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OPPO Neo 3 goes on sale in India for $181

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Frank Tu
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While Chinese manufacturers like Xiaomi are creating a stir in a growing market like India with their exceptionally priced value for money devices, it seems like OPPO is living in a totally different world. The company announced its OPPO Neo 3 budget offering yesterday for INR 10,990 or $181.

The device comes with just average specifications. For this price, you get a 1.3Ghz dual core CPU, 4.5 inch 480p display, 1GB RAM, 4GB internal memory, and 1,900 mAh battery. There’s a decent 5MP camera on the back along with a 2MP front shooter.

Connectivity features include 3G, GPS, A-GPS, Wi-Fi, Wi-Fi direct, OTG, and Bluetooth 2.1. You also get the HotKnot feature on the device which allows a user to share anything to another phone by simple screen touch.

Unlike budget offerings from other Chinese and local manufacturers which comes with the latest Android Kitkat version, OPPO Neo 3 will come the old Android 4.2 Jellybean version out of the box. Also, as you can see, the specifications of the device are no way near other rivals like the recently announced Redmi 1S. So, the company may find it hard to find buyers for the device unless it lowers the pricetag.

OPPO Neo 3 will be available from Flipkart as well as directly from offline retailers.

Nibiru M1 launched; sports a 7-inch screen, uses MT6592 octa-core chipset, and costs 1288 RMB (209.65 USD)

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Frank Tu
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Today, Nibiru released two new devices, the M1 and J1, as well as the new Touch Os.

 

The Nibiru M1 is a very large phone tablet, sporting a 7-inch display screen with 1920 x 1200 resolution. The screen is made of LTPS material (16:10, 323ppi Retina level). It uses the 1.7GHz MT6592 octa-core chipset as well as Mali 450 GPU. It has 2GB RAM and 16GB internal memory space, and supports an expansion memory card. It is powered by a built-in 3500mAh detachable battery. The M1 also sports a 13mp rear camera (OV13850 sensor and LED light) and 2mp front camera. It also has a height of 8.5mm and supports WCDMA+GSM dual-SIM, Blu Ray 4.0 and OTG. The M1 costs 1288 RMB and goes on sale on September 8.

 

Another product that was launched was the Nibiri J1. It sports a 2.18mm frame and a 6.0-inch LG IPS screen. It uses the Snapdragon MSM8928 quad-core chipset (1.6GHz), has 2GB RAM, 16GB ROM, a 13mp rear camera (OV13850 and LED), and a 5mp front camera. It goes on sale in October and the price has not yet been announced. The J1’s OS is the new Touch 2.0 OS.

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E-Life releases GN9005 which is only 5mm thick

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Frank Tu
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E-Life will soon release a very slim phone called the GN9005. The biggest highlight of this phone is its 5mm height. Other than that, its specs are only about average. It sports a 4.8-inch 720p display screen, uses a 1.2GHz quad-core chipset (Snapdragon 400), and has 1GB RAM and 16GB ROM. It also sports a 5mp front camera and mp rear camera. It is powered by a 2050mAh battery and runs on the Android 4.3 OS.

 

Recently, snapshots of the E-Life Gn9005 were leaked online. From the photo, you can see how slim the phone is and that its frame is completely metallic. Its screen ratio seems about average though.

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Forget calling IT customer service! When something’s wrong with your OnePlus One, try using OnePlus Doctor!

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Frank Tu
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Ever since its release, the OnePlus One has enjoyed critical acclaim for its powerful specs and excellent design. On September, OnePlus released the only App in China that grants phone owners to access OnePlus IT services whenever their phone has any problems, the OnePlus Doctor.

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A lot of phone users have a hard time explaining what is wrong with their phone when they call customer service. They usually wish that they send a technician over to check it out. The OnePlus Doctor solves this problem by allowing OnePlus’ technicians to diagnose any problems with Phone’s settings or features even at a long distance. It is the only App of its kind in China right now.

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Using the OnePlus Doctor is quite simple. Users just need to download it from Aijikong, install it, and set up long-distance features. For example, Technicians can see the phone’s screen to check for any problems with the software. Addressing stability and security concerns, OnePlus has stated that the OnePlus Doctor is absolutely safe. Their technicians will only be able to see the phone’s specs and other technical information. They cannot see private information and photos.

PIPO T8 tablet uses MT6592 chipset, has 2GB RAM; 16GB edition costs 999 RMB (162.69 USD) while 32GB edition costs 1099 RMB (178.97 USD)

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Frank Tu
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PIPO released a lot of new phone tablets at the Taipei Computer Expo. Among them was the “fake” tablet, the T8, which has finally hit the Chinese market. It sports a 6.44-inch screen from AUO and uses AHVA display technology which, like IPS technology, has a visible angle of more than 178 degrees. It also has OGS technology and has 1920 x 1080 resolution.

 

The PIPO T8 also uses the MTK MT6592 octa-core chipset which has 1.7GHz. It uses 2GB DDR3 RAM. As for the ROM, there is a 16GB edition and 32GB edition. It also supports a 2mp/13mp dual-camera which is very powerful and is fuelled by a 3000mAh battery. It also supports OTG, a gyroscope, and other features. It supports WCDMA/GSM networks and dual-SIM. Its OS is the Android 4.2.

This tablet is more like a phone. It has a narrower, more straight, frame around the screen and has a separate receiver, speaker, and other features that most tablets do not have in their design.

 

The 16GB edition costs 999 RMB while the 32GB edition costs 1099 RMB.

 

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China Mobile’s second 4G phone, the M812, uses MSM8926 processor, sports 5.5-inch screen, and costs 1299 RMB (211.45 USD)

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Frank Tu
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Today, China Mobile launched its second flagship 4G cellphone. It’s called the China Mobile M812, a follow-up of the M811. The M812 sports a completely metallic case and has a height of 8.5mm. It also sports a 5.5-inch 720p display screen, runs on the Qualcomm MSM8926 quad-core processor (1.2GHz), and has 2GB RAM and 8GB internal memory space (expandable).

 

The M812 also sports a 5mp/8mp dual-camera and has a built-in 3100mAh battery. It supports TD-LTE 4G networks.

 

As for the price, the M812 costs 1299 RMB and will go on sale starting on the morning of September 10.

 

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HTC Desire 820 Leaked: First to have a Qualcomm octa-core 64bit CPU

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Frank Tu
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Jimmy Lin, a celebrity who posted an iPhone 6 photo earlier, posted a photo of a HTC phone this time. He said:”Just got a phone who is the first to have a Qualcomm octa-core 64bit CPU. It’s butter smooth. It has the kind of speed that any racer would be addicted to. Also there is a special feature I like very much about this phone. Guess what it would be?”

As far as we know, HTC Desire 820 comes with a Qualcomm Snapdragon 615 octa-core 64bit CPU. It’s also likely to have a 5.5-inch 720p display, 1.5GB of RAM and 8GB of internal storage, a 8-megapixel font-facing camera, a 13-megapixel main camera, and a 2600mAh-power battery. We can think of it as an upgrade on Desire 816.

HTC have already said that Desire 820 will be released at IFA 2014. If everything goes well, it should be available in China after the announcement. And it’s likely to have the same price tag as Desire 816.

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Lenovo’s invite hints Vibe X2 may run on Android L

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Frank Tu
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Lenovo is trying to be a forerunner. With IFA round the corners the event invite has been sent from most companies that are participating in the event already. Latest inclusion is Lenovo, it has sent an invite hinting Vibe X2 may be loaded with Android L.

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The invite even indicates that Vibe X2 will be center of attraction among Lenovo products that are planned to release on September 4th in IFA . As said earlier the invite also insinuate a picture of lolipop  with Vibe X2 wordings inside it. It have even poked Apple indirectly with tag line “we can’t say anything either”,  as Apple claimed wished it could say more.

The Lenovo Vibe X2 rumored to have a 2.2 GHz octa-core CPU, a 5-inch FHD display, 2GB of RAM, 32GB of built-in storage, a 13 MP rear camera with LED flash, and a 5 MP front cam from recent leaks.

Let us wait and mystery unfolds in this years IFA event.

Gionee launches Gpad G5 at $250

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Frank Tu
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Gionee GPad G5

Gionee is ready to launch some miraculous range of products this year. Earlier, it was World’s slimmest phone and this time it is Gionee Gpad G5 phablet. Gpad G5 is the descendant of Gpad G4 phablet. The most important thing which makes this launch more exciting is the price tag of Gpad G5. This phablet is available at a very user friendly price of Rs 15,000. Gionee avowed that Gpad G5 will be available in the market by next week.

The Gionee Gpad G5 has some exclusive and premium features which make it a strong competitor in the phablet market. Some of the key features are specified below.

Key features:

  • 5.5-inch High Definition IPS display (720×1280 pixels).
  • Asahi Glass Dragontrail protection of screen.
  • Android 4.4 KitKat.
  • Cortex A7 1.5GHz hexa-core processor, ARM Mali-450 MP GPU.
  • Gionee Gpad G5 is equipped with 8 MP rear and 2 MP front camera.
  • It has expandable storage upto 32 GB.
  • 2400mAh battery- provides standby time of 288 hours, 15 hours of talk time on 2G and 12 hours of talk time on 3G.

Arvind Vohra, Head of Gionee India, revealed that the basic motto for bringing this phablet in the market is to endow every person with latest and premium features at reasonable price.

Gionee has lot of expectations from this new product. The product is designed by keeping the need of users in mind, so it can be anticipated that it is going to be a smash hit.

Xiaomi: how to avoid fake Xiaomi power banks

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Frank Tu
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The CCTV Quality Inspection Weekly Report disclosed a large amount of disqualified power banks on August 24th, and the 5200mAh Xiaomi power bank is one of them.

Xiaomi quickly responded to that. They said those Xiaomi power banks CCTV tested were not genuine. The State Quality Inspection Administration confirmed that yesterday.

So to help users avoid buying those fakes, Xiaomi has dedicated an instruction page on their official website just for that.

Method one: always buy from the the official website or authorized channels.

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Method two: use the anti-counterfeit label to verify.

How to avoid fake xiaomi power banksMethod three: Check the workmanship details.

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MX4 Front-facing Camera Confirmed: 2 megapixels with beauty mode

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Frank Tu
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sample picture taken by the front cam of MX4We have confirmed a lot things about MX4. One of which is that there will only be a MX4 standard edition at the annoucement conference at September 2nd.

Here is a list of all the thing leaked so far:

  • 5.4-inch display ( resolution not confirmed yet)
  • MT6595 CPU
  • Not much difference in the font compared to MX3, the circular Home button is still there.
  • Bezels are thinner.
  • The material of the back is changed.
  • It’s running Flyme OS 4.0

What should be noted is that its main camera is gonna be 20.7 megapixels (the highest so far in China).

This afternoon a Weibo user posted some info of a sample picture taken by the font-facing camera of MX4, which says the resolution is 1088×1920 (around 2 megapixels) with aperture f/2.0. It also comes with a beauty mode. Flyme 4.0 is likely gonna add more beauty options.

Besides that, the model number of MX4 is confirmed to be K95V2 which is the same as what the leak said.

Meizu: MX4 is the one and only at the announcement

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Frank Tu
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Li Nan, the vice CEO of MeizuEarlier today Li nan, the vice CEO of Meizu, confirmed on Weibo that there will only be one phone announced on September, 2nd. He also denied the existence of a Meizu tablet during the Q&A with his followers. He also said their developers are still working on the fingerprint recognition function on the MX4 Pro, so we won’t see the Pro edition at the announcement conference.

So without MX4 Pro, then the only phone that’ll be released that day certainly is MX4, the so called standard edition. There are a lot of rumors going on right now. To name a few: the display will be 2K, namely a resolution of 2560 x 1536. and a MTK octa-core CPU (MT6595) on the MX4 standard edition. MX Pro is said run on a Samsung Exynos octa-core CPU. But is the 2K display available for all regular editions? Will all these be true? Guess we’ll have to wait and see what the announcement conference brings us.

Xiaomi to open its R&D and design centre in Bangalore, India

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Frank Tu
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Xiaomi to open R&D Center in India

Xiaomi is now a well established brand name in the smartphone market in India. The flash sale of some of the products of Xiaomi was a big hit in India. “Apple of China” has identified Indian market as a potential place to grow its business. The company is now ready with a new strategy to set up an R&D centre in India. The research and development centre will be established in Bangalore. This centre will have a main focus on the local users and designing and customizing the devices according to them.

Hugo Barra, the Vice President of this China based company has unveiled this plan of the Xiaomi. According to Barra, the company will employ the team of best engineers, designers and managers at the R&D and design centre, Bangalore. He also accepted and agreed to the fact Xiaomi had some issues and concerns in relation to the production of smartphones for Indian market because antenna calibrations and hardware are quite distinctive for the Indian market. So the stocks of other countries like Taiwan or China might not be redirected to India. Indian market is a potential and heterogeneous market with different requirements from network perspective. But now Xiaomi has overcome all the problems and the scenario has changed. The brand is well accepted in Indian market because of its friendly price tags and premium features.

Xiaomi is ready to grab the major share of Indian market with such moves.

The most awaited Apple iWatch to be showcased at IFA, Berlin

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Frank Tu
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Rumours are there about the launch of ‘iWatch’ by the leading innovators in the field of smart gadgets, Apple. The product has already been claimed as a “new wearable” by John Paczkowski. It is anticipated that the ‘iWatch’ will make its debut along with the ‘iPhone 6’. The event where this big launch will occur is the IFA, Berlin, which is going to be held on 9 september 2014.

Earlier in June, John Paczkowski avowed that ‘iWatch’ will be launched in October 2014, but the before time release of ‘iWatch’ is definitely a good news for the Apple lovers. But it is still expected that Apple will conduct an event in October for the launch of iPads. There is no confirmation about the ‘iWatch event from the officials of the Apple. Rumours are there that Apple will only uncover the product and will launch the product at some other event.

It is expected that ‘iWatch’ will have biometric sensors and it will be more focused on health and fitness. The device will be able to measure the heart rate and other feedback depending on the user’s activity. This data could be linked and used with the help of an app of iOS8, Health app. There are no comments from any expert over the specifications and hardware of the device.

This product from the global leaders could be a medical expert for the users in today’s fast moving life.

More MX4 News Disclosed by Meizu’s Senior Tech Manager Who Are About To Resign

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Frank Tu
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The closer we’re getting to the announcement conference, the more rumours about MX4 are out there. But it’s confirmed that there will only be MX4 at the announcement, no MX Pro. What about the China Telecom edition? And any other editions?

Zhang Heng, the senior tech manager of Meizu was doing a Q&A on Weibo regarding the announcement conference earlier today. He disclosed a lot of information regarding MX4. He also said himself that he’s gonna resign due to all those misunderstandings caused by his failure to deliver the authentic information regarding the announcement.

Below is a list of all the information we got from Zhang Heng:

  1. Only MX4 (the standard edition) will be released on September 2nd, along with Flyme 4.0.
  2. Both China Mobile edition and China Unicom edition will be available, but there won’t be a Telecom edition this time. We also won’t see it coming in the nearest future.
  3. J.Wong won’t be there.
  4. No mini edition available for MX4, but there will be a pro edition. Also there will be a slightly difference in the appearances of the two. Pro edition won’t be available this year due to the slowness of its R&D. There won’t be any news related to Ubuntu.
  5. There will be two announcement conferences this year.
  6. Flyme 4.0 will be available for MX2 and MX3, the 4th quarter of this year, but not the first generation.
  7. No tablet plan so far.

Meizu MX4 & MX Pro leaked: Huge Upgrades

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Frank Tu
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Last night, Li Nan, the vice CEO of Meizu confirmed on Weibo that only the MX4 will be released at the annoucement on September 2nd, which means we’ll have to wait a little bit longer for MX Pro.

He also shared some more info about MX4 today on Weibo at noon.

Li Nan said:”The announcement of MX4 is gonna be huge.” A major overhaul we are talking about here. And MX4 Pro is gonna be a even larger step ahead, so its price is also gonna be on the high end. Don’t be surprised to see a price tag like over 3000RMB ($492).

He also implied that compared to MX3, MX4 is one further step ahead in very aspect, giving users a more pleasant experience overall, but there won’t be a big change with its price.

Let’s wait and see what the announcement brings us.

Li Nan's weibo post regarding the MX4 annoucement

One Plus One finally plans to lift invite system

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Frank Tu
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One Plus One fans have some great  news to rejoice, the company has finally announced its plan to shift the method of invite system to normal retail sale and is working on pre-order thing.

Since it’s launch it has created an huge hype for serious buyers and it is also a hot favorite to buyers. It has proved to be a flagship killer and a better pill among others. It do stand to their promises.

It started to sell the phones through unusual invite system, and was a hard task for the customers to get hands on.

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In a recent release OPO stated,
We are working on a pre-orders system, we were initially aiming for September but it’s been slightly delayed, hopefully we’ll be ready to launch it in October.
– OnePlus One in Reddit

So this can prove even more better for the buyers, but the shift is mostly because of clads from it’s market i.e. phones from Xiaomi, ZTE, IUNI which boasts almost the same specs and price.

Source: Reddit via gizchina.

Meizu to launch MX4 on September 2, will also include Mini and Pro editions

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Frank Tu
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Meizu has recently announced that they will hold a launch event on September 2. Among the devices that will be launched is the much-anticipated Meizu MX4. Not only that, Meizu has also decided to release the MX4 online first.

The Flyme 4.0 will also be launched that day. Besides the standard version, Meizu will also launch the MX4 Mini and Pro. They might continue to release more products that use processors from MTK. The MX4 standard edition uses the MT6595 octa-core chipset and sports a 20.7mp camera (Sony IMX147 component) The MX4 Pro will, of course, have greater specs.

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Open beta tests for MIUI 6 begin, only limited to Mi 4 and Mi 3 (China Unicom/China Telecom)

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Frank Tu
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Today, open beta tests of the MIUI 6 have finally started but these are only for Mi 4 and Mi 3 (China Unicom and China Telecom Editions) users.

 

Starting at 5 PM today, owners of the Mi 4 and the Mi 3 open edition (China Unicom/China Telecom) can upgrade their phones to the MIUI 6. Users of the stable editions will be unable to upgrade to the MIUI 6 by OTA at this time but they can use the 4.8.29 open version to experience the MIUI 6.

 

Take note. After upgrading, please use default theme. Third party themes may be incompatible. News of an upgrade for the Mi 3 China Mobile Edition may come during the mid-autumn season.

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Nexus 9 uses Tegra K1 chipset and has 2560 x 1600 screen

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Frank Tu
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As its release date approaches, more news have been coming out about the Nexus 9 tablet. This device is the result of a collaboration between HTC and Google.

 

Recently, Korean news outlets have released what appeared to be the Nexus 9’s Antutu benchmark test results. According to these results, it uses the Tegra K1 chipset and sports a display screen with 2560 x 1600 resolution. Its OS is the Android 5.0.

 

As for the Nexus 9’s score, it got 45923. It has already been reported that it has 4GB RAM (Elpida 2GB RAM x2) and its baseband is the Qualcomm MDM9x25. It also sports a 8mp camera.

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