Sunday, 2 December 2012

Lumia 920

Some time ago you've seen the Nokia Lumia 920 drop test video. The test results were quite satisfactory, because the phones is apparently strong enough dropped from a certain height.

But for PhoneBuff, the previous drop test is not enough. They need something more. This time they use a more sadistic ways.

The first experiment is to run over the phone with a car, and as a result there is no problem whatsoever. The second experiment, a wooden rod is used to hit the phone just like playing baseball. In the second test, there are few wounds on the phone body.

HTC Deluxe Appear

It seems the launch of HTC Deluxe is getting closer. Now the international version of HTC Droid DNA is re-appear in white and black colors.

HTC Deluxe reportedly will have similar specifications with its CDMA version such as a 3 5-inch 1080p Super LCD, 2GB RAM, 16-32GB internal memory, 8MP camera with ImageSense, LTE connectivity, 2020mAh battery, and Android 4.1 Jelly Bean withSense 4 +.

Unfortunately, until now there is no further information about HTC Deluxe launch schedule.

Lenovo P770


Lenovo has announced their latest android smartphone that has the largest battery capacity (3500 mAh), the P770.

Lenovo P770 also comes with 4.5-inch qHD screen (960x540px), 1.2 Ghz dual core processor, and Android 4.1 Jelly Bean as its mainoperating system.

With its big battery, P770 has 644 hours or 26 days - standby and 29 hours - talk time!!!

Unfortunately Lenovo P770 is only officially sold in China for $273 with 8GB microSD card.

Nokia Asha 205 & 206

Nokia has just announced two new Asha series phones, the 205 and 206. Both S40 phone has dual-SIM feature and will be one of the Asha 201 successor.

Nokia Asha 205 comes with 2.4 inch screen, 320 x 240 pixels resolution, 64MB memory, 0.3 MP camera that can record VGAimage and QCIF video, and full-QWERTY keyboard. While Asha 206 uses a 2.4-inch QVGA resolution, 1.3 MP camera, 64MB internal memory with non-alphanumeric QWERTY keyboard. Both phones are also equipped with a microSD slot.

Nokia Asha 205 – 206 also have a Nokia Slam features that allow rapid sharing via Bluetooth without pairing.

Meizu MX2: Flyme 2.0 OS

LG Nexus 4 is now officially gained a tough competitor, especially in the Chinese market through Meizu MX2.

This smartphone comes with 4.4-inch screen with 1280 x 800 pixels resolution, 3:14 mm thin bezel, 1.6GHz MX5S quad-core processor based on Cortex A9, 2GB RAM, 8MP rear camera, and Flyme 2.0OS.

Flyme 2.0 OS itself is a modification of Android Jelly Bean. The good news is, the OS is already rooted.

Meizu MX2 is offered in three versions starting from 16GB ($400), 32GB ($ 480), and 64GB ($ 640) USD. This phone will go on sale in China on mid-December 2012.

Samsung Galaxy Axiom


After appearing in the form of a leaked image, finally Samsung has officially released Galaxy Axiom.

Samsung Galaxy Axiom offers similar specs to the Galaxy S3 Mini. This brand new LTE smartphone is operating on Android Ice Cream Sandwich, using a 4-inch WVGA screen, 1.2 GHz dual-coreprocessor, 4GB internal memory (expandable with microSD up to 64GB), 5MP rear camera, 1.3MP front camera, and NFC.

Galaxy Axiom is priced at $79 with 2 year contract terms or $399 without a contract via U.S. Cellular.

Sharp Aquos Phone Zeta SH-02E

Sharp reportedly is ready to release their first new smartphone that use IGZO screen technology (Aquos Phone Zeta SH-02E ) on 29 November in Japan.

Sharp Aquos Phone Zeta SH-02E will use a display technology that consumes a very low power and developed by using an indiumgallium zinc oxide technology, so it will only need less backlighting than other screens.

Aquos Phone Zeta SH-02E will be present with 4.9-inch screen with 1280x720 pixel resolution, Android 4.1, 1.5 GHz Snapdragon S4 quad-core processor, 2GB RAM, 32GB storage (expandable via microSD), 16MP rear camera with 16x digital zoom and optical image stabilization, NFC, Bluetooth, DLNA, and LTE.