Author: Chris Eilers

After the successes of some products, there are many companies decided to release the lite versions of them. Being the Lite version doesn’t mean to be not good. This time, we’ll bring you the list of Lite smartphone: top best 7.

1. Huawei P9 Lite

Huawei P9 is one of the most successful flagships of the company. This phone is now on the top best smartphone on the camera smartphone segment. After its success, Huawei decided to bring two more versions of this P9: Huawei P9 Plus and Huawei P9 Lite. Being the Lite version, this phone don’t feature the Leica dual-camera on the back. This iconic feature is the main factor to make the success of P9.

Instead of that, the phone sports a 13MP primary camera and an 8Mp front-facing shooter. So, if you’re a photography lover, this phone can still satisfy you. Under the hood, there is a 1.7GHz octa-core Kirin 650 processor as well as a 3GB of RAM. In terms of the memory, there is a 16GB ROM (expandable up to 128GB). In addition to Huawei P9 Lite specs, the phone has a 5.2-inch Full HD display, a 3000mAh cell and it runs on Android 6.0.

Chinese phone brands are more and more popular, but they are not great like many users think. Today, we bring you 5 reasons why we should not buy Chinese smartphones. Let’s get started!

5 reasons why we should NOT buy Chinese phones

First, Chinese smartphones don’t have high endurance, some devices still break down soon. Not many of them support waterproof, scratch proof,…There are a large number of users that are using Chinese phones because they want to save money thanks to affordable prices. However, you even lose more money as those devices are easily worn out, it is not worth! Secondly, some of the Chinese smartphones steal designs from other famous brands such as Apple or Samsung. That makes your phone seem not professional when standing by other phones.

Thirdly, almost Chinese brands aren’t famous. So, it can not make you be stylist. More than that, those features are not great like what we expect. Besides, it is difficult when you want to resell your phone after the using time. These smartphones from Chinese often get low price when reselling. Additionally, not all but some Chinese brands copy features from other famous phone makers, and they are not great like the original version.

Fourth, some of them are not really affordable like what we know. They all get a high price at $400 and above, and along with acceptable feature. With that price tag, you can find other great phones with the powerful specification.

Last but not least

Last, Chinese phones get low security. From many users reviews, they often face to high risk when using Chinese smartphones. The user’s information can easily be stolen. Especially, they are not good if you want to keep important document or personal media on your phone.  So, those are five reasons why we shouldn’t buy Chinese phones.

On September, along with Android Nougat, the new smartphones from Nexus brand will also be introduced. So, what have we known about the Nexus phone 2016 so far? Ler’s find out below!

Nexus phone 2016: the first Android Nougat smartphones

Last year, Goole cooperated with LG and HTC to release Nexus 5X and Nexus 6P. This year, this search giant will continue with 2 Nexus phones. However, HTC will be in charge of a whole production of 2 new phones. These phones will feature pressure-sensitive screens which may become the standard of Android. And, of course, they’ll run on Android Nougat. How about their names? Well, it’s said that they will be M1 (or Marlin) and S1 (or Sailfish). Let’s have a look at these Nexus phone specs!

The first Nexus phone 2016 is Sailfish which is the successor of Nexus 5X. The phone seems to be better than Nexus 5X with a combo of 8MP/12MP camera, a 2770mAh cell, a 4GB RAM coupled with 32GB ROM. However, it comes with a smaller Full HD AMOLED display with 5 inches and a quad-core 2GHz 64-bit processor. In addition to this Nexus phone specs, there will be a fingerprint scanner next to the camera, a USB Type-C, speakers/single bottom firing speaker and Bluetooth 5.

Next is M1. This one is reported to be the successor of Nexus 6P. Marlin will be powered by a quad-core Qualcomm processor. It features a 5.5-inch AMOLED Full HD display and a 12MP rear cam. The handset will pack a  4GB of RAM paired with a 32/128GB ROM. Some of Marlin specs will be the same as its predecessor: an 8MP front shooter, a 3450mAh battery life, and a USB Type-C port. The biggest missing on this device compared to Nexus 6P is the lack of front-facing speakers.

Nexus phone 2016: HTC won again

This year, HTC had won to manufacture the two new phones for Google. This is not the first time HTC won the contract. Back in 2010, the first Nexus phone- Nexus One- also was manufactured by HTC. In 2015, this Chinese company released Nexus 6P. For the Nexus phone 2016 contract, Huawei was also in the race. However, Google chose HTC instead. Well, that’s all we know about Nexus phone 2016. So, just stay tuned and keep yourself updated.

It looks like Microsoft and Acer are not only about computers and laptops. Their new products: Microsoft Lumia Edge vs Acer Predator 6 have been revealed recently. Let’s compare!

Microsoft Lumia Edge vs Acer Predator 6: Gaming beasts!

As for the performance, both Microsoft Lumia Edge vs Acer Predator 6 come with super powerful CPU. Microsoft Lumia Edge houses a Qualcomm Snapdragon 820 processor, assisted by a massive RAM of 6GB. Meanwhile, Acer Predator 6 sports a Mediate Helio X20 deca-core processor, running with 4GB of RAM. They feature the same GPU: Adreno 530. With such machines, these two smartphones will satisfy all gamers! So there’s no clear winner in this case.

Other Microsoft Lumia Edge vs Acer Predator 6 specs are also impressive! The Lumia phone houses a 5.3-inch 4k display with the pixel density of 501 ppi. At the same time, the Acer phone comes with a 6-inch screen with 2k resolution and 441ppi. For photography, we have a incredible combo of 32MP/8MP camera with PureView tech from Lumia Edge. Meanwhile, Acer Predator 6 offers a 21MP main cam and an 8MP front cam. So Lumia Edge gets a bonus for its camera.

However, between Microsoft Lumia Edge vs Acer Predator 6, the Predator 6 sports a giant battery: 5000mAh, bigger than Lumia Edge’s 4200mAh cell. Another difference is that Lumia Edge supports 256GB of non-expandable ROM, while Acer Predator 6 delivers 128GB ROM which can be expanded to 2TB ROM.

Microsoft Lumia Edge vs Acer Predator 6: Price and Availability

Up to now, there has not been any official announcement about the two gaming beasts. But according to some trustworthy sources, both Microsoft Lumia Edge vs Acer Predator 6 will be launched in December this year. Microsoft Lumia Edge price could be around $900 while s Acer Predator 6 price is lower at $750. So to pick the winner, I personally will go for Acer Predator 6, cause I don’t think a 32MP camera is really necessary! What is your choice??

Feature phone, which brand does this name remind you of? Of course, the answer will be Nokia! However, from now you will have another answer – Xiaomi. This company has just brought a new phone to the market. It’s 21KE C1, a.k.a Xiaomi feature phone.

Xiaomi feature phone: Nokia 130 version 2.0 ?

Xiaomi is one of the most popular smartphone brands in China. Besides smartphone, the company also brings many different products to the market like tablet, smartwatch or foldable bicycle. And now, the company even release a feature phone. And this phone looks exactly like the feature phone of Nokia. However, this phone doesn’t have the “Xiaomi” name as usual. Instead of that, it’s “21KE”. 21KE which was established in 2011 is a subsidiary of Xiaomi. The company aims at the market of the elder with the basic phones. And 21KE C1 is one of them.

At the first look, you can easily see that 21KE C1 looks the same as Nokia 130. It features a 2.4-inch screen and runs on Care OS. This Care system which is developed by the company will give the user an optimized experience: simple, easy and convenient.The phone is backed with a 1400mAh battery life which will give you 40-day standby time. It is supported with a 32GB of inbuilt storage, GPRS, Bluetooth 3.0 and flashlight. Besides, Xiaomi feature phone can display the weather forecast.

One special thing about this device is the remote contact feature. This means you can remotely add any new contact number for this phone through a message. Cool, right?! You can also identify the location of the handset via a message. Xiaomi feature phone comes with 4 color versions: black, white, red and blue.

Xiaomi feature phone price

With the basic feature, this device is now very popular in the “phone for the elder” market. It’s easy and convenient to use. It seems like Xiaomi wants to expand its market share more when stepping to this segment. With an affordable price, the device is used more and more. Xiaomi feature phone price is about $30.

During the past days, we have heard reports that Xiaomi is preparing its new high-end smartphone which will launch in the second semester of 2016. The suspected smartphone is Xiaomi Mi Note 2.

Xiaomi Mi Note 2 specifications leak again

Last week, it was reported that Xiaomi would produce three variants of Mi Note 2, but more detailed information relating to the spesifications was not clear yet. This time, its detailed specs start to hit the internet, including display, RAM, internal memory, main camera, battery, and fingerprint scanner. Let’s take a look one by one.

All three variants of Xiaomi Mi Note 2 will feature 5.7-inch display with different resolution. The lowest variant display will be 1080 x 1920 pixel, while the two others will be 1440 x 2560 pixel. You need to know that the top-end variant will have curved display with Force Touch technology. If it is true, it will be the best one Xiaomi has ever produced so far.

Next, the two lower variants are expected to come with 4GB RAM + 32GB ROM and 6GB RAM + 64GB ROM, respectively. Meanwhile, the highest variant with curved display will come with 6GB RAM and 128GB ROM. The chipset powering all Xiaomi Mi Note 2 variants will be Snapdragon 820 or Snapdragon 821. As the energy supplier is a 4000mAh battery supported by Quick Charge 3.0.

For photography, the two highest variants are equipped by dual main camera, each of which is 12MP. On the other side, the 4GB RAM and 32GB ROM variant is equipped by 16MP single main camera. All three variants are rumored to pack an ultrasonic fingerprint scanner built in the display. You will also find NFC connectivity on Xiaomi Mi Note 2.

Xiaomi Mi Note 2 – Price and availability

For the price, the 32GB ROM model is predicted around $376, 64GB ROM model around $451, and the last model with 128GB ROM will be around $526. Xiaomi Mi Note 2 launch date has not been informed yet, but must be one day in this second semester of 2016. Let’s wait and see.

Wireless charging is always an appealing feature in smartphones. However, does it really assist your device? I don’t think so. Let’s take a look at our reasons why this technology is never a good choice for you.

Wireless charging: NOT battery-friendly

First of all, wireless charging is not as efficient as cable charging. Many users think that wireless charger is less annoying thanks to the lack of the cable. But they don’t know that wireless charging comes with lower capacity. It takes a bit longer to fully charge a smartphone via wireless charging than via cable charging. So I would prefer a cable which is annoying yet powerful.

Secondly, wireless charging can drain your battery. This does not happen to the devices from big brands. However, with products from common brands, there are reports that many smartphone batteries lose their capacity after a while if wireless charger is used. So at this point, you may think that cable charging is not really annoying right?

Thirdly, wireless charging heats up the device! We all know that battery heats up a bit during charging time, but when we use a wireless charger, both the phone and the charging dock heat up! So in this case, the smartphone heats up both from the inside and the outside! And this may lead to the malfunction of not only the battery but also many other electronics of your phone if you use this method for a long time!

Wireless charging: NOT budget-friendly

Last but not least, wireless charging is NOT budget-friendly. It is obvious that smartphones with wireless charger cost much higher than smartphones with cable charger. Another reason is that cable charging often comes with a removable cable, which can be replaced easily. The cable can also be used to connect your phone to your laptop.

You must be familiar with LCD and AMOLED display, but have you ever wondered what they are and what are the differences between them? Let’s have a look!

LCD and AMOLED display: What are the differences?

First of all, between LCD and AMOLED, let’s talk about LCD first. LCD (Liquid Crystal Display) is a technology that produces images and colors only from a backlight, which is mostly blue LED backlight. This light goes through several layers (two polarizers, two glass plates and one color filter) before it reaches the surface of the screen. The liquid crystal is located between the two glass plates. This crystal is in charge of controlling the light that goes through it. To be more specific, the liquid crystal adjusts the angle of the light depending on the voltage applied to it. Then finally, a red, green, or blue color filter is applied to this light, and these sub-pixels are grouped into pixels to adjust colors across the display.

Then we have AMOLED display (Active Matrix Organic Light Emitting Diode). Different from LCD display, this technology produces images and colors from individual tiny pixels! The pixel is actually a micro Light Emitting Diode (LED) which is arranged in red, blue, green clusters. When the voltage is applied, these clusters will adjust their brightness in order to create the target color. When maximum brightness is reached, we have white color.

So overall while LCD produces images via a single big backlight going through a liquid crystal, AMOLED display show the pictures via countless single LEDs which are shrunk down into micro pixels. So between LCD and AMOLED, AMOLED display offers more lively-looking images, with wider range of colors, but the pictures on the LCD looks smoother and more natural.

LCD and AMOLED display: Which one is better?

There are still many debates on which one is better than the other. But I would say it depends! AMOLED display save more battery than the LCD. Because AMOLED display will turns off a percentage of the pixels when the target color is black, while in LCD, the backlight is always on. However, AMOLED display cannot be featured in foldable or flexible display, not to mention that smartphones with AMOLED screen are much more expensive! So between LCD and AMOLED, which one is your choice?

Are you ready for the newest version of Android ? Because this OS will come in this summer with the name Android Nougat. Together with this new Android is the next generation of Nexus brand.

Android N is officially called Android Nougat

And you can download this newest version to try on this summer. Because the Android Nougat release date is officially on Q3, 2016. At the same time, you’ll be able to see the next generation of Nexus brand. As the new Nexus smartphone always comes with the new Android version. Nexus 2016 will be launch earlier than usual. The previous Nexus handsets usually show up from the end of September to the end of October.

With its new product, Google brings a lot of features to it. We can name some  like an improved split screen multitasking, an improved notification shade, direct reply notifications, new quick settings menu, Doze mode 2.0, bundle notifications, etc. So, can this new OS be Android 7.0. We still haven’t been sure about that. This US company sometimes chooses the different names for the updates of one OS. In the Android 4, the company has  4.0 Ice Cream Sandwich, 4.1 Jelly Bean, and 4.4 KitKat.

Android Nougat: which phone will feature it?

” Can my phone get this new update?”, you may have this question in your mind. And if you own a recent flagship smartphone which is less than 2 years, the answer is yes. However, you may have to wait for a while. Like the Marshmallow version, many phones still don’t have this update. HTC has promised to bring this Nougat to its HTC 10, One A9 and One M9. However, there is no detailed time. So, if you can’t wait, you can buy a Nexus phone. It’s always the first phone to feature the newest Android.

LeEco Le 2S is standing out the crowd when it gets the best Antutu score. Somebody may not believe that. So, here is the 5 reason why LeEco Le 2S is a King of Antutu. Let’s check!

Best Antutu score: Here are five 5 reasons!

LeECo make a huge suprising when it get 154,000 Antutu scores, the best Antutu score at present. There are a lot of powerful device from famous brands, but why this phone can still overcome all of them. Firstly, in the previous article, we brang to you 5 reasons why 4GB RAM phone can beat 6GB RAM phones. So, with 4GB RAM on LeEco Le 2S, this phone can beat other 6GB RAM phones such as Asus Zenfone 3 Deluxe, OnePlus 3,..

Secondly, LeEco Le 2s sports a powerful SnapDragon 821 chipset. This is strong enough to make the phone run smoothly. SnapDragon 823 seem to be more powerful but it is not really make your phone run faster. Sometimes, it still makes the phone battery warm up and reduce battery capacity. In the recent research, SnapDragon 820 is the best for current smartphones.

Thirdly,  SnapDragon 821 chipset and GPU 530 is the perfection combination. You might not know that GPU 530 get the best performacne when it is supported by SnapDragon 821 chipset. Moreover, they all working well with 4GB RAM.

LeEco Le 2s gets the best Antutu score

Fourthy, one of the significant reasons make LeEco Le 2s get the best Antutu score is its Operating system: Android 6.0.1 Marshmallow. This latest Android OS version bring the suitable environment for LeEco Le 2s to reach the highest benchmark. Last, it gets FullHD display resolution. That is great display which comsumes not much battery power. So, they are all of reasons make LeEco Le 2s becom a King of Antutu. We hope our post will be helpful for you. follow our posts to receive more interesting information.

Today, we would like to give you a flagship camera comparison in which LG G5, HTC 10 and Samsung Galaxy S7 edge will be examined. Then, you will know which one is the best at taking photos. Check it out now!

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Those are there of the most well-known flagships in the H1 of 2016, coming with modern, powerful specifications including cameras. And their rear shooters are what we are going to focus on in this post. As we know, HTC 10’s cam sports UltraPixel tech, a 12MP, 1.55µm sensor, f/1.8 aperture, OIS (to capture things well in the dark), laser autofocus, and dual LED flash. As for Samsung Galaxy S7 edge’s, this time the manufacturer decides to reduce the sensor to 12 megapixels (compared to the S6 edge’s 16MP). Though, they claim that the quality of images are better thanks to 1.4µ pixel size, PDAF, OIS, LED flash, and a slightly brighter f/1.7 aperture (compared to the HTC 10).

About LG G5’s main snapper, it boasts kind of a totally different one. A dual camera system stays on the back, consisting of a 16MP sensor (with f/1.8) and an 8MP one (f/2.4) giving 135° wide angle. Besides, laser autofocus, OIS (3-axis), plus LED flash are also on board to help produce beautiful pictures. In general, we can see that all of them have autofocus (AF) feature, but according to many people’s experience, the HTC 10’s Laser AF does not bring major innovations while the S7 edge’s Dual Pixel AF is said to be the best AF system in both good and bad light conditions.

So, those are some basic pieces of info about the cams. In reality, we would like to only talk about how they take photos outdoors, indoors and in low-light environments.

Outdoors

Firstly, basing on many shots by LG G5, Galaxy S7 edge, and HTC 10 in daylight, we notice that HTC 10 tends to use higher ISO which prevents dark things from being too dark, captures shadow areas better, and provides cleaner edges. Meanwhile, the others use lower ISO and the same dark things are not very clear in the pics. In terms of rendering colors, it is reported that brightly colored details cause problems for the snappers. Specifically, the Samsung’s handset has issues in all three color channels (red, blue and yellow) while the HTC 10’s got a lesser extent and the LG G5 struggles with blue, less with red and okay with green.

Even though the Samsung Galaxy S7 edge doesn’t do well in shooting dark parts, it does best for the rest ones. Images taken by the S7 edge are rendered with rich detail (and of course we’re talking about their bright parts). Then, the LG G5 comes second and the HTC 10 comes last. So, no doubt all the devices have their advantages and disadvantages when it comes to shootings outdoors and we can hardly say which one is the winner.

Next, let’s see how the cams work indoors. 

Indoors

Indoors but there is still light although it is not natural like outdoor environment. The smartphones were used to capture richly detailed things and the result is that HTC 10 got it right; the richly detailed object in the picture taken by the HTC 10 has a “lifelike look”. The Galaxy S7 was okay despite creating some artifacts due to the shooter’s strong sharpening. As for the LG G5, it smoothed out the detail too much; even the sharpening could not make it look like the real object. After many shots, finally HTC 10 was chosen as the winner thanks to often rendering its targets in sharp detail.

Low-light conditions

Last but not least, we’re gonna find out which is the king of taking pics in low-light environments. Many images in various lighting conditions (dark, dark with bright lights, etc.) were shot and LG G5 should be the champion because the machine captured the most detail without flash, but it still had super strong flash to boot. Samsung Galaxy S7 edge had good and not good moments and HTC 10 was only produce noisy photos and worse when working with flash.

(Source: gsmarena)

When it comes to Nokia phones, I’m sure many of you have heard about Nokia 1001 Pureview VS Nokia 809 Pureview. These phone are known for their incredible 41MP camera! So let’s compare!

Nokia 1001 Pureview VS Nokia 809 Pureview: 41MP camera battle

Both Nokia 1001 Pureview VS Nokia 809 Pureview are specially made for photography purpose. That’s why their CPUs are just basic. Nokia 1001 Pureview comes with a dual-core processor clocked at 1.6GHz. There hasn’t been any information about its chipset and RAM yet. Meanwhile, Nokia 809 Pureview offers a quad-core processor clocked at 1.5GHz and 3GB of RAM.

Talking about the display, Nokia 1001 Pureview vs Nokia 809 Pureview both support 4.3-inch AMOLED display. For storing purpose, Nokia 1001 Pureview comes in two variants: the 16GB and the 32GB, both can be expanded up to 128GB via a microSD card. On the other hand, Nokia 809 Pureview also offers two version: 32GB and 64GB (both can reach 128GB). Another difference is that Nokia 1001 Pureview packs a 2200mAh battery while Nokia 809 Pureview houses a 2800mAh battery.

The highlight of both Nokia 1001 Pureview vs Nokia 809 PureView is the camera! These two packs an incredible 41MP camera, equipped with Pureview technology, Carl Zeiss optics, Xenon flash, 3x optical zoom and many other functions. What makes Nokia 809 better than Nokia 1001 is the twistable camera! We can twist the snapper of Nokia 809 into the front cam! A 41MP selfie snapper? Unbelievable!

Nokia 1001 Pureview VS Nokia 809 Pureview: Price and Availability

There’s no denying that these phones are camera beasts! However, Nokia 809 Pureview is a bit more powerful thanks to its internal memory, the quad-core processor, the battery and the brilliant twistable camera. As for Nokia 1001 Pureview price, you will have to pay around $300 – $350 to bring this phone home. Meanwhile, Nokia 809 Pureview price will arrive at $280 – $350. So overall, Nokia 809 Pureview is the winner of the two!