Recent leaks and reports have confirmed multiple times that Palm is planning a comeback in the smartphones market. In case you don’t know, this manufacturer hasn’t released a phone since 2011. According to a fresh report on AnroidPolice, this will be the smallest phone in the world but also the one with the smallest battery. From what sources are suggesting, it will sport a 3.3-inch display showing images at an HD resolution and a battery with a capacity of just 800 mAh. Even though the display is very small and it has a low resolution (so it will not consume a lot of energy), with a such a small small battery we do not expect the upcoming Palm phone to have a long battery life, especially if we consider its rumored specs.

But we also have to admit that in this sized phone there isn’t any room left for inserting a big battery. According to rumors, the phone is actually in the works and it is codenamed Pepito. It will be equipped with a low-end chipset: the octa-core Snapdragon 435 by Qualcomm. Despite being an entry-level SoC, this chipset is perfectly able to run Android in its standard edition: indeed, from what leaks suggested, this phone will not run Android Go.

The chipset is expected to be paired with 3 GB of RAM and 32 GB of internal storage, but reports do not exclude the arrival of different memory configuration. Unfortunately, there will not be a headphone jack on the Palm Pepito. The device is expected to be released in 2018 in at least two color variants: titanium and gold. It is speculated that it will be launched in the U.S. market through the known carrier Verizon, while there is no info about it coming to other markets at the moment.

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Would you get such a small phone with a tiny battery?

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Do you remember the legendary Palm phones? They brought exciting and very innovative features in the phones market which are still being used today. Among these, there is the support to wireless charging, the multi-tasking menu consisting of cards that we now use every day on both Android and iOS, as well as the gesture navigation based on swipe. Well, it seems that TCL is preparing the launch of a new Palm-branded phone, after acquiring Alcatel and giving a new life to the BlackBerry brand. The handset has been spotted in three databases from known regulatory agencies.

First of all, it has been certified by the American FCC which lists a device “Designed by Palm in San Francisco” and “Manufactured in China”, with the model number PVG100. The listing has been filed on July 26, 2018. Then, it has been also certified by Bluetooth SIG which shows the model name Pepito. Further, it mentions that it is a smartphone and a companion device, but we do not know what the second thing means and it could be just a mistranslation. Sadly, we do not know if Palm Pepito is just a codename or the real name of the device.

The device has also appeared on a listing of the Wi-Fi Alliance, which has revealed that it does not feature the Wi-Fi dual band technology, so it does not have the 5 GHz band but it can only connect to wireless networks through 2.4G. This kinda confirms that the phone is not a flagship but probably just a budget handset. Wi-Fi Alliance also lists Android 8.1 Oreo as the operating system installed on the alleged Palm Pepito. According to the last rumors, Palm will officially announce a new smartphone before the end of 2018 and it will be offered through the known American carrier Verizon.

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