It has been more than a year since Redmi announced the Redmi 9A entry-level smartphone. The phone is surely due for a successor but it appears fans of the brand do not mind as the device is still flying off the shelves. As a matter of fact, the Redmi 9A was the best-selling smartphone last month on Jingdong!

Yes, the Redmi 9A with its Helio G25 processor and HD+ display outsold the iPhone 12 series, iPhone 13 series, and Redmi Note 10 series among others. The said list of the best-selling 20 smartphones for the month of September was shared on Weibo by the account @Technology Propaganda.

As shown in the image, the Redmi 9A sold 317,431 units. There are speculations that most of the purchases were made by older citizens who want a simple device as well as students on a tight budget. The figure doesn’t seem to be far-fetched considering a Counterpoint Research report revealed last month that Xiaomi is the market leader in China for devices in the $100 category.

The Redmi 9A launched in China last July for ¥599 (~$93) for the version with 4GB of RAM and 64GB of storage. Redmi later followed it with other configurations including a 2GB RAM + 32GB variant priced at ¥499 (~$77) and a 6GB RAM + 128GB version that launched for ¥999 (~$155).

Other phones that made it to the list of best-selling devices for the month include the iPhone 12 which sold 311,720 units, the new iPhone 13 which sold 286,500 nits, and the 2019 iPhone 11 that sold 248,599 units. The Redmi Note 9 4G, the Redmi K40, and the Redmi Note 9 Pro are three other Redmi phones that made the top 10. The Honor 50 and the Honor Play5T grabbed the 7th and 10th spots respectively with 112,605 units and 105,812 units respectively.

Apple is definitely the clear winner as it sold more devices combined than any of the other brands on the list. Apart from having four devices in the top 10, it also has four other devices on the list.

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Beijing Metropolitan authority has granted JD.com, Meituan, and Neolix to test their autonomous vehicle delivery system on some designated public roads within the Beijing suburbs. Specifically, the driverless delivery vans will run a pilot scheme within the Yizhuang Development Area. The announcement was made on Tuesday by the local authorities.

According to reports, the requisite 5G infrastructure needed for the rollout of driverless delivery service in the Yizhuang neighborhood is already in place. The three companies granted the permit have differing goals. While JD.com and Meituan seek these self-driving delivery vans to meet up demand from its core business concerns, Neolix is a young startup focused on retail, surveillance, and other city services. Neolix is backed by Li Auto, a budding electric vehicle manufacturer.

The new driverless delivery scheme is bound to impact positively on the operations of JD.com, as it may scale down the number of delivery staff needed for its activities in the target area. Meituan draws from a pool of riders to carry out restaurant deliveries, enhanced with the new driverless delivery system.

About 150 self-driving delivery vans would be deployed by Neolix by June, according to the company. It is still unclear the scale of deployment of the delivery robots by JD.com and Meituan, as both companies were yet to provide public information on their plans.

There are strict safety rules that must be met by each of the companies, including on-the-spot or remote safety drivers, to react to the fluid dynamics of these robots interfacing with pedestrians. Each company has developed the self-driving technology to an appreciable level for its deployment and hopes this pilot run will be highly successful. Each of the delivery vans is customized to interact with customers excellently.

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The Beijing-Tokyo Manufacturing Co. Ltd has launched electric clothes drying rack.  The product is priced at 1,299 yuan (~$198) and is already listed on Jingdong (JD.com) but you can online register to be notified when it goes on sale.

The product utilizes an aviation-grade aluminum-alloy body and also integrates a silent German DC motor. It uses a self-developed integrated rope winding electric lift system that can drop down up to 1.1 meters. The lift has an operational noise of fewer than 50 decibels. The smart dryer also features an ultra-light and thick magnesium-aluminum alloy scissors frame, 304 stainless steel wire rope. It supports 1200W powerful drying, disinfection, and sterilization, and is equipped with maternal and child crossbars.

After the smart clothes drying rack unfolded, it has a large 4-pole telescopic drying space. the poles can stretch between 1.2 meters and 2 meters. It can be laid flat to prevent the clothes from folding and to create more drying space on the rack.

With this design, the clothes dryer can fit into any space that meets its minimum installation size which is 140*90*180cm. The product itself has a dimension of 120*45*30cm when folded. It weighs just 13.1kg and has a carrying capacity of 14kg. It adopts a three-safety system which includes a photoelectric switch limit, anti-loosening protection, as well as a silent and uniform speed lifting that stops when it encounters obstacles.

The smart clothes dryer is equipped with a 14W lighting power LED lamp to reduce the problem of excessive light-blocking due to clothes during the drying process. The device also features Positive Temperature Coefficient (PTC) heaters with a power rating of 1200W. PTC heaters are self-regulating, ensuring that it doesn’t get overheated. The rack also supports ultraviolet sterilization and the sterilization rate is as high as 99%.

The device also comes with a portable remote controller which can be attached to the wall for easy access.

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Chinese e-commerce giant JD (Jingdong) has announced an e-sports gaming phone alliance in partnership with players in the gaming industry. The alliance anchors on JD’s expertise in the supply chain, technology, distribution, marketing, and payment solutions to upgrade the gaming ecosystem and to make JD the top choice for customers purchasing gaming devices.

In 2019, China officially recognized esports as an occupation but before the recognition, it has been a booming industry. China’s e-sports market is said to grow 10% annually according to an industry report. The market is expected to hit RMB 270 billion yuan in annual revenue by 2022.

JD previously launched the JD Esports plan in the middle of this year with the aim of expanding to gaming phone hardware, service, and competitions. Based on the plan, JD formed the JDE gaming team and released new gaming-related products from Lenovo, ROG, Black Shark, and Nubia’s Red Magic further promoting the growth of the industry.

The president of JD Mobile Devices, Daniel Tan stated during the conference that: “With the development of the whole industry, gamers’ pursuit of a superior experience is even higher. The JD Esports Plan can provide an integrated service for them, as well as help our partners achieve maximum business value.”

During the ceremony, JD announced a series of services for gamers, including a special trial service, one-hour fast delivery, a special network guarantee, and more. Based on the JD Esports plan, JD will also help train professional gamers, appeal to more fans by working with live streamers on platforms like Huya, create Consumer-to-Manufacturer (C2M) products with brands, and launch brick-and-mortar experience shops.

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Chinese e-commerce company Jingdong (JD.com) has become the country’s first virtual platform to accept China’s own virtual currency called Digital yuan as a payment option. This was contained in a statement released by the company today.

The company’s fintech unit, called JD Digits will now accept the digital yuan as payment for some products on its online mall, as part of a pilot experimental giveaway of digital yuan to citizens of Suzhou, near Shanghai, as monitored on the company’s official WeChat account today.

The development of China’s digital currency is seen in some quarters as a move to break the US dollar’s stranglehold on the global financial system and gain a greater foothold on consumers spending patterns.

China began the rollout of the digital yuan earlier this year. Pilot schemes have been undertaken in four Chinese cities, where transactions totaling more than 2 billion yuan ($300 million) have already taken place. If the program is expanded nationwide, as expected, China would become the most powerful economy to have a national digital currency.

It is believed that the Digital yuan has the potential to make transactions more convenient and secure. It could also help those who don’t have access to bank accounts and other traditional financial services to buy needed items.

China’s digital yuan is not a cryptocurrency like bitcoin. Instead, it is issued and controlled by the People’s Bank of China, the country’s central bank. The homegrown digital currency is among the most advanced “central bank digital currency” in the world, as proactive governments continually muster initiatives to globally respond to threats from private digital currencies like bitcoin and Facebook’s Libra.

Under the current pilot program, the municipal government in collaboration with the People’s Bank of China (PBOC) will issue 200 digital yuan so-called “red envelopes” to 100,000 consumers to be selected via a transparent random selection scheme.

The Suzhou lottery initiative is coming on the heels of the second digital lottery undertaken by the PBOC after it issued a cumulative total of 10 million digital yuan to 50,000 randomly selected consumers in the southern Chinese city of Shenzhen.

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Online sales giant Alibaba and JD.com have both disclosed that the United States of America was the number one seller of goods to China during the last Singles’ Day shopping rendezvous that netted an estimated $116 billion in revenue for the two companies.

Singles’ Day has grown to become the world’s biggest one-day sales event and has overtaken Black Friday and Cyber Monday in the United States in terms of volume and revenues. Many online companies globally, offer mouth-watering deals at the event.

This year, several companies including Alibaba Group Holding Ltd and JD.com Inc offered huge discounts and promotions for several days and had tremendous sales over this short period. Industry watchers are of the opinion that massive sales volume of these Chinese brands are a pointer to the rebounding of the Chinese economy as it starts to pick up from the decline occasioned by COVID-19.

Many customers still unable to travel abroad for their holidays and shopping due to the Coronavirus pandemic, latched on to the great deals put forward by Huawei, Fast Retailing and several others to soothe their demand cravings.

Online brand, Alibaba generated an estimated gross 498.2 billion yuan ($75.28 billion) in gross merchandise volume, while JD.com grossed about 271.5 billion yuan in sales. According to JD.com, the leading products that drove the massive sales volume were Apple iPhones, L’Oreal Lancome toner and 60-inch smart LCD TVs from Sharp Corporation.

Alibaba interspersed its promotions between November 1 and November 11, while JD.com offered deals for an unbroken period from November 1 to November 11. Both companies computed their gross merchandise volume on the basis of promotions from Nov. 1 through Nov. 11.

The successful event was later dampened by news that China was about to come out with anti-monopoly rules for online marketing platforms.

Alibaba’s stock on Wednesday, took a 10% plunge at the Hong Kong Stock Exchange again, coming on the heels of its earlier decline when regulators scuttled the listing of fintech offshoot, Ant Group. The stock was however up 3% around midday Thursday, reflecting a possible comeback at the close.

Alibaba, in a statement it released, stated that other top-selling countries this year included Australia, Germany, Japan and South Korea.
More than 470 companies are estimated to have surpassed 100 million yuan in gross merchandise volume (GMV) this year. Last year, Alibaba only listed Japan and the United States as the biggest sellers.

Alibaba ramped a humongous $38.4 billion in GMV in a single day in 2019 and said 299 brands achieved the 100 million yuan benchmark in GMV, including Nestle and Under Armour Inc.

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Huawei launched the Huawei Mate 40 series in China on October 30. Soon after the launch, Jingdong(JD.com), Tmall opened the official sales of the series as promised. As expected, the device has received a huge response on initial sales and is already out of stock in many places.

A report by MyDrivers says that JD.com opened the sale of the Huawei Mate 40 series at 18:00 China time on October 30. Accordingly, all the devices got sold out in just 11 seconds. And if the report is true, the first sale recorded 100 million sales in just 8 seconds on Jingdong. Similarly, Tmall’s sales clocked a record time of 20 seconds. To celebrate the insane response for Huawei’s new smartphones, JD.com flew hundreds of drones over its HQ last night.

The report says that hundreds of drones lined up in the drone show to form words like “JDxHuawei”, “Kirin 9000“. And shapes of Mate 40 series camera ring, and more. you can take a look at them below:

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Apparently, there was a 600% increase in opting for the one-hour quick service while buying these devices. The e-commerce company also has offers like a one-hour service, a 30-day return policy, a one-year battery replacement, trade-in. Additionally, people who by the RS Porsche Design will get JZD customized services, special vehicles with prioritized in-line delivery.

Offline pre-orders: Huawei stores

That said, another report says many models of the Huawei Mate 40 series are already out of stock. A visit by China Security news reveals pre-orders on the Shanghai Official Huawei store are open only for White, Black versions of Mate 40 Pro. However, Mate 40 Pro+ and RS Porsche Design are out of stock.

A similar situation prevails for official/experience stores in Guangzhou, Shenzhen, and many others. Also, the models, which can be pre-ordered, don’t have an exact delivery date. And two of Huawei Authorized stores in Beijing have gone to the extent of suspending the reservations of the series.

As per a staff in the Chengdu store, huge supply scarcity is due to very early bookings that go as far as July/August. Looks like Huawei is crushing it with initial sales, and we will have to wait for a bit to know the exact sale numbers.

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Top phone makers like Samsung, Xiaomi, OPPO, Vivo usually rely on market data to know the design to adopt on their smartphones. Foremost e-tailer Jingdong (JD.com) has such market data at its disposal and that may have prompted its decision to launch a smartphone for the elderly. The smartphone dubbed Jingdong Time Machine is also known as the elderly machine.

One interesting thing about the JD.com Time Machine is that the phone isn’t an entry-level model. Rather, it packs a pretty decent specs lineup and amazing full-screen design. Even though there are not so many spectacular features, the device comes with GPS and a dedicated app that helps guardians keep a tab on their parents.

Specs-wise, the JD Time Machine comes with an expansive 6.53-inch display and is powered by an unnamed processor paired with 6GB of RAM. It features 64GB and 128GB storage options.

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For photography, the smartphone features a triple rear camera setup comprised of 24MP+5MP+2MP sensors. At the front, there is a 16MP centrally-placed pop-up shooter. The phone is fuelled by an impressive 5000mAh battery which guarantees long usage.

Where the phone shines better is the built-in apps with smart services meant to make it easy for the device to be used by elderly persons. One of the apps is the Family Hour Light app. Through this app, the children of the elderly can remotely download TV shows for the parents, organize albums, and clear the system cache. The daily problems encountered by the elderly when using mobile phones can be solved through the app. You can turn on the WiFi, GPS, set an alarm, regulate the screen brightness, check the calendar, and even send an SOS, among other things, right from the app’s home screen. In this way, they won’t have to rummage through the phone to change a system setting or anything else.

In addition, the mobile phone also has JD Health’s “quick consultation” service built-in, and the elderly can directly consult with doctors online

As for the price, the Jingdong Time Machine is priced at 1,099 yuan (around $160) for the 6GB/64GB version while the 6GB RAM/128GB storage version is priced at 1,199 yuan ($174). No details yet on its availability but it certainly will go on sale at JD.com soon.

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Samsung‘s smartphone business has been on the decline in China, no thanks to local OEMs who offer premium smartphones at affordable prices. OnePlus isn’t helping the Korean giant’s plight in the Chinese market with its latest OnePlus 7 Pro flagship. The OnePlus 7 Pro sales have literally crippled that of Samsung’s latest Galaxy S10+ going by data from one of China’s biggest e-tailer Jingdong (JD.com)

In https://t.co/1ErT3bc3ke, One of the largest shopping sites in China, we can see that the sales of OnePlus 7 Pro are more than ten times that of the Galaxy S10+. The 90Hz 2K AMOLED screen has become the biggest weapon to kill Samsung in China. pic.twitter.com/mEF2ZRI2Br

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We didn’t verify the data independently as it was shared by popular tipster @Universelce on Twitter who claims the sales is ten times that of the Galaxy S10+. He disclosed also that the 90Hz 2K AMOLED display is the most potent weapon which the OP7 Pro has over the Galaxy S10+.

The information is consistent with earlier official disclosure by Jingdong which termed the OnePlus 7 Pro as the ‘best selling product on the whole platform.’ When it went on its first sale, it garnered huge sales within few minutes in China and went out of stock in a short while.  OnePlus CEO Pete Lau later hinted that the company was redistributing the supply of other regions to meet the demand in China. Apparently, sales have not slowed down since then, despite a handful of fans still undecided and waiting to see what the Redmi K20 Pro will offer. DO you think, the Redmi K20 Pro will a real challenger to the OnePlus 7 Pro? Let us in on your thoughts in the comment section.

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Huawei’s Nova 5 series may actually not have three models but four. Chinese mega online store, Jingdong, has listed a fourth one called the Nova 5i Pro which should also launch alongside the Nova 5i, the Nova 5, and the Nova 5 Pro.

We don’t know what the phone looks like as the images used for the listing are of the Huawei Y9 (2019) and the Huawei P20 Pro to serve as placeholders.

The Huawei Nova 5i will come with a punch hole display and quad rear cameras. The pro version may also come with a similar design and the same number of sensors but differ with respect to the camera specs or maybe the chipset inside.

The Nova 5i is said to have a Kirin 710 processor while the Nova 5 and the Nova 5 Pro will come with Kirin 810 and Kirin 980 processors respectively.

Huawei has scheduled June 21 as the day for the launch of the new phones.

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Xiaomi Mi 9 is the latest flagship device of the Chinese smartphone maker. It is already available in prominent markets throughout the globe. Today, Xiaomi Mi 9 witnessed its first price discount on Jingdong.com. Xiaomi Mi 9 regular 4G edition is now retailing at 3199 Yuan (~$474), instead of 3299 Yuan (~$489). It is a limited period discount and will continue for the next couple of days. Users can opt for Magic Blue and Deep Gray color options to get a discount.

Xiaomi Mi 9 carries a 6.4-inch Super AMOLED display with the resolution of 1080 x 2280 pixels and a pixel density of 394 ppi. Corning Gorilla Glass protects the device from usual falls. The smartphone is equipped with Qualcomm Snapdragon 855 chipset, Adreno 640 GPU, 6/8GB RAM, and 128GB/256GB/512GB internal storage options.

Xiaomi Mi 9 carries a triple rear camera module with a 48-megapixel + 12-megapixel + 16-megapixel sensors, while a 20-megapixel camera sits on the front side for beautiful selfies. The device received a glowing camera rating of 107 points from DxOMark. It is termed as the best smartphone for video recording and second highest-rated for snapping pictures.

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The standard Xiaomi Mi 9 is still retailing at 2999 Yuan (~$446) for 6GB RAM + 128 GB storage, whereas the 8GB RAM + 128 GB is available for $3299 (~$491). The transparent edition is available for 3724 Yuan (~554) with 8GB RAM + 256 GB storage. Interested users can choose between four color options – Lavender Violet, Piano Black, Ocean Blue, and a Transparent edition.

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Samsung’s Galaxy S10 series is doing pretty well in China. Pre-orders have already ended and quite a number of people already have their shiny new Galaxy S10/S10e/S10+ in their hands.

China’s top stores have released stats of their sales during the pre-order period. Jingdong a.k.a. JD.com says the total number of Galaxy S10 series pre-order surpassed total sales of the Galaxy S9 in January. It also added that the first-hour sales of the S10 series is 2.38 times more than the first-hour sales of the Galaxy S9 series.

Suning Tesco also released data of its own sales. The store says the Galaxy S10 series was sold out in just 10 minutes when it went on sale at midnight on March 8. According to them, the volume of sales is 365% more than that of the Galaxy S9.

The Galaxy S10e is the cheapest of the lot and has been termed Samsung’s response to the iPhone XR. It has fewer cameras than its other siblings and a smaller battery but is powered by the same processor and has a high-quality display.

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The S10 is the middle child with the same triple rear camera setup as the S10+ but a single front-facing camera. The Galaxy S10+ has dual-front facing cameras, a larger display, and a 4,100mAh battery. It also has a version with 12GB of RAM and 1TB of storage.

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Smartisan has announced that it has an event scheduled for November 6 where it will unveil a bunch of new products. Based on the info on the poster, the launch will take place in the city of Chengdu, Sichuan.

Details of the products the Chinese manufacturer will launch on Wednesday have surfaced on the web thanks to registration pages set up on online retail site, Jingdong.

The pages reveal Smartisan will launch a new color variant of its flagship phone, the Smartisan R1. This new color variant will have 8GB of RAM and 1TB of storage.

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Jingdong also revealed the manufacturer will release a product called the LEVEL 8 Board. The Level 8 Board will come in two variants – one with a polycarbonate body and another that is made of aluminum alloy. We have no idea what this product is. Smartisan did say it would announce a revolutionary product at the end of the year, so we guess it is the Level 8 Board. The last product revealed by JD.com is a tripod selfie stick.

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The Honor Magic 2 doesn’t launch until October 31 but there is already a pre-order page that is live on the popular online store, Jingdong (JD.com).

If you are expecting to find out details about the phone from the pre-order page, you  will be disappointed. There is no info whatsoever save for a picture of the launch poster. There is a ¥9998 price on the page but we know that is just a placeholder price.

The Honor Magic 2 will come with an AMOLED display which shouldn’t be surprising since it will have an in-display fingerprint scanner. It will be powered by the Kirin 980 processor and should come with GPU Turbo 2.0. Another feature confirmed for the phone is 40W super-fast charging.

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The Honor Magic 2 launches October 31 and it will join the OPPO Find X as one of the phones with a slider and a screen-to-body ratio close to 100%.

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Google was reported recently to have made a $550 million investment in China’s e-commerce giant JingdongMall also known as JD. The investment will see Google getting 27.1 million newly issued JD.com Class A ordinary shares at an issue price of $20.29 per share which represents a less than 1 percent stake in the company. It was also disclosed that the investment is one piece of a broader partnership which looks to be broader than what we thought. It was revealed that the partnership will include the promotion of JD.com products on Google’s shopping service. More details have now emerged that the partnership will also see Google selling its products on JD.com.

This could be a mutually beneficial relationship with Google likely to benefit the most since China is one of the largest markets due to its boisterous economy couple with a large young population. Google and JD have reportedly discussed selling Google’s popular A.I.-enabled Google Home speakers in the region via JD.com.

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Google Home Speaker comes with Google’s own smart AI assistant which is programmed in English. There is no history of a Chinese version but if the story turns out to be true, it means Google may have been working on a Chinese version. We can’t verify the authenticity of this news as Google has made several efforts to enter China in the past which were unsuccessful due to the company’s stance on a free and open internet. When it finally goes on sale, the Google Home speaker will have a host of Chinese-manufactured Smart speakers to contend with, including that of Xiaomi. But the sales will further deepen Google’s foothold in the region, following years of failed attempts to establish one.

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According to a new report, Xiaomi and the famous online store Jingdong Mall made a new agreement regarding the latest affordable Xiaomi device: the new Xiaomi Redmi 6. The handset will be available for the first sale on June 15 in China, and it will be a JD exclusive. It is such an unusual strategy to sell an important device like the Redmi 6 on one third-party online store exclusively. According to the company, the Chinese price of the device in its base configuration with 3 GB of RAM and 32 GB of internal storage is 700 Yuan which roughly into $125 dollars. There will also be a variant with 4 GB RAM and 64 GB ROM with a price of 999 Yuan (roughly $157).

But the exclusive variant of the handset which will be available on JD on June 15 will be the 3 + 32 GB configuration. It will launch at 10:00 AM local time, and if you are from China be fast if you want to get it as it may go quickly sold out. Xiaomi Redmi 6 sports a full metal unibody design and a 5.45-inch display showing images at an HD+ resolution of 1440 x 720 pixel, with an 18:9 aspect ratio and an 80.5% screen-to-body ratio. This year, the Chinese company chose to equip its affordable line-up with MediaTek chipsets.

Xiaomi Redmi 6 boasts an octa-core MediaTek Helio P22 chipset which should provide a similar performance to the Snapdragon 625 by Qualcomm. Some will be left disappointed, but note that this chipset seems a lot better than the Snapdragon 435 present on the Redmi 5. It is composed of 8x Cortex A53 cores: 4 of them run at a max frequency of 2 GHz, while the other 4 run at 1.5 GHz. MediaTek Helio P22 is able to provide 27% better performance than Snapdragon 430 and 48% lower consumption compared with 28 nm processors. The device is also equipped with a 12 + 5 MP dual camera setup and a 5 MP front snapper with AI support.

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The Vivo X21 launches tomorrow but when it does, the only thing that will be new info will be its price and camera configuration seeing as most of the specs have been leaked.

Screenshots of a document were posted online yesterday and they reveal most of the details of Vivo’s upcoming flagship.

The leak confirms that the Vivo X21 will launch in two variants – a regular version with its fingerprint scanner on the back and a UD version with its fingerprint scanner underneath the display. The rest of the specs are the same.

The X21 will have a 6.28” display FHD+ display with a 19:9 aspect ratio. That aspect ratio means it will have a notch just like the OPPO R15.

A 2.2GHz octa-core processor, which is Qualcomm’s Snapdragon 660 processor, will handle tasks. It will be matched with 6GB of RAM and 128GB of storage. Storage can still be expanded if you wish by up to an additional 256GB via a MicroSD card slot.

The Vivo X21 will come with Android 8.1 Oreo and pack a 3200mAh battery. It will also have Bluetooth 5.0, dual band WiFi, USB 2.0, OTG, GPS and face unlock.

The Vivo X21 UD with an in-display fingerprint scanner will be available in Ice Drill Black and Ruby Red. The regular X21 will come in the aforementioned colors in addition to Aurora White.

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Ahead of the launch tomorrow, popular online shop, Jingdong, has listed the phone for those who want to pre-order. The listing has official renders of the regular variant (Ice Drill Black) and some camera samples and promotional images.

The Vivo X21 launches tomorrow at 19:30 (local time). A live broadcast will be shown here.

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In the previous month, Xiaomi had slashed the price of the Mi MIX 2 by 800 Yuan (~$127). However, many were unable to take advantage of the deal as it lasted only for a day. The Chinese manufacturer has confirmed that it will be offering the Mi MIX 2 with a price cut of 800 Yuan once again on March 14 and March 15.

The ceramic body edition of the MI MIX 2 will be available with a price tag of 3,899 Yuan (~$616) after the price cut 800 Yuan on its original pricing of 4,699 Yuan (~$743). The price cut has been announced ahead of the March 27 launch event of Mi MIX 2S. It is likely that the company may permanently slash the price of Mi MIX 2 around the launch of Mi MIX 2.

The Mi MIX 2 features a 5.99-inch FHD+ resolution support screen that offers an aspect ratio of 18:9. The Snapdragon 835 chipset and 8 GB of RAM are present under the hood of the MI MIX 2. The Chinese manufacturer has already released Android 8.0 Oreo update for the handset. In the coming days, the handset will be also treated with full screen gestures through the latest MIUI version update.

Read More: Xiaomis Mi Mix 2S Teaser Could Be Hinting At Multi-Frame Image Processing

Xiaomi phones such as Mi Note 3, Mi 6, Mi Max 2 and Mi 5X are all available with 200 Yuan (~$32) discount. Other Xiaomi products like Redmi phones, Mi TVs and Mi Notebooks are also now available with attractive pricing. Head on to the Xiaomi official store at Jingdong to take the offer.

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The world is gradually moving towards the era of clean and sustainable energy and so also are the players in the e-commerce industry. One of China’s top e-commerce company JD.com, also known as Jingdong has hinted of its readiness to help keep the skies over Beijing clear by electrifying its fleet of delivery vans by Spring Festival next year. Richard Liu, founder and CEO of the leading online retailer made this known recently via a post on his Toutiao account. 

The JD CEO disclosed that his company is already partnering with the world’s top research institutes so that every of its operational stage meets the sustainable standard. This will be done by turning all of its delivery vans in Beijing into electric cars. The company views it as their own contribution to solving Beijing’s air pollution problem. Beijing, just like most industrialized cities, is plagued by poor air quality. The Chinese authority views electric vehicles as one way to reduce the air pollution and has made subsidies available to players in the electric vehicle sector.

Read Also: JD.com Develops China’s First Unmanned Automated Delivery Vans

Already, JD’s logistic unit partnered with a group of electric carmakers to form an alliance for the change to electric vehicles. Spring festival is just two months away, it is left to be seen if the rollout will be right on schedule during the Chinese Lunar New Year holding on February 16. Rival company Alibaba is also working on its own electric delivery vehicles in partnership with several Chinese carmakers.

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Chinese second-largest e-commerce giant, Jingdong (JD.com) has officially announced that it has entered partnerships with two of China’s automakers  SAIC Maxus and Dongfeng Motor Corporation to develop what would be the country’s first unmanned delivery vans. The JD-powered initiative saw both automakers producing two models of the automatic van which uses electricity as its source of power.

JD also hinted that the unmanned delivery vans are intended to be used for delivery of goods from its distribution centres across China to delivery points. The model developed by SAIC Maxus is touted as capable of sensing obstacles 150 meters away and can plan its route using its radar system, multiple sensors and GPS system. The van is said to have undergone several successful tests which cover aspects such as automatic route planning, overtaking, obstacle avoidance and self-parking functions. However, the project is still in the R&D stage and is still a long way from being rolled out as a full-time. Before its full rollout, the project must undergo multiple tests and be licensed before they hit the road full-time.

Read More: JD.com Tests Motorized Robot For Deliveries in Universities

This isn’t the first time Jingdong is making efforts towards automating its delivery system. The e-retail giant had successfully utilised drones to deliver online purchases to rural shoppers in Jiangsu province. It also reportedly used robots and driverless cars for deliveries during the June 18 shopping festival this year, all part of the test running process for the technology. The new initiative will no doubt help reduce costs and enhance the efficiency of delivery.

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Chinese innovative tech company OnePlus is expected to announce its 2017 flagship model at a press conference scheduled to hold on June 21 in China. Ahead of the launch, the OnePlus 5 did open for reservation on e-commerce platform Jingdong (JD.com) since two days ago (June 14). The reservation is an official one as it is being executed on OnePlus’ official flagship store in Jingdong.

Barely two days after the reservation opened, the OnePlus 5 is already attracting lots of interests in form of bookings. At present, the reservation stands at 354,768 persons and the figure is continuously changing. The launch is still approximately 5 days away, so we can boldly predict that the bookings will double before its launch. The reservation may even surpass 1 million in the end. 

Read More: OnePlus CEO: OnePlus 5 Is Coming With UFS Storage

Although reservations don’t necessarily translate into actual sales, they provide a clue as to how the product will likely fare in the market. As for the Oneplus 5, the device is already positioned in as a popular model considering Oneplus’ amazing track record and also the powerful specs the device packs. The OP5 is expected to feature a Snapdragon 835 chip and 8GB RAM on one of its versions. The question in this case, therefore, is if there will be enough stock to meet the level of interest. We can’t tell at this time, even though Oneplus has hinted that it is building a large stockpile. Remember, we are only talking of JD.com whereas the device is expected to be sold via other platforms as well.

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Huawei‘s elite Honor brand yesterday launched the Honor 9 flagship in China and immediately the device opened for reservation on Jingdong. Barely 2 hours after, the Honor 9 reservation is almost getting to 400,00, pegged at 365,066 as at the time we grabbed the screen shot from Jingdong. In a few minutes, the figure had reached 367,349.

Apart from Jingdong, the Honor 9 would also go on sale via Huawei Mall (Vmall), Lynx, Suning and on Amazon.cn  but the data is just for Jingdong alone. What this implies is that the Honor 9 reservation may just be over 1 million presently. Thankfully, Huawei hinted that the Honor 9’s release was delayed in order for the company to increase the produced stock before its launch. So, even though the reservations may not translate into sales or demand but the figures show the demand would be high and there is just a good deal of stock to satisfy the demand. The Honor 9 is still expected to be sold out in seconds, though, when it goes on sale.

Read Also: The Honor 9 is Official: 3D Glass Back, Kirin 960, Hi-Fi Audio & Dual Cameras

As a reminder, the Huawei Honor 9 features a  5.15-inch 1080p display and is powered by a Hisilicon Kirin 960 chip with 4GB /6GB RAM as well as 64GB /128GB storage versions. The device also packs a 3200mAh battery and a dual 20MP + 12MP camera similar to the Mate 9 and Huawei P10’s but without the Leica branding. Up front is an 8MP sensor. The Honor 9 comes in Sea Blue, Amber Gold, Black and Seagull Gray colours and starts at 2299 Yuan (∼$338).

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ZTE’s elite brand Nubia launched the Z17 flagship on June 1 with the first sale slated to hold on June 6 on Jingdong as well as on Nubia’s official store.  The Nubia Z17 did indeed go on sale today as schedule and the record of the sales from Jingdong indicate that the Z17 was sold out in record time and quantity. Jingdong says it sold 10K units of the Z17 in just 51 seconds. That isn’t all, the Nubia flagship only needed four minutes before breaking Jingdong’s single product first sales figure in the mobile phone category.

The Z17’s sales performance isn’t much of a surprise considering the strong specs lineup it launched with. The Nubia Z17 is perhaps the most spectacular Snapdragon 835-powered smartphone around presently as a result of the massive 8GB RAM it features on its topmost model. That makes it one of the first smartphones in the world to feature such, second only to the Zenfone AR. The Z17 is also the first device to utilise Qualcomm’s latest Quick Charge 4+ fast charging technology even though users won’t get a supported charger for now. The flagship device also packs a dual camera setup at the rear which is a telephoto and wide angle lenses. The flagship also has waterproof properties.

Read More: Shocker! Nubia Z17 Will Only Support Quick Charge 3.0 For Now: Blame The Charger

Another quality that may have triggered the record sales the  Nubia Z17 achieved may be its competitive price tag. The 6GB + 64GB Z17 version retails at 2799 Yuan ($411) while the 6GB + 128GB variant retails at 3399 Yuan ($500). Surprisingly, the topmost 8GB + 128GB variant costs just 3999 Yuan ($587). This price makes the Z17 well positioned to take on the Xiaomi Mi 6. The next round of sales would commence on June 12 at 10 AM (CST).

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Lenovo’s ZUK may have been a short-lived brand but during that period, it made a name as one of the cheapest flagship brands in the market. The last phone to come out of its factory is the ZUK Edge and there are still a number of stores that have it in stock. Jingdong Mall is an example and there is a huge discount available.

The ZUK Edge has a 5.5-inch FHD Super AMOLED display protected by Corning Gorilla Glass with an 86.4% screen-to-body ratio. It is powered by a Snapdragon 821 processor, paired with either 4GB or 6GB of RAM and 64GB of storage.

The rear camera is a 13MP sensor with a f/2.2 aperture and a 1.34 µm pixel size and the front camera is an 8MP f/2.2 aperture and 1.12 µm pixel size. The ZUK Edge run Android 7.0 out of the box and has a fingerprint scanner under its home button. Its 3100mAh battery is non-removable but supports Quick Charge 3.0.

READ MORE: ZUK Z2 Review after 1 year – The Best Budget Smartphone for $180?

When it launched, the ZUK Edge was priced at 2,299 Yuan (~$338) for the 4GB RAM variant and 2,499 Yuan (~$367) for the 6GB model. Right now, JD.com (Jingdong mall) has the white 6GB RAM variant for ¥1799 (~$264). That’s almost $75 off.

There is currently no Snapdragon 821 phone with 6GB of RAM priced under $300 neither is there one that has support for LTE bands 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 7, 8 and 20. If you are interested, you can pick up a unit here.

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On Friday, Jingdong Mall (JD.com) celebrated its second year anniversary. To mark the event, a number of Xiaomi smartphones were on sale.

A weibo post via the online store’s official account has revealed that Xiaomi set a new industry sales record. According to the post over 255,000 Xiaomi phones were sold on that day alone, amounting to ¥330 million (∼$47.9 million) in total.

The celebration is not yet over and over the next couple of days more phones will be on sale. They have also released official posters teasing the products that will be available for purchase.

The Xiaomi Mi 6 will be available at its official price of ¥2499 ($363) on May 23 and the Redmi Note 4X Jingdong Special Edition (3GB+16GB) will be available for ¥799 ($116).

READ MORE: Xiaomi Mi Max 2 Launching on May 25, Official Launch Poster Out!

If you are interested in picking up any of the above items just head to the dedicated Xiaomi page on Jingdong.

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The Redmi Note 4X was launched back in February as a Snapdragon variant of the original Redmi Note 4. That was what we thought until Xiaomi released the high-end version with the same Helio X20 processor we thought it ditched. Originally released in champagne gold, matte black, platinum silver, cherry powder, and a Hatsune Miku Edition with a teal paint, Xiaomi is set to add one more color variant tomorrow.

A teaser image on the official Weibo page for Xiaomi redmi phones has disclosed that the Redmi Note 4X will be getting a new red variant tomorrow. The post is referring to it as a Jingdong special edition, so this may likely not be available on other platforms.

Details about the phone are still unknown. We don’t know if it will be limited to certain memory variants or if it will be sold for a higher price. We will have to wait till tomorrow to get answers to these questions.

READ MORE: Xiaomi Has Sold Over One Million Mi VR Headsets in The Last Six Months

Lately manufacturers have started releasing more color variants for their devices as a way to breathe in new life to them. So far, the strategy seems to be working.

Will you be interested in picking up a Red Redmi Note 4X when it launches?

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Usually when a new phone model is set for release, previous models usually get a price cut. However, that’s not the case for Lenovo’s ZUK Z2 smartphone. There is no news of a ZUK Z3 but the ZUK Z2 has been getting price cuts for months now.

If you are in search of a new phone, you might want to give the ZUK Z2 a chance. It is powered by the Snapdragon 820 processor, a still powerful chip even after two successors. Jingdong Mall currently has the 4GB RAM + 64GB ROM variant for just ¥1199 ($175). You read that right. Less than $200 will get you the ZUK Z2. It’s important to note that the price cut is limited to the white variant only

READ MORE: Lenovo ZUK Z1 joins The Nougat Train, Gets Android Nougat-Based ZUI 2.5 Stable Version

The phone has some other interesting features other than its low price, and more than ample storage and RAM. It is compact with just a 5-inch FHD display and packs a 3500mAh battery with support for fast charging. It packs a 13MP f/2.2 rear camera with a LED flash and an 8MP front facing camera. Lenovo has also released a new update for the phone based on Android Nougat. So what more are you waiting for? Head over to the site now and grab the deal.

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Apple caught many unawares when it launched a Red colored special edition of the iPhone 7 & 7 Plus days back. This is the first time Apple is adding such unconventional colors to its smartphone range. The iPhone 7 Red together with the higher iPhone 7 Plus were released in partnership with (RED), an NGO devoted to raising funds for the fight against HIV/AIDS, Tuberculosis, and Malaria. A percentage of the unit cost of each unit sold are donated to the Global Fund solely for fighting the deadly diseases.

The Red edition is billed to go on sale on March 24 via Jingdong, Lynx, Apple’s official website and ahead of that event the red iPhone 7 is shown to have recorded over 480,000 registrations ahead of the sale. The registration is only that of Jingdong, so if we piece together the registrations in other platforms, it could be well over a million persons. Even though the registrations are no indicator of the number of units that would be sold, it is an indication that the new color variant has widespread acceptability.

Read Also: Apple iPhone 7 Could Get A Blue Shade, Images Leaked

The red color iPhone 7 and 7 Plus are sure leaving up to expectations that they would drive sales and as for the sales, it would commence today 24th March at 23.01 china time (GMT +8). Do know that the prices remain unchanged from those of the other variants. However, the iPhone 7 & 7 Plus Red variants are available in 128GB and 256GB storage versions only. You also get the accessories such as Lightning ear pods, the USB data cable, and charger, as well as the 3.5mm adapter.

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Meizu rounded up 2016 in style with the unexpected release of the Meizu Pro 6 Plus powered by an octa-core Samsung Exynos 8890 chip. The Pro 6 Plus launch was the icing on the cake for Meizu who had been on the receiving end of series of backlash from fans for the consistent use of MediaTek SoCs on almost all the smartphones released last year. Meizu recorded a huge profit margin last year but that perhaps didn’t assuage the fans.

If the Meizu Pro 6 Plus did put a smile on the faces of fans,  the availability of the smartphone was another stumbling block. However, the Pro 6 Plus seems to have become available in large stock on Jingdong (JD.com) and even with some price reduction. A number of third-party retailers have put up the Pro 6 Plus for sale. The Pro 6 Plus was launched with two storage versions, one with 64GB of storage and another with 128GB of storage but the 128GB variant is still out of stock.

Related: Real Pictures of Exynos 8890 Toting Meizu PRO 6 Plus

The Meizu Pro 6 Plus 4GB + 64GB version is listed with a price tag of 2999 Yuan ( around $434). and in some stores, there are price reductions taking the price down to 2799 Yuan ($405). The Pro 6 Plus came in Champagne Gold, Deep gray and Moonlight silver color variants but seems only the Champagne Gold variant is available.

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China is a country filled with talented individuals who are quite innovative in whatever they do. One aspect where the rich intellectual nature of the Chinese is very visible is in the aspect of producing the Chinese version of every product under the sun. If the West have got a Louis Vuitton handbag, chances are that there are thousands of Luis Vitton and other similar names with designs replicating the original product. That is just a minor aspect, though, but China has been able to replicate all products you’ll find in the west, ranging from car, airplanes, televisions, household items, smartphones and other smart gadgets and lots more. That doesn’t take away the fact that China’s has got its own array of amazing inventions.

Of late, Smart homes and smart home gadgets are taking over homes in the western world. Google and Amazon seem to be pioneering this aspect with their gadgets, the Google Home and Amazon Echo. And you know what, China has got its own Dingdong A1 smart home speaker which is said to square up to Amazon Echo and Google Home. The Dingding A1 is the brainchild of a Joint Venture (J.V) partnership between e-commerce guru Jingdong popularly called JD.com and iFlytek, a Chinese voice technology company. The partnership gave birth to Linglong Co which developed the Smart speaker.

The Dingdong A1 is a smart home speaker which comes with a conical shape and the ability to respond to questions , manage schedules, play music and connects with other household smart devices via WiFi. The Dingdong A1 does all that the Amazon Echo and Google Home are capable of but one edge it has over the duo is that it speaksChinese as well as English. Chinese users can even use the Smart speaker to learn how to speak English.

Read Also: Xiaomi 4K Mi Drone Finally Goes on Its First Sale on March 3

Dingdong A1 has a very cute voice command to wake it up. Just like the fictional Alibaba had the “open Sesame” phrase, the Dingdong A1 has “Dingdong, Dingdong” as its own command. The speaker comes with a ridiculously cheap price tag of 798 Yuan ($116) but even at that, it is not known yet if it would perform well in the market and if in the long run it is anywhere close to Google Home and Amazon’s Echo. A closer, hands-on comparison will need to be done to determine that.

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Lenovo‘s ZUK brand released the ZUK Z2 Pro sometime last year and it came as the world’s first true flagship with 6GB of RAM. The device has since then been one of the hot-selling smartphones, especially in China. Recently, a rather weird price listing for the ZUK Z2 Pro was spotted by an eagle-eyed Netizen.

The listing was spotted on Jingdong and there, the ZUK Z2 Pro with 4GB of RAM and 64GB of storage was listed with a 2299 Yuan price tag, while the ZUK Z2 Pro version with 6GB RAM + 128GB storage carried a reduced price listing of 2,099 Yuan. Obviously, pegging a cheaper price tag on a version with higher memory isn’t normal because the higher version is supposed to have a higher price tag. But in this case, the 4GB + 64GB version is higher with up to 200 Yuan. Both listings appears to have come from the ZUK official flagship store on Jingdong and not from a third party retailer. Also, the price anomaly only seems to affect the white version.

Related: 6 Unique Features Of the New ZUK Z2 Pro Flagship

The 6GB + 128GB ROM variant of the Lenovo ZUK Z2 Pro started out at 2699 Yuan ($416) and both variants come powered by the Snapdragon 820 chipset and also sport a 5.2-inch 1080p Super AMOLED display. Other specs include a 13MP rear camera, 8MP front shooter and a 3,100mAh battery. There is no better way to explain this than to presume it is an error that will soon be corrected.

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HTC released the HTC U Ultra last month as their first flagship for the year. The device which was first launched in Taiwan has made it to China now.

The official HTC Weibo account announced today the price for the HTC U Ultra. The U Ultra will go on sale on March 1 on the company’s official website, Lynx, and Jingdong Mall for ¥5088 (~$739). The price might come as a shocker to those who thought it will be significantly less than the $749 price in the US.  Nevertheless, that is the price for the 4GB RAM + 64GB variant as HTC didn’t reveal that of the 128GB model.

READ MORE: HTC One X10 leaked Photo, Specs, Pricing Surface of the Alleged February 27 Launch

The HTC U Ultra is a fine device with a new design language the Taiwanese manufacturer is not tired of showing off. It sports a 5.7-inch Quad HD display and an additional 2-inch display positioned at the top like you have in the LG V20. There is a Snapdragon 821 processor, 4GB of RAM, 64GB of storage, and a SD card slot that expands it up to 256GB. There is a 12MP UltraPixel sensor with a f/1.8 aperture and OIS on the rear and a 16MP shooter up front.

The post says the HTC U Ultra will also make its way to Japan on the 10th of March. It will be available in blue, black, white, and pink.

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Nokia is set to launch a series of smartphones at MWC 2017 and the Nokia 8 is said to be one of the phones. Although the company did not reveal the smartphone coming, a new Jingdong listing seems to buttress the fact that the Nokia 8 is indeed launching soon.

The Nokia 8 is listed for pre-sale on the popular e-commerce hub but the listing is a third party listing and the flagship carries a price tag of 3,188 Yuan ($463). The listing also did not state when the flagship would hit the shelves.

It is worthy of note that the Jingdong listing features images of the Nokia 8 or P1 is similar to those of the device’s concept render leaked earlier. Thus, it is unlikely that this is a genuine listing. We still don’t have any real live image confirming what the device looks like and it is doubtful if it would look like the concept.

Read Also: Nokia Nseries Phone Likely Called N95, Details Surface

On the specs end, the Nokia 8 is said to be powered by Qualcomm’s latest Snapdragon 835 chip, thus puncturing insinuations that it would launch at MWC. Perhaps, it would pack a Snapdragon 821 chip. The flagship device is also expected with a large 5.7-inch Super AMOLED display with QHD resolution (2560 x 1440 pixels) resolution. The display is a flat-screen and not a curved display. Further, the device is also said to sport a powerful 24MP rear camera with OIS, and super EIS. There is also a 12MP sensor up front for selfie snapshots. On the memory aspect, the Nokia 8 is rumored to pack just two storage versions, one with 64GB storage and another with 128GB storage, both of which are expandable via microSD up to 256GB. It is expected that the Nokia P1 or 8 will come pre-installed with Android 7.0 Nougat since the Nokia 6 ships with Google’s latest mobile OS.

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The Nokia 6 was released last month as the first android smartphone under the Nokia brand since HMD Global took over. The device first went on sale on the 19th of January and sold out in about a minute. Another sale was scheduled for the 26th. Although we didn’t hear anything about how that went, it appears quite a number of people still couldn’t buy before it went out of stock.

HMD has released a statement addressing the issue of insufficient stock. According to them, they had replenished the stock on JD.com more than three times but it still wasn’t enough. Now that the Chinese New Year holiday is over and factories have reopened, HMD says there should be more units available in the coming weeks.

READ MORE: Nokia Heart, A Cheaper Edition of Nokia 6 Arriving Soon? 

The Nokia 6 is equipped with a 5.5-inch FHD screen, a Snapdragon 430 processor, 4GB of RAM, and 64GB of ROM. It comes with Android 7.0 out of the box, has a 16MP rear camera, and an 8MP front facing camera. It is priced at ¥1699 (roughly $250) if you are able to pick up a unit on Jingdong. Resellers are however charging as much as $340 for it. For that amount, you are better off buying the Snapdragon 821 toting Xiaomi Mi 5s.

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OnePlus added the OnePlus 3T flagship as an upgraded version of the OnePlus 3 and it went official in November last year. Since then, the device has been eluding potential buyers because of the high demand for the flagship when compared with the availability. Thus, the 3T has only been available via flash sales.

However, it seems OnePlus is making things a lot easier as the OnePlus 3T has been listed on Jingdong (JD.com) for on the spot sales. The sale is only open for the 6GB + 64GB variant of the device and you get to choose between the Gunmetal and Soft Gold color options. The version with 128GB of storage seems not to be available at the moment but could join the fray later on. But if you’re keen on having the 128GB variant of the 3T, then check it out on Giztop.

As a reminder, the OnePlus 3T features a premium and sleek metal unibody with a 5.5-inch Optic AMOLED display and a Snapdragon 821 processor clocked at 2.35GHz. The device also has a larger 3,400mAh battery than its predecessor, as well as a 16MP front-facing camera and a rear camera with EIS and covered by sapphire glass. There is 6GB of LPDDR4 memory onboard with 64GB and 128GB storage versions available.

Read More: Giztop Now Has The 128GB Variant of The OnePlus 3T

The OnePlus 3T is priced at 2699 yuan ($392) for the 6GB RAM + 64GB ROM variant which is now available on Jingdong, while the 6GB RAM + 128GB variant retails for 2999 yuan ($435) and can be gotten on Gizmochina’s e-commerce platform – Giztop.

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Nokia 6 is proving to be a potentially successful smartphone, even when it is yet to go on sale. The phone was recently announced in China and immediately went up for pre-orders or registration or reservations, whichever you choose to call it. The reservations were reported yesterday to have surpassed 230,000 persons in just 24 hours after it opened for reservations in Jingdong (JD.com).

The latest report from that end says that the figure has almost doubled, as it is reported to be in the tune of over 420,000 persons in just two days. Surprisingly, there is up to four days left before the device goes up on its first flash sales, so the figure may even pass 1 million persons. As stated earlier, there are two categories in the registration. There is a zero yuan reservation and another one which required those making reservations to pay a 66 yuan price with a membership benefit attached. The free reservation package has so far seen 411,470 persons indicating interest in that package., up from 229,000 a day ago. The 66 yuan category has also risen to 9,211 persons but it is no longer available any more. Only the zero yuan registration is still open on Jingdong presently.

Of course, this total figure is expected to rise further in the next few days and bear in mind that the device will go on sale starting from January 19. So, there is still four clear days left for those who are still interested in participating in the reservations for its first flash sale. We must point out that not all of the registrations will translate into actual sales.

Read Also: Nokia 8 Leaks: Alleged Real Device Spotted In New Videos; Pegged to Launch at MWC 2017

The Nokia 6 is a sleek smartphone that comes with a modest specs lineup inside but what makes it a hot, wave-making smartphone is perhaps its sleek but rugged build, as well as durability. It is strong enough to crack a walnut shell even with the screen, so we expect a durable device which could last for ages. The 1699 yun price tag isn’t too much also.

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Nokia yesterday held a news conference in Beijing where the Nokia 6 was officially unveiled before a crowd of tech enthusiasts, media practitioners and other invitees. The mid-range smartphone was announced to have gone up for reservation immediately after the launch and would be available exclusively on Jingdong (JD.com).

The Nokia 6 will officially go on sale on January 19 and ahead of its first sale, Nokia has announced that registrations for the device have exceeded 230,000 persons just after 24 hours since it opened for reservations. The reservations are of two types, there is a zero yuan reservation and another one which required those making reservations to pay a 66 yuan price with a membership benefit attached. As should be expected, the free reservation package saw 229,000 people registering in 24 hours, while the 66-yuan package has 6686 persons during the same period. These figures would have increased by now, though.

READ MORE: Nokia 6 Apparently Running Cyanogenmod 14 Kernel

Although, the reservation figures may not really turn out to become actual sales, it sometimes help project how a smartphone would fare in the market. The Nokia 6 isn’t one for the geeks who are interested in having a device with a wonderful performance but perhaps, for those who wouldn’t mind the fire power but are just content in having the sleek and rugged smartphone, as long as it bears the Nokia moniker.

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The comeback of the Nokia brand into the smartphone market is still reverberating all round the internet. The Nokia 6 itself was recently spotted on TENAA adorned in what would likely be a silver colored coating, perhaps another color variant.

On launch, Nokia announced that the device would go on its first sale in China before anywhere else. Undoubtedly, this is due to the large potential of the Chinese market with its sheer size of smartphone users, many of whom are still ardent Nokia fans. It has now emerged that HMD Global is also eying an entry into the Hong Kong market. According to the source, HMD Hong Kong has been sending out e-mails to the media that the company is organizing a team that would publicize the return of the Nokia brand to Hong Kong, Macao and Taiwan.

Read More: How Well Does The Snapdragon 430 SoC in The Nokia 6 Perform?

Although, it wasn’t stated whether the Nokia 6 would be launched in these markets, it isn’t feasible to publicize a smartphone company without its product, and right now the Nokia 6 is the only Nokia branded smartphone that can be used to project the brand. Meanwhile, the budget Nokia 6 would go on its first sale towards the end of January which is the period the Chiness celebrate the Spring Festival or New Year. Apparently, the device would be exclusive to Jingdong (JD.com) and is price at 1,699 yuan (around $245 USD). It is likely we’d be seeing the silver colored variant along with the black colored version when it officially goes on sale.

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The tablet market seems to be getting edged out by large display sporting smartphones but that has not stopped China’s e-commerce outfit, Jingdong (JD.com) from making its own attempt at producing tablets. Jingdong has officially launched a new tablet called JDtab and it is even up for grabs already on Jingdong mall were reservations have commenced.

The JDtab is said to be the product of a collaboration between Jingdong, Meizu, Harman Kardon, Foxconn and LeEco. The tablet comes with a very surprising specs lineup that tend to push it away from the mid-budget category even though it carries a mid-budget price tag. The most outstanding features should be the Meizu Flyme OS and built-in Harman Kardon audio speakers it packs.

Specifications & Hardwares

JDtab comes with an all-metal body made of high strength aluminum manufactured using CNC process. Foxconn did the manfacturing so the design of the Jingdong tablet, though simple but it comes out sleek. The tablet also comes with custom Harman Kardon audio speakers which supports Hi-Hi sound quality.

The tablet sports a 7.85-inch display with a resolution of 2048 x 1536 pixels and 325ppi. The sleek tablet is equipped with a 2GHz quad-core processor but the model name is not known presently. The memory on the tablet is combination of 4GB RAM and 64GB of storage.

On the camera end, there is a cool 8MP rear camera sensor with LED flash and up front, the JDtab packs a 5MP front-facing camera for decent looking selfies. There is also a large 6200mAh battery crammed under the hood. The tablet also comes with LeEco’s music/video services with free VIP membership for 1 year. And on the software aspect, it runs on Meizu Flyme OS which is based on Android OS.

Pricing

Despite its rich specs lineup, the JDtab carries a modest price tag of 1499 yuan ($215) and is up for pre-orders already on Jingdong Mall.

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Xiaomi Mi 5C has been fizzling in and out of the news radar for quite some time now. The device has now been listed on popular online mall Jingdong (JD.com) with a price tag of 9,999 Yuan which is very likely an error. This is a surprising one, though, and could only mean that the Mi 5C’s launch is perhaps imminent.

According to the source, this is a third party listing and could be just to elicit our enthusiasm for the long expected Xiaomi smartphone. But then we never can tell, the Xiaomi Mi 5C could be launched very soon but not for 9999 Yuan. The device has previously been spotted on Taoboa listed with a 999 Yuan price tag ($144), so it is possible the Jingdong-listed 9999 Yuan price tag is an error. The device is speculated to fall into the 999 Yuan price category when launched considering the specs.

Renders of the device has featured in several leaks earlier showing us the sleek design of the Mi 5C which is code-named Xiaomi Meri. The Mi 5C comes with ultra-narrow bezels around the display and a sleek design overall. The device is also tipped to launch with Xiaomi’s own Pinecone processor. Other likely specs of the Mi 5C includes a 5.5-inch display with 2.5D curved glass, 3GB of RAM, 64GB of internal storage, a 12MP rear camera and 8MP front-facing selfie shooter. The device will run on MIUI 8 based on Android Marshmallow.

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