For those who don’t know, Ivvi used to be a sub-brand of smartphone company Coolpad. Last year, LeEco became the largest shareholder at Coolpad, but we do not know if it was responsible for selling off 80% of Ivvi’s stake in December 2016 to SuperD, a display technology company in China. This year has seen the release of the Ivvi K5 and the Ivvi V3. The former has a glasses-free 3D display and may be getting a successor soon.

A sketch of a new phone said to be a 2nd-gen 3D smartphone was leaked online last week. There were reports earlier this year that the company would launch new products with glasses-free 3D display and it appears the image points to one of them.

Apart from the phone having a 3D display, it will also have dual rear cameras and a likely front-mounted fingerprint scanner. The overall design of the phone is different as the sketch shows a phone that is curvier than your average smartphone. The display is also curved at the edges just like the LG G6.

It is not known if this is the final design but the phone looks like it will be a bit wide based on its unusual shape. Another info from the leaked image is the writing at the bottom right corner which says “Ivvi V Series”. This means it will belong in the same series as the V3 released last month.

READ MORE: Ivvi F2, A 399 Yuan ($58) Smartphone with VoLTE Support Launched

Ivvi’s focus is to release more devices with 3D displays but it remains to be seen if the world is willing to embrace a technology that seems to be dying. The world is moving towards AR and VR which are focus areas for SuperD, the brand’s main stakeholder. So you are left wondering why it is focusing on 3D and not AR or VR.

Specification and release details about the phone is not known yet. Once we have info on them, we sure will let you know.

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Ivvi has taken the wraps of its new smartphone called the V3. The Ivvi V3 which was launched at a special yacht party yesterday, has Chinese actress Zhao Liying (Zanilia Zhao) as its brand ambassador.

Featuring an all-metal unibody, the Ivvi V3 is a camera focused smartphone with its 13MP super wide-angle selfie camera. It packs a number of interesting features for that perfect selfie. From the beauty effects to the screen flash and the sensor’s ability to capture details in low-light conditions, owners should expect high quality pictures

It has a 5.5-inch HD display, an unspecified 64-bit processor and 3GB of RAM. Storage is 32GB and there is a 3200mAh battery under the hood. The Ivvi V3’s rear camera is also a 13MP sensor that sits in the top left corner of the phone. The sensor shares the same housing with the phone.

READ MORE: Ivvi F2, A 399 Yuan ($58) Smartphone with VoLTE Support Launched

The Ivvi V3 runs Android Nougat out of the box and is priced at¥1599 ($235). It is available in gold, silver and black.

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About a month ago, Ivvi announced a new smartphone, the Ivvi K5. Initially it was rumored to come with a Snapdragon 835 processor, but it ended up launching with a Mediatek chip. A photograph of a new phone called the Ivvi V3 has surfaced online but there is still no mention of a SD835 SoC.

The Ivvi V3 picture was shared on Weibo by @dwarfmonk and it shows the lower half of the front. Unlike the Ivvi V5 that has its fingerprint scanner on the back, the V3 has its own under the home button. There is also a mention of it having the same glasses free 3D display as the V5.

READ MORE: Ivvi F2, A 399 Yuan ($58) Smartphone with VoLTE Support Launched

Another leaked image that surfaced shows the Ivvi V3 with dual rear cameras designed just like that of the iPhone 7. The back of the phone also appears to be matte and not glass.

We expect more details about the phone to surface in the coming weeks. The Ivvi V3 is rumored to be priced below ¥3000 (∼$440).

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Chinese smartphone manufacturer Ivvi has released its much-touted Ivvi K5 mobile phone that comes to challenge top-end models with its premium design and amazing specs lineup. We can’t really get too excited because the K5 doesn’t feature a Snapdragon 835 chipset as the device had been tipped to do. It doesn’t even feature a Qualcomm chip instead, it packs an octa-core MediaTek chip.

The Ivvi K5 comes with a premium body that goes beyond the usual metal body but instead, it features a curved glass body both at the front and back. The glass used on the body is said to have been manufactured using new and improved composite materials which are not only lighter, but also makes the phone durable and not fragile.

On the specs end, the Ivvi K5 sports a 5.5-inch 1080p display and is powered by an undisclosed MediaTek SoC which is an Octa-core CPU. The device comes with a single memory version comprising a 4GB RAM and 64GB of internal storage. On the camera end, the K5 packs an 8MP sensor at the front and at the rear, there is a 13MP shooter. There is also a rear-mounted fingerprint sensor on the smartphone. Keeping the lights on is a 3000mAh battery and the phone comes with dual SIM/ dual standby support as well as entire network support.

Perhaps the most spectacular feature on the phone is the 3D function it comes with. The LCD display on the device is capable of displaying images with 3D effects. Thus, 3D videos, 3D games and other 3D contents can be viewed on the smartphone. This is really not a surprise, considering that Ivvi’s new owners SuperD is one of the leading manufacturers of 3D display in China.

See Also: Ivvi V1 Hits TENAA Without any Visible Antenna Bands: Its First Phone After Being Sold to SuperD

As for the price, the Ivvi K5 will sell for 2,199 Yuan ($319) and would be on sale as from April 19 via Ivvi mall and Lynx.

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For those of you who don’t remember, Ivvi used to be a sub-brand of Coolpad but is now owned by a different company, SuperD. Coolpad itself is now controlled by LeEco. Ivvi has released a number of phones since it changed ownership, most notably the Ivvi i3 which was the first phone to launch with the Snapdragon 430 chipset.

The Ivvi K5 is their next phone and its said to launch with a Snapdragon 835. This is a big deal for Ivvi as the K5 will likely be the third Chinese phone other than the Xiaomi Mi 6 and Gree Phone 2 to be powered by the chip.

The other cool thing about the Ivvi K5 is it’s design. Pictures of the flagship have been posted online and it shows it sporting a curved glass back. The design is reminiscent of the Honor 8 as it’s reflective too.

The Ivvi K5 is rumoured to sport a 5.5-inch FHD display, 4GB of RAM and 128GB of storage. It will also have a 3500mAh battery under the hood. The pictures show that there’s a single camera on the back and a fingerprint scanner too.

Ivvi has an event scheduled for April 18, a day before the Xiaomi Mi 6’s launch. It appears that Ivvi is not only a competition for Xiaomi in terms of launching a Snapdragon 835-powered phone but it is also set on being the first Chinese manufacturer to do so.

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Many of you have heard the company, Ivvi, which was actually a sub-brand of Coolpad. This is no longer the case since the company sold off 80% of its share in the company to another company, called SuperD. Now, there is a remote chance that you might have heard this name before, because the company had released its first smartphone in September in China, the SuperD D1 which was a VR-centric device featuring dual front 8MP cameras for eye tracking.

Now, a new Ivvi smartphone, the Ivvi V1, has just passed through the Chinese certification website, TENAA revealing its design as well as the specifications. This will make it the first smartphone from Ivvi after the transfer of equity to SuperD. So, will this transfer finally make Ivvi into an interesting phone brand? Well, at least, this Ivvi V1 won’t be helping the brand name, since the specs as well as the design, are just average.

But it is worth noting that we couldn’t see any antenna bands on the device. Given that the phone looks like it’s made out of metal, this would be an interesting design for an entry level handset. As for the specs, the phone comes with a 1.1GHz quad-core processor with three variants, 1GB RAM + 8GB ROM, 2GB + 16GB and finally, there’s a 3GB RAM + 32GB version as well. The display is a 5.5-inch panel with 720p resolution. At the back, there is an 8MP camera while up front, you get a 2MP shooter. Unfortunately, there’s no fingerprint sensor on board. As for OS, the phone is running on YunOS 5.1.1.

Not really an interesting device in terms of specs, but the no antenna design does give this entry-level handset a true unibody look. But it will take much more than these specs for Ivvi to get back our interest. We really hope that SuperD, with its years of experience in Vision technology, manages to rebrand Ivvi into a unique and interesting smartphone brand.

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An hour back, we revealed that the new Ivvi i3 smartphone with Snapdragon 430 was launched. The phone came with mid-range specs and is quite costly, starting at $355. However, despite its mid-range hardware, the phone comes with a premium metal body that looks quite good. In fact, the phone boasts of 99.2% metal in its body, which means metal lovers are in for a treat.

Apart from the premium metal body, the Ivvi i3 features an arc back, which ensures that you get a good grip on the device. Further, the company has worked with Qualcomm to improve efficiency of the device as well as use a special multi-antenna technology to enable support for all the three major carriers (full netcom) in China.

As for the body itself, the phone is just 6.5mm thin. In fact, at its thinnest point, the phone is just 4.2mm thick, which is pretty impressive. This also makes it thinner than the 6.6mm OPPO R9. Being such a thin device, the camera protrudes a little.

Everything at the back is symmetrical, with the camera sensor, dual tone LED flash and fingerprint sensor placed exactly in the middle. Coming to the front, the phone features on-screen buttons with thin black borders around the screen and camera and other sensors on top.

The phone is powered by the mid-range Snapdragon 430 chipset, making it the first in the market. If you are interested in the specs of the phone, you can read all about it from our launch article here.

Meanwhile, check out the Ivvi i3 in pictures from down below courtesy of Anzhuo.

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Coolpad’s Ivvi brand has just announced a trio of smartphones in the market, in its new “small bone” lineup. The company is targeting the budget market with these devices, with the cheapest model, namely the Ivvi Small Bone starting at just 999 Yuan. There are two other models, namely the Small Bone Pro and the Small Bone Exclusive Edition costing 1399 Yuan and 1499 Yuan respectively.

Despite its good looks, the specs of the device fails to impress. The Ivvi Small Bone comes with a modest Snapdragon 410 quad-core chip with 1GB of RAM and 8GB of internal storage. At the back, there will be a 8MP camera while up front, you will find a 5MP shooter. The screen is quite compact measuring just 4.7-inches with unknown resolution (most likely 1280 x 720p). The battery is also small measuring just 1800mAh capacity.

In case of the Small Bone Pro edition, the only major difference is that the phone will feature a fingerprint sensor at the back. The sensor is reportedly fast, unlocking the device in just 0.24 seconds. This particular edition also features a special CPU cooling technology to keep the phone cool at all times.

As you can see, these specs are just plain disappointing. At this price, you get a lot of better options like Meizu M2 Note, Xiaomi Redmi Note 2 (even cheaper) and LeTV 1S (slightly costlier). So, what was Ivvi thinking releasing these devices?

Anyways, we think the company could have done much better with the specs. But let me know what you think.

Meanwhile, check out some pictures of the lineup from down below.

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