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It has been almost 2 years since Nokia decided to use windows phone as their primary platform. Nokia is considered unable to compete with Samsung and Apple today. However, the prediction that Nokia will bounce back and fight was justified by the media.

Through a variety of Lumia products released this year, Nokia is optimistic that they will return to compete with Samsung, Apple, Sony and LG in the smartphone and tablet market products. Last week Nokia released three new products, two smartphone and one tablet that predicted to be their best selling windows phone and tablet.

Lumia 1520 and Lumia 1320 is Nokia's new smartphone products. The presence of both can be considered a complete curiosity where Nokia previously considered followed in a matter of quickly adopting smartphone and not a growing trend.

Trends in question was a matter of smartphone product with wider screens or so-called phablet (phone and tablet). We have had a lot of android phablet products flooding the market now, and consumers are a bit bored with this phenomenon because there is only a choice that offers android phablet.

Lumia 1520 offers something new. A 6-inch phablet from Nokia has a great spec, which is on par with the Galaxy Note 3 and the other high-end android phablet.

In addition, Lumia 1520 also integrates Lumia elegant design style, the ability of the camera features is 20.7 mega pixels and of course it's great performance is coupled with the presence of quad-core Snapdragon processor 800 and 2GB RAM.

Currently, there is no information about the price of Lumia 1520. This best selling windows phone, Lumia 1520 prices are likely to be around USD 800, and not much different from competing products like the Galaxy Note 3.

Google has yet to officially announce the Nexus 5 Smartphone, and when it will be released. But from the various possibilities that exist, Nexus 5 will present at the end of this year, and it could be the end of this October.

From the circulating possibility, the Nexus 5 specifications will bring the latest hardware specifications such as 5-inch screen with a Full HD resolution and use the Snapdragon processor 800, the most powerful processor currently used for smartphones and tablet devices.

The Nexus 5 price as quoted from VR-Zone will have a price of USD 349 for the 16GB version. When viewed from this existing specifications, USD 349 for Nexus 5 is very worthy of the choice.

With a price of less than USD 400, the Nexus 5 will be the beginning where the other smartphone manufacturers will also lower the selling price of a smartphone with a similar spec. For comparison, the LG G2 still has a price at USD 600, while the Xperia Z1 that superior in terms of camera worth about USD 800.

Then there is no harm if we better waiting for the Nexus 5 is released and triggers the falling prices of the other smartphones. Reflecting on the Nexus 4 and Nexus 7, the Nexus 5 will also be hunted by a lot of consumers.

Moreover, in terms of support, This new gadget from Google will also be an Android Smartphone which support long update. Just look at how the Samsung Nexus S from 2011 still get the android 4.2 Jelly Bean update, unlike other smartphones that get short update.

Previously, many people predicted that Apple will release the iPad 5 in the event that took place at October 22 October . But in fact , they turn over the predictions with iPad Air release that should be called iPad 5 in accordance with the tradition of products naming by Apple.

One of the radical changes that Apple made ​​was to cut the weight and size of the iPad Air. So, the iPad Air is having thinner and lighter size when viewed from the weight.

iPad Air possessed a thickness of only 7.5 mm, it is rare to have the size of a tablet device as thin as the iPad Air. In addition , the weight of iPad Air is only 469 grams weight . Not only that , the size of the bezel on the right and left of iPad Air is fewer than the previous iPad generation, even iPad mini.

Turning to the internal part, Apple implanting dual core 64 bit processor with a clock speed of 1.3 GHz. As for multi-tasking, iPad Air has 1 GB of RAM. But don't get it wrong , the GPU embedded in Apple iPad Air claimed as one of the most powerful GPU currently available for the tablet device.


On the camera, the iPad Air that called iPad 5 previously, use a 5 megapixel camera. While at the front, they still use the 1.2 megapixel camera .

Unfortunately, Apple does not provide features such as the fingerprint scanner like the iPhone 5S. So is the color variants available only black and silver, no gold color.

iPad Air sale starting next November. Start from USD 499 for 16GB Wi-Fi version and for the Wi-Fi + 3G 16GB, it has a price of USD 629.

The New Amazon Kindle Fire HDX

Amazon product competitiveness in the tablet market seems to be growing stronger, as the presence of the two models of the Kindle Fire HDX tablet. One year after the Kindle Fire HD released, this new tablet was named and introduced by Amazon Founder and CEO, Jeff Bezos recently.

As the first model was introduced, Amazon Kindle Fire HDX comes with a 7-inch IPS capacitive touch screen panel that supports a resolution of 1920 × 1200 pixels. As well as it's brother, Kindle Fire HDX 8.9, This Amazon Kindle Fire HDX also had the same reliability by using a Quadcore Krait processor 400 2.2GHz Qualcomm Snapdragon 800 integrated with Adreno 330 GPU and 2 GB of RAM.

Not only that, the fire-based Mojito 3.0 OS tablet is also equipped with a variety of interesting features, such as an HD front camera , Dolby audio, dual-stereo speakers, Wifi, optional 4G Connection, and a battery that have the durability of the operation up to 11 hours duration.

In the first release, Kindle Fire HDX will be available in three storage capacities. 16GB , 32GB and 64GB. The Amazon Kindle Fire HDX tablet which can be ordered through Amazon, is apparently priced at a starting price of US $229. Amazon Kindle Fire HDX Sale (WiFi and 4G versions)will be starting on October 18 and November 14.

Tegra Note, a new mid-class android tablet from Nvidia

All this time, Android tablet always identical to the Galaxy Tab from Samsung or Google Nexus 7 . Both are dominating the Android tablet sales from 2012 until the middle of this year. Nvidia immediately saw a gap and then took the opportunity with the release of their new gadgets, a 7-inch tablet called Tegra Note. This Quad Core Android tablet from Nvidia was circulated to compete with the other mid-price tablets.

Nexus 7 is known as a pioneer of cheap android tablet . With a reasonable price of  US $199 , the Nexus 7 tablet that uses a quad -core Tegra 3 processor and a 7- inch tablet was able to beat many favorites fame like Motorola Xoom or the Galaxy Tab 2 .

Nvidia will put a price around US $199 for the Tegra Note. The difference is that Tegra Note will have a Tegra 4 processor that has an equivalent performance as Snapdragon 800. In its official release, Nvidia Tegra tablet informs us that the Note will be produced in collaboration with several producers or manufacturers such as Asus , Toshiba , Oppo and the others.

Another spec owned by Tegra Note Tablet is the 5 mega pixel camera , 16 GB internal memory and comes with a micro SD slot . Judging from the existing spec, Tegra Note Tablet may be other threats for Galaxy Note. Nvidia will start selling Tegra Note Android Tablet this October in various areas. US$199 is not an expensive price for the size of 7 inch Android tablet with a great processor .

Many people have thought that smartphone sales will increase in the next few years. China is a good market for some of the world's smartphone manufacturers. An effort that being explored by HTC to get more consumers in China is releasing the HTC dual sim smartphone with micro SD slot.

The HTC One dual sim with micro sd slot existence is now strengthened by the photograph that shows the HTC One with an opened back cover and there looks 2 sim card slot and micro SD slot. Although the back cover can be opened, but still the HTC battery cover is closed. So, by opening the back cover we can just replace the sim card and inserting the micro SD card.

The HTC One dual sim version will be marketed by one of the largest operators in China, China Unicom. China Unicom will do the bundling strategy with this new smartphone to be able to suppress the price and make the consumer interested in purchasing it.

With the presence of this new HTC dual sim version, didn't stop the market of the original HTC One(single sim and without micro SD card slot). But, of course the original HTC one sales won't be so high compared to the sales of HTC dual sim version. It seems that HTC one dual sim version won't be marketed in Southeast Asia soon, it's because of the original HTC one has just entered the market in southeast Asia.

After rumored about the release of their affordable price smartphone, HTC finally deliver their leaked promotional photos of HTC Desire P and HTC Desire Q. It's said that both Smartphones will be released in a few days in Taiwan and China. Although it's still unclear about the specification details, but from the quick preview, the Desire P and Desire Q Android smartphone are being prepared for medium class smartphone. Both are also confirmed to be using the 4.1 Jelly Bean Android version.

Starting with Desire P, HTC is pinning 4.3 inch screen. It's possible the screen still has a resolution of 400 x 800 pixels. With that semi big screen, HTC tried to magnetize the medium class users by presenting the Desire P. As the processor, Desire P rumored to be using a dual core 1 GHz processor. The possibility of the processor used inside is the Qualcomm processor with 1 GB RAM and GPU Adreno 220 or Adreno 225.

Then the camera used Desire P is an 8 mega pixel camera. There is also a front camera that can be used for video call activity. It wasn't clear about the size of the front camera on this upcoming HTC smartphone.

While the HTC Desire Q has confirmed using a 4 inch screen size, smaller screen than the Desire P. Although it has different size, Desire Q will has the same specs as Desire P.

For the price, HTC Desire P will be priced about US$365. While Desire Q will be priced at US$235. That's some leaked information about the preview of the new HTC Smartphone.

Not tired with Surface tablet and Surface Smartphone, Microsoft made a new surprise. Microsoft will release a tablet that can serve as a games device. They call it Xbox Surface tablet. Is the Xbox Surface tablet will use the same platform with the first Surface tablet that adopt Windows 8 RT? That question seems unclear, because of the existing leaks, Microsoft has not made ​​a formal statement about what platform that will be brought to Xbox Surface.

The rumors about the existence of Xbox Surface tablet have known from the beginning of June. But after the release of Windows 8, Microsoft dared a little to reveal the tablet ​​specifically made for the gaming. Xbox Surface Tablet spec that has spread explain that it will use 7 inch screen size. And the first thing that will make us a little stunned was the 5 GB RAM.

The processor to be used on the Xbox Surface is dual core processor. And the GPU that will handle high graphic for games, Microsoft also plans to embed Custom AMD 28nm GPU with 1.2GB GDDR5 memory.

The last part is about the size of internal memory. Xbox Surface tablet seemingly unlike the other conventional tablet because it would have up to 250 GB internal memory. The size of the internal memory is anticipating the installation size of each games that take a sizable memory size. But the question is, what Xbox Surface tablet will have a thick or thin design like the other tablet devices? Let's just wait.

Windows 8 Tablet, Asus Vivo Tab

Asus will try his luck by making a tablet that adopts the latest operating system from Microsoft, Windows 8 RT. Asus Vivo Tab is a tablet that uses Windows 8 RT quad core processor in it. Asus Vivo Tab has a screen size of 10 inch LCD using IPS type screen that has a maximum pixel resolution of 1366 x 768. As for the depth of pixels on the screen Vivo Tab reached 155 dpi. Relatively low compared to the similar tablets from competitors.

This Windows 8 RT supports the processor with ARM architecture. Vivo Tab has decide to use a quad core processor from Nvidia Tegra 3. And for its RAM, its embedded with 2 GB. The camera feature is one of the reliable features of this new tablet from Asus. It's rare, a tablet manufacturers like Apple or Samsung who dare to embed an 8 mega pixel camera. And in Vivo Tab, there is a camera with a resolution of 8 mega pixels reaches a maximum and 2 mega pixel front camera.

Asus Vivo Tab's price is quite expensive just like another Windows 8 RT tablets. The price offered for Vivo Asus Tab is approximately about US $600. Not only that, Asus also offers accessories such as Vivo Tab keyboard dock worth of US $170. With the keyboard dock attached, the Vivo Tab can function like a notebook. See more previews about gadget update on the next post.