Smartphone and Cellphone Wars

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My telco just called they gonna upgrade my 4 to 4s...I think I'll get na inuubos na siguro nila 4S stocks nila...next year na Lang ulit upgrade to 5 pag meron na JB. No cash out naman eh...


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Apple Confirms: It’s the iPhone 5

Never before in the recent history of Apple product announcements has the famously tight-lipped company confirmed the name of a gadget in advance. But that’s what happened Tuesday when the invites arrived for a special event on September 12 — featuring a giant 5 in the shadow of the date.

Apple famously wrong-footed the media around this time last year, announcing the iPhone 4S after every outlet on the planet had predicted the device would be called the iPhone 5. No clues as blatant as this one had been offered beforehand, and as a result, many attendees at the product launch felt underwhelmed.

The process happened again in March of this year, when Apple watchers were expecting an iPad 3 or iPad HD — only to be greeted with a tablet that the Cupertino company simply called “the new iPad.”

Even prior to the original iPhone announcement in 2007, there was some doubt as to whether the device would actually be called an iPhone. Cisco already had an IP telephony product with that name; not until Steve Jobs pulled one out on stage at Moscone West in San Francisco did it emerge that the two companies had come to an agreement.

So that giant shadowy 5 could well be a sign that Apple is going to be a little less mysterious in its product launch process from this point on; that it feels some of the frenzied speculation could actually be doing it harm. Perhaps it wants to make clear we won’t be talking about “the new iPhone” eight days from now. The iPhone numbering system lives on.

Indeed, if the iPhone 5 is little more than the incremental innovations we’ve been hearing about — a longer, thinner screen, a smaller dock connector, and no NFC (near-field communications, which would allow you to pay in stores with your phone) — it may be a prudent move for the company to deflate the bubble of speculation a little.

Which isn’t to say there is no mystery surrounding the September 12 event. We still don’t know if Apple will debut the much-anticipated iPad Mini there, or leave that for a separate event later in the fall.

Apple Confirms: It's the iPhone 5

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If OB is Tim Cook...

[Ry_Tower]

OB i-review mo na Nokia w/ windows 8.

[ZENMasterTYL]

http://reviews.cnet.com/nokia-lumia-920/

Overview User ReviewsSpecsCheck Coverage
CNET Editors' Take September 5, 2012 8:14 AM PDT

It's finally here! After online leaks aplenty, Microsoft and Nokia unveiled the Nokia Lumia 920 and Nokia Lumia 820 at simultaneous events in New York and Finland.

At this second crossroads of failure and success -- the first was the first generation of the Lumia line -- Nokia needs a hit. Nokia can survive off its Asha phones, on middling Lumia sales, and on its maps business, but in order to thrive, it needs to sell, sell, sell.

Nokia is calling its next-generation Lumia "the most innovative smartphone in the world," Jo Harlow, Nokia's executive vice president in charge of smart devices, said during the kickoff event. Is she right? The Lumia 920 certainly pushes ahead of the original Lumia 900, and brings some serious advancements to the components.

Design and screen
As I predicted, the Nokia Lumia 920 has an almost identical physical design as the Lumia 900 before it. This time, the handset comes in Sunshine Yellow, but Nokia will also issue it in Lipstick Red, and Slate Grey.

While most of the polycarbonate body remains unchanged, Nokia has improved the screen. The Lumia 920 gets a 4.5-inch Nokia PureMotion HD Plus display, which features a WXGA resolution (1,280x768 pixels), a slightly higher resolution than the standard HD (1,280x720 pixels). It has a fast refresh rate that removes flickers. Nokia also claims it's brighter than rival phones, but we'll have to see about that.

The part of the screen that excites me most is the screen's new ClearBlack display filter, which uses polarization to cut down on glare. Nokia says its new, improved ClearBlack is good enough to read in the desert or on the beach. We'll certainly have fun testing out this claim.

[ZENMasterTYL]

pwede!

[rollyic]

ito ang the best!
Xiaomi MI-2 - Full phone specifications

mura na, maganda pa ang specs.

[Monseratto]

More "leaked" IPhone 5 video. The screen 16:9 ratio similar to Android 16:9.

[Retz]

next week na launching.

[Monseratto]

pwede!

Not many were impressed...

New Nokia phones disappoint investors
SINEAD CAREW AND TARMO VIRKI, REUTERS September 6, 2012 10:25am


NEW YORK/HELSINKIA - Nokia shares plummeted 13 percent after its new Lumia smartphones failed to impress investors looking for transformational handsets to rescue the struggling Finnish company.

Nokia and its partner Microsoft Corp showcased the Lumia 920 phone on Wednesday in what may be their last major shot at reclaiming market share lost to Apple Inc, Samsung Electronics Co Ltd and Google Inc.

Microsoft and Nokia hope the device - sporting bright colors, a bigger screen and technology that reduces blur and shakiness in pictures and video - will become a potent weapon in an escalating global war to dominate the mobile industry. But investors said it lacked "wow" and gave it a quick thumbs-down. Some analysts said Nokia's reticence about dates, prices or carrier partners also did not help.

Nokia shares traded in Helsinki began sliding midway through the New York launch and ended down 13 percent at 1.99 euros, their biggest single-day loss since June. Nokia's U.S.-listed stock closed down nearly 16 percent at $2.38. The stock had gained 67 percent since mid-July as anticipation built ahead of the Lumia's unveiling.

The Lumia was the first in a flurry of planned mobile-device launches expected ahead of the holiday shopping season. Google's Motorola Mobility showed off three new smartphones based on Android software later on Wednesday. Verizon Wireless the top U.S. mobile provider committed to sell all three of the Motorola phones.

Many of the industry analysts who saw the phone up close in New York deemed it a solid device with a few differentiating features. But it did not push the envelope as Nokia CEO Stephen Elop had promised.

If the new phones do not appeal to consumers, it could spell the end for money-losing Nokia and deal a serious blow to Microsoft in its attempts to regain its footing in the market.


Windows phones have captured only 3.7 percent of the global smartphone market, according to Strategy Analytics.

Part of the reason for the limited success of Windows phones is that they support only 100,000 or so apps, compared with about 500,000 or more for Android or iPhones.

But for Nokia and Microsoft to exploit that window of opportunity, they must first win over consumers, who so far have shown little enthusiasm for Windows smartphones.

"If you were looking for an iPhone knock-out punch, this isn't it. That's not going to happen with one product," said Ross Rubin, an analyst at Recticle Research. — Reuters

[ZENMasterTYL]

Not many were impressed...

kung sabagay, microsoft nga pala to

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OB, dasalan mo mga ito. For they don't no na babagsak na ang Samsung di ba?

Galaxy S III crosses the 20 million sales mark in 100 days
06 September, 2012

Samsung has announced that the Galaxy S III smartphone has crossed the 20 million sales mark worldwide. This feat is made more impressive by the fact that the phone managed to do so in 100 days or around three months.

n comparison, Samsung's previous popular smartphone, the Galaxy S II, managed to cross the same milestone in around nine months, taking three times as long as the Galaxy S III.
The last 10 million sales came rather rapidly, as it was only in July that we reported that the phone crossed the 10 million sales mark.
It will be interesting to see if the Galaxy S III can keep up the impressive sales growth in the coming months in lieu of competition from Apple, Nokia, Motorola, HTC and Samsung's own Galaxy Note II.

Galaxy S III crosses the 20 million sales mark in 100 days - GSMArena.com news

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Kala ko sabi ni OB na babagsak ang Samsung-Android...

Galaxy S III crosses the 20 million sales mark in 100 days
06 September, 2012

Samsung has announced that the Galaxy S III smartphone has crossed the 20 million sales mark worldwide. This feat is made more impressive by the fact that the phone managed to do so in 100 days or around three months.

In comparison, Samsung's previous popular smartphone, the Galaxy S II, managed to cross the same milestone in around nine months, taking three times as long as the Galaxy S III.

The last 10 million sales came rather rapidly, as it was only in July that we reported that the phone crossed the 10 million sales mark.

It will be interesting to see if the Galaxy S III can keep up the impressive sales growth in the coming months in lieu of competition from Apple, Nokia, Motorola, HTC and Samsung's own Galaxy Note II.

[Retz]

cguradong marami ng mga second hand na 4s next week.

[ZENMasterTYL]

pagremote control ang itsura ng ip5, mag s3 na lang ako

[carwhacko]

^ pang remote ba? Haha i am actually waiting for its launch. I've been wanting an iphone kaso napapaisip ako ang mahal kasi ayoko naman magavail ng plan. So baka this is my time para bumili na ng iphone. Pero installment. Hahaha!

[ZENMasterTYL]

pinalaki kasi yung screen pero pahaba, di nagbago yung width, at least based sa kumakalat na rumors. pano naka lusot kay jonathan ive to?

[carwhacko]

Oo nga humaba yung ip5 pero same width padin which is okay lang for me. May balita na ba sa specs or new features nito?

[ZENMasterTYL]

mukhang sa 12 pa malalaman ang goodies. puro aesthetics pa lang ang lumalabas

[Retz]

Kala ko sabi ni OB na babagsak ang Samsung-Android...

hindi yan, maganda S3