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The year 2013 draws to a close, it has been a year full of new releases and ads for the smartphone market. Samsung for example, has launched its two flagship Galaxy S4 and Notes 3 , the first that has not complied with the provisions sales despite being a good terminal and the second which was much appreciated by critics and users. Galaxy Gear to forget, a failure across the board, expects the new year to a substantial improvement of the technology. Apple has opened “finally” to plastic, presenting the ‘ iPhone 5c Polycarbonate essentially a iPhone 5, the features are the same, with a body made of aluminum material poorest. Not a blockbuster, given the price.

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HTC One , as pointed out in this article, was the real surprise of this year, while not perfect is a terminal of high quality, a true smartphone bearer. How not forget Google and LG Nexus with 5, a terminal value / price unbeatable, and the Moto G, good features at affordable price. The terminals Chinese as Xiaiomi Mi3 or Oppo N1 make their way, armed with a good build quality at competitive prices. Then there is Sony with its excellent terminals waterproof (Xperia Z and Z1, really water resistant, not as the Active Galaxy) and that with the Nokia Lumia series (especially 925, 1020 and 1520) was reborn in the mobile field, also a strong acquisition by the giant Microsoft .

An ecosystem is therefore very complex, where dozens of manufacturers overlook to gain market share in an industry still very, very profitable. But 2014 is upon us with two very important events: the CES in Las Vegas in January and Mobile World Congress in Barcelona in February: mobile technology, especially the about smartphones, runs fast. Here is the probable high-end handsets of the major manufacturers that we will see for sure in 2014, together with new and latest technologies to support.

TECHNOLOGY

Apple as always has paved the way for the introduction of the A7 processors 64-bit , this is the first time it happens in a smartphone or tablet. Surely even Samsung in 2014 will queue this technology, Galaxy S5 will then surely a 64-bit processor. According to reports, in fact, Digitimes Taipei, in 2014 the Korean manufacturer will present high-end smartphone with this type of processors. Today Galaxy Note 3 is definitely the most powerful smartphone on the market with its 3 GB of RAM: in 2014 you can watch even the output terminals with 4 GB but also to ARM architecture evolved with the Cortex-A53 and Cortex-A57. In this case Android will be a benefit, but also the new Nokia Lumia terminals.

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Nor should we forget the announcement recently made by Qualcomm, what about the Snapdragon processors 805 , a new 32-bit chip system capable of handling even the Ultra HD resolution, ie the 4K . The first smartphone to equip this monster will be available probably in the early months of 2014. With quad-core Krait based on 450, the 805 Snapdragon can work up to a frequency of 2.5 GHz: if you add the Adreno 420 graphics chip you understand how you will up to 40% graphics performance more compared to its predecessor Adreno 330.

Another important innovation that you expect from the new year is the step resolution: screens 2K , that is, with a resolution of 2560 × 1440 pixels. The first is sure to be the ‘Oppo Find 7 , announced by very little, but for sure the other manufacturers follow suit.

NEW DEVICES

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Samsung Galaxy S5 : The South Korean company is preparing a device aimed to impress with technical equipment absolutely outstanding, from display 2K . From this point of view, the latest rumors claim that Samsung has already started mass production of AMOLED displays 5.25 , although absolutely not curved. This technology will have to wait a few more years. The news, which obviously needs confirmation, it is perfectly congruent with previous rumors that speak of a beginning of mass production of the Galaxy S5 to the end of December, with a market release in early 2014. Some predict even arrive in stores in February, after a presentation at the Mobile World Conference in Barcelona (24-27 February). More conservative assumptions (or perhaps more realistic) point instead to a separate event in March, with the release of the device between March and April.

The Samsung Galaxy S5 should have a qHD display with a resolution of 2560 x 1440 and an exceptional density of 560 ppi. Regarding the processor, probably will own a Qualcomm Snapdragon 805 . The technical specifications of the new top of the line South Korean company expected to be completed by a 3 GB RAM and a 16 megapixel rear camera, while the operating system Android 4.4 will obviously KitKat.

iPhone 6 as usual on the new range of iPhone rumors often circulate more bizarre. The last brings him back to DigiTimes, who would like the nuomo the iPhone with a sapphire crystal display, “whose hardness is second only to diamond on the scale of transparent materials.” Recall that uses the iPhone 5s sapphire that covers the sensor Touch-ID. . Last November, Apple has acquired the manufacturer of sapphire display in GT Advanced Technologies. There was a time when it was rumored that Apple would replace the classic glass of Corning Gorilla Glass, cheaper, with sapphire crystal, since the latter is practically immune to scratches. Although the iPhone 6 could actually include a sapphire crystal display, flexible screens the question still needs a long time to be developed.

Moreover, in these days is found another patent which concerns the future of screens iPhone may be equipped with an advanced panel technology with “quantum dot-enhanced ‘, capable of reproducing extremely detailed, with very vivid colors. The quantum dots, for those who do not know them, are nanocrystals made through the use of semiconductors, which have special features. Among these, the properties, type of quantum of light emitters which, applied to colors, may revolutionize the way in which they are shown on the display. In support of this technology, on which the Cupertino giant would have to work for a year, appears also the introduction of an LED to control the passage of white light. This, through special filters present in the sub-pixels, would improve (more than it already was with the panel at quantum dots) the reproduction of the images on the screen. In the end, probably, the main feature of the iPhone 6 will be a larger screen of the usual 4 inches.

HTC One 2 : The next HTC One 2/M8 (Two or as some call it) is already known in the early rumors. It speaks of a terminal equipped with Taiwanese probably a Qualcomm Snapdragon SoC 800 (HTC One has a Snapdragon 600) in some benchmarks November with results very similar to Xperia Z1 Sony and LG G2. In addition, it has found between the Wi-Fi certification, which will note the presence of dual-band antenna compatible with 802.11 a / b / g / n / ac and that between 5 GHz and 2.4 GHz On the hardware side could have 2 GB of RAM, and a 5-inch screen Full HD (2K nothing, probably). In addition, there is talk of the possibility that the resolution of the camera UltraPixel, certainly in the current low One can go up to 10 megapixels and be alongside a dual LED flash.

The smartphone should be presented in February, probably during the Mobile World Congress in Barcelona, ??thus maintaining the same temporal window of its predecessor, the marketing of which has been greatly hampered by some trouble in the process of production, and the camera UltraPixel, in fact, resulted in a shortage of units in the first weeks of launch. According to what was written by @ LlabTooFeer, user Twitter knowledgeable, the new top of the line smartphone from HTC Sense 6.0 will propose, details of which are currently unknown, based on Android 4.4 .2, at the time of the most recent version of the operating system of Google .

appearance and ultimately emerged a mold of wax probably used as a reference by the manufacturers of accessories, show lines already known; HTC does not seem to be willing to abandon the design used for One, first, One and Max, then, and continue the good work he did the smartphone. Although the cast is not present, the next generation of smartphones from Taiwan could acquire, as the phablet, a fingerprint reader, but the rumors are divided on this point and there is no uniformity: there could be like the exact opposite.

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LG G3 : LG G2 is a device launched only a few months ago and was instantly recognized as a device really well done, with high-end equipment and also un’azzeccata marketing campaign . LG and Samsung, traditionally bitter rivals in recent months have begun to engage in battle, for example in the area of ?? in the TV Ultra HD 105 “, also with curved screen. This” derby “South Korea is about to leave even on the rumor for the next top of the range, the Galaxy S5, which has already seen the LG G3 and above.

The Korean edition of ZDNet has posted what appear to be the first details of G3. The new top of the range should be released in the second half of 2014, and be equipped with a powerful octa-core processor called “Odin”, currently under development. The display should be a 2K (2560 x 1440), a resolution that will become a standard for smartphones to be released in 2014. At the moment there is no other news, but certainly already from the first weeks of next year you will have new information on the future flagship device of a company that does not want to only be known for collaborating with Google for the Nexus series, and wants to undermine the consolidated Samsung-Apple duopoly in this market.

Oppo

Oppo Find 7 : Oppo is pushing a lot about some of the details of his new creature, Find 7. The rumor that they were running a few days ago : via Twitter , the company announced that an image with the Find 7 will have a screen resolution of 2K, that is an impressive density of 2560 × 1440 pixels, 538 ppi and 5.5 inch diagonal.

I the Find 5 was the first smartphone in the world to have 5-inch display with a resolution of 1080p, the 7 Find the overrides on this. Oppo Find 7 could have a Snapdragon processor 805 of the latest generation, not yet available on the market because announced by little. Probably this processor will be available in conjunction with the launch of the new smartphone.

It continues with 3 GB of RAM. 13-megapixel camera on the front and probably less than 5 megapixels. It is also expected that Oppo will be the first smartphone that supports 4G LTE and has a capacious 4000 mAh battery. With these features could dethrone the competition in the segment phablet and beyond.

Sony Xperia “Sirius” and “Canopus” within the first six months of 2014 Sony will launch its new devices, probably announced between CES and MWC , called for now with code names. For now you know some rumors: Sirius could be the Xperia Z1S, a revised and corrected version of the Z1, with a display of 5.2 inches. Canopus will probably come out later with the powerful Snapdragon and 805 5-inch display: this might just be the Z2.

Nokia Lumia 929 is already talk of 16 January as the date of release of this terminal is not yet announced, codenamed Nokia Icon and the ad should be linked to its acquisition of Nokia by Microsoft : could be launched, however, most likely at MWC in Barcelona. You may have the same characteristics of the Lumia abbandonae 1520 but the huge 6-inch screen for one to five: it also means higher pixel density and a better definition.

These are in general the possible news that we should expect in 2014, but certainly there will be surprises. Certainly nothing totally flexible screens (up to something like LG Flex), for those it was not until 2015 or beyond.