Samsung has set its sights on acquiring some of Nokia’s share in emerging markets with a new handset range called “REX.” Based on the company’s TouchWiz interface, but not actually powered by Android, the devices are being described as “smart featurephones,” and they’re going to be competing with Nokia’s hugely popular Asha range in markets such as India.
HTC is gearing up to announce the M7, its next-generation Android flagship, on February 19 — and the Taiwanese company has already begun teasing some of its headline features. It has published an info-graphic on “The Brief History of Photography” on its website, and it mentions “a new sound and camera experience” coming this year.
The HTC M7, the next-generation Android flagship from HTC, is expected to get its grand unveiling next week following plenty of rumors and a number of revealing leaks. A feature we weren’t expecting, however — at least up until now — is new camera technology that ditches megapixels in favor of “ultrapixels” to better smartphone snaps. A new rumor is claiming it’ll be one of the M7’s headline features.
That slightly odd looking device above is called the Constellation Ti, and it’s the first Android handset from luxury smartphone brand Vertu. It hasn’t been announced yet, but it’s already been appearing in benchmark tests and regulator databases in Singapore and Macau. Several pictures of the device — showing off all four variants — have also been published online by one Russian retailer.
The Constellation Ti is expected to get its unveiled at Mobile World Congress next month, and like all other Vertu handsets, it’s likely to cost tens of thousands of dollars.
This isn’t going to happen.
Nokia set the rumor mill alight last week when it posted a job listing on LinkedIn that called for a senior software engineer with Linux experience. Many felt it was an indication that the Finnish firm was experimenting with a Linux-based platform — such as Android — for a future smartphone.
Nokia has since clarified what the job listing is all about, however, and although it hasn’t completely denied working on an Android smartphone, it has all but killed the rumors in relation to it.
