When it comes to smartphone manufacturers you would probably not think about any of Russian-based tech companies. However, it seems that one of them is worth your attention – Yota Devices. The manufacturer managed to surprise a lot with the first dual-screen smartphone in the world. After some time, the company made a significant upgrade in terms of design and performance, and released the Yoataphone 2.
Right now the Russian seem confident about their product and enter such a hectic Chinese smartphone market.
As far as specs go, the Yotaphone 2 has a5-inch 1080p display on the front and back 4.7 inches 960 × 540 resolution electronic ink panel on the back. Moreover, it has a Snapdragon 800 processor, 2GB of RAM and 32GB of storage (non-expandable). Also, there is an 8MP/2MP camera combo on the back and the front, respectively. Android 4.4 Kitkat is running the show and the device is powered by 2500mAh non-removable battery.
The Yotaphone 2 will cost 4888 Yuan ($788) in China, which sounds really steep. However, the device should find some buyers as it is the only released device with LCD and E-ink displays in the world (Siswoo Darkmoon is not released yet).
What do you think, is the Yotaphone 2 worth this high price tag? Does the second e-ink display have advantage over regular devices? Let us know.
After a lot of rumours and numerous leaks, the Chinese manufacture Oppo has finally released their beautiful all-metal Oppo R7 and R7 Plus devices. Both devices have an upper-midrange class specs, but the main aspect of both of the devices is the design.
Oppo R7
Let us start by the Oppo R7. It is a smaller model, which has a 1080p 5 inch display. It spots a metal unibody and the 2.5D glass on the front. It is indeed a very attractive looking device, which was a primary focus by Oppo while producing it.
The Oppo R7 spots a Snapdragon 615 chip, has 3 GB of RAM, 16GB of storage, which can be further expanded via the Micro SD card up to 128GB. There is also a dual SIM card tray (one being a micro SIM, another doubles as nano SIM/MicroSD card slot). Moreover, the smartphone has a 13 MP back camera with LED flash and aperture of f/2.2. Also, there is an 8MP shooter on the front with the aperture of f/2.4. All of this is powered by the 2320 mAh battery (non-removable), which may sound weak, but as usual to Oppo devices, it supports Oppo’s VOOC fast-charging technology, which lets you charge the device up to 75% in about 30 minutes of time.
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Oppo R7 Plus
The Oppo R7 is a bigger brother, which carries a very similar design to the R7. This giant has all the same specs, but there are a few differences. Of course, the main difference here is that the R7 carries a much larger, 6 inch 1080p Super Amoled display. Another thing that separates it from the R7 is that it has a fingerprint scanner just below the back camera. Moreover, the bigger screen requires some more power and here Oppo decided to implement a juicy 4100 mAh non-removable unit.
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The devices are up for pre-order and the good thing that it can be bought easily from Oppo’s official store Oppostyle.com. The Oppo R7 costs around $400 and the R7 Plus has the price-tag of around $480 for Chinese market, but we should expect similar prices on the international e-store.
Oppo seems to have nailed the design here by providing a classy all-metal and 2.5D glass combination. However, it does not carry the bleeding-edge specs for all those geeks out there. Still, we see a very reasonable package here and we cannot wait to get our hands-on. Any takers? Please let us know in the comments section below.
Do you remember the Lenovo Vibe Z2 Pro (K920)? Although it was released quite a while ago, it still packs some quite impressive specs. However, the first thing about this phone is its gorgeous all-metal industrial design.
The device comes in silver, gold and black colour options. Personally, I think that the gold colour looks amazing (or I may be influenced by that gold devices mania…).
The back of the device features a somewhat brushed metal finish. Also, there is a little area of glass, where a bit bulky 16MP camera (Samsung ISOCELL sensor) with OIS, 4k recording and dual LED flash sits.
On the front you can find an super large 6 inch display with 2K resolution (1440 x 2560 pixels and 490 ppi pixel density). Lenovo has done a great job keeping the phone size by cutting down the bezels.
That translates to the 78.3% screen-to-body ratio. Also, there is a 5MP front facing snapper, earpiece on the top. On the bottom you can find the familiar capacitive buttons.
But we wouldn’t buy a device just by it’s great design, build quality and 2K display. The Lenovo Vibe Z2 Pro runs one of the best Snapdragon chips of all time – 801 clocked at 2.5 GHz and accompanied by the Adreno 330 GPU. It may not be the newest chip on the block, but it still handles all the games without any hitch. So why bother with newer Snapdragon chip and possibly have overheating issues?
Also, there is a beefy 3GB of RAM for multitasking and 32GB for storing your stuff (however, there is no MicroSD card slot!!! Why, Lenovo? This could have made this device perfect at the time of the release!). Also, there is a dual SIM card support, global 4G and other usual connectivity options. All of this tech is powered by the 4000 mAh battery, which is sealed-in.
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SPECS SUMMARY
Display
6″, 2K resolution (1440 x 2560 pixels and 490 ppi pixel density), 78.3% screen-to-body ratio
There has been a lot of hype about the upcoming LeTV “Superphones”, which are manufactured by the “Netflix of China” video services streamer. The company invested quite a lot for all the marketing and the CEO was not shy either by calling Apple an innovation Nazi. All the hype made many consumers interested in this newcomer and the Super Le Smartphones are on sale. Well, kind of.
We usually talk about the Xiaomi and their flash sales strategy. This time around, the LeTV smartphones went officially went on sale today and…. 200.000 units were gone in a blink of an eye! LeTV One Pro (2499 Yuan or around $400) was sold out in 1 second, LeTV One – in 3 minutes and 46 seconds! Previously, the company announced that there was a huge interest in their devices as there were more than 10 million users, who “reserved” a phone. Well, all we can say that the demand is extremely high!
It is also worth mentioning that LeTV has finally revealed the official price of the 6.33 inch giant phablet flagship – LeTV One Max. It will cost 3599 Yuan (around $580) in China. The online reservations for the Chinese customers have already started at 2 PM today and the open sale will start on June 12th at 12:00. However, due to the high demand the same story may repeat and the device may be sold out in a matter of seconds. This keeps us wondering of the point of the reservation system.
However, there is a catch. The above mentioned pricing is only for the limited number of the devices. On the other hand, the final retail price will be decided by “Referendum” (most likely online voting or something similar) at the beginning of June. That means that the price may go lower.
It seems that the LeTV takes some marketing clues from the Xiaomi and uses the flash sales tactics. At least for now. Another similarity is that they sell their devices almost at the cost (the company even disclosed BOM – Bill of Materials). However, the main point of LeTV’s strategy seems that they have a different primary focus – they want to sell services rather than hardware. Well, for now we are not interested in their services portfolio as they are Chinese-oriented. Still, we are very interested in the hardware and we cannot wait to see how the package of beautiful design and killer specs performs in real life scenarios. We cannot wait to provide you with the full review treatment of Le “Superphones” as soon as they land in our offices.
It seems that the resellers have already started picking LeTV devices up. As usual, the reseller prices are higher than in China, but still you get a killer device for a decent price. Merimobiles seem to be offering the lowest prices for now.
In the mean time, what do you think, are LeTV smartphones worth the hype? Will they be killer devices in real life? Let us know in the comments section.
We are still waiting for the official release of the “Super Phones” made by the Chinese media giant LeTV. The company is a new to the smartphone industry, but made managed to attract a lot of hype to their lineup of Le Superphones – LeTV One, LeTV One Pro and LeTV One Max.
At the moment we know that the One Pro will be an all metal phone and it will come in silver and gold colour options. However, it seems that LeTV has some more offerings as the black variant of the latter device leaks in flesh and blood.
Honestly, the leak suggests that this is the One Pro model, but it is hard to tell since only the front of the device is exposed. Still, the more colour options to choose from the better. Anyway, we are very excited about these upcoming devices we cannot wait to provide the Gizmochina readers with a full review of these devices.
In the mean time, what do you think about the black colour option of the LeTV “Superphone?”
Usually we do not write about tablets very much as they are still not as popular as smartphones. And we will not write about tablet this time either, because one of the Chinese manufacturers Jide has something interesting to offer, which we may call an ultra-tablet.
The Jide company may sound like a new-comer, but it was founded by 3 former Google senior engineers, which have a combined experience of 26 years. Having a lot of experience in the field of software, these guys decided to follow the “If you want to have a great software, build your own hardware approach”.
It turns out that this is not an ordinary knock-off tablet, but it is made with high precision both in terms of hardware and software. It starts with a quite unusual screen size of 11.6 inches and 16:6 aspect ratio. According to the company, this is the exact screen size the users prefer for productivity tasks.
If there was only a tablet, we would say that it is simply too big. However, the device comes with a a keyboard along with the trackpad.
Moreover, there is a dual-angle kickstand, which teamed up with the keyboard and the proprietary Remix OS makes it a productivity oriented tablet/ultrabook.
The device comes with the Remix OS, which is build on Android 4.4.2 (Lolipop upgrade is coming soon). This OS is oriented towards productivity tasks, but can handle all the possible Android apps as well.
The device comes with a juicy 8100 mAh battery, which supports fast charging and can also charge other devices on the go.
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The key specs of the device include a 11.6 inch 1920×1080 display, a Quad-core Nvidia Tegra 4 Cortex-A15 chip, which is clocked at 1.8GHz, 2GB of RAM, 64GB of storage (expandable up to 128GB via the Micro SD card slot), 5MP/5MP camera combo on the back and the front respectively, Bluetooth 4.0, OTG, Wifi and other features.
Xiaomi seems to be expanding not only its market presence (the launch of the Mi4i in India and online accessories store in the EU and US), but also prepping some new devices.
Now the leaker @upleaks claims that it is a new smartphone made by Xiaomi. It is said that it will be made out of metal, but it is hard to confirm the choice of materials from the leaked picture.
What is more, the leak suggests that the new smartphone will be equipped with a 1080p screen (specific size unknown), will have an eight-core MT6752 processor, will have 2 GB of RAM for multitasking. In addition, it will have 2 SIM card slots, 13MP Samsung S5K3M2 camera sensor on the back and OmniVision OV5670 5MP shooter on the front. Moreover, the device will support dual 4G connectivity and run the latest MIUI version on top of Android 5.0 Lolipop out of the box.
Finally, the rumours claim that the new device will be released in July and it will cost around one thousand Yuan.
Landvo S6 is a Samsung Galaxy S6 clone phone, I almost can’t recognize which is the fake when put it beside the original S6 phone. I’m surprised the Landvo factory crafted so beautiful smartphone.
Lenovo is definitely one of the Chinese market leaders as far as the smartphone sales concerned. The company produces a a vast amount of different devices. Yet, Lenovo does not come to your mind if you are looking for the camera-centric device. However, the manufacturer wants to change that as their camera smartphone Vibe Shot goes on sale in China.
As the name of the device clearly implies, it is all about the camera. If you look at the specs sheet, it really sounds promising. First, the Vibe Shot carries a 16MP 16:9 Sony Sensor, which has OIS (Optical Image Stabilisation) to reduce the shakiness and help the low-light shots. Also there is a AF assist and infrared for faster focus speeds. This combination sounds really powerful and Lenovo asserts that it can achieve the fastest camera focusing time on smartphones of just 0.157 seconds!
What is more, the device is the first in the world to carry a 3 tone flash to help you produce natural looking images at night using flash. Moreover, the device has a physical shutter button to help take the shots and focus. Also, there is a Pro mode physical switch, which enables to tweak all the possible setting you can imagine on the smartphone.
The device will come in white, red and black colours. As far as design goes, we have a quality piece of hardware. It starts with a metal frame along with metal buttons around the device and continues with the double sided Gorilla Glass 3 construction. This is nothing extra ordinary, but the device definitely looks attractive and borrows some design inspiration from the point-and-shoot cameras. Lenovo brags that they are the first to produce red aluminium frame on the smartphone.
As far as specs go, the Lenovo Vibe Shot is no slouch either. It comes with a 5 inch 1080p display, which has a 100% NTSC color gamut. Also, there is a Snapdragon 615 64-bit chip along with 3GB of RAM. Also, the device carries 32 GB of expandable storage (up to 128GB via Micro SD card slot) and has dual SIM card slots with the 4G support. In addition to this, the device comes with the VIBE UI 2.5, which is based on Android 5.0 Lolipop out of the box. The juicy 3000mAh battery pack is running all these goodies.
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The Lenovo Vibe Shot goes reserved for the price of just 1799 Yuan in China and will be on sale on May 22nd. However, there is no word on international pricing or availability yet. Still, we hope that international resellers will pick it up quickly and we will be able to provide you with a review as soon as possible.
What do you think, will Lenovo Vibe Shot have a killer camera in reality? Share your thoughts in the comments section below.
Earlier today Meizu confirmed that they will have a new product launch event on June 2nd, which will be held in China. Also, it is now clear that there will be at least one new smartphone launch and it would be a successor to the affordable Note series (M2 Note or M1 Note 2, whatever the company decides to name it).
It turns out that the Meizu M2 Note is up and running and it has been pictured next to the MX4 Pro. This leak comes from the Chinese social network Weibo’s user @ubuntu.
We can clearly see that the device is similar to the MX4 Pro in terms of overall size. However, the home button seems to be redesigned and this time around it has an oval shape. We already know that the Meizu M2 Note will not have a fingerprint sensor as it was just confirmed by one of the executives. Still, there is one more proof the upcoming device will not carry this technology.
What is more, the translation from the Chinese language confirms that there is no fingerprint security option in the settings menu. On the other hand, the new device will come with the newest version of Flyme OS based on Android 5.1 Lolipop out of the box.
Meizu may not keep up with the current trend of fingerprint sensors in midrange Chinese smartphones, but we still expect the heck of the device for a bargain price. We have just a few weeks left to find out whether it is worth your attention or not.
However, it is still not clear if the Meizu note device will carry a fingerprint sensor as some new rumours suggest that although the smartphone will have a physical home button, but it will not have finger scanning technology embedded.
However, all the talks and rumours should be cleared out now as one the Meizu’s vice presidents shared some news with us. First, the executive confirmed that the company will indeed release the successor to the Note series. Also, it will have a round home button, but… IT WILL NOT HAVE A FINGERPRINT SENSOR!
Now when it is clear what to expect from the new budget device, we have a question why would Meizu choose to implement a physical home button? It seems that the company is trying to do all kinds of tricks to stay in the game, but we do not think that this might be a solution. What do you think?
After several months of silence, the Meizu has finally announced that they have something going on on June 2nd!
That something is a new product launch, which will be held in Beijing National Convention Centre. It is possible that the company will launch the M1 Note 2 device. The “0” symbol in the middle implies that it may get a fingerprint sensor in a metal home button. Well, this is at least our educated guess according to some previous rumours and leaks. The question remains if the company will keep an incredibly low price tag to attract the customers and stay in the fierce smartphone competition in China.
Moreover, we expect the company to release something else since one of their latest flagship devices – Meizu MX4 Pro has been allegedly discontinued by the manufacturer recently. That leads us to the question: will the company release a high-end smartphone too?
What do you think the Meizu will actually release in their upcoming event? Will their be one, two smartphones? Or maybe something else? Let us know in the comments section below and stay tuned for the event coverage on June 2nd!
The NO.1 is known for producing some clone devices for a low price. Although you may have heard about the company because of the variety of smartphones they offer, it turns out that they also produce smartwatches. The reason we are covering this is that the Sun S2 model looks like a bargain for what it offers.
We haven’t reviewed the device yet (hope to do it soon), but looks great as far as design and specs go.
The NO.1 SUN S2 smartwatch has a classic and elegant design and according to the manufacturer, it is the first smartwatch with the 44mm diameter circular shape. The NO.1 says that the device uses some exquisite materials and it embodies a perfect combination of technology and manufacturing skills.
The smartwatch uses the top-notch materials like 316L stainless steel, which is bump and scratch resistant and has the anti-corrosion features. It comes in the attractive silver, cool black and noble gold color options. Moreover, the high quality housing is waterproof meaning that you can work in any weather conditions or underwater. Also, the customer can choose either the stainless steel or leather made strap to show the distinctive style and personality. If you pre-order it you will get a both steel and leather straps! (the suggested retail price of the the strap is $15).
The NO.1 SUN S2 allows you to connect the device to the Android and Apple devices. The devices offers features like syncing communication apps with your smartphone and smartwatch. Also, it has the activity tracking options like pedometer, heart rate monitor, sedentary reminder, sleep monitor and other healt-oriented features. Also, it has the variety of wallpaper styles, including the most popular film stills, so you can personalize the look the way you want.
If we consider a low price tag of this product, it shapes up to be an interesting offering. We can’t wait to review this to see if it delivers what is promises on paper. Stay tuned for that.
All these great features can be on your wrist for incredibly low pre-order price of just $54.99.
We just recently wrote that Huawei is a possible new partner to Google to produce the new Nexus smartphone. Also, we all know the fact that the company is working hard to increase its presence in Western markets by producing well-made devices, developing their own Kirin chips and so on.
However, the Chinese giant does not want to stop here. It turns out that the company has plans to create their own new OS! In fact, there were some news reported by Reuters some time ago. It was said that the Huawei and ZTE are engaged in developing its own mobile operating system in order to reduce the dependence on Android.
Some news rumours suggest that the Huawei is prepping a new smartphone, which is said to be equipped with a self-developed mobile operating system. What is more interesting is the fact that the system has been in development in the laboratory of Huawei for three years. Moreover, the sources suggest that it will be a standalone operating system, which works in tact with a self-developed chip. In other words, the Huawei follows “If you are serious about your hardware, produce your own software” approach.
Of course, these rumours are to be taken with a pinch of salt. Still, it would be a quite interesting move by the company. However, we are not sure if it could be successful and if it could compete with the Android.
What do you think? Is there a point to produce an independent OS system in this day and age of Android? Don’t you think that the Huawei still needs to work on its hardware to get a better recognition in the Western markets? Let us know in the comments section below.
Huawei may be a big player in Chinese market already, but it is still fighting for the better positions in the Western markets. They started off by producing some budget devices, but recent years showed that the company is serious about the high-end segment too. To prove that the Huawei is working hard on its premium design (Mate and P series), putting a lot of effort on their home-brewed chips and so on.
What is more, there have been a lot of talks regarding possible Google’s new partner to produce the new Nexus device. Some new rumours suggests that the Huawei will indeed manufacture the new Nexus smartphone. Moreover, the device is said to be developed from the upcoming Huawei Mate 8 prototype. In addition, it is said that the device will come out this fall.
As far as design goes, we can expect some premium build quality, which should involve materials like metal or glass.
As far as the specs go, the new Nexus smartphone is said to have a 2k 5.7-inch screen and powered by Snapdragon 810 processor. However, chip choice is not clear since the latter Snapdragon chip is surrounded by numerous claims of overheating. Moreover, the Huawei is putting a lot of effort on developing their own Kirin chips, so there a possibility to see this processor in the device as well.
We think that it is a great opportunity for the Chinese giant Huawei to produce the next Nexus device as it may get more recognition in the international smartphone world.
Oppo is one of those Chinese manufacturers, which loves producing some interesting and innovative looking devices. The company has been on the news lately since they will announce their new device on May 20th during the conference in Beijing, China.
It seems that not only fans, but also the company itself is excited about the upcoming release as the manufacturer keeps disclosing some more and more interesting features of the R7 device.
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This time around, OPPO praises the camera of the upcoming R7. To begin with, the device will have a phase detection focusing technology, which is said to keep the focus speed at 0.1s. What is more, the smartphone will feature “Global flash shot”, which should include tricks like dual-drive focus, rapid startup and preferred image stabilisation. All of these goodies are said to help for a super fast start of the camera, fast focusing and stabilising the image for both photo and video modes. Moreover, the camera will feature ultra-clear, slow shutter and double exposure modes.
As far as the design goes, we know that the Oppo R7 will feature an all-metal design (not just a metal frame). Also, it will have a 2.5D glass on the front to ensure the seamless look and feel.
As far as specs are concerned, the device will spot a 5-inch 1080p AMOLED screen, it will be equipped with a Snapdragon 615 processor. Also, it will have 2 GB of RAM, 16 GB of storage (we hope it will be expandable), 13MP/8MP camera combo on the back and front, respectively.
The Oppo R7 shapes up to be a pretty good device. Well, it is definitely not a flagship since it does not have a top notch chip, but this should make it a more affordable offering. What is more, R series is more about the design and aesthetics both inside and out, so the upcoming model is a natural sequence in company’s devices’ portfolio.
In this day and age we have smartphones and other gadgets with constantly improving specs and performance. However, there is one know issue – the battery life. Indeed, it is improving with some hardware and software optimisations there and there. Still, the root cause, which is the battery technology itself seems to remain unchanged. The only thing that manufacturers are left with is increasing the battery capacity.
It seems that one of those manufacturers is the Chilli Peppers as their new Peppers 9 device just went through the TENNA certification stage.
It turns out that the new Peppers 9 device will carry a huge 4700mAh battery, which will be one of the highlight features. As far as design goes, the front looks a bit similar to the Nubia devices line (seems to be a quite popular source of inspiration for a variety of Chinese manufacturers). The sides of the phone look to be surrounded by a metal frame and the back of the device is made out of plastic material. The dimensions of the device are 144.8 × 71 × 10.6 (mm) and it has the Weight of 160g.
The handset is equipped with a 5 inch 720P display, it has a MediaTek MT6735 quad-core chip inside along with 2 GB of RAM and 16 GB of internal storage (expandable via Micro SD card slot up to 64GB). What is more, the device 8MP/2MP camera combo on the back and the front, respectively. Also, the Android 5.0 Lolipop is promised out of the box.
Well, the specs sheet is not impressive at all, but given the fact that the device does not carry a powerful chip and the display is not pixel hungry, we should definitely see some outstanding battery performance out of the Chilli Peppers 9 smartphone.
We will keep you updated as soon as the device is released and will provide you with all the relevant news on it, so stay tuned.
Huawei finally launched beautiful Huawei P8 flagship last month. The device came with top end specs as well as unique features which made it an attractive offering in the already crowded smartphone market.
Today, we take a look at the Huawei P8 in detail. In this review we will look at the phone’s design as well as the overall specifications of the device and we will check whether the phone lives up to our expectations.
At first glance, you will know that the Huawei P8 is targeted at the high-end premium market. The simple yet refined design as well as the beautiful gold color finish truly helps it stand apart from competitors.
The phone is made entirely out of metal, so its gold color shines bright. The design is simple, with the camera and sensors right on top of the 5.2-inch display, while the capacitive buttons at the bottom. The black screen looks especially good on the full gold body. At the bottom, you have the microUSB port along with dual speakers, which is a nice addition.
On the right side, you will find the power button in the middle. Yes, its almost at the middle, which we feel is a great positioning for the button. In phones larger than 4.7-inches, it always hard to reach out for the power button if its on the top right corner. So, this is just the perfect positioning for the button. Just above the power button, you have the volume rockers keys. And above these buttons, there are the two SIM card + Memory card slots.
The back is clean, with just the logo in the middle and the camera unit on the top left corner. Overall, the phone looks solid and beautiful. So, if you are in search for a clean yet elegant design, the Huawei P8 won’t disappoint.
With this body, you might be concerned about the phone’s grip. But the body thickness of just 6.4mm, body width of 72.1mm and 144 grams in weight makes Huawei P8 extremely easy to carry around. Even though the display is a 5.2-inch full HD panel, the large display size doesn’t seem to reflect in the body proportions which is definitely a good sign.
As for the specs, the phone comes with a Kirin 935 octa-core processor with quad Cortex A53 cores clocked at 2.2Ghz and quad Cortex A53 cores clocked at 1.5GHz. In the benchmark test, the device managed to score just above 50K points which is pretty good for a flagship device. Of course, there are faster alternatives out there, but this chip should be much more power efficient. The overall performance is quite good, thanks to the 3GB LPDDR3 RAM and there is ample storage space with 64GB on board and further expandable option via MicroSD.
Coming to the battery life, the phone won’t last very long with the 2680mAh. But you can easily get a day’s usage on the device, which is the least we can expect. With moderate use, you may get it to run till the next day, but still, its slightly lower battery life than other flagships in the market.
As for the camera, Huawei P8 features the world’s first 13MP RGBW camera unit at the back with OIS and fast focus. Up front, you get an 8MP shooter ideal for taking care of selfies. While, these are big words on paper, in real life, the Huawei P8’s camera does not disappoint.
The pictures were crisp and clear when there was ample light. The color reproduction was good, focus was fast and the f/2.0 aperture brings enough light into the photos. However, like most smartphone cameras in the market, the phone did struggle in low light. Things were not as satisfactory when the light reduced or when there were a lot of shadows. As you can see in one of the picture that was shot at dusk, the image came out too dark. However, under artificial light, the pictures once again came out quite good. That is, if you know how to tweak the camera settings. You can check out the samples from down below.
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Huawei P8 runs on the new Android 5.0 Lollipop version with EMUI 3.1 on top. The company’s UI has never been the best feature of its devices, and this time too, the UI is not without flaws. But there’s definitely improvement in the overall looks as well as the feature list. The UI features almost a dozen of new features, including voice wake, gesture control, and knuckles screenshots. However, the color scheme used for the icons and various other aspects of the UI is a bit disappointing. So, we feel Huawei still has a lot to improve in this regard.
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So, overall the Huawei P8 turns out to be one of the best offerings from the company till date. Of course, the phone still has some room for improvement, especially in the software department, but otherwise, the looks, specs and the camera performance is top notch.
We had seen four new products from Xiaomi, through a leaked product roadmap. Now, we have another leak, thanks to upleaks which reveals a new Xiaomi Redmi device with specific set of configurations.
The leak reveals that the phone will have the trademark Redmi red color buttons at the bottom, just below the display. We can’t tell anything about the body of the phone from the picture, but it is said that it will be made out of metal.
As for the specs, the new Redmi device is rumored to feature a 1080p screen of unknown size, equipped with eight-core MT6795 processor, and built-in 2GB of RAM. The phone will be running Android 5.0 or 5.1 and will support dual SIM card dual standby. The rear camera will be of 13MP (Samsung S5K3M2) while the 5MP front shooter will be the OmniVision OV5670. Like most recent smartphones, the device will support dual 4G LTE networks.
It is said that the company will launch the device in July, which is just couple of months away. As for the pricing, expect it to be around the 1000 Yuan mark. So, this redmi device will most likely be placed below the company’s latest offering, the Xiaomi Mi4i.
A few days back, Oneplus CEO had announced that the company will release the hydrogenOS in Beijing, China on May 28. However, it looks like the new OS won’t be the only thing we will be seeing at the event, as some leaked pictures show off a new Oneplus product.
From the images, we can see a metal like body with the trademark Oneplus logo on top. There are several pictures with slightly different angles, however, all of them just reveal the top.
This could be a new product from the company, and some users are saying that the product could be a new router from the company. However, we can’t really say whether the thing in the picture is a new product. It could also be just a box from the company. So, don’t get too excited, at least for the moment.
If this indeed is a new product, we are sure to see some more details in the coming days. And finally, it could be unveiled on May 28 which is just a couple of weeks away. So its best that we wait for some concrete information before making any conclusions.
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