Week 37 in review: Oppo N3, Note 4, iPhone 6, Sony $1.2B loss

20 September, 2014

The Week In Review is our series meant to recap all the major announcements of the week, which you might have missed. In the past Week 38 the Galaxy Note 4 pre-order and availability information surfaced. Additionally, DisplayMate praised the phablet's AMOLED screen and the iPhone 6 is finally on sale in its first wave of countries.

Exclusive: Leaked Oppo N3 press images show rotating camera

We first heard that the Oppo N3 is coming last week, when the company released an image teaser on its Facebook page. Now, thanks to an anonymous tipster, who we have very good reasons to trust, we get to see what it will look like. The images we were sent reveal a very unorthodox design, which incorporates the trademark feature...

'Windows Phone' branding to be dropped in favor of just 'Windows'

Microsoft is currently in the process of scrapping the 'Windows Phone' name in favor of the simpler 'Windows'. Leaked documents that surfaced earlier stated this but leaked images of an upcoming device confirms this. An upcoming device by the name...

Samsung Galaxy Note 4 has the best display as per DisplayMate

DisplayMate, a renowned company specializing in display tests, has praised the Galaxy Note 4's AMOLED in a detailed review. The 5.7" 2560 x 1440 pixel display of the Note 4 packs a pixel density of 518ppi, but that's not its only feature as Samsung has also worked a lot on evolving the quality of its OLEDs. The review is based on quite a...

Panasonic intros expensive Android phone with 1-inch sensor

Panasonic gave up trying to make a name for itself selling smartphones in developed markets a while back, after the failure of its Eluga-branded devices. But now the company seems to want back in. Today at Photokina 2014 it introduced the Lumix Smart Camera CM1. This is, depending on how you want to look at things, either a...

Apple iPhone 6 and 6 Plus have just 1GB of RAM

Apple made a big deal of the number of transistors in the latest A8 chipset at the announcement event. Now we're sure it will run things smooth on the new Apple iPhone 6 and iPhone 6 Plus even if its GPU may not bring gaming graphics to the next level. Now however we learn the two devices won't be the multitasking monsters you...

Selfie-obsessed Samsung Galaxy Grand Prime leaks

The selfie is easily the most popular genre of photo these days and Samsung may try to capitalize on that market with the Galaxy Grand Prime. Photos of the handset reveal its front-facing camera boasts 5MP resolution, a sizeable improvement over the 2MP shooters of previous Grands...

Apple iPhone 6 and iPhone 6 Plus pre-orders exceed 4 million in 24h

Apple unleashed the pre-order campaign for the iPhone 6 and iPhone 6 Plus on September 12 and now the company boasts four million orders have been made in the first 24 hours. Тhe demand is more than Apple anticipated and as a result, while...

Sony foresees $1.2 billion loss from its smartphone business

Sony has shared some bad news regarding its financial quarter forecast. The company is expecting its losses to quadruple due to "impairment" in its smartphone business. More specifically, in the summer of 2014, the company reviewed its stance on the...

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Reader comments

AnonD-145833
22 Sep 2014
nIC

Time for Sony to think whether it is worth selling Android phones. Their strategy needs a rethink and maybe whether it would be better to focus in less countries.