While back to last March this year, we have covered the news about ZTE FunBox device. This is the game console that comes from ZTE, while we are know that ZTE is the copany which built communication devices, including smartphone, USB modem, mobile router and tablet devices.
Vivo XShot is not officially released, but according to AnTuTu benchmark test, the new Vivo XShot smartphone is beat the other flagship Android smartphone in the market today, such as Galaxy Note 3, Xperia Z Ultra and LG G2.
Finnaly, the OnePlus has been officially released their first smartphone on the market, OnePlus One is now ready to available in various market with CyanogenMod 11S based on Android 4.4 KitKat operating system.
According to the latest news from foreign media, the upgraded version of the OPPO R1, the R1S, has passed the United States FCC checks. The R1S, with LTE network support, will be hitting the market in the United States.
Meanwhile, in China, the R1S will hit the market on the 25th this month, and will be OPPO’s second phone with 4G network support, after the Find 7. Priced at CNY$2,498 (USD$400), and will come with a portable charger and Bluetooth speaker as a value gift pack.
As an upgraded model, the R1S continues the R1’s simple and stylist design. The back cover adds some blue sapphires as decoration, and creates an amazing mirror effect. The thickness of the phone is 7.1mm, very stylish.
OPPO R1S comes with a 5-inch 720p display, and enforced with Corning Gorilla glass, making the phone sturdier. It carries a 1.6GHz main Quadcomm quad-core processor, with 1GB RAM and 16 GB ROM. The R1S’s camera has been upgraded to 13 megapixels, and uses the Sony IMX214 sensor stack, similar to the Find 7. It comes with a 6P spherical lens and a F2.0 wide aperture.
Routers are not new concepts, but with the technological wave sweeping past everything these days, the smart router has become a fresh product. Due to the natural advantage of the router being the family’s gate to the Internet, from the end of last year, Xiaomi, Guokr, 360 and various manufacturers have started a full-scale war fighting for the market share.
Today Xiaomi held a new product press conference and released the low-end router mini, priced at CNY$129 (USD$20). This is similar to the price range of the Guokr routers. In the beginning of April, Guokr launched a CNY$99 (USD$16) sale, causing its official website to receive a million orders.
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Name |
Xiaomi Router Mini | Guokr Router |
| Display | None | 2.4 inch touchscreen |
| Wifi Encryption | IEEE 802.11 a/b/g/n/ac | IEEE 802.11 a/b/g/n/ac |
| Wireless channels | Dual-channel 2.4GHz and 5GHz | Dual-channel 2.4GHz and 5GHz |
| RAM | 128 MB DDR | 128 MB DDR |
| ROM | Currently Unknown | 128MB NAND FLASH |
| Storage Space | Able to connect to hard drive | Able to connect to hard drive, charge |
| USB | USB 2.0 | USB2.0, maximum power 1A |
| Other ports | None | One port with unknown function |
| Antenna | External antenna | Internal multi-directional antenna |
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Functionality |
Currently Unknown |
Boosts game performance |
In terms of hardware specifications, the two products are no different. We did a detailed comparison table for everyone’s convenience, so you can choose your preferred router.
In terms of design, the Xiaomi Router Mini uses an all new design and is available in a variety of colours. The Guokr Router Beta uses a transparent shell design, but the official version as shown on the official website seems to be white. The following pictures compare the design of the two routers.
April 23 is destined to be a day of various significance, as many manufacturers including OnePlus, Xiaomi, Nubia and Meizu have chosen today to release headline-grabbing news. Yesterday, Meizu has announced on their official Weibo that they will have some good news to be released on 10am today. Outsiders have speculated that it may be MX3’s Ubuntu System Beta, the 4G version of the MX3 or the Android 4.4’s version of the Flyme 4.0. And now, the answer is officially revealed – a standardized price markdown of the popular flagship system MX3. The 16GB retail price has been adjusted to CNY$1,799 (USD $288).
Following today, the price will take effect across Meizu’s 600 official stores across the country, the website’s online stall, Meizu’s official flagship store at Tmall, Jingdong Mall and major social mobile phone marketplaces simultaneously. Consumers can easily purchase from these various channels.
After the standardized markdown of the MX3, it becomes more affordable for consumers, letting them completely enjoy Meizu’s high quality smartphones and the ultimate experience it provides. For more information, you can go to Meizu’s official online store at store.meizu.com, call Meizu’s national 24-hour service line 400-788-3333, or make enquiries at your local mobile phone store.
Today Xiaomi has already made an announcement that they will release an unexpected yet logical hardware. According to news leaks, this may be similar to Apple’s touchpad, but other sources say it may be a wireless Bluetooth keyboard. And Nubia’s official Weibo has stated, “April 23, what must come, will come”, most likely referring to the 5.5-inch Nubia X6. The news says the model, as a whole, is the same basic X6 configuration. If this is true, then the device will also have two configurations – the Quadcomm Snapdragon 800 with 2GB RAM, or the Snapdragon 801 with 3GB RAM. The main camera is a 13 megapixel dual camera, running on the newest Nubia UI 2.0, and supports td/FDD LTE dual-4G.
Yesterday, on Xiaomi’s new domain mi.com, Leijun announced that the fees of purchasing the domain were USD$3.6 million, equivalent to CNY$22 million. Xiaomi hopes to use this domain as the heart of its internationalization plan.
Since last year, Xiaomi has tested the waters of Taiwan, Hong Kong and Singapore. Leijun announced that this year, the company will enter 10 additional markets, including:
Asia: Malaysia, Philippines, India, Indonesia, Thailand, Vietnam
Europe: Russia, Turkey
The Americas: Brazil, Mexico.
Leijun has stated that he and vice-chairperson Li Wanqiang will focus on serving the local market, while Li Bin and Hubo Barra will manage the international markets.
Leijun has said that from over one year of testing waters, it has proven that their business plan is viable. He says that the team has also drafted out a plan for global expansion.
At the recent new products conference, Xiaomi announced three new products – the Xiaomi router, the Xiaomi router mini, and the Xiaomi Box enhanced version. The three products will be sold at CNY$699 (USD$112), CNY$129 (USD$20) and CNY$399 (USD$64) respectively.
The recently concluded press conference has officially revealed the OnePlus One phone. The device carries a Qualcomm quad-core 2.5GHz Snapdragon 801 processor, as well as a Andreno 330 GPU and 3GB RAM. Display-wise, it uses a JDI-produced 5.5-inch 1080p IPS LCD daiply, with a 13 megapixel F/2.0 main camera and a 5 megapixel wide-angle front camera. This powerful configuration sells for CNY$1,999.99 (US$320) for the 16GB version and CNY$2299.99 (US$369) for the 64GB version. Now let us look at some hands-on images.
As currently high-end smartphones are extremely popular, many operations quickly released a new generation of high-end smartphones at the start of 2014, but most of the releases do not support the 4G network. Last month, Coolpad announced a model, the Coolpad K1, which is not just a 4G-compatible phone, but a 4G dual-SIM phone. When it was opened for pre-order on the 15th of this month, preorder numbers broke 10,000 in a very short period of time. Today, the Coolpad K1 will be available to purchase online and at retail.
The Coolpad K1 comes with one 5.5-incch large touchscreen display, with a 540 x 960 resolution. The processor is a 1.2GHz Quadcomm Snapdragon 400, with 1GB or RAM and internal storage, 4GB card storage, which supports up to 32GB micro SD cards. The main camera shoots at 8 megapixel, with a 2 megapixel front camera. It runs on Android 4.3 with Coolife interface, and supports 4G LTE networking and dual-SIM cards.
The Coolpad K1 is officially announced in Shenzhen on the 19th of last month. China Unicom and Coolpad collaborated and focused on creating this high-end dual-SIM 4G mobile phone this year, and is even the first high-end 4G smartphone. Looking at the current situation, even if the other operators were to release a high-end 4G phone, they will only make it out three months later than the Coolpad K1 at the earliest, so for users with two numbers, this device is not a bad choice.
As China’s local smartphones grow more powerful and the smartphone market continuously expands, more and more of the country’s local smartphone manufacturers are expanding overseas. Last Friday, OPPO held a release event of the Find 7, which was released in China on 19 March previously, signaling their entry into the Indonesian market.
It has been reported that that release event of the Find 7 in Indonesia invited over 550 guests, which attract over 70 media crew to report the event. Furthermore, well-known Indonesian magician Debby was invited to grace the event for a magic performance, as well as share her experiences with magic.
In addition to having powerful specifications, the OPPO Find 7 also utilizes the unique VOOC flash charging function, which can charge up to three-quarters of the battery in half an hour, and a five-minute charge will guarantee two-hour’s worth of calling time. Additionally, the Find 7 is also the first phone to use Sony’s second-generation stackable 13 megapixel camera, which combined with the phone’s graphic processing program, can produce pictures as high as 50 megapixel.
It is reported that the Find 7 being released in Indonesia will also be sold in two versions, a standard version and a lite version. The prices of both versions are RP 6,999,000 and 5,999,000 respectively, equivalent to CNY$3,816 and CNY$3,270.
Meizu, known by their affordable smartphone price have become one of the people’s favorite in China. Recently, rumors had being told that their latest product, MX4, believed to be one of their finest products. Plus, as Meizu had discussed in the past that they will be widening their range market by competing the US smartphone industry market in 2014.
New rumors had been spread that the MX3 will have an upgrade with one of the highest spec but still would be reasonable which are about 2,000 CNY ($320). Furthermore, there are also some leak that the MX4 will come in two version which is 5-inch display support with Full HD resolution of 1920 x 1080 while the other version will come up with 5.5-inch display and Quad HD resolution of 2560 x 1536. The prices are still a mystery but will be discover soon as it was only thing people are curious about.
Some other sources told about the MX4 are it is built with Qualcomm Snapdragon 805 processor, 3GB of RAM, 16-megapixel rear camera, 5 megapixel front-facing camera. Plus, an Android app, but still it is not sure whether it will be apply on both model is Android-based Flyme 4.0. The rumors is still just a rumors, but if and only if, it is released on early August. Are you just wanted to let it passed by or grab the opportunity to be one of the earliest brand new, MX4, Meizu’s finest smartphone user?
Reports from China white-box suppliers told that China is using Intel and MediaTek 3G and LTE-enabled models to be adopted into their application processor (AP) .Plus, subsidies from Intel for tablet products and also MediaTek reasonable pricing has made them one of the top in tablet industry.
Years ago, Allwinner Technology and Rockchip were one of the favorites among the manufacturers for their low-cost solutions chipmaker. As days passed by, 3G and LTE tablets demand rising in the market. Manufacturers begin to pick another way for producing lower cost tablets based on the sources.
Meanwhile, Intel is announcing their latest product, dual-core Atom Z2520, for a model with 7-inch sizes and Atom 3735G for bigger 8-inch models as said in the sources.
For the starting price, 7-inch Intel tablet is said to be around US$20 while for 7.85-inch would be cost around US$27. Plus, the addition of LTE module, 7-inch models Intel tablet based white box currently came up with ex-factory price around US$50. After raise by US$20 with the addition of LTE module highlighted by the sources.
Surprisingly, tablet 3G white-box using the same MediaTek’s solution came also with ex-factory price about US$39.90.
Turning up the heat, Rockchip, Amlogic and Allwinner are also announcing their latest product. Days before, Rockchip had announce their new quad-core RK3288 that support LTE devices and wearable. In the meantime, Amlogic were primarily set its M8 series as their goal as their new release, M802, that could support display with Ultra HD. Last but not least, Allwinner are competing by producing their eight-core A80 chip exclusively made pre-order for their customer.
Vivo’s new flashship series vivo Xshot comes with new Quadcomm Snapdragon 8974AC processor, with 3GB RAM and 32 GB ROM, and supports the 4G LTE network. It is equipped with a 24-megapixel camera with a F1.8 wide aperture and Opitcal Image Stabilizer-support, with dual-LED flashlight, with a dedicated camera button.
In addition, the Vivo Xshot will use full LED lights for front camera, with the light intensity close to that of regular daylight. In dark environments, the Vivo Xshot can adjust its light intensity according to the environment using its smart sensor, resulting in a more natural lighting, allowing for a perfect selfie.
Currently there are netizens that leaked a group of images resembling the Vivo Xshot build. From the leaked images, the Vivo Xshot as a while has a much simpler design, but this series of images have not been confirmed to be official from legitimate sources.
As Huawei are making preparations for the upcoming Huawei Ascend P7, the announcement have somehow be made by the internet dwelling and somehow nothing is surprising anymore.
Not only the new Huawei Ascend P7 is leaked, it is already got into the benchmarked (right before it being released). As said to be leaked, people would find many pictures, spy shots, certification docs of Chinese’s TENAA, renders and somehow, an official-like live picture about the Ascend P7.
Some rumors told that the Ascend P7 has been through AnTuTu’s test that result on it becoming publics center of attention. As seen in Huawei’s latest model, Kirim 910 built with 2GB RAM, have about 5” 1080p droid also equipped with packs a quad-core 1.6GHz Cortex-A9 processor and Mali-T450 graphics. Quite surprising for Huawei to successfully build an amazing specs to its product .
There seems to be a continuous amount of news leaking out regarding the LG G3 this month. The device’s design and specifications can be said to be fully revealed. Today, the website: MyLGPhone once again leaked news from operator Sprint’s UA profile. They discovered that LG is about to released several new devices, one of the models named “LG-LS990”, and could be Sprint’s version of the LG G3. According to leaks, the device has 32GB card storage, 2GB internal storage, a 2.4 megapixel front camera and a 16 megapixel main camera. Other than the leaked specifications, the alternative media has also leaked about the new interface, confirmed to be the “Concierge” service.
The Concierge service will collect various messages and your phone use habits, and recommend relevant contact to the phone user by following a complicated algorithm . For example, in the image above, you can see the AccuWeather weather and time widget – the Concierge service will automatically follow the weather for that afternoon and notify the user to bring an umbrella out.
From the newest UA Profile, it was discovered that the device features a WQHD 2560 x 1440 resolution screen, and will run on Android 4.42/M8974AAAAANLYD2145A.1. The above serial code displays the serial code for the Qualcomm M8974, but this does no mean that the build will carry a Qualcomm Snapdragon 800 processor – the alternative media suggests that the LG Company may be using this LG G3 model carrying the Qualcomm Snapdragon 800 processor for testing, and may use a processor as powerful as the Galaxy S5 or the HTC One (M8) for their release version.
23 April is an exciting day. In addition to Xiaomi and OnePlus, Nubia has also been very active.
Previously, Nubia wrote on their official website that, “April 23, whatever must come, will come.”, so only announcing the X6 on the market might not be enough. If there were no shenanigans, how will consumers be attracted?
A netizen posted a concept art of nubia’s new device, which looks similar to the X6 in terms of design. On further comparison, the new device’s receiver and camera were adjusted slightly.
Is this for real? According to sources that leaked the news to this writer, nubia plans to release a mini version of the X6, which sounds reasonable and viable, as the 6.4 inch X6 may not be comfortable with everyone, so having a mini version is not out of the question. Beside, all the companies are doing it.
In addition, the source has also revealed that the display for this phone may be around 5.5 inches, with 1080p capabilities, which fits the specifications of the X6. If that is really the case, that means this phone will also have two specifications, with Snapdragon 800 and 2GB of RAM, or Snapdragon 801 and 3GB of RAM, with 13 megapixel front and back cameras, and running on the newest Nubia UI 2.0, and supporting TD/FDD and 4G.
The aim, the source revealed, for this model is to trump the upcoming Xiaomi 3S. Whether Nubia will release this new model tomorrow, we will have to wait and see.
Rockville, MD – April 22, 2014 – Hillcrest Labs announced today that Lenovo’s new line of Smart TVs is using Hillcrest’s patented Freespace® in-air pointing and motion control software. Freespace enables point-and-click, gesture and motion control of Smart TVs through simple in-air movements of a remote control. Lenovo’s Freespace-enabled Lenovo Smart TVs include the new S9 Smart TV that was unveiled last week, for sale across China.
There has been a lot of news regarding the Xiaomi tablet recently. Currently most people believe the Xiaomi table with have an 8-inch touchscreen display (2048 x 1536 resolution), and run on a NVIDIA Tegra K1 processor with a Foxconn OEM. However, today, sources discovered from Foxconn that the Xiaomi tablet actually has a variety of options to choose from.
According to a micro-blog user’s private intelligence leaks, currently the Xiaomi model used for testing by Foxconn uses a 7.85 inch 2048 x 1536 touchscreen display, with the processor actually being an Intel BayTrail-T CR Quad-Core. Xiaomi considered using Intel because Intel provided a higher subsidy for tablet processors, and provided impressive performance. With the assurance of quality as well as reduced manufacturing costs, Foxconn has already produced around 100 units of a prototype for testing.
Along with Foxconn, Xiaomi also has hired Taiwan’s Inventec to commence testing, and the device specifications of the model being tested by Inventec features an NVIDIA Tegra K1. It is uncertain whether Xiaomi will actually release both variations onto the market, or decide on one.
Comparatively peaking, the possibility of Xiaomi releasing the Intel model is higher, as Intel’s branding is more prominent, and is more powerful in terms of supply and product subsidies. Adding Xiaomi’s huge marketing power, Intel may put Xiaomi in a more favourable position.
Lastly, comparing the similarities, currently Xiaomi has not let Foxconn go ahead with preparations, therefore it is still very early in the production phase. Looking at the schedule, it looks like the Xiaomi tablet will only meet us during the third quarter earliest.
Yesterday, a netizen leaked Vivo’s brand new photographic flagship product Xshot’s performance stats, and today, Vivo once again leaked one shocking new feature of their product.
Revealed on Vivo’s official Weibo, in order to accomplish the goal of taking a perfect selfie, the Xshot actually comes equipped with an LED bulb in front for flash filling. Apparently, the frontal LED light’s power is close to the sun’s natural lighting, and can even adjust its strength according to the darkness of its environment through a smart sensor, resulting in a more natural lighting.
In addition to its powerful front lighting, the Xshot also provides 7.68 megapixel front camera, and a 2.4 megapixel main camera (with double-lighting, double-temperature LED bulbs).
This adds on to a previous leak which revealed that the Xshot will have a 2.5Ghz Snapdragon 801 CPU, 3GB RAM and 32GB phone memory. It will run on Android 4.3.
