Chinese smartphone market is filled with manufacturers who go underground for a few months or even years and suddenly come up with a surprise handset out of the blue. IUNI is one such smartphone maker and the last smartphone from the company was released back in 2014. So, for the past two years, we haven’t heard much from the company, which was disappointing since its smartphones had both looks as well as powerful hardware. But now, it looks like we could meet a new IUNI smartphone, namely the IUNI U4 with powerful specs. We have to caution you that the leaked renders and specs seem to be made by a designer, so we are not entirely sure whether this would end up being announced this year. Anyway, let’s take a look at what IUNI U4 could look like.

First, let’s take a look at IUNI U4’s design revealed by the new renders. We can see that the phone looks quite premium in these pictures. You get a curved back and a body measuring just 7.2mm in thickness which is pretty slim even for today’s standards. The 5.2-inch display up front looks great because of the super thin bezels on the sides. There are three capacitive buttons just below the display. Further, we can see that the phone has a side mounted fingerprint sensor. Overall, design wise, the phone is beautiful.

Now coming to the specs, the IUNI U4 will come with the mighty Snapdragon 820 quad-core processor clocked at 2.15GHz. There will be two RAM and storage options, 4GB / 6GB (LPDDR4) and 64GB /128GB (UFS 2.0) storages. At the back, the phone reportedly features a 13MP Sony IMX377 sensor. Other features of the phone include side mounted fingerprint ID, IUNI OS 2.0 and a price tag of 1999 Yuan ($308) for the 4GB  + 64GB version. The 6GB RAM + 128GB version is said to retail for 2499 Yuan ($382).

Like mentioned above, these renders and information seem to come from a third party designer. So, we aren’t sure whether it would end up as the real deal. Hence, make sure you take this news with a pinch of salt.

So, what do you think about the phone’s designs and specs?

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A brand new smartphone from domestic mobile phone manufacturer IUNI has recently been listed on the website of TENAA. The phone is dubbed the N1, and is expected to be priced under 1,000 Yuan. Looking at the images posted on the website, there’s certainly a flair as far as the design element is concerned, giving the phone a bit of a character. At first glance, it would look as if the device comes with two cameras each on its front and rear. The reality however, is that what looks like the extra cameras, are actually LED lights, which come ensconced in cavities with the exact same design as the cameras, resulting in the visual illusion.

While not all hardware specifications are clear about the upcoming smartphone from IUNI, the listing on TENAA has revealed the N1 comes with a 5-inch display, with a 1280 x 720 resolution. The device is powered by a 1.3 GHz quad-core processor of unknown make. However, it is being speculated that the chip might be Mediatek’s MT6735 SoC. The phone also comes with 2 GB of RAM and 64 GB of internal storage. The rear camera on the device is expected to have a 13 megapixel sensor, while the front camera is expected to come with an 8 megapixel sensor. The phone is also said to come with a 2000 mAh battery, and will be running Android 5.0 Lollipop out of the box.

While speculating about product pricing is always fraught with danger, taking into account the price of the IUINI U3 has now been reduced to 1399 Yuan, it probably wouldn’t be too much of a stretch to think the IUNI N1 will probably be significantly more affordable, and will probably come with a price-tag between 799 to 999 Yuan. As there’s no official confirmation of the device from IUNI just as yet, we’ve no idea when the N1 is expected to come to the market, but with the device already earning the regulator’s approval, we’d imagine the launch date won’t be too far away.

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IUNI is one of those Chinese companies that is known for releasing great products for bargain prices. However, company’s products are not officially available to purchase for international customers, but they can be purchased via third party resellers (like many of the Chinese devices). The company has made itself famous by announcing devices like all-aluminium IUNI U2 and later on the IUNI U3, which is still a beast of the phone as far specs go.

This time around IUNI has just officially announced a new “Miss Puff” (if the translation from the Chinese is correct) smartphone, which carries the model name I1. This device seems to be designed for female users in mind as it carries a pink colour and some software, which should be loved by women.

As far as the specs go, IUNI i1 uses a 5.2-inch 1080p screen (with a 2.5D curved glass), it is powered by Qualcomm Snapdragon 801 processor. Also, it has 2GB of memory and 32GB of storage (most likely non-expandable). What is more, there is a 8mp/13mp camera combo on the front and the back, respectively. Moreover, the battery capacity reaches 3000mAh.

As far as female oriented features go, the device will have a self-timer beauty mode, which will enhance the face by doing dome tricks like face-lifting, whitening, giving a big eyes effect (popular in Asia), softening etc. What is more, the device will have a 15 seconds beauty video. Morever, IUNI i1 also supports automatic face recognition feature. Finally, there will be a lossless zoom feature on the front facing snapper!

Software wise, the phone will be equipped with IUNI’s proprietary IUNI OS, which will have “zero bloatware” except for the female oriented features.

The phone will come in two variants, which include white and pink. Also, it will spot the aluminum-magnesium alloy frame.

In addition, there will be two retail versions. One will be IUNI i1 Lite, which will cost 1999 Yuan and the pricier one (2399 yuan), which will come with some extras that include jewelry box packaging and some valuable accessories for females. The items will go on sale tomorrow at Lynx Electric City in China. International availability or pricing is not yet detailed.

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It looks like IUNI has a new device in the pipeline, as a new model has just hit TENAA. The IUNI 830 features similar specifications as the IUNI U3, yet there are some subtle changes which makes us believe that this could be the rumored IUNI U3 Mini smartphone.

In the processor department, the IUNI U830 features the same Snapdragon 801 quad-core processor as the IUNI U3 but is clocked at a lower speed, 2.3GHz instead of 2.5Ghz. The new model comes with 2GB RAM as opposed to 3GB on the U3 and 32GB internal storage which unfortunately is not expandable.

Up front, the IUNI U3 Mini features a beautiful 5.15-inch display with Full HD 1080p resolution. On the other hand, the U3 had a 5.5-inch 2K display. As for the camera, the phone features a 13MP rear shooter and a 8MP front camera.

The company has managed to reduce its thickness to 9.3mm, but the battery is not drastically reduced. Instead of the 3000mAh one on the U3, this upcoming model features a 2900 mAh battery. This should give a similar battery life as the U3 since it features a smaller screen and slightly lower specs.

As for the connectivity features, the IUNI U3 Mini will support GSM, TD-SCDMA, TD-LTE, LTE FDD, WCDMA networks. Naturally, like all IUNI devices, this particular model will run on Android 4.4.4 based IUNI OS. The phone will come in black, white and green colors.

While the official price tag of the device is not yet announced, it is said that the phone will be available for around 1999 Yuan, which comes to $320. This is almost the same price as the IUNI U3.

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OnePlus made a splash in 2014 with while being a new startup, but managing to grow extremely fast. They introduced the new concept of flagship grade device, which they called a “Flagship Killer”. Also, another interesting and appealing aspect of this company was its partnership with Cyanogen Inc. that enabled One devices to have this custom Android ROM to be preinstalled out of the box.

Naturally, as the company grows, it wants to expand its versatility in many ways. One of them is being independent from other companies. For this reason, the OnePlus team decided that they could be better off by making their own software and thus assure the seamless hardware and software integration in their devices. Therefore, they decided to produce their own custom ROM, which is called OnePlus ROM.

It is indeed a pretty good idea, but it seems that the company is still looking for some new partnerships or at least seeking for help outside the company.

This is confirmed by the latest rumours, which where announced by the @leaksfly on Twitter. It says that OnePlus team hired the whole IUNI (which is mainly known for its U2 and U3 devices) team to help them build up or even build the whole OnePlus ROM. That could mean that the IUNI’s team may implement some similar design and functionality elements in to the OnePlus ROM. What is more, we believe that it is not the best thing for OnePlus company since their ROM may be too similar to other Chinese ROMS, especially the one used in IUNI devices, which run company’s proprietary IUNI OS.

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IUNI is one of the companies in China that managed to make a great start and shake up the competition. They may not have a market share like Xiaomi, but they are indeed a big threat in the future. This becomes even more obvious, because the company uses very similar marketing strategy – top-notch hardware for an amazing price.

What is more, the IUNI puts a lot of effort to the design of their products. They have already proven that by manufacturing their all metal smartphone – IUNI U2. It does not matter that it was released quite some time ago, it still offers a bunch of specs packed in a very attractive, high quality and compact design.

Company’s latest device – IUNI U3 also has one of the top hardware components, which are packed in a quite brilliant body. This time around, the IUNI decided to use more plastic instead of metal, but still, the alloy chassis and frame makes it quite a looker.

This time we have some interesting news for you as we see as what can possibly be the next flagship – IUNI U4.

If the numbers on the sketch are correct, the device should be in the category of compact smartphones. The length is supposed to be 130mm as the width is marked as 62mm. As far as thickness goes, it should be 8mm, which puts it in average category. Well, if we consider the latest Vivo X5 Max, it would be quite a fatty. In the end, 8mm is fair enough for most of people.

As far as other design elements go, the device is expected to have quite good screen to body ratio, where 4.7″ screen is chosen to assert the compact phone’s category. Also, there is a  headphone jack and power on/off button on top, speaker grill and micro usb port on the bottom.

What is more, there are two tripes at the back of the device, which impose the fact that the phone will be made out of aluminium or other alloy. Also, there is a camera with dual LED flash.

Having seen these design sketches we liked it. Well, but we noticed one aspect, which is the inspiration coming from another company (guess what). However, given the fact that the company always manages to offer amazing specs for even more amazing price, we may accept it.

The above sketches also suggest that some of the previous leaks, which implied the fact of existence of IUNI u4 already in flesh and blood turn out to be fake.

All in all, this is quite interesting move by IUNI to produce a compact class device. So far it seems that only Sony has managed to offer a compact device with no compromise to the specs (Z1 or Z3 compact series). Can IUNI do the same?

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If you already thought that the Xiaomi Red Mi Note and Huawei Honor 4 are powerful for phones that cost 999 RMB, then you have not seen anything yet, as the IUNI U2 not only costs 999 RMB but also uses the Qualcomm Snapdragon 800.

Two versions of the IUNI U2 are on sale at Chinese online store, JD. One is the low-cost version (999 RMB) with 2GB RAM and 16GB ROM, while the other is the high-cost version (1199 RMB/196.15 USD) which has 3GB RAM and 32GB ROM. Unfortunately, it is only available in select locations.

The IUNI U2 sports a 4.7-inch 1080p touchscreen, the 2.2GHz Snapdragon 800 processor, a 4mp/16mp dual-camera, and 2200mAh battery. Its OS is the IUNI OS which is based on the Android 4.3. It only has support for GSM and WCDMA networks, not 4G.

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IUNI U3 is announced this afternoon. Let’s take a look at the details.

IUNI U3 is targeting young fellows out there as its potential customers. It’s featuring a metal body, and you can hold it with just one hand, and it feels pretty nice. When it comes to inner structure, it’s partially made of magnesium aluminum alloy. Its back is made of plastic though, but covered with a kind of paint from Japan. It looks great, and has a dirt-resistant effect.

IUNI U3 comes with a 5.5-inch display. It’s the second generation 2K display manufactured by Sharp, which is said to have a higher refresh rate, and also uses less power and has a wider rang of colors than before. To make operations in winter easier, it also supports glove mode.

The out layer of IUNI U3 is made of Corning Gorilla glass 3 which is more scratch-resistant. Plus the out layer features a cambered surface, which makes swiping and scrolling on it more comfortable.

IUNI U3 also comes with a brand new IUNI OS which is based on Android 4.4. Even though it’s a third party ROM, it still gives us a stock Android feeling (no third-party apps pre-installed). It also added some features like security/voice assistant and gesture control.

IUNI U3 costs 2000RMB ($325), but for those of you who wanna buy it, you’re gonna have to wait until September, ’cause they need a little more time to prepare for the stock, so everyone can get the phone if they want to buy. No more stupid invite system.

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IUNI launched its second mobile phone U3

The selling point of the second product is its mobile phone screen, which uses 2k screen of 5.5 inches. IUNI emphasis the color performance of the screen. This is the second generation screen made by Sharp, with the pixel density upto 538 ppi, and the screen is of high fresh rate, better power saving and auto color adjustment, which is one of the best 2k screen currently. This screen supports  glove mode, which is suitable for Winter. For the outer layer of the screen, IUNI U3 uses Gorilla Glass3 made by Corning, with better scratch-resistance.

All-metal rear cover have not been used in IUNI U3, and the Al-Mg alloy metal material is used for the front of mobile phone, with the mobile width of 74.9. The rear cover uses plastic material.

In hardware, IUNI U3 uses Snapdragon 801 Quad-core processor of Qualcomm company, with the main frequency of 2.32.3 HGz, 3GB RAM and 32GB ROM, 2K resolution screen, 3000 mAh battery capacity, which are similar to the configurations  for the Android flagship mobile phone of other brands.

The camera of IUNI U3 is of 13.00 Mp, F 2.0 aperture and OIS  optical steadyShot. The camera interface is designed simply, with front Webcam of 400 Mpi.

4G LTE is also a highlight of IUNI U3, which supports TD-LTE and FDD-LTE 4G LTE, and also be compatible with WCDMA and GSM. This mobile phone supports dual SIM cards.

IUNI is intended to follow Xiao Mi mobile phone. They publiched the IUNI OS based on Android, and then launched the mobile phone.

And in the conference press today, IUNI OS is still a selling point of this mobile phone. IUNI always emphasize the strengths of ROM: simple and no third party pre-installed applications.  The latest IUNI OS is based on Android 4.4 system, which optimized the Security, Speech Assistant and gesture. Except for its owner mobile phone, IUNI OS has been suitable for the other 11 mobile phones.

There is only 32 GB version for IUNI U3, and only three colors can be selected. The price of U3 is RMB 2000($325), which can be ordered at its official website and JD.com since September 10th.

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Judging from the leaked photos, the front of IUNI U3 is somewhat similar to the design of Gionee. The sensor and the front camera are on the left and right side of the handset, with the Android L style virtual keys lying on the bottom of the screen. Of course, we will not see Android L OS preinstalled on U3, since no official version of Android L is available at the moment.

IUNI U3 will replace the all-metal back with the traditional Polycarbonate material. Its arc rim design enhances the feel of the phone. It is worth noticing that U3’s rear camera is at the same level with the whole body, with a green circle surrounding the rear camera and a single LED Flash underneath. Looks familiar, huh?

The leaked IUNI U3 is all white, making us to wonder if U3 will cancel its black-and-white design. Anyway, there is little doubt that the first model will be a white U3.

As for the specs, IUNI U3 will be equipped with a 5.5-inch 2560*1440 screen, 2.3 GHz Snapdragon 801AB CPU, 3GB RAM, 32 GB ROM, with no support for external memory card. It features a 400 mega pixels front camera and a 1,200 mega pixels rear camera and support for 4k video shooting. IUNI will be carrying IUNI OS based on Android 4.4.4 and compatible with both TTD-LTE and FDD-LTE.

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More news has been coming out in the last four days about the upcoming IUNI U3 with many speculating whether or not it will sport a 2K screen, have a high screen ratio, or support dual-4G network. It looks like we will all find out soon as IUNI will formally launch the U3 on August 26. The launch will be broadcast live online and with a press conference.

I wonder what surprises IUNI have for us? Will the U3 blow our minds? I can’t wait! Can you?

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The only information that has been revealed so far about the U3 is that it sports a 5.5-inch display screen with 2K resolution, runs on an octa-core processor (most likely the MT6595), supports dual-4G network as well as dual-SIM and other networks.

IUNI’s latest teaser for U3 challenged the Mi 4. Can they really do it? We will just have to wait and see.

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Today, IUNI has release its fourth teaser poster for its latest flagship hone, the IUNI U3 which is expected to come out no later than August. The latest poster simply shows “3>4.”

The first two posters show a clear outline of the IUNI U3, while in the third and fourth posters, IUNI hints at what the U3 is capable of using puns and word games. Many guessed from the “2×4” poster that the U3 will support 5 modes and 16 channels of TDD/FDD dual 4G. Some even think that it might support dual-SIM.

Based on what has been happening recently in the Chinese mobile phone industry, we can probably make the following conclusion….that the “3” represents the U3 white the “4” represents the Xiaomi Mi 4 which got the attention of many users since its release last month. Therefore, the “3>4” poster is basically IUNI’s declaration of war against Xiaomi saying that the IUNI U3 will definitely surpass the Mi 4. Can they put their money where their mouth is?

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IUNI recently posted a poster on their official Weibo account teasing their follow-up to the IUNI U2, the IUNI U3.

The poster shows the Chinese character “显” (show) with the English word shown in the middle representing the line in the “曰”character. We can guess that the biggest highlight of the U3 must be its display screen (显示屏). It will most likely have 2k resolution.

If it’s true, then we won’t need to make a lot of guesses about the screen’s size. Unless it’s more than 5.5 inches large, then there’s no point to having 2K resolution. Furthermore, there’s one little part of the poster that is worth mentioning. Look at how thin the horizontal lines in “曰” character. It looks like a frame of a cell phone placed horizontally. The narrower the frames of a phone’s screen are, the higher the aspect ratio it will have. Does this mean that the U3 will have a very thin frame and high aspect ratio?

We’ll only know when IUINI formally launches the U3.

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IUNI is one of the Chinese smartphone products that also release their new smartphone on March 18th, this phone is becoming the mysterious products before and now this appear as IUNI U2.

IUNI U2 has good looking design, the design is similar with Gionee Elife S5.5, built with metal body design and has slimer and thinner with aesthethic and very comfortable to grip.

The IUNI U2 has 136.9 x 65 x 10.2mm body dimension, although a large number of metal materials applications, but has only 145g of weight, with 4.7 inches screen size.

According to Benchmark test, IUNI U2 is uses a 2.2GHz quad-core Snapdragon 800 processor, packs with 4.7-inch Sharp LTPS display with a resolution of 1920 x 1080 pixel density up to 469ppi, this phone is also has double tap to the screen to make the phone is wake up. IUNI U2 has 2GB of RAM + 16GB of ROM and 3GB od RAM + 32GB of ROM version, the phone is also packs with 4 megapixel front facing f/2.0 Ultrapixel camera and 16 megapixel rear facing camera with f/2.2 aperture with built-in 12 filter.

The phone is also powered by 2200 mAh battery capacity and works with China Unicom network support OTG, gyroscope, barometer and compass, and has three microphones designed to improve call quality. This phone is ready to hit in Mid-April for 1,799 yuan ($290 USD) price tag and 1,999 yuan ($320 USD) price for high-end version and will be available in 5,000 unit with grey, silver and metalic green color cover.

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