Week In Review is back to recap all the major announcements of
the week, which you might have missed. The past Week 45 saw a lot of
rumors regarding Samsung's upcoming flagships, the Galaxy S6 and the
Galaxy Note 5. The later was rumored to sport a 4K AMOLED display when
it launches in the fall of 2015.
There are also quite a few pieces of news regarding software updates.
Microsoft promised to launch the Lumia Denim update by the end of the
year. At the same time, Samsung and LG are in a fierce race who'll
launch the Android 5.0 Lollipop update for their devices first.
Finally, Lenovo launches the Vibe X2 in India as well as the quite
interesting Sisley S90. Visually, the phone looks very much like the
iPhone 6 and the company has even copied Apple's style when it comes to
presenting the phone.
The Galaxy S6 apparently has the codename Project Zero, and
some unnamed "insiders" have allegedly come forward and shared a few of
its specs. The screen resolution will be QHD (2,560x1,440), just like
that of the Note 4, which is hardly a surprise. The exact display size
is still a mystery, though, possibly because...
Samsung has been teasing its development of a 4K AMOLED
display for a long time now, but now a new piece of information suggests
the first phone to brag with it is the Galaxy Note 5. According to a
tip, Samsung 4K AMOLED screen is 6" in diagonal and packs a pixel
density of...
The Samsung Galaxy Grand will grow into its name with a 5.5"
version, which left its footsteps in the GFXBench database. The phone
was dubbed "Galaxy Grand 3" by the rumor mill and features a bigger,
5.5" screen – up 0.25" on the Grand 2. The new large-screened mid-ranger
has been upgraded from...
The Lenovo Sisley S90 went official and the company hasn't
hesitated to confirm that it has drawn its inspiration from Apple not
only for the design of the phone, but also for the way its presented.
The Sisley S90's product page is an almost exact copy of the iPhone 6
website and it...
LG is already busy working on the Android 5.0 Lollipop update
for its Nexus devices, but it's also taking care of its current
flagship, the LG G3. A working version of the new software fell in the
hands of eager bloggers who posted several screenshots. LG G3 with
Lollipop...
Microsoft has detailed the Windows Phone 8.1 Update 1 plus
Lumia Denim upcoming firmware release. It is going to roll out by the
end of this year and will be available to all Windows Phone 8-running
Lumia phones. The Windows Phone 8.1 Update 1 brings these new
features...
We have seen an internal build of the Android 5.0 Lollipop
running on the Samsung Galaxy S5, courtesy SamMobile. Now they have
managed to get their hands on an internal Lollipop build for the older
Galaxy S4, and have a video for us to see below. In terms of design, the
Lollipop build of the...
The Huawei Honor 6 is getting a phablet X version, the Honor
6X. It was certified by TENAA in two versions, one for China Mobile and
one for China Unicom, other than carrier connectivity both have the same
specs. Curiously, the Huawei Honor 6X has three cameras – that's right,
the back camera is...
Lenovo has launched the VIBE X2 in India. The phone is priced
at Rs. 19,999 ($325). The Lenovo VIBE X2 has a 5.0-inch, 1920x1080 IPS
display, octa-core MediaTek MT6596M with four Cortex-A17 cores clocked
at 2.0GHz and four Cortex-A7 cores clocked at 1.7GHz, 2GB RAM, 32GB
storage space, 13...
Week 45 in review: Samsung Galaxy S6 and Note 5 rumors