Manufacturers worldwide have been striving to push VFM to its extreme, but few have been as successful as those from China. If you’ve been following the tech scene in China, you’d know about this wily maker that makes tablets and calls itself Pipo. Continue reading “Now, a $81 Windows tablet from China”
It’s only been 20 days since the official unveiling of the Meizu MX4, but the smartphone from the Far East is getting more footage than the makers would’ve imagined. Not long back, Meizu said that they were successful in getting a massive 7.7 million pre-orders; given that the company is only starting to step out of its home country of China, these are big numbers. Continue reading “Meizu MX4 likely to get a smaller MX4 Mini sibling”
Elephone has turned out to be a Chinese OEM worth looking out for. The company dished out a handful original design phones, before taking the clone route. Continue reading “Elephone G5, a $120 OnePlus One clone now on sale”
It was about time that this happened. The Chinese are back to what they used to do best, which is making clones!
The smartphone industry in China thrived on such knock-offs for a good couple of decades before the internet stepped in. The last couple of years have seen some impressive devices originate from China, including the Xiaomi Mi 4, the OPPO Find 7 et al. Continue reading “SoPhone i6 is a clone of the iPhone 6”
The much anticipated, previously announced IUNI U3 has finally gone on sale in its homeland of China.
Continue reading “IUNI U3 with 5.5″ QHD screen, 3GB RAM goes on sale in China for $325”
Samsung isn’t having the best week. First, local Indian manufacturer Micromax toppled the Korean giant to claim the number one spot in India. Next, China’s Xiaomi (that’s been making waves in India as well) replaced Samsung as the numero uno maker in China.
Continue reading “Xiaomi now #1 in China after replacing Samsung”
HTC announced the One E8 earlier this month. The device which is mostly touted as the plastic version of the flagship One M8 has received overwhelming response in China.
Continue reading “HTC sells 50,000 units of One E8 in 15 min of launch in China”
Apple has launched TD-LTE variants of the iPad Air and iPad mini with Retina display in China. This would brings both TD-SCDMA and TD-LTE support along with standard GSM and WiFi capabilities. Apple already sells WiFi + Cellular variant of the iPad Air and iPad mini in China with support for GSM and CDMA. The LTE model is also priced similar to the CDMA variant. Continue reading “Apple launches iPad Air and iPad mini with TD-LTE for China”
Xiaomi’s upcoming smartphone in the Redmi series got certified in Tenna in China last week. Lei Jun, founder of Xiaomi Tech has confirmed that the phone would called Redmi Note / Red Rice Note and would feature a 5.5-inch HD screen and an octa-core MediaTek MTK6592 processor. As you can see from the image, it has capacitive touch buttons that glows in Red and a LED notifications light on top. Continue reading “Xiaomi Redmi Note with 5.5-inch HD display, octa-core processor confirmed”
The Nokia X made a huge (green) splash at the Mobile World Congress event a couple of weeks and has been rapidly making its moves into markets, with it launching in Malaysia, India and the Phillipines. It is now all set to launch in China, and just 5 days after announcing the device for the market and opening the pre-orders, Nokia has reportedly received 1 million of them already. The company posted this on its Weibo account with a celebratory image touting the big number.
Continue reading “China welcomes Nokia X with 1 million pre orders”
Xiaomi, popular for its Mi series of smartphones in China was rumored to launch a tablet last year, but it didn’t happen. A device codenamed Xiaomi HM 1AC has surfaced on GFXBench with some specifications. According to the benchmarks, it would have a 9.2-inch (1280 x 720 pixels) display, powered by a quad-core Snapdragon 400 processor with Adreno 305 GPU and run on custom MiUI ROM based on Android 4.3 (Jelly Bean). Continue reading “Xiaomi tablet with 9.2-inch HD display, Snapdragon 400 processor shows up in Benchmarks”
Samsung Galaxy S III Neo+ (GT-I9300I) that got certified in Tenna and FCC last month has gone official in China through Samsung website listing. It has dual SIM support with dual standby and runs on Android 4.3 (Jelly Bean) out of the box. Other features are similar to the Galaxy S3 including a 4.8-inch (1280 x 720 pixels) HD Super AMOLED display, 1.4 GHz quad-core processor, 8-megapixel rear camera and a 1.9-megapixel front-facing camera. It is 8.6mm thick and weighs 132 grams. Continue reading “Samsung Galaxy S III Neo+ Dual SIM Smartphone with Android 4.3 goes official in China”
Huawei has launched the Ascend P6 S, the successor of last year’s Ascend P6 in China. It has a 4.7-inch (1280 x 720 pixels) display based on in-cell LCD screen technology, similar to the Ascend P6, but this one is powered by a 1.6 GHz quad-core processor and runs on Android 4.2 (Jelly Bean) with Huawei’s own Emotion UI 2.0 on top. It is not clear if this uses quad-core Huawei HiSilicon processor. Continue reading “Huawei Ascend P6 S with 4.7-inch 720p display, 1.6 GHz quad-core processor launched in China”
Huawei has launched B199, the company’s latest mid-range smartphone for the Chinese markets. It has a 5.5-inch (1280 x 720 pixels) IPS display, powered by a 1.6 GHz quad-core Qualcomm Snapdragon (MSM8628) processor and runs on Android 4.3 (Jelly Bean) with Huawei’s own Emotion UI 1.6 on top. It has a 13-megapixel auto focus rear camera with LED flash and 1080p video recording and a 5-megapixel front-facing camera. Continue reading “Huawei B199 with 5.5-inch 720p display, 1.6 GHz quad-core processor launched in China”
Among the many global products that Lenovo showcased at the CES 2014, it also showcased a China specific smartphone in the form of Lenovo A620. The Lenovo A620 looks like a mid-range Android smartphone that hopes to sell because of its externals rather than its internals. We go hands on with the device and you can check out the quick video right below.
