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Sony unveiled the Xperia E4g just a few days ago, as the 4G-capable version of the original Xperia E4. And today it's already up for pre-order at a few online retailers in the UK. For now, all of them are only offering the phone in SIM-free and unlocked form. So if you're one to usually purchase your handsets with an operator contract attached, you still have some waiting to do before you can grab an Xperia E4g. If, on the other hand, you have nothing against paying full price for a smartphone, then the Xperia E4g can be yours for ?110 at MobileFun, ?125 at Clove, or ?129.99 at Amazon. MobileFun and Amazon don't say anything about a release time frame for the device, while Clove mentions that its first stock of the Xperia E4g is expected in early April. So even if you do pre-order, it will be a while before the Xperia E4g is delivered at your doorstep. The Xperia E4g has a 4.7-inch 540x960 touchscreen, a 5MP rear camera with LED flash, a 2MP front snapper, 1GB of RAM, 8GB...

The Sony Xperia E4 quietly sneacked onto the stage yesterday and the announcement was so quick we didn?t even get a launch date and a price. Clove UK has answered both of these questions by putting the new handset on pre-order. It's priced at ?100 and will be available in late March. Clove also cleared up the OS situation ? the Xperia E4 will launch with Android 4.4.4 KitKat and get 5.0 Lollipop later. Note that the price is for the single-SIM version, there's another one with two SIM slots but there's no price for it yet. Expansys is also accepting pre-orders but hasn?t listed a price or a launch date. We couldn?t find it in other stores for now. Three UK has a post about it, which just speculates on price but points to mid-February as the launch window. Source View the original article here

Oppo's brief world record holder for thinnest smartphone has shown up on Amazon's UK site and is now available for pre-order. The precious units are set to start shipping as early as February 20. The Oppo R5 is a stylish midrange offering, packing a 5.2-inch FullHD display in a slender 4.85mm body. That wasn't thin enough, the competition deemed, and the R5 is now in third place behind the Ivvi K1 Mini and the Vivo X5Max. That shouldn't make it any less desireable, though, as the two-tone aluminum body is a true stunner. The rest of the Oppo R5 specs are not too shabby either. A Snapdragon 615 chipset is on board, featuring an octa-core processor, Adreno 405 GPU and 2GB of RAM. Where the R5 falls short is battery capacity, which at 2000mAh proves barely adequate for the screen size, but that's the trade-off for the super-thin profile. The SIM-free Oppo R5 is listed at ?296.99 but you can also claim a free Oppo powerbank with it to address the battery capacity issue...

Folks in UK can now pre-order the Samsung Omnia M S7530 smartphone. Unlocked mobiles is offering the Omnia M for cost £249.98 SIM-free but under name the Samsung Omnia Minuet S7530. It is scheduled to ship on August 27, 2012. The Samsung S7530 Omnia M (or Omnia Minuet) boasts a single-core 1GHz processor and runs Windows Phone 7.5 OS. As memory term, new Samsung Omnia M(inuet) brings 384MB of RAM, and 4GB of internal storage. The handset packs a 4-inch Super AMOLED capacitive touchscreen display with 480 x 800 resolutions, a 5-megapixel camera, and a Li-Ion 1500 mAh battery. In term of connectivity, it has Hotspots, Wi-Fi 802.11, Bluetooth v2.1, and Micro USB 2.0 ports. It is works in GSM 850/900/1800/1900 3G and HSDPA networks. Dimensions of Samsung Omnia M are 121.6 x 64.1x 10.5 mm. View the original article here