If you are a known reviewer with lots of fans or someone who can review the new Vernee Thor smartphone well, then you might want to consider applying for the Vernee Thor Global Reviewers Recruitment Program. The company will be selling the new Vernee Thor smartphone to eligible reviewers for a price tag of $49.99, making sure that you don’t have to shell out the entire price, in return for an honest and well-written review.

However, you will have to purchase the Vernee Thor for its full price from partner shops listed in the reviewer program. Once you have got the phone, review it and share it on multiple social media channels. Then, send the links of your review along with required information to the official email ID of the shop from whom you purchased the device. If your review is good enough and passes the requirements of Vernee, your could get $50 coupon from the retailer.

Check out the official website of Vernee for more details about this program. Remember that the program starts today and goes on till May 31. Also, the total units for the program will be limited to 2000.

To recap, the Vernee Thor comes with a 5-inch oncell screen with Android 6.0 out of the box, MT6753, 0.1s fingerprint ID, durable body, and 3GB of RAM. For $119.99, the phone is definitely a good buy. In fact, you can check out our review of the Vernee Thor if you are planning to purchase the device.

Below are a few interesting videos of the Thor which you can watch.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Q0pb_2RVO4w

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Vernee Thor orders have started shipping and there are already a lot of users who have got the device in their hands. The company had revealed earlier that the phone was going to get its first OTA update soon. Now, Vernee has informed us that the first OTA update for the Vernee Thor has been finished and the company will start the roll out of the new update today. So, customers who have the new Vernee smartphone in their hands can expect to update their smartphone very soon.

The first OTA update for the Vernee Thor brings a lot of improvements and optimisations including speeding up the fingerprint recognition on the device. In fact, Vernee had released a video revealing the most efficient way to unlock the Thor, you can check that out from here. The full change log of the first OTA update are as given below.

The update will fix or optimize the following aspects:

      1. Optimized the lock-screen wallpaper presentation

      2. Improved the fingerprint recognition rate

      3.Reduced the heating effect when charging

      4. Lowered the possibility of probabilistic fingerprint failure

      5. Optimized the compatibility of third party apps

      6. Addressed the problem that system time doesn’t update probabilistically

      7. Enhanced the fingerprint recognition speed by 10%

      8. Addressed the problem of probabilistic icon overlap

     9. Improved the touching experience of the screen

     10. Optimized the dual SIM settings and the function of rejecting incoming calls with an SMS

     11.  Added the function via which the incoming SMS will turn on the screen

In case you are wondering how to update your Thor, here’s how you can do it.

Go to settings > about phone > wireless update. You should see a notification for the update on top. Just download the update and follow instructions to complete the first OTA update for the Vernee Thor.

If you have any comments on the new update, you can post them on the official forums of the company.

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Vernee Thor, the company’s first smartphone turned out to be quite successful, thanks to its cheap pricing and competitive specs. The company has been promoting its new device via stress test videos recently, and now, Vernee has revealed more information on the charger used by the Thor smartphone.

According to the company, users often neglect the importance of chargers, which plays a key role in the charging speed as well as the safety. But the company has given due attention to the Vernee Thor’s charger, making it durable as compared to other chargers. In fact, the company just released a new video tearing down the charger as well as comparing it with competitive products. You can check them out from below.

Vernee Thor comes with pretty good specs for its price. The phone come with the 64-bit MT6753 octa-core processor with 3GB of RAM and 16GB of expandable memory. There will be a 13MP rear camera and a 5MP front facing shooter. Inside, the phone features a 2800mAh battery with support for 5V 2A fast charging.

Overall, its a value for money product and you can currrently get it via different online retail stores for $119.99.

So, what do you think about the new device from Vernee?

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Vernee Thor is one of the few mid-range handsets that have caught out attention lately. The new model from the startup company comes with a good design and a 5-inch display which has a special anti-fingerprint oil to ensure that it is not affected by fingerprints. In fact, this screen is protected from other things as well, which the company showcases in the first ever video of the Vernee Thor.

Thanks to the anti-fingerprint oil coating, nothing sticks on the display of the device. As you can see in the video, you don’t have to worry about any greasy food item or liquid making a stain on your screen. The anti-fingerprint oil protects the phone pretty. The 5-inch screen features a resolution of 720p.

As for the other specs, the Vernee Thor comes with the MT6753 octa-core chipset with 3GB of RAM on board and 16GB of expandable internal storage. There will be a 13MP camera at the back and a 2800mAh battery inside to power the device.

Overall, at $119.99, the Vernee Thor is a value for money device. But thanks to the promotions and coupons available via retailers, you can get the device for even less. For example, OPPOMART is selling the phone for just $99.99. You can find the coupon code and the purchase link from this article.

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Vernee Thor has been making the new for the past few days, thanks to its impressive design and mid-range specifications. Although the company came into the spotlight for its Apollo smartphone, which was revealed a few week back, the Thor will be the first one to go on sale.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Q0pb_2RVO4w

Now that the Vernee Thor is finally up for pre-order on multiple websites, the company decided to showcase the device in a video released recently. The phone features a body with baby skin black rubber paint to give it a different look and better grip as compared to other smartphones.

At $119.99, the Thor features a good design. The phone features a 5-inch display panel with 2.5D glass on top. The screen is coated with a special anti-fingerprint oil. The power and the volume buttons are located on the left side of the device. At the back, the phone has a fingerprint sensor, camera sensor and a LED flash. You will also find the Vernee branding on the back cover. The video also reveals that apart from black, the Thor will also come in a grey shade.

Coming to the specs, the Vernee Thor will sport the tried and tested MT6753 octa-core processor that powered many mid-range flagships last year. There will be 3GB RAM and 16GB of storage on board along with the option to increase the storage to up to 128GB via MicroSD. As for the display, it comes with a 5-inch on-cell LCD panel with 720p resolution and Gorilla Glass 3.

At the back, the Thor will come with a 13MP shooter with f/2.0 aperture while up front, you get a 5MP Front facing sensor. You will also get a fingerprint sensor which can unlock the device in just 0.1 seconds. To top things off, you get the latest Android 6.0 Marshmallow version on the device, right out of the box.

The phone is already on pre-sale, and you can check out the links below for more details.

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Vernee’s two smartphones, namely the high-end Vernee Apollo with 6GB RAM and the mid-range Vernee Thor have been making the news recently. The second device, i.e. the Thor is confirmed to retail for an affordable price tag of $129.99 with MT6753 octa-core chip on board.

Now, Vernee has just revealed to us that the Thor has been FIDO certified, which opens up the possibility of fingerprint payments using the device. The FIDO (Fast Identity Online) Alliance was formed way back in 2012 to change the nature of authentication by developing a mechanism that was open and scalable, in order to potentially replace the need for passwords. Given that the Thor is now FIDO-enabled, the phone could be potentially used to make payments secured by its fingerprint sensor.

Apart from this, the Vernee Thor features pretty decent specs. The phone comes with the MT6753 octa-core chip with 3GB RAM and 16GB of eMMC  5.0 storage. There will be a 5-inch on cell display on board and a 2800mAh battery at the back with 5V 2A Quick Charging. As for the optics, the phone features a 13MP rear-facing camera and a 5MP front-facing shooter.

All this inside a compact body with is coated with a special black rubber paint to improve grip. The company will officially release the device in April, which will be its first smartphone in 2016.

Apart from the Thor, there’s the Vernee Apollo that we are all excited for. The phone will reportedly feature the Helio X20 deca-core chip with a whopping 6GB of RAM on board. The Apollo is rumored to feature pretty exciting hardware and you will be able to purchase the phone for around $399.99, which is not at all a bad deal.

So, what do you think about the Thor?

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Remember Vernee, the new kid in the market from Shenzen, China, who got quite the attention from the media because of its 6GB RAM smartphone, the Vernee Apollo?

Well, it looks like this high-tech company is not just working on its flagship product, the Apollo. The company is also working on a mid-range smartphone called as the Vernee Thor, and it’s going to be a unique device because it will be a Uber-featured smartphone.

According to the latest information, Vernee and Uber have reportedly entered into some kind of cooperation to release a brand new “Uber-featured” smartphone. Now, we are not entirely sure how Uber comes into this picture, but it is said that the phone will deliver smooth experience as fast as lightning (hence the name THOR) which is synonymous with Uber’s service and reliability.

As for the phone itself, the Vernee Thor will feature mid-range specs with software optimizations. The phone will feature a sleek, smooth and curved design with rubber paint. The first renders of the device are already included in the post.

As for the specs, the Vernee Thor is said to come with a 5-inch HD On-cell display with Mediatek’s MT6753 octa-core chipset under the hood. There will be 3GB of RAM inside with 16GB of internal storage, further expandable up to 128GB via MicroSD card slot.

At the back, the Vernee Thor will feature a 13MP camera while up front, a 5MP Shooter. Detailed information about the camera specs are not yet available. Finally, inside, the phone will come with a 2800mAh battery, which should be fine, considering the Cortex A53 powered processor and the low-power consuming 5-inch 720p screen.

Vernee is yet to specify an exact release date for the Vernee Thor, but expect a launch sometime in April. Since its partnership with Uber, you can expect the app to come pre-installed with the device. But we are not yet sure about the specifics of the agreement, so we better wait for more details from the company.

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