Apple iPhone 12 Pro and Samsung Galaxy S21 Ultra are two of the most advanced smartphones from these brands available in the market. Now Caviar, a Russian company that turns devices into luxury products, is given those two phones a gold treatment.

Both the smartphones — iPhone 12 Pro and Galaxy S21 Ultra, redesigned by Caviar uses 24-carat gold. This is the first time the Russian company is using purest 999.9 gold as the company has so far used 18-carat gold.

The devices come in the shape of a gold bar, weighing 1 kilogram each. While the company has managed to retain most of the features of these smartphones, they have compromised the camera module for the gold bar look.

On the back of the phones, there’s a Caviar logo, right below the engraved text that says “Fine Gold 999.9” and the weight of the device. There’s also a “Limited Edition” engraving on the phone as the company has said that there are only 7 units of them.

Given that gold is a very soft metal, the usage of pure gold means that the phones are not suitable for daily use. The smartphones will be shipped by the company in a luxurious white case-safe that is secured by a combination lock. As for the pricing, they start at $159,000, making them unaffordable for most people.

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A few weeks ago, Chinese luxury smartphone manufacturer, 8848, announced its upcoming 5G luxury smartphone, the Titanium M6. The Titanium M6 won’t be available until next year when the Snapdragon 865 will already be shipping to manufacturers. While we wait, 8848 has announced that they will unveil a new phone called the Titanium M5+ on November 11.

The 8848 Titanium M5+ is an upgraded version of the Titanium M5 with some changes in the design and the internals but it doesn’t deviate from the manufacturer’s design language.

The teaser poster shows the phone has a blue leather-covered back, gold frame, and what appears to be titanium around the circular secondary display. The housing for the camera and LED flash has also been redesigned.

Unconfirmed reports say the phone will keep the 5.65-inch display of the Titanium M5 and even its Snapdragon 835 processor. However, it will come with 8GB of RAM, 2GB more than that of its predecessor. The storage should remain 256GB.

Another big upgrade is in the camera department. 8848 is swapping the 12MP sensor for a 48MP sensor. This should result in better pictures when it comes to taking photos in low light using the Titanium M5+.

The rest of the specs are unknown but 8848 has revealed the price before the launch and as expected it is not cheap. The Titanium M5+ will cost ¥13,999 (~$1984) when it launches. The M5 is currently priced at ¥12,999 (~$1842).

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Meitu held a press conference today in Beijing, China where it unveiled its new branding. Along with that, the company also released its flagship smartphone — Meitu V6, which was launched a few weeks ago.

The Meitu V6 is a luxury device that comes with colourful hand-stitched calfskin leather and 18K gold rivets on its back, along with a gold coloured metal frame around the smartphone.

Apart from the luxurious design, the highlight of the smartphone is its camera. It features a dual camera setup at the back as well as at the front. It comes with dual Sony IMX362 sensor with 12-megapixel lenses.

The front, as well as the rear camera, comes with f/1.8 aperture, 6P lens along with fourth-generation dual ISPs and optical image stabilizer (OIS). As per the company, the camera can focus an object in just 0.13 seconds in real-time. The back camera comes with four LED flash.

It uses a new artificial intelligence technology that is developed by MTlab. There are several features based on that technology, including light effect camera, movie portraits, night view camera mode and backlighting mode. As per the company, the combination of phone’s hardware and this new AI technology enables the device to act like a “portable SLR”.

In terms of specifications, the smartphone comes with a 5.5-inch Full HD display with screen resolution of 1920 x 1080 pixels. Under the hood, it is powered by a 10-core processor from MediaTek, coupled with 4GB RAM and 64GB/128GB internal storage. The device packs a 3,100mAh battery and comes with the usual connectivity features such as 4G LTE, Wi-Fi, Bluetooth and GPS.

The smartphone runs on company’s own MEIOS 4.1, which is based on Android Nougat operating system. It features a face unlock mode, which has 106 face positioning points that automatically recognizes the face for quick unlocking. There is also a “super game mode”, which is basically a do not disturb mode for gaming.

The standard version of the smartphone comes in four colour options — Rotterdam Orange, Edinburgh Blue, Melbourne Green and Moroccan Powder (Pink). Along with that, the company has also introduced service that can be used to order a customized design. There’s a selection for leather, accessories, gift boxes, among others.

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The Meitu V6 smartphone is priced at 5,099 Yuan for the Standard Edition, while the Advanced Custom Edition which costs 6,999 Yuan. The device will go on sale from November 23 through select stores, including the company’s official website and Meitu’s store on JD.com.

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You may have never heard of the name UHANS before, and even I didn’t until a few days back. We have reported about their new smartphone, the UHANS U100 a couple of times in the past few weeks. The phone was marketed as a unique device in its price segment (sub-$120) since it features a luxurious design. Well, we have seen many manufacturers claim that their design is luxurious only to be disappointed with their finishing. So, when I first heard about the UHANS U100, I was skeptical.

But yesterday evening, I finally got my hands on the U100. And to be honest I was surprised as well as impressed by the way in which the U100 was designed. Its a lot different than the traditional budget phones that I have got my hands on till now. I personally like smartphones with unique designs rather than the traditional plastic ones, so the U100 did look impressive to me.

Although the U100 comes from a relatively unknown company, they have done a great job in its finishing. Everything seems to be in place with no loose parts or edges. The aluminum sides with sharp cuts does give the phone a premium finish.

The UHANS U100’s body is made from three different materials namely leather, metal and plastic. The back is made out of leather, which feels pretty good on hand.  The leather back is removable and once its removed, you’ll find one standard SIM card slot, one Micro SIM slot and another MicroSD card slot on board. Then there’s the metal sides, that looks good over its black body. Finally, there are a few parts of plastic on top as well as bottom of the device, but even that’s pretty sturdy.

You get three capacitive button up front and speakers just below it in a Vertu like design. Even the camera at the back is on a metal box over the leather back.

Specs wise, it features a decent MT6735 quad-core processor with 2GB of RAM on board. The display is of 4.7-inches with 720p resolution. There’s a 13MP camera at the back along with a 5MP front facing shooter. It comes with a 2200mAh battery and runs on Android 5.1 Lollipop OS out of the box.

Overall, the first impressions of the device turned out to be pretty good. I will be reviewing the phone in detail in the coming days, so stay tuned. Meanwhile, if you have any questions about the UHANS U100 feel free to ask them via the comments section below. I will try my best to answer each one of your questions in my review.

You can check out some of the pictures of U100 from down below.

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