Sony is adding another option to its smartphone lineup with this Xperia A it just announced in Japan. Spotted a few days ago in an FCC filing, the SO-04E will be released on the 17th on NTT DoCoMo.

Japanese carrier NTT Docomo has officially announced the Sony Xperia A smartphone as part of 2013 summer election.

 key specifications

Display: 4.6-inch HD reality display with a resolution of 720×1280 pixels.

Processor: 1.5GHz Qualcomm Snapdragon S4 quad-core processor.

Memory: 2GB RAM, 32GB internal storage expandable up to 32GB via microSD.

Camera: 13-megapixel Exmor RS autofocus camera with LED flash & VGA front camera.

Connectivity: 3G, Wi-Fi 802.11 b/g/n, Bluetooth 4.0, GPS, LTE, NFC.

OS: Android 4.1 (Jelly Bean)

Display: 5.3-inch display with 540×960 pixels resolution.

Recently in world wide smart phones market Samsung has been releasing quite rapidly this new handsets under name ”Galaxy”. This new branding has change the market appearance in a short period of time.

Samsung Galaxy S4 Mini will come in both Single SIM supported variant and Dual SIM Supported variant. Single SIM variant may have the Quad Core processor, while Dual SIM may have Dual Core processor.

Samsung Galaxy S4 Mini will have 4 different versions. The Single SIM version with model no. I9190 is the base model. Other 3 devices with model no. I919x. Dual SIM version with I9192, LTE version with I9195 and China version with I9198 model no.

Key Specifications:

Network Supported: GSM (850 / 900 / 1800 / 1900 – GT-I9190), GSM [850 / 900 / 1800 / 1900 - GT-I9192 (SIM 1 & SIM 2)], HSDPA (900 / 1900 / 2100), LTE – GT-I9195

Display: 540 x 960 pixels, 4.3 inches, Super AMOLED capacitive touchscreen

OS: Android OS, v4.2.2 (Jelly Bean).

Processor: Dual-core 1.6 GHz

Memory: Internal(8/16/32 GB), 1 GB RAM, microSD, up to 32 GB.

Connectivity: GPRS, EDGE, HSDPA 14.4 Mbps, HSUPA 5.76 Mbps, Wi-Fi 802.11 a/b/g/n, dual-band, DLNA, Wi-Fi Direct, Wi-Fi hotspot,   Bluetooth v4.0 with A2DP, LE, EDR, NFC, micro-USB

Color: White, Blue, Titan Gray.

Price:  Not Known Yet.

“VERTU TI is our most significant product for a decade. Android 4.0 delivers a proven and intuitive environment for users while the design and craftsmanship of the handset remains uniquely Vertu,”  as per quoted by Vertu President and CEO on its launch.

 key specifications

Network: GSM (850 / 900 / 1800 / 1900) & HSDPA (850 / 900 / 1900 / 2100).

Display: 3.7-inches the WVGA screen.

Processor: 1.7GHz dual-core processor.

Memory: 1GB RAM,64GB internal storage.

Camera: 8-megapixel rear camera & 1.3-megapixel front-facing camera.

OS: Android 4.0 (Ice Cream Sandwich).

Connectivity: GPRS, EDGE, HSDPA, 21 Mbps; HSUPA, 5.76 Mbps, Wi-Fi 802.11 b/g/n, Wi-Fi hotspot, Bluetooth, micro-USB.

Colors: Black/Gray.

Price: Rs 6,49,990.

Nokia Asha 501 is all set to hot the Nokia press stage in India as announced by Stephen Elop. One of its first new kind of generation falls to Asha platform. Lumia is the main inspiration & red color is the signature uniquely used in its design. Its expected to shop around June 2013 & $99 would be the expected pricing without any taxes. It would be come out via. 60 operators and distributors in more than 90 countries worldwide.

Key specifications

Network: GSM (900 / 1800 RM-899, 850 / 1900 – RM-900).

Display: 3-inch QVGA TFT capacitive touch display.

Camera: 3.2-megapixel camera.

Memory: 4GB microSD card bundled with the phone, cards up to 32GB supported.

Connectivity: Wi-Fi/GPRS/ Edge/ Bluetooth.

OS: Asha platform.

Colors: Bright Red, Bright Green, Cyan, Yellow, White and Black.

Battery Capacity: 1200 mAh

Stand-by Time: Up to 1152 h (Single SIM) & 624 h( Dual SIM).

Talk Time: Up to 17 h.

Music Play Time: Up to 56 h

Its the first quad-core phone launched in the market by the company named as Lava. It also features One Glass Solution (OGS) technology being a Q-series phone its possess unique features mentioned below.

Key Specifications:

Display: 4.5-inch qHD IPS display with 245 ppi.

Processor: 1.2GHz quad-core processor with PowerVR SGX544 GPU.

Memory: 1GB of RAM,4GB of internal storage, expandable by up to 32GB.

Camera: 5-megapixel rear camera with LED flash & .3-megapixel front camera.

Connectivity: Wi-Fi, Bluetooth, 3G.

Battery Capacity: 2400 mAh battery.

OS: Android 4.2 (Jelly Bean).

Talk Time: 17 h(2G) & 16h (3G).

Stand-by Time: 380h(2G) & 350h(3G).

Price: Rs. 9,999.

By the help of Pelican Imaging, a new 16-element lens camera will be introduced into smart phone by the Finnish handset manufacturer into their premium series of handsets i.e. the Lumia soon in the next year as per hint provided by the company.

The interesting feature of Pelican Camera is that it contains 16 individual lenses & when the shutter is pressed then the lens snaps all the pictures together & every pixels carry depth information.

This is quite similar to Lytro camera, where a photographer can alter the focus of the image or can have multiple image focus points, soon the image has been captured.

The company claims that the photographers can change the image background, scale any portion of the picture or add any new elements into the picture.

Chris Pickett the Pelican’s CEO quoted that he didn’t say the name of the testing manufacturers name, but it would seem unlikely that Nokia would pump money into a company only to see others reap the benefits.

Last at Mobile World Congress 2013 Acer has announced two pair of handsets & as per latest updates company is expanding its markets outside North America by launching products like liquid E2. The Liquid E2 smart phone is the successor of Liquid E1 which runs on quad-core processor & 4.5-inch qHD display.

Liquid C1 smartphone has already been announced in Thailand earlier this year which runs on  Intel’s Atom Z2420 chipset.

Key Specifications:

Network Supported: GSM (850 / 900 / 1800 / 1900) & HSDPA

Display: 540 x 960 pixels, 4.5 inches, IPS LCD capacitive touchscreen.

Processor: CPU(Quad-core 1.2 GHz Cortex-A7) & GPU(PowerVR SGX 544MP).

OS: Android OS, v4.2.1 (Jelly Bean).

Memory: Internal(4 GB, 1 GB RAM) & External (microSD, up to 32 GB).

Camera: Primary(8 MP, 3264 x 2448 pixels, autofocus, LED flash) & Secondary (2 MP).

Connectivity: GPRS, EDGE, HSPA+, A-GPS, Bluetooth, USB.

Color: Black, White.

Battery Capacity: 2000 mAh.

Talk-Time: Up to 9 h.

Stand-by Time: Up to 450 h.

Expected Price: €229 or  $300.

A dual sim smartphone powered by 1 GHz Cortex A9 MediaTek MT6575 processor, 512 MB RAM. Previously a phone named as Optimus L5 was launched, but this one is the advanced version.

Key Specifications:

Network: GSM 850 / 900 / 1800 / 1900 & HSDPA 850 / 900 / 1900 / 2100

Processor: MTK 6575 1 GHz

OS: Android OS, v4.1.2 (Jelly Bean)

Display: 480 x 800 pixels, 4.0 inches, IPS LCD capacitive touchscreen.

Memory: Internal (4 GB, 512 MB RAM) & External (microSD, up to 32 GB).

Connectivity: GPRS, EDGE, HSDPA, 7.2 Mbps; HSUPA, 5.76 Mbps, Wi-Fi 802.11 b/g/n, Wi-Fi Direct, Wi-Fi hotspot, Bluetooth v3.0, micro-USB v2.0

Camera: Primary (5 MP, 2592×1944 pixels, autofocus, LED flash) & No Secondary.

Colors: Indigo Black, White, Pink, Titan.

Battery Capacity: 1700 mAh.

Expected Price: Rs 11,499

A dream quad-core android mobiles has been launched by Lava for the Indian consumers.

Key Specifications:

Network: GSM – 850, 900, 1800, 1900; UMTS – 2100

Display: 4.5-inch capacitive touch screen with qHD, 540 x 960 Pixels.

Processor: CPU(1.2 GHz, Quad Core) & GPU (PowerVR SGX544).

Memory: 1 GB RAM & 4GB of internal storage, 32GB user accessible.

Camera: 8-megapixel rear camera & 1-megapixel front camera.

Connectivity: Yes, 21 Mbps HSDPA; 5.7 Mbps HSUPA, Wi-Fi, EDGE, Bluetooth.

Battery Capacity: 2100 mAh.

Talk-Time: 16 hrs (2G), 10 hrs (3G).

Stand-by Time: 360 hrs (2G), 360 hrs (3G).

OS: Android v4.1 (Jelly Bean)

Expected Price: Rs 12,499