As we know, Apple is preapring their next generation iPhone, the phone is known as iPhone 6.
Oneplus One Contest changes the rule to donate the phone
In the contest there were 140,000 participants. Out of those, 100 lucky winners were supposed to smash their mobile phones. Now, the contest holder have changed the rule. The participants now can donate their phone to an NGO (Medic Mobile) which recycles the old phones and gives it to relief worker working in the remotest areas in the world.
This is obviously, a better change as the participant would avoid smashing a functional phone to donating it for a noble cause.
Android Tablet only for $250, Pipo introduces Pipo T9 octa-core Android tablet
Chinese device maker Pipo introduced new tablets this month and now you can purchase one only for $250. One of the most compelling is Pipo T9. It has 8-core processor and 8.9 inch screen with full HD display.
With 2 GB RAM and mammoth storage 32 GB it is shipped with 2 Ghz MediaTek MT 6592 ARM Cortex-A7 octa-core Processor. It’s resolution is 1920 x 1200 pixel IPS display.
The tablet also include WiFi, Bluetooth, GPS and WCDMA/GSM capabilities. It has 13 Mega Pixels camera with LED flash. It has another camera in front which takes pictures of reasonable quality of 2MP.
It sports Android 4.3 Jelly Bean OS. With 7300mAh battery, HDMI and microSD card port, it is a unique all in one package for all of your home and businesses’ needs. Although, it is a bit expensive but the features outweigh the extra money.
Chinese smartphones shipment to increase by 21.3 % in Second Quarter
Chinese smartphones vendors will increase 21.3 % in the second quarter of fiscal year 2014. The increase will include 97.4 million units. According to Digitimes Research In first quarter total shipment from Chinese vendors dropped 9 percent as compared to previous quarter.
According to the report that Xiaomi Technology led the shipment category with 10 million units. Coolpad and K-Touch also witnessed increase of 17.5 and 36.4 percent respectively. As sales of 3G Models has lost the growth and thus exporting vendors mentioned decline from 10-30 percent in the first quarter.
Chinese smartphones vendors are expecting to ship almost 28 million units in the second quarter. But brand vendors and large-sized handset will dominate the market due to high production scales and quality supply chain.
Leaks reveal HTC One Mini 2 in 3 colors
The grapevine is that HTC One Mini 2 may not retain its unofficial status for much longer. The new arrival, Compact Premium Smart phones are replacing them thanks to evleaks.
Mr Blass Twitted press photo of HTC mini 2, in three different colors. Gray, Golden, silver sync with the HTC One (M8) series. The design of the new phones are similar to their full sized counterparts.
The leaks did not include the specifications of the phones. It does show that it (the One mini 2) lacks the second camera as speculated it would have. Unfortunately, we didn’t get much information about the screen size, resolution etc. Hopefully the news will be out soon and we’ll get to know the specs.
MediaTek expects revenues to grow 12-20% in 2Q14
Mediatek Inc., a Taiwanese fabless semiconductor public company that provides system-on-chips solutions for various gadgets and electronic devices, is expecting to have this year’s second quarter consolidated revenues growth percentage to 12-20%, or NT$51.5-55.2 billion (equivalent to US$1.71-1.83 billion) in value, as stated by the company’s president, Hsieh Chingchiang.
The 2014 second quarter’s gross margin is also estimated to be reaching up to a percentage of 47.5%-49.5%, a slightly probable increase compared to the previous quarter’s posted gross margin of 48.3%, as being revealed by Hsieh at the company online investors conference lately.
Due to the emerging markets’ continuous demands for smartphones, the MediaTek’s prediction for the smartphone solution deliveries would reach up to 80-90 million units in the second quarter, a significant increase compared to last quarter’s shipment of 75-80 million units, Hsieh mentioned.
As the total number of shipments of the 8-core smartphone solutions in the first quarter exceeded the company’s expectation, which contributed to more than 10% of MediaTek’s total smartphone solution deliveries, Hsieh claimed to have a much better sales of 8-core smartphone solution this quarter compared to the previous period.
MediaTek is planning to commence its volume production of its initial 8-core LTE SoC, known as the MT6595, within this year’s third quarter, proceeded by its 64-bit quad- and 8-core LTE chips in the last quarter of 2014, according to the company’s president.
HTC introduces Extreme Power Saving Mode with HTC One (M8) with Dev addition and unlocked phones
HTC has released an update which was scheduled to be launched along with mobile HTC One (M8). The update has a feature called Extreme Power Saving. Now, the feature will be available to mass audience thanks to feature release. This will be available to the developers and unlocked HTC mobile phones.
Although the size has been increased to 117.98 MB but the Android version is the same. The Magnum Opus of the launch is the feature called “Extreme Power Saving Mode”, which keeps the mobile on the go for longer duration. There are some modification in “the camera and gallery feature” albeit not extended much.
If you have HTC, go to settings > About to check for updates or wait for the notiifcation. This may take some time and you may have to wait. Please tell your opinion after using the phone.
The Vivo X3S goes on sale in Malaysia — Less Than 6mm
Ultra-thin Vivo X3S is arriving in Malaysian market. The smart phones manufactured in china with Android Jelly Bean is available for about $428 or in Malaysian currency 1,399. Vivo X3S has 1.7 Ghz octa-core Processor. One Gigabyte of RAM and 13 Mega Pixels Camera give it edge over similar iPhone 5s. It includes 5” 720p IPS display. With f/1.8 camera and 2,000 mAh battery give it longer talk time. Vivo OS is Android 4.2 Jelly Bean. The design of Vivo X3S resembles the Apple’s iOS 7.
Goldgenie offers modification of HTC One M8 with 24 carat gold cover
Goldgenie has been modified the new HTC One m8 smartphone that covered with 24 carat gold cover, that makes the HTC One M8 is becoming more luxurious and expensive price.
UMI X3 Review: 5.5-inch FHD screen + Octa-Core
UMI X3’s body size is 156.5 * 76.8 * 7.6mm, the fuselage is 5.5 inches FHD LTPS LCD screen, adding a ceramic surface texture design, made of zinc magnesium alloy frame, providing protection for this phone. UMI X3 also installed a Smart breathing lamp to adorn your phone.
Inside the UMI X3, there is MTK octa-core processor, 2GB of RAM, 13 million pixels rear camera and 8 million front camera, built-in 3150mAh capacity battery. 16GB/32GB storage version priced at 1399 yuan（$224） / 1599 yuan（$255）.
UMI X3 has a metal frame, ceramic textured plastic body, feel better, simple and stylish design, somewhat similar to iPhone5c style.Its screen size is not clearly marked, compared to other products, we hypothesized that X3 screen size is about 5.5 inches, the lowest resolution is 1080p. In addition, a reporter pointed out that the X3 will be equipped with additional function overall, such as NFC and OTG. We can infer from the known information, X3 still has unpublished highlights of other aspects.
Elephone P8, P9 Update to Android 4.4
Elephone is a new brand that created in last year, but they attracted lots of users because of stylish appearance and good quality. The Elephone P8 and P9 phone powered the latest MTK MT6592 octa-core processor, and now, the company release new ROM for both phones, you may update phone to Android 4.4 Kitkat from these links.
The iNew i8000 smartphone is exposure with new design
iNewis the of Chinese smartphone manufacturer, they ready to release the new smartphone, while the iNew V3 has nice design with light andthin body, we also heard that iNew is ready to release the upcoming model.
The new OONE smartphone is exposure with 99g and 5.6mm body thickness
The new smartphone brand called OONE is entering the high-end market, this phone is claimed use good material and has nice design that packs wth “art” aesthetic design. The OONE is readyto release the new products but we only has a small information about it.
Huawei is ready to make a surprise on May 15th
Huawei is planning to make a big event on May 15th, this Chinese manufacturer is now has many competitor since a lot of Chinese smartphone manufacturer is also ready to going global.
OPPO Yoyo, quad-core Android smartphone with Hot Knot feature
OPPO is the one of Chinese smartphone manufacturer is now released their new smartphone, the new phone is called as OPPO Yoyo Android smartphone.
Foxconn, HP to set up server joint venture
Hon Hai Precision Industry Co., Ltd., widely known as the Foxconn Electronics, a Taiwanese multinational electronic manufacturer announced the plan to join up with Hewlett-Packard (HP), an American multinational information technology corporation in producing cloud computing servers as well as providing supporting related services.
While according to HP CEO Meg Whitman, this cooperation would combine the innovation of HP’s server business model, being the leading brand in cloud computing products, along with the related services provided and Foxconn’s expertise on R&D and manufacturing, which would definitely change today’s market game-playing rules.
The rapid growth of the development of cloud computing has completely changed the existing global supply chain model, specifically for server products, as stated by Foxconn president Terry Guo. Due to suppliers’ urgent needs in being able to comply to clients’ demands of providing total solutions which include design capability, global production ability and shipment as well complete after-sale services, this joint venture agreement is scheduled to become effective as of May 1.
Impressions after a few days using the Hongmi Note
No nonsense, straight to the point
The good：
1：Affordable, this is the most direct advantage. The sale price of 799 simply beats everything else.
2：Good function. In today’s world of machines, less than 1000 yuan is a low-end machine. But after you have the Hongmi Note in your hand you will not feel it is cheap,it has great functionality and style.
3：The entire screen fit. This is the main factor that changes the cheap feeling of the Hongmi, and raises the overall quality.
4：Eight-core CPU. Even though it is a numbers games, the performance keeps up with the 2S. And those who don’t know better will think it is more powerful than the Mi3.
5：MIUI system. I believe this is main reason many people have always supported Xiaomi. Because all the large manufacturers attack Xiaomi in price wars, and there are many choices for similar priced configurations. But the MIUI system is still a major factor in choosing Xiaomi, I don’t think anyone would argue that.
The bad:
1：The screen does not follow the hand, low touch resolution. To put it simply the touch reaction is slow. For example, Fruit Ninja. After you swipe with your finger, the knife slowly appears. You won’t notice it in daily use or non intense operating games. But in games when high reaction speed is needed, like Fruit Ninja, it is particularly uncomfortable, and just fails this test. And I don’t know if it is an optimization problem or what, but sometimes the touch will be interrupted; if I swipe in a straight line, in the middle there will be a small area with no reaction. This is the same problem as the Mi1 from the same year, I would guess it is a result of cost.
2：1G of internal memory is not enough, Android is not IOS, it is not perfectly optimized, the standard 1G RAM has more than 500M at startup, and 300 after stabilizing, which is completely not enough. Of course for everyday use it doesn’t matter, but isn’t that a waste of such capability? It is a problem of cost, the actual memory really is not so expensive, it is mainly about Xiaomi marketing strategy. They know that 1G is not enough, so if there is an enhanced version on the way, why release the 1G? Because right now they need the NOTE to maintain a high profile. Before the 3S comes out and has a price reduction, the 2S is still necessary. If an enhanced NOTE came out and the configuration stays the same, but the price goes down, then the 2S would be unnecessary. So we wait for the 3S, for the 2S to be delisted or have another price reduction, and after the 3S replaces the 2S, the enhanced version will be released.
Xiaomi Redmi Note hits 15 million pre-orders
Preceding its outstanding marketing strategy, the “Hunger Marketing”, which back in March, resulted to a 100,000 units sales of the Redmi Note Android OS-based smartphones within only 34 minutes, Xiaomi, a privately owned Chinese electronics company based in Beijing, proudly announced that as of today, 15 million people have already pre-ordered this $161 phabet.
This number surely surpassed both Apple’s iPhone 5s and 5c accumulated opening weekend’s total sales of 9 million, and also the Samsung Galaxy S5’s. Using a totally different sales maneuver, Xiaomi is defining its pre-order numbers not only based on how many people have paid for the Redmi Notes but additionally also based on people signing up to receive more information about the phone via email.
The $161 (CNY999) Redmi Note is powered by a 1.7GHz octa-core chipset combined with 2GB RAM, 16GB internal storage, a 13MP camera and a 3200mAh battery. Utilizing a 5.5” 720 x 1280 touch screen display and running on Android OS version 4.2.2, the Redmi Note comes in a quite affordable price for a smartphone that comes with such packed of features.
Even so, the number of 15 million people registered would again affirm Xiaomi’s smart business strategy as well as its smartphone market strength, particularly in China. By the end of this year, Xiaomi will start selling its flagship, Xiaomi Mi3, in the neighboring Asian countries such as Indonesia, Malaysia, The Philippines, Thailand, Vietnam, India and Turkey as well as in other regions, in countries such as Brazil, Mexico and Russia, while it continues to expand its market presence.
Xiaomi 4 may be equipped with sapphire crystal glass
According to Taiwan media news, Xiaomi 4 will be released in the fourth quarter this year. As a next-generation flagship phone, Xiaomi 4 will not only use the most powerful hardware, and it will be equipped with sapphire crystal glass. Meanwhile, the media pointed out that not only is Apple and Xiaomi, many other companies are also planning to use sapphire crystal glass, lest they lose at the starting line.
In general, sapphire crystal glass applies only in the high-end devices, because its transmission capacity is good, and the wear resistance is stronger, but the problem is the high cost. Even though the cost is higher, but consumers are more like the glass. With the development of technology and the increase of production capacity, people can enjoy the benefits of it.
If both Xiaomi and Apple use the sapphire crystal glass, so in the field of domestic high-end smartphone, Corning Gorilla glass is hard to maintain a “monopoly”, after all, consumers are more like high configuration flagship mobile phone, even if the price is slightly increased.
