Elephone have sent over a video that shows (in a non-scientific) the differences in strength between the P8000 chassis and the iPhone 6 chassis.
Whilst we cannot be certain of the exact amounts of pressure being exerted upon the different frames, it does appear that the P8000 has a distinct advantage over the iPhone 6 (and most likely over the P7000 that came before).
With the release date set for the 25th of July we should hopefully find out more very soon.
ZTE released a teaser a couple of days back for its upcoming launch of the ZTE V5 series smartphones on July 29. Now, the company has sent out invitations for the event, and this is when things get interesting. Remember the invite for the Meizu M2 last week? It came with Nokia 1110 inside! And guess what, the invite sent out by ZTE for its V5 series launch also come with Nokia 1110.
But there’s another twist. Apparently, the company is sending out smashed Nokia 1110s with the invite. Now, why are these Chinese companies so obsessed with Nokia 1110? Apparently, this was one of the best selling phone in the market at that time. So, the phone has a significant place in the industry.
It looks like ZTE is trying to send a message here. It wants to defeat the Meizu M2 and a smashed Nokia 1110 seems to be the best way to convey this message.
Anyways, we will have to wait and see what both the companies have in store for us at the end of this month. Once again, things are getting interesting near the month end, so stay tuned!
Meanwhile, alleged images of the new ZTE V5 model were leaked recently featuring an all metal body. You can check that out from here.
OnePlus is doing everything in its power to prove that the upcoming OnePlus 2 is really a flagship killer. One thing we are still unsure about is its camera, but we have seen enough samples to guess that its going to be at par with current flagships. To prove this point, the company CEO Liu Zuohu had earlier compared the OnePlus 2 night camera samples and macro samples with iPhone 6S and Samsung Galaxy S6 respectively.
Today, the CEO has revealed a few more night camera samples from the OnePlus 2 and directly compared with the mighty LG G4. To be honest, the OP2 night camera performance looks way better than the first generation model, but we can’t say much given that these samples come directly from the CEO. So, they are bound to be good. We will have to look at the real life performance to make conclusions about its camera unit.
As you can see from below, the camera performance of the OP2 is comparable to the LG G4. We can’t really say that it beats the G4, but its quite close.
We leave it up to you to decide which ones better. You can check out the samples from down below.
Xiaomi has released so many products in the past few months, that its quite hard to keep a track of all of them. Among the releases this year, the Xiaomi Redmi 2A was particularly special because it was the cheapest Redmi device in the market. In fact, it still is one of the cheapest smartphones with pretty good specs.
Naturally, given that the phone retailed for just 499 Yuan ($80), it was destined to sell like hotcakes. And today, Xiaomi CEO Lei Jun has just confirmed the numbers. He revealed a few minutes ago that Xiaomi has sold over 5.1 million units of the Redmi 2A in the first three month of launch. This is a significant achievement for a new product like the 2A which yet to reach a number of international markets. To give you a perspective, Meizu managed to sell only about 8.9 million devices in the entire first half of 2015.
Another thing to note here is the presence of the local Leadcore L1860C quad-core chipset inside the Redmi 2A. Instead of the traditional Qualcomm or Mediatek chips, the company went with the Leadcore SoC to limit the cost and looks the strategy worked well.
Anyways, it will be interesting to see if the momentum continues in the coming months too.
UMI Hammer has been a tremendous success for the company. Although its been only a few months since the device hit the markets, the company is already prepping for the release of its next generation model, the UMI Hammer S. The device brings a lot of needed upgrades in the series, and keeps the same pricing.
Earlier today, UMI Official revealed more details about its UMI Hammer S model via its Facebook page. The phone is confirmed to feature the reversible USB Type-C port, usually found only in high-end flagships. Further, it will come with a 5.5-inch display, with 2GB of RAM and 16GB of internal storage. Under the hood, there will be the MT6735 quad-core chipset.
USB Type-C isn’t the only premium feature that you get at this price. The UMI Hammer S also comes with a fingerprint sensor at the back. Given the super cheap $129 price tag, the phone turns out to be a great option for potential buyers. The design is also pretty attractive, further making it a great buy.
The UMI Hammer S will be hitting the markets sometime in August, which is just a few weeks away. By then, we are sure to get more details about the specifications of the device like the battery, camera and the display resolution.
Huawei just announced that it will be releasing a new flagship smartphone at IFA Berlin in September this year. At that time, we were almost sure that this new phone was going to be the awaited Mate 8 flagship. However, earlier today Chinese media reported that the company might postpone the release of the Mate 8 to the end of this year, or next year. Instead, it would release another device in the Mate family at IFA.
It is said that the Kirin 950 which is supposed to power the Mate 8 will only be released sometime in October. So, the company could announce a different smartphone at the September event, like an upgraded version of the Mate 7, probably called as the Mate 7 Plus or the Mate 7S.
In fact, we have already seen a couple of renders, which could be of the new smartphone. While we guessed that it could be the new Mate 8, but after considering this report and the striking resemblance to the Mate 7 flagship design, the leaked renders might be of the Mate 7 Plus. The phone is also said to come with surprising new high-end tech. But the report failed to specify any details.
Unfortunately, Huawei has not yet announced any details about its new Mate flagship. So, we will have to wait until we get some concrete information about the upcoming device.
Huawei has just announced that the company will be unveiling its new flagship in the Mate lineup, namely the Huawei Mate 8 on September 2. Like tradition, the unveiling will be at IFA in Berlin this year.
We have seen a number of smartphones from the company in 2015 like the Huawei P8, Honor 7, Honor 4C, 4A, etc. This would be the third major smartphone flagship from the company this year, which clearly shows the amount of investment in the smartphone market.
The company hasn’t officially revealed any details for the Mate 8, but it is said that the phone will feature the new Kirin 950 64-bit chip with 3GB / 4GB RAM versions. Like the previous generation Mate 7, the new model is also expected to come with an all metal design. There should be a 20.7MP camera at the back along with a fingerprint sensor. Other details are scarce, but we can expect to hear a lot more information in the coming days.
Xiaomi has been known not only for its affordable yet great smartphones but also for a lot of different accessories. In addition, many of these accessories are actually independent gadgets and one of them is a super affordable aluminium Bluetooth speaker.
After using this device for a few days I have been really impressed with it and I strongly believe that it is one of the best budget Bluetooth speakers you can purchase on the market today. Check out a video review to find out everything you need in just over 4 mins!
Xiaomi Aluminium Bluetooth Speaker Review: VIDEO
Xiaomi Aluminium Bluetooth Speaker: UNBOXING
The device comes in a plain box and the contents include just the speaker itself and Chinese instruction manual. Keep it mind that there is no USB cable included but I bet you have a spare one.
Xiaomi Aluminium Bluetooth Speaker: DESIGN
The very first impressions you’re gonna get is the speaker is very tiny and lightweight.
It is not entirely made out of aluminium as the speaker grill and the back side spots a plastic material. Still, it does not feel cheap at all.
The sides of the speaker definitely add a bit of a premium look as a metal chassis goes around the entire speaker. In addition, there are a few silicone pads on the bottom side to prevent the speaker from sliding on the table.
The right side is a little control centre where you can find a power on/off switch, Bluetooth LED and micro USB charging port.
Other sides of the speaker are clean except the bottom part where you can find silicone pads, which prevent speaker from sliding. That is a little but neat feature that not every manufacturer understands as a must. I have reviewed a few Bluetooth speakers, which did not have these pads and it was a nightmare to use it. They kept sliding on the table when played at high volumes, so I could not leave them without taking care of. Otherwise, they would simply fall off the table because of low frequency sound.
Overall, this speaker definitely exceeded my expectations. For under $20 you are getting a very well built device, which has some premium materials in the construction. Also, it is very compact and lightweight. In addition, it is just a tad longer than a 5.5” Letv Le 1 Pro smartphone. In fact, you can even fit this little speaker into you back pocket.
Xiaomi Aluminium Bluetooth Speaker: PAIRING
Pairing the Xiaomi bluetooth speaker is very easy as the pairing mode turns on automatically once you power on the device. All you have to do is turn on the bluetooth on your smartphone and select it. All other times the speaker will connect to your smartphone automatically in just a second.
Xiaomi Aluminium Bluetooth Speaker: SOUND QUALITY
For such a compact speaker the sound quality is very good and it even has a little bit of bass in it. In addition, you would not believe how loud it is. Literally, the speaker can’t even keep the balance at the highest volumes when you pump up the bass setting on your smartphone’s music player.
Xiaomi Aluminium Bluetooth Speaker: CONCLUSIONS
Overall, the Xiaomi Aluminium (I prefer saying Aluminum, you may have noticed that in my video). Bluetooth speaker is a wonderful cheap little gadget. I have to tell that I didn’t have any issues with the range as the Bluetooth 4.0 is one of the newest standards. In addition, I got around 8 hours of music playback, which is really amazing considering how tiny it is.
On the other hand, some control buttons would have been a nice addition as right now you can only control it via your smartphone. Also, make sure you reduce the amount of bass in equaliser settings, so you don’t break the speaker.
Finally, the design and build quality are really premium and considering the overall package it’s hard to believe that this device does not even cost $20. Please use a coupon code: GBXMSP and get it for just $18.99!
Now that the OnePlus 2 unveiling is less than a week away, not a day goes by without any significant news about the new flagship. And once again, today, we have some very interesting news about the OnePlus 2. The device has just hit TENAA revealing a bunch of pictures. This will be the first time we are going to see the handset’s design.
One of the interesting things revealed by these images is the presence of the physical home button. You can clearly see the oval shaped home button right below the display. It will also harbor the fingerprint ID sensor.
OnePlus 2
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At the back, you can see that the placement of the camera unit is a bit lower than usual. There’s also the laser autofocus below the camera sensor. According to the camera review by MKBHD, this helped focus at tremendous speeds, in most cases less than a second. On the left side, you will also find a new button, which could be a customizable function key.
Unfortunately, the TENAA listing didn’t reveal much about the specifications. But then, we already know so much about the device, that it hardly makes any difference. We expect the OnePlus 2 to come in two variants. Inside, there will be Snapdragon 810 v2.1 on board (check out the recent AnTuTu benchmark!), 4GB of LPDDR4 RAM, 32GB storage, 13MP camera with Laser AF, USB Type-C port, 3300mAh battery and 5.5-inch 2K display. The price is confirmed to be below $450.
Weibo is often a source of new leaks and rumors. The latest rumor that is going around this Chinese social networking site is about a Xiaomi smartwatch. Earlier today, leaksfly, who is known to leak news about gadgets revealed a few details about a new Xiaomi smartwatch. Of course, Leaksfly hasn’t been accurate all the time, so before you get too excited, take the following news with a pinch of salt.
According to Leaksfly, the new Xiaomi smartwatch will come with Qualcomm S410 chip, with 520MB RAM and 4GB of internal storage. It will have heart rate monitor and other such features traditionally found on a smartwatch. There will be a 1.3-inch screen, but we don’t know whether it will be round watch.
The leak further adds that the Xiaomi smartwatch should release sometime in November this year for 600 Yuan ($96).
It makes sense for Xiaomi to expand its wearable line up this year. We have already seen that Xiaomi was the second largest wearable smartband maker in the world, thanks to its best selling Xiaomi Mi Band. So, a logical upgrade would be to expand this popular lineup with smartwatch this year.
However, we are not quite convinced with the specs posted by Leaksfly. So, like we mentioned above, take this news with a pinch of salt and wait for some concrete information before getting excited.
Mini PCs are now becoming a fashionable item at home and they may be around to stay. The competition is not only in design, with Voyo having included an in-built battery in their latest voyo V2 TV box. This makes it much better than the likes of Compute Stick from Intel. The V2 TV Box is made of tempered glass, which is scratch resistant to make the sleek designed device keep a good appearance for longer. It will allow home users to stream videos, movies, music as well as edit video/pictures, browse the internet and share everything with other devices via Wi-Fi, Ethernet and Bluetooth.
The compact system is larger than the average stick PC due to the included in-built battery, but smaller than a traditional PC. Voyo V2 TV Box is offered with two battery options, with one packing a 8,000mAh capacity battery, and the other a battery of 4,500mAh in capacity. The latter compensates with an extra 64GB of storage space. The model fitted with a 8,000mAh battery is a bit cheaper at $123.24 than with one that has a smaller capacity battery – which trades at $134.06. The two batteries are of lithium ion type.
Of course the device is not completely versatile. Even wherever you go with it, a screen will be needful. But let’s talk about the advantage of having an in-built battery on a mini-PC: if you wanted to keep a mini PC for longer in order to enjoy services of this device, you will need to have a UPS if there is no in-built battery. This adds in extra costs. Again, with an in-built battery, you will be purchasing one device than having two separate parts (UPS and mini PC), especially with regard to portability.
Most of systems with in-built battery/power systems come with power management capabilities, meaning you not only save on power consumption, but also do you keep the device for longer than with a UPS.
However, like is the case with other mini PCs, you will need to buy a keyboard, mouse and have a separate screen. Some of these devices are sold together with the mini PC, which removes additional costs on the side of the buyer. In deed, separate powering for the screen is necessary even if the mini PC is on with its in-built battery.
By releasing its first smartphone UBRO M1yesterday, the company UBRO has set the new standards in the industry. As per the news from the core of the company, this will be the first smartphone that is releasing the BOM i.e Bill of Material.
Bill of Materialcan be interpreted as the total cost of all parts in the manufacturing industry. The purpose of the company is to rise with the technology by providing clear information of the cost of manufacturing hardware to the consumers.
The most attractive part of this launch was to make it worth buying for the customers. So UBRO came up with the most reasonable price of M1.
UBRO facilitates the following three features:
1. Quality, price, performance
2. Create UBRO APP communication system
3. Build the UBRO authorized retail system
In this era, where technology is growing at a very fast rate, the mode “only manufacture” can not promote the industry to deeper development. UBRO prefers to get the feedback in form of suggestions and ideas from its customers regularly and is more interested to work on the features of their needs.
UBRO believes in Art, passion and collaboration. They make customers happy and soon in the month of October, they are going to upload Ubro Apps to Google Play.
UBRO has a plan to develop an UBRO Communication App just to better realize its functions. Also, to better serve the local customers, UBRO authorized retail systemwill co-operate with the local stores in Europe.
As for their first phone, the UBRO M1 comes with a 5-inch HD display with 2GB RAM, 16GB internal memory and 64bit MT6735 chipset on board. They also land to launch an M1 Mini (which oddly enough is still a 5-inch phone) and M1 Pro with larger 5.5-inch FHD display.
Check out ubro’s official website: http://www.ubromobile.com/
I have received a report via their Chinese micro-blog Weibo (like Twitter) that the ZUK team carried out an extensive battery test on their upcoming ZUK Z1 smartphone last week.
From the report what is really impressive is that the result showed the ZUK Z1 drained ONLY 47% of the battery in a 9.25 hour test.
for the test the phone was used on 4G LTE networks with WiFi also on, as well as constantly using all kinds of apps like WeChat ( like WhatsApp) and QQ etc.
From what we already know now the phone will come with a 4000+mAh battery and ZUK are promising software optimisation to further reduce power consumption, all of which is good news for heavy users.
Lets hope that these figures are reflected when the phone arrives to the market, if they are it holds a lot of promise.
The guys over at Elephone have ported flyme 4.5.4 (based on android 5.1.1) to the P7000 there are a few bugs that are still to be ironed out, but the fact they are supporting the phone even though they are working on new models should go some way towards silencing the doubters.
The rom can be downloaded and flashed via pc or using the Ele flash app (this requires root)
Along with the ZTE Axon flagship, the company also unveiled a brand new smartwatch in the Axon family. The watch called simply as the ZTE Axon Watch comes with a 1.4-inch Gorilla Glass display with sapphire coating.
The watch supports both voice and gesture controls and runs on the Tencent OS which is reportedly jointly developed by the two companies. The Axon watch is IP67 certified, so no need to worry about water or dust. Under the hood, there’s a Qualcomm chip with 512MB RAM and 4GB of internal storage. There’s a 300mAh battery on board to power the device.
Axon Watch comes with a host of sensors, all of which have been mentioned below. There’s also a heart rate sensor on board. Thanks to these, you can monitor your fitness and health with the smartwatch. Other features includes support for applications like messaging, phone calls etc.
You can check out the full tech specs of the ZTE Axon Watch from down below.
Today, ZTE officially announced the ZTE Axon and the ZTE Axon Lux at the company’s Beijing event. The Axon phone was already announced a few days back in US, so we knew most of the specifications of the device. However, there is one major difference between the international model and the Chinese version. The latter comes with a three different biometric sensors namely fingerprint, voice control and eye-scan. Other specs are more or less the same.
The ZTE Axon Lux is the higher-end version, and features a WQHD 5.5-inch display with pixel density of over 534 ppi. There will be 4GB of LPDDR4 RAM on board along with 128GB of internal storage which is further expandable. As for the standard Axon model, it comes with a 1080p 5.5-inch display (400ppi) and 3GB + 32GB internal storage (expandable) option.
Other specs are same, which include Snapdragon 810 octa-core chip, Hi-Fi AK4961 chip, dual cameras (13MP+2MP) with dual LED flash and a 3000mAh battery with Quick Charge. There are a lot of security features as well on both the devices like Fingerprint Scanner, Visit Mode, TrustZone, Eyeprint ID, and Voice Unlocking. This also makes it the first phone to support three different biometric authentication options.
As for pricing, the Axon Lux costs 3888 Yuan while the standard Axon edition costs 2699 Yuan. There will be two color options, namely Ion Gold and Chromium Silver. Users can order the phone from ZTE’s official website or via JD.com.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mSmGSQJySp8
You can check out the full tech specs of both the handsets from down below.
We were present at the ZTE’s Axon event today and we do have some pictures as well as videos of the device (coming soon). We already mentioned the four new products that were going to debut at the event, namely the ZTE Axon, Axon Lux, Axon Watch and SPro2 smart projector. But alongside these new devices, the company also showcased the upcoming ZTE Axon Mini smartphone.
While we don’t focus a lot on the Mini versions of flagships, the Axon Mini will be a bit unique. Gizmochina’s Shine was present at the event and he says that’s the touch screen on the new Axon Mini is amazing. The phone features the world’s first 5.2-inch Super AMOLED display with force touch screen. Yes, it looks like ZTE beat Apple to develop the world’s first smartphone with force touch display. Apple iPhone 6S was rumored to come with this tech, but ZTE will probably launch the device much before that.
ZTE Axon Mini’s Tech Explained During Event
Force Touch screen is quite unique as compared to traditional panels in the sense that users can perform additional gestures just by varying the force with which they press the screen. Its not like your regular long press to open additional dialog which operates by taking into consideration how long your finger is on the screen. Instead, the force touch display can actually measure how hard you are pressing the display. It can differentiate between a light touch and a hard press. So, you can basically assign different functions for varying levels of touch.
It opens up a lot of possibilities, especially in case of apps. For example, he could try out the piano app on the Axon Mini and the sound varies on the basis of the pressure applied. A light touch on the key produced soft sound, while a hard touch produced a much louder tone.
Apart from this amazing feature, we have little details about the new phone. The Axon Mini will come in four different silver, gold, orange and pink. ZTE is expected to release it sometime in September.
Unfortunately, the company didn’t allow attendees to take pictures or videos of the Axon Mini. So, those who were not present at the event will probably have to wait until the phone is announced official.
Although UMI is still a relatively small Chinese smartphone manufacturer, the company is doing everything to expand its presence in the international markets. At midnight today, UMI announced via its official Facebook page that it has added a number of Amazon websites in Europe as the official reseller of its devices, including smartphone and accessories. The company is also offering these devices at discounted prices on the store.
At present, the UMI eMax as well as the Voix Bluetooth headphones have been listed on five different European Amazon websites, including UK, Italy, Spain, France and Germany. The company is currently offering 20% discount on these products when you buy from these stores. What’s more, given that these are European Amazon stores, you will receive your product quite fast. The company claims that it would take only around 3-7 days for the in stock eMax and Voix Bluetooth headphones to get to the customers. That’s way less than the average time it takes for the same product to ship from China warehouse.
Also, in case you are wondering, the coupon code for the discount is located below each link. Its turns out to be a very good offer for those who were planning to buy the UMI eMax or even the Voix Bluetooth headphones. To recap, the eMax is a 5.5-inch octa-core phablet which features a massive 3780mAh battery on board. Its an ideal device for heavy users. You can check out more details from our earlier article. Also, read more about the Voix Bluetooth from here.
So, what do you think about this move from UMI? Would you like to see UMI products listed on Amazon India too?
ZTE has a special event in Beijing later today and our team is already present at the location.
We will be live blogging important updates from the event as and when it happens and it looks like there’s going to be more than one launch today.
We expected the Axon phone to debut in China at the event, but the company has teased us with yet another product, a brand new ZTE smartwatch!
In fact, the company has just sent out three cookies, one shaped like the ZTE Axon (there’s fingerprint sensor at the back!!!), one shaped like a smartwatch and there’s one more, which we still have to figure out exactly what it is. Well, you can have a guess by checking out the images down below.
In case you are curious, this is probably what the Chinese variant of Axon would end up looking, according to TENAA.
ZTE has just revealed all the products that will be launched at today’s event.
Here’s a summary of the products and their specs:
ZTE Axon Smartphone:
Yes, like expected, ZTE will be announcing its ZTE Axon flagship in China today. The company has officially revealed the specifications of the device. They are as follow:
There will be another surprise launch at today’s event, the new ZTE Axon Lux flagship. The phone features slightly upgraded specs as compared to the standard Axon version.
Last year, around November, ZTE had unveiled its new V series smartphones namely, ZTE V5S and the ZTE V5 Max. Both devices were aimed to provide the best specs under 1000 Yuan. Now, it looks like the company is all set to unveil a new generation model in the V5 series on July 29.
A new set of alleged images of the new ZTE V5 model were leaked earlier today revealing a much refined design as compared to its previous generation models. Back in November, we had taken a look at both the handsets, and were impressed by the simple plastic design and decent performance. However, this time, it looks like the new ZTE V5 will come in an all metal design as opposed to the plastic one. Also, there seems to be a fingerprint sensor at the back of the device, just below the camera unit.
New ZTE V series model
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So, it looks like at least in the design department the new model will be better than the V5 Max. As for the specs, we have no idea at the moment. But given that the V series phones are targeted at the budget users, don’t expect anything out of the ordinary.
Just yesterday, Coolpad announced its new Dazen Note 3 with a fingerprint sensor on board for 899 Yuan ($144) and we expect the new ZTE V5 to directly compete with this device.
Its good to see, affordable mid-range devices are now coming with fingerprint sensors on board. This does provide a lot of new options for buyers in the market.
ZTE is expected to unveil the device on July 29, which is just around a week away. So, lets wait and see, if we get more information especially about its specs in the coming days before launch.
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