APPLE IPHONE 5S
There’s a depressing inevitability about the talk of the iPhone 5S so soon after the release of the iPhone 5. Still, with Apple having released the iPad 4 just seven months after the March launch of the iPad 3, we should perhaps expect another swift update from the Cupertinocompany. Jeffries analyst Peter Misek – famed for commenting on future products of the fruitcompany – has waded into the pool of iPhone 5S rumors by suggesting it could be arriving as soon as June, with a better camera and NFC among other features.
It’s a well-documented fact that Apple likes to drip-feed new features to consumers, and with the iPhone 4S having preceded the September release of the iPhone 5, there’s no reason to suggest the next release will be anything other than a lookalike, operate-alike iPhone 5, with just enough of a spec bump to coerce people into upgrading.
The first improvement he expects to see, is that of the camera. The iPhone 5′s camera does perform noticeably better than the iPhone 4S – particularly in low light conditions, but still has many shortcomings, and is significantly inferior to that of the Nokia Lumia 920.
Up until just before the iPhone 5 was announced, it was presumed NFC would be packed into the sixth-generation Apple smartphone, but after Anand Lal Shimpi studied the leaked interiors, he noticed something all had missed – the hardware layout meant the prospect of NFC – at least in the iPhone 5 – was an impossibility.
With Passbook having arrived with iOS 6, the iPhone is very much ready for NFC, and as well as the two key hardware adjustments, the iPhone 5S could also ship in multiple color options. Now, we have heard this line before on numerous occasions, but Misek believes the iPhonerange will take a similar aesthetic stance as the iPod touch 5th-gen, which also ships in a variety of colors.
The battery life could also be improved with the iPhone 5S, although Misek’s claim of a “SuperHD” display sounds a little too speculative – particularly considering the resolution has only just been adjusted for the very first time. Still, a better battery, more color options, improved camera, NFC, and a probable chip upgrade make the iPhone 5S an attractive prospect, and one that’ll likely sell in its droves once more.
SAMSUNG GALAXY S IV
We caught a glimpse of a Samsung Galaxy S4 concept video earlier this morning, but let’s return from the land of make-believe for a minute to take care of some real Samsung business, shall we? We know many of you, like us, are highly anticipating the reveal and release of the next Samsung Galaxy S device, which may be coming in nearly four months from now and may pack a little surprise if a recent rumor turns out to be true.
According to Korean website Enuri, Samsung plans to launch its Galaxy S4 in April 2013 that sports a 5-inch 1080p AMOLED display, a quad-core Exynos 5440 chip, 13-megapixel rear auto-focus camera and an S Pen, which previously was only made available for Samsung’s Galaxy Note line of smartphones and tablet.
Seeing how Samsung is going to be a total buzzkill and not announce the Galaxy S4 at CES next week, we’ll just need to sit back and wait until they decide to officially unveil their next Galaxy S phone, which if it’s launching in April, may be sometime next Spring.
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NOKIA LUMIA 940
The concept Nokia models made by Edgar Mkrtchyan are simply stunning, so it was a joy when he sent us a new model, the Nokia Lumia 940, made entirely of carbon. The device adopts a more rounded approach to the usual Lumia design and runs Windows Phone 8, as the author claims.
The material at the back reminds me of a knitted sweater or of a basket made of small, flexible branches. It may be the same idea of weaving kevlar like on the Motorola Droid RAZR. Anyway, you should know that the Nokia Lumia 940 features a carbon shell with a large curved screen and inside there’s a dual core 1.5 GHz processor, while upfront we’ve got a 4.5 inch PureMotion HD+ 1280 x 768 screen with Gorilla Glass protection.
At the back there’s a 12 megapixel camera with Carl Zeiss optics, dual LED flash and 1080p video capture. Powering up the entire unit is a 3000 mAh battery and as far as connectivity goes, there’s microUSB, NFC, Bluetooth and Nokia 3.5 AV. I find this to be a very interesting handset and among the advantages of carbon I can think of is its low weight and pretty high durability. Fancy the Nokia 940 ?
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