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Samsung Galaxy S3 Boot-Screen Captured; Rumor Round-up
On a day like today, how can we not post any Samsung Galaxy S3 related news? All of us here at Uberphones are literally shaking in anticipation of the launching of Samsung’s next flagship phone that is due to come out in just a few more hours in London. From what we know so far, the much rumored device is said to be launching with a 4.7-inch display with a resolution of 1280 x 720 pixels in resolution, a 1.5GHz quad-core Exynos processor, 1GB of RAM, a 12MP camera, a front-facing camera for video chat, a physical ‘home’ button with two capacitive buttons on either side and it will most definitely be running Android 4.0 Ice Cream Sandwich. There are also rumors that indicate that the variant of the device that will make its way Stateside will run a dual-core processor by Qualcomm so it will be LTE enabled.
With the numerous leaks and rumors that have been floating around the internet, this phone seems to be one of the best kept secrets that Samsung has kept ala Apple. Usually it’s the Cupertino-tech giant which is the good secret keeper but it seems Samsung has taken a page out of its book. Now that we can tell you what the rumors have indicated about the device that will rear its head up a little later in the day, we can tell you about this latest image we’ve spotted on the internet about it.
The folks over at BGR got their hands on what is the boot-up screen for the Samsung Galaxy S3 and while it doesn’t tell us much besides the fact that it is the boot-up screen, everything that basically needs to be said has already been said because information that is confirmed about the S3 is still hard to come by even now. Apparently, the guys at BGR even got a photo about the actual device but were given strict orders to only post up the picture of the boot-up screen. What I can say here on a personal note is that the next piece of news that we put up here will be about the next Samsung Galaxy device.
The Fairphone 2 was first unveiled in June earlier this year, where this particular handset carried a modular design while featuring majority of its components that have been sourced from conflict-free mines. It seems that this particular handset that you can purchase with a clear conscience has begun to ship to those who happen to live across Europe.
Fairphone announced in a blog post, “It’s been almost two years in the making, and some of the earliest buyers have been patiently waiting since July to receive their new phones. As community manager, I want to personally welcome the new batch of Fairphone owners to our community.” The initial 1,000 units are tipped to ship this month, before the other pre-orders follow in January 2016.
In terms of hardware specifications, the Fairphone 2 will run on a Snapdragon 801 chipset, has a 5″ 1080p screen with Gorilla Glass 3 protection, 2GB of RAM, an 8MP camera, with Android 5.1 Lollipop in tow. It will be a dual SIM capable handset with a microSD memory card slot and plays nice with 4G LTE networks, retailing for approximately €525 a pop.
It looks like the upcoming flagship model from Xiaomi will feature NFC support, at least based on a document that was released by China UnionPay. Just in case you are scratching your head and wondering who China UnionPay is, they happen to be the only domestic payment gateway supplier and card organization, and hence, to see them offer detailed support concerning the newly released NFC-based payment system points to the very real possibility of the upcoming Xiaomi Mi 5 featuring NFC capability.
After all, the Xiaomi Mi 3 was also mentioned on the list, which so happens to feature NFC, and there is no mention of the Xiaomi Mi 4 which does not come with NFC. Still, such a new payment system would be the ideal tool to see the reintroduction of NFC to the flagship model.
OnePlus did make an announcement in the previous month that the Ceramic variant of the OnePlus X will be released on November 24. True to their word, they did exactly that – although only a pitiful number of units were made available, and not only that, this was through a charity auction. Thankfully for the rest of the masses who are on the lookout for this device, it has gone on sale officially already.
Needless to say, this particular variant is available only by an invitation, although do bear in mind that standard OnePlus X invites are not good here – you will still need to snag yourself a specific Ceramic variant invite before you make a purchase. OnePlus is also on the lookout to offer additional methods of picking up this smartphone, although no further details were revealed.
The OnePlus X Ceramic will be available only in select markets, where among them include Europe, India, and Hong Kong. To date, we do know that OnePlus had made only 10,000 units of the handset available. A case of the early bird getting the proverbial worm here?