Android News 19 February 2014 – 12:00 GMT / 07:00 EST:
- Samsung launches Galaxy Note 3 Neo,Grand Neo in India
- Samsung US announces KitKat update plans, roll out starts today
- HTC's next big thing is coming March 25
1. Samsung launches Galaxy Note 3 Neo,Grand Neo in India
Samsung launches the new Galaxy Note 3 Neo and Grand Neo in India, first introduced in Poland in January.
the Note 3 Neo a trimmed down version of the regular Note 3, With a smaller, lower resolution display, less potent internals and lower spec camera, and also with lower price than Note 3.
Some specs of Note 3 Neo:
- 5.5-inch HD display
- 8MP Camera
- 2MP Front Camera
- 1.6GHz quad-core processor
- 2GB RAM
- 16GB Memory
- MicroSD card slot
- Android 4.3 (Jelly Bean)
Some specs of Grand Neo:
- 5.1-inch WVGA display
- 5MP Camera
- 1.2GHz quad-core processor
- 1GB RAM
- 16GB Memory
- MicroSD card slot
- Android 4.3 (Jelly Bean)
- with VGA front camera, 3G,WiFi and Bluetooth
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2. Samsung US announces KitKat update plans, roll out starts today
More than 15 Galaxy smartphones, phablets and tablets will be update with Android 4.4 KitKat. The Android 4.4 KitKat brings your device new UI and Hangout app and will speed up your Galaxy device.
The date of availability and launch is different by devices and the entire update process should take a few months to complete .
Samsung is developing Android 4.4 KitKat firmware for these smartphones:
- Samsung Galaxy Note 3
- Samsung Galaxy Note II
- Samsung Galaxy S4
- Samsung Galaxy S4 mini
- Samsung Galaxy S4 Active
- Samsung Galaxy S4 Zoom
- Samsung Galaxy S III
- Samsung Galaxy S III mini
- Samsung Galaxy Mega 6.3
- Samsung Galaxy Light
And here is the list of the KitKat compatible slates:
- Samsung Galaxy Note 10.1 2014 Edition
- Samsung Galaxy Note 10.1
- Samsung Galaxy Note 8.0
- Samsung Galaxy Tab 3 7.0
- Samsung Galaxy Tab 3 8.0
- Samsung Galaxy Tab 3 10.1
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3. HTC's next big thing is coming March 25
HTC has confirmed that its next flagship phone ( "M8") will be arriving at events in London and New York on Mar. 25.
HTC's launch will come over a month after Samsung's "Unpacked 5" event in Barcelona, the M8's biggest rival in the Android space.
This Leaked HTC M8 Image Comes Via @evleaks
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