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It will soon be time to bid adieu to 2012 and welcome 2013 as Old Father Time comes knocking again. The tech market saw several new devices making a mark for themselves in the hotly-contested tablet space, but which one stood out from the crowd?
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China-based Huawei's Android-powered Ascend D2 smartphone has been in the news for sometime now and the company is expected to take the wraps off the device at the CES 2013 in January. With barely a few days to go for CES, images of the Ascend D2 have leaked online.
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The grapevine may be abuzz with rumors that Samsung is working on the successor of its best-selling Galaxy S3 smartphone, dubbed the Galaxy S4, but it seems that the company has not forgotten about its flagship smartphone for 2012.
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Rumors of OPPO's 5-megapixel front-facing camera smartphone, Ulike 2, have been surfacing for a while now and to put speculations to rest, the company has finally launched the smartphone in China with a price tag of around $370.
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To celebrate the festive season, Canadian carrier SaskTel is offering the 4G LTE BlackBerry PlayBook (16GB version) for just $49.99 as part of its Boxing Week Specials.
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Rumors and leaks surrounding Samsung's next-gen Galaxy S4 smartphone are gathering momentum with each passing day in anticipation of the device's purported launch in early 2013. Now, a hands-on video that shows the Galaxy S4 in action has surfaced online.
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China-based OPPO had recently announced its Find 5 smartphone, which is expected to hit the U.S. and Chinese shelves in Q1 of 2013. Now, per reports, OPPO has revealed that in addition to the U.S. and China, the OPPO Find 5 will be making its way to other markets as well in Q1 2013, and it will be available in 32GB as well.
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HTC Droid DNA, touted as the "ultimate smartphone" by the company, hit the shelves in November and is exclusively offered on U.S. carrier Verizon. The carrier recently released a new commercial called "Extra Sensory," which declares that the HTC Droid DNA is "an upgrade to yourself."
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China-based ZTE launched its Grand X smartphone in July 2012 in Europe and now word's on the street that the device may make its way soon to the U.S. shores via carrier T-Mobile.
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The rumors and leaks are beginning to gather momentum as Canadian smartphone maker Research In Motion (RIM) readies for the unveiling of its new BlackBerry 10 (BB10) OS and new smartphones at its Jan. 30 event in New York. The latest of such leaks is an image purportedly of the BlackBerry Z10 and the BlackBerry X10.
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Recently, a third-party accessory maker released a Nexus 10 pogo pin charging cable for the Samsung-made Android tablet from Google. The Pogo charging cable was available for purchase via e-retailer eBay for $19.99 (without shipping), but now the site shows that the accessory has sold out.
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With a slew of devices in the pipeline, Samsung is gearing up for 2013 and the company looks set to retain its status as the smartphone market leader. Per reports, Samsung is looking to extend its lead over arch rival Apple in the smartphone arena and will ship a whopping 510 million phones in 2013, of which 390 million will be smartphones.
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Samsung launched its Galaxy Note 2 in November this year and the phablet needs no aggressive selling. However, a recent report suggests that the U.S. retailer Best Buy will sell the Galaxy Note 2 for $249.99 on a two-year contract from the day after Christmas - a $50 discount.
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