A day before the Samsung Galaxy Mega 5.8 was officially unveiled, Deepak Ahuja sent us a design of the device, in concept phase. Then came the real phablet and we didn’t get a chance to publish the design. Now we give you a comparison of the two: real device versus the render. Which one do you like? The first one is the mockup:
The Galaxy Mega 5.8 created by Deepak Ahuja is supposed to run Android 4.2.2 Jelly Bean and use a 5.8 inch Super AMOLED HD+ display with Full HD resolution. There’s also a 1.8 GHz quad core CPU on board and a 13 megapixel camera at the back with LED flash. Upfront we have a 2.1 MP camera with BSI and CMOS, while the specs list also includes 16/32/64 GB of storage with 2 GB of RAM.
The handset weighs 141 grams and packs a 3500 mAh battery. Of course, the real device’s specs are inferior and I consider the real Galaxy Mega 5.8 to be inferior design-wise. While the concept here may look inspired by HTC One X a bit, its rounded shape and curved display are a welcome change from the typical Samsung slabs of plastic we’ve seen over the past year… And here’s the real device:
[thanks Deepak Ahuja]

Nokia Lumia 928 was recently leaked online by @evleaks in the Verizon version you can see here. Designer Jonas Daehnert took that leak and turned it into an interesting render, that’s shown below, in 3 separate pictures. Nokia Lumia 928 is supposed to be a follow-up to the Nokia Lumia 920, or better said a slight upgrade. It comes with a Xenon flash, a thinner body and a big speaker at the lower back, instead of being placed at the bottom, like on the Lumia 920. The Fabula Design hasn’t been modified too much, but the device is more squared than the previous rounded models.
I can’t really say if the handset still uses polycarbonate or went with metal, but one thing is for sure: it’s very glossy. Having played with the Xperia Z, I can say that a squared phone doesn’t sit well in the user’s hands, since its edges may bother your palms. However, Nokia has the habit of coming up with comfortable designs, so they’ll figure something out. Kudos to the designer for tweaking the Fabula design!
[via Jonas Daehnert]

Chris Chen has just created a fresh design and sent his Xperia concept to us, accompanied by some futuristic and over the top specs. Meet the Sony Xperia Play 2, that combines the best of Walkman, Cybershot and Bravia technologies into a single device.
The handset features a 5 inch OLED display with Bravia Engine 3 technology, X Reality Pro, Triluminos and 4K resolution. Inside we’ve got a Snapdragon 800 processor at 2 GHz, 4 GB of RAM and 128 GB of SSD storage, plus Vaio technology all the way. MicroSD is also here, as well as a rear 35 mm full frame camera with 24.3 MP CMOS Exmor sensor. The ISO goes to 25.600 and this handset even supports 14 bit RAW image capture, if you can believe it.
There’s also Full HD filming, at either 24p, 60i or 60p and we’ve got Cybershot technology used for the camera. At the front we’ve got an 8 megapixel shooter with Exmor RS sensor. The Xperia Play 2 is PlayStation certified, it has Walkman sound technology and associated app and equalizer, plus a 2500 mAh battery. Finally, the gaming phone runs Android 4.2 and upgrades to Android 5.0. Its design resembles the one of an Xperia Z slapped on top of the control system of the PSP Go, with an interesting extra display area between the action buttons (showing the date/time), from what I can see.
[Thanks Chris Chen]