The Nokia Lumia 1330 is not exactly official, but Microsoft Indonesia is already teasing the mid-range Windows Phone phablet. It's advertising the dual-SIM connectivity, which will come in LTE and 3G versions. LTE-enabled dual-SIMs are rare, this will be the first Lumia to do it.

Other versions include three single-SIM options – one with LTE-Advanced, one with regular LTE and one with just 3G. They will have a 5.7" 720p screen according to leaked benchmarks, though those are not very accurate so the Lumia 1330 can still have a 6" screen like its predecessor.

It will have a much better camera though, the current expectations are for a 14MP shooter with Zeiss optics and 1080p video, plus a 5MP seflie camera. So far, so good though the chipset is rumored to be a Snapdragon 400 with 1GB of RAM, which doesn’t sound terribly exciting.

Anyway, the teaser just says "Coming soon" and with a Microsoft event scheduled for the MWC (on March 2) we just might see an official unveiling in a couple of weeks. Or the event could be just about Windows 10.

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Samsung Galaxy J1 was announced about two weeks ago and is already available for purchase in India. Today, Samsung India announced an upgraded version of the device with faster CPU and 4G LTE support.

We were tipped a while ago that more Galaxy J1 versions are coming, including a quad-core one. This turned out indeed true as Samsung India revealed a new Galaxy J1 4G with better processor. The Galaxy J1 4G packs a 4.3" WVGA display, runs on a quad-core 1.2GHz CPU with 768MB RAM, and comes with 4GB of expandable storage.

The rest of the specs of Galaxy J1 4G include 5MP rear cam, 4G LTE connectivity, dual-SIM, 1,850 mAh battery and Android 4.4 KitKat OS.

Samsung Galaxy J1 4G will hit the shelves in March in blue, white and black colors. The expected retail price is INR 9,990 or €140.

Two 4G-capable smartphones will launch in India side by side with the Galaxy J1 4G this March – the Galaxy Grand Prime and Galaxy Core Prime. They both will cost the same as the Galaxy J1 4G – INR…

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The LG G4 was very much unlikely to be unveiled at the MWC a few weeks from now, and recent reports in Korean media leave no doubt about that. An LG insider is quoted saying that the successor to the QHD-packing G3 flagship has an April launch date on its road map.

The Mobile World Congress in Barcelona will be a battle for attention between hotly-anticipated top-end smartphones from Samsung and HTC, and LG aims to distance itself from all that clamor. An April release will let the dust settle after the high-profile launches and let the spotlight shine solely on the LG G4. It's also not a full year after the LG G3 was introduced in May 2014, so there's no ground for complaints either.

We should note that LG already has a top-notch device in the face of the G Flex2 to compete with the other flagships upon launch. True, it's a bit eccentric, but a Snapdragon 810 with 3GB of RAM are high-end specs nonetheless, and can buy the company a few months of extra development time for the G4.

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The HTC One M9 and its launch are headlining the mobile press, but it seems the company will have more up its sleeve for MWC 2015. @upleaks has outed almost the entire spec sheet of the HTC One M8i, a mid-range alternative to the One (M8).

As such, the One M8i reportedly will keep the physical characteristics of its flagship brother and has almost the same dimensions and weight as the One (M8). The 5" 1080p display, 2GB of DDR4 RAM, BoomSound speakers and microSD slot remain unchanged. What's different is the chipset, as the One M8i will carry a Snapdragon 615 (MSM8939) chip with two sets of four Cortex-A53 cores running at 1.7GHz and 1.0GHz, respectively.

At the back, there's a 13MP + 2MP camera configuration with dual LED flash, while at the front a 5MP snapper is in charge of selfies. Connectivity includes NFC and Bluetooth 4.1. The battery is allegedly less than 3,000mAh, but a specific information isn't available. The phone will run Android 5.0 with Sense 7.0 out of the box.

The phone will launch in Asia, China and Europe. Color options are the same as the One (M8) including gray, gold and silver. More information should be available at the company's MWC 2015 event in Barcelona on March…

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Ubuntu on mobile phones has been a long standing project for Canonical and quite an ambitious one. Much like Microsoft and its new One Windows ideology, Canonical hatched the scheme for a unified cross-device application ecosystem long ago, but progress has been rather slow.

Meizu has been a vital part of the new OS development with various demo builds and rumor of Ubuntu-powered Meizu handset popping up ever since the MX 3 was the company's flagship offer. Today the Chinese smartphone maker posted a rather interesting teaser on Facebook. The image hints at a new OS, which will join the ranks of Flyme and YunOS and probably be unveiled at this year's MWC.
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We can instinctively point a finger towards Ubuntu Touch, which we will hopefully see in mass-production devices. This hunch is further backed up by rumors of an Ubuntu MX4 hitting the market early 2015. The current flagship device has been a long-standing candidate for the Ubuntu experience, but we can definitely expect surprises.

Last week Canonical threw a quite unexpected curve ball by announcing that the BQ Aquaris E4.5 will be the pioneer of the Ubuntu on a Smartphone. Keeping that in mind it is not certain if the MX4 or MX4 Pro will offer a high-end hardware home for the new OS or Meizu will bring an entirely new phone to the scene.

In any case the news is exciting. The Ubuntu Touch platform itself is an interesting brain child of Canonical Ltd. The main idea behind it is a uniform kernel and set of base technologies that form a cross device application platform. What this implies is a high level of uniformity and compatibility, allowing you to use pretty much the same set of applications, both on mobile and desktop devices. To further add to the excitement, Ubuntu touch also promises a full desktop experience and perhaps even in the future a full desktop Ubuntu session running straight from the phone or tablet once hooked to a bigger screen.

The latter, also known as "Full desktop convergence" is kind of experimental at this time, so it might be a while until we are actually able to dock our phone and use it as an everyday work PC replacement for example. There are also some hardware requirement for the feature to work but they are definitely not out of reach for current gen mobile devices so here's hoping we finally see a full-featured Ubuntu experience on a Meizu device in…

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HTC's upcoming flagship, which we have been referring to as the HTC One (M9) until now, given that its predecessor was called the HTC One (M8), apparently carries the moniker "HTC One M9" (i.e., M9 without brackets).

The name is mentioned in HTC's website source code (see image above), followed by a tagline "One Life". Given that HTC hasn't yet officially confirmed the moniker, we'll have to wait a couple of weeks, as the company is expected to launch the device on March 1 during an event at MWC 2015 in Barcelona.

Meanwhile, you can take a look at the complete list of the phone's features revealed by popular leakster upleaks.

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Samsung has announced the industry first chip based on 14nm 3D FinFET processor. This is a marked improvement over the 20nm planar process used to manufacture the current generation Exynos 7 processor.

According to Samsung, the new Exynos 7 Octa based on the 14nm process is capable of 20 percent faster speed, 35 percent lower power consumption, and 30 percent productivity gain, thanks to the adoption of the 3D FinFET process.

Samsung will be applying the new process to the Exynos 7 Octa and we will like see it first in the upcoming Galaxy S6 this…

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LG took the wraps off the high-end Watch Urbane timepiece. The smartwatch will be showcased during the upcoming MWC 2015 in Barcelona.

LG Watch Urbane is a more upmarket version of the G Watch R. Thanks to narrower screen bezels, stainless steel body with polished silver or gold finish, and stitched leather band, the Urbane looks significantly more elegant than its predecessor. LG expects the Watch Urbane to appeal to both men and women.

Specs-wise, the LG Watch Urbane packs Qualcomm Snapdragon 400 SoC with 1.2GHz Cpu, 1.3″ P-OLED display with a resolution of 320 x 320 pixels, 512MB of RAM, and 4GB of built-in memory. The smartwatch has IP67 rating for water and dust resistance.

Physical measures of the LG Watch Urbane are 45.5 x 52.2 x 10.9mm. A 410mAh battery powers the device.

LG will announce pricing of the smartwatch as it approaches availability.

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Windows Phone 8.1 GDR2 appeared in official OEM documentation. The Windows Phone update is expected to launch soon as developer preview for users running version 8.1 GDR1.

Windows Phone 8.1 GDR2 will bring a couple of new features to the platform. They include support for video over LTE, the ability to route an SMS message to a partner application, and a few new phone languages.

Previously rumored, notable omissions in the update include Qualcomm Snapdragon 805 and 2K display support. Microsoft has saved those for Windows 10.

Microsoft recently released a “very early” Windows 10 technical preview for smartphones. However, its availability is limited to relatively small number of devices.

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Huawei’s released a couple of teasers for an upcoming MWC announcement. The cryptic images appeared on the tech giant’s official Weibo profile, with each carrying the punchline “Next is here.”

The teaser appears to hint at an upcoming smartwatch with 4G LTE connectivity, which will rival Samsung Gear S. Huawei invites the readers to guess what the device could be by looking at the shape of the lines in the image. The latter appears to show the side and part of the strap/band of a timepiece.

A smartwatch launch by Huawei should hardly catch anyone by surprise. The company’s 2015 plans revealed an Android Wear device in the works last month.

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