Since the original iPhone and the G1 Android smartphone hit stores some years ago, the cell-phone game hasn't been the same. Purchasers impatiently wait for new telephones (and now tablets) like youngsters expecting toys and computer console games before Yuletide. If your’e reading this, you're likely one of those impatient consumers, or perhaps you'll be one pretty soon. Hey, it is a slippery slope.
Here’s a listing of the five most expected Android gadgets for the rest of 2012.
1. HTC Quattro: This tablet is meant to be HTC’s first quad-core tablet. The rumored specs include a 1280×768 display, which isn’t actually something to gloat about. But there’s a good chance HTC won't allow the new iPad to show it up too much, so we'd like to think HTC will upgrade the display specs before launch. Twin cameras, Wi-Fi, Beats Audio round out the rest of the specs.
2. Galaxy S III: Samsung’s flagship smartphone made waves it the tech world when it debuted to an enthusiastic public at the start of May. The new phone ships with Samsung’s in-house, quad-core processor, but the North American version with LTE ships with Qualcomm’s dual-core chip instead.
3. ASUS Transformer Pad 700 Series: This is another quad-core tablet, but ASUS already has two on the market since the writing of this post. The gigantic upgrade on this version of the Transformer Pad is the 1920×1200 display. That is a lot of damn pixels! This one hits stores in the second half of 2012.
4. Motorola’s Intel-Based Android Smartphone: Motorola makes quite a few Andriod handsets. It is the manufacturer’s OS of choice for smartphones, and it should be since Google owns the company. This handset is unique because it features an Intel processor, which hasn't appeared on a phone for several years now. This next-gen processor can switch on the telephone straight away, and it allows the camera to shoot 15fps.
F.D. Mendez is the editor of ReleaseDates, an internet site and subscription service that notifies you only about the soon-to-be-released devices, computer console games and apps you want.