The battle for market shares in the smartphone industry is about to be taken to a new terrain. Bloomberg reports that Xiaomi and Huawei are set to challenge Apple on home turf in the U.S. This is coming after both companies alongside other Chineses OEMs like OPPO and Vivo successfully edgedApple out of the top five manufacturers in China.
The U.S market is mainly dependent on network carriers and that was why Huawei’s previous attempts at making a foray into the market met a brick wall. But the report hints that Huawei and Xiaomi are presently in talks with U.S wireless providers on how to sell their flagship smartphones to consumers in the U.S as early as next year. Both companies are said to be in talks with AT&T and Verizon and there is no assurance yet if a deal will be sealed soon. An earlier report had claimed that AT&T will sell Huawei’s latest flagship Mate 10 but there has been no news on that till date.
Apple is presently the leading smartphone seller in the U.S but sales in China has waned drastically. The company’s growth in the U.S has been supported by a strong support from mobile carriers which usually subsidize the prices of iPhones with repayment plans spread over several months. It remains to be seen if a deal would be sealed with the U.S carriers, thus opening up the market to the Chinese duo.
Little Pepper S11, the iPhone X look-alike smartphone which recently appeared on TENAA certification website, has been officially announced in China.
The phone looks very much similar to the recently launched Apple’s iPhone X. However, instead of having a display with a notch, the phone comes with a top bezel having the notch, giving it a pseudo-full screen appearance. Similar to the iPhone X, the phone has rear camera stacked vertically and positioned on the left side.
The smartphone features a 5.5-inch HD display with a screen resolution of 1280 x 720 pixels. Under the hood, the phone is powered by a 64-bit MediaTek MT6737 quad-core processor clocked at 1.3GHz. It packs 3GB RAM and 32GB on internal storage. There is also a microSD card slot, allowing users to further expand the storage capacity up to 128GB.
As of the camera configuration, the phone comes with a dual rear camera setup at the back, featuring a 13-megapixel and a 13-megapixel camera sensor stacked vertically. On the front side, there is also a dual camera setup with two 5-megapixel camera sensors housed within the notch. With dual cameras, the company enables users to shoot depth of field photos.
The device runs on Alibaba’s Yun OS 5.1.1, which is based on an Android operating system. It seems that there is also a facial recognition feature, similar to the Face ID. Also, there is a fingerprint scanner embedded on the home button. The phone is fuelled by a 2,500mAh battery, which should provide a decent battery life given that the phone features a 720p display.
Little Pepper is well known for copying popular smartphone designs. It recently launched Little Pepper V9, which shares design similar to that of the Xiaomi Mi 6. And to keep the price of its smartphones low, the company uses Mediatek processors.
While the smartphone has been officially announced in China, the company has not yet revealed any information regarding the phone’s pricing and availability. Little Pepper S11, which is expected to be available in two colour options — Black and White, will soon go on sale in China.
Samsung Galaxy S9+ will be arriving as a larger sibling alongside the Galaxy S9 in the first quarter of 2018. Plenty of leaks that have surfaced in the recent weeks after revealed a lot about the specs and features of the Galaxy S9+. Today, @OnLeaks who holds a consistent track record on revealing leaked information of forthcoming phones has revealed 360-degree renders of the Galaxy S9+ in collaboration with MySmartPrice. These renders are said to be created based on the CAD images that have reportedly leaked from Samsung.
The Galaxy S8+ that has a 6.2-inch S-AMOLED display measure 159.5 x 73.4 x 8.1mm. According to the leaked information shared by the tipster along with the new renders, the Galaxy S9+ measures 157.7 x 73.8 x 8.5mm and it features a 6.1-inch display. It indicates that the Galaxy S9+ will be slightly smaller and thicker than the S8+. This could mean that the Galaxy S9+ may feature a larger battery than its predecessor.
What’s interesting about the Galaxy S9+ is that it features a vertically stacked dual camera setup on its back panel. Hence, the Galaxy S9+ will become the first Galaxy S series phone to feature dual rear cameras. According to @OnLeaks, the smaller Galaxy S9 would be coming with a single-rear facing camera.
It seems that Samsung will allow users to choose between the S9 and S9+ just as the way Apple has been differentiating between its iPhone and iPhone Plus models. The Cupertino company has been offering enhanced photography experience on the larger IPhone model. Hence, the Galaxy S9+ with its dual rear cameras will be offering stellar photography experience. The fingerprint scanner will be placed below the dual rear cameras.
The 360-degree renders of the Galaxy S9+ shows that it is enabled with other features iris scanner, Bixby button, USB-C port, 3.5mm audio jack, loudspeaker, Power button and volume rocker like its predecessor. Like the Galaxy S9, the larger Galaxy S9+ will be also available in Snapdragon 845 and Exynos chipset variants in different markets.
Rumors have it that the Samsung Galaxy S9 and Galaxy S9+ may get unveiled at the Mobile World Congress (MWC) in February 2018. Fresh information suggests that the South Korean company may unveil the Galaxy S9 duo on Feb. 27. Other rumors claim that the company may reveal the S9 and S9+ to investors behind closed doors during the Consumer Electronics Show (CES) 2018 in January.
Earlier this week, Synaptics had unveiled Clear ID FS9500 as the world’s first optical in-display fingerprint scanner. It had also confirmed that it will be working with one of the top five smartphone manufacturing firms for the mass production of Clear ID. Today, the company has announced that Vivo’s forthcoming will be shipped with Clear ID in-display fingerprint reader.
Vivo is currently ranking among the top five smartphone vendors in the world. However, there is no confirmation on the name of the Vivo phone that will be featuring the in-display fingerprint scanner by Synaptics. The company is aiming to ship around 70 million units of Clear ID sensor which suggests that even other smartphone vendors are likely to adopt this new biometric recognition feature.
According to Forbes, pressing the button present on the right side of a pre-production Vivo phone wakes it and displays an illuminated fingerprint image at the bottom of the screen. Users can simply touch it to unlock the phone instantly. Synaptics has said that its Clear ID in-display fingerprint scanner is designed for bezel-less OLED infinity displays that are found in flagship smartphones such as Apple iPhone X and Samsung Galaxy Note 8.
There are various benefits of having an in-display fingerprint scanner. Reaching out to the rear-facing fingerprint reader is not always convenient when the phone is lying on kept on a table. Moreover, there is a risk of smudging the rear camera while accessing the rear fingerprint reader. Face scanning is also not very convenient as it requires users to lift the phone and look at it every time to unlock it. As said above, Clear ID allows users to unlock a phone with by simply touching the screen.
Since Clear ID is an optical scanner, it features a CMOS image sensor that has a thickness of less than 0.7mm. When a user touches the OLED screen that is embedded with Clear ID, the sensor scans the fingerprint and sends the information to the processor of the phone for verifying the match. The Clear ID sensor is well-protected from scratches and waterproof as it placed under the display glass. Also, it is equipped with many security features such as adaptive fingerprint template matching, anti-spoofing technology, ECC authentication and AES encryption.
Various renders and leaked images have surfaced recently to reveal the design of the upcoming Samsung Galaxy S9 that will be arriving as a successor of the Galaxy S8. Leaked information has shown that the Galaxy S9’s appearance will be similar to its predecessor, albeit slight changes. However, fresh renders of the Galaxy S9 released by 91Mobiles and @OnLeaks reveals some interesting design changes that will be arriving on the phone.
The new renders of the S9 that are based on factory CAD images have been reportedly sourced from Samsung. The Galaxy S8 that was released earlier this year features 148.9 x 68.1 x 8mm and it houses a 5.8-inch S-AMOLED display. However, the fresh renders show that the Galaxy S9 would be measuring 147.6 x 68.7 x 8.4mm. This shows that the Galaxy S9 is slightly smaller and thicker than its predecessor. The video claims that it will be housing a 5.65-inch display. Like the S8, the display of the S9 are curved towards the right and left edges.
Galaxy S8 users do not like the placement of the fingerprint scanner as they end up touching the camera sensor while unlocking the phone. The renders of the S9 suggests that Samsung has heard the feedback of its fans as the fingerprint scanner appears to be repositioned below the rear camera.
Multiple rumors have claimed that the Galaxy S9 would be featuring dual rear cameras. However, its renders reveal that the dual camera feature will be exclusively available on the Galaxy S9+. The Power button is on the right side of the S9 whereas the Bixby button and volume rocker are on the left. The S9 will be also borrowing other features like 3.5mm audio jack, iris scanner, USB-C port, and IP68 rated chassis from the S8.
The Galaxy S9 driven by Snapdragon 845 chipset may arrive in the U.S. whereas the other markets may receive the Exynos chipset (could be Exynos 9810) variant. It may feature 4 GB of RAM and 64 GB of storage. It is expected to come loaded with Android 8.0 Oreo.
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Everyone must have seen or used power strips at home or in office. Power strips are widely used to provide multiple charging outlets to power up various electronic devices at the same time. Power strip surge protectors in market vary in the number of charging outlets and different power strip types are also equipped with different special features. Before purchasing, you must want to choose a good power strip among so many models. But how can you evaluate whether it is good or not? A good power strip must stand out in charging speed, housing material, cable thickness, safety protections, inside circuit designs and other special features, and be the one that can really meet your needs.
Charging Stations – enough charging stations can meet all your needs
No enough wall charging sockets is the problem that many people who have an increasing number of electronic devices are facing with now. The power strip is such a device that can provide multiple charging outlets to allow you charge more than one devices simultaneously. There are also some power strips with USB ports for you to charge mobile devices like cellphones, tablets, cameras, etc. Enough charging stations can meet all your charging requirements. You can find USB power strips with 3 outlets, 4 outlets, 8 outlets and even 12 outlets as you like. Multi-outlets power strips are popular for home theater and office working to share power electricity.
Fast Charging Speed – charge devices faster and save electricity
As you know, it is not good to play some electronic devices like cell phones while it is being charged. So fast charging can reduce charging time to allow you continue entertainment quickly as well as to save more energy. Good conductivity can ensure AC outlets of a power strip to charge devices faster. BESTEK power strips are integrated designed with phosphor bronze inside to guarantee higher AC power conversion rate. As for USB ports, some are QC chargers with Qualcomm technology and some are intelligent identified with auto 0~2.4A current. The smart USB ports can detect each device and deliver the optimal current for each device. With a USB power strip, various device chargers can be reduced and packed away to reduce cable clutter.
Premium Housing Materials – long-lasting and environmentally friendly
Fire accidents are easy to occur when you use electronic devices due to poor quality. Some power strip manufacturers adopted cheap materials that can’t prevent electric shock at all. Some even use flammable materials that can heat up easily and cause the fire if the power strip is connected to several devices. So when choosing a power strip, you have to check the whether it is made of anti-fire materials. ABS fire-resistant materials are most frequently used in making a power strip. These materials are also durable enough to ensure long service life. PC shell is anti-scratching and waterproof, also making power strip useful in many other tough areas.
Long Cable Length and Good Thickness – ensure wider charging area and longer service life
You can see some wall power chargers and power strips with power cord. For more flexible applications, long power cable is of vital importance. In the kitchen, a long cable can allow you to use different cooking appliances at the same time to increase cooking efficiency. In the living room, you can place it on the desk, behind the furniture, or anywhere you want. Besides, the cable should be thick enough to accept high pulling tension. A 14AWG cables are international standard power cord thickness. To protect cable from damages under thousand times of pulling, some power strips are ruggedized designed to ensure up to 30000 times of buckling and up to 80KG of tension resistance.
All-around safety Protections – protect you and your devices from damages
Power strips with multiple outlets can meet your various charging needs, but that also increase the risks of safety hazards when using so many devices at the same time with one power strip. Reliable power strip brand have introduced advanced safety protection technologies into their products. Your devices can be guarded against damages with full protections including protections of overloading, overheating, overvoltage, and short circuit. Power surges or spikes are easy to occur in thunderstorm days and is very harmful to electronic devices. Surge protected power strips can exactly protect devices from surges. Higher joules rating means higher surge protections. To protect devices to the maximum extent, good power strips often come with integrated circuit breaker that can cut off power timely when there are power problems and come back to normal when problems are handled. Some have indicator lights to get you alerted the charging status and find problems in time.
Approved Certifications – feel assured to use with professional approving
Many power strips are announced to be made of the best quality materials and best safety protections, however, many buyers can’t realize the deception until they find the device doesn’t work few months later or the connected equipment is damaged. When choosing a power strip, check whether it is internationally approved. You can see many international certifications like UL, ETL, FCC and EC, etc. Those certifications are approved by authorities, so you can feel assured to bring one home with certification listed.
Other Features to Make It easier – special features help you with special problems
Apart from the above basic features of a power strip, you can also find some power strips designed with special features to provide you a better using experience. Desktop power strips make full use of vertical space to save space and keep desk clean without cable clutters. Travel power strips provide extra plug adapters to allow you charge devices anywhere you go, ideal for worldwide travel. Rotatable power strips can be adjusted flexibly to give you the best charging position. Power strips with independent switches can control each charging outlet to save more energy. And power strips with safety doors can keep curious kids away from electricity. You can find many other power strips types that can help you deal with different problems.
A good power strip is equipped with enough charging outlets, full safe protections, high-quality materials, fast charging speed, approved certifications and other special features. Choose a reliable power strip that can really meet all your needs.
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Meizu is working on a full-screen flagship called the Meizu 15 Plus which is set to launch next Spring. Its sub-division, Blue Charm (mBlu) is also reported to be working on a full-screen smartphone.
While there have been rumors of a phone called the Meizu M6S which has been reported to sport a full-screen display, a screenshot surfaced online earlier today revealing the packaging of a phone called the mBlu S with a ¥2500 (~$378) price tag.
According to the text in the image, the Blue Charm S will be launched next month. It appears someone got his hands on a unit and is willing to sell it at the price mentioned above, judging from the rough translation of the remaining text. However, there is also a mention of a ¥2000 (~$303) price which might be the official launch price.
It is not yet confirmed if the mBlu S is the same device as the Meizu M6S or a different device entirely. The latest we heard about the M6S is that launch has been shelved till next year due to a camera debugging issue. Seeing as this phone is set to launch next month too, it may be that the Meizu M6S and mBlu S are one and the same.
Most manufacturers this year adopted a full-screen design for their phones albeit in different ways. While most settled for reduced top and bottom bezels, a few others adopted a tri-bezel-less design, and Apple settled for a completely bezel-less design but with a notch at the top for the iPhone X. None of these designs are completely bezel-less for the simple reason that front cameras, sensors, and earpiece still need a place to stay. Doogee seems to have come up with a solution, one that is familiar.
Doogee has released a short video demoing a full-screen phone with a slide mechanism which it thinks might be the future of smartphone design.
Rather than join the notch-trend, Doogee’s approach is a slide-mechanism similar to that of the Nokia N95. This design results in the phone sporting a true full-screen design as the front camera(s), earpiece, and sensors are hidden behind the screen and can be accessed by simply sliding down the phone.
This design however comes with one flaw – a thicker phone. Is the desire for a full-screen smartphone worth the addition of a few mm?
The design of the phone doesn’t end there. There are dual cameras and a fingerprint scanner on the rear. All three are stacked on top of one another in a vertical arrangement, and are separated by a dual LED flash. A few centimeters below is Doogee’s branding.
At the bottom of the phone is a USB-C port and speaker grilles. We can’t see the top but the only thing it will most likely house is a noise cancelling microphone.
Sharp, the company which is better known for its televisions, has also jumped into the smartphone market. The company, which introduced a bezel-less smartphone in the year 2014, is now reportedly gearing up to launch a new smartphone.
The company’s CEO Luo Zhongsheng has said that Sharp is going to launch a new smartphone in January that will have the highest screen-to-body ratio in a phone so far. The company has lined-up a few more smartphones at an affordable price range, featuring a bezel-less display, which is currently in trends.
This news comes at a time when the company has not been performing well in the smartphone market. The company re-entered the smartphone market of China in August this year with Sharp S2, but that has not performed well in China.
Recently, President and CEO of the company, Jeng-Wu Tai, confirmed that the company’s first batch of smartphones for the European market would appear at the Mobile World Congress 2018 in Barcelona. While the company didn’t reveal which smartphones will be available, there is a possibility that Sharp FS8018 could be one of those devices.
Recently, the Japan-based company’s upcoming smartphone with model number FS8018 appeared on benchmarking portal GeekBench. It is powered Qualcomm’s Snapdragon 630 octa-core processor, clocked at 2.2GHz, along with 6GB RAM. It is said to be running Android 7.1 Nougat operating system.
A few months ago, the Sharp FS8008, which has a similar appearance like the Aquos S2, was certified by China’s TENAA regulatory body. Recently, two other smartphones from the company were spotted online — Sharp FS8010 and FS8016, which features bezel-less display.
The Nokia 5 got an Android Oreo beta update a few days ago. One of the features of the update includes an updated camera app which brings a number of new features albeit hidden or unusable.
The new Nokia camera app shows not only 2x telephoto zoom but also wide angle mode (both features the Nokia 5 can’t even make use of since it has a single camera). No dual camera phone at the moment can shoot both telephoto and wide angle, so its strange that the camera app has both modes.
The only possible explanation is that Nokia is teasing features that may come in the near future. The Nokia 8 is currently the only HMD phone with dual cameras but the upcoming Nokia 9 is also expected to launch with two cameras on its rear.
The latter may come with either telephoto or wide-angle mode but most likely not both. To achieve that, one will need not less than three cameras.
Other features included in the camera update is the ability to manually select shutter speed and adjust ISO, giving you more control when in manual mode.
China-based smartphone manufacturer Xiaomi recently joined hands with Google to launch the company’s first Android One smartphone — Xiaomi Mi A1.
Now, after around a couple of months of launching Mi A1, the company has now announce a new special edition of the phone in Red colour.
The phone has been currently launched in Indonesia and seems to be exclusive for the Indonesian market as of now. There is no information if this new special edition will make its way to other markets or not.
Interestingly, the company recently launched Red edition of the Mi 5X smartphone. For those who are unaware, the Mi A1 is the rebranded model of Mi 5X for the global markets.
According to the official poster of this Mi A1 special edition, the phone comes with a pure red back cover and sides while the front bezels of the device remains black. With the launch of this new edition, the smartphone will now be available in four colour options — Black, Gold, Rose Gold and Red.
There is no change in the internals of the smartphone. It comes with a 5.5-inch Full HD display with screen resolution of 1920 x 1080 pixels and pixel density of 401 pixels per inch. It has a layer of Corning Gorilla Glass on top for protection from minor scratches.
Under the hood, it is powered by an octa-core Qualcomm Snapdragon 625 SoC coupled with 4GB of RAM. It comes with 64GB of inbuilt storage, which is further expandable upto 128GB through microSD card. However, the phone has a Hybrid SIM card slot, so you can either use microSD card or secondary SIM card.
For the photography capabilities, the smartphone features a dual camera setup at rear, with two 12-megapixel sensors — one featuring a wide-angle lens with a 1.25-micron pixel sensor and f/2.2 aperture, while the other one sporting a telephoto lens, with f/2.6 aperture, and capable of delivering 2x optical zoom. There is also a 5-megapixel front-facing camera with a real-time beautification mode.
Connectivity options on the device include 4G VoLTE, dual-band Wi-Fi 802.11ac, GPS/ A-GPS and USB Type-C port. The smartphone is fuelled by a 3,080mAh battery. The phone runs on stock version of Android 7.1 Nougat operating system out-of-the-box and will soon get Android Oreo update.
Samsung has officially unveiled a new 2-in-1 device called Notebook 9 Pen along with three variants of the Notebook 9 (2018). Both the devices will be showcased during the upcoming Consumer Electronics Show (CES) 2018 that will be held in Las Vegas in early January.
Samsung Notebook 9 Pen
The new 2-in-1 laptop from Samsung features a durable magnesium alloy chassis that is dubbed as Metal 21. It features a 360-degree hinge that will allow its users to conveniently use it as a laptop as well as a tablet. It measures 310.5 x 206.6 x 14.5-16.5mm and its weight is 995 grams.
It features a 13.3-inch Full HD display and is driven by Intel Core i7 processor (8th gen), Intel HD graphics and up to 16 GB of DDR4 RAM. It will be available in up to 512 GB of NVMe PCI storage option. The connectivity ports available on the device include USB-C, USB 3.0, HDMI, uSD card slot, headphone/microphone jack and DC-in.
The Notebook 9 Pen comes preloaded with Windows 10. The front-facing IR camera supports facial authentication through Windows Hello. It is equipped with an S Pen that has a tip of just 0.7mm. It is capable of detecting 4096 levels of pressure. Removing the stylus activates Air Command menu through which users can quickly access Autodesk Sketchook, Samsung Notes and S Pen shortcuts. The 39Wh battery powers the Notebook 9 Pen.
Samsung Notebook 9 (2018)
The Samsung Notebook 9 (2018) comes in two screen sizes of 13.3 inches and 15 inches. It is also features Metal 21 chassis and it houses Samsung’s biggest 75Wh Hexacell battery. Both the display variants support Full HD resolution and they are driven by Intel Core i7 (8th gen) and Intel HD Graphics. The 15-inch Notebook 9 (2018) comes in another variant that features NVIDIA GeForce MX150 graphics.
The Notebook 9 (2018) will be running on Windows 10 and it will be available with up to 16 GB of RAM and up to 1 TB of SSD storage. These models feature 720p HD front-facing camera and are fitted with fingerprint scanner for security. For connectivity, the 13-inch Notebook 9 (2018) is equipped with USB-C, USB 3.0, HDMI, uSD card slot, headphone/microphone and DC-in whereas the 15-inch model has Thunderbolt 3 (or USB-C), USB 3.0, HDMI, uSD card slot, headphone/microphone jack and DC-in.
All the aforementioned Samsung notebooks will be first available in South Korea starting from this month. They are expected to be available in North America by the first quarter of next year. As of this writing, there is no information available on their pricing. Samsung is expected to reveal the pricing and availability details of the Notebook 9 (2018) models during the upcoming CES 2018 event.
The Little Pepper S11 is a phone that cleverly imitates the design of the iPhone X. Rather than have a display with a notch, it is the top bezel with the notch, giving it a pseudo-full screen appearance. The back also imitates the iPhone X’s design as the dual rear cameras are arranged vertically and positioned on the left, though not as close to the edge.
When the Little Pepper S11 was first seen at a Chinese mobile conference last month, its specs were not known. It has now surfaced on TENAA’s database, revealing all its features.
The Little Pepper S11 packs a 5.5” 1280 x 720 display. Powered by a 1.3GHz quad-core processor, the phone will come in three storage variants – 1GB + 16GB, 2GB + 32GB, and 3GB + 64GB. All variants have storage expansion slots, allowing you add up to 128GB of additional storage.
The dual rear cameras are 13MP and 8MP sensors stacked vertically on the left side of the phone. Up in front, it also has 8MP and 5MP dual cameras housed within the notch. The phone’s fingerprint scanner sits below the display
The Little Pepper S11 packs a 2500mAh battery which should last up to a day considering the screen is a 720p display. It is also said to run YunOS 5.1.1.
Honor has recently confirmed that it will be debuting the alleged Honor 9 Lite smartphone on Dec. 21. Honor’s parent firm, Huawei too will be unleashing a new smartphone before the end of the year. On its official Weibo account, the Chinese firm has confirmed that it will be launching a new full screen phone on Dec. 18. It is speculated that the rumored Enjoy 7S may get unveiled at the next week’s launch event.
According to the launch event poster, Huawei will be unveiling the alleged Enjoy 7S will be unveiled at Xi An, China. The rumor mill has revealed another image of the phone that reveals the entire design of the phone. Moreover, the full specifications of the smartphone have also appeared on TENAA.
The regulatory body from China has certified four variants of the phone with model numbers like FIG-AL00, FIG-AL10, FIG-TL00 and FIG-TL10. The first model supports all the carriers in China, the second will be exclusive to China Mobile, and the remaining two are the customized versions, claims IT Home.
According to TENAA listing, the Enjoy 7s will be equipped with a 5.65-inch display that will produce a resolution of 2160 x 1080 pixels. It will be delivering an aspect ratio f o 18:9. The mid-range Kirin 659 chipset is expected to power its two storage models. The 32 GB and 64 GB models of the Enjoy 7s are expected to respectively feature 3 GB and 4 GB of RAM.
The back panel of the phone that houses a fingerprint scanner is fitted with 13-megapixel + 2-megapixel dual camera system. It will be featuring a selfie camera of 8-megpaixel. It includes a battery of 2,900mAh capacity and it will arrive preinstalled with EMUI 8.0 based Android 8.0 Oreo. The handset will be sporting a metallic chassis. It seems that the highest configuration model of the Enjoy 7S would be available with a pricing of 1,599 Yuan.
Huawei phones with Enjoy moniker are exclusively released in China. However, they are made available with different names in other markets. For instance, the Enjoy 7 Plus was released in India as Holly 4 Plus and some other markets had received it as Huawei Y7 Prime. Hence, the Enjoy 7s is also expected to release in other markets in early 2018.
Huawei has sensationally confirmed that it would be launching the Honor 9 Lite on December 21. This is coming less than a month after the Honor V10 was launched in China and later launched globally. The launch invite shows that the Honor 9 Lite launch event would be held in Shenzhen, China.
The launch invite comes with a pair of glass frame as well as a printed card containing the date and venue. The invitation card also comes with a teaser which projects the AI features the device will come with. The glass frame teases the dual cameras that the device packs and the entire package is housed in a box.
The Honor 9 Lite recently appeared on TENAA confirming the specifications to include a 5.65-inch 18:9 full-screen with a resolution of 2160 x 100 pixels. The device is equipped with a Hisilicon Kirin 6659 chip paired with either a 3GB and 4GB RAM respectively. The smartphone is also expected to feature a 13MP + 20MP dual camera setup at the rear and will be fuelled by a 2,900mAh battery.
LeEco founder and former CEO Jia Yueting wanted his company to rival with major U.S. companies like Apple, Netflix, Tesla and so on in various markets like smartphones, TV, cars and media content. However, LeEco is currently facing its worst cash crunching situation. On Monday, the company suffered another blow when the billionaire founder was added to the blacklist of debt defaulters in China.
According to Chinese media, Yueting was blacklisted as a debt defaulter after a Beijing court confirmed that he has failed to settle the debt of around $72 million to Ping An Securities Group, an investment company that belongs to China’s second-largest insurer.
LeEco founder’s name is now listed among other debt defaulters on shixin.court.gov.cn and his name is easily searchable by anyone. In 2013, China’s Supreme Court had publicly revealed the blacklist in order to name and shame debt defaulters. LeShi Holding and LeShi Yidong, the two subsidiaries of LeEco are also included in the list.
Debt defaulters are not allowed to travel by airplane or use first-class service on bullet trains. They are banned from using other luxuries such as premium hotels and golf courses. Such people are not allowed to invest in properties and their children are barred from studying at private schools.
The above rules are only applicable in China. It is unclear whether how these rules will affect Yueting who has been living in the U.S. since the past few months. Also, since March this year, he is yet to make a public appearance in China.
Earlier this year, Yueting resigned from his post as chairman of LeShi Internet Information and Technology so that he could concentrate on the auto unit of LeEco. Yueting had a net worth of $6 billion two years ago, but it has reportedly fallen to $3.8 billion in March this year. The future seems bleak for his company that has attained unsustainable debt in a bid to expand its business in international markets at a very fast pace
In 2016, Microsoft and Qualcomm teamed up to work to launch “always connected PCs” that would be offering a decent battery life. During the Snapdragon Tech Summit that was held in the previous week, ASUS and HP unveiled the first Snapdragon 835 chipset driven notebooks running on Windows 10 S. At the same event, the U.S. based chip maker had also launched the Snapdragon 845 mobile platform that supports maximum download speeds of up to 1.2 Gbps. Fresh information suggests that the Snapdragon 845 powered laptops running on Windows 10 will probably arrive in the second half of 2018.
ASUS NovaGO
The HP Envy x2 and ASUS NovaGO powered by the Snapdragon 835 are slated to debut in the first quarter of 2018. Since x86 emulation on ARM was built around the Snapdragon 835 chipset, companies are opting to launch SD835 powered laptops instead of directly releasing Snapdragon 845 notebooks. Lenovo is also expected to showcase its Snapdragon 835 notebook at the upcoming Consumer Electronics Show (CES) 2018 in January.
According to Fudzilla, Cristiano Amon who is Qualcomm’s executive vice president has said that the always connected laptops fueled by Snapdragon 845 chipset will be arriving in the market in the second half of next year. The starting half of 2018 will see various smartphone makers like Samsung, Xiaomi, LG, Sony and so on launching SD 845 powered flagship phones.
The publication speculates that Snapdragon 845 PCs would be available for the back-to-school market by early third quarter of 2018. By launching the Snapdragon 845 notebooks later in 2018, Microsoft and Qualcomm will be able to learn from the market response from the first-generation Snapdragon 835 PCs.
The Snapdragon 835 is the first generation 10nm chipset by Qualcomm and the newly unveiled Snapdragon 845 mobile platform is its second generation 10nm chipset. It is 25 percent more powerful than SD 835 and it comes with 30 percent improved graphics performance.
Meizu is not having a lot of success in the latest period, there are even rumors about re-branding. But its latest midrange M6 Note is its first phone with an SoC by Qualcomm and it is more interesting than every other midrange launched by the company in the last year. 360 N6 is another very interesting device in a similar price range, so it is worth comparing the specs of these two handsets to establish which is better and which is worth buying at this moment. With this 360 N6 vs Meizu M6 Note comparison, we will discover the strong points and the differences between these two affordable devices.
Dual 12 + 5 MP, f/2.2 + f/2.0, Dual Pixel PDAF
16 MP f/2.0 front camera
BATTERY
5000 mAh
Fast charging (Quick Charge 3.0) 9V / 2A
4000 mAh
Fast charging (mCharge)
ADDITIONAL FEATURES
Hybrid Dual SIM slot, 100% sRGB
Dual SIM slot, quad-LED flash
The aspect we like the most about the 360 N6 is its display which has a 100% sRGB gamut. This quality makes it one of the best panels on its price range, and it is also an innovative 18:9 display with more pixels and a high screen-to-body ratio. Meizu M6 Note instead has a classic 16:9 screen that’s pretty decent. But there is space for the mBack physical key with its comfortable gestures on the front panel. 360 N6 also has a better hardware, with more RAM in the most powerful configuration and also a newer and better SoC. We still can’t say much about the cameras, as the phone isn’t on sale yet, so we can not compare the two cameras.
But Meizu M6 Note may be better due to the Dual Pixel technology, a fast autofocus, a dual camera setup and a quad-LED dual-tone flash. The selfie camera surprises as well with a 16 MP resolution shooter and its detailed photos. The battery inside 360 N6 is bigger on the paper, but we still do not know if it is optimized better than the 4000 mAh unit on the M6 Note. 360 N6 has been launched in Asia with a price tag of 210 dollars (179 euros), and it will be available only there. Meizu M6 Note is more affordable as it can be found worldwide at just 188 dollars (161 euros) in its base variant. If I had to make a decision, I would spend some dollars more for 360 N6 due to its bigger battery and its better display.
Panasonic has now added a new device in its smartphone portfolio with launch of Panasonic Eluga I9 in the Indian market. The smartphone is priced at Rs. 7,499 and will be available exclusively through online retailer Flipkart from 15th December.
The phone comes with a 5-inch IPS HD display with a screen resolution of 1280 x 720 pixels. Under the hood, the device is powered by a 1.2GHz MediaTek MT6737 quad-core processor, along with 3GB of RAM.
It packs 32GB of onboard storage and also supports expansion of storage capacity using a microSD card up to 128GB. On the camera front, the device features a 13-megapixel primary camera sensor at the back with an LED flash.
There is also a 5-megapixel front-facing camera for taking selfies. The camera comes preloaded with various modes such as a watermark, panorama, burst mode, and a list of several filters.
Connectivity options on the device include Dual SIM, 4G VoLTE, Wi-Fi 802.11 b/g/n, Bluetooth, GPS / A-GPS, and Micro-USB. It also comes with a fingerprint scanner at the back for added security features and comes with USB OTG support as well.
The phone is running on Android 7.1 Nougat operating system with Google Assistant pre-loaded. However, we don’t think that this phone will ever receive the Android Oreo update. The device is fuelled by a 2,500mAh battery, which the company claims can provide around eight hours of video playback on a single charge.
Recently, the company had launched a new tri-bezeless smartphone called Panasonic Eluga C in Taiwan, which packs 4GB RAM, 64GB internal storage and 3,000mAh battery. However, the company has not revealed if the phone will be available in other markets.
Priced at Rs. 7,499, the smartphone will be available in three colour options — Space Gray, Champagne Gold and Blue. At this price point, the Panasonic Eluga I9 will be competing against the likes of Xiaomi’s Redmi 5A and Nokia 2.
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360 N6 vs Meizu M6 Note
