Acer Liquid Z5

This is the Acer Liquid Z5. The Z5 has announced this morning and they will give more details on CES 2014.

The Acer Liquid Z5 is a low-end device with some not-so-great features.

Still interested? Okay, we'll give some specs:

The phone has 5" display (unknown resolution), 5 megapixel camera, Android 4.2.2 Jelly Bean, WiFi, GPS, DTS Sound Technology, AcerFloat user interface (you can float as many apps as supported by the system on one screen), dual-core 1.4GHz processor, and 4GB of internal memory.

Interesting? Well, maybe no. Anyway, back on the Z5...

The Z5 will be available in mid-January in the UK, France, Germany, Netherlands, Belgium, Spain, and Ukraine, priced at $230 (retail price).

ZTE CES lineup

This is the pre-announcement event. More details are coming at CES 2014.

ZTE, one of the Chinese manufacturers, is showing a lineup at what they will showing at CES 2014.

ZTE Grand S II
There are very small details about this device. The phone has an 'intelligent voice control technology', enabling voice recognition unlocking by the triple-MIC noise reductions, only that so far. 

ZTE Nubia Z5S and Z5S mini
Fortunately this one came with more details on specs. All two will powered by Qualcomm Snapdragon processor (not sure which one). The phone without 'mini' name has a 5" 1080p display, while (the rumors said) the phone with the 'mini' name has a 4.7" screen. The phone without 'mini' name also has 13 megapixel camera with Sony Exmor RS sensor and f/2.0 aperture, and also 4K Ultra-HD video capturing.

ZTE Sonata 4G
This is the phone for Aio Wireless. Its features are a Qualcomm Snapdragon 400 processor with 1.4GHz Dual-core CPU and 1GB RAM, 5 megapixel camera with flash, 720p video recording, 4" display, and 1780mAh battery.

ZTE Iconic Phablet
This one features a 5.7" HD display with Gorilla Glass screen protector, Quad-core processor, Dolby Digital Sound enhancements, and wireless charging. This phone also has a feature that can run two apps simultaneously displayed on the screen.

ZTE BlueWatch
A smartwatch from ZTE. It features built-in pedometer to record and analyze data around the clock, can control your phone, can read notifications, and connects with the phone via Bluetooth.

You can read more here.

Polaroid Q-Series Android Tablets

Polaroid has also announced its new entry-level tablets, the Polaroid Q-Series. As a start, there are 3 tablets to announce. They're the Polaroid Q7, Q8 and Q10, and they carry the 7", 8", and 10.1" screens.

There are very little known specs of the tablets. We know that the tablets are powered by the latest Android operating system (4.4; KitKat, making it the one of the cheapest KitKat devices), supports HDMI video, and a quad-core processor (unknown processor name). The Polaroid Q-Series tablets will priced between $129 and $179 and will begin shipping in the spring.

Polaroid Store

Polaroid Q7

Polaroid Q8

Archos Helium 45 and Helium 50

Archos also announced new phones yesterday. They're the new Helium 45 4G and Helium 50 4G. Both are almost identical, although they're different in some features.

Archos Helium 45

Both features a Quad-core Snapdragon 400 chipset with quad-core 1.4 GHz Cortex A7 CPU, Adreno 305 GPU, 1GB of RAM, Android 4.3 Jelly Bean and supports 4G LTE connections (as the name suggests).

The main difference between the two is the display. The Helium 50 packs a 5" 720p screen, while the Helium 45 has a smaller 4.5" WVGA screen. Other differences such as the Helium 50 has an 8GB internal memory, while the Helium 45

Archos Helium 50

has 4GB. Helium 50 has a 2,000mAh battery, while the Helium 45 has 1,700mAh battery. The Helium 50 has 8 megapixel and 2 megapixel front and back shooter, while the 45 has 5 megapixel and VGA front and back cameras.

Price of the all two phones are $249.99 for Helium 50 and $199.99 for Helium 45. They will showcased at CES 2014 in Las Vegas last week as well.

Official Page

Samsung Galaxy Camera 2

Samsung yesterday announces Galaxy Camera 2. As with its successor, the Galaxy Camera 2 adopts the camera-like design. The front looks like regular smartphone (might be taller a bit), the back looks like a compact digital camera. It has some massive 16MP BSI CMOS sensor camera with 21x optical zoom, 1.6GHz quad-core processor, 2GB RAM, 50GB free Dropbox storage (for 2 years), NFC, WiFi, 'Photo Beam' which is a feature that enables users to view picture from camera to any other smartphone, 'Tag and Go' allows users to easily share photos with NFC-enabled devices, and more advanced feature.

It still features the same 4.8" display as the first Galaxy Camera. Unlike the first one, this camera does not have a SIM slot, so there's no 3G or 4G connectivity options. More information to be revealed on CES 2014. Read more about the Galaxy Camera 2 here.

Lenovo S930, S650, A859, and the Vibe Z

Lenovo announces these devices at CES 2014. Let's take a closer look.


Lenovo S930
The S930 has an HD (720x1280 pixel) 6" IPS display, with about 245 ppi pixel density. There's a 1.3GHz quad-core MediaTek MT6582 chipset that powering the phone. Memory is 8GB, with 1GB RAM, expandable via microSD card. The camera takes 8MP picture, with LED Flash and autofocus. Don't forget that there is an 1.8 megapixel camera on the front too. And there's the usual connectivity options like Bluetooth (3.0), WiFi, GPS, and FM Radio. There are front-facing stereo-speakers too, dual-SIM fuctionality, and a 3000mAh lithium-polymer battery. The phone is priced at around $319.



Lenovo S650
The S650 has a more pocket-friendly 4.7" display with qHD resolution (540x960 pixels). It is powered by the same chipset as in S930, same memory and RAM, (it seems like) same camera features, and same dual-SIM support. The difference between this and S930 is the display (listed above), smaller battery (2000mAh), and there are no front-facing stereo speakers. It is priced at $229.

 Lenovo A859
Priced lowest than all other devices above, the A859 comes with a bigger 5" 720x1280 IPS display, 1.3GHz MT6582 chipset, 8GB of internal memory and 1GB RAM, and 8MP camera with autofocus and LED flash. There are four efficient Cortex A7 cores and the 2250mAh battery. You can get it for $219.

Lenovo Vibe Z
This is the most advanced phone than all other devices listed. This is a device with 5.5-inch 1080p display, making the pixel density really high (around 400 ppi) in a 7.9mm slim body and 147 grams weight. There's a Snapdragon 800 chipset powering the device, speeded 2.2GHz, four-core chip. 13 megapixel rear camera with autofocus and f/1.8 aperture and 5 megapixel front camera is ready to take your action. This is also the manufacturer's first LTE-powered smartphone. The phone runs Android 4.3 with some manufacturer's customization. Pricing is around $549 and will arrive in a few countries such as Indonesia, Malaysia, Thailand, Saudi Arabia, United Arab Emirates and Philippines in February.