HTC announces 5.9 inch One Max to take down Note III [Hands-on Gallery]

Hey oversized phone fans, here's your end to the waiting. HTC has officially announced its bigger version of HTC One. And it's really BIG. With 5.9 inch screen size of One Max, HTC has fully decided to take on Samsung. Phone is loaded with Full HD i.e. 1080p 5.9 inch screen at 373 ppi, 2 GB RAM, 16/32 GB onboard memory options, 4 MP Ultrapixel camera, quad core Snapdragon 600 CPU @ 1.7 GHz.. Connectivity options are Wi-Fi 802.11 a/ac/b/g/n, Bluetooth 4.0, 4G LTE and NFC. 

Everything is similar to it's ancestor i.e. HTC One except that it has Android 4.3 while One has Android 4.1, for which Jelly Bean 4.3 upgrade is already rolling out; and the biggest difference for which One Max was released is it;s size. It has a bigger screen than Galaxy Note III and doesn't has a stylus, so I can't imagine how people will use it. Well, the word is that HTC has launched the mos anticipated phone and now company seems to be free i.e. no rumors what they are gonna release. 

Who knows what will be the next step from HTC. Will they launch a tablet? Is HTC gonna be acquired by some other company? In the meanwhile, check out the Hands-on pictures taken by The Verge. 

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Acer announces Full HD Liquid S2 with 4K video shooting capability

Whoa !! This is awesome. A lot of manufactures are launching mobile phones are launching their phones ahead of upcoming largest Mobile Phone conference. After the announcement of LG G Pad 8.3, and the confirmed announcement of flagship devices by Sony and Samsung soon, today we are bringing you with the latest announcement of Acer Liquid S2. Did you find something already heard? Well, it is a successor to Acer Liquid S1. Lets know more about it.

Liquid S2 is a phone among the full HD brigade. Yes, this is one more phone having 1920 x 1080p display. But what's different is Liquid S2 is capable of recording 4K videos using its 13 MP camera. Yes !! it's true. This phone is loaded with a 13 MP camera that shoots videos of resolution 3840 x 2160. Also in addition to it, four LED ring flash for "low-light and macro capturing". It also features ability to capture 27 MP panorama pictures, slow motion video capture, best shot image feature. Front camera is of 2 MP but what's special that it can capture 88 degree wide angle shots. 

Other key specs are 2.2 GHz quad core Snapdragon CPU, 2 GB RAM, 16 GB internal memory. Display size is of 6 inches. Additionally it supports MicroSD card, so you can expand storage upto 64 GB. Phone is capable of 4G LTE, connectivity options are Bluetooth 4.0, Wi-fi ac/a/b/g/n and 3G. 3,300 mAh battery juices the device. Device dimensions are 166 mm x 86 mm x 8.99 mm. Liquid S2 runs on Android 4.2.2 Jelly Bean. 

Acer will sell this smartphone in Europe and not in US, currently. It will be launched at the end of October and will be displayed in IFA 2013 in Berlin, on September 9.

LG Optimus G Pro unveiled in South Korea, will come soon to USA

LG has finally unveiled it's most awaited Optimus G Pro in South Korea. From some time it was rumored that LG will unveil it in upcoming Mobile World Congress 2013.

Optimus G has quite fascinating specs and now the second iteration i.e. Optimus G Pro has more to impress you. It has a 5.5-inch, Full HD IPS 1080p display at 440 pixels per inch (ppi), 13MP rear-facing camera and a 2MP front-facing camera with Full HD capabilities. It is the first device to be equipped with one of the Qualcomm's new chips: Snapdragon 600 (Quad core) at 1.7 GHz clock speed. On the other side it has 2GB of RAM and 32GB of internal memory. Besides a 3,140 mAh removable battery, the device will also accept up to a 64GB microSD card.

This phone has two new features Dual Recording and Virtual Reality (VR) Panorama. Dual Recording will enable users to simultaneously capture video with both the front and rear cameras for a picture-in-picture result, while VR Panorama will enable both horizontal and vertical 360-degree panoramas (a kind of photosphere from Android 4.2)

The phone will launch on Korean carriers SK Telecom, KT, and LG Uplus, and it won't make its way to North America or Japan until sometime next quarter. The device will go on sale in the company's native South Korea this week, for the local price of 968,000 won ($897). The word has surfaced that the smartphone will make its way to North America at some point during the second quarter of this year. 

Quick Specs of Optimus G Pro 

• 5.5 inch Full HD 1080p (1920 x 1080) display, 440 ppi
• 150.2 x 76.1 x 9.4 mm
• 2 GB RAM
• 1.7 GHz Quad core Snapdragon 600 processor 
• 32 GB internal memory
• 64 GB Expendable memory
• 13 MP rear camera, 2.1 MP front camera 
• 3,140 mAh removable battery
• Android 4.1 

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