Corner Geeks 12: Mobile World Congress 2012

Mobile World Congress 2012

It took us a while to get back in the groove but we’re back and covered some Mobile World Congress 2012 news.

HTC

  • new HTC One series unveiled
  • Superfast photo capture: 0.7 seconds to take a photo , 0.2-seconds autofocus
  • Capture a photo in the midst of recording HD video
  • 25 gigabytes of free Dropbox space for two years
  • All devices: Android 4.0 (ICS), HTC Sense 4, Bluetooth 4.0, Beats Audio
  • One X & One XL

    • 4.7" (1280x720) HD screen

    • X:

      • 1.5 GHz, quad core
      • 32GB storage, 1GB RAM

    • UMTS: 850/900/1900/2100 MHz

    • XL:

      • 1.5 GHz, dual core
      • 16GB storage, 1GB RAM

    • UMTS

    • ATT: 850/1900/2100 MHz

    • Asia/AUS: 850/900/1900/2100 MHz

    • LTE

    • ATT: B4/B17

    • Asia/AUS: 1800/2600 MHz

    • 8 MP camera (1080p video)

    • F2.0 aperture and 28mm lens,

    • 1.3 MP front camera (720p video)

    • NFC

    • No microSD slot

    • microSIM

  • One S: midrange
    • 4.3" (540 x 960) screen
    • 1.5 GHz, dual core
    • UMTS: 850/900/2100 MHz
    • 16 GB storage, 1 GB RAM
    • 8 MP camera (1080p video)
    • F2.0 aperture and 28mm lens,
    • VGA front camera
    • microSIM
    • No microSD slot
    • UMTS: Europe/Asia: 850/900/2100 MHz
  • One V: budget
    • 3.7" (800x480) screen
    • 1 GHz CPU
    • 5 MP camera (720p video)
    • 4 GB storage, 512 MB RAM
    • Expansion slot: microSD slot
    • UMTS: Europe/Asia: 850/900/2100 MHz

Sony

  • Xperia S companion devices: Xperia P (mid range) and low end (budget)
  • Overview: Reasonable screen size, dual core but Android 2.3 with ICS supposedly coming in Q2
  • Sony Xperia P - mid range
    • 4" (960 x 540 pixels) Reality Display
    • 1 GHz , dual core
    • Android 2.3 (Upgrade to Android 4, Ice Cream Sandwich, planned in Quarter 2 2012)
    • 8 MP camera  (1080p video)
    • 0.3 MP (VGA) front camera
    • 2D and 3D panoramic images.
    • 16GB flash storage. 1GB RAM
    • NFC
    • UMTS: 850, 900, 1900, 2100
  • Sony Xperia U - budget

    • 3.5" (854 x 480)  Reality Display

    • 1 GHz dual core

    • Android 2.3 (Upgrade to Android 4, Ice Cream Sandwich, planned in Quarter 2 2012)

    • 5 MP camera (720p video)

    • 0.3MP (VGA) front camera

    • 4GB storage, 512MB RAM

    • UMTS

      • 900, 2100 MHz (Global except Americas)

    • 850, 1900, 2100 MHz (Americas)

Huawei

  • Press release: Huawei releases their own quad-core CPU said to be better performing and lower power consumption
  • Overview: 4.5” 720p phone screens with ICS
  • Ascend D Quad
    • 4.5" (1280x720) screen
    • Huawei quad core 1.2GHz/1.5GHz
    • Android 4.0
    • 8 MP camera (1080p video)
    • 1.3 MP front-facing camera
    • 8GB storage, 1GB RAM
    • UMTS: 850/900/1700/1900/2100 MHz
  • Ascend D Quad XL
    • 2500mAh vs standard 1800mAh in Ascend D Quad
  • Ascend D1
    • 4.5" (1280x720) screen
    • 1.5 GHz dual core
    • Android 4.0
    • 8GB storage, 1GB RAM
    • UMTS: 850/900/1700/1900/2100 MHz
  • MediaPad 10 FHD
    • 10” (1920 x 1200) IPS screen
    • 1.5 GHz K3 quad-core processor
    • Android 4.0
    • 8 MP camera
    • 1.3 MP front camera
    • 2G RAM

Viewsonic

  • Dual SIM phones

  • ViewPhone 4s

    • 3.5" (640x960) screen

  • 1GHz processor

  • 5 MP rear camera

  • 0.3 MP (VGA) front camera

  • Android 4.0

  • Dual SIM

  • ViewPhone 5e

    • 5" (800x480) screen

  • Android 4.0

  • Dual SIM

  • ViewPhone 4e

    • 3.5" (480x320) screen

  • 650MHz

  • Android 2.3

  • 512MB of RAM

  • 3MP camera

  • Dual SIM

Samsung

  • Galaxy Note 10.1

    • 10.1 1280 x 800 TFT LCD

  • Android 1.0

  • 64GB storage

  • 3 MP camera, 2 MP front camera

  • Pressure sensitive S-Pen

  • Preloaded with specially designed versions of Adobe Photoshop Touch, Adobe Ideas and other graphical software items, users can draw graphics and sketches and edit images on the device

  • Split screen option: , users can ‘break’ the 10.1-inch display in two, with S Note on one side, and a live web-browsing or video playing window on the other side.

  • Galaxy Beam

    • 4" (800x480) display
    • 1GHz dual-core processor
    • Android 2.3
    • TI DLP nHD (640 x 360) Projector built into phone

Nokia

  • Nokia Lumia 610
    • 3.7" (800 x 480) LCD screen
    • 800MHz + 256mb memory
    • Most affordable Lumia smartphone yet
    • WinPhone 7.5
    • UMTS: 850/900/1900/2100 MHz
    • No microSD slot
  • Nokia 808 PureView
    • 4" (640 x 360) AMOLED screen
    • 1.3GHz CPU
    • 41 MP camera sensor
      • Typical 5 MP photos utilizing 7 pixels to 1 ‘superpixel’ for better image quality
      • Lossless video zoom: 1080p 4x, 720p 6x
    • Symbian, S3 Belle
    • UMTS: 850/900/1700/-21001900/2100 MHz
    • NFC