The new Elephone P3000 has been announced, a budget smartphone with some interesting features.
It has some promising features, such as a quad-core MT6582 chipset (1.3GHz) with an MT6290 LTE modem providing 4G LTE capability. There is a rear-mounted fingerprint scanner, a 5inch HD 1280 x 720 screen, 1GB RAM, 8GB storgae memory, 3150mAh battery, 13MP rear camera and 5MP front shooter. The design seems to be the sort that will polarise opinion, pretty square with the fingerprint scanner quite prominent on the reverse.
All in all, this promises to be a great piece of kit for the expected price range, with the 4G LTE capacity an excellent addition, the fingerprint scanner should provide something reasonable unique to play with and the battery life is relatively good. There have of course been some compromises made to keep the price down, and the screen resolution has taken a hit at 720p rather than 1080p and also the RAM is pretty low with only 1GB to play with.
HTC has officially announced that it will release a dual-SIM variant of its flagship – HTC One. This HTC One (M8) Dual SIM will be available in Germany, Austria and Switzerland, starting from next week. It will be priced at €799, with the single-SIM HTC One (M8) priced at €570.
Besides the dual-SIM feature, HTC One (M8) Dual SIM has the same specifications as its single-SIM variant. They are both equipped with a 5-inch display, powered by the Snapdragon801 processor and run on Android Kitkat with its Sense 6.0 UI. However, for photo lovers, the selling point of HTC One (M8), both single-SIM or dual-SIM, should be its dual rear cameras, including a 4-UltraPixel camera and a depth sensing camera.
It is likely that HTC One (M8) Dual SIM will come only in the color of Gunmetal Grey. HTC does not say whether this dual-SIM flagship smartphone will come to other countries, but we are sure that it will be available soon in Russia and will not make it in the US.
To join the mid and low-end market, this year, HTC started selling a series of products, one of which is the HTC D616W which uses the MT6592 octa-core processor.
Although its initial cost was 1699 RMB (273.46 USD), HTC has recently started lowering it depending on the store. In Suning, the D616W is now 1499 RMB (241.27 USD) while in other online stores, HTC lowered its price to as low as 1200 RMB (193.15 USD).
It has a very thick version of HTC’s usual design. It has curved edges and the logo is located at the bottom of the screen.
As for its specs, the HTC D616W sport a 5-inch 720p IPS display screen and a 2mp/8mp dual-camera. Its processor is the 1.7GHZ MT6592 octa-core chip, and it has 1GB RAM and 4GB ROM. It is powered by a 2000ma battery and its UI is built on the Android 4.2. Users can now cut video clips among other functions, and it supports WCDMA+GSM dual-SIM internet.
Internal storage is key to the smooth running of a device, especially where it is not expandable. When a phone is overloaded with files and apps it slows the phone’s performance and causes that annoying pop-up reminding you your phone is ‘Running Low on Storage’. One method of increasing the storage capacity of your device without affecting performance is to partition the internal storage. What follows is a guide of exactly how this can be done on any MTK6589 device.
If you have met all these conditions, proceed with these instructions.
1. To start with you need to make a full copy of all the ROM. You need to go to ‘Recovery’ and then ‘Backup’ to do this.
2. Install and Run the Meteos MTK6589 app and run it. You will then see a screen like this:
3. Select the best option for your device. If you have a 4GB storage capacity, choose the third option in the list to increase the stock storage from 1GB to 2.77GB, making a big difference to your running speed but this of course will come from the internal storage memory, so it is best to do this only if you have SD-card support.
4. After selecting the option you require, boot into ‘Recovery’, choose the ‘Wipe’ section and then ‘Wipe Data/Factory Reset’. Select ‘Wipe Data’.
5. Now you can restore the backup you made earlier. To do this select ‘Backup’ and then ‘Restore’ and finally ‘Select Restore’.
6. Next you need to reboot your device, which you can do from the recovery menu.
Once your phone has rebooted, you can check your phone’s increased inbuilt storage out and marvel at the new smooth running performance you just achieved thanks to the developers of this really useful app.
Recently, Huawei decided to promote sales for the Ascend G6 (TD-SCDMA/GSM/dual-SIM) by lowing its price to 1170 RMB. The G6 uses Huawei’s popular “double C” design. It is only 7.5mm thick and weighs 115g.
The Huawei Ascend G6 is available in eight colors and sports a 4.5-inch IPS display screen with a 960 x 540 resolution. Its processor is the 1.2GHz Snapdragon 400 quad-core chipset and it has 1GB RAM and 8GB internal memory storage. Ir uses the Android 4.2 OS and the new Emotion UI 2.0. As for camera specs, it has a 5mp front-facing camera and supports beauty enhancement.
The back has a very simple design. The main camera is located at the top left. Beside it is the phone’s LED light. In the middle of the back is Huawei’s logo.
Konka has recently entered the 4G age with their L series. The problem is that it’s only for the mid and low-end market. To target the mid and high-end market, they will soon release the F series, their first three-mode 4G cell phone.
The Konka F1 has a pretty sweet design. Having a curvy top-edge gives it a very individualist look. The arc-shaped back also makes it comfortable for the user when holding it. It’s a very slender phone with a thickness of about 7mm and is available in black and white.
Not only does the Konka F1 have an excellent design but its specs are better than the recently released L827. It sports a 5.5-inch HD display screen with 1280 x 720 resolution which is covered by Corning gorilla glass 2 and uses OGS. It also sports a 5mp front-facing camera and supports beauty enhancement and 8mp Sony rear-facing camera. It also has 1GB RAM and 16GB ROM and its operating system is the Android 4.3. It supports TD-LTE/TD-SCDMA/GSM internet and sports the usual sensory programs and a dual-microphone.
Given its trendy deign and standard specs, the F1’s cost should ibe in the mid and high-end range.
Other than having a high cost-performance, the fact that the OnePlus One has an open system has attracted many users. The Chinese version uses the Color OS while the international version uses CM. The MIUI operating system has also attracted many fans. According to Liu Zuohu has announced that the MIUI will be available for the OnePlus One at around June. This month, they finally released a video of running the MIUI on the OnePlus One phone:
As the video show, the MIUI V5 is very stable. Users can access the Xiaomi App store and other services. The camera and video player can also work as usual. Even though OnePlus has not yet released their own OS, if they can build a device like the HTC HD2, then, they should be able to make a good system.
GPS is a very handy tool, making sightseeing easier and brilliant for those who work away a lot or people who travel regularly. Mediatek-powered devices can struggle with this feature but the service can be improved by tweaking the setting on your phone. If you have one of the following running your device this tutorial can help you get the most out of your phone’s GPS: MTK6592, MTK6582, MTK6589, MTK 6577 and MTK6575.
Before you start you need to make sure you have a ROOTED Android phone, uninterrupted internet connection and the GPS Test Application (available from Play Store).
Once you’ve got what you need and you’re ready to get started, these are the steps to a better GPS.
1. First of all enable the Internet Connection on your phone
2. Next go to ‘Settings’ then tap on ‘Google’ then select ‘Location Settings’ and make sure ‘Let Google apps access your location’ is set to ‘ON’.
3. Choose the option of ‘Location Access’. Make sure that All the options available there are Checked “ON”. as you can see in the image: You can also do get to the same stage by choosing ‘Settings’ and then ‘Location Access’ if you prefer.
4. Next, in ‘Settings’ go to ‘Location Access’, and open ‘GPS satellites’. Then you can enable ‘GPS EPO assistance’ as shown in the picture below.
5. Next go to ‘EPO settings’, which looks like this and set the EPO data to download.
6. Now Enable AGPS GPS.
This should mean you have GPS enabled on your MTK device. To check all is well, however, you can test the feature. To do this you need to Install ‘GPS Test’ from the link in the initial instructions at the beginning of the article.
7. If you have it, in the GPS Test App, tap Menu/Settings and check screen always on.
8. Be in your home and start the application and see the bar graph going up and down. You will see something like this
But if this doesn’t work then try going out and moving around, if these graphs start to move, all is well and you’re good to go. After you’ve completed these steps you should have a capable GPS system and be confident enough to actually rely on it.
BenQ is known as the electronic and computer peripheral manufacturer, while for few years back, bencQ is also has smartphone lineup. And now BencQ has unveiled the two smartphone lineup, BenQ F5 and BenQ T3.
OnePlus One smartphone is delay to arrive in some market, but the news that arriving today is they ready to making a new move, what is that? the smartwatch?. No!
As the first half of 2014 ends, many Chinese manufacturers are preparing the new products that they plan to release during the second half of the year. One of them is Pioneer’s 3G phone, the Pioneer K68W. Those who want it may soon make pre-orders at Suning. In the mean time, more information on the phone’s specs have been released.
Just as previous reports have stated, the Pioneer K68w has a “jade surface.” Other than making the phone look more attractive, it also improves the phone’s texture. As the promotional poster shows, the K68W is white and has metallic edges. It has a 5.5-inch 720p screen. As a result it has a thickness of 8.1mm, length of 150mm, and width of 77mm.
The K68W will be the first Pioneer photo to use an octa-core processor, which is the 1.7GHz MTK6592. However, its memory is just so-so (1GB RAM and 8GB ROM). It is powered by a 2100mhA, and supports WCDMA/GSM dual-SIM. Like the E81T, it continues to use a 2.5D touch screen whose surface is protected by glass. Its operating system is the Android 4.42 kitkat. In addition, it uses Dolby audio. If customized, you can also stream videos with the PPTV.
Those who want it should look for updates at Suning.
Which will be Xiaomi’s new flagship phone, the Mi 3S or the Mi 4?
Earlier today, industry analyst, Pan Jiutang, announced on his Weibo account that Xiaomi will hold a launch event for their new products this month, with the Mi 3S at the helm. Some reports had said that the Mi 3S is really an upgrade of the Mi 2S and that it’s not 4G-supported.
Pan Jiutang refuted the rumors and said that the Mi 3S will support 4G internet. If this is true, then, the Mi 3S should truly be an upgraded version of the Mi 3.
Previous reports had stated that the Mi 3S will continue to sport a 5-inch 1080p screen and an 8mp/13mp dual-camera. It will also support FDD LTE and TD-LTE internet. Its operating system is the Android 4.4.2 and that it will use the 2.5GHz Snapdragon 801 quad-core processor. It will also have 3GB RAM and 16GB internal memory storage.
So, will the Mi 4 be launched on August 16 or September?
Actually, MediaTek had already introduced the world to the MT6595 as early as the MWC conference at the beginning of the year. It is the first 4G octa-core chipset in the world.
MediaTek will hold the actual launch event for their newest chipset on July 15 in Shenzhen.
The MT6595 will be the first to use the ARM Cortex-A17. Regarding performance, the A17 cores are just as good as the A15, but it saves more energy. Its GPU is the IMG PowerVR G6200 and it has a main frequency of 600MHz.
Regarding video performance, it’s a pretty powerful processor. Among other things it supports OpenGL ES2.0/3.0, OpenGL 1.x/3.x/4.x and Direct X 19. It also supports H.265 Ultra HD 4K video record and playback. When playing an HD video, you can zoom in every time you like.
Its use of an LTE Modem is also one of the most important aspects of the MT6595. It supports an internet speed of, at most, 50/150Mbps. If this succeeds, next year, we can see another edition that supports 4G solutions like TD-LTE, FDD-LTE, WCDMA, CDMA, TD-SCDMA, and GSM.
One of the reasons why MediaTek’s chips have been praised by Chinese manufacturers is its low power consumption. The MT6595 is no exception and its use of MTK’s own CorePilot lets smart phones that use the MT6595 save more energy.
MediaTek will use the MT6595 to enter the mid and high-end market, and in July, we may see if it’s as powerful as everyone says if they release the first cell phone to use it.
In the past years ago, we found that the era of wearable device, there is many manufacturers is trying to offers the new wearable device to the market.
Lenovo is the one of popular Chinese smartphone manufacturer, is now ready to unveiled the new Lenovo A8 smartphone, the phone is packs with 4G connectivity.
As earlier reports predicted, today at 12:00 PM, the pitch-black 64 GB edition of the Oneplus One was once again put on sale, this time at the cost of 2299.99 RMB.
OnePlus had previously released a white babyskin edition among others, and said that they have enough of the pitch-black version on stock for everyone that wants it. However, they did not state an exact number.
The OnePlus One sports a 5.5-inch 1080p display screen and uses the 2.5GHz Snapdragon 801 processor. It has 3GB RAM and 5mp/13mp camera (Sony IMX214 second generation stackable sensor), and supports 802.11 b/g/n/ac as well as 2.4GHz/5GHz dual-frequency Wi-Fi, and Blu Ray 4.0. It has a built-in 3100mAh battery and its operating system is the Android 4.3-based Color OS.
TCL announced that will drop the price of their TD-SCDMA/GSM dual-SIM cell phone, the S960T, from 1499 RMB (241.23 USD) to 1299 RMB in a special sale.
This sale won’t be held at unofficial stores or third-party sites like JD, but in Taobao’s Juhuasuan website. Users can rush to buy them on July 4 at 10 AM. They can also pay in three-month instalments.
The TCL S960T has a lot of features that are regularly used by MTK’s octa-core phones. It uses the 2GHz MT6592 Turbo octa-core processor, and sports a 5-inch 1080p display screen, 2GB DDR3 RAM, 16GB internal memory storage, and a 13mp Sony camera. It has a thickness of 7.9mm and is powered by a 2500mha battery. It also uses the ES9018 audio chip. It also supports a noise-cancelling microphone, a gyroscope, OTG, and WiFi-Display. Its operating system is a Lewa-customized OS.
Recently, Lenovo released the new member of its Golden Warrior series, the Golden Warrior A8. It uses MTK’s octa-core LTE solution and will be the first 4G phone to use the MT6592 octa-core processor.
The A8 actually uses both the MT6592 and MT6290. The former is the core AP (processor), while the latter serves as an LTE Modem. Only the China Mobile edition will be released in the market for now. It supports TD-LTE/TD-SCDMA/GSM internet. This phone also sports a 5-inch 720p display screen and has 2GB DDR3 RAM and 16GB internal memory space (eMMC4.5). Lenovo has not announced what battery it will use.
Regarding camera specs, the Golden Warrior A8 uses a third-generation BSI rear-facing camera with 13mp which is covered with a blue glass filter. It comes with a 5P custom lens and supports dual-LED flash. It also has a front-facing camera with 5mp. The phone’s operating system is the VIBE UI2.0 which is based on the Android 4.42 kitkat.
The Golden Warrior A8 is available in many different colors like red, white, and gold. As of now, its price and date of release has not been announced.
Today, Meizu released the MX3/MX2’s Flyme OS 3.7.1A test firmware, announcing that the former has officially joined the Android 4.4.4 era. For this new version, a lot of upgrades were made for safety and user-performance-related reasons.
This week’s firmware highlights:
Operating system was upgraded to the Androi 4.4.4 with many upgrades.
—–Summary of changes—–
System
Android upgraded to Android 4.4.4;
Now press the power button to lock the device, and the screen will turn dark;
When you pull down the notification tab when the device is locked, the time that it’s in standby mode will be the same as when it is unlocked to let you browse the notification bar.
After repairing the font, when selecting the medium or large font, list of contacts is incomplete.
Settings
The switches for the light keyboard have increased. Now, if the light keyboard is not used within 5 seconds, it will automatically disappear.
Text messaging
Fetion and foreign numbers are already saved in the contact’s profile which can be classified as individual profiles. Messages without a saved number will be classified as notifications.
System upgrade
If the apps are upgraded when the system is upgraded, then the status bar will change and a message will appear saying whether the upgrade is complete.
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