LG Launches The Spectrum Super Smartphone

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By | Posted on January 31, 2012 | buy-and-sell, Cell Phone, Sell Electronics

For the past couple of months, Apple and Samsung hold the cover of most smartphone related publications but now LG is taking a step forward launching a high-quality super smartphone that will most definitely raise the bar for every smartphone that will be launched in the near future.

The fantastic LG Spectrum is available from Verizon Wireless on contract for only $199 featuring some of the most advanced functionalities on the market today. The supergadget features Android 2.3 Gingerbread OS with 4G technology, a Qualcomm 1.5GHz dual core Snapdragon S3 processor (!!!) and the nicest crystal-clear screen we have probably ever seen from an Android handset.

The screen spans over no less than 4.5 inches featuring True HD in-plane switching (IPS) display, with a 1,280 x 720 resolution and an aspect ratio of 16:9. This is the exact same technology that LG uses for its HDTVs. Basically, you get your very own HDTV screen, measuring the size of your hard, and it’s only 0.4 inches thin! Corning’s Gorilla Glass is behind the display making it very tough and scratch-proof.

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Trade2save At The 2012 Consumer Electronic Show (CES) In Las Vegas

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By | Posted on January 23, 2012 | buy-and-sell, recommerce, recyling, trade 2 save

Trade2save.com had the pleasure of attending the 2012 Consumer Electronic Show (CES) in Las Vegas, January 10th through the 13th for the first time. Trade2save had a booth in the South Hall along with many other great innovative and creative electronic companies and industry affiliates.

Trade2save.com had huge success this year in spreading the word about ecologically sound trade-in programs. This year Trade2save.com has focused on the retailers to help implement in store and online solutions to help boost business and allow customers the ability to get rid of their old electronics and get credit towards what they really want.

CES enabled Trade2save.com to reach a broader range of people helping to get the message of buyback programs engrained into the tech-savvy minded individuals out there. This upcoming year brings many advances for Trade2save.com, so stay tuned for new information and plans.

Tablet Users Spent More Than Smartphone Users in 2011

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By | Posted on January 23, 2012 | Sell Electronics

An Adobe study recently released to the general audience estimated that tablet users spent on average around $123 per purchase during 2011, that’s 54% more than visitors using cell phones.

John Mellor, working VP in Adobe’s business department said in an interview that:  “Mobile is no longer a one-size-fits-all-strategy. It’s like saying you have an Internet strategy. You have to get more granular. Audiences are really different,” . He recommends all retailers to segment their customers aiming to more specific markets, taking into account different behaviors and social groups. He believes future marketing strategies are heading in that direction.

The study also indicated that tablet visitors account for a fast growing segment in terms of website browsing. Statistics show that the segment went from 1% in January 2011 to 4% in December 2011. The rapport underlined two main reasons why tablet visitors are becoming more valuable in comparison to smartphone, desktop and laptop visitors: tablet users are browsing more websites than those that are using other devices. The study also pointed out to the fact that tablet users conducted more shopping. Is this going in a favorable direction since …

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Galaxy Nexus Prime Raises Beyond Expectations

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By | Posted on January 13, 2012 | buy-and-sell, Samsung

There are so many Android-based smartphones on the market today that it’s no longer a surprise when new Android releases hit the shelves. But the opposite has happened. The latest Android smartphone, the Galaxy Nexus Prime, has went beyond expectations almost as much as the new iPhone release. The newest Verizon superphone sports Android 4.0 OS and an extra large screen for the delight of its users.

The gadget has been receiving a lot of hype for the past months, and a lot of buyers are estimated to tap into the Nexus Prime stream. Here is exactly why you may want to buy the new Android smartphone.

LOOKS

The phone looks spectacular sporting a staggering 4.65-inch display, clearly outclassing all the other smartphones in its category in terms of appearance. This is a multimedia gadget, so people preferring small size screens should look in a different direction. This gadget is great for playing games, viewing movies and other media content. Despite the phone’s overall larger size (measuring 5.33” x 2.67” x .37”) it weighs only 5.1 ounces thanks to its thinness. The phone gives a sort of plasticky feel …

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Record Profits For Samsung In Q4

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By | Posted on January 6, 2012 | buy-and-sell, Samsung

In Q3 we have seen an impressive turn around in events, when the South Korean company took the first place over Apple as the number one smartphone manufacturer in the world. The company managed to reach this level of success thanks to the sleek design of its highly-end products. The other companies. namely Nokia, HTC and RIM can barely maintain the interest of their customers.

Samsung is also boosting its sales with their high-end memory chips and OLED displays. Many of its key rivals are using Samsung components for their devices paying considerable fees. The company stated earnings of 5.2 trillion won ($4.5 billion) in this last quarter, surpassing what Thomson Reuters have predicted to be 4.5 trillion. It has been said that the real number my increase or decrease by 200 billion won when the final earnings will be released.The profit registered by Samsung was about 5.0 trillion won gained in the Q2 of 2010 and with up 22% increase in Q3 of the same year.

A Daewoo Securities analyist, Song Jong-Ho said that “Samsung has traditionally seen its first-quarter profit drop from the fourth quarter, but …

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Five Tips On How To Handle Your New Smartphone

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By | Posted on December 30, 2011 | buy-and-sell, Cell Phones Smartphones

 

 

If you got a smartphone for Christmas you probably noticed by now that there is no explicit manual in the box and you probably have to learn everything yourself. You can learn a lot by testing the product yourself but there are a couple of general concepts that are not that obvious, which can take years to finally grasp. Here are the basics of using a smartphone.

1.       Manage the battery life

You must have been surprised when you saw that the shiny colors and the 4-inch screen depletes your battery in less than two days. We all have. It’s important to get the most out of your battery and for that reason you need to decrease the screen brightness to 50 percent. You won’t notice a difference anyway.

The next step is to disable the Bluetooth and to turn off automated mail retrieval. If you are operating an Android smartphone disable the animated wallpaper.

2.       Properly tap the screen

People don’t often realize how sensitive the touchscreen really is. Novices most always “stab” the screen or …

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Nokia Fails to Regain Market Share

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By | Posted on December 23, 2011 | Cell Phones Smartphones

The highly anticipated Nokia smartphone has failed to take over Apple and Google smartphones, despite tremendous positive feedback received from critics. It’s becoming increasingly difficult for the Windows OS platform to find its way to the top where Android and iOS are holding the ground. The first model Nokia launched, the Lumia 800, managed to reach only 2% of the European market, according to a survey performed by Exane BNP Paribas.

There was nothing wrong with the new sleek-looking Nokia devices besides the minor software issues that were affecting battery life, but unfortunately the customers weren’t persuaded to buy. Microsoft-based smartphones hold 2% of the market share, which is significantly lower compared to Apple at 20% and Android at 50%.Pierre Ferragu, analyst for Bernstein said that “there isn’t much room left for a third ecosystem. The smartphone market is consolidating fast.”

Since October 26, Nokia has lost 20% of its market share and experts predict that Nokia won’t be able to keep up with the trend. Surprisingly, the phones operating Symbian are still selling well outnumbering Windows-based devices 10 to 1. But Nokia is gradually shifting towards Windows …

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iPhone and Galaxy – Top Smartphone Sales

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By | Posted on December 19, 2011 | buy-and-sell, iPhone, Samsung

(Reuters) – Apple’s long-awaited iPhone 4S and Samsung Electronics’ fresh, broad offering are likely to stand out in this holiday season’s smartphone sales which will otherwise be clouded by global economic uncertainty.

Last quarter we saw Apple losing its top position as the largest smartphone maker in the world to the number one contender, Samsung. But after the exquisite iPhone 4S launch, we expect the Cupertino-based manufacturer to gain the number one spot in a couple of months. Customers had to wait 16 months to get their hands on the new iPhone and most of them say it was worth it.

In the U.K., which is the leading indicator of the European Market, the iPhone sales took a 43% market share in the first month of the fourth quarter, taking over Android-based smartphones, according to a study performed by Kantar Worldpanel ComTech. Neil Mawston from Strategy Analytics told us that “It’s really only the iPhone family and the (Samsung) Galaxy family flying off the shelves. Everyone else is just picking up the leftovers.”

On the fourth and fifth position we have HTC and RIM, which were predicted to …

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Retailers angry over Amazon’s new Price Checker App

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By | Posted on December 16, 2011 | Sell Electronics

For some time, retailer have competed with each other by offering a price check service in their brick and mortar stores. But now they are being checked by Amazon who can offer cheaper prices, tax free shopping and a 5% discount on top for purchasing through their new price check service.

This Saturday, equipped with the new Amazon App, you can go into any brick and mortar retailer, scan the barcode of the product, and you’ll get an Amazon offer comparison. Click “buy now” on Amazon instead of walking to the till and you’ll save another 5% on top of the best Amazon Price.

This is a convenience that is shocking for retail stores. They envisage (no doubt) a sea of educated customers strolling into their high rent stores, using up the time of their staff and checking out and testing their products, only to make a couple of clicks on their phone to have the item delivered to them – they won’t even need to lug the item back to their car.

If, like predicted, this new strategy proves successful for Amazon, it will open the way for Ebay, Buy.com and …

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Quad-Core Smartphones Will Be Launched in 2012

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By | Posted on December 13, 2011 | buy-and-sell

The competition in the smartphone world will maintain its high level in 2012. All major smartphone manufacturers will enhance their devices using LTE technology, quad-core chips and GPUs as well as high-res screens. All vendors will increase their quality, producing devices that are way above their current offerings. Probably the greatest challenge of all is to produce high-end hardware and software improvements that will keep battery consumption at minimum. Battery life is the main concern every manufacturer has to face every time it launches a new upgrade. The cost of smartphones also has to decrease, since newer technologies are produced better and cheaper, and there are plenty of consumers out there that want great devices but they can’t afford high-end features and extensive contracts.

The Great LTE

In 2011, we saw the first smartphone released that was sporting LTE technology and it seems that LTE(Long Term Evolution) will be the way to go in 2012. The chipsets are becoming more energy-efficient and battery performance will be significantly improved, the VoLTE implementations seems to point us in that direction.

All LTE-based smartphones are operating Android at this time, but in …

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