| Vivo Xplay3S to push smartphone war to 2k screens Oct 17th 2013, 08:22, by Juan Carlos Torres Nothing screams “better” than bigger numbers right? That just might be the kind of thinking that’s going on in Chinese manufacturer Vivo’s head as it teased to the whole world its next pursuit: the Vivo Xplay3S, the world’s first 2K display smartphone. 
That’s 2560×1440 pixels all crammed into a display the size of a smartphone. Vivo doesn’t exactly say how large the screen will be. But even presuming it’s as large as the 6.3-inch Samsung Galaxy Mega or even just the recently announced 5.9-inch HTC One Max, that’s still a lot of pixels to pack in handheld device. In comparison, So far the only Android devices to sport such resolutions are the large Nexus 10 and the new Galaxy Note 10.1 2014 edition, both of which carry a resolution of 2560×1600 pixels. Of course, the Vivo Xplay3S has other things to brag about. It will, quite naturally, be powered by the latest quad-core 2.3 GHz Qualcomm Snapdragon 800. It will also support dual-mode LTE, allowing it to utilize both TDD-LTE and FDD-LTE 4G networks for blazing fast speeds. But those features are quite common in premium smartphones these days. We’re all more interested in the screen resolution, right? It still remains to be seen what effects, beneficial or adverse, such high resolutions will have on a small device, which usually translates to super small images and fonts. Who knows, maybe Vivo will indeed pioneer a new hardware trend, or it will end up proving that bigger, or in this case higher, doesn’t always mean better. SOURCE: Weibo (1), (2), (3)    |  | HTC Desire 709d smartphone appears in China Oct 17th 2013, 07:54, by Juan Carlos Torres Just days after HTC finally unveiled its One Max, the company is now making available another large Android smartphone. This time, however, the HTC Desire 709d is a giant only in size, but quite small in other aspects. 
The HTC Desire 709d is indeed large. Not as big as the HTC One Max’s 5.9-inch screen or even the Samsung Galaxy Note 3‘s 5.7 inches. It does, however, stand at 5.0 inches, larger than the 4.7-inch HTC One. But that’s probably the only thing it has over the HTC One. Despite the size, the resolution is a measly 960×540. The Desire 709d sports a much slower quad-core 1.2 GHz Snapdragon 200 CPU with 1 GB of RAM. Internal storage is set at 8 GB, expandable with a microSD card. This HTC smartphone is not a total pushover, though. It still runs Android 4.1 and comes with HTC staples such the BlinkFeed news app, Zoe camera and photo app, and HTC BoomSound. The 8 megapixel rear camera does have an LED flash and it also has a 2 megapixel camera on the front, so at least it is decent in that department. The battery, however, is quite low at 2100 mAh. For now, the HTC Desire 709d seems to be available only in China, with no indication of future global availability. No pricing details are available either, although, judging from the specs, it would probably fall within a budget smartphone range. VIA: Unwired View | |
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