This morning, OnePlus formally released its own earphones called the “Silver Bullet.” As expected, according to information published in the company’s official website, this pair of earphones costs 99 RMB and will go on sale on September 26.
According to OnePlus, this pair of earphones uses NPEI diaphragm can provide sound quality that is fit for the price. It also supports cable control and is compatible with the OnePlus One. A photos of the earphones were published online.
Users can check out the Silver Bullet earphones here
If anyone remembers the Lenovo Vibe X, Vibe Z, and this year’s Lenovo Golden Warrio S8, they almost look completely alike. This time, however, Lenovo has decided to break tradition for the X2 by following a multi-level layer design.
The so-called “Layer” design refers to the rarely-applied cellphone design that is used for the Lenovo X2. From the side, you can see that the phone’s phrame is divided into four sections (including the screen), each having a different color, resembling a rainbow. The screen is “hanging” above the second section. From the front, it appears that the screen is surrounded by a “rainbow” frame.
The USB port is at the bottom
The X2 has very clear edges and corners. The display screen’s 5-inch size also made the phone’s overall size more suitable. You can pull down the notification menu with just your right thumb. It also has a thickness of 7.27mm.
Magnesium Alloy unibody
The Lenovo X2 sports a 5-inch 1920 x 1080 display screen. Considering the body’s size, it is not a big screen although 1080p is within industry standards. Overall, these are fair measurements and there is a balance.
5-inch HD screen
Above the screen, we can see the phone’s 5mp front camera. The front of this phone does not carry Lenovo’s logo. Below the screen are three buttons for background lights.
The power and volume buttons are located at the phone’s right side, and not only is this phone made of metal but follows a laser concentric design. The frame and back are made of magnesium alloy with a fine texture. Because it is a unitary body, the back cannot be taken off. As a result, a dual-SIM dish can be pulled out. It supports micro SIM and nano SIM cards. It also supports TD-LTE, TD-SCDMA, and GSM.
The magnesium rear shell went through a meticulous sandblasting process. It does not have any grainy texture. It provides great protection against leaving fingerprints and skidding. The 13mp camera and LED light are located at the upper let side. The phone is powered by a 2300mAh battery.
Vibe UI 2.0
The Lenovo phone X2 uses the Android 4.4.2 OS and its UI is the Vibe UI 2.0. The following illustrates the special features and highlights of this user interface.
When you swipe your finger upwards at the unlock screen, you can unlock the phone. When you swipe it sideways, you can change the unlock screen’s wallpaper. After unlocking the phone, you can see that the Lenovo X2 cancelled the secondary menu’s design, but still retains the secondary menu’s icons. When you click them, the background picture will not be blurry. When you click the menu button, the theme and wallpaper interface will come out. So many sources can be changed. Some are free, and some are not. The users can choose.
This year, it has been necessary to add smart motion sensors. The Lenovo Phone X2 offers a selection of mobile sensing functions. For example, when you open your phone, you can press the volume button on the right to also brighten up the screen. Furthermore, you can also take photos quickly. When the screen is black, you can quickly double click the Home button to take photos.
The Le series apps have a long history and now comes with new features. There are now many third-party apps at the Le store that are available for download, and can also notify the user of updates on security software. Le Security provides anti-hacking protection, system improvements, and a software uninstaller. It is very easy to use.
Super Camera 4.1 software offers high-quality photos
Next, we will take a look at the Lenovo X2’s camera. Its Super Camera software has now been upgraded to 4.1. How is it?
The biggest change in the Super Camera 4.1 is that it is simpler. Earlier versions had 24 types of filters. Although there was a lot to choose, it was still hard to pick one. The Super Camera 4.1 makes this easy but reducing it to half. This increases the number of uses of 12 filters. As the photos show, these filters may add a special charm to them.
The quality of the photos taken by the X2 is great. They are very clear whether they are taken indoors or outdoors. The colors are also a bit more natural. The closest focal distance is about 8cm, making it impossible to focus if you are too near.
Video and Music
MT6595M amazes
This processor has received more than 45000 points in the Antutu 5.0 benchmark test.
Netizen @加哥Chage said in Weibo that the Meizu MX4 phone that he got had no power button and also posted his receipt.
“I did not do this. I did not break my MX phone. But the MX4 that you gave to me is broken. The phone has no power button. Even though something must have gone wrong when it was manufactured, you still released it. I am not mad, just very disappointed.”
From the photo, you can see that the this MX4 has no power button and the sticker at the back has not yet been taken off.
In response, Meizu vice-CEO, Li Nan, said, “I am sorry. We will contact you to return it. Our public relations manager has already sent you a letter. We will also examine any problems at the production line.”
According to the last picture by the leaker, Meizu MX4 YunOS version has only 727MB is available out of 2GB ram, but we didn’t know if he had closed all apps or not. Could YunOS be a big RAM hogger?
While virtual reality is far from mainstream at this point, we’ve been hearing about it more and more in the news. VR doesn’t always mean expensive devices like the Occulus Rift, or even Samsung’s mobile-oriented Galaxy VR. Back at I/O 2014, Google showed off “Cardboard” a do-it-yourself kit that utilizes a piece of cardboard with a magnet, a rubber-band and a couple pieces of plastic.
Though it is a Macgyver-style contraption, Cardboard actually works, though Google doesn’t sell the device, instead only offering up instructions for building your own and giving developers an SDK kit so they can make their own VR experiences. For those that would like to try Cardboard without having to source your own pieces, however, there have been a number of places that have offered a DIY kit with all the necessary components but a new deal from TinyDeal gives you Cardboard for the cheapest price to-date, $3.66 with free shipping.
For those wondering a bit about what devices work with Cardboard and what app experiences are out there, you’ll find a list of apps and other details over at Reddit. As for devices, the only handsets discovered to be fully compatible with the cheap VR headset are the Nexus 4, Nexus 5, Moto X, Galaxy S4, Galaxy S5 or Galaxy Nexus, but there’s a number of handsets that at least partially work with the low-cost tech.
Since its establishment, Elephone has always had one goal in mind: to make affordable phones that have high Specifications that meet individual needs. Indeed, this has become evident over the past several months. The P-Series brand that we recently released has received an overwhelming positive feedback from all our agents and customers around the globe. This, one would say, is a tremendous achievement, yet to us, we are just getting started! There is still a need for us to think into the future and return with immense surprises to the world of technology.
For reasons such as those mentioned above, we hereby announce the “Debut of G6” that is slated for the 23rd of September. The G6 has a whole lot of surprisingly new features such as Fingerprint scanner, a resiliently strong Octa-Core processor that runs at supersonic speeds and a strong internally built 13 Mega Pixels Camera. The plan is that 3(three) Elephone agents will initiate this huge pre- sale globally between September 23rd to October 15th this year. We are proud to announce these agents as Coolicool, Focalprice and Eternal Team. The normal market price of a G6 is around USD 149.99 but the price during this debut has been slashed to USD 146.99 and a free 16GB TFCard with every single purchase!
As cellphone manufacturer, ZTE Mobile has released many 4G smartphones at the right time and place. Among them are the ZTE Q802D and Q508D. How are these phones?
Regarding hardware, the ZTE Q802D uses a 1.2Ghz Qualcomm Snapdragon quad-core processor, sports a 5-inch 720p display screen, supports China Unicom/China Mobile dual-4G networks, and has 1GB RAM and 8GB ROM.
As for camera specs, this phone sports a 5mp/8mp dual-camera.
Besides the Q802D, ZTE also introduced another entry-level phone, the Q508D. This phone runs on the Qualcomm MSM8916 quad-core processor which has 1.2GHz. It also sports a 5.5-inch 854 x 480 display screen and has 512MB RAM and 4GB ROM.
This phone also has a white panel which goes well with the silver body. This phone’s main camera has 5mp. It also supports China Mobile/China Unicom dual-4G. It is powered by a 2300mAh battery.
With changing time, it is becoming important for smartphone companies to explore something diverse and unique. This is the reason for enhanced interest of these companies towards smartphone compatible health devices. Health devices like heart rate monitors and glucose meters have already been started being explored by the companies. These are the advanced and modern technologies which is need of the hour.
The most famous and successful smart health device maker is iHealth Lab Inc. The company is very innovative and do a great amount of research in this field of smart healthcare devices. Now, the company have revealed that they have received and secured around $25 million as a venture investment from the China’s leading smartphone maker, Xiaomi Ventures. Xiaomi has invested in the very first round of institutional funding. Xiaomi Ventures has made this great move a few days back only. The smart health device maker, iHealth, will be using this capital to amplify its global network. With this much amount of investment they can really advance their innovation. The company is anticipated to invest some capital also in sales and marketing resources.
Yi Liu, chairman of Andon Health Co. Ltd., the parent company of iHealth, said that this massive venture and collaboration is definitely going to facilitate the innovation at global level in the smart mobile healthcare category. He also mentioned that this venture will provide new directions and abilities to pick up the pace for growth.
The company has already proved its competence by launching wireless technologies like BP monitoring device and blood glucose measuring device.
ZTE has massive plans in its head for grabbing the U.S. market. ZTE has openly challenged Xiaomi, the leading and most popular Chinese smartphone maker. According to Lixin Cheng, the CEO of ZTE U.S. operations, the company has a target of increasing the sale twice than before, this year. The next plan is to bypass and go one step ahead of LG. LG has been at number 3 position in U.S. market. ZTE wants to dethrone LG and wants to fetch that number three spot.
The current position of ZTE in smartphone market is a bit confused. ZTE says that they are just a step down than the LG, i.e. they are at number four in U.S. smartphone market. But the data and market analysis by ComScore data in July didn’t include ZTE even in the top five positions. LG was at third position in this list. Reports suggests that ZTE is facing a dark phase in China as it has been removed from the top 5 smartphone companies of China. The CEO of US operations, Cheng mentioned that the ZTE has set up milestone by selling 10 million ZTE smartphones in the U.S. market during last year and now the company has aim to reach the target of 20 million. To achieve its goal, the company has planned to launch a diverse range of mixed range products, like ZTE cool, ZTE Nubia 5S Mini, etc.
A few months back, ZTE was thinking of increasing its advertising and marketing budget in the U.S. to $120 million. For this, the company has signed a deal with a well-known basketball team – Houston Rockets.
The smartphone market is all flooded with Chinese brands. These China based mobiles have proved their potential in the global market. Everyday there is some new smartphone in the market. The competition has increased like anything. Xiaomi is one of the leading smartphone makers from China. Meizu is also one of the potential companies from China in smartphone domain. Meziu and Xiaomi are at a tough face off competition. This competition has now taken a shape of comments and words. These word fights have given important and interesting news to users. This news is about the Meizu’s future brand new mid-range series of phone.
The China based player, Meizu have already released Meizu MX4 in the market. The phone has accepted well by the users because of its premium features. But the company has promised its fan that they will release at least four android smartphones in the year. But till now only one has been launched. People are eagerly waiting for the rest. Rumours are there that Meizu is all set to release its next sensational phone, Meizu MX4 Pro. This will be the most amazing flagship smartphone from the Meizu.
The higher officials of Meizu have recently posted on Chinese website, Weibo, about a device which is low-price range smartphone. They have given a clue that the work for this device is at its pace. This device is anticipated to be a a competition to popular Xiaomi Redmi range. The device is anticipated to be the Meizu MX4 Mini. The device is expected to be a dual Sim phone.
It will be very interesting to see the fight of Meizu MX4 mini vs Xiaomi Redmi.
Today, OPPO announced in their official Weibo account that the new OPPO N3 flagship phone will use a metal frame. Specifically, they said that it will use a “new type of aerial-level metal.”
OPPO also said that this metal will not only protect the phone but also cut down its weight. It has been understood that the OPPO N3 will come out in October. According to the pattern followed by the N series, this should have a revolving camera.
Xiaomi has updated its messaging app, MiTalk also known as Mi Liao. The update is known as MiTalk 2015. The very first mobile messaging app from Xiaomi, MiTalk was launched four years back in November 2010. This MiTalk was launched way before than WeChat by Tencent. These messaging apps from China based companies like WeChat by Tencent, MiTalk by Xiaomi, Kouxin by Qihoo have proved a real threat to the well-established messaging apps like Kik and Talkbox.
WeChat was the most dominating app in China’s smartphone market before the launch of MiChat. Lei Jun, CEO and co-founder of Xiaomi in an event, mentioned that if Tencent would release its messenger WeChat 6 months later than the MiTalk then definitely the Xiaomi’s MiTalk would be a hit. But Tencent released WeChat within two months of the launch of MiTalk.
Xiaomi never felt under confident and always tried hard to be the best in the field of instant messaging. MiTalk managed to survive in the presence of WeChat. Xiaomi has claimed that MiTalk has got 70 million users out of which 7.5 million are active every day. Last month company has confirmed this news of 70 million users all over the world.
The company has now decided to revamp the MiTalk. The new updated version MiTalk 2015 will have some new features for instant mobile messaging and a supercool feature of integrated music streaming services. The app will also have Xiaobing, Baidu Maps, etc.
This new app will also have some social networking angle in it. So, on the whole, Xiaomi MiTalk will be presented to users with complete makeover.
Winning “Best Flagship Smartphone” at the 2014 IFA, the Lenovo Vibe X2 goes on sale in China today for 2499 RMB.
Because of its 7.72mm height and dazzling frame, it has a very trendy feeling. It comes in many colors like gold, white, and red. There is even a special bamboo version.
As for specs, the Lenovo X2 sports a 5-inch 1080p display screen and 5mp/13mp dual-camera, uses the MTK MT6595M octa-core chipset, and has 2GB RAM and 32GB ROM. It is powered by a 2300mAh battery and runs on the Android 4.4.
On September 9, Xiaomi launched the Mi 4 China Mobile 4G Version. Since then, they have not made any announcements about a China Unicom Version…until today. Lei Jun announced in his Weibo account that a China Mobile 4G version of the Mi 4 is currently undergoing tests. So, it looks like this new version will come out soon.
According to reports on the Mi 4, the China Unicom 4G version will use a frame made of stainless steel, sport a 5-inch 1080p display screen, and use the Snapdragon 801 processor. It will also have 3GB RAM, support TD/FDD-LTE networks, and also run on the MIUI 6.
On September 12, in Shanghai, Huawei announced the Chinese price of the new Mate 7. The standard version would cost 2999 RMB (488.37 USD) while the high-end version would cost 3999 RMB (651.22 USD). Later, the Huawei Mate 7 went on sale and proved popular with many users. Today, an enthusiastic user decided to share with us the Mate’s buit-in wallpapers including the ones for the lock screen and desktop. Those interested can download them here.
Note: When you click the link, you can download the original wallpaper without watermarks. The desktop wallpaper has a resolution of 2160 x 1920, while the lock wallpaper has 1920 x 1080.
The Xiaomi Mi 4 has been on the market for a while. Now, there is the issue of how much is in stock. This afternoon, Xiaomi CEO, Lei Jun, said in his Weibo account that over 1 million Mi 4 phones should be in stock by the end of the month. Not only that, he expects 1.5 million phones to be finished by next month. He said that since the Mi 4 is made using stainless steel architecture, the production process is easier.
Today, Vivo announced in its Weibo account that it will release a sapphire-screen version of the “King of Karaoke,” the Vivo X5. Pre-orders may start a few days from now and a limited number of devices will be sold only. It will not be expensive and cost only 2998 RMB.
The regular only costs 2498 RMB, so adding a sapphire screen has result in making it about 500 RMB more expensive. This is much better than the Huawei P7 sapphire-screen version (4688 RMB/763.67 USD) which is almost twice as expensive as the original.
The Vivo X5 sapphire version goes on sale on October 15.
It was revealed yesterday that OnePlus is developing their own operating system and that the Beta version will come out early next year.
Why? Leaker 王自如 revealed in a review of the OnePlus One that the experiences between many ROMs are very different and that many users do not have the time or energy to keep on installing OS’ from other companies. Furthermore, many users said that the Color OS is not compatible with the OnePlus One, saying that “it’s like wearing a suit with rubber shoes.”
It was reported earlier that Red Mi and Xiaomi are planning to release a new flagship phone this Christmas. Today, a nosy netizen posted what are purportedly the specifications of the new 1499 RMB Red Mi phone.
According to the netizen, the new Red Mi phone seems to have better specifications than the Meizu MX4. It uses the MT6595 chipset, has 3G RAM, and sports a 5.5-inch FHD display screen and 20.7mp camera. It is also said to be powered by a 3500mAh battery. The prices for the 16G, 32G, and 64G are supposed to be 999 RMB (162.70 USD), 1299 RMB (211.56 USD), and 1499 RMB (244.14 USD) respectively. The prices do not seem to fit this phone’s specs so there is some doubt on whether this is true. The netizen even admitted that he was pulling numbers out. Even though this information seems almost impossible to be true, it looks like the Red Mi is trying to steal the MX4’s thunder, so it should not be surprising if its specs are very high.
Today, insider analyst, Bo Jiutang, revealed that this Christmas, Xiaomi and Red Mi will release a new first-gen phone. Suppliers say that the design and specs are more appealing for both.
Furthermore, Bo Jiutang emphasized that Xiaomi still has a lot of things that are still development. It is just that sales for all their products have been too high right now, (Sales for one device may be second only to Samsung and Apple’s devices) and that they are much more careful now in releasing new products.
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