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Sony Xperia i1 Honami set to make a splash, teases waterproof features Aug 23rd 2013, 23:20, by Cory Gunther Sony isn’t wasting any time talking about and teasing their upcoming smartphone almost daily as of late. Between leaked images all month long, to official teaser clips over on Twitter. Well, now they are upping things a little further by posting some images on their official Facebook page showing off the waterproof ability of the upcoming Xperia. Just like the Xperia Z and a few others before it, we all assumed the upcoming Sony Xperia i1 camera-centric Honami smartphone would be waterproof. However, this afternoon Sony has confirmed that themselves with the quick little image you see above. This is the first image from Sony that actually shows off the entire design. Well, most of it, but we’ve seen it all before from the flurry of leaks all month long. At this point we’ve seen it all, and this only serves as a confirmation of waterproof features since it comes from Sony themselves. This 5-inch 1080p device with an impressive 20 megapixel camera on the rear all powered by Android 4.2 Jelly Bean is set to make a splash. In more ways than just one. Not only is it waterproof but it has top tier specs in a sleek waterproof casing, rocks Qualcomm’s Snapdragon 2.3 GHz quad-core processor, and the camera should be stunning. It should be announced early September in Berlin at IFA, and we’ll be there live with the latest news. VIA: Sony Facebook Story Timeline Sony Honami leaked in purple, tipped September 4th reveal Sony Honami leaked camera sample confirms 20 megapixel spec Sony Honami leak brings talk of a full-powered Mini Sony Xperia i1 Honami leak brings a complete set of specifications Sony Xperia i1 Honami surfaces in another round of leaked images Moto X iFixit teardown reveals the X8 computing system, lots of glue Aug 23rd 2013, 22:28, by Cory Gunther The new smartphone from Google you all know as the Moto X has been making of lot of noise lately. The device is finally hitting AT&T today, and other carriers this weekend, and those folks from iFixit already broke one down into tons of little pieces. As usual the teardown gives us a look inside the device, how it was built, and a repair-ability rating. iFixit in their usual fashion have torn apart the brand new Moto X smartphone, the standard black model, and revealed all sorts of information. The device is extremely well made, packaged tightly, but there seems to be glue and adhesive everywhere. Trying to pry the back off they met a huge blue adhesive pad, and they weren’t too happy about it. Thankfully Motorola hid some of the ribbon cables under the pad, so those that do dare to tear their device apart won’t accidentally rip out the cable and ruin their device. They still would advise against doing so, but at least there’s some precautionary measures here. Another good note is the spring pads and pressure contacts for easy dis-assembly, but putting it back together might not be as easy. Motorola appears to have completely covered the processor, RAM, and all those other chips sitting next to that dual-core processor. Usually this is all in the open, but its covered and simply earned a little label calling it the “X8 MobileComputing System”. Which as we all know has two processing cores, quad-core GPU for graphics, and two more cores for language and contextual learning. So technically 8, but yea, you know the drill. In the end it looks like the Moto X is a finely tuned and built device, but the load of glue and adhesive was a bad sign and didn’t make iFixit too happy. Overall the device looks nice inside, and shouldn’t be extremely difficult to repair. However, they haven’t quite finished their assessment so we don’t have a repair-ability score quite yet. There’s pictures though! More on the Moto X, customizations from AT&T, and additional info can be found in our timeline of links below. VIA: iFixit Story Timeline Moto X Review Moto Maker hands-on with Moto X: the customization begins AT&T Moto X customizations go live with MotoMaker Moto X coming to other carriers "in days" Moto Maker Moto X unboxing and Skip accessory hands-on

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