How to Install CyanogenMod 12 (CM12) Android Lollipop on Oppo Find 7

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Mar 31, 2015

Oppo Find 7 was the flagship smartphone for the company previous year. The smartphone was launched with other variants Find 7a, both the smartphones in this flagship series were highly acclaimed for the top-notch hardware packed inside. Some of the highlights are 3GB/2GB of RAM respectively on Find 7 and 7a respectively, powered by a Qualcomm Snapdragon 801 processor clocked at 2.3GHz. A 13MP rear camera and 5MP front-facing camera for video conferencing.

For in-depth specifications visit Find 7

Now CyanogenMod 12 (CM12) is available for Oppo Find 7 which brings close to stock user interface on your smartphone. If you want to try something different than Color OS on your Find 7 then CyanogenMod 12 is the perfect alternative for you to test.

Pre-requisites

You must have a custom recovery installed on your smartphone. I suggest TWRP and CWM (ClockworkMod) but I recommend TWRP.
Make sure your phone has enough juice left on your Find 7 till the process finishes. 70% charge should be enough.
USB Cable to transfer files or Wi-Fi direct or you can directly download them on your smartphone.
You must have Oppo Find 7, this guide is not for smartphone other than Find 7.

Disclaimer

If you are proceeding further then I will assume that you know the consequences of flashing custom ROMs. Beyond this point, the warranty of your smartphone is VOID so proceed with extreme caution. You can not/will not blame GIZMOCHINA or me for any kind of potential damage to you and your smartphone. Be safe and enjoy CM12 for Find 7. If you haven’t heard about terms like Flashing, Custom Roms, and Recoveries then you must leave the website.

Pro-Tip

Backup all your personal stuff, like pictures, videos, contacts and call logs. We are advising you to backup because the procedure mentioned below will erase all the data stored on the internal storage.

Installing CyanogenMod 12 (CM12) Android Lollipop on Oppo Find 7

Download the latest CM12 nightly and Android Lollipop Google applications from the link below.
Download CM12 for Oppo Find 7. Click here.
Download Google Application for Lollipop. Click here.
Transfer these files to the root directory of your smartphone.
Now reboot your smartphone into recovery mode by powering it on while holding Volume Up and Power key simultaneously.
Inside recovery first Backup your current ROM in case you want to move back to Color OS or previous ROM.
After creating a Backup, Wipe Cache, Dalvik Cache, User Data, System and Internal Storage (Optional).
Now select Install zip and then browse the CyanogenMod 12 file you transferred on your smartphone.
Flash it.
Then via above step flash Google Applications.
Wipe Cache/Dalvik Cache.
Reboot to System.

First boot generally takes some time so wait for few minutes and be patient.

Xiaomi Smart Weighing Scale announced for 99 Yuan ($16)

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Joel Joseph

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Mar 31, 2015

Just as expected, Xiaomi unveiled a brand new Xiaomi smart weighing scale today. The device had already been leaked yesterday showing off its smooth design and round edges.

The new Xiaomi smart weighing scale is extremely sensitive. In fact, the company claims that it can measure weight differences up to 100 grams, which is almost the same as a glass of water.

The overall body is protected by tempered glass panels and the display is embedded into the body. There are 161 LEDs inside the device to show off the weight in pounds as well as kilograms.

Users can connect the Xiaomi smart weighing scale to a smartphone and can manage the weight of up to 16 people with its app. Once again, the product is quite cheap and will be available for sale from April 8 for 99 Yuan ($16).

So, what do you think about this electronic weighing scale from Xiaomi? Would you consider purchasing it if the company releases it outside of China?

The super cheap Xiaomi Redmi 2A smartphone is official! Costs just 599 Yuan

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Joel Joseph

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Mar 31, 2015

Yesterday, the company had showed off a new teaser with the words AA on top. Looks like it was the teaser for the cheapest Xiaomi smartphone till date, the all new Xiaomi Redmi 2A.

The company revealed this new smartphone just a few minutes after it announced the Xiaomi Mi Note Ladies Edition. Just as predicted, the new Xiaomi Redmi 2A will be powered by the low cost Leadcore SoC. It will feature L1860C quad-core processor clocked at 1.5GHz along with Mali T628MP2 GPU.

There will be a 4.7-inch display sporting HD 720p resolution. As for camera, the phone will have an 8MP shooter at the back and a 2MP shooter up front. You also get a decent 2200mAh battery at the back with fast charge support. Despite its entry level placement, the Redmi 2A supports 4G LTE Dual SIM Dual Standby.

As you can see, the Redmi 2A turns out to be one of the best smartphones in this price range. The phone will be available for sale for 599 Yuan. However, as a part of the Xiaomi festival, the Redmi 2A will be sold for just 499 Yuan on April 8.

Pink Xiaomi Mi Note Ladies Edition announced for 2499 Yuan

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Joel Joseph

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Mar 31, 2015

Xiaomi is consistently trying to expand its market share. The latest attempt from the company is with the announcement of the Pink Xiaomi Mi Note ladies edition. Like its name suggests, this particular phone is released to please the company’s female fans in China.

The company had earlier teased this product with the letters ‘NSSJ’ in a pink shade. We guessed that this could be a new women oriented product and we were right indeed.

The only major difference between the Xiaomi Mi Note Ladies Edition and regular edition is the pink colored body. Other than that, the hardware remains the same.

However, the price for this 16GB Ladies Edition has been increased to 2499 Yuan. The price has been bumped up mainly because the phone comes in a beautiful pink colored gift box with a 5200 mAh battery.

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Also, there will just 20,000 units of the Xiaomi Mi Note Ladies Edition manufactured and made available for sale. All the units will go on sale on April 8th for 2499 Yuan.

So, what do you think about the Xiaomi Mi Note Ladies Edition?

5-inch Ulefone Be Pure launches today via major retailers!

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Joel Joseph

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Mar 30, 2015

On 31st March, Ulefone Be Pure is finally launching! The phone comes with Octa-core processor, 5-inch display, and a launch price tag of only 129.99 dollars. It will be sold via major retailers like Amazon, Ebay at the same time without pre-sales. So, those who are looking for a new smartphone, make sure to check out this device.

The Ulefone Be Pure has great specs for a device in its price segment. It sports an Octa-core SoC, 5.0Inch IPS screen with resolution 1280*720PX, dual cameras with front 5MP and rear 13MP . Moreover, the memory combination of 1 GB RAM+8GB ROM will guarantee smooth operation on Android 4.4.2. (It is said that it will update to Android 5.0 in the Q3 2015, but we have not yet received an official word from the company regarding this matter.]

Ulefone Be Pure comes in two kinds of colors, blue and white. In the initial period, the company is said to be cooperating with lots of eshops to promote its product via price discounts as well as mysterious gifts such as a Xiaomi powerbank. You may even find other offers on different retailers who are selling the Ulefone Be Pure.
The list of retailers are given in the picture below. You can check out the phone from any one of them.

Entry Level Gree Smartphone hits TENAA, features Snapdragon 410

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Joel Joseph

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Mar 30, 2015

We already know China’s Gree Electric is interested in making smartphones. In fact, we have seen two images of the said Gree smartphone sporting a metal body. Now, it looks like we have some more news about the upcoming Gree smartphone as the device just hit TENAA.

A device named Gree G0111 was recently spotted on TENAA featuring similar looks as the ones that we saw a few days back. The phone has a very unique design as the top edges are sharp, however the bottom ones are round. The back is white in color while the front is completely black. Interestingly, we see a plastic body instead of the metal one that was leaked back.

As for the tech specs, the Gree smartphone features a Snapdragon 410 processor with 1GB RAM and 8GB of expandable internal storage. The phone measures just 8.8mm in thickness and will weigh about 118 grams. There will be a 5-inch display with HD 720p resolution. At the back, there will be a 5MP rear camera while up front, you will find a 2MP shooter.

For connectivity, the phone will support 4G, 3G and GSM networks. The full list of supported frequencies are given below:

Supported Frequencies

900MHz,1800MHz,Band 38,Band 39,Band 40,Band 41(2555-2575 MHZ,2575-2635 MHZ,2635-2655 MHZ),Band 1,Band 3,I

Other features include Android 4.4 KitKat, Infrared sensor, Bluetooth, Wi-Fi etc.

Judging from the specs, it looks like the phone will be targeted at the entry level 4G enabled market. So, it should retail around the same price as Xiaomi’s Redmi 2 and Meizu M1.

Meizu had a very strong Q1 2015 reveals analyst

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Joel Joseph

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Mar 30, 2015

While there’s no doubt that Xiaomi dominates the sales in China, there are manufacturers like Meizu, OPPO and Vivo who also have a considerable share in this domestic market. Meizu in particular launched a number of new and affordable product in the past few months alone which will have definitely changed the numbers for the company in the Q1 2015. Now, we have some unofficial information about the sales figure of the company in the first three months of 2015.

Sun Changxu revealed on Weibo recently that Meizu along with other Chinese manufacturers are doing quite well in the first quarter of 2015. The sales was mainly driven by the Chinese Spring Festival season.

Sun also revealed some more information about Meizu’s sales figures. According to her, Meizu sold around 1.5 million units in January, 1.2 million units in February and 1.9 to 2 million units in March. The company’s quarter on quarter growth has been impressive. Last December, it sold around 1 million units, but in recent months, the company has reached the 2 million units sales mark, which is commendable.

The timing of the growth in sales hint that Meizu’s newest Blue Charm range could be responsible for such an amazing growth. Both, the Blue Charm Meizu M1 Note and the Meizu M1 (Mini) has attracted praises from experts and users alike, which is why we see a spurt in its sales. And given this rate, it looks like Meizu will easily reach its target sales of 20 million+ units by the end of 2015.

In comparison, Xiaomi sold over 61.12 million units in 2015, averaging about 5.1 million per month. Sun also said that Meizu is aiming to increase its production to 2 million units a month.

Meizu definitely has converted itself as a quality brand with affordable hardware. The M1 Note in particular has been the company’s best value for device.

So, do you like Meizu? Do you think the company will ever be as big as Xiaomi?

Huawei P8 hits TENAA, Metal Body with MicroSD slot confirmed

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Joel Joseph

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Mar 30, 2015

Although most manufacturers unveiled their big guns at MWC 2015, some companies like Huawei decided to keep a separate event for its flagship announcement. The company recently confirmed the Huawei P8 event by releasing a teaser on its Weibo page.

Now, the Huawei P8 has finally hit TENAA. This means that we have some real information about this upcoming flagship from Huawei.

According to TENAA, Huawei P8 will come in six different versions, out of which there will be three different carrier versions. The model numbers of all the models as listed on TENAA are as follows: HUAWEI ALE-TL00、HUAWEI GRA-UL00、HUAWEI GRA-UL10、HUAWEI GRA-CL10、HUAWEI GRA-TL00、HUAWEI GRA-CL00. The three carrier version will support dual 4G networks. Also, all the versions will come with MicroSD card slots, dual SIM card dual standby support and Android 5.0 Lollipop OS version.

As expected, the Huawei P8 will have thin side bezels. From the images on TENAA, it looks like the phone is made from a mixture of plastic and metal. You can clearly see the golden metal frame as well as the metal finish at the back. However, there are some areas like the strip around the camera as well as the front, which looks like its made from plastic and then protected by glass.

Interestingly, the power button, volume buttons, microSD slot as well as SIM card slots are all located on the right side of the device. As a result, the left side is completely clean. Up front, the bezels at the bottom of the display looks quite thick, probably for the capacitive buttons. Coming to the back, we can see the camera sensor as well as the dual LED (probably dual tone) flash on top as well as the Huawei branding at the center.

Earlier rumors said that the phone will be just 6mm thin. And from these images, it does look like the phone is going to be slim, although we are not sure if its as thin as said before. The phone will most likely run on the latest chipset from Huawei’s Hisilicon Kirin range, the 64-bit octa-core Kirin 930 with 3GB RAM and 32GB internal storage. There will be a 5.2-inch display sporting a full HD 10802p resolution with Gorilla Glass protection.

A leaked image almost confirmed the 13MP camera at the back. Finally, the phone will run on Android 5.0 version and will retail around 2999 Yuan ($480).

Huawei will officially unveil the flagship on April 14, so we are just 15 days away from getting more details about this exciting new product from the company.

So are you excited about the new P8 flagship?

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Xiaomi MiPad 2 leaked, Images show a similar design and calling feature

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Nishant

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Mar 30, 2015

After a bulk of rumours of MiPad 2, finally new picture has been released. The image refines the design of MiPad 2 and looks authentic. The specs are still unknown but you can check the specs which were leaked before.

Also See: Alleged pictures of Xiaomi MiPad 2 reveal a 1.8GHz Intel chipset

The design looks very similar to Mi Note with the same curved glass and the placements of camera and sensors. It has a MI logo on the upper left and the earpice at center. It is possible that MiPad 2 may have calling feature. This seems to be a good step from Xiaomi as having Cellular data will eventually increase the portability. Seeing the looks of it, Xiaomi has made Mi Pad from a childish colorful tablet to a classy and sexy Tab.

It is running MIUI 6 and it could be the first device running MIUI based on lollipop but then you feel like as if you are day dreaming. Anyways, MiPad 2 has a metal frame and a glass back this time. We have also got a picture of it’s frame which could define the structure better.

MiPad was the first tablet from Xiaomi and was a succesfull device. MiPad recently launched in India with a Tegra k1 chip and 2GB RAM for Rs. 12,999.

Do let us know what you think about it in the comment section below.

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5.5mm Thin Iktech ik1501 Released in China

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Linus

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Mar 30, 2015

It seems that the battle among the Chinese manufacturers for the thinnest device does not end. First, we saw Oppo R5 , then Vivo with its X5Max, which pushed the thinness to the limits. Also, we saw another Chinese mainland player Gionee to be slimming down the phones for quite a while. It seems that smaller companies also want to get involved in this fight as the unknown manufacturer Iktech steps in with its ik1501 model.

The ik1501 is made out of the aerospace aluminum alloy with a metal frame and the whole shell looks quite similar to the one of Vivo. Also, it comes in the variety of colours that include silver, gray and gold.

In addition, the Iktech ik1501 has the thinness of just 5.5mm and weighs just 116g.

As far as the specs go, Iktech ik1501 has a 5-inch 1080p screen and it is equipped with a 1.5GHz quad-core processor (MT6732). Also, it has a front 5mp shooter and 13mp snapper on the back. What is more, the device has 1GB of RAM and 16GB of ROM (does not support the SD memory card expansion). Moreover, it supports 4G / 3G and GSM networks and runs Android 4.4.4 system.

The specs do not really impress us as they are just lower midrange. However, the key element of the Iktech ik1501 is its aesthetics, which involve thinness and the whole design, which uses high quality materials. Finally, the device is said to be more affordable than the thin devices competition. There is no exact pricing disclosed, but it is said that the device will cost more than 1000 Yuan in China. International availability is unknown.

Asus is still making profit even after selling 4GB Zenphone 2 for 270$

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Nishant

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Mar 30, 2015

A phone with 4GB of RAM and a Atom Z3560 processor with a 13MP camera is priced only at 270$. Yes you heard it write. Asus Zenphone 2 is cheapest phone with 4GB RAM and is priced too good that even companies like Xiaomi wont imagine and yet they will be making a good profit out of it.

After the end of the conference, Tencent Digital ASUS Computer Inc. President and CEO Jerry Shen had an exclusive interview, Mr. Shen revealed a lot of information about Zenphone 2 including the profit margin.

Jerry Shen said that the price of Zenphone 2 is extremely low but will still be making profit. The key to making money is the ability to control costs, and Asus is pretty good, because of the Asus’s Research and Engineering, Asus has managed to make Zenphone 2 this cheap.

Questions were asked about Sales of the same, Jerry Shen said that ZenFone series has sold about 10 million units. This year, Asus is ready to sell about 25 million units of smartphones, wherein the amount of from 7-8% in China last year will be increased to 30%.

Do you think the goal they have said can be achived? Let us know in the comment section below!

Gionee V381 hits GFXBench, Specs Revealed

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Linus

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Mar 30, 2015

Gionee recently marketed V188 Series / V183 and other products with high-capacity battery. The model, which carries the V381 name is no exception here as it was spotted on TENNA certification website.

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As the data of Tenna suggests, Gionee V381 uses a 5-inch 960 x 540 resolution screen, it is equipped with the MT6732 1.3GHz quad-core processor. Also, it has 1GB RAM and 8GB of ROM, supports SD memory card expansion, has a camera combo of 2/8mp. Moreover, it has a support of GSM, TD-SCDMA, TD-LTE, LTE FDD networks and runs Android 4.4.4 system.

As far as design, the Gionee V381 reminds a bit of the Xiaomi and Gione Elife S5. However, because the device spots a massive 4200 mah battery inside the shell, it comes with a few disadvantages. The phone measurers at 144.2 × 71.0 × 9.5 mm and weighs 180g. Still, this downside should not bother you that much if you prefer a huge pack of power on the go.

OnePlus’ OxygenOS Weather App Released

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Linus

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Mar 30, 2015

Once the OnePlus started creating their One flagship device, they teamed up with the Cyanogen team that made the custom mod, which was designed specifically for the device. However, depending on other companies sometimes may be risky (e.g. Cyanogen’s and Micromax’s deal in India that sealed exclusivity rights for Indian tech giant that the Cyanogen’s mod would be only used on their devices). Thus, the OnePlus team decided to create their own software to follow “the one who makes a great hardware, must produce a great software”.

Despite the media coverage regarding the upcoming scheduled release of OnePlus’ proprietary ROM, which is called Oxygen OS (in China it is Hydrogen OS) it does not seem that it will be released very soon. That is because it was delayed to due to some implementation issues and for now the release date is unknown.

Despite the delay of full ROM release, company’s weather app seems to be ready for download, which makes it the first app of OnePlus’ proprietary implementation of Android.

The app seems to be quite rich in colours. However, the company seems to have abandoned the classic approach to the app design and rather implements more abstract elements with diagram features.

According to the official statement, the app is designed to work only on the Android 4.3 or newer versions. The current weather scenarios include sunny, cloudy, cloudy, rain and snow, the other will continue to update the weather scene in the new version.

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In addition to this, some reports claim that there were some problems like users couldn’t select a city and the app also crashed one or two times. It seems that the app is released, but still has some bugs, but it may be fixed with the software updates.

Finally, the whole OxygenOS ROM is said to be released officially in May or June. However, it is said that it will still be in beta version. It seems that OnePlus were too optimistic about how quick they can make their own ROM. Still, for a company that it is still a young startup, it is quite impressive.

You can download the Weather app by checking out the link below:

http://cheers.oneplus.cn/weather/

Blackview Alife S1 leaked, features a simple yet beautiful design

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Joel Joseph

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Mar 30, 2015

Blackview smartphones are known for their great looks and design. We have already seen beautiful smarphones from the company like the Blackview Ultra, and the Blackview Omega. Today, we have come across another beautiful device from the company called as the Blackview Alife S1.

The device hasn’t been announced yet, but we have received a set of images of this upcoming handset. The Blackview Alife S1 sports sharp rectangular looks in a well built body. Lately, we have been seeing smartphones with round edges but this particular phone tries to bring back the traditional style with its sharp edges.

From the images, it looks like the phone is made of metal, but its probably a metal finish on a plastic body. Neverthless, it looks well built and sturdy. These images reveal that the phone may not have a removable battery, however that helps in giving the phone a unibody look. Still, a removable battery is always preferable. The back is extremely smooth and plain, yet looks beautiful. The best part is that none of the components like the camera or speakers protrude from its smooth body.

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We still don’t know the specifications of the device, but we can see a MicroSD slot as well as SIM card slots on the left side. Coming to the right, the power button is located at the middle and the volume rocker keys lies above it.

Like mentioned above, the back is extremely smooth. The camera and the dual LED flash lies on the top left corner and the Blackview logo lies at the center. Interestingly, there’s another microphone besides the camera which should definitely improve the audio quality during video recording. At the bottom right corner, you can see the single speaker grill.

The front is also pretty simple. You get the receiver mesh, sensors and the camera on top. Below the display, you have the three capacitive buttons. Finally, on the top side, it looks like there’s an Infrared sensor besides the headphone jack.

All in all, we like the simple looks of the Blackview Alife S1. However, we can’t just judge a smartphone on the basis of its design, so we will have to wait for a few more days to get more information about the phone’s hardware specs and features.

So what do you think about the Blackview Alife S1? Do you like its simple design?

Xiaomi’s New Top End Mi Note Possibly Gets Certified

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Linus

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Mar 30, 2015

Xiaomi has been busy for quite a while as they have a few products in its portfolio, which are to be realised soon. In addition to the Xiaomi TV, two new smartphones were spotted on the Chinese Quality Certification Center.

The latter smartphones carry the codename model names, which are 2,014,617 and 2,015,021 (which are most likely certification numbers). The certification issuing date seems to be March 27th. Both of the devices are said to be equipped with a smart charger, which is compatible with 5V / 2A, 9V / 1.2A and 12V / 1A and comes in three sizes. These accessories may confirm that they are designed for the flagship devices like the Xiaomi Mi Note.

What is more, this certification shows that one of the products may be the new top of the line Xiaomi Mi Note model with a Snapdragon 810 chip inside. This is the most likely scenario as it is not expected that Xiaomi releases a completely new flagship device.

55-inch Xiaomi TV spotted again, could be unveiled tomorrow

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Joel Joseph

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Mar 30, 2015

A few days back, Xiaomi revealed that it would announce two different sized models in its Xiaomi TV lineup. While we were almost convinced that the larger 55-inch Xiaomi TV would make an appearance during its March 24th event, surprisingly, Xiaomi just unveiled the smaller sized 40-inch version costing 1999 Yuan.

Later rumors stated that we will see the device on its fifth anniversary celebration event i.e. tomorrow. And now, we have all the more reason to believe these rumors since both the 55-inch model and the 40-inch one (already announced) were recently spotted at the Chinese 3C Quality Certification Center.

The website shows that these models passed through the certification center on March 27. Their model numbers were as follows: L55M2-AA and L40M2-AA.

The new 55-inch Xiaomi TV will undoubtedly sport 4K resolution. However, we still have no idea about its internal hardware or features. I guess, we will have to wait for one more day to get those details.

So, how much are you willing to pay for a 55-inch Xiaomi TV? We feel anything around 2499 Yuan should be an amazing price for such a large screen TV!

LeTV Confirmed Its Event on April 14th, Super Bezeless Phone in Tow

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Linus

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Mar 30, 2015

LeTV has been on the news lately with its futuristic looking bezel less smartphone or “super phone”, which is said not to only have the amazing looks, but also be the beast of phone. Also, there should some other great stuff just around the corner as the Chinese company was not too shy to mock even at Apple, calling it “Innovation Nazi”. Of course, this is the part of the marketing as the company wants to get the international media attention, but we hope to see some great products unveiled very soon.

It looks like LeTV has finally confirmed its official event, which will be held on April 14th in Beijing. However, the company did not officially reveal what will take a part of the presentation in just two weeks. Still, as all the rumours and leaks suggest, we expect to see the “super” bezel less smartphone, a new “super” TV and some other new products.

We presume that LeTV will release a high-end (X900) and lower-end (X600) smartphones, which will be designed for different categories of users, respectively.

From before the exposure of the case, the music, as the two products were released, a high distribution (X900), a low distribution (X600), respectively, for different users.

The X900 is expected to be a beast of the smartphone as it will reportedly be powered by a Snapdragon 810 processor, will use a 2K resolution display. What is more, it is said to use 4GB of RAM, which is more than 3GB found on the latest flagships (except the one on Asus Zenfone 2, which is not really a true flagship overall). Moreover, device will spot a 20.7 MP rear camera (most likely Sony sensor). Finally, the body will be made of premium metal materials.

The X600 model is not that beast, but still shapes up to be a pretty good offering. It is said to be made out of the plastic body. Under the hood there will be a MT6795 processor, 1080p display, 2GB of RAM and 16GB of storage. Also, there will be a 13 MP camera on the back.

Finally, one of the most things that gets us excited about the Chinese phones is that they usually come in lower prices than devices offered by major players. It is said that the lower-end smartphone will cost just 999 Yuan, while a high-end “super” bezel less smartphone will cost 2499 Yuan.

We cannot wait to see what LeTV has in its portfolio. Stay tuned to Gizmochina as we will cover all the upcoming news.

Xiaomi reveals another teaser, could be a new financial product!

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Joel Joseph

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Mar 29, 2015

We are just one day away from the fifth anniversary of Xiaomi, which means its time to look at the final teaser of an upcoming product tomorrow. We expect a lot of new announcements at the event, including a weighing scale, top end version of Xiaomi Mi Note and other smart home focused products.

Today’s teaser reveals something different than traditional company offerings. The image comes with the letters ‘AA’ on top and below it you can see a piggy bank with wings. This could mean a new financial product from the company or even additional features for its existing wallet service.

Other than this, we have no idea what it could mean. AA could be a brand new financial product, but its better that we wait for a day more to get further details.

Meanwhile, tomorrow is going to be an exciting day since we will see a number of new products from the company. Make sure you stay tuned to the website for updates.

Could this be what Xiaomi meant by yesterday’s TZC Teaser?

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Joel Joseph

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Mar 29, 2015

Yesterday morning, Xiaomi revealed a new teaser on Weibo, hinting at another possible product announcement that will be made at its fifth anniversary celebration event on March 31 i.e. tomorrow. The teaser was not very clear, but had the words TZC on top along with a image of a device which looked like an electronic scale. Today, we have some more information about this said device.

China’s Ubuntu team revealed earlier today that the words TZC was probably hinting at the new smart electronic weighing scale from the company. The images reveal that the device can be connected to phones running Android 4.4 or higher and iOS 7 or higher. The electronic scale can display weights between 5KG to 150KG and will be manufactured by China Information Technology Co. Ltd.

Looks wise, the scale will be white in color with smooth round edges. We don’t see any button on the top, but there will be the Mi logo at the center. However, another image reveals that the weight will be indicated using the LED lights on top of the device. We can clearly see that the scale is showing 51.8 Kg in the image.

Finally, we can see that the Xiaomi electronic scale uses four 1.5V AA sized batteries at the back.

Now, you must be wondering what does TZC mean. Well, in one image we can see that the model number of the device is XMTZC01HM, which is probably why we saw those letters on top of the teaser.

So, what do you think about this new smart scale from Xiaomi?

Ulefone Be Pure is available to buy internationally starting today for $129.99

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Joel Joseph

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Mar 29, 2015

About a week back, we introduced you to Ulefone Be Pure, a compact handset from the makers of the popular Ulefone Be Pro smartphone. The device boasted of stock Android UI which is loved by most Android fans.

Now, Ulefone Be Pure is available to purchase from leading retailers internationally from today i.e. 30-3-2015. What’s more the first 500 buyers will get a free 10400mAh Xiaomi Powerbank with the purchase.

The device sports a great design inspired from its elder brother, the Be Pro and features a fast MT6592 octa-core processor clocked at 1.4GHz. There’s 1GB of RAM onboard along with 8GB of internal storage.

Like we mentioned above, the Ulefone Be Pure is targeted at compact smartphone users, so it comes with a 720p 5-inch display. There will be a 13MP camera at the back, capable of capturing full HD 1080p videos and a 5MP shooter up front. The battery at the back will of 2000mAh capacity. As for software, the phone will run on Android 4.4 KitKat out of the box, but will soon be updated to stock Android 5.0 Lollipop.

The phone will be available in Blue and White colors for around $130 from leading online retailers from today. You can check out the list of retailers from the image given below.

So, what do you think about the phone and its price? Will you buy it?