Vivo has confirmed that the new Vivo X7, as well as the Vivo X7 Plus, will meet us on June 30. These are the two new flagship smartphones from the company and will come with powerful specs that will place them in the upper mid-ranger segment. Like tradition, the company has already revealed a few details about the new phone but now, a spy image of the Vivo X7 seems to have leaked online. This image confirms some of the details that were revealed by the company earlier.
First of all, the new leaked image confirms that the Vivo X7 will come with a front-facing fingerprint sensor. Also, judging from the openings on both the sides of the home button, it looks like the phone will use capacitive keys, instead of onscreen keys as used by many smartphones in 2016.
The image also reveals a few of the specs of the device. The phone will come with the Snapdragon 652 octa-core chipset clocked at 1.8GHz with 4GB of RAM on board. The device is running on Funtouch OS 2.5.1 based on Android 5.1.1. But we do hope that the company releases the device with Android Marshmallow at the event.
If you remember, Vivo had already confirmed the specs mentioned above. In addition to that, the company revealed that the Vivo X7 will come with a 16MP camera up front with moonlight soft light flash. Further, there will be 64GB of ROM on board as well. There are a few details missing like the rear camera sensor, display size and battery life, but expect those details in the coming days.
We still haven’t heard much about the Vivo X7 Plus variant, but it should ideally feature a larger display, battery and may be even a more capable processor. Stay tuned for more details.
Nubia has officially confirmed that the new flagship smartphone from the company, namely the Nubia Z11 will be unveiled on June 28 in Beijing, China. This phone will be the successor to the Nubia Z9 bezel-less phone that was announced back in 2015. Now, Nubia’s GM Ni Fei has officially confirmed that the Nubia Z11 will also come with a bezel-less display.
In fact, earlier today, he revealed a picture of the front glass of the new flagship. One of the components that you see in the picture is the front panel of the new Z11 flagship. Further, it looks like the company has managed to reduce the thickness of the device to a great extent. It is said that the phone will be much thinner than its previous generation model, which actually makes sense since the Z9 was 8.9mm thick. That’s too thick according to today’s flagship standards. So, the new generation Nubia Z11 model should be thinner than its predecessor.
As for the specs, thanks to the previous TENAA certification, we know a few details about the phone’s hardware. The Nubia Z11 is expected to come with a 5.5-inch 1080p bezel-less display. Under the hood, the phone should feature the Snapdragon 820 chipset with 4GB of RAM and 64GB of internal storage. At the back, you can expect a 16MP sensor like the recent models released, or maybe even an upgraded sensor for better camera performance. Given that Nubia gives a lot of importance on its phone’s camera quality, we can expect a good sensor inside the device. Further, the thickness is said to be reduced to 7.75mm and in this body, the phone should feature a 2900mAh battery.
Xiaomi announced the new Xiaomi Redmi 3S smartphone a few days back without much fan fare. Still, thanks to its competitive specs, the phone managed to get good response in the recently concluded JD.com’s Grand sale. In fact, it was one of the best selling phones during the sale period.
Now, OPPOMART has just listed the Redmi 3S up for sale. The phone is available at a price tag of $119.99 and all variants seem to be listed on the website, including three different colors and two different storage variants i..e 16GB and 32GB. The pricing is actually pretty good considering that the phone originally costs $106.
As for the design, the Redmi 3S is identical to the Redmi 3 featuring a metal body and a fingerprint sensor at the back. As for the specs, the phone comes with a 5-inch 720p display on board with the new Snapdragon 430 chipset inside. There will be two memory variants, 2GB RAM + 16GB storage and 3GB RAM + 32GB storage. On oppomart if you want the larger RAM variant, you will have to shell out $50 more, i.e. $169.99. Other specs of the phone include a 13MP f/2.0 rear camera with PDAF, 5MP f/2.2 front facing shooter, dual SIM dual standby and a large 4100mAh battery.
You can check out more details about the listing from down below.
As we have mentioned before, Tomtop is currently celebrating its 12th anniversary sale on the website and the retailer has listed some very good snap up deals and discounts. There are a lot of deals available as well as Snap Up offers. For example, you can purchase the A7HD 720p Sports Mini DV camera for just $1. Similarly, today the shop is offering the Doogee T6 Pro, ear phones and vintage accessories for $1. The snap up deals will start every day at 17:00 until stock lasts till June 26!
Then there are a number of tablets and smartphones being offered at discount like the Chuwi Hibook tablet at $199.99, Teclast X80 Pro tablet at just $102.29 and even accessories like LeTV earphones with USB Type-C for $29.09. There are a lot of deals up for grabs in different categories as well, like TV Boxes, actions cameras, quadcopters, car accessories and so on. You can check out more details on this third round of anniversary sale on Tomtop from the link given below.
Lin Bin revealed on Saturday that Xiaomi was all set to release a new flagship in the market in July. We guessed it would be the rumored Xiaomi Mi Note 2 as it was logically the next flagship smartphone for the company. Now, it looks like the first generation Xiaomi Mi Note is listed as sold out, which hints that the Mi Note 2 flagship release could be close by.
Apart from the details we heard earlier today, more information about the specs of the Xiaomi Mi Note 2 have cropped up online. It is said that the phone will use a 2K 5.7-inch display so that the screen resolution is high enough for Xiaomi’s VR. Another interesting piece of information revealed today is that there would be Xiaomi Mi5S announced as well, which should be a slightly upgraded version of the Mi5 flagship. Further, they should be using metal injection molding process.
As for the other specs, there should be at least two versions with 4GB and 6GB RAM, Snapdragon 821 chipset and even a variant with dual cameras. If the Note 2 indeed comes with these specs, it would be a treat for power users. Also, considering the specs, the Mi Note 2 should retail around the same price as the Honor V8, which cost upwards of 2499 Yuan (>$380).
There are also rumors about the flexible screen phone from Xiaomi with a screen size of around 5.5-5.7-inches. But not much details are available about the device yet.
Vivo has been teasing its upcoming Vivo X7 flagship for the past few days. However, till now, the company didn’t give out a release date for the device. Now, Vivo has just confirmed that the Vivo X7 flagship will be unveiled on June 30 in Beijing at 19:30. The company also confirms that there will be another device at the event, namely the Vivo X7 Plus.
Thanks to the previous teasers, we already know a lot about the X7. The phone will be powered by the Snapdragon 652 octa-core chipset with 4GB RAM and 64GB of internal storage. Up front, the phone will feature a 16MP camera with moonlight flash, while the details of the rear camera sensor are still not available. The phone will also feature a front facing fingerprint sensor embedded into the home button.
The company just confirmed the Vivo X7 Plus variant today, however, we have no information about the same. Since the design and the basic features are similar to the OPPO R9 and the R9 Plus handsets, we expect a larger display, battery and probably a better chipset as well, inside the Plus variant.
There are a good ten days left for the official launch of these two handsets, so expect more details via leaks and rumors by then. Stay tuned!
For the past couple of years, we have been regularly hearing about Nubia smartphones. The company is known for its premium quality built and capable cameras on smartphones, especially its Z series devices. Given that the company was established only back in 2012, it has really done a good job getting the attention of consumers in China and a few other markets. Now, Nubia has just announced that it will be expanding into new markets such as Europe and Latin America soon. So, fans in markets such as Mexico, Argentina, Russia, Spain and Germany will soon be able to purchase Nubia smartphones locally. The company has confirmed that the Nubia Z11 Mini, Z9 Max and the Z9 Mini will be available in these regions soon.
After Suning’s RMB 1.93 billion investment, which comes to $297 million in Nubia back in January 2016, the company is now preparing to expand its reach in new markets. Given that the Chinese market is saturated at the moment and there are lots of other markets where Chinese smartphones are popular, this might actually be a smart move on the part of the company.
Both Argentina and Mexico’s demand for high-end smartphones have been growing recently, thanks to the rapid development of 4G infrastructure as well as the boom in the e-commerce business. The company reveals that in Mexico, there are around 96 million smartphone users, of which, roughly 30 million purchase new phones every year. Further, Argentina is a good market for expansion since 90 percent of the country’s phone market share is represented by international brands. And Nubia aims to be one of these brands real soon.
As for the more mature markets of Europe, Chinese smartphones are already popular in countries such as Russia. Moreover, both Germany and Spain, with millions of smartphone users turn out to be good markets for expanding Nubia’s reach this year. Apart from the above-mentioned markets, the company also confirms that it has sights on more European markets such as France, Italy, Poland and Turkey. It also mentions some Southeast Asian countries such as India, Indonesia, Myanmar, Philippines, Thailand and Vietnam.
With Nubia appointing Cristiano Ronaldo as the brand ambassador, it’s evident that the company is all set to make its presence felt globally. Special C. Ronaldo limited editions of the Nubia Z11 Mini and Z11 Max are also going on sale in China.
Lenovo announced the Moto Z earlier this month with hardware additions called Motomods. While it is still not the perfect definition of modular, it has set the bar higher for manufacturers and done a better job than what LG released in place of the LG G5 and Friends. The mods connect to the phone via a set of 16 pin integrated magnets at the back of the phone. This is quite different from LG’s friends which require you to swap out the lower end of the phone which houses the removable battery before adding the desired hardware.
Moto Mods (camera mod far right)
Some of the mods announced by Lenovo include a mini projector called Insta-Share Projector, a JBL Soundboost Speaker, and a mod that adds up to 22 hours more battery life.
However, rumors floating around states that Hasselblad, the Swedish company known for medium-format cameras is going to launch a pro camera mod for the Moto Z on Wednesday, 22nd of June.
This new mod is said to give the Moto Z a separate and more capable camera lens to the device and differs from LG’s G5 CAM Module which only adds physical controls to the phone.
Like all rumors, you should remember to take this with a pinch of salt.
We come in contact with water everyday and since our phones are with us most times, you’d expect most phones to be waterproof. But that isn’t the case, very few phones are waterproof and even some manufacturers who previously manufactured waterproof phones have stopped or just reduced the protection to accidental spills and splashes. An example is Sony.
Lei jun, the founder of Xiaomi explains why his company doesn’t manufacture waterproof phones even though customers have requested for it. Mr. Jun states that when a waterproof phone gets damaged even if it is a minor one, the waterproof protection deteriorates.
Another reason is the high cost of waterproof devices; Xiaomi is known for offering high-end phones for almost half the price of other flagships. So adding waterproof protection is sure going to drive the price up. However, he says if customers are willing to pay 20% to 30% of the additional cost required for the protection,the company might consider building a waterproof phone.
So if the lack of waterproof protection is a deal breaker for you when it comes to buying a phone, you know you need to steer clear of Xiaomi phones. You should probably consider the Samsung S7, S7 Edge, or S7 Active.
We have been reporting about the grand sale that was going on JD.com. All the top brands in China participated in the sale, offering great discounts to users who bought any of the brand’s products from June 1 to June 18. In fact, there were a lot of new phones that were offered for sale at discounted prices during this period. The sale ended on June 18 and JD.com revealed a few interesting data about the 18 day sale period.
First of all, in the total product sales category, Apple was right on top. Then came in Huawei + Honor and in the third place was Xiaomi. Other brands who made it to the list were Lenovo, Samsung, Meizu, HP, Canon, Dell and even LeEco, in the order of their ranking.
top phone sales value
Since we are more interested in the smartphone category, let’s look at mobile related data in details. In terms of the total sales value, it’s not surprising that Apple came on top during this period. It was once again followed by Huawei Honor and then Xiaomi. That’s the same three ranking as the one above. In the fourth and fifth place lies Meizu and Samsung. Leeco, OPPO, Vivo also made it to the list. The two surprising entries were 360 Mobiles and OnePlus!
top phone sales units
In terms of the total sales numbers, Xiaomi came on top, and once again, Huawei + Honor brand takes the second place. This was followed by Apple (notice the top three brands remain the same here as well) and then was Meizu, LeEco and Samsung. 360 Mobiles, OPPO and even ZTE made it to this list.
jd top single phone sales
When it comes to the smartphone with the most sales during this period, it was none other than the Meizu M3 Note. This is a great achievement for the company, topping the most sold chart and shows the response for the value mid-ranger launched in April. In the second place was the iPhone 6S which shows the love for the brand in China. Then there was another mid-ranger, the Redmi Note 3 followed by Redmi 3, Le 2, Redmi 3S, Xiaomi Mi5, iPhone 5S, Mi Max and Honor V8. As you can see, despite coming in the top three places in the above three categories, Huawei + Honor brand had only one product in the top single product sales category, the Honor V8! So, it looks like the company sold a lot of units of different models during this period.
Another thing to note here is that the OPPO’s sale grew by 583% during this period, followed by OnePlus with a growth of 375% and Vivo with 284%. Given that OPPO’s offline sales are already impressive, it’s even impressive to see the company doing well in the online sales. It made it to the list of the top 10 sales list as well as top 10 sales value list.
top phone sales price segment
When it comes to the top three products sold in each price category, Redmi 3, Redmi 3S and Meizu M3 were the ones that made it to the list in the 500-699 Yuan category, Meizu M3 Note, Redmi Note 3 and 360 N4 were in the 700-999 Yuan category, Le 2, Honor 5X and Huawei Enjoy 5S (1000-1499 Yuan), Mi Max, Honor 7 and Honor 7i (1500-1999 Yuan), Xiaomi Mi5, iPhone 5S, Vivo X6S (2000-2499 Yuan), Honor V8, OPPO R9, Huawei Mate 8 (2500-2999 Yuan), Huawei P9, Huawei P9 Plus and iPhone 6 (3000-3999 Yuan), and finally in the 4000 Yuan+ top end-category, iPhone 6S, iPhone 6S Plus and Galaxy S7 Edge made it to the list.
Finally, JD.com revealed that LeEco, 360 Mobiles and Ramos were the top three emerging brands during this period.
Xiaomi’s co-founder and president, Lin Bin revealed this Saturday, Xiaomi will release a new high-performance flagship in July, which is just a few weeks away. However, he failed to mention the name or any feature of the flagship (except that it’s high-end) which makes us wonder which product will meet us next month. Below mentioned are a few guesses based on recent rumors.
Some rumors say that the Xiaomi flagship to be announced next month is going to be none other than the Xiaomi Mi Note 2 flagship. We have been hearing about the device for the past few months and hence, it won’t be surprising if we meet the flagship soon. Another possibility is the Xiaomi Mi Edge, a phone that has been rumored since late 2014. If we indeed meet this device, then expect features such as a flexible / curved screen with a size of around 5.5-5.7 inches.
Specs wise, you can expect a lot of good things inside the new Mi Note 2. The phone is said to come with the Snapdragon 821 chiset, a slightly overclocked version of the SD820. Along with this, you can expect 6GB RAM on board with several variants. Earlier rumors have said that there could be a dual camera version as well. This is possible as recently, an insider posted on Weibo that Xiaomi, OPPO and Apple are all working on dual camera phones this year.
Another possibility is the release of the Xiaomi Notebook. We have seen leaks about this product as well as heard a lot of rumors for the past six months. The Notebook is said to be released this summer and July would be a good time for its 12.5-inch model to be announced. While we haven’t seen the laptop in any images yet, it is said that it will come with a light weight aluminum design to rival the Apple Macbooks.
The rules are pretty straightforward. All you have to do is correctly predict the winner on the campaign’s facebook page and you stand a chance to win an Alcatel Bluetooth Speaker or an Alcatel Flash Plus 2.
For the duration of the competition, the Alcaltel Flash Plus 2 also gets a price cut to $179.99 from $244.39.
The Flash Plus 2 isn’t really different from most midrange phones in the market now. It has got a 5.5” FHD screen, 3GB of RAM, 32GB of ROM, runs Android Marshmallow, sports a fingerprint scanner (home button style), 13MP rear camera and 5MP front shooter, dual SIM slots, and a 3000mAh battery with flash charge. SoC is the MTK Helio P10.
Bluboo started their anniversary sales yesterday and offered customers the chance to purchase any of their devices for $9.99. But we all know these snap up deals never last as they are usually gone in a few minutes. However, while $9.99 does sound like a great price to buy any android phone now, customers can still purchase any of the devices at a reduced price from now till 1st of July.
The Maya is available for $69.99; the Xtouch for $129.99, X9 for $119.99; Bluboo Picasso and Xfire 2 for $64.99; and the UWatch for $28.99.
To purchase any of the above devices, head to Bluboo’s page here.
Elephone is running a competition from 17 – 23 of June for the Euro 2016 Football Tournament and will be giving out units of the Elephone S3, $35 coupons, and $10 coupons to winners and losers. You see everyone gets to win something.
The rules are actually pretty simple. First, you’ll need to register on Elephone’s website to be eligible to enter for the competition. Then you can proceed to predict which of the teams will win at the finals or predict the winner of any of the round games.
If your guess is right for any of the round games, you win a $35 coupon but if your prediction is wrong, you get a $10 coupon. However, if the match ends in a draw you still get a $35 coupon.
Elephone will however randomly select only 3 winners who correctly predict the winner of the tournament to go home with a unit of the Elephone S3.
The Elephone S3 is a bezel-less phone with a 5.2″ FHD screen, an all-metal build, 3GB of RAM, 16GB of ROM, dual SIM slots, and a 2100mAh battery with fast charge.
Umi is ticking off the major cities in Europe with the naming of their phones. We already have the Umi Rome and now the next stop is Umi London.
The name is not the only thing exciting about the phone. Umi is touting the new phone as the toughest dual protection smartphone.
Umi says the London can survive a drop from a height of 6 meters with the Umi London protector and a drop of 1.5 meters without any protection. Thanks to a unique technology called DG Twin Shield. The technology which is developed by Umi uses a combination of glass and a 3M double-coated foam tape which absorbs the shock and prevents the phone from damage when it falls.
Umi London will have a 5” HD screen, 1GB of RAM, 8GB ROM, an 8MP rear camera, 2MP font facing camera, run Android Marshmallow 6.0, and be powered by a 2050mAh battery. SoC is a MTK6580 processor clocked at 1.3GHz. the phone is priced at $69.99.
Chinese manufacturers definitely have a thing for European cities. What city do you think will be next? Let’s see your guesses in the comment box below.
OnePlus 3 has already started selling internationally, and OPPOMART has also listed this device up for sale. The OnePlus 3 is currently in stock on the website and ships in 48 hours. The retailer also informs us that the OP3 units sold run OxygenOS and come with Google Play services with support for future updates. Along with the smartphone, OPPOMART also lists a few accessories for the device up for sale.
The accessories include tempered glass protectors, flip cover cases, silicone cases as well as a style swap cover. You can read more about the listing from the link down below.
Honor 5A is a well specced entry level handset and there was no doubt that the phone was going to get pretty good response from customers in China. And guess what, it really did get all the attention it deserved. The company revealed today that the phone recieved over 11.79 million bookings by the end of June 16 for the first flash sale. This includes booking on the company’s own store, JD.com and QQ wallet. The first flash sale for Honor 5A was earlier today at 10:08 am. However, the company is reportedly selling the device tomorrow morning as well via its official store and JD.com store. The China Mobile version of the Honor 5A was available for 699 Yuan ($106) while the Full Network supported model retailed for 799 Yuan ($121).
Like mentioned above, the Honor 5A is a pretty good handset. It is powered the Snapdragon 617 octa-core processor inside and comes with 2GB RAM and 16GB of storage. There is a 5.5-inch display with 720p resolution. At the back, you get a 13MP camera while up front you have an 8MP shooter. The battery is also pretty decent, measuring 3100mAh in capacity. Other features of the device include a BOX sound champer, metallic built, 8.45mm body, 168 grams weight and multiple color options including white and gold.
Overall, a great handset priced at just $106. What do you think?
Although the internet was filled with rumors and leaks about Xiaomi’s first laptop in the past few months, recently, the rumors have died down. However, earlier today, we spotted a leaked picture of a mould which was reportedly used to make the company’s first laptop computer. It was revealed that the mould was used for the first trial production of the Xiaomi laptop. The Mi logo on the mould hints that this was indeed used for making the body of the new laptop from the company.
According to the previous leaks, the Xiaomi laptop will come with a metal built and will look similar to Apple’s Macbook range. In fact, it is said that the company aims to take on Apple’s Macbook by offering a great design and powerful specs at a much lesser price tag. There have been several reports about the laptop’s pricing, but it is expected to start at around 3000 Yuan ($455).
Recent rumor states that the new Xiaomi laptop will go on sale in Summer this year. This is later than the original planned release date, which was scheduled for Q1 2016. There should be two variants of the device, one with a 12.5-inch display and another with a 15-inch display. Inside, it should be running on the Windows 10 platform. If the pricing is indeed $455, then supply chain sources predict Xiaomi will to ship around 1 million units of its new laptop in a year. Safer predictions can be made only after the official specs and pricing of the handset is revealed.
So, what do you think? If the Mi laptop is priced at just $455, would you consider it over existing established players like Dell, Lenovo or HP?
Chinese market research firm, Sino recently published its new report about the smartphone market share in China for the month of May. The report gives us some interesting insight about the market in China and the market share held by smartphone giants in the region. One major highlight of the report was that the Chinese companies, OPPO, Vivo, Huawei and Gionee (yes, it made it to this list), who are also known together as “Jinhua OV” (where Jinhua is for Gionee and Huawei, while OV is for OPPO and Vivo) did pretty well in May.
All the above mentioned Chinese companies have made it to the top 6 list of smartphone makers according to market share in the month of May. The other two are none other than Apple and Samsung. However, both the companies have lost some market share in the period. OPPO was yet again one of the top-performing smartphone companies in May in China. It sold around 5.310 million units during this period, much higher than any other company, with a share of 15.3%. Right below OPPO, was Vivo with sales of around 4.220 mil in May and market share of 12.1%. Apple and Huawei are right behind Vivo with a difference of around 500K between each place. Surprisingly, even Gionee has made it to this list, shipping 1.711 million units in May.
The overall sales of smartphones were strong in May. Sino reports that Chinese market saw total sales of 34.74 million units, an increase of around 12.2% as compared to April. Domestic brands did particularly well during this period, increasing its contribution to 82.1% in May.
While we knew that OPPO, Vivo and Huawei are doing well in the smartphone industry, what’s really surprising is the rise of Gionee during this period. Looks like Gionee’s S, W and M series are doing quite well in the Chinese market.
Xiaomi Mi Max was released back in April and was an instant hit among buyers, due to its super large 6.44-inch display and an equally large battery. The phone comes in a number of variants in China, starting at 3GB RAM with different storage options and going up to 4GB of RAM. However, it looks like Xiaomi may have another variant of the Mi Max in the works, which, considering its specification, should be priced cheaper than the current base variant.
Recently, Xiaomi Mi Max 2GB RAM version was leaked. The screenshot further reveals that there is just 16GB of storage inside. As mentioned above, the cheapest version of the Mi Max being sold right now starts at 3GB RAM + 32GB storage, so we an expect this special low-end variant to cost even lesser than the 3GB RAM model. To remind you, the above variant sells for 1499 Yuan in China which comes to $230. So, the 2GB RAM version should ideally cost around 1299 Yuan ($198).
As for the specs, expect the rest to be the same as the Mi Max 3GB RAM model. So, the phone should feature Snapdragon 650 chip inside with 2GB RAM, 16GB storage and MicroSD expansion slot (hybrid). You should find a large 4850mAh battery inside the slim 7.5mm body. At the back, there should be a 16MP shooter and up front, a 5MP sensor.
However, the Mi Max 2GB RAM model is still not listed on the official Mi.com website for sale. Either it could be released later, or this particular version may not see the light of the day in China. Instead, it could be sold in India, where the company will release the handset on June 30.
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