All About New Cell Phones

Apple has officially announced the iPhone 4S. The highly anticipated smartphone comes jam packed with an all-new camera module, Apple’s dual core A5 processor, iOS 5, and a new antenna design. The iPhone 4S features an 8-megapixel digital camera with a back-illuminated CMOS sensor, a larger f/2.4 aperture AutoFocus lens, an advanced hybrid IR filter, an improved white balance, face detection and 1080p Full HD video capture with audio. Apple claims that its dual-core A5 processor offers up to two times more power and up to seven times faster graphics. This power-efficient CPU is combined with the latest iOS 5, bringing over 200 new features to iPhone 4S. The new Apple iPhone 4S is compatible with both CDMA and GSM networks and supports download speeds of 14.4Mbps. Additional specs include Apple’s Retina display, iCloud, AirPlay, AirPrint and Siri. Apple’s new Siri is a personal assistant that is smart enough to help you get things done. You just need to ask natural language questions and Siri will deliver the most relevant answers for you. The first 7 countries (the UK, United States, Australia, Canada, Japan, France and Germany) will get the iPhone 4S on October 14th, 2011. Apple will also release the smartphone in 22 additional countries on October 28th, 2011. In the US, the new iPhone 4S is priced at $199(16GB), $299(32GB) and $399(64GB) with a service contract. Watch the video after the jump. Read more…

Here is a hands-on video of the BlackBerry Curve Apollo 9370. The thin smartphone features an 800MHz processor, a 480 x 360 pixels landscape display, 3G (HSPA), Wi-Fi, a 5MP rear camera and a VGA front-facing camera. RIM will also release a CDMA version of the BlackBerry Curve Apollo 9370, which is known as the BlackBerry 9350 Sedona. Watch the video after the jump (The video is in Vietnamese). Read more…

Do you still remember the Nokia X7-00 that we posted in November 2010? Nokia has officially announced the availability of this smartphone. Designed to be an entertainment-focused Symbian Anna (the latest version of Symbian) handset, the Nokia X7-00 features a large 4-inch AMOLED screen, an 8-megapixel camera with dual-LED flash, A GPS radio, Ovi Maps and preloaded social apps and games (Galaxy on Fire HD and Asphalt 5 HD).

Here is a detail of this new handset:
* Symbian^3 OS
* an ARM 11 680MHz processor with a 3D Graphics HW accelerator
* SMS, MMS, Email, Push Email, IM
* WAP 2.0/xHTML, HTML, RSS feeds
* a digital compass
* an active noise cancellation with dedicated mic
* an MP3/WMA/WAV/eAAC+ player
* a DivX/XviD/MP4/H.264/H.263/WMV player
* Quickoffice document viewer (Word, Excel, PowerPoint, PDF)
* Adobe Reader
* Flash Lite 4.0
* Voice memo/dial/command
* Predictive text input
* a microSD card slot (up to 32GB)
* HSDPA, HSUPA
* Wi-Fi 802.11 b/g/n
* an 8MP digital camera (3264×2448 pixels, fixed focus, dual-LED flash)
* a 4.0-inch AMOLED capacitive touchscreen, 16M colors, 360 x 640 pixels
* a proximity sensor for auto turn-off
* an accelerometer sensor for UI auto-rotate

The Nokia X7-00 will be available in Q2 2011 for €380 (US$549). Watch the video after the jump. Read more…

Here is a video that was entirely shot on a Nokia N8 phone in 720p at 25 frames per second. The video function of the Nokia N8 is really impressive and the image quality very detailed considering it is “only” a phone. Not so surprising since the N8 is using a Carl Zeiss optic. Watch the video after the jump to get more details. Read more…

Here is a video that unveils the Nokia X7-00 with four speakers. The phone runs on the latest version of Symbian OS and features a 4-inch display and probably an 8-megapixel digital camera. The video also shows that the phone is capable of handling Need for Speed video game without too much trouble. Watch the video after the jump. Read more…