UAProf and Leaked Screenshot Point to LG’s G3 Featuring a 2560 x 1440 Display

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With the G2 Pro announced (and US buyers patiently waiting for hit to shelves) it’s time to look forward to the next thing from LG, which we’re all thinking is going to be of course, the G3. We’ve heard a number of rumors recently about the G3, but most of these have revolved around the G3′s display, which looks very much like it’s going to be a 2560 x 1440 panel, and if the 5.5-inch rumored size comes true, that’ll give the G3 a pixel density of 530 ppi, which is as big a deal as it sounds. That’d make the G3 one of the densest displays on the market and considering that the Galaxy Note 4 from Samsung is said to be packing a QHD display as well, it’d give the G3 enough to go up against Samsung’s best.

Sprint’s website has been kind enough to show off a User Agent profile of what is more than likely the G3, with a model number of LS990 and a display resolution of 2560 x 1440. Other tidbits found in the profile include a “Krait CPU” which points to either a Snapdragon 801 or the newer Snapdragon 805. Meanwhile, a photo of what could be the device in question has surfaced from UberGizmo, running an AnTuTu Benchmark, proudly displaying the figure “2560 x 1440″ for the display resolution. Of course, we’ve no idea if this photo is genuine, or if AnTuTu had simply been messed with to produce the desired results.

According to UberGizmo, LG has confirmed that their next device will in fact carry a 2560 x 1440 display, but just what size of display, or what that device even is remains unclear. At this point, it’s beginning to look like a no-brainer for the G3 to sport such a dense display, while we’re not sure it’s needed on devices at this sort of size, being able to sell such a device will please LG, and the Korean giant is known for their great displays. In their home turf of Korea however, dense displays mean sharper characters, but here in the west, we question the need for such a dense display.

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Android Headliner: Can The Samsung Galaxy S5 Come Through For Gamers?

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For many, the Samsung Galaxy S5 will be the hottest new device of the year and like its predecessor, it had legions of people waiting in lines to get their hands on one and be the first in their group of people to own one. Others will likely wait a few months to snatch one up as they want to see how things work first. From my personal point of view, if I was ever to pick up a Galaxy S5 as my new device my first question would be “how does it handle games?” It’s likely that the answer to that would be extremely well, given the Snapdragon 801 processor and the 2GB of RAM. However, like most things some real world experience is best to find out the truth.

This isn’t necessarily the first thing people think about when going to grab a new device, but like me there are a good sized group of people that will be engaging with the device through games quite often, so knowing how well it performs during this activity is important. We want to know how it stands up to the competition, and ultimately, is it really going to perform that much better than our older current devices? While this could be easily determined by going down to your local carrier store or the closest Best Buy and checking out a few games, you might have a certain game in mind that you want to test and well, some of the best games are paid and that won’t likely be an option before you buy the device. Luckily there are plenty of free games out there that are fairly memory intensive with awesome graphics, so it should be simple enough to figure out if you want to spend a half hour or so checking things out at your brick and mortar store of choice.

The other thing to take into account, is how well the battery is going to hold up while playing games. Some games are meant more for a casual short spurt, while other require more time and vastly larger amounts of attention as you become engaged with the game and can become immersed into the complexities of the story. These games sometimes can be the heaviest not only on the processing power, but on the battery as well for the sheer fact that you can play them for hours. That’s not to say that you can’t sit down and play a casual game like Quiz Up for hours on end, but for me personally I spend more time with games like RPG’s and action games such as Deus Ex: The Fall than casual games. The good thing with the Galaxy S5 is that should you almost completely kill your battery by playing games with it, only to realize that you still need it to stay powered on for another 6 to 8 hours, you can simply flip it into the power saving mode and keep it alive for another 24 hours with only 10%. There’s also the matter of the screen. How good will games look on it while playing them? Although the screen size isn’t a huge bump from the GS4, the size of the display on the GS4 was already decent for playing games, so a slight increase is good. It’s also Full HD and is sporting Samsung’s next generation of AMOLED displays. My final thoughts, the Galaxy S5 could serve as a great phone for gaming, although I am personally rather partial to some of the graphical benefits that you get with a tegra processor. Would you game on this phone?

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Android Game Of The Week: Slingshot Braves

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Slingshot Braves is a quaint little action-rpg game that has great anime style art and some cool in game graphics. This is a different rpg experience compared to what some may be used to, but in fact that’s what makes it so appealing. The game starts you off with a tutorial battle to get you familiar with the controls, which at first seems pretty basic. You simply tap on the circle that surrounds your character and drag back as much as you can, and let go to slingshot them forward into the enemy for attacks. It’s actually quite fun and puts a different spin on things.

In slingshot braves, you must search for an ancient weapon to help you defeat the invasion of demons that are on the rise and ravaging towns. During your quest you’ll meet some friends, and you’ll encounter many foes, but nothing a gamer like you can’t handle right? As you slingshot back your character in battles you’ll have the chance to aim him/her with precision. You can also try and predict your enemies movements, and yes they will move so sometimes your hits might miss. That is unless you plan your attacks carefully. You attacks will also sometimes cause your character to bounce off other enemies or walls, letting them come back for another attack and causing combos for more damage.

Just like the games description says, the wonderous marvel of the interwebs allows you to play Slingshot Braves with friends. You can team up and engage in glorious battles together against a common enemy, or you can fight alone for victory against other players. Whatever you choose to do, the possibility of some sweet epic loots is at your fingertips. Not happy with your current items and weapons? No matter, find the necessary materials and craft a new weapon with which to lay down the hurt and smite those who stand against you. Full 3D graphics and real time connection make this one of the better online rpg’s out there and it’s tons of fun. Slingshot Braves is a great display of what some games should be, which is an experience that leaves no room for disappointment. Slingshot Braves is a free game and offers IAP, but thus far I haven’t seen any need to spend any money. The game seems fully enjoyable without having to spend a dime.

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Rumor: Google To Redesign The Android Launcher Icons For Their Core Apps

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In what may or may not be part of Google’s push to unify things across platforms with Project Hera, Google seems to be gearing up for some changes to the design of the Android icons for its core Google apps. This is entirely a rumor at this point so if you absolutely love the new look, don’t get your hopes up just yet, but if the icons do get a facelift to the designs shown below or something similar, we welcome the change. The rumor was outted by a source who is apparently familiar with the matter and direction of the new icon designs, and sent out a screenshot to Android Police that displayed what could be the final design of the launcher icons for those corresponding Google apps, or it could be an early preview meant to give us an idea of where things are headed.

Either way the icons look pretty slick to us and a change like this or with a similar style to it, would definitely make the android launcher icons for the core Google apps more streamline with those of the web set. Since Google is rumored to be adding in a complete design change perspective for the UI of their apps through Project Hera, which is a goal to unify a multi-tasking experience across search, android, and chrome, new icons would potentially help to clearly convey the message that they want things to be more connected. As you can tell from the image, the proposed icons that we’re looking at are slightly different from the ones on the web, so if things are to look more unified in the end, Google may need to brings some changes to the web icons as well, although there hasn’t been any mention of that happening. Essentially, if the web icons don’t receive any sort of design update, then what we could end up having is android launcher icons that look more closely to those of the web set, but with the unique android flare to them.

All of the icons shown that seem to have gotten a change include Google Play Books, Play Music, Play Movies, Play Games, YouTube, Gmail, Calendar, Google+, People, Play Store, Hangouts, Chrome, Photos, and of course Maps. If the icons end up looking like this in the end and this is their final cut, do you like them better or are they worse than the current android stock icons? These potential new icons have a more sophisticated and complex flat style with hard shadows, whereas the ones now kind of have a more three dimensional visual appeal.

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Moto X+1 Backplate Styles Revealed In Leak With multiple Leather Options

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Last week we came across a leak from evleaks stating that the name of the new device from Motorola and the Moto X successor, would be called the Moto X+1. There was also some information that the new Moto X+1 would be offering a range of different styled backs, but with a new focus on faux leather instead of Wood. As it turns out, we’re learning some new details about the Moto X+1 on the leather back option that users will have to go for this time around. Motorola will reportedly be offering a myriad of styles and colors available for the new Moto X+1 with leather being the newcomer to the group of stuff already available for the Moto X.

According to evleaks Twitter post this morning, the Moto X+1 will have four color options available for the leather backs. Users will supposedly be able to choose from a leather backplate in either black, blue, red, or grey, depending on which color fits their taste more. Users will also have the option to chose from a wide selection of other backplate styles,-wood styles are still an option- with teak, bamboo, rosewood, and ebony for the wood selection. Those not interested in either wood or leather styled backs will have the option to choose from any number of colors included in the cool, neutral, and warm categories, with colors like Navy, Olive, Dark Teal, Lemon Lime, Cabernet, Slate, Smoke, Purple, Crimson, Chalk, and others. You can see the full list of colors and styles in the image posted down below.

From the sounds of things, the Moto X+1 is going to be just as customizable as the original Moto X, and we honestly expected nothing less. Users will likely be making their style selections for the backs in Moto Maker once the device is launched and have stuff shipped out to them. We wonder if Motorola will decide to offer some more wood and leather styles down the line or if they will stick with the four that are available for each category through the entirety of the device shelf life. So far there isn’t any word on how much these backs will cost or when things will be ready short of a planned summer timeframe, but at least now you can start deciding on which back you want.

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Deal: am Hybrid Bumper Case For The HTC One M8/Galaxy S5/Nexus 5

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If you were looking for a case to help protect that shiny new Galaxy S5 or HTC One M8, this am hybrid bumper case is on sale for a mere $0.01. You can’t get much better than that,short of free. It has a frosted transparent back panel with a black bumper that surrounds the edge of the device, giving your phone full protection on the back and sides. The case is slim so you won’t have to worry about adding a whole bunch of extra bulk so you can keep your device looking sleek. The case offers you easy access to all the buttons and features like the camera.

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ZTE Grand S II LTE Sells Out in 58 Seconds, Only 50,000 Units on Sale

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You’ve definitely heard of the Hunger Games, however ever heard of ‘hunger marketing’? Chances are you haven’t, it’s a pretty new concept currently being championed by the Chinese manufacturer Xiaomi where device sales and resultant demand are racked up controlling the supply of said devices. In the latest news trickling in from Asia, a new ‘feat’ has been achieved by the ZTE Grand S II LTE which sold 50,000 units in around 58 seconds of sale time. Just to remind you, the Chinese manufacturer ZTE had announced their LTE handset – the ZTE Grand S II LTE – at the Mobile World Congress earlier this year.

Despite the hunger marketing strategy, the smartphone offers impressive specifications at a surprisingly good price point. The ZTE Grand S II LTE provides quad-band 2G connectivity, HSDPA+ 3G as well as LTE connectivity. The front of the device is graced by a 5.5 inch LCD display offering a full-HD 1920 x 1080p resolution display, which translates to an amazing ~401 ppi pixel density. Computing power is handled by the onboard quad-core Qualcomm Snapdragon 800/801 processor with 4 Krait 400 processors clocked at 2.3 GHz, while graphics are amply taken care of by the Andreno 330 graphics processing unit. An ample 2 GB RAM handles routine and gaming requirements, whereas 16 GB of internal storage is present as well. In terms of cameras, a 13 mega pixels (MP) primary shooter is present which records 1080p videos (at 30 frames per second), while a 2 MP secondary camera takes care of the occasional selfie and video calls. The device is powered by a Li-ion 3000 mAh battery, however details of talktime are as of yet unavailable. The device is being launched with Android 4.3 Jelly Bean, however an upgrade to the latest and greatest Android version – Android 4.4 Kit Kat is expected soon.

Despite the stellar sales figures, the Chinese website tMall reports that users are actually getting frustrated with the dearth of units available on retail. Hopefully the situation would improve soon enough. Does the ZTE Grand S II LTE excite you? Do let us know in the comments below.

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