We all know that the Xiaomi has been on a roll as they released plenty of smartphones lately. However, you may still look at some older models released by the company as the prices have dropped significantly. The Mi 5 is one of those phones and currently Lightinthebox has it on sale for just $238.
The Xiaomi Mi5 is a beautiful and well-crafted device, and you will notice that as soon as you pick it up. One of the main highlights is a curved glass panel on the back. It not only looks great but also helps with the grip.
The Mi 5s is still a plenty powerful device (standard version as it comes with a Snapdragon 820 chip with the clock speeds of 1.8GHz, 3GB of RAM and 32GB of storage, which is, however, non-expandable.
The 5.15” 1080p display is now considered as a small panel, so if you are in the market of compact phones, the Mi5 may be a great yet budget option.
As for camera, we have a 16MP shooter with f/2.0 aperture, OIS, PDAF and dual tone dual-LED flash.
Other great features include the USB-C port, a decent 3000mAh battery and a feature-rich MIUI 8 user interface.
You can now grab the Xiaomi Mi5 for just $238, which is a pretty decent offering considering the fact the phone is still plenty powerful both for every day use and for gaming.
Meizu announced the sixth iteration of its Flyme OS during the launch of the Meizu X phone. Although it is still in a closed beta stage, some early testers already have their hands on it and have decided to share some of the new features of the new Flyme 6 OS.
According to the testers, there is no much difference in the way the new Meizu OS looks. However there are lots of big changes in how it functions.
The first on the list is the new feature of the fingerprint scanner which unlocks the phone into any of three preset modes such as normal mode, guest mode, and privacy mode. What Meizu has done here is take advantage of the multiple fingerprints unlock feature and extra functionality. So you can register your left thumb to unlock the phone into guest mode; your left forefinger into private mode, and the right forefinger unlocks the phone into normal mode. There is still child mode included too and the option to hide apps.
Flyme 6 OS now has a new artificial intelligence system called One Mind which studies the habits of the users after a while and speeds up the launching of frequently used apps by up to 200%.
The new OS also allows you to monitor secure payments carried out on the device. There is remote assistance functionality, cloud services management, screen recording, and a bunch of new camera features.
Apple’s iPhone 8 (or iPhone 7s) is set to be the first iPhone to have a couple of features never seen on previous models. It will ditch the home button completely and sport an OLED display, and now new reports say it will be the first to have dual SIM slots.
Yes, it seems Apple has seen the light, in China alone though, as the source says it will be a China exclusive. The news was broken a few hours ago on micro-blogging site, Weibo. While the new has not been confirmed yet, we want to believe it is true judging from a report back in October that said Apple filed two domestic patents related to dual SIM technology.
One of the patents (Patent Number: 2016101166075) is related to SIM selection and the other is related to power consumption for dual-SIM technology (Patent Number: 2016100813788). Both patents were submitted on February 5th and March 2nd 2016.
It will be interesting to see how Apple’s first dual-SIM phone differs from that of other manufacturers. Will both SIMs support 4G LTE or will data connectivity be limited to one? What will also be the difference in price between a dual-SIM variant and a single SIM model? These are some of the questions on our list.
Early this morning, Xiaomi announced it’s newest device, a smart electric scooter that can cover up to 30km on a single charge and is priced at just ¥1999 (~$289) which is a great price.
This is not Xiaomi’s first foray into scooters. They already have a self-balancing scooter called the Ninebot Mini that costs more and does only 22km on a single charge.
The new scooter is available in two colors: black (more like grey) for those who like to maintain a quiet profile, and white for those who just love white. It weighs 12.5kg and can be folded to fit under your arm to lift up the stairs or tossed in the trunk of a car.
The black unit looks pretty nice with the little touches of red in places like the braking system which has E-ABS by the way. There is a white bell to alert pedestrians and other road users to move off your path and a headlamp in case you are going for a night ride.
The Xiaomi Smart Scooter will make a great gift especially if you plan to give it to someone who really needs to go out often and I think it will make for a better gift to a kid than a smartphone or another electronic gadget that will keep them indoors.
New releases are still coming from Chinese manufacturers even when the holiday season is very much upon us. As it appears, the employees at Gionee might not be getting the day off on Christmas and the day after too, since the company just announced that they will be launching their dual-curved phone, the Gionee M2017 on the 26th of December.
The Gionee M2017 is touted as a flagship aimed at professionals, businessmen and businesswomen. The launch is scheduled to take place at Mission Hills, Haikou and it seems it will be anchored by Movie Director, Feng Xiaogang whose wife, Xu Fan, is also a brand ambassador at Gionee.
The device is the first phone from Gionee to feature a dual-curved screen like the Samsung S7 Edge and Xiaomi Mi Note 2. Other specs already leaked says the Gionee M2017 will have a 5.7” screen with a Quad HD display, 6GB of RAM, an octa-core processor, dual rear-cameras, and a massive 7000mAh battery to keep you going through your busy schedule.
Xiaomi Mi 5C has been fizzling in and out of the news radar for quite some time now. The device has now been listed on popular online mall Jingdong (JD.com) with a price tag of 9,999 Yuan which is very likely an error. This is a surprising one, though, and could only mean that the Mi 5C’s launch is perhaps imminent.
According to the source, this is a third party listing and could be just to elicit our enthusiasm for the long expected Xiaomi smartphone. But then we never can tell, the Xiaomi Mi 5C could be launched very soon but not for 9999 Yuan. The device has previously been spotted on Taoboa listed with a 999 Yuan price tag ($144), so it is possible the Jingdong-listed 9999 Yuan price tag is an error. The device is speculated to fall into the 999 Yuan price category when launched considering the specs.
Renders of the device has featured in several leaks earlier showing us the sleek design of the Mi 5C which is code-named Xiaomi Meri. The Mi 5C comes with ultra-narrow bezels around the display and a sleek design overall. The device is also tipped to launch with Xiaomi’s own Pinecone processor. Other likely specs of the Mi 5C includes a 5.5-inch display with 2.5D curved glass, 3GB of RAM, 64GB of internal storage, a 12MP rear camera and 8MP front-facing selfie shooter. The device will run on MIUI 8 based on Android Marshmallow.
Xiaomi has taken the wraps off its latest product which it teased last weekend as launching today. The product was thought to be an electric car but turns out the product is an electric motor scooter that is capable of traveling up to a distance of 30km before its battery dies. As is customary with Xiaomi products, the Xiaomi electric motor scooter comes cheap with a price tag of 1,999 Yuan ($239). The price is even cheaper than the $455 foldable electric bicycle that was launched not too long ago.
The Xiaomi electric motor scooter comes with a minimalistic geometric design with an aircraft-grade aluminum body. The motor scooter weighs just 12.5kg despite packing an LG 18650 high security Lithium battery with 280Wh power which powers it. The device is portable and also foldable and can be coupled in just one minute.
Taking a look at the features, the electric motor scooter comes with the front and rear wheels equipped with E-ABS (electronic anti-lock braking system) and the scooter has dual disc brake system which allows it to quickly come to a stop within a distance of 4 meters. The brakes also are efficient in addition to the quick response capability.
Further, the electric scooter has a set of four LED indicators which tells the amount of battery power remaining. There is also an smart BMS battery management system onboard which can monitor the health status of each battery cell in real time and relay the information to the motor scooter’s main control system. The main control system can be synchronized with a mobile phone via an app such that the battery health can be viewed on the mobile. Where there is a problem, there are reminders so as to ensure safe driving.
As stated earlier, the Xiaomi electric motor scooter will go on sale on December 15 at 10.00am via Mi mall, Mi Home, Xiaomi store, Lynx and Jingdong mall.
The Lenovo ZUK Edge smartphone should have been launched on December 7 as teased but quite surprisingly Lenovo went mute about the device. Now another set of renders of the device have leaked online showing once again the front view of the white colored variant, this time around while being charged.
The renders are similar to the previous ones which had featured in earlier leaks. The front physical home button still lies under the display and that is also rumored to have embedded under it a non-aperture fingerprint sensor. We are still short of renders of the back view of the device but the Edge’s appearance on TENAA did give us a glimpse of that.
The Lenovo ZUK Edge should launch any moment from now considering December 7 has come and gone. Whenever it does launch, the device will likely feature a 5.5-inch 1080p display and powered by a Qualcomm Snapdragon 821 processor backed by 4GB of RAM. There will also be 64GB of internal storage as well as 3,000mAh built-in battery with fast charging support onboard the flagship. In addition, the device is touted to come with USB Type-C interface, an 8MP front camera, 13MP rear camera and many other cool features.
The ZUK Edge is also revealed with a likely price tag of 2,699 Yuan when it launches but all these will be confirmed when it is officially unveiled. For now, we don’t have any idea when the sleek device will be launched.
Since the Xiaomi Mi Mix concept phone pioneered the launch of phones with bezel-less display and high screen to body ratio exceeding 90%, there have been several other bezel-less phones shown to be in development like the Meizu concept phone, Huawei’s own concept device etc. But this Sony Xperia Edge concept phone design isn’t actually from Sony but is designed by designer Metti Farhang who shared it recently.
The design is said to be for a Sony device named Xperia Edge apparently because of its double curved-edge design. The concept device also comes with what is termed a triple bezel-less display with the screen edges at the top and sides having less design bezels but curving all the way to the rear. The device doesn’t seem to be curved at the bottom edge where there is a slight screen space that isn’t covered by the display. The device is designed with onscreen capacitive virtual buttons though, in typical Sony fashion.
No doubt this draws comparison with the Xiaomi mi Mix already on sale and the Sharp Aquos Crystal that Japanese smartphone maker is said to be developing. The design seems to be smaller than the 6.4 inches the Mi Mix came and there is a dual camera setup at the rear which sits to one end of the phone’s rear.
We wouldn’t forget so soon that Huawei has a concept device up its sleeves dubbed Huawei Honor Magic that would utilise similar near bezel-less display, and a high screen-to-body ratio. Huawei’s own device is set for launch on December 16. The possibility that this Sony Xperia Edge concept phone design will fnd its way out is near zero since its not from the company.
The market of cheap smartphones is crowded and it may not be easy to choose one. I just came across the Uhans A101S smartphone that costs just $70. Find out if this phone is any good in the full review.
The phone ships with all the usual stuff and some extras include a screen protector and a soft TPU case.
Uhans A101S Review: DESIGN and DISPLAY
When it comes to the design, this cheap phone draws quite a bit of attention since my review unit comes in pink colour. You can also choose from other flashy colors.
The phone does not sport any premium materials in the construction but it does not feel cheap either.
The buttons are nice and tactile, the backplate is made of rubberized plastic material and the phone sits nicely in the hand.
We have a 5” display, which has only 720p resolution but it is plenty sharp for everyday use.
Also, there is a 5MP camera above the display but we don’t have neither LED notification light nor backlit capacitive keys.
On the back, we have an 8MP Sony camera with a single LED flash.
You can remove the backplate to access the microSD card slot, two SIM card slots and a removable 2450mAh battery.
The loudspeaker quality is like on most of the cheap phones. The sound is kind of flat.
Uhans A101S Review: HARDWARE and PERFORMANCE
The Uhans A101S is not going to be your next flagship device but it still rocks solid specs for the price. The phone ships with the quad-core MTK6580 chip, 2GB of RAM and 16GB of expandable storage.
The 3D gaming performance is pretty good. Asphalt 8 on medium graphics runs absolutely fine without any stutter.
Uhans A101S Review: BENCHMARKS
Uhans A101S Review: USER INTERFACE
When it comes to the user interface, Uhans A101S is all about the features and customization.
The Android 6.0-based UI offers you the ability to customize the phone using themes, wallpapers, various plugins and so on. You can also use some baked-in gesture and motion controls that work pretty well.
Last but not least, the phone is pretty fast on the daily basis and I believe this is the most important aspect on a cheap phone.
Uhans A101S Review: IMAGE QUALITY
You should not expect any stellar results from these cheap phones but the Uhans A101S can take some nice pictures that are usable for social media. Obviously, the color reproduction is off, there could be more detail but in general, the camera does a decent job for a $70 phone.
The video quality is kind of poor like on most of the cheap phones.
The selfie pictures will definitely do the trick for social media.
I didn’t have any major connectivity issues. The GPS works okay but it could be slightly more accurate.
Uhans A101S Review: BATTERY LIFE
The removable 2450mAh battery allows you to use the phone for quite a bit of time. I was able to get over 4.5h of screen-on time on a mixed usage of the phone, which is a pretty good result.
Uhans A101S Review: CONCLUSIONS
The Uhans A101S is a pretty nice $70 that I kind of enjoyed using for more than a week.
Sure, it comes with some flaws that most of the cheap phones have and it lacks some basic stuff like backlit capacitive keys or LED notification light but in general, it gets all the basics right.
Also, it has kind of flashy design, good UI and gaming performance, a decent camera and good battery life.
Finally, the Uhans A101S is a decent offering for the price, despite a few shortcomings.
The video shows legacy windows apps like Edge Browser and Photoshop launched with no issues. However new reports are saying the processor can’t really handle x86 apps very well and hence the reason for settling for the Snapdragon 835 chips.
This comes as bad news for manufacturers who might have planned to use the still recent processor in devices next year. The Snapdragon 820 chip would have been a cheaper alternative for manufacturers who want to release their own Windows devices that can run x86 apps, since using a Snapdragon 835 chip will most definitely increase the final price of the devices.
The Honor Magic is one of the most anticipated phones for the year. The timing seems to be perfect, like the final act of the show before we pull the curtains on 2016. Launching in six days from now, more details are still showing up.
First is a possible pricing from online mall, JingDong who have the phone listed for ¥9999 (~$1447.62) which is really really on the high side. However, that’s not the official price but judging from the statement by analyst @Pan Jiutang in this article, we doubt the Honor Magic will sell for less than a $1000.
Next is an image of 16 possible configurations the Honor Magic might come with. There are a number of POSSIBLE configurations the Honor magic may have like dual cameras (rear and front) and curved edges, and some we think it is just not going to have such as a foldable display. One feature on the list we are sure of is the super fast charging battery. Other specs Huawei/Honor may throw in include water resistance, wireless charging, and artificial intelligence.
Doogee is a well-known cheap smartphones’ manufacturer that produces devices for quite a bit of time. The Doogee Y6 is a phone that has great looks, decent specs and it costs just $100. This is Linus, learn more in the full review.
The phone ships with all the usual stuff and some extras include a screen protector and a soft TPU case.
Doogee Y6 Review: DESIGN and DISPLAY
When it comes to the design, the Doogee Y6 looks very similar to the Huawei P7 Lite, in my opinion.
Nevertheless, the phone is well-built and it uses a metal backplate to give a bit of a premium look and feel. The frame and the buttons, however, are made of plastic.
We have a 5.5” display, which has only 720p resolution but it is plenty sharp for everyday use.
Also, there is a 8MP camera above the display but we don’t have neither LED notification light nor backlit capacitive keys.
On the back, we have a 13MP camera with a dual-LED flash and a fingerprint scanner, which is not the fastest I’ve seen but it gets the job done.
The loudspeaker is pretty good for the class of the phone.
Doogee Y6 Review:HARDWARE and PERFORMANCE
Doogee Y6 ships with an octa-core MTK6750 chip (1.5GHz) , 2GB of RAM and 16GB of expandable storage.
The gaming performance is good but not great. The phone can handle the games like Asphalt 8 on medium graphics very well but once you set the graphics to max., you should expect some skipped frames.
Doogee Y6 Review: BENCHMARKS
Doogee Y6 Review: USER INTERFACE
The phone ships with the Android 6.0 but we have quite a few added features by Doogee.
Just to name a few, you can select from a variety of gesture and motion controls that work pretty well. Also, you can use a floating gesture control bar if you wish. In addition, you can use a one-hand mode that is really convenient in some situations.
In general, the UI performance is good. I didn’t have lags or stutter on the daily basis.
Doogee Y6 Review: IMAGE QUALITY
When it comes to the image quality, you can get some decent-looking photos out of this phone but you can’t expect a lot from a cheap phone. The biggest complaints would be the lack of sharpness and quite a bit of noise even in daylight situations.
As usual, the image quality decreases in low light.
Selfies could look a lot sharper and have more detail.
The video quality is mediocre as on most of the cheap phones.
I didn’t have any major connectivity issues except for the fact that once the GPS was pretty slow to get the position lock.
Doogee Y6 Review:BATTERY LIFE
The phone ships with the 3200mAh battery that performs pretty well for its capacity. You should expect about 5 hours of screen-on time but the results may vary, depending on the usage.
Doogee Y6 Review: CONCLUSIONS
Doogee Y6 is a pretty good sub-$100 phone but as usual to cheap devices, it is not perfect.
It has a nice design and it sits nicely in the hand, decent specifications assure a pretty good gaming and user interface performance and the device has a nice display.
However, you have to know that there is no LED notification light, the capacitive buttons are not backlit. Also, it would have been nice to see the metal frame and metal buttons.
At the end of the day, Doogee Y6 is a decent offering for the price but as always, it has some shortcomings that most of the cheap phones have.
There is no end to the Samsung S8 news floating around the web and today the latest is in form of a render of the up-coming device. Already confirmed to be released at a date later than when Samsung usually releases its flagship device, the render shows some of the other rumors we have heard such as the removal of the physical home button.
The render shows the S8 with a dual-curved display and thin bezels on the top and bottom. The top bezel which used to have the Samsung logo atop the speaker grille, camera, and sensors now has only the speaker and is flanked on both sides by a camera and sensors. The lower bezel on the hand is now just a signboard for the Samsung logo. Taking the new design into consideration, the screen-to-body ratio should be about 90%.
The image which was posted on Weibo got the attention of a Samsung employee who praised the design but was quick to add that the Samsung S8 will not look like the device in the image.
After Xiaomi launched the Mi MIX, we have heard fact and rumors alike, that a number of manufacturers are planning to release their own bezel-less device. One of such manufacturers is Meizu. Initially we heard news of a Meizu device called the Meizu PRO 6 Edge with a four-curved display. We even got images of the alleged phone from the source who also said the phone will hit the shelves soon. Only for Meizu chairman, Jack Wong/Huáng Zhāng to release a statement that the company is not in a rush to release a curved-screen phone as it’s flat-surface phones are doing well.
However, today we have a leaked image of a bezel-less device said to be from Meizu and it sure looks good. The phone is completely bezel-less save for the lower part that houses Meizu’s trademark mBack button albeit in a thinner form making the lower bezel much smaller than Xiaomi’s.
The screen-to-body ratio of the Meizu bezel-Less phone is assumed to be more than 91.3% and the display is expected to feature a 2.5D or 3D arc glass on top. Apart from the difference in the lower bezel, the front looks the same, even the front camera is placed in the same lower right corner as that of the Mi MIX.
Will we get to see this device in the near future? We have no idea, but a bezel-less display from Meizu will be a good alternative if people can get their hands on it unlike the Mi MIX which is currently only available at its original price via flash sales but sells for way more if you are buying from a reseller.
Just don’t expect Meizu’s phone to sport a Snapdragon 821 processor, maybe the Helio X27 if it’s coming out soon or the Helio X30 if it is pushed to next year.
When it comes to mobile devices in general, smartphones are usually the highest selling. Tablets on the other hand have suffered a decline in sales over the years and seem to have been overtaken by wearables. The latest report from IDC shows the sales of wearable devices for the last quarter and the figures are pretty interesting.
The list shows the top five wearable device vendors for Q3 2016 and it is headed by one of the most disliked companies right now, Fitbit. Yes, disliked due to their recent acquisition of Pebble which has resulted in the cancelling of three new Pebble wearable devices that have already been backed on Kickstarter. Fitbit shipped a total of 5.3 million devices in the last quarter compared to 4.8 million in the same quarter in 2015. Fitbit now controls 23% of the market up from last year’s 21.4%.
Second on the list is no other than Xiaomi whose Mi Band sales puts them above other big names like Garmin, Apple, and Samsung. Sales of the Mi Band for last quarter comes in at 3.8 million which is just a hundred thousand units more than what they sold in the same quarter last year but more than triple of what Apple was able to sell this quarter even after the release of the Apple Watch 2. Xiaomi’s share of the wearable market is now 16.5%.
Makers of the Vivo, Fenix, and Forerunner series, Garmin, comes in at number 3 with 1.3 million units sold in Q3 2016. Apple is the shocker as they come in at the 4th position ahead of Samsung, but are the only one who has lost market share and a large one at that. Apple was able to sell 1.1 million wearable devices last quarter which is a sharp contrast to last year’s 3.9 million for the same quarter. Their market share also currently stands at 4.9% compared to 17.5% in 2015.
Blackview has released a lot of phones this year and the R6 model is one of them. It is well-made, it has some decent specs and it costs about $120. Find out if this phone is any good in the full review.
The phone ships with all the usual stuff and some extras include a screen protector, a pair of earphones and a soft TPU case.
Blackview R6 Review: DESIGN and DISPLAY
As for design, we are looking at a device that has a quality metal trim that goes all around the device and tactile metal buttons.
The 5.5”1080P display is pretty good for such a cheap phone whether you use it indoors or outdoors.We have a 5MP front-facing camera. However, there is neither LED notification light nor backlit capacitive keys.
On the back, we have a 13MP camera with a dual-LED flash and a fingerprint scanner, which is not the fastest I’ve seen but it gets the job done.
You can remove the backplate to access the microSD card slot and two SIM card slots. The 3000mAh battery is not removable.
Finally, the loudspeaker is pretty good for the class of the phone.
Blackview R6 Review: HARDWARE and PERFORMANCE
When it comes to hardware, the phone ships with the Mediatek MTK6737 chip, 3GB of RAM and 32GB of storage.
The gaming performance is mediocre. There may be a bug but you can only play the Asphalt 8 on low graphics. Still, there are some skipped frames.
Blackview R6 Review: BENCHMARKS
Blackview R6 Review: USER INTERFACE
The phone ships with the Android 6.0 but it has Blackview’s skin on top of it, which removes the app tray for some reason. Also, we have some redesigned icons and some other design touches.
There are a few features like gesture and motion controls that work pretty well but the phone could recognize gesture input faster. So far I didn’t have any hiccups or lag and the phone performs well on the daily basis.
Blackview R6 Review: IMAGE QUALITY
The image quality is okay. You can get some decent-looking photos out of this phone. However, there could be more detail in some of the shots but in general, our Blackview R6 pre-production unit can take some decent pictures given the good lighting. Keep in mind that the early review units came with the pre-release software and the retail versions of the phone has upgraded software that has improved the image quality.
As usual, the quality of pictures decreases in low light and the Blackview R6 does not impress.
The selfies don’t impress either. The pictures will do the trick for social media but they could look sharper.
The video quality is mediocre as on most of the cheap phones.
I didn’t have any major connectivity issues except for the fact that once the GPS was pretty slow to get the position lock.
Blackview R6 Review: BATTERY LIFE
The phone ships with the 3000mAh battery that performs pretty well for its capacity. You should expect just over 4 hours of screen-on time but the results may vary, depending on the usage.
Blackview R6 Review: CONCLUSIONS
The Blackview aims to offer a good build quality and some decent specs at affordable price with the R6 model and it succeeds in some ways.
The phone is well-built and it sits nicely in the hand, the display is pretty sharp and the phone performs fine on the daily basis.
However, you have to know that the camera is inconsistent, there is no LED notification light, the capacitive buttons are not backlit and last but not least, the 3D gaming performance is mediocre. Hopefully, things will improve with the future software updates.
At the end of the day, the Blackview R6 gets the basics right but as most of the cheap phones, it comes with some shortcomings you have to consider.
LeEco‘s strategic partner Faraday future recently announced that it would released its production version of the Faraday future electric car developed in partnership with LeEco on January 3. LeEco’s CEO Jia Yueting has also exposed the front view as well as the rear view of the car in a poster that teases the launch of the electric car on January 3 during CES 2017.
The car looks like one for these science fiction movies but it is real and is set to debut in less than a month’s time. The car features a streamlined body with a front headlight that runs from one end to the other. The tailgate also run from one end of the rear to the other. This is the first time we are seeing the front and rear design, as they were covered up when the car’s photo was first spotted in public in August this year.
The Faraday Future electric car is said to be a complete electric SUV and the design is something to look forward to. The electric car is touted as capable of achieving a maximum distance of 482km on full charge. We’ll get to know the complete specifications and capabilities of the electric car when it is launched on January 3, 2017.
Chinese smartphone manufacturers look poised to make their presence felt on the global scene at a regular basis. Not too long after Huawei confirmed its participation in CES 2017, LeEco‘s CEO Jia Yueting seems to have hinted the innovative Chinese company will also participate in CES 2017.
Jia Yueting had written a post on Weibo that suggested the company will participate in the CES 2017 exhibition in Las Vegas, Nevada, US. The Weibo post was accompanied with a poster containing several LeEco products such as Super TV, smartphones, smart bike, car, VR headset and others. The poster seems to announce a launch event billed for January 5 during the CES 2017 where the company will perhaps unveil most of its new products.
Curiously, the Weibo post was abruptly deleted from the CEO’s account not to long after it was posted. The reason for the deletion is unknown presently. We’ll still have to wait for official words as to whether the company will participate in CES 2017 or not. LeEco has been in the news of late as having financial problems which have led to the retrenchment of some of its work force amidst mounting debts. Huge investments in its Eco car project as well as other innovative projects are being fingered for the slump in the company’s financial prowess. Showcasing some of the products could help in bringing in more investors, thus revitalizing the company.
Last month, we came to know that Xiaomi was working on the Android 7 Nougat update for the Xiaomi Mi 5. Now, the company has officially revealed that the Android 7 Developer ROM for Xiaomi Mi 5 has entered open beta. This means anyone can head over to the forums and install the update. However, note that the open beta is for the developer ROM and not the stable ROM.
If you are already on the developer ROM, then you can upgrade the ROM to the version 6.12.8 for getting Android Nougat onto your device. Or else, you will have to clean install this latest version of the developer ROM (make sure to backup your data).
While you are officially updated to the Android 7 version, the MIUI 8 interface remains the same, so you will hardly notice any visual differences. Note that there are a few known issues with this ROM as well, like Wi-Fi and data disconnections, so better flash it at your own risk.
The update size is about 1.3GB, so you better be connected to a Wi-Fi network before downloading and installing this package. You can check out this link for all the details, change logs, as well as links to the package.
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This is the first time we are seeing the front and rear design, as they were covered up when the car’s photo was first spotted in public in August this year.
