YotaPhone 2 with 4.7-inch E-ink display, Snapdragon 800 unveiled

Yota Devices has on Monday unveiled the next-generation of the YotaPhone at Barcelona, MWC 2014, with the new smartphone's biggest highlight is the full-touch control for its always-on E-ink display, something missing in its predecessor. The new YotaPhone will launch Europe in late 2014, and thereafter in 2015 make its way globally. For now, no pricing details have been given.

ZTE Grand Memo II LTE with 6-inch display, Android 4.4 launched at MWC

 

ZTE, the Chinese telecommunications giant, on Monday unveiled its Grand Memo II LTE handset sporting a sleek body profile at the ongoing Mobile World Congress 2014 in Barcelona. While ZTE has not revealed the price of the ZTE Grand Memo LTE's successor, it has been given an April launch in China, followed by European, North American and Asia Pacific availability.

Nokia unveils three Android handsets

After numerous leaks that unofficially revealed many details about Nokia’s first Android handset, the company has finally unveiled its first ever Android handsets. Nokia early on Monday announced the Nokia X smartphone and its Nokia X+ and Nokia XL brothers, although they’re not the regular Android devices users would expect. Instead, we’re looking at a forked Android operating system here, which lacks certain parts, and visually resembles Windows Phone.

HTC unveils Desire 816 and Desire 610

Samsung is the talk of the town in Barcelona this week as the annual Mobile World Congress trade show gets underway. Even Nokia’s new Android phones will soon be forgotten by smartphone enthusiasts as Samsung prepares to unveil its 2014 flagship phone, the Galaxy S5, later on Monday. Ahead of the big event, however, another Android vendor is looking to get a little face time with the press. Though the all new HTC One is the smartphone we’re most looking forward to from HTC this year, the company just let loose a pair of mid-range Desire smartphones during an event at MWC 2014.

Nokia X, Nokia X+ and Nokia XL dual-SIM Android-based smartphones launched

Nokia has announced its first-ever smartphones based on the Android Open Source Project (AOSP), that can run Android apps and are powered by Microsoft and Nokia services.


Nokia X and Nokia X+ are dual-SIM phones that come with 4-inch 480x800 displays and are powered by 1GHz dual-core Qualcomm Snapdragon S4 processor.

Sony Xperia Z2 with 5.2-inch display, 4K ultra-HD recording launched

Sony Corp. is borrowing innovations from its audio and camcorder businesses and incorporating its new Xperia Z2 smartphone with noise-canceling technology and ultra-high-definition video recording.

Sony Xperia Z2 Tablet with Android 4.4, Snapdragon 801 launched at MWC 201

Sony finally took the wraps off its latest premium tablet, dubbed Xperia Z2 Tablet, at MWC 2014 in Barcelona.
The Japanese manufacturer has announced that the Xperia Z2 Tablet will be globally released in March 2014, however hasn't revealed the pricing of the device. The tablet will be available in two variants: Wi-Fi and LTE/3G.

Samsung Gear 2 and Gear 2 Neo reveal health and fitness focus

Samsung unveiled two new computerized wristwatches on Sunday, this time including health sensors and related fitness features to give people a reason to buy one.
Samsung's first Galaxy Gear smartwatch came out last fall amid much fanfare, but it landed with a thud in the marketplace. Samsung and its smartwatch rivals had failed to persuade many consumers that they need to be able to constantly check messages from their wrists. Wearable devices that succeeded tended to be fitness products such as the Fitbit.

Huawei Ascend G6, MediaPad M1, MediaPad X1 launched at MWC

Huawei has launched three new devices - Ascend G6 smartphone as well as tablets MediaPad M1 and MediaPad X1 - at the GSMA Mobile World Congress (MWC) 2014 in Barcelona.
Notably, Huawei has announced that Ascend G6 smartphone 3G model will be available in Q1 2014, while a 4G variant will be available starting April this year. Huawei MediaPad devices on the other hand will be available in Q1 2014.

Sony Xperia M2 with Android 4.3, dual-SIM

Sony on Monday announced the launch of a new mid-range smartphone, the Xperia M2, at MWC 2014 in Barcelona. The Android 4.3 Jelly Bean-based smartphone, has been billed by the Japanese cellphone maker as 'the slimmest 4G-enabled smartphone in its class' at a rather thick 8.6mm. The price for the Xperia M2 has not been revealed, and it will go on sale globally in April 2014. Sony says it will be priced at under 220 euros MSRP (roughly Rs. 18,800).