France has 72 million SIM cards

ARCEP has released its Mobile Observatory for the third quarter of 2012. There were 72 million SIM cards to September 30 in France rose 7.4% year on year, the highest annual growth rate recorded for ten years.
September 30, 2012, France had 72 million SIM cards with a penetration rate of 110.3%. Quarterly net growth rose sharply: 1,522 million additional customers in Q3 2012, against 0.96 million in Q2 2012. According to ARCEP, this is the fastest growth for the third quarter, especially for monthly (approximately 940 000 packages) and cards "Machine to Machine" (460, 000), which had risen sharply during the first half of 2012.

In France, the number of customers stood at 69.3 million (+7.6% yoy). Monthly subscriptions (packages) rose sharply in the third quarter of 2012 (1.4 million packages) after the first quarter and second quarter already very dynamic (1.6 million and 1.4 million packages ).

HTC Droid DNA: the imminent launch of Android with a 1080p display in the United States and France ...?

HTC has just sent out invitations for a conference in the United States. It is almost certain that the manufacturer will use this event to unveil the Droid DNA, the American version of J Butterfly, the first smartphone with a full HD 1080p display.A few weeks ago, HTC lifted the veil on the J Butterfly, a smartphone for the Japanese market, but that quickly ignited specialized media of the entire world. The reason for this strong interest in the device is essentially a feature: a 5-inch screen Full HD 1080p.

If some Chinese manufacturers have quickly responded by announcing equivalent models, HTC nonetheless the only major international manufacturer to have lifted the veil on such a model. While its competitors should obviously not only let him occupy the land for long.
Since the announcement of Japanese technophiles all waiting to see if the benefit quickly Butterfly J an international version. And it will not delay if you believe an invitation from HTC for November 13 in New York. In partnership with the U.S. operator Verizon, the manufacturer will certainly present the Droid DNA. This smartphone has indeed been the subject of numerous leaks over the past few days.
They reported that this device would be the American version of the Japanese Butterfly J. We propose course the already famous screen pouces1080p 5, flanked by a Qualcomm Snapdragon chipset quadruple heart S4 Pro, 2 GB of memory (RAM), 16 GB of internal memory (+ microSD), a battery 2100 mAh capacity 4G Android 4.1 Jelly Bean. It only remains to hope that once the U.S. launch finished Taiwanese deigns his attention to Europe. Even though we strongly doubt the actual usefulness of a 1080p screen on a smartphone (see the last paragraph of this article), we are still very curious to see the rendering of such a slab.

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BlackBerry 10: Start testing operators

The Canadian manufacturer has announced the launch of BlackBerry phases of testing in 10 laboratories fifty operators around the world. Another major step towards the launch of BlackBerry 10 expected for the first quarter of 2013.
BlackBerry 10 will not be under the tree this year, but it just arrived at fifty operators will be able to start the test. The news was given by Thorsten Heins, President of Research In Motion, which prepares the arrival of the new version of the OS, scheduled for early 2013.

The boss RIM also said he had spent the last few weeks to tour operators around the world to prepare for the launch of a new milestone in the life of the BlackBerry OS. The manufacturer actually kills one of his last cards to recover in a market where it continues to lose market share.

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Sony Xperia V : le smartphone Android waterproof sera en retard

You expect the machine to fit you Sony serenely for the rainy season? It will rather invest in an umbrella, the smartphone is now officially late ...


Alongside the Xperia T, which we will propose a test shortly, Sony introduced the Xperia V, a high-end smartphone that has the distinction of being waterproof. Waterproof saying, we move maybe a little too much, even if its IP57 resistance should allow it to withstand total immersion. Still, that splash or rain should not make it too scary. The 4.3-inch smartphone powered by a dual-core Snapdragon processor would also have battery out for fall. We learn today that its commercialization in Europe and particularly in France, has been postponed to January 2013.

Unlike his brother in arms, the Xperia T, V should come directly under Android Jelly Bean 4.1.1. Of course, this will always be a version behind, puisqu'Android 4.2 is already in the wild since the conference Google, but we prefer it to not update at all. The machine tells us PhoneArena, is expected to cost € 529 instead of bare € 549 previously announced by Sony. We will try to test it as soon as units will be available at the French branch of the Japanese giant.

Google Nexus 4: The battery is replaceable finally

If at first, the Google Nexus 4 does not offer a battery pull this defect is actually less pronounced than it seems. Just actually remove the back cover to access the battery finally withdrew quite easily.


While tons of images of Google Nexus 4 have already been circulated and we ourselves made ​​a grip of the camera, the ones you find at the end of section are somewhat unique.

They show the rear of the Smartphone, once the hull is removed. If this is the first time that such images are surfacing, it is simply because the Nexus 4 is not intended to be opened by a user. Therefore apart. @ nerdtalker, a journalist site Anandtech has taken on this task.

He was able to discover that the battery of 2100 mAh that was secured by two small screws. It is easily replaceable. Clearly, anyone with a little smarts, and provided the right screwdriver, can be achieved without too much difficulty.

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Samsung Galaxy Note 2: already 3 million units sold in a month

Margins of impressive sales figures of Galaxy S3, Samsung also communicates those of its GalaxyNote 2. Although they are less eloquent for the smartphone-tablet, it nonetheless excellent given the profile of the apparatus with three million products sold in a month.


The first Samsung Galaxy Note has picked the market by surprise. Few observers expect indeed that this device has created its own segment phablets such a success. Obviously, with this beautiful brand new pedigree, his successor Galaxy Note 2 is expected to turn.

And it does not disappoint. The Korean manufacturer has just revealed that his latest has surpassed three million units sold in just over a month. Thirty-seven days to be precise. Even if this number is less eloquent than thirty million Galaxy S3 sold in 157 days, there is still impressive since the Galaxy Note 2 is not aimed at all users by space therefore. For the record, the first note had found "only" two million takers four months after its release.

this was already an excellent score for a device that nobody expected. the fact of seeing his successor do much better proves that this was not a flash in the pan. The public appetite for phablets is not only real, but seems set to continue.

Apple iPad and iPad Mini: 3 days, 3 million units

Sales figures of Apple products have now become a custom and the Monday after the release of the new toys, the press and investors await the results of firm footing ... how to score when the new tablets?


The news has just fallen: it is indeed 3 million iPad iPad Mini and 4, which were sold during the first weekend of marketing. In March, the iPad 3 has sold 1.5 million copies in the same period. So we can say that Apple remains constant over sales of its mobile product: this time, twice models were proposed and the figure has doubled. Note that the 3G versions are not yet available have not been taken into account in computing, even if they have been pre-ordered.

Mini iPad side, it shows that despite the price, the public's enthusiasm was at the rendezvous. We do not have the exact breakdown of sales for both tablets, but whatever the figure, we can imagine that the iPad 4, which is only light refreshment of the iPad 3, was the only to seduce. It seems even more logical than the Mini iPad sales account for more than half of the three million units, although this remains speculative. For comparison, Asus announced last month selling almost a million Nexus 7 ... month.

The side of France, know that supermarkets and specialty stores continue to sell the iPad 3 as "new iPad", sometimes at great cost. We can only advise you to do your homework on the model before cracking. The iPad 3, destocking, should be able to find low price if the quad-core iPad 4 of you seems superfluous.