Samsung Galaxy X Midrange Phone Sounds Like a Galaxy Nexus Successor

Shahin Jazirian imagined a new Samsung concept phone that goes by the name of Samsung Galaxy X and has midrange specs. That’s why I see it as a Galaxy Nexus successor, especially because it has a similar 4.65 inch diagonal and HD resolution. We’re dealing here with a handset with Super AMOLED display, a microSD card slot and 1 GB of RAM.

Samsung Galaxy X comes in 16 and 32 GB versions, it supports 21 Mbps HSDPA connectivity, as well as LTE and WiFi. Bluetooth 4.0 is also here, as well as NFC, microUSB 2.0 and there’s an 8 megapixel camera at the back, with autofocus, dual LED flash and Full HD 30 fps video capture. Upfront we’ve got a 1.9 megapixel and as far as software goes, Android 4.2 is the name of the game. The chipset powering up the device makes me think of the Galaxy Nexus again, since it’s a TI OMAP 4570, a dual core 1.7 GHz unit.
The GPU is a PowerVR SGX555 and we also get an accelerometer, gyroscope, proximity sensor and compass on board of the Galaxy X. As far as battery goes, the Samsung concept phone has a Li-Ion 2150 mAh unit, with 60 hours of functioning. As far as design goes, the device has straight edges, a cool X at the back and it’s pretty slim, plus it seems to have some sort of proprietary port at the bottom. Galaxy Nexus 2 much?

Samsung Galaxy Aurora Smartphone Concept is a 6 Inch Phablet Actually

Created by Deviantart member TheTechnoToast, the Samsung Galaxy Aurora smartphone concept is more likely a futuristic phablet, something like Galaxy Note IV, if you want. It’s supposed to feature a new type of battery, much stronger than Li-Ion and this one is called L-Lion, with a power of 820k mAh, that’s just crazy.

The battery has the same size of Li-Ion, but it can get very hot, so it’s surrounded by 11 extremely powerful nano fans, cooling the CPU inside and the battery. The GPU here is a PowerVR Series 5XT SGXMX20 with 12 cores and the Samsung Aurora seems to run Android 4.1 Jelly Bean, although I expected something more futuristic. I expect technology from the future 10 or maybe 20 years to be inside this device, so a 16 core processor wouldn’t surprise me at all.

Also 128GB of storage, 5G connectivity and a 21MP camera are all specifications that come to my mind and I associated them to this model. I hope the designer likes my ideas regarding his creation, but anyway frankly speaking I prefer this design to the real Galaxy Note II, that’s so predictable. Do you like this one more?

Samsung One Flexible Display Phone is Pulled Out of a Pen

We have heard of pens being phones before, but the idea of pulling a phone’s flexible display from a pen seems new, or is it? Let’s have a look at this Sony PlayStation concept phone and remember it. Anyway, today we have a new step in design evolution, the Samsung ONE, created by Yejin Jeon. This handset is basically a flexible display mobile phone hidden inside an elegant, white pen.

The Samsung concept relies on cloud computing and involves a wide screen display that comes out of the pen. This screen is a 6 inch bendable sheet and at the edge of the pen we also have an embedded camera. You can make ONE stand in order to use the 6 inches of screen estate to their full extent. When the display is inside the pen there’s a small touchscreen on the side of the pen, as shown in the image below. This one allows you to control the device and has the role of showing notifications, signal, battery and more.

There’s a speaker at the edge of the device and a lock at the other. The brilliant thing about this device is that you can pull part of the flexible screen of the ONE and use it as a camera viewfinder when you turn the handset’s camera on, that’s very, very cool. I say that such a product is doable with today’s technology, but it could end up being much thicker. This design is part of the iF Design Talents competition and I already give it a big thumbs up.

New concept phones- Amazing

The folks of mobileaks.nl have published a fresh render of the Samsung Galaxy S5, the 2014 flagship from the South Korean company. With the Galaxy S4 already launched on major markets and the Galaxy Note 3 being part of the rumors already, we can start dreaming about the Galaxy S5, I guess.

The source claims that Samsung has been exploring various innovative technologies, like flexible and bendable AMOLED screens. Those are expected to go into production close to the year end, so expect foldable smartphones to come soon enough. The Samsung Galaxy S5 is one of them, with a screen that can be folded in and out, without requiring a hinge or a cut through the middle.
The render here involves a 7.5 mm thick handset, that once folded around amount to double that thickness, but also half the length. The Galaxy S5 abandons the curves of the past two generations and goes back to the Galaxy S II styling, something that many people have been asking for. Are we truly ready for a phone we can bend in two?

[via mobileaks.nl]

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Nokia Mirror is Shiny, Splendid and Powerful

April 29th, 2013 (26 votes, average: 4.46 out of 5)
Edgar Mkrtchyan sent us a brand new Nokia concept called Nokia Mirror, a splendid piece of machinery. It’s glossy, but in an elegant and good way and it also has innovative features, that are listed below. The handset is slightly curved and it has a glossy area on the side, like a mirror.

The back is also mirror-like, but the gloss is metallic, not glassy/plasticky like Nexus 4 or Xperia Z. Nokia Mirror can connect to a printer, TV, computer, projector, stereo station and external hard drive via a special USB key with NFC technology and Bluetooth. The same key has 16 GB of storage. The specs of the new Nokia handset are very good and include the Windows Phone 8+ OS and a dual core setup (1+1) 1.2 – 1.8 GHz.

Nokia Mirror features 2 GB of RAM, measures 10 mm in thickness and at the front there’s a 4.7 inch Full HD Puremotion HD+ screen with ClearBlack 2 technology and Gorilla Glass 3 protection. At the back there’s an 18 megapixel camera with Carl Zeiss lens, Pureview technology, Xenon and LED flash, as well as rich recording. The battery inside a 3200 mAh unit and we also get 32/64 GB of storage, plus NFC, Bluetooth a 3 MP front camera.
A superb design, truly!

[Thanks Edgar Mkrtchyan]

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Samsung Galaxy Note 3 Leak Reveals Possible Design

April 28th, 2013 (24 votes, average: 1.92 out of 5)
After some concepts of the Samsung Galaxy Note 3, we came across a leaked picture of the device, that we should take with a grain of salt. The image appeared on the web today and apparently pictures a model called the i9500. Usually a Note device has an N in its name, so that’s why we tend to believe it’s fake.

There’s also a bunch of specs included in the leak. Those include a 5.99 inch Full HD display, the Exynos 5410 Octa processor, an 8 core CPU with a A15 2 GHz quad core ticker and an A7 1.7 GHz ticker. The interesting bit is that we’re supposed to get 3 GB of RAM here, instead of the usual 2 GB of RAM from the last years.
Galaxy Note 3 runs Android 4.2.2 and I find it strange that its Home button is so tiny. I have to say that this product is expected to be unveiled at IFA 2013, sometime in August or September, if everything goes well. I expect Wacom to include an even more evolved stylus system, perhaps with new apps and a new way to multitask.
[via Tablet-News]

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Google Smartwatch Render Looks Realistic, Minimalistic (Video)

April 28th, 2013

 (22 votes, average: 4.00 out of 5)
Let’s take a break from high end concept phones and check out a Google Nexus Smartwatch, a device that’s supposedly in the making right now. Every big company out there is supposed to be making a watch, from Apple’s iWatch to similar products made by LG, Samsung and even Microsoft.

The folks of T3 published this render of a Nexus smartwatch from Google, one that has a minimalistic look and a square screen. It has Google Sync, allowing you to get contacts, messaging and alerts on your small screen. There’s also the typical 3 buttons (Back, Home, Multitasking), but they’re not displayed all the time.

The Google Smartwatch has Google Now integrated and probably a lot of voice commands. It also comes with a comfy belt, multiple color versions, probably a front camera and the ability to place calls from it. Pair this up with the Google Glass and you have a winner!

[via T3]

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Nokia Lumia 750 Has Pureview Technology, Lumia 720 Design Inspiration

April 27th, 2013 (20 votes, average: 3.45 out of 5)
Deviantart member DutaAV created a new Nokia concept, the Lumia 750, that’s inspired by the design of the Lumia 720. As you probably know, the Nokia Lumia 720 is some sort of a cheaper version of Lumia 920, that keeps some of its goodies.

Back to the Lumia 750, the device adopts a squared look and it comes with a camera centered at the back, a Pureview camera actually. The device is much less wider than the Lumias we’re used to. If you allow me to speculate and include some specs, I’d say that this smartphone comes with an IPS LCD display with a 4.3 inch diagonal and HD resolution, plus a dual core Snapdragon CPU, a slightly superior version to the one of the Lumia 720.

There’s also 8 GB of storage, 512 MB of RAM and a microSD card slot, plus an 8 megapixel Pureview camera instead of the 6.1 MP cam of the Lumia 720. The OS of choice may even be Windows Phone 8.1 Blue, since it’s coming in about two months. What do you think of these slight enhancements? Doable?
[via Deviantart]

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Nokia Lumia Dawn Features Touch Volume Buttons

April 25th, 2013 (35 votes, average: 3.51 out of 5)
From Mohammad Mahdi Azimi comes a new Nokia concept phone called Lumia Dawn. It’s pictured below and it’s based on a new concept: touch volume buttons. Recently I’ve heard that the LG Optimus G2 will be so thin that it will have the volume buttons on the back. Well, not it happens on the Nokia Lumia Dawn…

As you can see, there are volume gradations on the back, in an area that you’ll surely touch. We’ve also heard that the Motorola X Phone is supposed to have a touch area at the back, maybe a button. It appears this is a fad that may quickly be adopted by major device makers. And with handsets becoming thinner and thinner, placing a button or two on the back may become necessary.
Nokia Lumia Dawn looks like a change in design direction compared to the usual Lumias and it kind of reminds me of the beautiful HTC HD7. That was a massive phone, but it was well built and had a solid feel to it.

[Thanks Mohammad Mahdi Azimi]

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Motorola Nexus X Phone Mockup in Bob Freking’s Vision (Video)

April 25th, 2013 (27 votes, average: 2.33 out of 5)
The clock is ticking and we’re getting closer to Google I/O 2013 and probably the next Nexus handset. Bob Freking proposes a fresh concept, the Motorola X Phone, that’s shown below and has specs close to the leaked/real ones.

This reminds me a lot of an older Nokia concept and I find it interesting that the entire smartphone seems embedded into a big slab of metal. The device features a 1.8 GHz quad core CPU, most likely a Snapdragon 800, 4 GB of RAM and a huge 5000 mAh battery, although something like 4000 mAh or 3500 mAh sounds more realistic.
The case of the Motorola Nexus X Phone is made of scratchproof stainless steel and at the back we’ve got a 9 megapixel camera with 18-55 mm lens. Upfront there’s a 5 inch 1080p Super AMOLED display and pricing for this model starts at $299 in the 8 GB version, according to Bob Freking. Would you buy this 2013 Nexus?

[Thanks Bob Freking]

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RPhone Design Adopts an Original Format, May Bring Back Pagers

April 24th, 2013 (33 votes, average: 3.39 out of 5)
Denny Rayell came up with a very original Windows Phone design, that looks more like an evolved pager than a smartphone. The result is the R Phone concept, where the “R” may as well stand for Rihanna, since she’s present on the screen.

As you can see, the screen is focused on a landscape orientation and the device has a very small width. I’m not sure if you can also view the Windows Phone tiles in a vertical way, but it doesn’t appear that way. The Windows, Call and Search buttons are present at the bottom of the device, or better said to the side and it’s interesting to see them, since one of them should have been a Back button.
I can envision young people wearing this device on their belts, or hanging from their schoolbags, through an extra resilient magnesium case. Nokia would probably make it and market it toward the youngsters. Is there room on the market for a modern Windows Phone pager?

[via Denny Rayell]

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Samsung Galaxy Air: Concepts Don’t Have to be High End

April 24th, 2013 (23 votes, average: 1.96 out of 5)
We’ve had a few concept phones created by Deepak Ahuja on our website till now, but who said that concepts have to be smartphones? Even midrange or lower end units can become interesting mockups, just like the Samsung Galaxy Air shown below.

We’re dealing with a midrange to high end device, that runs Android 4.2.1 Jelly Bean with the Samsung TouchWiz Nature UX on top. The screen here is a 4 inch Super AMOLED with a 720p resolution and inside we’ve got a quad core 1.3 GHz processor. At the back there’s an 8 megapixel camera with dual LED flash and upfront a 1.3 megapixel camera with BSI.
Inside we also have 16/32GB of storage, 1 GB of RAM and the handset comes in marble white, majestic blue, garnet red and sapphire black. There’s even a price tag attached to it: $299. Overall, the design is a bit like the one of the Galaxy S4, but with a slightly changed lower front side.
[Thanks Deepak Ahuja]

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Google X Phone Aka Nexus 5 is the Latest Android 5.0 Key Lime Pie Handset

April 23rd, 2013 (40 votes, average: 3.75 out of 5)
Designed by Deviantart member 96design, the Google XPhone concept shown below is also dubbed the Nexus 5 and it comes with Android 5.0 Key Lime Pie. If everything goes well, we should see that OS in real life next month at Google I/O 2013.

The X Phone packs a 4.8 inch Full HD display and runs on a 2 GHz quad core processor, probably of the Qualcomm kind. There’s also 2 GB of RAM on board, a 13 megapixel camera at the back and a 5 megapixel front camera. There’s a colored ring flash at the back, with the classic Google Nexus logo pattern and a very cool look.
There’s a colored notification LED in the bottom area and as you can see, the bezel at the front is very small. Actually 85% of the front side of this Nexus 5 is a screen. There are transparent objects in the interface, such as the navbar or status bar. The Android experience is totally minimal and this device is truly well done. What do you think?