Archive for 09/01/2013 - 10/01/2013
iPhone 5S Rendered Yet Again, This Time With Fingerprint Scanner Ring
Time for yet another iPhone 5S render, this time with the fingerprint scanner ring around the Home button. That’s a new aspect of the handset, that has appeared on the web over the past days.
The folks of Yugatech implemented that new aspect on the iPhone 5S gold version shown above. As you know, tomorrow, on the 10th of September Apple has a big conference scheduled, that will finally bring us the iPhone 5S and 5C. The ring part appeared when the packing of the 5S leaked out and seemed to show a metallic highlighted area around the Home button.
We’ve been hearing about such a scanner for a while now and this is pretty much its confirmation. We also see a dual LED flash at the back and overall the same design as the iPhone 5. The gold color here in combo with the black facade looks strange. Maybe with a white front, it would look better.
[via Yugatech]
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elektronik
Futuristic Smartphone Features Wraparound Screen With 3D Visuals
Kent Dechjun posted on his Coroflot profile a few renders showing a futuristic smartphone with several ideas we’ve heard before. I’m talking about a “crystal clear screen”, that wraps around the body of the handset and offers 3D graphics.
The screen of this concept phone can display both 2D and 3D images, by changing the back portion into a more transparent area, from what I can see. Once it becomes matte, you can see the 2D graphics of the front screen. This is a Windows Phone device and the idea of having two layers of tiles is interesting, because you gain more screen estate, in the background in 3D.
On the downside, the lower bezel of the handset feels a bit too big for my liking. By the way, the entire phone feels kind of small, maybe with a 3.5 inch or 4 inch diagonal, but once again you gain more screen area with the 3D effect… Fancy this?
[via Coroflot]
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elektronik
Newkia is Almost a Nokia With Android, Rendered Here
Since Nokia has pretty much abandoned all other OS options after being bought by Microsoft, we can only hope they will leave their legacy to some sort of surrogate company. Some of the Nokia employees who have migrated lately may help develop a Nokia Android concept.
The render here is created by Jsus and it’s branded Newkia, which is a real thing. Newkia is a startup based in Singapore and founded by Thomas Zilliacus, who worked 15 years for Nokia. He was pretty big in the company, serving as Asia-Pacific CEO for 7 years. Right now Zilliacus is leading investment company Mobile FutureWorks and he wanted to buy out Nokia a year ago.
This means he’s got the finances to start up a big company to carry on the Finnish legacy. He will build smartphones using Nokia expertise and feature Android on them. I’m sure he’ll draw hundreds of discontent former Nokia employees and do a fine job. As far as the concept is concerned, it reminds me of a cross between an Xperia Nexus and a Lumia, if I can call it that.
[Thanks Jsus; Info via CNET]
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elektronik
Nexus 5 Rendered by Deuxani, Based on FCC and KitKat Leak
After yesterday’s attempt at rendering the Nexus 5 based on the Android 4.4 KitKat video leak and the FCC display of the device today we get one more design of this kind. This is the Nexus 5 in the vision of Deuxani:
The designer used the actual size from the FCC document, meaning this smartphone measures 131,9 x 68.2 mm and it has a screen diagonal of 126 mm, plus a screen ratio of 16:9. As you can see in the picture below, the device is still rounded at the top, but the curve is sharper, if I can say so. Also, there seems to be no shiny metallic edge and the overall frame of the Nexus 5 is smaller than the one of Nexus 4.
Seeing how big the camera lens at the back is, we could see a Nexus 5 that actually has a decent camera, something new for the Nexus series. We had the Nexus 4 with an underwhelming camera, the Galaxy Nexus with a weak camera as well and the predecessors were not exactly Pureview units themselves. Is it time for a Nexus cameraphone?
[via The Verge]
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elektronik
Nokia Lumia 1520 Render Leaks, First 6 Inch Windows Phone Get Pictured
If you’re waiting for the first Nokia phablet, well we’re not that far away from its launch and associated rumors are accompanying it. The device is called Nokia Lumia 1520, previously dubbed Bandit and it leaked today via a press render.
@evleaks published the leak and he is a very solid source, who last year published legit images of the Nokia Lumia 820 and Lumia 920 days before they were unveiled. Lumia 1520 marks a new chapter in the history of Nokia, since it’s their first phablet and their first jump over 5 inches in diagonal. The Nokia Lumia 1520 is said to pack a 6 inch Full HD screen, a quad core Snapdragon CPU and Windows Phone 8 GDR3.
The screen offers one extra column of live tiles and the design of the back reminds me a lot of the Nokia Lumia 925. Other than that the design feels very familiar for the Lumia series and I sure hope this model isn’t exaggeratly big, since Lumias have that tendency.
[via @evleaks]
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elektronik
LG Nexus 5 Rendered Based on Leaks and Info
It’s becoming more and more clear that LG is behind the Nexus 5, especially judging by the latest leaks and information we’ve come across. Now Reddit user Vovicon came up with a render to sum up all the info and leaks we’ve seen so far, including the one in the Android KitKat video.
He combined the dimensions and shape from the FCC filing (the Nexus 5 was spotted at the FCC), with the ones from the video. The designer also tried not to add anything extra and guessed the screen ratio and position, as well as the bezel and sides. Overall, this Nexus 5 concept resembles the Nexus 4 quite a bit, especially the front side.
The back is original, especially the camera area and the Nexus logo written horizontally, like in the KitKat clip. For the sake of comparison we also see the Nexus 5 side by side with the Nexus 4 and Galaxy Nexus, shown below. To me, the Nexus 5 seems wide and less rounded than the Nexus 4, so the screen may be a 5 incher or 5.2 incher as rumored.
[via Reddit]
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elektronik
Samsung Galaxy S V Rendered by Greco Medrano, Inspired by Our Critique of S VI
Greco Medrano created the Samsung Galaxy S6 concept we’ve shown you on this site and inspired by the critique brought to that render he went ahead and designed a fresh Galaxy S V concept this time. The result is shown below:
First of all, I’d like to say that the background of the concept would be totally loved by Jony Ive, since it reminds me of iOS 7 and its crazy color choices. Then, I like the dotted pattern at the back, since it looks like something Samsung would evolve into. However, I’m not so sure about the rounded corners, especially since the Galaxy Note 3 launched yesterday went back to straight angles and to the Galaxy S II era.
I think we should look at LG and its G2 model for hints on how the next Galaxy S will look like. LG and Samsung have always one upped each other and with industrial espionage big in that region, I supposed they know a thing or two about each other’s future products. So, I expect the Samsung Galaxy S V to sport a 5.2 inch edge to edge display and possibly a fingerprint scanner.
[Thanks Greco Medrano]
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elektronik
Google Nexus 5 Gets Rendered by Yugatech, Inspired by Leak
Hours ago we wrote about the leak of a Nexus 5 handset in an Android 4.4 KitKat video from Google and now there’s already a concept phone based on that. The device was created by Yugatech and can be seen below.
In case you’ve been sleeping for the past 20 hours or so, Google confirmed that the next Android release will be version 4.4, codenamed KitKat. They also leaked a video of a prototype phone that seems like a gigantic and slim device, with squared edges. Some eagle eyed journalists have apparently spotted an LG logo at the back, in the leak, although frankly speaking, I haven’t.
Interestingly the Nexus logo is horizontal, like on the Nexus 7 and the Nexus 10 and the camera looks huge. It could be the same sensor used on the LG G2, a 13 MP shooter. Rumors say the Nexus 5 will have a 5.2 inch edge to edge Full HD display, a Snapdragon 800 CPU and Android 4.4 as the OS, plus 2 or 3 GB of RAM.
[via Yugatech]
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elektronik
Nexus 5 Prototype Leaked in Android 4.4 KitKat Video
We’re big fans of concepts, but also big fans of prototype leaks, which seems to be the case here. As you know, if you checked out our Facebook page and the Internet over the past day, Google decided to name its future Android release KitKat. This will be version 4.4 of the OS and there’s already a Nexus leak to go with that…
Google posted a video online showing the moment when the Android KitKat statue was rised on the Google Campus. One of the folks immortalizing the moment had an interesting device in his hand, clearly labelled Nexus. It’s a big handset with straight edges and a huge camera lens. It’s clearly the next Nexus, probably the Nexus 5 and it seems like Motorola material or maybe Sony, if you ask me.
It’s clearly larger than 5 inches, maybe 5.2 inches as we’ve heard before. I could also see Chinese companies like Oppo, Xiaomi or Meizu making such a device, but for some reason not LG or Samsung… What do you think? Frankly speaking, I’m not a big fan of the KitKat name…
[via Mobilissimo.ro and 9to5google.com]
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elektronik
The New iPhone 5S Gets Rendered in Detailed Video, Based on Leaks (Video)
The following iPhone 5S concept is inspired by rumors and leaks and it was created by iTeck-Concept and ConceptsiPhone. It’s a 4.7 inch smartphone with a true Retina Display and all the technological goodies one can imagine… or need.
This iPhone features a 4.7 inch 2048 x 1440 pixel display, with a 544 ppi density, a 13 megapixel rear camera and a front 5 megapixel FaceTime shooter. There’s a dual LED flash at the back, Bluetooth 4.0 among the specs, too, a 2500 mAh battery and an Apple A7 64 bit quad core 1.6 GHz CPU. We’ve got iOS 7.0 running on the device, that is available in black, gold, grey and white.
A fingerprint sensor is also included and the screen here is actually called the Retina 2. From what I know the human eye can only see 530 ppi or so, so the screen is right on the money with that, or maybe a bit too much. The home button has a biometric sensor and a layer of crystal sapphire, so that takes care of fingerprint scanning. By the way the storage here is up to 128 GB, just like the rumors say.
[via The Verge]
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elektronik
