Tag Archives: core

Vivo Xplay boasts 5.7-inch 1080p screen, dedicated audio chips and nifty single-hand mode (video)

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Another 1080p quad-core Android phone, you say? Well, there’s a bit more to it. Launched by BBK spin-off Vivo in Beijing just now, this 5.7-inch Xplay goes one step further than its smaller X1 and X1S cousins by packing one extra audio chip and th…


Samsung Galaxy S 4 with Exynos Octa-core: what’s different?

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Samsung’s latest flagship, the Galaxy S 4, comes in two distinct flavo…


Acer confirms 10-inch Iconia A3 tablet, wants to sell 10 million slates this year

Acer’s senior VP Scott Lin recently confirmed that a new 10-inch Iconia A3 tablet will arrive this summer and was quick to include it in some very ambitious sales plans. The device (not pictured) has yet to be priced or specced (or even seen), but…


Samsung Galaxy Core is real: low-end specs, 4.3-inch WVGA display and a dual-SIM option

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Whenever a Samsung flagship arrives, it’s never long before we see a fleet of lower-spec handsets swimming in its wake. The latest Remora to come out from the shadow of its bigger brother (and the rumor mill) is the Galaxy Core, a 4.3-inch handset…


Unannounced Acer Iconia W3 8-inch tablet leaks on Amazon, priced at $380

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Acer’s Iconia W3 tablet hasn’t been formally announced, but that hasn’t stopped Amazon from giving the TBA product a shiny new home on its website. The page appears to be a bit incomplete, with the summary listing an “1.5 GHz Apple A4″ in the proc…


MediaTek’s new chip offers entry-level smartphones a dual-core SoC with HSPA+ on the cheap

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As glad as we are that MediaTek ushered in affordable, quad-core SoC designs with the MT6589, even that silicon can only go so far in making smartphones accessible. The company’s new MT6572 might be frugal enough to lower some of those few remaini…


DARPA’s low-cost robotic hand gets put through its paces (video)

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This three-fingered manipulator has just about everything you could ever want in a robotic hand. It’s relatively low-cost, it’s powerful, it’s capable of picking up objects both large and small, and it’s robust. In fact, we’ve already seen the thi…


AMD FX-4350 and FX-6350 offer improved speeds, keep prices down

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Although AMD hasn’t had much recent success at the higher end of the processor spectrum, it’s clear the company is very much interested in attacking the budget realm. Witness its two new lower-tiered FX-series processors: the quad-core FX-4350 and…


Intel Haswell’s idle states reportedly won’t play well with some power supplies

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One of the staples of Intel’s upcoming Haswell processor architecture is its support for lower-power idle states that can rival tablet chips in power consumption, even on the desktop. However, that may come with a big caveat for budget and custom-…


HTC M4 leaked, suggests flagship style with middleweight specs (updated with comparison images)

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Remember the M4? We’ve seen glances of a spec sheet, but now we get to see how it’s going to look. Courtesy of @evleaks, we can now tell it’s looking good. After the critically-acclaimed One, the company looks to be sharing its style tips around -…