Erik Pineda

Android handset makers are racing to serve first the latest Android flavour, Key Lime Pie, and the likelihood is Sony will beat them to the draw, a new report said.

Samsung will reportedly tweak the build design of its Galaxy S4, indicating that succeeding shipments of the new flagship Android handset will be resistant to neglect, abuse and elements.

Security-conscious smartphone users are given more reasons by Apple to snap up the iPhone 5S and the rumoured iPhone 6 on release dates – stronger security features.

Fresh from delivering Apple’s sterling performance in the first quarter of 2013, Apple CEO Tim Cook hinted that consumers can expect exciting product release starting on the last quarter of 2013.

It is highly likely that Aussies will get to own soon the super-sized 6.3-inch Samsung Galaxy Mega, that is if they fancy the bigger than Galaxy Note phablet.

HTC has inspired warm receptions before and one can think of the HTC Droid DNA as prime example. But never in recent years that the tech firm generated consumer excitement, thanks to the HTC One now rolling out.

The next Samsung phablet – the Galaxy Note 3 – has inspired loads of speculations and phone concepts prior to its rumoured September 2013 release date.

Smart sensor technology, specifically the ability to control a smartphone interface, is a not a monopoly of Google-Motorola, a U.S. court said, thereby ensuring that the iPhone 5S, the iPhone 6, Nexus 5 and the X-Phone will continue to display such capability.

Further delays could mar the upcoming release dates of the iPhone 5S, its low-cost version and the rumoured iPhone 6, analysts said.

New patent approvals obtained by Apple last week will open the door for power-packed camera features in the upcoming release dates of iPhone 5S, iPad Mini 2, iPad 5 and even the rumoured iPhone 6.

The bets are out which smartphone will get Key Lime Pie first. It appears though that before the rumoured Nexus 4 and Motorola X-Phone, it is the Nexus 4 that will get the hotly-waited Android 5.0 or Key Lime Pie.

Samsung’s upcoming phablet, the Galaxy Note 3, inspires too many phone concepts leading to its rumoured September 2013 release date. The latest showed the phablet as a boxy handset with a gigantic screen.

Slaying Apple’s iPad lineup is a no-secret agenda of Samsung and another attempt to realise that goal is the rumoured Nexus 10-clone tablet from the Asian tech giant, known for now as Samsung Roma.

Smartphone buyers wanting to experience the combined Android and Galaxy environment would likely be treated by Samsung with the rejuvenated editions of its former flagships, a new report said.

Apple reportedly rejected eight million iPhone units delivered by its chief Chinese manufacturer, Foxconn, triggering speculations that another delay will mar the much-anticipated iPhone 5S and iPhone 6 release dates.

Apple has secured last week new patent rights that likely would lead to better device functions and designs for the 2013 release dates of the iPhone 5S, its low-cost edition and even the rumoured iPhone 6.

As predicted earlier, Nexus 7’s Version 2.0 is likely the first Android device to showcase Key Lime Pie and it will sell as low as $US199 come its rumoured release date of July 2013.

Not surprisingly, Taiwan-based HTC is reportedly unpacking a worthy challenger to Apple’s iPhone 5S and Samsung’s Galaxy S4 Mini. It will be a dynamo of a smartphone that is set for a June 2013 release date, reports said.

It is highly possible that global consumers will get the iPhone 5S, the budget iPhone and the iPhone 6 including, this coming September based on freshly leaked images that purportedly revealed what would be in the inner guts of the iOS 7 devices.

It will be a jaw-dropping iOS 7 experience for the rumoured 4.8-inch iPhone 6, which was shown in a new render wrapped on front and back by a glass screen display that allows full handset navigation on both sides.

It will be a July debut for the Galaxy S4 Mini, Samsung’s scaled-down version of the flagship Galaxy S4, setting a direct collision course with Apple’s iPhone 5S and likely the iPhone 6.

Apple will deploy fingerprint sensor with the iPhone 5S employing the services of a new manufacturing player, paving the way for a September or October release date of the new iOS 7 smartphone, new reports said.

Giant chipmaker Intel is planning to play the 7-inch plus tablet game, hinting strongly of a Windows 8-powered tablet that will come out later this year that also showcases the revamped Atom microchip architecture.

Samsung fans waiting for the Galaxy Note 3 release date could be disappointed yet again as new reports point to production delay on the Youm flexible display technology, touted as one of the cutting-edge features of the upcoming phablet.

It is highly possible that future release dates for iPhones, iPads and Galaxy devices would sport wafer-thin profiles and they’d be charged up in minutes or even seconds, a new study said.

Apple will not compete in the phablet arena this year, a new report said, which means the much-speculated 4.8-inch iPhone 6 will see its release date next year, likely on June 2014.

Not only that the rumoured Motorola X-Phone would be one of the most powerful smartphone on its purported Q3 2013 release date, buyers will be treated too to a rainbow of choice come the Key Lime Pie handset’s debut.

Mobile device behemoth Samsung is reportedly all set for the much-awaited release date of the Galaxy S4 Mini, which reports said will work in tandem with the regular-sized Galaxy S4 to defeat this year’s top smartphone lineup.

The next iPhone editions, which cover the rumoured iPhone 5S and the phablet-size iPhone 6, will sport snapping features that allow the production of top-quality images even in low-light ambiance, new reports said.