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

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Aug 30, 2014

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:

Only MX4 (the standard edition) will be released on September 2nd, along with Flyme 4.0.
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.
J.Wong won’t be there.
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.
There will be two announcement conferences this year.
Flyme 4.0 will be available for MX2 and MX3, the 4th quarter of this year, but not the first generation.
No tablet plan so far.

Meizu MX4 & MX Pro leaked: Huge Upgrades

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Aug 30, 2014

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.

One Plus One finally plans to lift invite system

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Aug 29, 2014

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.

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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Aug 29, 2014

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.

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

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Aug 29, 2014

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.

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

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Aug 29, 2014

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.

New photo of Huawei Mate 7 shows that its frame is not as narrow as we thought

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Aug 29, 2014

From the photo leaked yesterday, the Huawei Mate 7 looks like it sports a very narrow frame, probably narrower than the MX4’s. This could probably be the thinnest cellphone frame in the Chinese industry right now. However, a new phone was leaked this morning and it looks like the Mate 7’s frame is not that narrow. As the photo shows, the Mate 7’s screen is surrounded by a round black ring. Outside of that is the frame. So, it turns out that this phone’s frame is not as narrow as we thought. It looks like Huawei has used a pretty good eye trick.

Unfortunately, yesterday, it was revealed that the high-end edition of the Mate 7 will still use a display screen with 1080p, not 2K. However, its RAM and ROM were increased to 3GB and 32GB respectively.

Doogee DG900 Come With 16MP Camera and Rear Touch Panel

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Aug 29, 2014

The Doogee DG900 is one of Doogee’s newest releases. Among its features is its rear touch panel which can be used to take photos and a wake gesture function and a 16MP Sony camera. It uses Gorilla Glass 3 glass on both side of the body.

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First snapshot of Lenovo’s first smartphone, the Vibe X2, to use MT6595M leaked, has multi-colored mid-frame

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Aug 29, 2014

Lenovo’s new high-end phone, the Vibe X2, sports a very trendy design with an excellent four-colored mid-frame.

According to Lenovo, the phone’s mid-frame is composed with gold, yellow, orange, and black (just like the screen). However, Weibo user @老潘PLF leaked a photo where the gold panel looks more like white (it could because of the LED light).

The Vibe X2 sports a nice metal body. According to previous reports, one version (X2-CU) will use the MT6595M octa-core chipset (2.0 GHz A17 + 1.5GHz A7), while another (X2-TO) will use a 2.2GHz dual-core chipset (probably from Intel). Other than their processors, both phones will have the same specs. They will sport a 5-inch 1080p IPS screen, have 2GB RAM, 16GB internal memory space, and a 5mp/13mp dual-camera. It will powered by a 2250mAh battery and its OS is the Android 4.4.2.

Xiaomi announces the plan of opening six exclusive service centres in India

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Aug 28, 2014

After the launch of Mi3 and Redmi 1s in India, Xiaomi has now planned to open 6 exclusive service centres in india. Earlier the company had the plan of having exclusive service centres only in Delhi and Bangalore, but now the plan has expanded, and the new plan includes service centres also in Chennai, Hyderabad, Mumbai and Gurgaon.

It is the celebration time for the Xiaomi as their sixth flash sale of Xiaomi Mi 3 was a grand hit in India. Xiaomi is now set to launch Redmi 1S in the Indian market. This smartphone has a friendly price tag of Rs 5999. Flipkart.com will start the registration of the Redmi 1S smartphone on 27 August at 6 on Flipkart and will open the sale on 2 September.

The launch of the Redmi was announced by Hugo Barra, global Vice President of Xiaomi at an event in Delhi. Manu Jain, Head of Xiaomi India, was also present at the event with the Hugo Barra to communicate with the media. The main topics of discussion in the event were the exceptional success of Xiaomi Mi3 and the concerns that users have faced.

Barra revealed that the Xiaomi has a great interest in Indian smartphone market and said that, “India as a market has a lot of potential for smartphones, but it will probably take a couple of years for it to reach this potential. It’s like quarter of a size of China’s smartphone market or maybe even a fifth, so obviously there’s a long way to go.”

Xiaomi’s officials have also talked about the concern of the company to open the exclusive service centres in India. So, here it goes.

Xiaomi launches Redmi 1S in Indonesia

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Aug 28, 2014

Just days after launching Redmi 1S in India. Chinese mobile manufacturing giant, Xiaomi has launched its latest offering the Redmi 1S in Indonesia today. The phone will be available for sale on the Indonesian e-commerce site, Lazada. The company is set to utilise the tactic of flash sale to move large stocks of the phone. The first flash sale begins on 4^th September at 11 am and will continue till stocks last. Customers have already started registering for this sale and registrations continue till 3^rd September.

Xiaomi is selling this phone in Indonesia for IDR 1.5 million or $128 which is on a slightly steep side as compared to the India where it is priced at $99. However, the users still feel that the phone is good value for the money. Redmi 1S has a 4.7-inch HD display with a resolution of 1280 x 720 p. It is powered by a 1.6 GHz quad-core Qualcomm Snapdragon 400 processor and has a 1 GB RAM. It runs on Android 4.3 Jelly Bean and supports dual sims. It has an 8 MP rear camera and a 1.6 MP front camera. It also possesses 8 GB internal storage expandable up to 64 GB.

Xiaomi is trying to make its presence felt outside China as it launched Redmi 1S in India at a very competitive price. For Indonesia, the company has already set up 17 service centres to build a stronger and wider customer base.

ZTE launches unlocked Nubia 5S mini in USA

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Aug 28, 2014

ZTE has launched the Nubia 5S Mini in the USA and that too unlocked, so that users do not have to seek the help of any specific carrier to enjoy this phone. The handset will be available for preoder online at Amazon.com for an affordable price of $279.99. For a mid range device, the Nubia 5S Mini is pretty well equipped. It sports a sophisticated camera – 13 MP rear and 5 MP front and is powered by the Qualcomm Snapdragon Quad Core processor. Other features of the phone include 4.7 inch 720p IGZO display, 2GB RAM, 16GB of internal memory and a 2000 mAh battery. It supports connectivity feature like $G LTE, Bluetooth, WiFi and GPS.

Chairman and CEO of ZTE USA, Lixin Cheng talked about the faith that ZTE places in its products and its capability of delivering LTE devices which is proved by the fact that the device is being sold unlocked in the USA.It is currently available on Amazon.com in white colour.The Nubia 5S mini is a slightly different version of the 5S mini launched in China last year and comes with a newer version of android and a different chip set.

The official website, zteusa.com, reports that the 5 megapixel front facing camera delivers perfect selfies. The phone is enabled with softwares that control the camera’s white balance, lighting and focus. This android smartphone is a treat for the click-crazy consumers and provides a budget friendly option for clicking and sharing pictures in the go.

Mozilla and Intex launch the cheapest smartphone – Cloud FX in India

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Frank Tu

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Aug 28, 2014

Mozilla firefox phone — Mozilla Firefox Phone

Mozilla, known for the Firefox browser, entered the Indian smartphone market with its ‘super’ low cost smartphone, Cloud FX, priced at a mere $33 ( INR 1999). The company partnered with Indian company Intex, for the manufacture of these handsets which are being sold online at India’s largest e-marketplace, Snapdeal.

The phone runs on Mozilla’s Firefox operating system and users can download games and other content from its own application store, as told Jane Hsu, Mozilla’s Taipei-based Director of product marketing. This would also warm the market up towards the mobile version of their web browser, Firefox.

The Cloud FX has a 3.5-inch with a 320×480-pixel capacitive HVGA display. It is powered by a 1 GHz Spreadtrum processor and sports a 2-megapixel camera. It has a 1250 mAh battery which gives it 4 hours of talk time and 200 hours of standby time. It runs the web apps through HTML5 which consumes lesser memory. The phone comes preloaded with Facebook and Twitter. However, WhatsApp can be obtained through a third-party app source. Experts have considered this to be a case of ‘App-gap’ which translates as the lack of applications on cheaper smartphones as compared to those based on Android systems.

Success of the phone would be tug of war between the low price and low end features. However, Mozilla has aimed to target the first-time smartphone buyers who are intimidated by high costs and advanced features of other smartphones. The Cloud FX aims to be a low cost source of internet in everyone’s pocket, especially those who do not have access to computers.

Let us see if Mozilla partners with some Chinese mobile manufacturer to launch its phones in China. But till now there has been no news of Mozilla OS smartphones coming to China.

Xiaomi Mi4 64GB Version Is Available On Oppomart Now

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Aug 28, 2014

After the tremendous success of its first flagship device, Xiaomi, China’s largest smartphone vendor announced its successor, Xiaomi Mi4 back in July. While the 16GB model already started shipping by early August, the 64GB variant was only going to be available after August 12^th.

And now before the end of this month, Xiaomi Mi4 64GB Version is available on Oppomart too.

This is definitely great news for Xiaomi fans as the device did not come with a MicroSD card slot. So, users who usually like to have all of their music, pictures and videos on their device can opt for this larger storage variant.

Xiaomi Mi4 comes with a 5 inch Full HD 1080p screen with a pixel density count of 441 ppi. Inside, there’s a powerful Snapdragon 801 processor clocked at 2.5Ghz along with Adreno 330 GPU and 3GB RAM.

On the back, there’s a 13MP F/1.8 aperture rear camera ideal for low light captures while on the front, you get an 8MP shooter. Xiaomi went with a slightly bigger non-removable 3080 mAh battery on the new flagship which should be enough for a day’s usage.

Other features include Bluetooth 4.0, Dual band Wi-Fi, Infrared port, and Android 4.4.3 Kitkat with the company’s MIUI on top.

Both the 16GB and 64GB models are available for purchase on the website for $399.00 and $499.00 respectively. So, head over to Oppomart to purchase the 64GB variant before the stocks run out.

Xiaomi halts sale of Mi3 for the release of Redmi 1S in India

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Aug 28, 2014

Xiaomi has launched its newbie, Redmi 1S in the Indian market. Xiaomi has a strong desire to capture a great portion of the Indian smartphone market with the Redmi 1S as it a low priced phone with excellent features. The higher officials of the company have adopted a new business strategy for the fulfilment of this dream. The company has decided to temporarily stop the sale of the blockbuster smartphone i.e. Xiaomi Mi 3.

The head of operations of Xiaomi India, Manu Jain, has revealed this on the Tech PP that for coming weeks the company wants to keep their focus on the Redmi 1S. He also commented that the company will not be able to make Mi3 available for the Indian customers for few days. It is very surprising that after such magical and smash hit of Mi3 flash sale at Flipkart.com, the company is taking such decision. This type of revelations could also be anticipated as the inability of the company to fulfil the future stock requirements of Mi 3 in India. People are quite sceptical about the continuation of Mi 3 sale in India as Xiaomi is all set to release its low cost variant Redmi 1S in India.

It is also justified to wait for the final decision of the company before making any perceptions. It might be possible that Xiaomi will keep stick to its words and will continue the sale of Mi3 in India after some time.

Xiaomi will launch Mi4 in India by the year end. So will Mi3 return to India? Nothing can be said as of now. Xiaomi knows how to do business in India and they’ll do their best for Indian customers as well as their company profits.

ASUS teases it’s Android wear in trailer and image

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Aug 28, 2014

With IFA being held next month, Manufacturers are ready to gain interest with quite number of products in their bag.
IFA is just around the corner and most companies are hinting us an early look at their products that they’re planning to launch during this huge event.
Already LG and Motorola have confirmed their wearables now Taiwanese manufacturer is ready to enter the same ring. ASUS recently uploaded an image and a short clip featuring their new wearable called ZenWatch.

Not much info has been revealed and it is confirmed to be launched on September 3.

Can catch up the teased video from the link below.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GvzkwpQbO50

The Intel Haswell E goes on sale in Taobao before being launched

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Frank Tu

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Aug 28, 2014

Tomorrow, Intel will officially launch its newest platform, the Haswell-E processor, but to everyone’s surprise, it has already gone on sale.

The first online store to sell the Haswell-E is none other than Taobao. Right now, most sellers in Taobao are predetermined right now but one seller claims that it can already ship this processor, even posting a picture of the processor. It seems to be credible.

Regarding the price of the Haswell-E as sold by this manufacturer, the top-knotch edition’s (i7-5960) price is somewhere between 8199 RMB (1334.41 USD) and 8999 RMB (1464.61 USD), while the mid-end version (i7-5930K) costs 4999 RMB (813.60 USD) and the low-end version (i7-5820K) costs between 2999 RMB (488.09 USD) and 3499 RMB (569.47 USD).

The official prices were released by Intel the other day. The Core i7-5960X will cost 999 USD (5136 RMB), while the i7-5930K will cost 583 USD (3580 RMB) and the i7-5820K will cost 389 USD (2390 RMB).

China Telecom 4G, China Mobile 4G, and China Unicom 4G editions of Huawei Mate 7 will be released

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Frank Tu

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Aug 28, 2014

It was previously reported that Huawei will release a high-end version and low-end version of its newest flagship phone, the Mate 7.

According to the Ministry of Industry and Information Technology, however, there will actually be three versions. Their model numbers are MT7-CL00 (China Telecom 4G version), MT7-TL00 (China Mobile 4G version), and MT7-TL10 (Should be the China Unicom 4G version).

When comparing the first two versions, it looks like some small changes were made for the MT7-TL10. It still sports a 6-inch 1080p display screen, runs on a1.8GHz octa-core processor, and sports a 13mp/5mp dual-camera. The only differences are that its RAM was increased to 3GB and its internal memory space was increased to 32GB (the first two have 2GB RAM and 16GB internal memory space). This should be the Mate 7’s high-end version. Unfortunately, it does not have a 2K screen. Perhaps, they never planned to include one in the first place.

Snapshots of the Huawei Mate 7 revealed, has very thin frame and big screen

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Aug 28, 2014

Today, 3g.cn posted two snapshots of Huawei’s newest flagship device, the Huawei Mate 7. As the photos show, the Mate 7 sports a design with a big screen and narrow frame. The front panel’s edges are very short. It looks like this phone should have a very high screen performance ratio. It seems to have a narrower frame than the recently-revealed MX5, probably measuring about 1mm.

Huawei’s logo is located below the screen which confirms that virtual buttons will be used. On the left side of the Mate 7’s 13mp camera is a single LED light. Below the camera is a fingerprint sensor.

As for the Mate 7’s other specs, it sports a 6-inch 1080p screen, uses an octa-core 1.8GHz processor, has 2GB RAM, and, other than the 13mp rear camera, has a 5mp front camera. Also, some reports say that a high-end version may be released with a 2K screen and 3GB RAM.

6th flash sale of Xiaomi Mi 3 in India : 20,000 phones sold in 2.4 seconds

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Frank Tu

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Aug 28, 2014

Xiaomi also known as China’s Apple has shown its immense potential outside China, i.e., in the Indian market. Hugo Barra, Vice President of Xiaomi, revealed on a famous social networking site, Twitter that in Flipkart’s sixth flash sale, 20,000 Xiaomi Mi 3 smartphones sold out precisely in 2.4 seconds. The sale started on 26August at 2 PM and it was just a matter of 2.4 seconds that Xiaomi Mi 3 sale took a flight.

Xiaomi has repeated the history, as the company has also done the same 2.4 seconds magic during the fourth and the fifth flash sale of Xiaomi.
According to the sources of company, the first batch of Xiaomi Mi 3 sold out in 40 minutes and second batch was sold in just 5 seconds. During the third flash sale, Xiaomi experienced the fastest sold out notification; it was just in 2 seconds that this smartphone was out of stock. This is a big hit not only for Xiaomi but also for the Flipkart.com, which is the sale partner of Xiaomi.

The sale strategy laid down by Flipkart for ordering Xiaomi Mi 3 is a very simplified procedure. You just need to click on the icon of add to cart after the selection of Xiaomi Mi 3 and it is classified as sold. The rest of the formalities are done thereafter in the additional time.

The Indian smartphone market is very much favouring this China based company and its favour can be judged from the numbers of Xioami Mi 3 sale in 3 seconds.