The Weibo user KJuma has been releasing leaks about Chinese smartphones for a long time. Some of them have turned out to be true, while some not. Today, he has released a couple of pictures of a new Xiaomi flagship device. While he doesn’t reveal the name of the handset, its most likely of the Xiaomi Mi5, that’s expected to launch before the end of 2015.
From the renders, it looks like the new Xiaomi Mi5 smartphone will have no bezels at all. The display extents to the sides, creating a bezelless effect. Now that we have seen the bezelless ZTE Nubia Z9, this doesn’t sound too far fetched. On top of the display, you have the standard sensors along with the camera. There’s the traditional MI logo on the top left corner.
However, when you come to the bottom, it gets a bit interesting. The renders show that the phone has a physical home button, which will most likely integrate a fingerprint sensor too. It has been a trend for almost every major flagship in 2015 to feature a biometric sensor, and Xiaomi too could follow suit.
Even the back is interesting. The Xiaomi phone renders reveal that the phone could come with dual cameras at the back. We have seen many recent smartphones like the ZTE Axon Elite with such a setup. Along with the dual cameras, the Xiaomi phone will come with dual LED flash as well. Finally, there’s once again the MI branding at the back.
Before you get too excited, there’s a pretty good chance that this isn’t the real design. Also, Xiaomi is yet to reveal anything about its upcoming flagship officially, so its best to take this news with a pinch of salt. We expect the company to announce the handset, sometime after Qualcomm makes Snapdragon 820 available in the market.
Last week, Meizu had released new teasers for the launch of its upcoming flagship, Meizu Pro 5 on September 23. However, the company didn’t say anything about its new Flyme 5 OS which was also supposed to release later this month, at least according to the previous information. Now, Flyme’s Chief Design Architect, Yan Yang has just confirmed via his official Weibo page that the company will also release its new Flyme 5 OS during the launch of its flagship Pro 5.
He adds that the company was too busy to keep a separate launch event for the Flyme 5 OS. As a result, Meizu decided to unveil the brand new OS, (most likely based on Android 5.1) at the same time as the Pro 5. Along with this information, he released a number of screenshots of the upcoming OS, showing off the new design language used throughout the system.
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If you have used a Meizu device before that was running the Flyme 4.5, you would see that in general, the design looks familiar. So, the overall OS looks like the continuation of its previous generation, but with changes in the details of the apps and some other aspects of the OS. For example, the apps on the new Flyme 5, like music, videos, traffic, e-mail, albums etc are a direct continuation from the previous version, but they have some subtle changes in the details to let us know that its the new generation that we are using.
Flyme has never been the best aspect of Meizu, but the company could be trying to change that with the new Flyme 5. Lets hope that the new OS is smoother, faster and more feature rich than the previous generations.
Stay tuned for more information in the coming days.
In the past couple of months, we have seen plenty of instances where the powerful 10 core Helio X20 has come up on benchmarking websites. Unsurprisingly, almost every time, the chip’s performance was impressive. We already know that both Meizu and HTC are likely to use this new chip on their upcoming flagship smartphones, but now, Taiwanese Media reports that even Xiaomi is working on a deca core smartphone. Further, the report states that the first smartphones powered by Helio X20 could debut as early as October 2015.
While Xiaomi may not be the first one to use this deca core chip, it is said that the company has at least one machine with this chip that’s being tested right now. Even Xiaomi is expected to release this new handset sometime before the end of this year. From the previous leaks and the timing of the launch of the new chip, its likely that the report is talking about the upcoming Xiaomi Mi5 flagship.
As for the performance of the chip, its expected to be better, or atleast at par with Exynos 7420. The MT6797 Helio X20 chip is based on the 20nm process, with the worlds first Tri-Cluster architecture. The chip will come with 10 cores, with two Cortex A72 and eight Cortex A53 ones. Other specs include support for LTE Cat. 6 network and dual carrier aggregation.
It is said that Meizu’s upcoming flagship, the Meizu Pro 5 will have a low version which will be powered by Helio X20. The higher version is reportedly powered by Samsung’s Exynos 7420. Even Xiaomi Mi5 could have two different versions, with one of them powered by the Helio X20 chip.
So, what do you think? Can Mediatek take over the premium high-end market with its new deca-core Helio X20?
This tiny speaker costs just under $22, which falls into cheap Bluetooth speakers category.
The device comes in a plain box and the contents include a micro USB charging cable, Aux cable (in case you want to connect a non-Bluetooth device), informational leaflet and a nice carrying pouch.
EasyAcc DP100 Bluetooth Speaker Review: DESIGN
First of all, the Easy Acc Bluetooth speaker is very compact and lightweight. It sports an omnidirectional speaker grill and on the front side you can find just the Easy Acc logo.
On the back side you can find a microUSB power port, on/off switch and aux input.
The top side is where you can find all the controls, which include volume up/down and play/pause buttons. Also, there is a mic as you can use this speaker as a hands-free loudspeaker with your phone. Lastly, there is a Bluetooth LED light.
On the bottom, there is a silicone pad to prevent the speaker from sliding.
Overall, I’m pretty impressed with the built quality and the choice of materials of this speaker. Also, it is really small and compact.
EasyAcc DP100 Bluetooth Speaker Review: PAIRING
Pairing is very easy as the speaker enters the paring mode automatically as soon as you turn it on.
EasyAcc DP100 Bluetooth Speaker Review: SOUND QUALITY
As far as the sound quality goes, the Easy Acc Bluetooth speaker definitely impressed me as it is loud and has quite a lot of depth in its sound considering the size of this tiny speaker. Also, the level of bass is not bad at all.
One thing I’ve noticed though was that it starts crackling at the highest volume setting when playing certain songs.
The Bluetooth range is good and it is on par with other Bluetooth speakers I’ve tested.
EasyAcc DP100 Bluetooth Speaker Review: CONCLUSIONS
The Easy Acc DP100 Bluetooth speaker has a great design, good built quality and it doesn’t feel cheap at all. It has good sound quality and a decent amount of bass considering the size of it. Also, the control buttons are very clicky and responsive, and the hands-free feature works quite good. As far as the battery life, it is really impressive. Well, I couldn’t get 20 hours of playback as the company declares, but I was able to reach 15 hours, which is a great result for a speaker of this size.
Overall, I don’t see any major shortcomings about this speaker except the fact that it may make some crackling noises on some songs when you play the music at the highest volume setting.
Other than that, for just under $22 it is a great buy.
Today we have lots of smartphones, which have really good specs and everything but one thing still needs an improvement – a battery life. Some manufacturers are trying to solve the battery issue by optimising the software but you simply can’t achieve much if the capacity of the battery is low.
A small Chinese manufacturer VkWorld has a very affordable offer – a phone, that does not even cost $150 but it has a monster 6050 mAh battery! That is definitely one of the biggest batteries on the market.
Also, you are getting a 5.5″ 720P display, which has become a standard in terms of the size. In addition, the phone is powered by a quad-core Mediatek MTK6735 CPU, which is clocked at 1GHz and it is supplemented with 1GB of RAM.
Other specs include 16GB of expandable storage (can be further expanded via the microSD card slot up to 64GB). Also, you are getting a dual-SIM card slot and one of them supports 4G LTE.
Last but not least the latest and greatest version of Android (5.1) is running the show.
All in all, the VkWorld vk6050 does not really impress as far as the specs go but this device is certainly made with one aspect in mind – the battery life. The capacity of 6050mAh should be enough to get a lot of screen-on as well as standby times.
This device may be for those who want to get all the basic tasks done and you are not planning to use this phone for most demanding tasks like 3D gaming but you hate when your phone’s battery dies in the middle of the day.
UHANS could be a comparatively unknown Smartphone Manufacturer from China, that has released a smartphone that has LTE, a 64-bit Quad-Core computer hardware, Dual SIM, LG GLass Induction tech, and more. during this article let’s take a glance at what this phone will do.
First let’s get the specs out of the manner. The UHANS U100 features a 4.7″ 1280*720 IPS OGS unit with the two.5D Corning Gorilla gorilla Glass on prime. The phone is supercharged by the MediaTek MTK6735 that could be a 64-bit Quad-Core processor clocked at one.3 GHz and also the Mali T720 GPU for driving the display and gaming. The phone comes with Andorid Lollipop out of the box, has 2GB or RAM and 16GB internal storage. once it involves the cameras, the U100 features a 13MP camera on the rear with diode flash, a 5MP camera on the front. each cameras will record 1080P FHD at 30FPS. The U100 supports FDD LTE/4G/3G/GPS/WiFi and Bluetooth. Now, that that’s out of the manner, let’s dig a bit deeper into the phone itself.
Build
The UHANS U100 is constructed sort of a luxury phone. That similitude are seen everyplace round the phone and also the expertise will gibe that. The U100 has the 5000 Series Aliminum that is principally utilized in the Aviation trade to form Aircrafts. This aluminium can feel superb to the bit and can additionally offer rigidity to the Phone to shield it from drops in and of itself.
The back of the phone is formed with animal skin, that is treated with a special method which is able to create it last longer, and sustain scratches, and drops also.
The complete style onf the phone screams luxury which too in an exceedingly budget.
Display
The U100 features a four.7″ IPS OGS 1280*720 show with Corning’s a pair of.5D Gorilla gorilla Glass on prime of it. The show, though low resolution can offer nice viewing angles, and a fair higher media consuption expertise. With Corning’s a pair of.5D glass technology, the bit of the phone are even higher to use.
Performance
The U100 could be a real beast once it involves performance, the 64-bit MTK computer hardware and also the Republic of Mali GPU cores did a good job keeping the phone running even on significant tasks like recreation or streaming a video.
Software
The UHANS U100 ships with robot five.1 Lollipop out of the box with UHANS’ custom UI on prime. The UI doesnt feel awkward, infact it feels plenty additional efficient than Stock robot. There don’t seem to be plenty of bells a whistles on the package aspect of things.
U100 has the Off-Screen gestures that permits users to launch Associate in Nursing app quickly or do Associate in Nursing action while not even awakening the device. simply draw a pre-defined form or letter on the screen once the show is off, and also the phone launched the specified app or task.
Battery
The UHANS U100 features a a pair of,200mAh battery that ought to last on a daily basis with moderate to significant use. Since the phone features a four.7″ 720P show, the screen does’t take up abundant of the battery power. So, even the screen-on time ought to be over 6-7 hours with moderate usage. Charging up the battery additionally would take less time as this is often a comparatively tiny battery compared to another phones in an exceedingly similar worth vary.
Conclusion
All things thought of, this is often a reasonably tight phone for the worth. Everything right from the show, to the package to the performance is actually smart. So, do you have to decide one up? If you’e a primary time smartphone user, it’s a giant affirmative. although you’ve got a smartphone with you, the UHANS U100 could be a nice pickup as a secondary phone.
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Further details of the soon to be released Elephone Vowney have today been released, the phone will come in two variants.
The first of the two new Elephones the Vowney Light will feature a 5.5″ 1080P (1920 x 1080) display, MT6795 (Helio X10) CPU, 3GB RAM and 16GB ROM the phone will be running Android 5.1 out of the box
The second Vowney handset is higher end and comes with a 5.5″ 2K（2560 x 1440) display, MT6795 (Helio X10) CPU, 4GB RAM and 32GB ROM it will also be running Android 5.1 out of the box.
The USB port appears to be a standard micro USB rather than a C-type USB, whilst its not cutting edge it will suffice.
The phone is said to come with a 21 mega-pixel Sony IMX230 rear shooter and as can be seen in the images below a 2 tone flash is present.
The rear camera is slightly raised from the back of the lightly textured rear cover.
Something that will probably make some people unhappy is the black bands around the screen bezels, they are a lot smaller than on previous Elephone handsets and to be honest don’t really cause any problems in use.
Looking at the front of the Elephone Vowney we can see what looks to be a Halo style home button, on a previously released hands on video, the controls were on screen, perhaps this is switchable between standard capacitive and onscreen? it would be a shame to have all that real estate on the screen taken up with something that could fit on the phones chin.
Style wise the phone is a good looking thing, I would probably not choose to go for something as bright as the gold, but as Apple have shown, there is a huge market for it.
Zopo may not be the No. 1 manufacturer that comes to your mind when choosing a new smartphone but our recent reviews suggest that this smartphone maker is able to produce some decent smartphones for a price.
In fact, I am currently testing the Zopo Speed 7 Plus and I am pretty impressed with how snappy it is. Also, it has a vibrant screen and a pretty good camera for the daylight images. I have an impression that Zopo is one of those Chinese manufacturers that are working hard and improving the quality of their products and are also investing quite a lot marketing in the EU. However, I am keeping a final judgement till I write a full review (and make a video review).
The Zopo Speed 7 comes with a 5″ and the Speed 7 Plus has 5.5″ 1080p display. The bezels may not be that narrow as it is depicted in the picture but the display itself is really good even if you are looking at it under direct sunlight.
The powerful chip (MT6753) along with decent amount of RAM (3GB) and a proper software optimisation (Android 5.1) is usually a combo that makes the phone fly through daily tasks. Also, it should be enough to handle the more demanding tasks like 3D gaming.
Both devices sport a 13MP camera that is actually capable of taking some decent looking daylight images that I will upload in the upcoming full review article.
Overall, the phone looks and feels well made and sits nicely in the hand. Also, the UI is really fast and fluid even with lots of apps running in the background and so far I don’t have any complaints about the Zopo Speed 7 that I’ve been using as a daily driver for more than a week now.
Leeline a major player in the rugged handheld device industry, started promoting a new Rugged Windows 8.1/Android 4.4 Dual-Booting 10.1″ Tablet, dubbing it the “Perfect Outdoor Companion”. This is interesting for various different reasons. Firstly, this is one of very few tablets that can dual-boot Windows alongside with Android. Secondly, it is waterproof, dustproof, and shockproof, which adds the Leeline to the very few tablets in this category.
Internally the leeline wt10 is powered by an Intel Quad-Core processor, 2GB RAM, 32 GB Internal storage with 64GB and 128GB options available, has 3G support, has a user removable battery, a Stylus, multi-function docking, and the MIL-810G US and IP65 rated waterproof and Dustproof casing.
There’s more, this tablet has Multi-module covers, which add functions like WIFI, Blutwooth, GPS, Code Scanner, Biometric-Scanner, and RFID/NFC.
Display
The Leeline WT10 has a 10.1″ Display which has a resolution of 1280*800 and is a ‘High Brightness’ display. The display is protected by the Third Generation of Corning’s Gorilla Glass which brings more ruggedness to the table.
Thickness?
With all the features, one should think the tablet would be as thick as an Encyclopedia, and one can’t be more wrong. The whole tablet only is 22mm in thickness and weighs around 1KG and has a back-splint design, for one handed operation.
Ruggedness meets Military Standards
The Leeline WT10 has MIL-STD 810G and IP65 standard ratings which makes it really tough to break. With heady-duty plastic on all the four sides, it protects the tablet from un-intentional or intentional drops. All the ports like the Headphone port, or the Charger port are completely covered and waterproof as well. The tablet is also tolerant to extreme temperatures.
Multi Module
This is where things get interesting, the Leeline WT10 supports 1D/2D barcode scanning, NFC, RFID, Fingerprint reading, GPS and more. The support for these features makes the tablet more attractive to Logistics, Warehouse Management, Payment Gateways, Security authorization etc.
HUGE battery
The WT10 has a user-removable 10,000 mAh Battery, which can provide 8+ hours of On-Screen time. The removable battery means that the operation of the Tablet never stops, which again, makes this tablet more attractive to Logistics or Security Firms.
Multitude of Accessories
Improved hand-splind design makes it very comfortable to hold the tablet for long sessions. The back section of the Tablet has a magnetic attachment area which can be used to attach a Keyboard or a rechargeable case, which adds ports like RJ45 for networking or USB ports for data transfer. There is also a I12 capacitive stylus which is an added bonus.
Testing
The Leeline WT10 rugged windows tablet has undergone a series of toughness and durability tests, including High and Low temperature test, Key life test, Surface retention test, Plugs and Ports test, Vibration test, Shock test, Tension Tension test, Drop test, and Performance test.
About the Company
Leeline is a rugged handheld device company. The rugged Smartphone and tablets are some of their main products.
Yesterday, a leak showed of some low quality images of the upcoming Meizu flagship smartphone. According to the box in the picture, the smartphone was going to be called as the Meizu Pro 5. Now, Meizu’s VP, Li Nan has confirmed the name ‘Pro 5’ by releasing some high-quality images of the box.
The new high-quality images of the Pro 5’s box, confirm the all black design that we saw earlier. Inside, the place where the smartphone lies also kind of confirms the round corners on the device. But its not surprising given that we had already seen some good quality renders of the Pro 5, thanks to the leak by the same VP.
In fact, Li Nan had released the images just a few hours before the official launch of the iPhone 6S, just to avoid any design copy accusations from users. As you can see from the image below, the Meizu Pro 5 flagship seems to continue with the same design philosophy as the MX5.
As for the specs, Meizu CEO Bai Yongxiang had said that the upcoming devices will feature a resolution of 1080p. As for the display size, its expected to be around 5.5-inches. Under the hood, it is said that the phone will come with Exynos 7420 chipset with 3GB / 4GB RAM versions and 32GB/ 64Gb storage options. At the back, you can expect a powerful 21MP shooter and up front, a 5MP camera.
As for the pricing, the company has already said that it is targeted at the premium high-end segment, so it should be greater than 3000 Yuan.
Qualcomm has just announced a new reference platform for drones called as the Qualcomm Snapdragon Flight. The company is looking to transfer its years of experience with smartphones into the drones and robotics industry with this new platform.
Drones have really caught the attention of a lot of customers in the past couple of years. As a result, there are more and more companies who are trying to build their own unique drone. Qualcomm aims to make this process extremely simple by providing a feature rich board using which companies can design their drones.
The Qualcomm Snapdragon Flight Reference Platform will be an all-in-one board combining the power of Snapdragon 801, robust connecitivity and advanced software and development tools. The board enables real time flight control on the Hexagon DSP. It features advanced connectivity options like Wi-Fi, Bluetooth etc. Finally, the platform gives you access to the global navigation satellite system (GNSS) for accurate location tracking.
One of the highlights of the board is its size. It measures just 58x40mm offering such high-tech capabilities. In fact, thanks to the 4K video support of the Snapdragon Flight, the company managed to demo one of the world’s smallest 4K drone.
Other interesting features include Barometer sensor, additional ports for new sensors, Qualcomm’s Quick Charge technology and dual cameras for depth sensing.
Overall, the Snapdragon Flight is a feature rich board for anyone who wants to build a drone. You no longer have to contact multiple suppliers for different parts of your device. Everything is included in the board including the communication as well as camera components.
The company adds that one of the leading drone manufacturers, Yuneec will be releasing its first drone based on Snapdragon Flight in 2016. Select manufacturers already have access to this board and the first drones will be available to purchase in the first half of 2016.
According to the latest report from Taiwan, Lenovo has decided to enter into the handset manufacturing business as a part of the company’s new restructuring plan.
This is not very surprising since the company hasn’t been in its best form in the past couple of quarters. Lenovo posted a loss of nearly $300 million in the second quarter of 2015. Further, it is said that the Lenovo Mobile’s shipments have actually started to decline recently. As a result, the company has been making some strategic changes internally to get back to profitability.
Fierce competition from rival companies like Xiaomi, LeTV, Meizu as well as Huawei has affected the profitability of Lenovo Mobile significantly. However, with this strategic move, Lenovo may even offer its factories for manufacturing smartphones from rival companies such as above.
After reporting its Q2 earnings, Lenovo had said that the company will no longer just focus on increasing its market share, instead it will pay more attention to quality, supply chain efficiency and profitability.
The report from Digitimes adds that the main reason for the company to enter the OEM handset business was to improve its capacity utilization rate also known as operating rate. The earlier factories were not up to the mark, and hence, the company decided to enter the industry to improve the rate.
With Lenovo’s entry into OEM handset manufacturing, business of companies like Compal Electronics, FIH Mobile and Foxconn could be affected.
A couple of weeks back, we had reported about a new smartphone from Cubot called as the Cubot H1. This particular device was special in the sense that it packed a massive 5200mAh battery on board, making sure that the phone lasted for more than a couple of days easily.
Now, we have go hands on with the Cubot H1, and the initial impression is quite good. The built quality is decent, with a sturdy body and no loose parts. In fact, this was a factory model, so expect the final release to be even better.
The back features a glossy texture, but its not slippery as Xiaomi devices. The texture makes sure that you get good grip while holding the device. Moreover, it also helps to avoid any fingerprint marks on the back cover. Both the headphone jack and the MicroUSB port are on top of the device.
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As for the specs, the phone comes with MT6735P 64-bit processor clocked at 1GHZ. There will be 2GB RAM on board along with 16GB of internal storage further expandable via MicroSD. While the display is just 720p on a 5.5-inch screen, it looked good. As for the camera, there’s a 13MP shooter at the back with single LED flash and an 8MP front facing camera. The phone supports dual SIM card with 4LTE connectivity. Supports bands include: 1/3/7/20. Finally, you get an IR port which lets you control a number of appliances at your home.
The phone’s battery is probably the major reason you would go with this device. The 5200mAh battery can also be used as a power bank to charge other devices. Moreover, it supports fast charging to make sure that you don’t have to spend too much time with the charger.
Overall, the Cubot H1 is a great device for anyone who needs a large battery phone. Since we have the handset with us right now, expect more hands on and review articles in the coming days.
Earlier today, Meizu announced that it will be having a big conference at the Beijing National Convention Center on September 23. To make thing easier for us to guess, the teaser image came with the words, Meizu Go Pro. So, we knew that the new Meizu device was going to be called as the Pro. But now, thanks to the leaked images of the retail box, the actual name of the handset has been revealed.
While we expected some new name for the premium lineup, it looks like Meizu has decided to keep things simple by calling it the Meizu Pro 5. The leaked box clearly comes with the words ‘Pro 5’ on top, which gave away the name of the upcoming flagship handset. The overall design and packaging of the box is in line with Meizu’s invitation, as a result, its likely that the this is the real deal.
Its really surprising to see that the company would go with such a name. When Li Nan said that they were discontinuing the MX5 lineup, we expected something a lot different, in the name as well as feel. Meizu ME5 was the rumored name going around on the internet for the past few weeks, but it looks like Meizu Pro 5 will be the final name of the handset.
Another reason why the name could be real is because the original source who posted the pictures of the retail box deleted the weibo post immediately. But thanks to the active weibo users, we have those pictures right now.
Anyways, the Pro 5 launch is just a couple of weeks away. Given that we are receiving new information almost every day, we can expect to see a lot more about the Meizu Pro 5 flagship before the official launch.
Anyways, what do you think about the name Meizu Pro 5? Do you like it?
Elephone have today sent over a render of their first foray in to the smart watch market and I would have to say that it is an attractive looking thing.
The new Smart watch from Elephone features a true round faced screen (as opposed to some that are square with the edges hidden behind the bezel and casings) that does not have the flat tyre effect that others like the Moto 360 have been blighted by.
From the limited information provided, Elephone say it will be highly cost-effective and feature exquisite workmanship and come with a heart rate sensor built in.
Style wise if the actual watch lives up to the renders, this certainly looks to be one of the most upmarket watches to come out of China.
What is as yet unknown is the internal specification of the watch, an educated guess would be a Mediatek Aster MT2502A SoC, however if they were to go with the newer MT2601 SoC then support for Android Wear would be possible.
With Google having recently announced their plan to return to mainland China as a provider of consumer Web services (all be it in a cut down manner), it would be a real coupe for a new Smart watch from Elephone if they could get the phone out with Android Wear at a decent price and specification.
HTC is all set to announce two new flagships at its “The World Best Meets The Best” event on September 29. One of these devices will most likely be the HTC One A9 aka HTC Aero. The phone has been making the rounds on the internet for the past few weeks, boasting of high-end specs.
One of the highlights of the HTC One A9 is going to be the new deca-core Helio X20 MT6797 processor. The chip is said to be very powerful, with 10 cores in a tri-cluster design ready for any task. Now, the same chip powering the HTC One A9 has hit Geekbench, revealing its true power.
According to the Geekbench listing, the HTC One A9 with MT6797 scores an impressive 1835 in the single core test. That’s almost as much the dual-core NVIDIA Tegra K1 scores in the Nexus 9. In the multi-core test, the performance was even more impressive. Thanks to the 10 powerful cores, MT6797 managed to beat everyone including the Exynos 7420 with a mind-blowing score of 5884 points.
Clearly, this shows that Mediatek has created a powerhouse for flagships. The dual A72 cores and octa A53 cores makes sure that you get the maximum performance without sacrificing on the battery life. Moreover, Helio X20 comes with the new T8xx series graphics chip which outdoes PowerVR G6200 (in MT6795) in all respects.
HTC aero concept
Other specs include 4GB of RAM and Android 5.1 OS. We still don’t have much idea about the camera on the device, but it is said that the aperture will be large (f/1.9) and the sensor will be capable of taking pictures in RAW format. Also, the display is expected to be QHD.
Overall, the new HTC Aero is going to be a powerful device. If the Helio X20 is really this powerful, we might be looking at the new best smartphone chipset. Since the launch is on September 29, expect more details pretty soon.
Now, the company has released a teaser for a new conference, “MEIZU GO PRO” which will be held on September 23 in Beijing. From the teaser, it looks like the company is trying to show that it will move ahead despite any challenges. The event will be held at the massive Beijing National Convention center, which means we can expect something big that day.
Well, “Meizu Go Pro” could be hinting at the new flagship device. While the company has confirmed that the MX5 Pro lineup has been scrapped, this could be an entirely new ‘Pro’ lineup. The specs are expected to be high-end to compete in the premium market.
We can expect to see Samsung’s Exynos 7420 chip under the hood with FHD 1080p display. There should be 3GB / 4GB RAM options with 32GB / 64GB of storage, 21MP rear camera and 5MP front facing camera according to the recent leaks. As for the software, the phone is said to run on Android 5.1 with the company’s Flyme UI on top.
As for the design, according to the renders shown off by the company VP Li Nan, Meizu is probably going with the same design scheme as the MX5. Since this is going to be a premium lineup, we can expect an all metal design on the device. As for the pricing, we have been repeatedly hearing the figure 3000 Yuan. So, expect it to be around the same price.
Late June, we spotted the Snapdragon 620 chipset on Geekbench. Despite being a mid-range chip, it managed to surprise everyone with its amazing performance, at least on paper. Now, the same Snapdragon 620 has just hit GFXBench, revealing more about its graphics performance.
Although the model name was unknown, the phone featured, S620, Adreno 510 GPU, 1080p resolution display, 2GB RAM, 16GB ROM, 13MP cmaera and an 8MP front facing shooter.
From the GFXBench listing, we can see that the new Adreno 510 chip is much better than the year old Adreno 405. In the ofscreen Manhattan test, it reached 13 fps while in the T-Rex test, it managed to reach about 31.2 fps, which is quite good for a mid-ranger. However, according to the leaked images, the GPU is still behind the Adreno 430 flagship.
Qualcomm has already revealed some details about the Snapdragon 620 chipset. The chip will come with quad Cortex A72 power cores and quad Cortex A53 cores, which will strike the perfect balance between performance and efficiency. It comes with X8 LTE modem, Hexagon V56 DSP and supports 4K recording as well.
Unlike the Snapdragon 615, which wasn’t much powerful, the Snapdragon 620 is expected to take things to a whole new level in the mid-range market.
Unfortunately, Qualcomm has not yet announced when the first Snapdragon 620 powered smartphones will hit the market. So, we will have to wait for some more time to see its real life performance.
Apart from its smartphones, Samsung is known for its advanced DRAM chips. Earlier today, the company announced that it had started mass producing 12Gb LPDDR4 RAM chips using 20nm process. This is definitely good news for smartphone enthusiasts as the new chip will enable manufacturers to add up to 6GB RAM inside smartphones.
There’s a good chance that many of you are confused right now. We said that Samsung was manufacturing 12Gb LPDDR4 DRAM chips, yet we say that 6GB RAM smartphones are possible. This is because, here 12Gb is actually 12 Gigabits. Now, there are eight bits in a byte. So, the 12Gb DRAM is actually of 1.5GBeach. Usually, smartphone manufacturers can add up to four DRAM modules on smartphone which makes it possible to add up to 6GB RAM (1.5GB x 4) inside.
The new 12Gb i.e. 1.5GB DRAM module is reportedly 30 faster and 20 percent more efficient than its previous generation 8Gb chips. FYI, these 8Gb Samsung modules are used by most 4GB RAM smartphones in the market today, including OnePlus 2, Galaxy S6 Edge+ and Note 4.
At the moment, even 4GB RAM seems to be more than enough for mobile devices. So, it will be interesting to see whether 6GB RAMs are actually required by future smartphones.
Now that we have seen both the Samsung Galaxy S6 and the Galaxy Note 5 flagship models, Samsung’s smartphone department should be quite for the rest of the year. All the premium models launched this year by Samsung came with the powerful Exynos 7420, which blows off other competitors in terms of performance and efficiency. But it looks like, the company is already working on its successor, thanks a recent Geekbench listing.
It looks like Exynos 8890 just paid a visit to Geekbench earlier today revealing the performance of the new chip. The chip was inside a model code named Lucky-LTE and it could be a new Samsung model in the works. What’s interesting is that the new Exynos 8890 chipset beats the already powerful Exynos 7420 in both the single-core and multi-core tests. It managed to score 1409 in single core and 4882 in multi-core tests. This is much higher than the average score of the Samsung Galaxy S6 Edge, 1305 and 4382 in the respective tests.
The listing reveals that the Exynos 8890 will be an ARMv8 octa-core chip under-clocked at 1.3GHz. During the testing, the Lucky-LTE model was running this new chip along with 4GB RAM and Android 5.1 OS.
So what could be this new Samsung Lucky LTE model running on the Exynos 8890 chip? Its still too early for a Samsung Galaxy S7, which leaves us wondering about this mystery device.
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