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An as yet unidentified device from LG has on the popular GLBenchmark GPU benchmarking site. This is hardly important on its own, but the results posted by its Snapdragon 800 beat out the competition by a significant margin. The device is set to feature the new Snapdragon 800 (MSM8974) processor alongside Adreno 330 GPU with a screen resolution of 1794 x 1080 (which is 1080p with virtual buttons). The new GPU managed to easily outdo even the iPad 4, let alone the current smartphone top dogs. Not much else is known about the device beyond the Android 4.2.2 OS, although with such a specs sheet it will be quite a high-end offering when LG decide to put it on the market.

Sony didn't prove itself with the slim waterproof  Xperia Z  this season, but apparently CEO Kaz Hirai has a dream pet project to stuff everything that Sony is capable of in the camera and sound department (and that's a lot) into upcoming Xperia handsets, slated for release in time for the holiday shopping craze. We've been hearing rumors for a while about this project, allegedly under the  One Sony  umbrella, but now a tipster of ours fleshed out the strategy  with some heartwarming stories about  Cyber-shot and Walkman tech  about to be placed into flagship Xperia smartphones with Android. Of course, the information below is neither confirmed by Sony, nor verified, save for some rumblings on several company-centric forums, so we can't vouch for its credibility, but here's the full scoop: Apart from the xperia a,ul,phablet launching in summer... There are three more parallel flagships coming in q3. 1. This one is  5 inch xperia cyb...

Sounds like Japanese OEM Sony has a busy Summer planned. No, the company is not going to sleep-away camp. Instead, it has a number of new handsets coming to market, according to the latest rumors, including a 6.4 inch phablet. First, we have the Sony Xperia A , codenamed " Dogo". This is expected to have a 4.6 inch screen with the Qualcomm Snapdragon 600 processor under the hood, 2GB of RAM, 32GB of native storage, and a 2300mAh cell. The phone will be water and dust resistant and includes 1Seg Japanese TV support along with support for NFC. An IR Blaster is also said to be aboard. According to the speculation, you will find this model at Japanese carrier NTT Docomo this summer. Also on the road map is the Sony Xperia UL (which is codenamed "Gaga"), a phone that is similar to the Sony Xperia ZL but with the Qualcomm Snapdragon 600 powering the device rather than the Qualcomm Snapdragon S4 Pro. 32GB of native storage, 2GB of RAM, and a 2300mAh battery are include...

We were just sent a render of an yet unannounced Motorola Android smartphone. What you see pictured below is supposedly the Motorola X Phone, which might break cover at Google I/O starting on May 15. Along with the render came a short description of the specs, as reported by a person close to the team behind the X Phone. Since we got no proof of that information or the acual source of the tip, you'd do well to take this with more than a pinch of salt. Anyway, the Motorola X Phone will allegedly use a Snapdragon 800 chipset and a 4.7" 1280 x 768 resolution display. The battery inside is supposedly a 4000 mAh unit, which goes in line with Motorola's recent policies. Motorola X Phone render (click for larger image) The Android version is 4.2 Jelly Bean with a very few customizations job by Motorola. In the image (assuming that it pictures the real thing) you'll notice that the icons are stock Android. According to the tipster the X Phone could be IP57 certified (me...

The release of Apple's iPhone 5S and iPad 5 is definitely close, and everybody is trying to find out the specific date. According to the latest rumor, Apple's supply chain will start shipping the components for the iPhone 5S at the end of May, so the next generation smartphone will likely have a chance of showing up in the third quarter, reports Digitimes . The site also mentions that "Foxconn Electronics chairman Terry Guo previously noted that the company's performance will start picking up after April or May; however, Foxconn declined to comment about its clients when asked about iPhone orders." This new information comes after Gizmorati reported yesterday that according to an Apple inside source, "iPhone 5S and the iPad 5 will be unveiled during a special event called ‘Original Passion, New Ideas’, on June 29, 2013." The event has the purpose to "reconquer the public and reassure the investors". The analysts predict that Apple will ...

This is not turning out to be the U.S.launch of the BlackBerry Z10 that CEO Thorsten Heins had been dreaming about. Consider the response at Amazon, which has the Blackberry z10 in stock and ready to to be shipped for $199.99 with a signed two-year pact. How embarrassing would it be for BlackBerry if we told you that the Z10 did not even make the AT&T Top 100 smartphones on Amazon's list? And suppose we told you that beating out the first BlackBerry 10 handset is the Sony Ericsson W580i , made by a company that is no longer around. Even worse is the news that the BlackBerry Curve 8520 is number 67 and the flagship 'Berry before the Z10, the BlackBerry Bold 9900 is number 38. The highest ranking 'Berry is the BlackBerry Torch 9810 at number 21 on a list dominated by Android models like the Samsung Galaxy S III and the Samsung GALAXY Note II . Perhaps BlackBerry misjudged the market and should have released the QWERTY equipped BlackBerry Q10 first. That is the mode...

Perhaps in the near future, when you drop your Apple iPhone , a number of things will take place quickly inside the phone that change the device's center of mass in order to control the phone's landing. It is all part of a patent awarded to Apple called " Protective Mechanism for an Electronic Device ". The application was filed in 2011 and mentions the use of the phone's accelerometer, gyroscope and a position sensor to help the handset know if it is free falling and how close it is to the ground. GPS and imaging sensors can also be employed. The idea is to alleviate the damage to the phone in case it is dropped. According to the patent, this could be achieved by changing "the angular velocity, device positioning or device rotation ." Although the process can work with any electronic device with a processor, the patent mentions the Apple iPhone by name. The system memory keeps some statistics including fall heights, speeds and other data which cou...