Reasons Why Xiaomi Open Mi Online stores in the US without Selling Xiaomi Smartphones

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Mar 10, 2015

Xiaomi’s online-stores in the US go online in the middle of Feb. 2015. Today, Hugo Barra (VP of Xiaomi) expressed that Xiaomi’s online-stores will go online in Europe market on MWC 2015 Conference, that is to say, Xiaomi’s online-stores in Europe will only sell some accessories like Xiaomi Band, Xiaomi headphones etc. rather than its major product- Xiaomi Smartphone.

Xiaomi, steps down from the peak gradually

Xiaomi, founded in 2010, began to sell smartphone in 2011, and took the most market share in China smartphone market Q2 of 2014, then became the top one in China smartphone market and ranked the 3^rd globally in Q3 of 2014. All these halo makes Xiaomi be regarded as the most sparkling company in China.

However, in 2014, as Ren Zhengfei (CEO of Huawei) found that Xiaomi is unsurpassable regarding the Internet marketing, he asked to reform the strategy, that is, compress the low-end version smartphones and promote the high-end version smartphones, Huawei HONOR kept on to Xiaomi, HiSilicon focused on Research and Development, and in return it made a great progress – Kirin 920 SOC, which has surprising performance on processing, baseband technology, making a greater improvement on sales, profit and brand awareness etc. And at the same time, Huawei HONOR’s surging sales in Q4 of 2014 lay great pressure upon Xiaomi.

Even the price of Redmi and Redmi Note get a price cut of 100 RMB, Xiaomi sales shrinked in Q4 2014. This situation made them realize that Xiaomi could not keep the high speed as before, they began to set foot into international market, however with so many setbacks, like be fined in Taiwan due to the make-up for the sales, and banned in Indian market due to infringement of the Intellectual property of Ericsson etc.

The consequence is Xiaomi couldn’t reach its expected capital raising – 1.5 billion USD, even Xiaomi makes combination blows in Internet Business and cooperates with the US strategically, the final capital raising is only 1.1 billion USD. Later Xiaomi meets a wealthy real estate businessman in China Pan Shiyi (President of SOHO China) immediately, which made us recoginize that the reason may related to the shortage in capital raising.

The importance of setting online-stores in the US and Europe

Chinese has been longing to see its brand go onto the global stage, indeed, brands sold in the US and Europe do have the advantage to improve the fame rapidly internationally. Huawei has been insisting on launching smartphones to Europe market, and emphasizing the price in Europe priced more than that in China. It helps Huawei win the praise from Chinese countrymen, till the end of last year, Huawei gain 3% market share in Germany and Spain according to its own words, and netpals in China also feel proud of it, they think Huawei set higher price in international market than that in China, the strategy will help Huawei win the brand awareness. Till Q2 of 2014, international sales took 42.3% of Huawei’s whole sales results (data from ISUPPLI), the global sales surged more than 40%, which is the best result since 2011.

Obviously, Xiaomi wants to sell their smartphones to the US and Europe, winning the brand awareness, however, Xiaomi has less smartphone patents, on the other hand, markets in the US and Europe have been known for the strict policy for intellectual property. HTC has ever taken the most market share in the US market, but tumbled down after Apple sued its infringement of intellectual property.

Xiaomi chose to enter Indian market, where the patent policies are not so strict as that in the US and Europe, however, being sued by Ericsson due to the infringement of intellectual property. Under such circumstances, Xiaomi launches the sales of smartphone accessories to the US and Europe market is the wise choice. Xiaomi is so good at Internet marketing, and it can take advantage of its Internet marketing for its online-stores in the US and Europe, winning brand awareness, and laying foundations for its smartphone entering the US and Europe market.

Xiaomi enters the US market by opening online-stores to expand its influence is also regarded as the base for the be-listed project.

At this moment, choosing to open online-stores in the US and Europe is a good choice, which can help itself to gain more benefits. The interesting thing is that, Huawei, Xiaomi’s old rival, did not do well in the US smartphone market, and Huawei announced that it will launch the wearable devices to the US market this year. Does that mean the two will compete from China to the US?

Mi5 may release in Q4 this year

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Nishant

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Mar 10, 2015

After the release of Mi Note in January, Xiaomi would be releasing Xiaomi Mi5 in the fifth season this year.

Analyst, panjiutang just broke the news on the weibo, For the next 6 months, There will not be any flagship from Xiaomi, Mi5 will release in Q4 this year.

In addition, Pan Jiutang also revealed some information Mi Note productivity, he said existing Mi Note has cover problem, so it will not have much capacity to improve.

Subsequently, Lei Jun’s weibo forwarded Pan Jiutang confirmed Note millet production capacity argument. He said that the production of 3D curved glass cover of Mi5 complexity is high indeed and is currently fully resolved.

You can check his weibo here

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Blackview Breeze is a 4.5-inch compact phone with 8MP rear camera

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Joel Joseph

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Mar 10, 2015

Blackview has a number of good looking smartphones in its lineup. Today, the company has shown off yet another well designed phone, the Blackview Breeze. The device is particularly targeted at users who would like a compact phone. The 4.5-inch display on the Breeze is perfect for those would like a phone that can even be operated with one hand.

The Blackview Breeze is targeted at first time Android users. However, that doesn’t mean the phone isn’t well built. The device features a beautiful metallic gloss frame which gives it a very premium look despite its entry level specs. Further, the back features a dull polished violet black finish which improves the grip and the overall feel of the device.

Like mentioned above, the phone is aimed at entry level segment and comes with a 4.5-inch display. There are many users who like a compact phone and this display strikes a balance between compactness and entertainment value.

The Breeze isn’t the thinnest phone that we have seen lately, still its overall measurements 133 x 63.5 x 9.4mm makes it a handy device. The 9.4mm thick body also ensures a decent battery on this small device. It is said that the 2000 mAh battery should provide around 8 hours of talk time, which is above average for a phone in its class.

Apart from the compact nature, Blackview has also taken the camera performance into consideration. For an entry level device, the Breeze sports a good camera. There is an 8MP shooter with LED flash at the back and a 5MP one up front. This should ensure better camera performance than most other smartphones in the entry level market.

Finally, this budget device also comes with the company’s Blackview Xender file transfer technology app which can transfer data up to an amazing 3000kbps speed without any Wi-Fi, cellular or cable connections.

We still don’t know some of the specs of the device like processor, RAM, internal storage and display resolution. But from what we can see, the Blackview Breeze does look like a strong competitor in the entry level segment.

Wait for more specs and pricing details in the coming days.

ASUS to launch Zenfone 2 with 4GB RAM on March 24 in China

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Joel Joseph

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Mar 9, 2015

ASUS made the headlines back in January at CES 2015 by releasing a number of affordable yet powerful Zenfone 2 smartphones. The Zenfone 2 lineup has a number of different variants, all priced according to their specifications.

Just yesterday, ASUS unveiled the entire Zenfone 2 lineup in its domestic market, Taiwan. This helped clear some things about the different variants of the device, since all of them are called as the Zenfone 2.

Now, the company has released a new teaser on Weibo which confirms a Chinese launch of its latest flagship lineup on March 24. It is assumed that all the four models that were unveiled in Taiwan would make it to the Chinese market.

There are four different variants of the Zenfone 2 smartphone. At the top is the Zenfone 2 ZE551ML which features a 5.5-inch display, 4GB RAM, 13MP camera, 2.3GHz quad-core Intel processor and 32GB of internal storage. Below that is a slightly toned down version which features 2GB RAM and 1.8GHz quad-core Intel processor. In Taiwan, the top model retails for around $285 and the second model for $220.

There are two other phones in the lineup, namely ZE550ML and ZE500CL. The former model features a 720p 5.5-inch display with the same 1.8GHz processor and 2GB RAM as the earlier mentioned model. But the internal storage is reduced to 16GB. Finally, at the bottom is the ZE500CL which features a smaller 5-inch 720p display, 2GB RAM and 1.6GHz Intel processor. The ZE550ML will cost about $190 and the ZE500CL will the the cheapest of the lot costing about $160.

Expect the pricing of the models in China to be similar to the pricing in Taiwan.

The Zenfone 2 clearly looks like one of the best value for money lineup in the market right now. If ASUS manages to price the 4GB RAM model under 1800 Yuan like in Taiwan, we can expect a very good response for the device in China.

Baidu developing a smart car for 2015 launch, confirms CEO

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Joel Joseph

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Mar 9, 2015

Google may be the king of search engines globally but when it comes to the Chinese market, no one can come close to Baidu, the China’s leading search engine company. In fact, many a times, the company is called as “China’s Google”.

Baidu had confirmed last year that it was working on a smart car. But the company’s concept of a futuristic car didn’t replace the driver, instead aided him in his driving. This was the opposite of what Google is trying to develop. Google has been working on its driver-less car for almost five years now and the company has already showed off its prototype without any steering wheels or gas pedals to the media last year.

Today, CEO Robin Li confirmed that Baidu is developing a smart car which it will launch in 2015. This is in line with what we heard last year from the company’s Vice Director of Research, Kai Yu.

While the source does not reveal what to expect from the smart car developed by Baidu, it is said that the car will be fast and will have a steering wheel, gas and brake pedals like regular cars.

In fact, last year, Kai Yu had explained what the company had in mind for a smart car.

“Freedom means the car is intelligent enough to operate by itself, like a horse, and make decisions under different road situations,” Yu said. “Whenever the driver wants to resume control, you can do that. It’s like riding on a horse, rather than just sitting in a car where you only have a button.”

Baidu may also partner up with other manufacturers for launching the new car.

Stay tuned for more information.

Honor P8 with octa-core SoC and 2GB RAM is actually a clone!

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Joel Joseph

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Mar 9, 2015

Huawei did not announce its flagship smartphone at MWC this year. Instead, the company has decided to unveil the new Huawei P8 at a special event in China by mid-April. In fact, the company has confirmed the event in April.

However, even before the official announcement of the device, we have come across its clone. This does not come as a surprise, as we have seen many popular phones being cloned by small manufacturers in the domestic market. And its not just smartphones, even wearables like Apple Watch have clones.

We have seen a lot of pictures in the past few days of the upcoming Huawei P8 flagship and the ones added here looks quite similar to them. Unsurprisingly, the phone will be called as the Honor P8.

Specs wise, the Honor P8 looks quite good. It will be powered by an octa-core processor clocked at 2.0GHz. Interestingly, the new Huawei P8 could feature Kirin 930 which is also an octa-core SoC clocked at 2.0GHz. There will be 2GB RAM onboard with 16GB of expandable internal storage.

It will have a 5-inch display with 720p resolution. The rear camera will be of 13MP while the front shooter will be of 5MP. The phone will be quite thin measuring just 7.8mm which is why there will be just 2200mAh battery onboard.

As for connectivity options, the Honor P8 supports Wi-Fi, HotKnot, GPS and 4G TD LTE networks. It will run on Android 4.4 KitKat with a launcher which looks very similar to Huawei’s Emotion UI.

So what do you think about this clone? The specs and the design looks quite high end for a clone.

Huawei made Google Nexus phone could be powered by Kirin processor

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Joel Joseph

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Mar 9, 2015

In the past two weeks, multiple sources reported that Google may have entered into a partnership with Huawei for its next Nexus smartphone. While the news was almost confirmed by an iSuppli analyst, the source revealed nothing about the processor that the new Google powered smartphone would use.

Now, a new report has cropped up online which claims that the Huawei made Nexus device could indeed use the company’s own Kirin processor. We have already seen the new Kirin 930 on the new Huawei Mediapad X2 smartphone. And most of the smartphones in the company’s lineup use its own Kirin processors. However, using Huawei’s processors inside Google’s Nexus range would be a big step up for the company.
In case you are wondering, there are plenty of reasons why Google would agree to use a Hisilicon made Kirin SoC inside its next Nexus phone. First of all, Hisilicon has evolved a lot in the past few years, enough to compete with market leaders like Qualcomm and Mediatek.

Hisilicon was established back in 2004 and has generated over $1.4 billion in revenues in 2013. It is now the no.1 IC design company in China.

The new Hisilicon Kirin 930 is a very advanced processor. It is built on a smaller 16nm process, even better than the 20nm process used by Qualcomm Snapdragon 810. Moreover, its an 64-bit octa-core SoC clocked at 2.0 GHz and based on ARM’s big.LITTLE architecture which helps save power. The processor is also capable enough to support up to 32MP resolution camera sensors.

While Huawei’s Hisilicon doesn’t make it to the top three global chipmakers list, the company announced last year that it would be selling chips to other companies too, which should further increase its market share. And what better smartphone than the upcoming Nexus device.

Remember to take this news with a grain of salt as nothing is confirmed as of now. But since a number of sources have started giving out details, its best to wait and watch if we actually see a Huawei made Nexus smartphone this year.

Stay tuned.

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Landvo L200 (5″ HD+MT6582) now available from Chinabrands wholesale at $76

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Joel Joseph

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Mar 9, 2015

Landvo has a number of affordable smartphones in the market. The Landvo L200 is one of the better offerings from the company and now, the phone is available for sale from Chinabrands wholesale for just $76.

In case you haven’t heard the name, chinabrands wholesale is a dropshipping website who has direct contacts with manufacturers. As a result, they are able to offer the lowest price for many consumer products such as smartphones.

The Landvo L200 usually retails for $90 or more via regular retailers, so you get around $15 – $20 off the traditional price tag. The discount is because Chinabrands is a dropshipping website.

As for the specs, the phone comes with a quad-core MT6582 processor clocked at 1.3GHz and based on Cortex A7 architecture. We have seen most smartphones under $100 use this Mediatek chip and it performed quite well.

The device sports a 5-inch qHD display up front and has 1GB RAM and 8GB of internal storage. The storage is further expandable via MicroSD up to 64GB. As for the camera, there’s an 8MP shooter at the back and a 2MP one up front. The rear camera has a f/2.2 aperture and five special lenses which should ensure good quality pictures.

The Landvo L200 runs on Android 4.4 KitKat OS out of the box. The phone supports dual SIM dual standby and comes with network connectivity features such as 3G, Wi-Fi, Bluetooth etc. The one drawback of the device is the lack of the high speed 4G LTE connectivity. But given the price tag, you can’t really complain that the phone lacks 4G. Finally, there’s a 2000mAh battery on board to power all these specs.

As you can see, the Landvo L200 comes out as a good budget smartphone. It is powerful enough for your basic needs, yet super cheap to fit in your budget.

Lenovo coming up with a new Flagship?

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Nishant

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Mar 9, 2015

Lenovo Vibe Shot was a great success in china, it create a lot of hype itself, Lenovo mobile products at this year’s Mobile World Congress attracted a lot of media attention, but also get a lot of awards, becoming a highly Popular at MWC 2015.

In China, Lenovo has also prepared a briefing to domestic users recommend Lenovo’s new smart phone, Lenovo has already announced a few days ago when the release date through its weibo, Lenovo Mobile official microblogging release information indicates that on March 23, Lenovo will hold a press conference in Beijing on the new machine, will soon debut a model for which the product was not officially announced, the suspense left everyone, though the picture which is released,looking at the peice of graffiti in it, it is difficult from which to find more information on the new machine.

Combined with Lenovo’s new machine, Lenovo in MWC speculated that lenovo is going to release something big and great. The object was first guess of course VIBE Shot, which later got released, It has some great Specs for the Price we are paying.

It has 16 Mega Pixels optical image stabilization camera to take pictures at the core selling point, and has 5 inches FHD screen, Xiaolong 615 eight-core,32GB large memory and Android 5.0 system, the foundation of excellent quality. Another possibility is to release new music phone lemon, propaganda figure also appeared in classical music lemon yellow color with black +, in addition to the shape of the figure rapper DJ or character set or indicate the aircraft’s musical performance will be more well, and in the MWC, Lenovo does exhibited integrated Dolby sound panorama of new products A7000 / A7600 other products, including A7000 uses MediaTek 64 eight-core LTE processor MT6752 , has mainstream configuration screens 5.5 inches. Lenovo in recent years rarely hold formal launch for a new machine, this time uncharacteristically, can foresee the upcoming debut of the new machine is bound to have some attractions.

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

Source: Weibo

New leak claims OPPO Smartwatch will last for a day with 5 minutes of charging

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Joel Joseph

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Mar 9, 2015

OPPO isn’t new to wearables (there’s OPPO O-Band) but the company has not yet announced a smartwatch. Looks like that’s going to change soon as a new leak on Weibo (via leaksfly) says that the company is developing a smartwatch similar in looks with Moto 360.

The source reveals a new image online which he claims is the upcoming OPPO smartwatch. The device sports a round face, much like the Moto 360 except for the black bar at the bottom. This means that the watch will have a true circular display.

The watch is said to run on Google’s Android Wear platform. The biggest selling factor of the device according to the source will be the VOOC fast charging technology. It is said that the advanced fast charge tech will allow users to get up to a day of usage with just 5 minutes of charging. This will truly be a revolutionary feature as it will essentially mean if you have a power outlet nearby and 5 minutes, you will no longer have to worry about your watch running out of charge.

We still don’t know whether the watch will be able to last for more than a day if charged till up to 100% as the source reveals nothing about its total battery life.

It is also said that the watch will be lighter and thinner than traditional smartwatches in the market.

Anyways, as of now, these are the only things that we know about the upcoming OPPO smartwatch. Lets wait and see, if we get some more concrete information about the device.

Bezel-Less ZTE Nubia Z9 to be announced on March 26

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Joel Joseph

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Mar 9, 2015

ZTE had showed off its latest phablet, the ZTE Nubia Z9 Max at this year’s MWC in Barcelona, Spain. It looks like the company has one more product in the Z series which will be announced before the end of this month, the ZTE Nubia Z9. The Chinese giant released a teaser via its official Weibo page earlier today confirming its launch on March 26.

This is not the first time we are hearing about the ZTE Nubia Z9 flagship. The device was earlier leaked in pictures and just two days back, the phone along with the Z9 Max was listed on a famous Chinese e-commerce website, JD.com along with its pricing.

The launch event will be held at Beijing Performing Arts Center on March 26, confirms the teaser. We expect both the devices to be officially announced at this special event.

It has been long rumored that the Z9 flagship will feature bezel less display. We also saw some pictures which claimed to be the Z9 with super slim bezels. So, the upcoming ZTE Nubia Z9 could indeed sport very slim bezels.

Recent rumors suggest that the phone will feature the latest Snapdragon 810 processor with 4GB RAM. The phone is also said to sport a very powerful camera. Naturally, with such high end specs, expect the price to be high.

Since the phone is expected to be announced by the end of this month, we don’t have to wait too long to get official details.

Xaiomi to release 399 Yuan Redmi smartphone in March?

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Joel Joseph

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Mar 8, 2015

Back in December we came across multiple reports which said that Xaiomi will announce an even cheaper Redmi device to compete in the ultra low cost segment. The device was said to be just 399 Yuan to attract first time smartphone users.

Now, a new report has come up online claiming that Xiaomi will announce this super cheap device by the end of this month. This is the first time we are hearing about the launch date of this upcoming Redmi device.

399 Yuan translates to just about $64 which is a very great price for a phone. Of course, end of the day, everything will depend upon the performance and specs of this super cheap device. But looking at the offerings from Xiaomi till date, we are pretty sure that it won’t be disappointing.

Xiaomi is yet to officially confirm the existence of a 399 Yuan Redmi device, but that doesn’t entirely rule out such a possibility. Still, its always better to take the news with a grain of salt. Sources also said that the company will also target high end markets this year, which doesn’t come as a surprise as we already saw the powerful Xiaomi Mi Note and Note Pro smartphones announced back in January.

If Xiaomi is going to launch the new Redmi device this month, then expect a lot more information in the coming days. Stay tuned.

Samsung switching to Mediatek?

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Nishant

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Mar 8, 2015

With the Release of Samsung Galaxy S6 and Galaxy S6 Edge, Samsung breaks the long partnership with Qualcomm processor, This is going to make a loss of 48 million orders. Some say because of Qualcomm’s Snapdragon 810 compared to Exynos 7420, this is a reasonable decision as Exynos 7420 is much more powerful than the Snapdragon 810. However, Foreign media broke the news that, Samsung is working with MTK (MediaTek) and negotiations are going on. It will be replacing Qualcomm, If Mediatek comes to Samsung, then it means that Samsung will likely become less high-end product company. This deal will defiantly be a good step by them as it will increase price to performance ration but then you will not get features like Fast Charging and Kernel Sources. If Samsung takes this step, then we can see high end phones at a much lesser price. Samsung has made a brand value and if they start selling phones at a much lesser price, they will defiantly have a good come-back.

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

Samsung Galaxy S6 and S6 Edge priced in China

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Joel Joseph

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Mar 8, 2015

On March 1st, Samsung announced its flagship smartphones, the Samsung Galaxy S6 and S6 Edge with much fan fare at MWC 2015. The company had later announced that both the devices will be available globally. Now, it looks like, we have just spotted the pricing of the two handsets, which should be released in China soon.

The device was just listed on JingDong (JD.com). The Samsung Galaxy S6 was priced at 5288 Yuan while the S6 Edge was much more costlier being priced at 5888 Yuan. Both the models have 32GB internal storage and support dual 4G networks.

Both the models are powered by the super fast yet power efficient Exynos 7420 processor. The processor is built on a 14nm process which makes it more advanced than any other mobile SoC currently available in the market. Even Qualcomm’s latest Snapdragon 810 processor is built using a 20nm process. Other features are also top of the line. Both the models feature a 5.1-inch display with QHD resolution, however the Galaxy S6 edge has a special dual edge curved display which makes it a very unique offering. This is main reason why the phone is priced so much higher than the regular Galaxy S6.

The retail price is slightly on the higher side as compared to other international markets, so it will be interesting to see how these two Samsung flagships compete with popular phones in China like the Apple iPhone 6 and 6 Plus.

No.1 M2 is a 4.5-inch rugged Android 5.0 smartphone

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Joel Joseph

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Mar 8, 2015

No.1 has been recently focusing a lot on rugged smartphones. We have already seen two great rugged phones from the company, namely the No.1 X1 and the No.1 X2 5.5-inch phone. Now, No.1 has unveiled yet another smartphone rugged phone, called as the No.1 M2.

The phone is particularly targeted at those users who would like a small screen instead of a large one like the X2. The device features a 4.5-inch display, which makes it a very compact device. Unfortunately, we don’t know the resolution of the display, but we can expect it to be 720p or at least qHD.

The highlight of the device is its dustproof, water proof and scratch proof feature which allows you to take the device for any adventure trips (IP68 certified). Moreover, you get the latest Android 5.0 Lollipop OS version right out of the box, which means you can enjoy all the great visual as well as performance features of this new Android version. This also makes it one of the few rugged phones in the market, to run on Google’s latest platform.

We still don’t know many of the specs of the device like the processor, camera, battery etc, but the company says that it aims to make the device cost effective. So, anyone who’s looking for an affordable rugged phone, should take a look at this new device from No.1.

Anyways, we’ll keep you guys updated if there’s more news about the new No.1 M2. So, stay tuned.

Huawei 13000mAh power bank spotted [Pictures]

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Joel Joseph

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Mar 8, 2015

Since the arrival of the Xiaomi power bank, things have changed a lot in the accessories industry. Companies have realized that accessories also form an important part of their product ecosystem, which is why we are seeing many new companies focusing on accessories for their famous products.

Today, we came across the upcoming Huawei powerbank (AP007). From the appearance point of view, the leaked powerbank looks almost the same as the Xiaomi power bank. This particular mobile power comes with a 13,000mAh capacity battery which can input and output 5V 2A, which is quite the standard for Huawei products.

The new Huawei 13000mAh power bank comes with two USB ports, which has the same power output. Besides the two ports lies the MicroUSB, which is used for recharging the power bank. On the right lies four indicators which show the amount of charge left in the battery pack. Finally, at the extreme right, there’s the power button.

The best thing about this powerbank is its price tag. It is said that the device will be available for sale for a retail price of 168 Yuan which comes to $26.5. That’s an amazing price for a large 13,000mAh power bank.

Unfortunately, the source didn’t reveal the thickness or internal battery specs of the device, but if Huawei is indeed planning to launch a new powerbank, it could be around the same time as the company unveils it new flagship device, the Huawei P8.

Huawei or Meizu，who will snipe the rocketing Xiaomi Smartphone Trend in 2015?

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Frank Tu

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Mar 8, 2015

It is an undoubted fact that China smartphone market expanded rapidly and dramatically in recent years. China smartphone brands like Xiaomi, Huawei and Lenovo competed in the international market with their superior cost performance, and also become more and more popular globally. According to Moore’s law, the fierce competition among the China smartphone brands will be much tougher as the time goes by, which resembles the PC competition a few years ago.

In January, 2015, Yu Chendong (CEO of Huawei) and Lei Jun(CEO of Xiaomi) expressed their prediction on the China smartphone market in 2015, they believe that the competition among China smartphone market will be the most fierce one in all ages. As the pioneers in the industry, Yu and Lei show their intention in making industry reshuffle in this year. The strong will be much stronger while the weak will die out, this kind of extreme situation will be the view picture for the following 3 year of China smartphone market.

The Rocketing Trend of Xiaomi

Xiaomi becomes the highest valued entrepreneurial style company in the world by its extremely peerless performance and word-of-mouth marketing strategy, it also takes more than half of the market share in China smartphone industry undoubtedly. Its pricing strategy is the key to make the whole business growing rapidly and defeat the traditional. As for traditional brands, they set a relatively high price at first, and the price will goes down as the time goes. Xiaomi is quite different from that, it sets the price which will make ends meet half a year later, as long as the sales could be controlled. Of course, this kind of Futures-Pricing pattern is the only part what will be denounced. If consumers want to buy Xiaomi, they have to either buy them from Secondary Market with a higher price, or rush to get the F code from the official website.

In the past year, the value of Xiaomi surges to 45 billion US dollars form 10 billion, the speed is quite astonishing. Lei made it through, and all he has done is captured by the media. From Functional Age to Smart Age, there are only three brands shining through, they are Apple, Samsung and Xiaomi.

The difference lies in that Apple use its iOS to attract a number of App developers to make money, while MIUI do it by providing integrated services.

As Xiaomi has the double advantages —— huge sales volume and favorable supply chain—— the two incomparable conditions endow Xiaomi potential to be the tycoon in China Smartphone market.

In 2014, the sales volume of Xiaomi is 61.12 million, increasing 227% than that of 2013, which did better than Huawei, Lenovo and LG in the Q3 of 2014, ranks the third on the global smart phone list, just following Apple and Samsung.

As the surging trend will slow down in 2015 for smartphone industry, if Xiaomi intend to maintain its performance in 2014, it will, on one hand grab the market share in low-and-middle-end market, on the other hand spare no effort to competing with international brands like Samsung, Sony, HTC and LG to get more market share in high-end market. The launch of Xiaomi Note will be the start to maintain the high-end market. It is likely that common version and flagship version will be launched into market at the same time with different prices to maintain the market shares in different levels.

Revolutionary price battle which is around the corner will make the industry reshuffle completely in 2015.

How wolf-spirit-style Huawei can snipe Xiaomi?

Frankly speaking, Huawei is the only competitor of Xiaomi in China smartphone market, no matter its brand fame and the sales volume. This year, the biggest revolution for Huawei is that HONOR (the former sub-brand) will be merged into it. And HONOR is the one Huawei builds up with the utmost attention to compete with Xiaomi, the one which is neglected in the past.

HONOR is a brand penetrated with the wolf spirit of Huawei, keep on to Xiaomi in every aspect like price and marketing etc. As HONOR process too slow to affect Xiaomi, Huawei decided to merge it, focus on it, and take it as the trump card to defeat Xiaomi.

In terms of hardware, Huawei has the ability to compete with Xiaomi. As it has a greater ability on Independent R&D, Huawei’s Hisilicon Chip has its advantage in low-and-middle-end market for its performance, however, the chip is also a disadvantage as it is mono-used by Huiwei, and less competitive than MTK chip in cost and performance in China smartphone market.

As for software, Huiwei lags behind Xiaomi much more. Xiaomi’s MIUI ecosphere is much more sustainable Huawei’s EMUI ecosphere. Last year, the user number of MIUI is beyond 100 million. Lei uses MIUI to make money by investment and shares while providing service, which is a new pattern that attracts more users to get involved.

How the old enemy Meizu make the counter attack to Xiaomi?

Meizu made a remarkable progress in 2014 in terms of its sales volume. Though its Flyme is as user-friendly as MIUI of Xiaomi, the user number is always not enough, and this situation will dramatically affect its market position.

Alibaba joined hands with Meizu, investing into Flyme system months ago. It will help Meizu build the content of the system, but for the user numbers, Meizu should rely on itself.

In Strategic plan, Meizu should develop more versions like MX4 to boost the user number of Flyme system, only in this way will it compete with Xiaomi in sales volume in 2015. However, the time is limited as the slowing-down trend of phone market appears.

Huawei has a great amount of sales volume but without a preferable system, while Meizu has a vital system but without enough user number. Maybe Huawei combines with Meizu can make a complete new Xiaomi.

Xiaomi’s Lei Jun electric car spotted

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Nishant

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Mar 8, 2015

In 2014, There were a lot of Rumurs about the MI Electric Car, it was one of the most talked thing of Xiaomi. It was called poor man’s car and other such things.

las week, Lei Jun said that they have planned about the next 15 years, which includes Phones, Tablets, Routers, Televisions etc., He Clearly stated that Xiaomi do not have any plans foe a car. Today the story has taken a major turn, A new Picture is released in which there a a MI Car, it is a 4 seeter hatchback. It was send to some special fans and they released it in weibo with a logo similar to millet, “Lei Jun electric car” picture.

Looking at the photo, it is a brightly colored car electric car, seems to have been in use. On the back there is MI logo and has a very strange name – “Lei Jun electric.”

Car “Lei Jun electric” body is small, whole body red, very compact, but from a design point of view is not too good.

With photos observe, to “Lei Jun electric” car parked on a muddy street in rural areas suspected, from the background scrolls view, should be taken during the Spring Festival.

By special fans /TeslaHead.com identification number plate is blocked outside the photo except there is no trace of Photoshop. .This special fans backstage /TeslaHead.com are micro-channel to communicate with the name of the special fans, further understanding. Get the exact message, we will be the first time in a special fan network and Apocalypse Tesla public accounts (teslahead) to announce. There is another picture of the same car with a different color.

Do let us know what you think about this Twist in the Xiaomi’s Statement by commenting below.

Next generation Redmi model to have ultra-slim bezels

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Joel Joseph

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Mar 7, 2015

Lei Jun recently posted on Weibo some information about the next generation redmi model. According to him, the new Redmi model will feature the same display size as the current version but will have very slim bezels. This will make sure that the device is smaller than the current generation and even easier to operate.

He further said that there are some users who would have liked a smaller sized Redmi device. However, if the device is too small, then it will affect the battery capacity on the phone. As a result, the company is trying to improve the screen to body ratio on the new model to avoid this problem.

So, a 4.7-inch display with ultra-narrow bezels which be a balanced phone. It will be small enough for you to operate with one hand, yet big enough for a decent battery and display. The price is expected to be the same as the current model, i.e. 699 Yuan.

HTC One E9 leaked, priced at 2999 Yuan

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Joel Joseph

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Mar 7, 2015

We previously reported that HTC One E9 will be soon announced in China. Looks like, the first images of this device has been leaked. The earlier leak said that the phone will be available in three versions and the one leaked today seems to be the E9pt version.

Unlike usual leaks, the entire phone was not revealed in the pictures, instead a few areas of the device was highlighted. First of all, the phone does have the front facing speakers, above the display. The design is expected to be more or less like HTC One M9, but it is said that like the E8, the company will use a plastic (polycarbonate?) material for its body instead of metal.

The rear camera is said to be a 20MP sensor and the front camera, a 4MP ultrapixel sensor. The camera does not blend well with the design as it protrudes from the back. Also, we can only see a single LED flash at the back.

The leakster also says that this will be the only HTC One E9 version that will support TD-LTE networks. Finally, it is said that the phone will retail for an official price tag of 2999 Yuan which comes to around $478.

Since we are getting news about this new HTC device, we can expect an officially announcement anytime in the coming weeks.