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Intex has launched the Intex PLAYER a new gaming phone with Dual SIM support. It has a 2.8-inch touch screen display, 1.3MP camera and FM Radio with recording. Intex launched the SENSE 3.0 dual SIM feature phone last year. It has 2 dedicated gaming buttons on the top to play over 1000 pre-loaded games. Several Indian mobile phone manufactures including Lava, G’Five and Maxx have released gaming phones in the past.
Intex PLAYER specifications
2.8-inch 65K TFT touch screen displayDual SIM (GSM

• 2.8-inch 65K TFT touch screen display
• Dual SIM (GSM +GSM)
• 1.3 MP camera with video recording
•  Audio player (MP3 and WAV) and Video player (25FPS, AVI, 3GP, MP4)
• Bluetooth, USB
• FM Radio with recording
• Hindi and English language support
• Expandable memory up to 16GB
•  Smart dial and auto call record and battery manager
• 1200 mAh battery with upto 4 hours and up to 200 hours standby

Nokia has launched the 105, an affordable entry-level phone in India as we reported last week.  The Nokia 105 was announced at the MWC 2013 back in February, and would replace the Nokia 1280. It has a 1.45-inch (128 x 128 pixels) 65k Colour TFT Display, has FM Radio support and comes with Nokia Life which sold more than 100 million units in its lifetime.  The Nokia 105 is based on Nokia’s Series 30 platform similar to the Nokia 100 and 101 affordable entry-level phones that were launched in India last year. It has dust-and splash-proof keypad and offers up to 12.5 hours of talk time and up to 35 days of standby.
Nokia 105 features and specifications
Display: 1.45-inch 65k Colour TFT DisplayDual band, EGSM 900/1800Dimensions 107 x 44.8 x 14.3 mm; weight 70 g (including battery)FM RadioFive pre-loaded gamesMultiple alarm clock capabilities,Speaking clock and flashlightNokia Life service that offers information messages on several topicsConnectivity: 2.0 mm Charger Connector, 3.5 mm AV Connector800 mAh battery with up to 35 days standby and 12.5 hours talk time
The Nokia 105 is priced at Rs. 1,249. It would go on sale in India later this month.

• Display: 1.45-inch 65k Colour TFT Display
• Dual band, EGSM 900/1800
• Dimensions 107 x 44.8 x 14.3 mm; weight 70 g (including battery)
• FM Radio
• Five pre-loaded games
• Multiple alarm clock capabilities,
• Speaking clock and flashlight
• Nokia Life service that offers information messages on several topics
• Connectivity: 2.0 mm Charger Connector, 3.5 mm AV Connector
• 800 mAh battery with up to 35 days standby and 12.5 hours talk time

Are We Headed for a Smart-watch War

You thought the smartphone wars were bad? Just wait till the battle heats up over the smartwatch. As Samsung goes public with its plans for a wristwatch-style computer, and rumors of an Apple “iWatch” hits fever pitch, the giants of the tech world have just begun to fight. Not that companies aren’t already competing for real estate on your arm, of course. Sony released an Android-powered model last April. The Pebble watch, which raised a record-smashing $10 million on Kickstarter, began shipping in January. And let’s not even mention the plethora of fitness bracelets—Fitbit, Jawbone Up, Nike Fuelband—that are vying for a slice of an increasingly saturated market. And although Google is preparing to roll out its highly anticipated “Glass” headset, don’t count the erstwhile search engine out of the running just yet. According to a patent filed in October, Google may be plotting a smartwatch with a Wi-Fi chip, a “tactile user interface,” and a “flip-up portion.”

Whether smart watches will be as indispensable as their handheld brethren still remains to be seen.

Another patent application, filed by Apple in April 2011, offers hints of a “wearable video device” modeled after the slap bracelet of the ’80s. The filing proposes a flexible “bi-stable spring substrate” with a wraparound touchscreen for pulling up visual information, such as the order of a current playlist or a tally of recent phone calls.

One company that isn’t playing coy about its pipeline is Samsung. “We’ve been preparing the watch product for so long,” Lee Young Hee, executive vice president of Samsung’s mobile business, told Bloomberg News earlier in the month. “We are working very hard to get ready for it. We are preparing products for the future, and the watch is definitely one of them.”

Whether smartwatches will be as indispensable as their handheld brethren still remains to be seen. (Do we really need another way to receive Facebook notifications?) As for which one will come out on top, only time will tell.

Sony Xperia Z officially launched in India, priced Rs. 38,990

Firstly, the Sony Xperia Z sports a new design language from Sony. It looks quite impressive and it feels really sleek when you hold it in your hands. Apart from the new design Sony has also loaded this device with some great hardware.

The Xperia Z sports a 5-inch display with a 1920×1080 pixels resolution which is powered by Sony’s BRAVIA engine. The smartphone is powered by a quad-core Qualcomm Snapdragon S4 Pro processor which is clocked at 1.5GHz. In addition to this the device includes 2GB of RAM, 16GB of built0in storage and it has a 2,330 mAh battery. It sports a 13 megapixel rear camera which Sony’s latest Exmor-RS sensor enabling the device shoot HDR videos and stills, it also includes a 1.9 megapixel front facing camera. Regardless of its sleek new design, the Xperia Z features a waterproof and dustproof exoskeleton.

It is equipped with all the key connectivity option including Wi-Fi, 3G, NFC, etc. and it has an microSD card slot for expandable memory. This Sony smartphone runs Android 4.1 Jelly Bean right out of the box.

The Google Watch with Google Now - A wearable computer for the present

The future of computing is mobile, and the future of mobile is wearables. Google knows this; so does LG, Samsung and Apple. That’s why all four are rumored to be working on their own smart watches. Google’s, it’s reported, will run Android, and might be with us sooner rather than later.

The Pebble smart watch has already proved the appetite for this kind of product as a smartphone companion device. The appeal is obvious -- the ability to keep tabs on email, messages, calls, music playback, etc. using a device that’s always on your person. Relief from the burden of constant phone-checking (or at least, a weaning of users onto constant watch-checking instead.) It’s no wonder Google and others want a piece of that pie. Glass is for the future

Sure, a smart watch might not be as sexy as a futuristic headset like Google Glass. But it’s also nowhere near as risky a proposition, not to mention easier to get into consumers’ hands using Google’s existing infrastructure and software. (Think Android and the Google Play Store.) Make no mistake -- Google faces an uphill struggle in making Glass a success. It’s a potentially revolutionary class of product, but the barriers to ownership and acceptance are immense. For the moment it’s expensive -- $1500 for the Explorer Edition. It’s also a highly visible accessory that draws attention to its user -- and not necessarily in a positive way. Its being at eye height means you can’t not notice it, and the presence of a camera will be a cause of unease for some. For those reasons, we’ve already started to witness some blow-back against Google’s smart glasses. A Seattle dive bar famously issued a pre-emptive ban. State legislators in the U.S. are pondering a ban on Glass while driving. In the UK, anti-Glass pressure group Stop the Cyborgs has made the news in recent weeks. And it isn’t all scaremongering and publicity stunts -- there are some real privacy, safety and security issues around Glass that’ll need to be resolved in the coming years.

Glass is for the future. The present needs a different kind of wearable computer, and the Google Watch fits that bill. Google’s smart watch should offer its own unique benefits in a less obtrusive package. The larger footprint of a watch would allow traditional (low-power) smartphone innards to be used, presumably alongside a standard touchscreen of some sort. And if Google’s to use Android on its smart watch, as is reported, then it’s already got a ready-made, mature mobile platform to build off. All the individual pieces Google needs to make a really great smart watch already exist, and the path to release is much smoother.

Android on a watch

But Android on a watch isn’t going to look a whole lot like Android on a phone -- it’s a completely different class of device. Consider, for instance, the problem of text entry on a screen so small. Whereas most smartphones are built around a central home screen launcher, a watch needs to offer information at a glance, and perhaps the ability to launch additional apps where it makes sense. That requires a radical re-thinking of the UI most of us are familiar with, even if under the hood it’s the same old Android running the show. Being an embedded OS, of course, Android can look like anything -- a phone, a tablet, an oven.

Almost a year ago our own Phil Nickinson asked whether Google Now, Google's predictive search app, might someday replace the traditional Android home screen. There’ve been a few baby steps towards that with the Google Now widget, apps like DashClock and more content-centric home screen implementations like HTC BlinkFeed. But the natural place to put Google Now -- the place that makes so much sense that it can’t possibly not happen -- is on the Google Watch. Wearing Google Now

It’s a perfect fit, and it brings a whole new meaning to the term “timely information.” Google Now is easy enough to get to on most Android devices, but on phones and tablets it’s hidden behind either a swipe gesture or a few button presses. At a more basic, physical level, there’s the problem of actually having to extract your phone from your pocket, then unlock it and find Google Now.

This is exactly what smart watches aim to remedy -- the constant need to check your phone. Watches, as a product category, are all about fast access to timely, relevant information. So when Google’s smart watch eventually arrives, Google Now should be front and center, providing single-glance access to not just the time and any pending notifications, but the weather, transit directions, appointments, sports scores, boarding passes and more. In doing so, it could elegantly fit into a new role as the face of the Google Watch.

Search is Google’s bread and butter, and Google Now has shown us that the future of search is predictive and personal. Android has always been about hooking users’ mobile lives into Google’s products, and recently that's expanded to include predictive search. As an Android product, Google’s watch, if and when it arrives, should be a continuation of Android's mission. And if Google Now is the center of that experience, it might just be the ideal wearable device for the here and now.

Customize Your Perfect Watch. It's as Easy as Downloading an App.

Pebble is the first watch built for the 21st century. It's infinitely customizable, with beautiful downloadable watchfaces and useful internet-connected apps. Pebble connects to iPhone and Android smartphones using Bluetooth, alerting you with a silent vibration to incoming calls, emails and messages. While designing Pebble, we strove to create a minimalist yet fashionable product that seamlessly blends into everyday life.

CUSTOMIZE WITH APPS

Apps bring Pebble to life. We're building some amazing apps for Pebble. Cyclists can use Pebble as a bike computer, accessing the GPS on your smartphone to display speed, distance and pace data. Runners get a similar set of data displayed on their wrist. Use the music control app to play, pause or skip tracks on your phone with the touch of a button. Don't worry about the rain, Pebble is water-resistant! If you're a golfer, feel free to bring Pebble onto the course. We're working with Freecaddie to create a great golf rangefinder app for Pebble that works on over 25,000 courses world-wide. Instead of using your phone, view your current distance to the green right on your wrist. These apps will be the first, with more in the works!

The next model in the Micromax lineup of smartphones is out. The Micromax A91 Ninja is a mid range smartphone that comes loaded with a range of features. This smartphone targets the mid range consumer segment and it comes with an affordable price tag. Micromax’s USP (dual SIM + low cost) is maintained here in this model.



This smartphone comes with Android 4.0 (Ice Cream Sandwich) OS loaded in it. The 1 GHz dual core processor ensures smooth computing. The 512 MB RAM loaded in the Micromax A91 Ninja helps in easy multitasking. The Micromax A91 Ninja measures only 10 mm in thickness and this makes it easy to carry around. The 4.5-inch display screen of this smartphone offers visuals at 480 x 854 pixels. The 1800 mAh battery loaded in this handset offers enough battery backup.

The 5 MP primary camera of this handset helps in capturing images and videos at good resolution. The 0.3 MP secondary camera helps in video calls. The Micromax A91 Ninja has 4 GB internal memory capability and it is expandable up to 32 GB through a microSD card.

The media features commonly found in mid range smartphones are available in this device. This include media players, games, FM radio and social networking apps etc. User can connect to the internet using 3G, WiFi, EDGE and GPRS platforms. The device comes with an initial price tag of Rs. 9K, which is pretty reasonable considering the features loaded in it.

After years of construction, Facebook is at long last revealing its effort to build “a new home” on Android.
“Today we are finally going to be talking about that Facebook phone. Or, more accurately, we are going to talk about how you can turn your Android device … into a great social phone,” Mark Zuckerberg said, kicking off the event at companyheadquarters in Menlo Park. “We think this is the best version of Facebook there is.”

Facebook Home, as the product is known, isn’t a phone, per se, but rather a series of customizations that replaces the look and feel of a standard Android phone with a set of Facebook apps, home screens and messaging experiences.

As we first reported in a series of articles more than a year ago, the project to create a custom Facebook phone on top of Android — code-named Buffy — has been going on for some time.

Facebook has since spent a lot of time noting that it is not building a phone — which is technically true. However, it has built the software guts of one, and it even partnered with HTC to put a hardware face on its the project.

Zuckerberg stressed that what Facebook is doing isn’t building a phone or an operating system, but rather an experience that is a family of apps that becomes your home screen on a standard Android device.

“You don’t need to fork Android to do this,” Zuckerberg said. Facebook Home will be an update on Google Play to the social network’s existing Facebook app. It will be available initially only for phones, with tablet support coming within several months.

Updates to Facebook Home will also come monthly, the company said, arguing that yearly updates such as those made to Android just aren’t frequent enough.

Zuckerberg reiterated why the company is focused on the software rather than a single phone. Zuckerberg said that a great phone might sell 10 million or 20 million units — one percent of Facebook’s total user base.

“We’re not building a phone, and we’re not building an operating system, but we are also building something that is a lot more … than an ordinary app,” he said.

Zuckerberg took aim at the app-centric approach taken by most modern smartphones, saying phones should be about people rather than programs.

Facebook isn’t the only company trying to move away from an app-centric world. Windows Phone, for example, has a People hub that focuses on all the ways that someone connects with a person and their photos and updates.

Apps, of course, are still a part of phones, so an app launcher is just a swipe away.

One particular feature should be more than just an app, Zuckerberg said, and that’s messaging. The company has built a new experience where “Chat Heads” — little pictures of your friends — pop up when a new message comes in.

Beyond the cute head shots, Chat Heads allow messaging to take place in any app, rather than requiring a user to either stop what they are doing or risk ignoring the person seeking their attention.

“It really feels like your friends are always there,” said Joey Flynn, the Facebook designer who created the messaging experience.

Chat Heads work with both text messages and incoming Facebook messages.

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Facebook Home, as the product is known, isn’t a phone, per se, but rather a series of customizations that replaces the look and feel of a standard Android phone with a set of Facebook apps, home screens and messaging experiences.
As we first reported in a series of articles more than a year ago, the project to create a custom Facebook phone on top of Android — code-named Buffy — has been going on for some time.
Facebook has since spent a lot of time noting that it is not building a phone — which is technically true. However, it has built the software guts of one, and it even partnered with HTC to put a hardware face on its the project.
Zuckerberg stressed that what Facebook is doing isn’t building a phone or an operating system, but rather an experience that is a family of apps that becomes your home screen on a standard Android device.
“You don’t need to fork Android to do this,” Zuckerberg said. Facebook Home will be an update on Google Play to the social network’s existing Facebook app. It will be available initially only for phones, with tablet support coming within several months.
Updates to Facebook Home will also come monthly, the company said, arguing that yearly updates such as those made to Android just aren’t frequent enough.
Zuckerberg reiterated why the company is focused on the software rather than a single phone. Zuckerberg said that a great phone might sell 10 million or 20 million units — one percent of Facebook’s total user base.
“We’re not building a phone, and we’re not building an operating system, but we are also building something that is a lot more … than an ordinary app,” he said.
Zuckerberg took aim at the app-centric approach taken by most modern smartphones, saying phones should be about people rather than programs.
Facebook isn’t the only company trying to move away from an app-centric world. Windows Phone, for example, has a People hub that focuses on all the ways that someone connects with a person and their photos and updates.
Apps, of course, are still a part of phones, so an app launcher is just a swipe away.
One particular feature should be more than just an app, Zuckerberg said, and that’s messaging. The company has built a new experience where “Chat Heads” — little pictures of your friends — pop up when a new message comes in.
Beyond the cute head shots, Chat Heads allow messaging to take place in any app, rather than requiring a user to either stop what they are doing or risk ignoring the person seeking their attention.
“It really feels like your friends are always there,” said Joey Flynn, the Facebook designer who created the messaging experience.
Chat Heads work with both text messages and incoming Facebook messages.
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Facebook Home, as the product is known, isn’t a phone, per se, but rather a series of customizations that replaces the look and feel of a standard Android phone with a set of Facebook apps, home screens and messaging experiences.As we first reported in a series of articles more than a year ago, the project to create a custom Facebook phone on top of Android — code-named Buffy — has been going on for some time.
Facebook has since spent a lot of time noting that it is not building a phone — which is technically true. However, it has built the software guts of one, and it even partnered with HTC to put a hardware face on its the project.
Zuckerberg stressed that what Facebook is doing isn’t building a phone or an operating system, but rather an experience that is a family of apps that becomes your home screen on a standard Android device.
“You don’t need to fork Android to do this,” Zuckerberg said. Facebook Home will be an update on Google Play to the social network’s existing Facebook app. It will be available initially only for phones, with tablet support coming within several months.
Updates to Facebook Home will also come monthly, the company said, arguing that yearly updates such as those made to Android just aren’t frequent enough.
Zuckerberg reiterated why the company is focused on the software rather than a single phone. Zuckerberg said that a great phone might sell 10 million or 20 million units — one percent of Facebook’s total user base.
“We’re not building a phone, and we’re not building an operating system, but we are also building something that is a lot more … than an ordinary app,” he said.
Zuckerberg took aim at the app-centric approach taken by most modern smartphones, saying phones should be about people rather than programs.
Facebook isn’t the only company trying to move away from an app-centric world. Windows Phone, for example, has a People hub that focuses on all the ways that someone connects with a person and their photos and updates.
Apps, of course, are still a part of phones, so an app launcher is just a swipe away.
One particular feature should be more than just an app, Zuckerberg said, and that’s messaging. The company has built a new experience where “Chat Heads” — little pictures of your friends — pop up when a new message comes in.
Beyond the cute head shots, Chat Heads allow messaging to take place in any app, rather than requiring a user to either stop what they are doing or risk ignoring the person seeking their attention.
“It really feels like your friends are always there,” said Joey Flynn, the Facebook designer who created the messaging experience.
Chat Heads work with both text messages and incoming Facebook messages.
RELATED POSTS: Ten Minutes With Adam Mosseri, the Guy in Charge of Facebook Home If Facebook Made a Real Facebook Home (Comic) The Buffy Story: Facebook’s Long Road Home to an Android Phone Facebook’s Phone Also Coming to France Telecom-Orange, but First to AT&T Content, Content Everywhere In Facebook’s Ideal Mobile World Can Facebook Build an Android-Style Home on the iPhone? Probably Not. How to Turn Your Handset Into a Facebook Phone HTC First: The Hardware Side to Facebook Home Buffy Has Landed: Facebook Launches Home, Its Android Phone Project
Facebook Home, as the product is known, isn’t a phone, per se, but rather a series of customizations that replaces the look and feel of a standard Android phone with a set of Facebook apps, home screens and messaging experiences.As we first reported in a series of articles more than a year ago, the project to create a custom Facebook phone on top of Android — code-named Buffy — has been going on for some time.
Facebook has since spent a lot of time noting that it is not building a phone — which is technically true. However, it has built the software guts of one, and it even partnered with HTC to put a hardware face on its the project.
Zuckerberg stressed that what Facebook is doing isn’t building a phone or an operating system, but rather an experience that is a family of apps that becomes your home screen on a standard Android device.
“You don’t need to fork Android to do this,” Zuckerberg said. Facebook Home will be an update on Google Play to the social network’s existing Facebook app. It will be available initially only for phones, with tablet support coming within several months.
Updates to Facebook Home will also come monthly, the company said, arguing that yearly updates such as those made to Android just aren’t frequent enough.
Zuckerberg reiterated why the company is focused on the software rather than a single phone. Zuckerberg said that a great phone might sell 10 million or 20 million units — one percent of Facebook’s total user base.
“We’re not building a phone, and we’re not building an operating system, but we are also building something that is a lot more … than an ordinary app,” he said.
Zuckerberg took aim at the app-centric approach taken by most modern smartphones, saying phones should be about people rather than programs.
Facebook isn’t the only company trying to move away from an app-centric world. Windows Phone, for example, has a People hub that focuses on all the ways that someone connects with a person and their photos and updates.
Apps, of course, are still a part of phones, so an app launcher is just a swipe away.
One particular feature should be more than just an app, Zuckerberg said, and that’s messaging. The company has built a new experience where “Chat Heads” — little pictures of your friends — pop up when a new message comes in.
Beyond the cute head shots, Chat Heads allow messaging to take place in any app, rather than requiring a user to either stop what they are doing or risk ignoring the person seeking their attention.
“It really feels like your friends are always there,” said Joey Flynn, the Facebook designer who created the messaging experience.
Chat Heads work with both text messages and incoming Facebook messages.
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The Android operating system accounted for 79 percent of all malware infections on smartphones, and the threat is multiplying, a security firm said Thursday.Finland-based F-Secure said in a report that the free Google operating system, which has been gaining smartphone market share globally, has become the dominant platform targeted by hackers.

"Every quarter, malware authors bring forth new threat families and variants to lure more victims and to update on the existing ones," the F-Secure quarterly report said.

"In the fourth quarter alone, 96 new families and variants of Android threats were discovered, which almost doubles the number recorded in the previous quarter."

The only other platform with any significant share of malware was Symbian, the system dropped by Nokia, which F-Secure said accounted for 19 percent.

Other major platforms including Apple's iOS, BlackBerry and Windows Phone each had less than one percent of mobile phone infections.

"Blackberry, iOS, Windows Mobile, they may see some threats popping up once in a while. But most likely, the threats are intended for multiple platforms," the report noted.

F-Secure said some of the threats included "shady SMS-sending practices" that can sign up victims to an SMS-based subscription service.

Other malware includes banking trojans, designed to steal passwords for online accounts and transfer money from the victims' accounts.

One of these, called Eurograbber, came as a PC virus but tricked users into installing a version on their mobile device, and has been linked to the theft of $47 million from European customers, F-Secure said.

The report said Android malware has outpaced its share of the overall market. While its market share rose to 68.8 percent in 2012, its malware share rose to 79 percent from 66.7 percent the previous year.

Sony has launched its latest flagship smartphone Xperia Z in the Indian market for Rs. 38,990. The smartphone will start retailing in the Indian market starting March 12.

Sony Xperia Z was first announced at the Consumer Electronics Show (CES) 2013. It features a 5-inch full-HD display (1920X1080). The smartphone runs on on Android 4.1 (Jelly Bean). Internally, it packs in a 1.5GHz quad-core Qualcomm S4 Pro processor, 2GB of RAM and 16GB of internal storage. For camera, there is a 13-megapixel rear camera and 2-megapixel front camera.

The Xperia Z is IP55 and IP57 certified, making it water and dust resistant, features a full glass exterior, is 7.9mm thin weighing 149 grams and has a 2,330mAh battery. Connectivity options include Wi-Fi, Bluetooth 4.0 and NFC.

Sony has also announced the Xperia ZL smartphone. Xperia ZL has the same specifications as the Xperia Z but is not water and dust resistant. The other difference is that Xperia ZL is slightly thicker at 9.8mm and comes with a 2,370mAh battery. (Also see: Xperia ZL price and availaibility confirmed)

As of now, the only other smartphone with a full-HD display that is available in the Indian market is the HTC Butterfly that was launched recently for Rs. 45,990.

Sony Xperia Z key specifications
5-inch full-HD display
1.5 GHz Snapdragon S4 Pro quad-core processor
2GB RAM
13-megapixel rear camera
2-megapixel front camera
16GB internal storage (expandable by 32GB)
Bluetooth 4.0, NFC, Wi-Fi
Android 4.1 (Jelly Bean)
2,330mAh battery
149 grams

Samsung will be unveiling its latest Galaxy S IV flagship in a week's time. But fresh reports coming from The Korea Times claim that the Korean manufacturer is already gearing up for a 5.9-inch device to be introduce in the "latter half of this year".

"Samsung is working on introducing a new phablet using a 5.9-inch organic light-emitting diode (OLED) screen", an official told The Korea Times on condition of anonymity.

The official also mentioned that the new device will be powered by the proprietary Exynos Octa processor. Citing "an inside source from Samsung", the report mentions that the company expects to sell larger number of phablets in the near future, which should help it maintain its leading position in the smartphone sales rankings.

Whether or not this is a separate device from the 6.3-inch Galaxy Note III currently in the making, remains to be seen. Earlier reports from The Korea Times indicated that the Samsung Galaxy Note III will sport a 6.3-inch screen and will perhaps come with the recently announced Exynos 5 Octa processor.

A December report also mentioned that in 2013, Samsung will be cutting down its investment in the Liquid Crystal display (LCD) units and concentrating more on organic light-emitting diode (OLED) and plastic-based flexible displays.

The current report, however, states that it is unlikely the company will use flexible display technology considering its display-making Samsung Display is having difficulty coping with demand.

The report notes that Chinese manufacturers like ZTE and Huawei have taken the phablet category seriously by unveiling devices such as the 5.7-inch Grand Memo and the 6.1-inch Ascend Mate respectively. ZTE is also rumoured to be working on the Nubia Z7 which boasts a 6.3-inch display and an 8-core CPU.

Quoting a top-ranked executive at one of Samsung's parts suppliers, the report mentions, "Even if these kinds of sizes ― from 5-inch to 6-inch ― are stretching the limits of traditional pockets, well-made phablets using bezel-less technology have been warmly received. Users prefer bigger phones and they use them more often. Samsung will be more focused on larger phones".

Samsung pioneered the phablet category with the 5.3-inch Galaxy Note introduced in October 2011 and its subsequent successor the Note II unveiled at its Unpacked event in Berlin on August 2012. Both these devices have been quite successful and Samsung has already announced that it has managed to sell 5 million units of Samsung Galaxy Note II just two months since the phablet started shipping.