A glimpse into the future of Windows Phone by way of leaked Lumia 1520 screen

While the world is still reeling from the recent news that Microsoft now owns Nokia's devices business, a leaked photo from tipster extraordinaire @evleaks shows a screenshot of the "Bandit" or the 1080p (1,080 x 1,920) device. More importantly, we see a glimpse of the new Windows Phone interface with various live tile sizes. There's definitely a future for Lumia in Microsoft, so lets hope the renewed synergy will continue to produce remarkable results.

Source: @Evleaks on Twitter

Verizon CEO denies Canadian market entry

Looks like Verizon won’t be posing a threat to Canada’s “Big Three” carriers (Bell, Rogers, and TELUS) as Verizon CEO Lowell McAdam dispelled rumors that the New York-based telecoms giant was setting up shop here. 

The statement was made by McAdam during a phone interview with Bloomberg after Verizon bought out Vodafone’s 45 percent share in Verizon Wireless for $130 billion—not only giving them full control of the United States’ most profitable mobile phone operator but making this the biggest acquisition in the US in over a decade.

“Verizon is not going to Canada,” McAdam said. “It has nothing to do with the Vodafone deal, it has to do with our view of what kind of value we could get for shareholders. If we thought it had great value creation we would do it.”

Breaking: Microsoft buys Nokia's mobile business $7.17 billion

Updated on Tuesday, September 3, 2013 at 8:26AM by Gadjo Cardenas Sevilla

By Gadjo Cardenas Sevilla

Microsoft just purchased Nokia's device business for $7.17 billion, effectively making Microsoft a true "devices and services company." The deal was announced late Monday night and is broken down as follows. Microsoft is buying "Nokia’s cell phone unit for 3.79 billion Euros ($5.0 billion) and spending another 1.65 billion Euros ($2.18 billion) to license Nokia’s patent portfolio for a total of 5.44 billion euros ($7.17 billion)," as per a report on AllThingsD.

The deal will also allow Microsoft to absorb various Nokia employees including CEO Stephen Elop, a former Microsoft VP, who will now step down and  become VP of Devices and Services. Nokia Chairman Risto Siilasmaa will serve as interim CEO.

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Acer's 6-inch Liquid S2 smartphone makes a bid as first to record 4K video

Days away from an expected 4k-shooting smartphone from Sony, Acer has fired first in an unexpected mobile move. The Acer Liquid S2 is a 6-inch Android smartphone/phablet which a 4K video recording capable smartphone with ultra-fast connectivity including 4G LTE and the new Wi-Fi 802.11 ac standard.

The Liquid S2 isn't slated for release in North America anytime soon, but it does offer an interesting proposition for smartphones in general. It is the highest profile and specced mobile device Acer has ever delivered and by making it a 6-inch device with 4K recording capabilities, Acer has separated itself from existing competitors. Featuring Qualcomm’s Snapdragon 800 quad core 2.2GHz processor, a 13 megapixel camera, 2GB of RAM and 16GB of storage (expandable via microSD), the Acer Liquid S2 will get our attention and could be the first in a series of seriously competitive mobile devices from Acer as it angles to enter the global smartphone market. Hit jump for complete specs.

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