Big screens are great and all, but not everyone can wrap their hands around a phablet.
Sony thinks so as they squeezed top specs into a regular sized hero. Sony Xperia Z1 compact promises great things from its 4.3in screen, Snapdragon-powered performance, 20.7MP camera and battery-enhancing Stamina mode. It’s a little fatter 5in Xperia Z1 at 9.5mm but otherwise it’s a faithful imitation. The power button is halfway up the right-hand side, saving seconds spent hunting, and the Compact has the same waterproof rating – IP55 and IP58 – as the Z1, meaning it’s good to go for a rain run or plonking in up to 1m of water for up to half an hour.
The successful Lumia series is back with a new lineup of two phablets, Lumia 1520 and Lumia 1320. This is the first time Nokia has come up with phablets.
Lumia 1320 manages to pack a 6-inch 720p IPS Clearback display, and is powered by a dual-core 1.7 Ghz Qualcomm Snapdragon. It runs the latest windows phone 8 operating system, and with 1GB of RAM, multi tasking becomes a piece of cake. Apart from that, Lumia 1320 has an 8GB of internal memory.
The 5.0 MP camera in this phablet is, as expected from the Lumia series, good. The Lumia 1320, bundled with a 3400mAh battery, represents the best deal of the bunch.
The Lumia 1520 is Nokia’s high-end “phablet” and a powerhouse of productivity, featuring a six inch 1080p display, and a qualcomm snapdragon 800 2.2 GHz Quad-core CPU powering it. The Lumia 1520 is Nokia’s first update 3 device featuring the Lumia “Black” firmware, a rolling cover and a 20 MP camera with a F/2.0 lens which gives you a clear shot. The device also has a 32 GB of internal storage, expandable to 64GB, which will give you enough space. Aa 2 GB of RAM, making multi-tasking an easy affair. Also, the 1520 has a massive 3400 mAh battery.
Compared to Lumias, the 1520 has 4 high-amplitude audio capture (HAAC) microphones on board to give it excellent audio fidelity, on calls and while recording videos. Lumia 1520 also features a new refocus lens and several productivity apps from NOKIA.
It is available in 4 colours including yellow, white, black and glossy red.
The kicker is that both 1520 and 1320 both support 4G LTE and HSPA+ connectivity. And both of have NFC and DLNA which will make sharing fun.
The new HTC One Max has been scheduled to be released this month. HTC tried their best to conceal the news but the word on the street remains firm. In this HTC One Max review you can find out more information on this cool new device.
The HTC One Max comes with a 5 inch LCD display, 1080p HD video, fingerprint scanner and much more. The fingerprint scanner is located on the back of the phone. To contrast the size of the new HTC One Max to the HTC One Mini, it is 1 inch bigger.
If you have been following the HTC One or actually own one then like its predecessors the HTC One Max has the aluminum finish and there are speakers on the front of the phone. It is said that the audio quality is also much higher than its predecessors.
Using the finger scanner you are able to lock or unlock the HTC One Max. Even though there is a finger scanner on the back of the phone, HTC was smart enough to design the device in such a way that you can also remove the back cover for other upgrades or hardware changes.
The HTC One Max comes with 32 GB space, 1 GHz quad-core Snapdragon 600 processor, and 3,300 mAh battery. If you want to you may upgrade the device up to 64 GB using a microSD card.
In addition to the new phone HTC also updated their operating system to Sense 5. Like its previous version the Sense 5 operating system is based on the Android 4 operating system. It is also rumored that using services like Blinkfeed you will be able to download articles on your phone and the phone includes various other free apps and games.
According to HTC, the phone will be available through Verizon and Sprint world wide this month.
