Below is a rumoured photo of the Samsung Galaxy S4. Please don’t tell me you like it.

If this is the new S4 I for one will be extremely disappointed. IMO what we are lacking for Samsung is the drool factor. A stunning piece of art, but also a top spec phone. What we don’t want is more plastic. For a phone that will cost around £500 I want something to look like I spent £500.

There is no excuses now since Sony have joined in the sex factor with their new Xperia Z. With specs only bumping up processor, camera and other hardware in small increments, the aesthetics really need to be top notch. What would also be nice is the ditching of the home button for capacitive interaction.

Fingers crossed, the photo leaked below is not the new S4.

In Q4 2012, Google earned $14.4 billion in revenue, up by 36% from last year, of which $5.99 billion of that revenue came from the U.S. while the rest was made in international markets.

$1.51 billion in revenues came from Motorola Mobility which accounted for 11 percent of Google’s total revenue for the quarter. $2.89 billion was achieved in net income, but that is only slightly better than the $2.71 billion they pulled in during Q4 of 2011.

Some staggering numbers, lets see how Apple’s number stand up tomorrow.

Sony Mobile has announced the Android 4.1-powered Xperia Tablet Z.The Tablet Z comes equipped with a 10.1-inch WUXGA (1920 x 1200) display complete with the Mobile Bravia Engine 2, 2 GB of RAM, 32 GB of on device storage, a microSD card slot, NFC, and an 8.1 MP Exmor R camera, a Qualcomm quad-core APQ8064 processor clocked at 1.5 GHz, with LTE .As rumored, the Tablet Z is also extremely thin (6.9 mm) as well as water and dust proof like it’s slightly smaller cousin the Xperia Z.

Finally we have a tablet to challenge the iPad on style and looks.

Galaxy Note 8 specs :

8.0”1280×800 TFT (Super Clear LCD)
1.6 Quad-Core CPU
2GB RAM
16/32GB storage with microSD up to 32GB
5 Megapixel Rear camera, 1.3 megapixel Front Facing camera
3G : HSPA+21.1Mbps, HSUPA 5.76Mbps (850/900/1900/2100)
BT 4.0, USB 2.0, Wi-Fi 802.11 a/b/g/n, A-GPS
Android 4.2 Jelly Bean
Battery4600 mAh battery
211.3×136.3×7.95mm @ 330 gram

Looking at photo, it’s got a slim bezel like the iPad Mini. This could be a popular device for Samsung, but android does need sort out dedicated tablet apps still.