Since launching the flagship One M9 smartphone earlier this year, HTC has been rather quiet. But according to company chairperson and CEO Cher Wang, there's more to come from the Taiwan-based firm later on in 2015, with a slew of new smartphones heading to the consumer market.

 

There's no doubt that the HTC One M9 is a great smartphone. The M9 ticks most of the boxes one would expect of a flagship device at this point. But with Samsung, the market-leader in terms of top-tier Droids, having really thrown down the gauntlet with its Galaxy S6 and Galaxy S6 edge, the One M9 has drawn some flak for being perhaps too similar to last year's One M8.

 

Given past release cycles, it's seemingly unlikely that HTC will drop another handset this year to equal or best the One M9 or the almost-identical One M9+. But according to DigiTimes, the company's CEO spoke of a "new series" of smartphones in the pipeline during a meeting of shareholders, although whether this will entail as few scattered handsets or an entirely new product line remains to be seen.

 

Last week, the HTC 850C was leaked, with the accompanying report indicating that it will be of the Desire variety and aimed towards the Chinese market. Given the inclusion of dual SIM slots, it would seem less than likely that the 850C will reach the Western market, and the same could be said of the Desire-esque HTC WF5W, which also emerged a short while ago. With a super-svelte design, though, the WF5W looks promising in terms of a new direction that HTC could take regarding the design of its smartphones, and as such, it'll be interesting to learn of what the company has up its sleeve.

 

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Samsung's Galaxy S line has started off with the Samsung Galaxy S release back in 2010... And Here we are in 2015, we have the first Curved Galaxy S Smartphone, Galaxy S6.

 

Gathering all this in one Photo will give you a look at the Big picture of how Samsung came a long way with its technology on improving the line in the past 5 years.

 

The Infographic above shows how the Samsung Galaxy S line started with the OG phone sporting a 4 inch, Super AMOLED screen and powered by a 1GHz processor. The Samsung Galaxy S6 features a 5.1 inch Quad-HD Super AMOLED display, powered by a homegrown Exynos 7 Octa chipset. Along the way, the rear-facing camera has gone from 5 MP to 16 MP with OIS tech, while the RAM amount went from 1 GB to 3 GB.

 

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After a barrage of leaks, speculations and rumors, the entire Galaxy A (2017) series is now officially confirmed and detailed by Samsung. They will be released in Russia in a few days and from thereon, the line-up will be made available to other countries as well. Here's a look at everything Samsung has revealed so far.

Galaxy A3 (2017)

Network: LTE Cat.6
Display: 4.7-inch HD Super AMOLED
Processor: 1.6 GHz, octa-core
OS: Android 6.0.1 Marshmallow
Camera: 13 MP (F1.9) rear, 8 MP (F1.9) front
Additional features: MST Technology (Samsung Pay) Option, Samsung KNOX, S-Voice, Dual SIM support, IP68 certification, 3D glass rear
Connectivity: Wi-Fi 802.11 a/b/g/n/ac, Bluetooth® v 4.2, ANT+, USB Type-C, NFC (UICC)
Sensor: Accelerometer, Proximity, Geomagnetic, RGB Light, Hall, Fingerprint Scanner, Barometer
Memory: 2 GB RAM + 16 GB Storage, MicroSD slot (up to 256 GB)
Dimensions: 135.4 x 66.2 x 7.9 mm
Battery: 2,350 mAh
Color Options: Black Sky, Gold Sand, Blue Mist and Peach Cloud

Galaxy A5 (2017)

Network: LTE Cat.6
Display: 5.2-inch FHD Super AMOLED
Processor: 1.9 GHz, octa-core
OS: Android 6.0.1 Marshmallow
Camera: 16 MP rear, 16 MP front
Additional features: MST technology (Samsung Pay), Samsung KNOX, S-Voice, Dual SIM support, IP68 certification, 3D glass rear
Connectivity: Wi-Fi 802.11 a/b/g/n/ac, Bluetooth v 4.2, ANT+, USB Type-C, NFC (UICC, eSE)
Sensor: Accelerometer, Proximity, Geomagnetic, RGB Light, Hall, Fingerprint scanner, Barometer
Memory: 3 GB RAM + 32 GB Storage, MicroSD slot (up to 256 GB)
Dimensions: 146.1 x 71.4 x 7.9 mm
Battery: 3,000 mAh, fast charging
Color Options: Black Sky, Gold Sand, Blue Mist and Peach Cloud
Price: $378 (approximately)

Galaxy A7 (2017)

Network: LTE Cat.6
Display: 5.7-inch FHD Super AMOLED
Processor: 1.9 GHz, octa-core
OS: Android 6.0.1 Marshmallow
Camera: 16 MP (F1.9) rear, 16 MP (F1.9) front
Additional features: MST technology (Samsung Pay), Samsung KNOX, S-Voice, Dual SIM support, IP68 certification, 3D glass rear
Connectivity: Wi-Fi 802.11 a/b/g/n/ac, Bluetooth v 4.2, ANT+, USB Type-C, NFC (UICC, eSE)
Sensor: Accelerometer, Proximity, Geomagnetic, RGB Light, Hall, Fingerprint scanner, Barometer
Memory: 3 GB RAM + 32 GB Storage, MicroSD slot (up to 256 GB)
Dimensions: 156.8 x 77.6 x 7.9 mm
Battery: fast-charging 3,600 mAh
Color Options: Black Sky, Gold Sand, Blue Mist and Peach Cloud
Price: $424 (approximately)

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Sony has been gathering a lot of attention in the past few days with a lot of rumors and speculations about its CES 2015 announcements. It appears that the tech giant has opted to put off major announcements in the mobile division and save the heat for MVC in a few months. This of course means that there is no word yet on a future Xperia Z4 device lineup, which has been a persistent rumor for quite some time now.

 

Sony users do, however have a lot to be happy about after the presentation and especially owners of devices from the Xperia Z family. The Japanese company has not forgotten its promise to bring Android 5.0 Lollipop to its entire Xperia Z3 lineup and according to Michael Fasulo, the company's CEO, first builds for Xperia Z3 devices can be expected as early as next month.

 

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