ZTE’s Nubia division is known for its beautiful smartphones. We have already seen the bezelless Nubia Z9 along with the good looking Nubia Z9 Max and Mini phones. Now, the company has announced another beautiful device, this time in Europe called as the Nubia My Prague. The device takes some design inspiration from Apple’s iPhone and is super thin too. Overall, the metal built, sleek body and the gold + white color combination makes the device look extremely premium.
While we personally didn’t get a review unit of Nubia My Prague, it looks like one of the Czech bloggers managed to preview the device in a video. The phone looks extremely well built and the UI too was responsive and quick in the video.
You can check out the device in action from the video down below. Unfortunately, its not in English, but still you get to know a lot about the device by just watching the video.
Cyanogen has just hired two important industry veterans in a bid to help it compete with competitors like Google. Earlier this year, the company CEO Kirt McMaster has expressed his desire to create a pure Android OS without any influence of Google. It looks like the company has made some important hires to achieve its long term goals.
The first hire is from Amazon, Stephen Lawler who was previously the Engineering leader at the company. Now, he will join Cyanogen Inc. as the Senior Vice President of Engineering. The second hire is Karthick Iyer who will now act as the Vice President of Global System. Before joining the company, Iyer was working as the Qualcomm Android Engineering lead.
Both these individuals bring years of valuable experience to the company. Lawler worked for almost 15 years at Microsoft at various top levels positions in departments like Bing Maps, Bing Mobile, MSN etc. On the other hand, Iyer has over 18 years of experience working at Qualcomm. He has experience leading a team who worked on Android solutions at the chipset level.
“Our focus continues to be evolving the Android platform and driving innovation in mobile computing,” said Kirt McMaster, Co-founder and CEO of Cyanogen Inc. “Signals, services and systems are at the heart of building an evolved computing platform. Both Lawler and Iyer respectively are world class leaders in these areas, each having scaled some of the most successful computing and services platforms. Lawler brings a wealth of technical leadership in mobile, mapping, location, search, and cloud services. Iyer has deep expertise in end-to-end Android development. Both understand how to optimally scale engineering organizations.”
Cyanogen is making a lot of moves lately and has even signed a deal with Microsoft. With such valuable hires, we can expect to hear more about the company pretty soon.
The Doogee Keeper will be the company’s first entry into the wearable industry. Doogee seems to have made a few aggressive changes in its policies since we expect pretty good devices to hit the markets in the coming months. And it looks like the company is ready to make its mark in the wearable industry.
smartwatch parts diagram
We have some idea about the possible specs of the Keeper. It is said that the smartwatch will come with a number of sensors such as heart rate monitor, pedometer, barometer altimeter and GPS. The watch will be IP68 certified which means you won’t have to worry about water or dust.
Given that the Doogee Keeper is a smartwatch, expect features such as text messages sync, important app notifications etc when connection to the smartphone via Bluetooth. Battery life is expected to be around 5-7 days, thanks to a 600mAh capacity one on board. However, as we have seen with smartwatches, its quite hard to achieve such a life especially if you happen to use it regularly. So, you probably would get around a couple of days of usage on the device which will still be quite good.
There seems to be 512MB RAM on board which is pretty good for a smartwatch along with 4GB of expandable internal memory. The watch will most likely come with a SIM card slot, which means it may support 2G and 3G networks. Other rumored features include the ability tomake calls, wake up screen by just lifting your wrist etc.
Of course, the company is yet to officially confirm these specs, but for the moment, the Doogee Keeper looks like a good smartwatch. Pricing details are still unclear, but the watch is expected to debut in August. Hopefully, we will get a much better idea about the device in the coming days.
What do you think would be the ideal price for such a smartwatch?
Its looks like after experimenting with the domestic market, Chinese companies are keen to enter one of the world’s fastest growing smartphone market, India. Yesterday, we reported that Elephone was entering the Indian market officially with its super slim Elephone G7 model. And looks like there’s another domestic Chinese company who’s already entered India.
Earlier today, we spotted the UMI Hammer rugged smartphone on India’s leading e-commerce website, flipkart. I am sure you must have heard of Flipkart, if not, its the e-commerce site which Xiaomi had exclusive tie-up to sell its smartphones and accessories. Now, it looks like UMI too has a tie up with Flipkart to launch its first smartphone in India, the UMI Hammer.
According to the listing, the UMI Hammer is currently available for sale on the website for Rs. 10,999 which comes to $173. Given that its listed on Flipkart, you don’t have to worry about custom duties and other taxes. Moreover, the listing says that buyers will get 1 year warranty in the country, which is yet another good news.
The UMI Hammer is a pretty good mid-range device. The added rugged body makes it special alongside other mid-range offerings. Specs include Mediatek MT6732 quad-core chip with 2GB RAM, 5-inch 720p display, 13MP camera and 4G LTE connectivity.
So, does this mean UMI has officially entered the Indian market? Also, if it did, is the partnership with Flipkart exclusive or will UMI phones be available via other retailers such as Amazon? Well, these are some of the questions that remain unanswered. But we hope to receive an official word from the company soon.
A new Xiaomi smartphone has just been spotted on the Geekbench benchmark website. Interestingly, the device is code named Xiaomi Libra and comes with the premium Qualcomm Snapdragon 808 chipset. The model also comes with 2GB RAM and managed to post decent scores in both the single core and multi-core tests.
Unfortunately, at this moment, we have no idea which is this new Xiaomi device. Snapdragon 808 is a premium chip from Qualcomm, however, it may not be necessarily be limited to flagship devices. Also, considering that its slightly slower than the Snapdragon 810 chipset, its unlikely Xiaomi will use this chip inside its upcoming Xiaomi Mi5 handset.
Given the limited availability of Xiaomi Mi4i, he had claimed that for the international markets, the company was working on something a little more powerful, which would be powered by the Snapdragon 808 chipset. This particular model would be placed between Xiaomi Redmi series and the Xiaomi Mi flagship series. It could be called as the Mi4i in the new markets, but we are not sure about the name.
Anyways, he had also said that the pricing should be similar to Mi4i, somewhere between 1,299 Yuan and 1,499 Yuan. Further, he added that the launch time should be around Q3 2015. So, it looks like this could be the smartphone that he was talking about.
At this moment, we have no other information, except that its powered by Snapdragon 808 with 6 cores clocked at 1.44GHz (a bit slower than usual) and it runs on Android 5.1.1 Lollipop version. However, if the device is going to launch anytime soon, we could see more information pretty soon. So, stay tuned to the website for more updates.
We have all hear about the Letv smartphones as the company has made a lot of hype about them. We have already reviewed the Letv Le One X600 and it turns out to be a great offering with just some minor disadvantages.
This time around we are looking at the Letv Le One Pro X800 – all-aluminium clad flagship smartphone, which does not only look stunning but also has some cutting-edge specs. Is it any good? Can it go head to head with the best flagship smartphones out there?
You will get all the answers in the Letv Le One Pro X800 video review as I tried to quickly cover as much as possible at the same time not making a too long and boring video:
Letv Le One Pro Review: Conclusions
So there you have it, the Letv Le 1 Pro smartphone, which has an outstanding built quality and a beautiful all-aluminium unibody, which makes it one of the best designed smartphones out there.
In addition, the bleeding-edge specifications deliver both when just navigating through the minimal looking LeUI and handling the most graphically demanding tasks. Also, the image quality is great and all the multimedia options are just a pleasure to use. Finally, the battery life is great.
On the other hand, the video recording could see some improvements, the capacitive keys could be visible outdoors and the loudspeaker could have some richer tones.
Despite a few shortcomings, I believe that Letv Le 1 Pro is a device definitely worth looking at. The price tag is much lower than some mainstream flagships in the west but it can clearly go head to head with any of them or even outpace in many different departments. Finally, doesn’t matter that Letv is a newcomer to the smartphone game, it has proven that it is a strong player with the device like Le 1 Pro.
Make sure to stay tuned to Gizmochina as the full written review is coming soon.
This is the first of two rugged smartphone reviews, the iMan i5800c is an IP67 certified phone meaning that it is totally dust tight and protected against temporary immersion.
Unboxing
The phone comes in a sturdy box containing the phone, rear battery cover removal tool, usb cable (this has a standard micro usb connector but is longer to clear the rugged casing), a 3000mAH Li-ion battery, headset with volume and microphone and a 2pin Euro style charger block.
In order to put the battery in to the phone you have to use the supplied tool (this is keyring mountable) or a small screwdriver, the back when removed also gives access to the dual sim slots and micro SD slot.
The rear cover has a rubber gasket that compresses to form a water tight seal when the screwed back on the phone.
Having put the battery in and fired up the phone I was greeted by the iMan logo and then Android 4.4.2 with a nice set of custom icons, as with the other rugged phone that I am also reviewing, the screen is actually set back inside the protective casing to help protect it from damage from drops etc, whilst it is a little less responsive than an OGS style screen (it is still very usable but is a different feel from what we have become used to in recent years), it does mean that should the phone be dropped or subject to an impact it should survive, where the OGS might otherwise be left unusable.
The screen is a 4.5″ 960 x 540 IPS unit capable of 5 point touch, with great viewing angles and is bright enough to be used even in direct sunlight.
The lower screen resolution found on such rugged phones go a long way towards improving battery life, these are a phones that are designed to be used in places that other phones just should not be taken, places where the additional battery life and resilience could make all the difference.
GPS on the phone works well and achieved an initial lock within 30 seconds, with subsequent locks being even quicker.
Its worth remembering that this is a rugged phone that needs to not only survive impacts, dust and water but have a long enough battery life to keep you going and possibly even save your life one day, lower resolution screens use substantially less power than HD, FHD and 2K screens.
As mentioned above the phone runs a pretty much stock Android Ver 4.4.2 giving a very clean interface without the un-necessary over heads of a custom UI such as touchwiz to slow things down.
The 1.3ghz quad core Mediatek MTK6582 with Mali 400 MP2 processor and 1GB of ram works well in the phone, for day to day usage, menus are fluid, apps launch fairly quickly.
For those of you that are interested the phone achieved an Antutu score of 19532, whilst this is not up there with current flagship phones, this is not really what the phone is designed for.
The phone features a 2mp camera upfront that is more than capable as a selfie shooter,
The rear camera is a 5mp unit and whilst it won’t win any awards for its quality when compared to newer 13mp+ units it is more than capable of capturing images where other phones dare not go.
Speaking of going places where you would not normally take a phone or camera, the phones IP rating of 67 (the 6 means that it is totally dust tight and the 7 means that it is protected against temporary immersion), I personally took the phone in to the shower with me to test the water resistance and happily it passed with flying colours.
The i5800c is a phone that would be as at home on a building site as it would out in the wilderness, where other phones are delicate and fragile, this phone will soak up the knocks.
I have been using the phone for a week now and the battery life has been very good, lasting a whole day and sometimes more between charging.
In summary this is not a phone for everyone, most will want an all singing and dancing flagship, but for those that need a phone that will take a beating and just keep on going… and going… and going the i5800c could be just the phone you need.
I will also be posting a review of the DIGOOR DG1 shortly, this is another rugged phone that also features a PTT walkie talkie feature.
Remember a couple of weeks back we reported that UMI was taking things to a whole new level with Eye Recognition tech on its UMI Iron flagship smartphone. At that time, everyone including us had a lot of questions about this relatively new tech. But today, we have got some clarity about how the Eye scanner works. So, read on to know how exactly the UMI Iron feature works in real life.
UMI Iron’s Eye Recognition technology is actually made by a US company called as Eye Verify. This tech relies on the vein patterns inside the user’s eye to unlock the device. Given that everyone’s vein patterns are unique, it makes it extremely hard for a hacker to crack the security. In fact, eye recognition tech is way more secure than the current fingerprint recognition tech employed by companies like Apple and Samsung. This could be one of the reasons why UMI decided to try out its luck with Eye Verify.
The company has told us that the data i.e. the pattern stored inside the phone will be encrypted. This means even if a hacker somehow gets the pattern file on the phone, he can’t just use it to unlock the device.
Also, the EyePrint ID software utilizes the existing front camera on the phone. So, you don’t have to install any additional hardware for the eye recognition to work. The front camera is all that’s required by the software to scan your eye.
Now coming to one of the most important question asked by users: Will It Work At Night?
Well, if it didn’t, then it doesn’t make any sense to use such a tech on the phone. So, naturally, the tech works even when there’s no external light. According to the company, when the lighting conditions are so bad that the front camera cannot recognize your prints, the ambient light sensor (the same sensor that adjusts your screen brightness level) will increase the brightness of your display till your eyes can be seen by the camera.
Also, if you wear contact lenses, even colored ones, UMI has assured that it won’t affect your eye scanning process. You would be able to unlock your phone without any hassle. Also, UMI’s eye recognition tech only works with living tissues, so the company has assured that no one will harm you to access your phone (in the worse case scenario).
Meanwhile, you can check out a few images which describes how to setup the Eye Scanner on the Iron. It reportedly takes a few minutes to fully scan your eyes, but then works pretty smoothly.
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So what do you think about UMI’s Eye Scanner feature?
A couple of days back, we reported that Lenovo’s sub brand, ZUK will be unveiling its ZUK Z1 smartphone with the new USB Type-C port. If you are an avid tech follower, you would know that the Z1 isn’t the first smartphone to come with this new port. We have already seen it in a couple of devices like the LeTV series. In fact, most upcoming flagships like the OnePlus Two will come with this port.
However, if you think that the USB Type-C on these devices and ZUK Z1 will be same, then you have been mistaken. Earlier today, ZUK CEO said that although in looks the USB port on LeTV phones and ZUK Z1 will be similar, internally, the specs are a bit different. The USB Type-C port inside the ZUK Z1 will be of USB 3.0 specification instead of the traditional and slower 2.0 specification. This would make it the first smartphone with a USB Type-C 3.0 port.
The new USB 3.0 specifications brings a lot of advantages. First of all, it increases the transfer speed to a great extent. Instead of the slow 280Mbps theoretical transfer rate, in the new USB 3.0, users can transfer at rates as fast as 5Gbps. Further, the port will support 3A current which means it will come with fast charging tech.
Other specs of the ZUK Z1 are also pretty impressive. The phone is said to come with 4G LTE network connectivity, with support for all the three major carriers in China. There will be a fingerprint sensor on board along with a large 4000mAh + battery. This will make it one of the few flagships who can boast of such a large battery.
Overall, it looks like ZUK Z1 will be a powerful device with the latest tech from the industry. We are still not sure about the launch period, but expect it before the end of this year.
Stay tuned for more details.
Meizu released its flagship smartphone for the year, the Meziu MX5 at the end of last month. Retailers have already started listing the device on their websites and now Giztop has just informed us that the Meizu MX5 is available for purchase on their website.
Meizu MX5 comes with one of the value for money quotient. The company, like always has incorporated the best specs at a very affordable price tag. MX5 comes with a 5.5-inch Full HD display with 1080p resolution. Under the hood, there’s the new 2.2GHz MT6795T octa-core Helio X10 processor along with 3GB of RAM and 16GB of internal storage (32GB and 64GB storage options also available). At the back, there’s a 20MP Sony IMX220 camera along with a 5MP front facing shooter. Finally, you also get a fingerprint scanner on the device.
You get all these specs for an affordable price tag. If you want to purchase this phone right now, you can get it directly from Giztop for just $349. That comes out to be a great price for a device with such specs.
If you want to take a look at how Meizu MX5 performs in real life, you can check out our hands on video.
Meizu MX5 Specs:
5.5-inch FHD screen, 1920×1080 pixels display resolution
– 2.2GHz MTK MT6795T octa-core processor
– 20MP Sony IMX220 rear camera and 5MP front camera
– 3GB RAM, 16GB/32GB/64GB storage
– Fingerprint scanner supported
– Support global 4G LTE-FDD network
For the past couple of weeks, OnePlus has been teasing some of the features of its upcoming OnePlus Two flagship smartphone. Thanks to these teasers, we already know a lot about the device. And it looks like the company will continue teasing us till the phone is officially launched on July 28.
In the latest teaser, the company has confirmed that the OnePlus Two will feature LPDDR4 4GB RAM. This will be an upgrade from the 3GB RAM that was found on the current generation flagship, the OnePlus One. What’s more, with the kind of features that we are going to see on the new device, coupled with the affordable pricing, the OnePlus Two is once again turning out to be a flagship killer.
The company has already revealed that it will feature the Snapdragon 810 v2.1 octa-core 64-bit chip which will make sure that the phone will run smoothly especially with 4GB RAM on board. Further, the company will have an efficient fingerprint ID tech on the device, which is reportedly faster than Apple’s touch ID. Other confirmed features include USB Type-C port, an all metal body and a price tag of under $450.
Recent rumors have suggested that we may see two different versions of the flagship. The high-end model will reportedly come with 4GB RAM, 5.5-inch 2K and 2499 price tag, while the standard version is expected to come with 3GB RAM, 5.5-inch 1080p display and 1999 price tag.
Overall, the specs turn out to be pretty high-end. We hope to see more such teasers in the coming days until July 27, when the flagship is unveiled.
On the 29th of June the CEO of ZUK Cheng Chang took to the stage to officially announce the release of both the Z1 and the companies new Mobile phone OS known as ZUI.
ZUI features an all new and patented U-Touch five integration home button, this button replaces the usually required three navigation buttons with just one powerful yet simple solution that can be used to quickly interact with the UI to a level not previously seen before on a mobile phone.
The software engineering team at ZUK set out designing the interface with a single mantra ‘Beauty through Simplicity’ they understood that true innovation often comes from the little things, little things that once seen and used become second nature, things that make life simple and elegant.
ZUK are looking to be the pioneer of future mobile phone interaction, they want to lead the advancement whilst others can only follow, making the mobile operating space a better place.
The ZUI’s interface has been designed from the ground up to work with the patented five integration home button, allowing users to interact with and work through the OS hierarchy with the least amount of thought and movement, a reduction in necessary interaction to achieve your desired goals is an example of ‘Beauty through Simplicity’a system that will become second nature without a steep learning curve.
It is through the U-touch interface that ZUK will be able to meet the needs of not just average users but also that of power users.
The home key features fingerprint recognition, tap to return (to previous screen), slide to switch (between recently opened applications), click to return to desktop, double click to open task manager, as you can see all of these options are now located in one simple central location, greatly reducing not just the required travel of your finger for operation but also making the whole experience smoother and more enjoyable.
The ZUI will break down barriers for one handed large screen operation, giving you the true benefits of ‘Beauty through Simplicity’ and opening up a new innovative way of interacting with the Android operating system.
ZUK have watched as the trend towards heavier phone usage has grown, in the past a phone merely made calls, from there it moved on to messaging but now with the advent of smart phones, so much more is possible, those possibilities now mean that everyone from young children to ageing adults and all in-between are getting involved.
We are all becoming ‘heavy users’ be it through our constant use of Facebook, Twitter or other forms of social media, our constantly updated access to world news as it happens, cloud based storage and playback of media, we are at a never before seen level of mobile usage and interaction.
This increase is directly and proportionally linked to the economic development and technological pace of life that we now find ourselves in, we are consuming more data, we are producing more data our phones are no longer just a dumb terminal to act as a means of mere communication.
According to the First Global Internet Conference, users interact on average with their phones 150 times per day! ZUK aim to make that interaction a smoother, simpler and more beautiful experience.
The phones we use now, more than ever before are integral to our lives, for many people the first thing they do after being woken by their phones alarm, is to check their emails or Facebook to find out what has been happening in the connected world whilst they were sleeping, the last thing we do at night is to update our status and check our phones one last time before we say goodnight to the world.
ZUK also believe that one phone should be truly versatile and offer the ability to be used anywhere and everywhere, free from provider locks, free from limitations of network/band support.
Unlike most phones that offer limited network support the dual sim cards in the Z1 will be able to work onLTE-FDD/LTE-TDD 4G networks, TD-SCDMA/WCDMA/GSM 3G/2G and also CDMA2000/CDMA 1x 3G/2G networks, a phone that you can use anywhere, on any network.
The ZUK Z1 will be fitted with a new industry leading 4000+mA battery, that is thinner than our competitors allowing us to improve battery life without increasing the thickness of our handset designs.
To ensure the Z1 maintains abalance between optimal performance, energy consumption and stability, all aspects have been considered as one and through tight software and hardware integration we will meet the needs of you the users.
ZUK want you to be able to use your phone as you wish, when you wish, be it taking photos, checking Facebook,playing processor intensive 3d games or watching HD movies or even making calls without the fear the battery will not last the whole day.
Never again fear that using your phone on your morning commute, or in your lunch hour will result in a frustrating journey home with a flat battery and nothing to interact with.
ZUK want to provide you with the technology to make your day a simple and beautiful one.
What do yo think of the new home button configuration? will it be a ground breaker? do you have high hopes for the ZUK brand? as a UK based customer, I hope that they will look to work towards making a truly European featured phone and brand.
What are your hopes from the sub brand, what would you like to see?
I have just received a video showing both the Meizu Mx5 and Eliphone P8000 in action both running Fyme OS, the rom seems to be fairly complete.
There are also a few comparisons regarding heat and volume output of both phones.
Its nice to see both phones in action and hopefully the development of flyme OS is evidence of Elephones push to get more devs working on their hardware.
The MX5 screen does appear to have better contrast than the P8000 this could be down to software optimisation or hardware, we will find out more when it is available for review.
The Elephone G7 has officially been launched on the India market today as part of an ongoing partnership with Snapdeal.
Elephone know that India is a highly competitive market, so aim to bring their high quality and performance products there at aggressive price points that are set only slightly higher than net cost of the actual phones.
Elephone is directly cooperating with one of the largest marketplace in India Snapdeal.
Mr Ji, the CEO of Elephone, said: “We’re glad to cooperate with Snapdeal and willing to bring more good products to India like G9 and P4000.”
If you have not heard about or used the Elephone G7, a usefull review by a fellow member of the Gizmochina team can be found on the following link.
Elephone G7 features a nice design with a body that is a slim (5.5mm at its thinnest point).
It features an Octa core MT6592M CPU and Mali 450 gpu , 5.5″ HD sharp display and a 13MP rear camera.
There is also an active user and developer fanbase for the phone, with third party roms available to download including Miui, Note 4 and a WIP CM12.1 rom
Weibo has always been a source of leaks, rumors and other information and earlier today, we came across a new report which revealed some of the possible specifications of the upcoming flagship smartphones from Xiaomi, namely the Xiaomi Mi5 and the Xiaomi Mi5 Plus.
So, it looks like the company will unveil two different versions of the handsets later this year. According to the new leak, which apparently comes from the engineering machine information, the Mi5 standard edition will feature Snapdragon 810 instead of the rumored Snapdragon 820 chipset. It will also come with Qualcomm Snapdragon Sense ID 3D fingerprint tech. If this does turn out to be true, it will be a big surprise given that the tech was expected to debut only alongside Snapdragon 820. It relies on ultrasonic sound tech instead of the traditional capacitive based touch ID which reportedly makes it more accurate and secure.
Earlier leaked Mi5 render
The leak further reveals that the Mi5 will come with a 5.2-inch 2K LCD display and a 16MP rear sensor along with a 13MP front facing camera. As for software, the phone is rumored to come with the new version of MIUI, the MIUI 7 which reportedly features floating screen UI. We expect it to be based on Android 5.1 Lollipop version.
Finally, there will be a 3000mAh battery on board which charges up to 30% in five minutes and up to 100% in 40 minutes.
Coming to the Mi5 Plus higher-end model, it is said that the phone will come with a 5.7-inch display with 2K resolution. The screen seems to use some kind of advanced tech, and could be Quantom Dot display. The company has reportedly used Snapdragon 820 under its hood which once again comes with Qualcomm’s Snapdragon Sense ID fingerprint tech.
Further, the phone will feature a 23MP rear camera with OIS, Laser Focus and a 12MP front facing shooter. As you can see, for some reason, the front camera sensor on the Mi5 Plus is smaller than the one found on the Mi5 standard edition.
The battery on board the Mi5 Plus will be slightly larger, of 3500mAh capacity. It will also support fast charge. It is said that the phone will charge up to 100% in 50 minutes.
As for body, the company will most likely use an all metal body instead of a traditional plastic one on the new flagship. Also, the front will be protected by Corning’s latest Gorilla Glass 4 + 2.5D glass.
Finally, for pricing, it is said that the standard version will start at 2399 Yuan ($386). There’s still no word on the pricing for the Mi5 Plus version, but it can go up to 3000 Yuan ($480). It looks like the new flagship is going to be costlier than the present generation, but if these specs turn out to be real, it will be worth every penny.
Of course, as always, we can’t fully trust the leak. So, take this news with a pinch of salt and hope for some official specs confirmation from the company. According to a leaked product roadmap, the Xiaomi Mi5 and Mi5 Plus will debut in November. So, there’s still around four months till launch. All we can do till then is wait for some official information.
Zeaplus has surprised us all with a number of devices this year. We have already seen the Zeaplus M7 flagship and our review on the device is coming up very soon. Then we saw a super cheap Xiaomi Mi Band like smartband from the company for those who are looking to buy their first fitness wearable. Now, it looks like Zeaplus is going to release another wearable, its fifth one called as the Zeaplus Talkband.
From the initial renders, the design looks similar to the Huawei talkband. We also have details about the specification and features of the wearable.
The Zeaplus Talkband will reportedly come with a 0.91-inch OLED display. Like its name suggests, you can make hands free calls as it can act as a wireless bluetooth headset. Moreover, the band can record your steps, distance traveled, calories burnt as well as other data. Like most other bands in the market, it can even monitor your sleep patterns. If you want, you can even listen to music on your headset.
Other features include vibrate alert for calls, smart alarm clock etc. The Zeaplus Talkband is compatible with both Android and iOS smartphones with Bluetooth connectivity. So, you can connect it with most devices in the market.
As for the battery, the company claims that the talkband provides up to 15-20 days of standby time. We still don’t know the approximate talk time that you will get on this band, but we will update with more details in the coming days. We are also unsure about the pricing of the band, but given that its from Zeaplus, which usually prices its products aggressively, expect a pretty affordable price tag when it hits the market.
Huawei Mate 7 was probably one of the best flagship from the company till date. The overall metal design, specs as well as a super efficient fingerprint sensor made it better than most other phones in the market. While we are patiently waiting for some official news from the company regarding the next generation version in the series, we have spotted a render which is allegedly of the Mate 8.
If you look at the design, its almost similar to the Mate 7. You get the same metal body as previous generation. However, there are subtle changes in the positioning of the various parts on the device. For example, the dual LED flash lies below the camera sensor, i.e. in between camera and the fingerprint sensor instead of the top left region. Another noticeable change is that the ‘HUAWEI’ logo that was on the front, just below the display is now absent. Instead, you just have one logo at the rear. The placement of the sensors on top of the display have also changed, and interestingly, we can see an additional sensor in that region.
As for the specs, the Huawei Mate 8 is expected to come with a 2K 6-inch display with the company’s own Kirin 950 64-bit chip and 20.7MP rear camera. There will reportedly be two versions of the device. The higher version will sport 4GB RAM and 64GB of storage while the standard version will come with 3GB of RAM and 32GB of internal memory. The flagship will support dual card dual standby.
If Huawei Mate 8 does come with Kirin 950, it will be interesting to analyze the performance of the new chip. We have heard a lot of good things about the new Kirin SoC. If you have been following our site, we had reported that the chip will feature four Cortex A53 power efficient cores and four Cortex A72 powerful cores clocked at 2.4GHz back in March. Yesterday, new rumors confirmed our report, along with other specs such as dual channel LPDDR4 RAM, ARM MAli T880 GPU, Dual ISP with support for up to 42MP and dual SIM support with Cat. 10 LTE connectivity. You can check out the full possible specs of the Kirin 950 along with a comparison of the current Kirin 930 and 940 chipsets from this detailed article.
Unfortunately, we still don’t know the release date of the Mate 8 flagship. But hopefully, it will be launched sometime before the end of this year.
For the past couple of weeks, we have been consistently hearing about the new features of the upcoming OnePlus Two flagship. From these teasers, we know that the phone will significantly upgrade the design and the overall specs as compared to the previous generation, which brings us to an important question: Price!
While the company was not very clear about its pricing strategy for the new OnePlus Two flagship, late yesterday, OnePlus CEO Pete Lau confirmed that the flagship will be priced below $450. This definitely comes as good news for fans all around the world, as this could be the pricing for the high end version. Although its costlier than the previous generation, the new model will feature much better specs justifying the price.
Till now, the company has confirmed a number of features on the new flagship. First of all, the phone will be powered by the Snapdragon 810 v2.1 (third generation) chipset, which although, may not be the best chip around, its good if the company has somehow managed to fix the heating issues. There will be a fingerprint sensor on board, a first for a OnePlus device. We also know that the phone will come with the new USB Type-C port as well as full metal body.
There will reportedly be two different versions of the device. The high-end model will mostly likely come with a 2K 5.5-inch display and 4GB of RAM. On the other hand, the standard version will come with 1080p display and 3GB of RAM. Other common specs include 16MP rear camera, 5MP front facing one, Android 5.1 and 3300mAh battery.
Of course, some of these specs have not yet been confirmed by the company. But since the launch is very near, on July 28, we expect a few more confirmations pretty soon. Stay tuned to the website for more details.
Zeaplus has been known for its affordable smartwatches and some other smartphone accessories for some time. We have already reviewed a few of them and the impressions are that the company can definitely offer a great bang for the buck for some its products.
Still, the Zeaplus M7 is their entry into the smartphone market and we can’t wait to see if their product is worth your attention or not. At the first glance, it has a plain looking but decent design but more importantly it carries a great list of specs for the price of $169.
nothing out of ordinary, usual stuff you would expect to get with a budget smartphone
A quite typical packaging for nowadays budget devices.
The contents include a screen protector, USB charging brick, USB cable and instruction manuals. I can’t say that the accessories scream high quality, but they don’t look like they going to brake after a month either.
Zeaplus M7 Review: DESIGN AND FIRST IMPRESSIONS
First of all, Zeaplus M7 is not a small device as it spots a 5.5″ 1080p display, which is actually quite good. It is a bright and vivid LCD panel and it looks good both indoors and outdoors.
A metal frame gives a little bit of a premium look and feel but the whole device is made out of plastic and it does feel expensive to be honest. Well, it is not expensive device after all but what I’ve noticed is that the textured plastic back is wobbling a bit and I’m not a huge fan of it.
Honestly, I’ve been using a device for 4 days already but was on vacation. Still, I used this device as a daily driver and so far the overall performance has been okay with no major issues. I have browsed a lot of web and Facebook, took tens of pictures and shot some videos, made some calls etc.
A full detailed review (VIDEO + ARTICLE) is in the making as I’m quite busy at the moment (have 8 devices to review!). Stay tuned to Gizmochina to watch the video/read a review first. Also, a lot of more very hot reviews, comparisons and camera shootouts are coming!
One of the things that we all use during the summer time is our cameras. Some people still believe that DSLR cameras are the way to go while other users rely on their smartphones. Still, these are not the only options available out there and one more is a sports/action camera.
The majority of users know the GoPro, which arguably makes the best cameras but there are a lot of much cheaper alternatives on the market. We know Xiaomi, SjCam and some other companies but one named Soocoo may be worth your attention as they are specialising in the field of action/sports cameras.
I have spent some time with the camera and made a full Soocoo S33WS Pro review:
In case you don’t feel like watching a video, here are my conclusions of what I think about Soocoo S33WS Pro Sports Action camera:
CONCLUSIONS
Overall, the Soocoo S33WS Pro camera is a pretty good device for the price of just over $100. It is very compact and lightweight and it comes with a case, which is full of accessories to expand the usability options.
In addition, this action camera has tons of features and most of them work well.
Picture quality is quite good in the daylight but could be better in the low-light situations. Also, the lens are wide but not the widest on the market.
As far as the video quality, it is not bad when there is not a lot of movement involved but once you start moving, the footage suffers from some shakiness. Also, the sound quality is not that great.
I was really disappointed by a poor camera app, which was actually annoying to use. On the other hand, you can adjust all the settings on the camera itself and use it as a viewfinder or a playback option.
To sum up, despite a few shortcomings this camera is definitely one of the better deals out there in this price range. Of course, it is not par with a GoPro series but it does not come even close to that price range either. If you’re looking for an affordable sports action camera or you don’t think that a GoPro is worth the money, the Soocoo camera may be something to look at.
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