The Nokia EOS has seen a mixture of image leaks over the past couple of weeks and now, the mysteriously named Nokia RM-877 unit has passed FCC approval.

According to Engadget, documents in their possession are shedding more and more light that the RM-877 is indeed the EOS.

Apparently, the unit will be 130.35mm tall and 71.4mm wide with AT&T LTE compatibility and will contain Bluetooth, dual-band Wi-Fi plus a "'camera grip' (model PD-95G)."

We'll find out more when July 11 rolls around for Nokia's all day event so stick around to see if this Nokia RM-877 really is the EOS.

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To this point, there hasn't been a quad-core Windows Phone 8 device available anywhere, but that may soon change.

A benchmark for an unnamed Nokia Windows smartphone appeared over the weekend on GFXBench, indicating the Finnish manufacturer may finally be stepping up its processor game.

After releasing the Lumia 925 not too long ago, the only hopes Windows Phone 8 fans had for a quad-core device laid in the hands of the rumored Nokia EOS.

While it's not clear if this benchmark is indeed the EOS, the timing of its appearance coincides rather nicely with Nokia's July 11 event, where it's believed the EOS will makes its presence known.

Adreno-line rush

There are few facts about this mysterious Nokia Windows phone, but the benchmarks do give us some idea of what Nokia is working on.

The screen will feature 720 x 1280 resolution, which goes a bit against what we've heard about the EOS, which is reportedly matching the Lumia 925's 768 x 1280 OLED screen.

Second, this new smartphone will use an Adreno 305 GPU, which can already be found inside the Lumia 620.

Even though the graphics processor might not be all that impressive in the 620, the quad-core processor gives the new Nokia some major improvements over the older device.

While the Lumia 620 is capable of generating 152 MTexels (textured pixels), the new quad-core phone pushes the count to more than four times that, with 702 MTexels.

That's a lot of graphics power, but not unreasonably so for a Windows phone supposedly launching with a 41MP camera.

Whatever Nokia has planned won't remain a secret for much longer, but at least now it could have a solid quad-core contender to hold its own against the likes of the Samsung Galaxy S4 and the HTC One.

• Will the Nokia EOS sport a polycarbonate case, or will it follow in the aluminum shoes of the Lumia 925? The latest leaked images may give us a hint.

Mobile retailer Carphone Warehouse has now started to offer contract pre-orders for the new Samsung Galaxy S4 Mini and says it expects to deliver the device on July 1.

Interested parties can snap up the scaled-back version of the flagship Galaxy S4 from £27 a month for 24-months on Orange, with unlimited texts, minutes and 250MB of data with a free phone.

The store is also offering deals from each of the major UK networks, on its pre-order page with 109 tariffs in total to choose from.

There's also 4G deals from EE from £36 a month with 750GB of data, ranging up to £56 for 8GB of data.

£390 SIM-free

Also on Monday the device, which packs a 1.7Hz dual-core Snapdragon processor and 4.3-inch AMOLED display, went up for SIM-free pre-order at Clove UK.

The independent retailer wants a not-insignificant £390 for the handset, which also offers 8GB of storage, 1.5GB of RAM and an 8-megapixel camera.

Three, O2, Vodafone EE and Phones 4U have also confirmed they intend to stock the LTE-enabled phone.

Samsung is yet to confirm an official UK release date for the device and Carphone Warehouse's July 1 proclamation is the first we've heard of a specific date.

Will you be picking up a Galaxy S4 mini next month? Let us know in the comments section below.

Motorola's Moto X may have had its specs leaked over the weekend, and if so, it's looking pretty decent.

The Moto X will sport a 1.7GHz dual core MSM8960 Pro chip, a 720p display 2GB of memory, 16GB of storage, 10- and 2-megapixel back and front cameras and Android 4.2.2, according to a Twitter tipster.

The Twitter account @evleaks, the self-styled source of "tomorrow's news, yesterday," tweeted out the specs on Saturday.

As always, there's no source on the info, but with the Moto X confirmed by the company's CEO it's only a matter of time until we find out for ourselves.

The hero this market needs?

Motorola CEO Dennis Woodside revealed the name of the rumored Motorola "X Phone" at the D11 conference in May.

The device is officially dubbed the Moto X, and it will be Motorola's new "hero" phone, Woodside revealed.

He also said that the Moto X will be built primarily on U.S. soil, a first for an industry that gets most of its manufacturing done in Asia for cheap.

If the specs leaked over the weekend turn out to be accurate, then previous rumors of a 16-megapixel camera and 2.3GHz processor will prove far too generous. Still, the Moto X's most recently rumored specs are nothing to sneeze at.

It will have sensors that cause it to act different in various situations, such as in a car, Woodside said last month. He added that it will have superior battery life.

Potential carriers for the Moto X are still a mystery, but Motorola is expected to reveal the Moto X (and several more October-releasing handsets) in more detail soon.

We asked the company to clarify whether these Moto X specs are accurate, but so far we haven't heard back.

• In the meantime, check out this article or this one for leaked images of the Moto X.

We're already expecting the Sony Xperia ZU to be big and fast, but some leaked benchmarks suggest it won't just be fast, it'll be insanely fast.

The rumoured 6.3-inch handset is said to come boasting a quad-core Snapdragon 800 and the benchmark screenshot posted on Esato shows a record-breaking 32,173 AnTuTu points. So that's going to be really quite powerful.

Even more powerful than the suspected Snapdragon 800-toting Samsung Galaxy S4 benchmarks that were leaked earlier, which came in at a comparatively measly 31,491 points. It even dwarfs the octa-core processor found in the more-powerful variant of the S4 currently on the market, showing Sony wants to play in the power stakes too.

Fab-let

Meaning you'd be wise to expect Sony's beast to be a hyper-fast 'phablet' type device that will give the Galaxy Note 2 a run for its money and could even take on fully-fledged tablets - although, of course, it's worth bearing in mind that benchmarks such as these can be faked.

Other leaked specs for the Xperia ZU include a 6.44-inch full HD screen and an HD camera.

We're expecting Sony to take the wraps off its newest handset at an event on June 25 - we'll be there bringing you all the news as it breaks, so stay tuned.