{"id":34020,"date":"2013-12-30T11:51:40","date_gmt":"2013-12-30T11:51:40","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.mobilefun.co.uk\/blog\/?p=34020"},"modified":"2014-03-03T13:55:13","modified_gmt":"2014-03-03T13:55:13","slug":"recent-upcoming-mobile-releases-for-2014","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.mobilefun.co.uk\/blog\/2013\/12\/recent-upcoming-mobile-releases-for-2014\/","title":{"rendered":"Christmas refresher: recent & upcoming mobile releases for 2014"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Christmas is past, and the season of new phone releases is soon to be upon us. Here are the latest mobile headlines – including some interesting rumours for Apple, Android and Windows fans.<\/p>\n

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Apple<\/strong> may be working on a larger 12.9-inch iPad. A rumour suggested that the iPad would launch in October and target the education market. A larger-screened iPhone is also possible this summer.<\/p>\n

Asus<\/strong> is preparing 4, 5 and 6-inch phones to be revealed at CES. They’re also thought to be introducing a convertible tablet running Windows and Android. Their CES\u00a0press event is on January 6th. An 8-inch Windows 8.1 tablet with Wacom stylus is also rumoured.<\/p>\n

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BLU <\/strong>have released the Life Pure, a low-cost high-style sim-free phone for the American and Latin American market. The phone has a Full HD 5-inch display, 13 megapixel camera and 4G.<\/p>\n

HP <\/strong>are rumoured to release low-cost sim-free phones for India, China and the Philippines by the end of the year.<\/p>\n

LG<\/strong> may announce their G3 flagship smartphone at CES, including an Odin octa-core processor roughly equivalent to last year’s Samsung Exynos processor. The phone is rumoured to have a 2K display and fingerprint scanner as well. The G Flex flexible phone is also set to be released in the UK next year.<\/p>\n

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Nokia<\/strong> are soon to be acquired by Microsoft, but are still working on a dual-SIM Lumia 630 phone with soft buttons, plus a low-end Android phone codenamed Normandy (in multiple colours).<\/p>\n

Oppo<\/strong> will announce their Find 7 flagship, thought to include a 2K display at 5.5 inches, LTE and potentially a Snapdragon 804 CPU. The phone is expected to launch in early 2014. The Oppo N1 (with Cyanogen Mod) and mid-range Oppo R1 have recently been released.<\/p>\n

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Samsung<\/strong> will unveil a new Exynos processor at CES, although it’s not known if any new phones will make an appearance. The upcoming Galaxy S5 will likely sport this new chip, and maybe 4 GB of RAM. They’re also likely to announce at least one new tablet soon, including a Galaxy Tab Pro 8.4 which has been FCC certified. Finally, the company is also working on a Galaxy Band fitness tracker, similar to Jawbone and FitBit’s efforts.<\/p>\n

Sony<\/strong> are preparing a new wearable for 2014, but no details have yet been announced or leaked. A SmartWatch 2 followup is possible.<\/p>\n

Vivo<\/strong> have released the Xplay 3S in China, with a 6-inch 2K display, a powerful audio amplifier and a fingerprint reader. It’s not likely to see massive sales, but it’s quite interesting.<\/p>\n

YotaPhone<\/strong> have released their eponymous dual-display LCD\/e-ink phone in Europe. The phone is costly and has some bugs, but the rear e-ink screen is reportedly genuinely useful.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n

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Christmas is past, and the season of new phone releases is soon to be upon us. Here are the latest mobile headlines – including some interesting rumours for Apple, Android and Windows fans. Apple may be working on a larger 12.9-inch iPad. A rumour suggested that the iPad would launch in October and target the […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":78,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[6,216],"tags":[4529,527],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.mobilefun.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/34020"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.mobilefun.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.mobilefun.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.mobilefun.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/78"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.mobilefun.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=34020"}],"version-history":[{"count":8,"href":"https:\/\/www.mobilefun.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/34020\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":34022,"href":"https:\/\/www.mobilefun.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/34020\/revisions\/34022"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.mobilefun.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=34020"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.mobilefun.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=34020"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.mobilefun.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=34020"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}