]
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You’d think Samsung would be in full damage control mode now that nearly everything there is to know about its upcoming Galaxy Note 4 is out, but even as a credible, semi-exhaustive list of features transpires, the Koreans insist on keeping mystery in the air. Everybody ready to start the countdown? We’re officially 19 days [...]
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Unlike Sony, which stubbornly wagers on a proprietary smartwatch OS, Asus reportedly plans to keep its wearable efforts simple and adopt the growing Android Wear platform. It was pretty much set in stone when we first heard about it, via “sources in the know”, but now you can deem it official too. As per statements [...]
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Expected out in the days leading up to IFA 2014, at a press event recently teased by Microsoft, the Nokia Lumia 830 is a visual mystery no more, at least if we assume the newest slate of “leaked” photos is legitimate. Oh hai there, Lumia 830, but weren’t you supposed to keep a low profile [...]
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Researchers have discovered that a rapidly spinning asteroid is actually a pile of rubble held together by Van der Waals forces. This may change how we approach defending against asteroids in the future. 1950 DA is a near-earth asteroid, which back in 2003 was thought to pose quite a serious threat to our planet. It [...]
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Starwood’s Aloft Hotel in Cupertino is doing a trial with two robots, which will bring amenities to guests and more. Starwood hopes to bring robots to more than 100 of their hotels in the near future. Think of a futuristic sci-fi film, and you’ll likely be picturing flying cars, flashing lights and, of course, household [...]
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Although Samsung, LG, Motorola, HTC and Asus seem to have understood they need to make up a united front against Apple’s looming iWatch and get with the Android Wear program, Sony continues to swim against the current, reportedly relying on a proprietary OS for its SmartWatch 3. Don’t say Sony didn’t warn us. They did, [...]
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Apple’s suppliers have reportedly started production of next generation iPads which apparently have anti-reflective coating on their displays. Even though the spotlight is squarely going to be on the new iPhones next month no one has forgotten that Apple is also due to unveil new tablets. If the company sticks to its release cycle then [...]
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A new report published today claims that the iPhone 6 is now in the final step before final production commences. The timing is certainly right. As per recent rumors Apple is going to hold the iPhone 6 unveil event on September 9th. Therefore it has less a little over a month now to get the [...]
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A fishy benchmark listing has surfaced, suggesting the so-called Motorola Shamu, aka Google’s Nexus 6, is in advanced stages of testing with Android L pre-loaded, a surprisingly compact 5.2-inch Quad HD display and beefy Snapdragon 805 chip. A dense air of uncertainty has been surrounding the future of the Nexus family, following claims from countless [...]
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Samsung’s long overdue shift from chintzy plastic-made smartphones to gear constructed of more robust, premium materials is unfolding at last, although the Galaxy Alpha is likely a transitioning device rather than a revolutionary one. It took the all-around ruler of the Android décor a lot longer than expected to crack under public pressure, but in [...]
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Qnovo is developing software and hardware which monitors and adjusts the flow of current while charging smart phones. This could significantly decrease charging times and increase lifespan of batteries. Smart phones do a lot of things really well, but one of the downsides to the big screen and powerful processors they have, is a rather [...]
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Even with legendary @evleaks out of business, Samsung can’t stop the leaky Galaxy Alpha faucet from oozing unofficial information, and the past few days have brought an abundance of intel on everything from tech specs to probable release dates. It’s not out yet, but it might as well be. Samsung’s first ever stab at semi-metallic [...]
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Next month’s IFA consumer electronics trade show in Berlin is shaping up to be quite plentiful in mobile device announcements, with Samsung, Sony, Huawei and now Microsoft confirmed to bring new gear in the capital of Germany. While the remainder of the old, mighty Nokia is cooking up an unexpected comeback to the hardware-making industry, [...]
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Being on Google’s side since the very beginning of the Chromebook “experiment”, Acer was bound to ultimately get a Chrome OS-powered laptop just right, which looks to be the case with the beefy, frugal Chromebook 13 CB5. Who’d have thunk it? When Google introduced the rudimentary Samsung Series 5 and Acer AC700 back in 2011, [...]
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EE United Kingdom has revealed their findings under the ’4GEE Mobile Living Index’ report. the most interesting of which states that the use of 4G saves up to an hour every day for a subset of Britishers. EE is the largest mobile telecommunications operator in the United Kingdom. Big-name telecom brands such as Orange and [...]
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Physicists have created a machine which can draw in floating objects by using waves. The waves create currents in the water and could be used to contain oil spills. Physicists at the Australian National Laboratory (ANL) have created a machine that, by producing waves, can act as a tractor beam on water. The scientists, led [...]
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Japanese scientists have developed a new high speed camera, capable of capturing over 4 trillion frames per second. The camera uses a new method, femtophotography, to achieve those speeds. High speed cameras, capable of shooting thousands of frames of video per second, allows us to see things in a way we normally can’t. For you [...]
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Samsung has been uncommonly competent at keeping its last few high-profile mobile devices hidden to the public eye leading up to their formal announcements, but the Galaxy Note 4’s cover may have been blown three full weeks ahead of its scheduled debut. It’s ironic, but it looks like one of the mobile industry’s most spectacular [...]
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A team of researchers at the Kyoto University, with the collaboration of Sharp, develops a new material that can significantly extend the operating lifespan of Lithium batteries. A joint research project between Kyoto University Graduate School of Engineering and Sharp Research and Development Center has unveiled a new material composition for Lithium batteries, which is [...]
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