iPhone 5 preorders start today

Apple’s mythical “iPhone 5” — which does not yet exist and probably won’t be called the “iPhone 5″ when it does become available this fall — is already available for preorder on Chinese e-commerce platform Taobao. As Reuters reports, Far Eastern vendors are looking to capitalize on the flurry of rumors that have swept the Web over the past few months. Independent sellers on the Alibaba-owned site are including mock-ups and rumored specs with their listings, and they’re asking for as much as $1,100 to secure a preorder for the world’s most eagerly anticipated smartphone. Apple’s next-generation iPhone, which is expected to look much like the mock-up pictured above, will reportedly feature a taller design, a larger 4-inch display, a slimmer profile, a new dock connector and 4G LTE connectivity when it launches this fall.

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HTC announces three new Desire phones for the Chinese market

HTC VT T328t, HTC VC T328d, HTC V T328w
All three phones are said to be out by the end of this month and are likely to remain exclusive to the Chinese market. The V T328w will be priced at 1999 yuan ($317) but the prices for the other two are unknown as of now.

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Nokia 719c and Nokia Lumia 710 for China pictured

Pictures have leaked of the Nokia 719c in China, which in fact appears somewhat different from the Nokia Lumia 710, pictured from its official Certification documentation.
While both devices have the same size clear black screen and physical rather than capacitive buttons, the Nokia 719c has rounder corners and the top right corner appears to be specially marked, suggesting something like a NFC chip in that location. Apparently the mark is just the screen protector.
According to the thread, the handset will support both CDMA and GSM, suggesting it is heading to China Telecom, a carrier with 130 million CDMA users.
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