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The Asus Zenfone 2 was unveiled earlier this year and is rapidly be on the wishlist of many Zenlovers with spectacular specs and impressive price tag as well as attractive design. It got new prestigious IF Design Award for 2015. The phone after that was even officially introduced in Taiwan with a cheaper price than expected.
The Asus Zenfone itself is amazing phone, but do you wonder which features will be packed in its successor?
With the first 4GB RAM, 64 Bit Quadcore Intel Atom Z3580 at 2.3 Ghz, which is probably equivalent to the Snapdragon 800, strong appearance, Asus Zenfone 2 is really a passionate device for many people worldwide. While the phone is still a global affair, a new standard for mid-end handset in generally, Asus has already had some new plans on the improvement and replacement.
ASUS ZenFone 3 To Feature A Fingerprint Recognition Sensor?
Therefore, Asus CEO Jerry Shen already spilled the beans on the next Asus Zenfone 3 that probably pop up with a fingerprint sensor included on the latter half of the year. But more interestingly, not only upcoming Asus Zenfone 3 but also possibly Asus Zenfone 2 will be upgraded the facelift in the mentioned time. A fingerprint scanner embedded can be well supposed.
Too many rumors about the upcoming Asus Zenfone 2 now, the phone will come with a fingerprint sensor? And the phone will be packed which specific features? The same specs with Asus Zenfone 2 under the hood or more upgraded?
Needless to repeat once again about the 5.5″ FHD display paired with 4 GB of RAM and 64 GB of on-board storage cost just 285 USD in Taiwanese market (local market) of Asus Zenfone 2. Now, all the initial things we have to do are waiting for and keep digging some info.
This week, an anniversary of Xiaomi will be celebrated in order to mark five years growth of the company well. So, which thing is better than introducing new devices. We hope that the company will launch the beast Xiaomi Mi Note Plus in the event. But what’s about a new tablet? According to some reports, the alleged Xiaomi Mi Pad 2 will probably come with us in the event.
The leaked photo and the specs of the device has been leaked thanks to Weibo – Chinese social media. The report speculates that the images could be fake however cuz there is no Mi branding top of the pictured tablet and its overall design is drastically different from the current MiPad. The screen size, however, will keep the same at 7.9 inches diagonal along with a 2048 x 1536 pixels resolution as the previous Xiaomi Mi Pad.
Moreover, the Xiaomi Mi Pad 2 reportedly ship 2GB of RAM, and 16GB of on-board memory. It may also come preinstalled with Android 4.4.4 KitKat, with MIUI custom skin loaded on top. Thanks to the heavily forked MIUI Android interface, users of Xiaomi devices get a lot of features with weekly updates.
The Xiaomi Mi Pad was the world’s first ever NVIDIA Tegra K1 device but it seems that the new tablet will pack an Intel chipset (1.8 GHz) somehow.
We’re not sure for a official launch of Xiaomi Mi Pad 2 or the leaked photos are fake or not. But everything will be much clearer this week. But from now, we can only speculate and update more. So, let wait for more info.
Do you rememer the Jiayu S3 with 3GB of RAM, 64 bit Soc, LTE but a cheap price. While they’re waiting for its official availability in Phi, it highly appears that another device in their portfolio will come soon. Recently, on the Chinese JiaYu forums purported JiaYu S4 teasers have been posted over which is unveiled some interesting details plus as well as its launch date.
The teasers of the phone also leaked before but at the time we thought that they are simply fan made. What we have are 3 images so far, all of which reveal details of the sub 5-inch JiaYu S4.
According to the sources the JiaYu S4 will ship a 4.7-inch 1280 x 720 display, protected by Gorilla Glass 3 and 1.7mm bezels along either side. The phone will be powered by the same 64bit Mediatek MT6752 chipset as the S3 which bring with it dual SIM LTE support.
The exact choice for either 2GB or 3GB RAM will be on offering with 16GB on-board storage which can be expandable ups to 64GB SD card. Once again, Sony will supply a IMX214 13 mega-pixel for the main camera and a 5 mega-pixel for selfie shooter also.
From the photos, we can see that all its alloy and glass construction has a similar rounded to the iPhone 6 and Samsung Galaxy S6. More interestingly, it appears that JiaYu will opt on the Chinese JiaYu forums on the device as what Apple did with their new Macbook 2015. Its dimensions are 130 x 64 x 8.3mm and 140g which allows enough room for a 2500mAh battery.
Moreover, from the final image, the phone seems to show a speaker grill drilled in to the 6013 alloy chassis to the right of the type C USB port. Another thing we have to notice, the phone therefore will probably come on March 31st, according to the detail above the phone which can read 3.31.
Last year, Chinese Mobile Phone Company OnePlus surprised the tech world when releasing the OnePlus One mobile, targeted to lead smartphone brands at the time. The Chinese company aimed to enter the Western market, which is a huge difference with many OEM nowadays. The OnePlus One is known as a “true flagship” and “super-hard-to-buy”.
OnePlus One
While the OnePlus One was introduced for a long time, most of fans are looking forward the new OnePlus Two much. We talked about the new renders of the phone well with beautiful re-design, and now some other rumours come with us.
OnePlus Two Render
OnePlus Two Render
OnePlus Two Render
According to the new rumors, the OnePlus Two could come with what they are calling a “laser focus” fingerprint technology.
Athough it’s quite pretty unclear to what it means but basically fingerprint scanning technology could be used in the OnePlus Two’s home button.
In addition to, the rumors also claim that the front of the handset keep talking inspiration from the Oppo Find 7.
OnePlus One vs Oppo Find 7
Besides, the specific features of the phone have been rumored about for a while now. So far we have heard that the OnePlus Two will be probably shipped with a 5.5-inch QHD display and will be powered by the latest Qualcomm Snapdragon 810 chipset. Under the hood, its phone is also rumored to report a 3,100mAh battery which is a small improvement compared to 3,000mAh in the OnePlus One.
The OnePlus Two is also claimed to be sold at a higher price than its predecessor. It’s easy understanding with many improvements in new OnePlus phone.
OnePlus company also emphasized that the next generation of the OnePlus One would “significantly surprise” people and we strongly hope that they will be able to deliver. The handset is also expected to be officially debut the market sometime in Q2/Q3 2015.
A lot of rumours and leaks about the HTC One E9+, finally HTC officially unveiled the phone on its website in China. However, the specific launch date as well as the price were not mentioned yet.
It seems that most of previous rumors are pretty right. Therefore, the HTC One E9+ is equipped with a 5.5″ Quad HD display with 534 ppi pixel density – the sharpest screen and the first QHD display to appear on an HTC phone to date.
The One E9+ is powered by a 64-bit MediaTek MT6795M chipset with octa-core CPU, full 2GB RAM instead of 3GB, and 16GB of internal storage which can be expandable up to 128GB. As for photography department, the phone features a 13 MP primary camera instead of the 20MP version mentioned on the product page and 4MP UltraPixel secondary shooter in opposite in order to take the best photos even in low light condition. Moreover, you can also take advantage of the built-in HTC Eye ™ Experience software provides enhanced editing tools on their own unique creative effects. The One E9+ has a sufficient battery of 2,800 mAh and weights 150 gram. By default it will run Android Lollipop, dressed in HTC Sense 7 UI.
In addition to, the phone reports a dual nano-SIM configuration which will support both FDD-LTE and TD-LTE network bands. Other initial eatures include dual-band Wi-Fi a/b/g/n/ac, Bluetooth 4.1, NFC, and dual front speakers. As other devices in “One series”, the One E9+ will be supported by Boomsound.
The One E9+ will be shipped in meteor grey, gold sepia, and classic rose gold two-tone colour options.
HTC One E9+ specifications
5.5-inch (2560 x 1440 pixels) Quad HD display
2GHz Octa-Core MediaTek MT6795M 64-bit processor with PowerVR G6200 GPU
3.5 mm headset jack, Dual front-facing BoomSound speakers with Dolby Audio
4G LTE, WiFi 802.11 a/ac/b/g/n (2.4 and 5GHz), Bluetooth 4.1 and GPS with GLONASS
2800mAh battery
Be Noticed: @upleaks has just revealed some seemingly legit renders of the upcoming E9. However, apparently, in the below photo, the phone reports a smaller camera.
Asus Zenfone 2 was officially launched in Taiwan with its specific versions and price. After that, ASUS also unveiled their Asus ZenFlash and LolliFlashfor camera supporting. And now, during the event today, Asus introduced new set of accessories – Asus ZenEar and ZenEar S Headphones.
The ASUS ZenEar and ZenEar S are in-ear headphones made in partnership with 1More – Chinese mobile phone accessories manufacturer. They already teamed with Xiaomi last year and sold 10 million earphones in 2014.
The first device is namely ZenEar which arrives with a basic version priced at $11 (PHP 492) and a higher end one called ZenEar S. The ZenEar S reports a metal design, an elegant and a rubbery part that goes in the ear, creating pretty comfy look for users. The ZenEar S will be priced at quite expensive 48 USD (PHP 2149). Now, to be honest, we do not exactly know the technical differences between them, but we guess that we will probably found in the quality of the microphone and volume controls.
Not really long time ago, we heard about the Asus Zenflash which can be connected to other ASUS smartphones via the USB OTG (no idea for non-Asus devices). Using the device, your phone can have a 400x stronger (at least in paper) than smaller LED flashes in market nowadays.
LolliFlash, instead is an accessory simpler and at the same time thought to a more youthful audience. LolliFlash is actually not a flash but a simple dual LED spotlight, that is turned on manually before you take a picture or make a movie. Its look is simple and fun, with a circular body semi translucent plastic, available in various colors: black, white, red, yellow and blue for targeted young customers.
The Asus ZenFlash and LolliFlash have the price tag of $ 15 and $8, (PHP 671 & PHP 358) in respectively.
ZenPower, which was rumored before, was also presented recently. It will support 9600 mAh thanks to three separate battery 3200 mAh and will be available in black, silver, powder pink, blue and pink. On board also two USB ports and LED notification. ASUS ZenPower cost at $25 (PHP 1119)
Well, in attempt to match our dream Asus Zenfone 2, now we have Asus Zenflash, LolliFlash, View Flip Cover, 9600 mAh ZenPower Bank, Asus ZenEaras well asZenEar S. Cool!!!
There are various reports about upcoming Huawei’s high-end handset P8 have been making rounds online. The phone is reported to see the light of the day next month. Huawei sent out invite for the launch date of Huawei P8 on April 15 in London, UK, but it looks like that Huawei will bring another new device alongside the next flagship.
Recently, we got news about a mysterious Huawei device was spotted at TENAA with a model number ALE-UL00. The handset seems quite similar to the next P8 (at least in leaked photos), and looks like to be a smaller version of it.
Well, many smartphone manufacturers introduced a new smaller version of “probably hot cake” with much “friendly” price so we are not really surprised about the news well. The phone reportedly comes with a 5 inch 720p display and interestingly runs on the latest Android 5.0 Lillipop OS. It also be equipped with eight-core processor clocked at 1.2GHz, full 2GB of RAM as well as 16 GB onboard storage. For camera, the phone is packed with 5MP “selfie” shooter in the front and 13MP in opposite side are quite impressive with a “mini” version. Moreover, the phone supports mobile Unicom’s 2G / 3G / 4G networks well. Its measurement is 143 × 70.6 × 7.7mm and it weighs 131 grams. Apart from running Android 5.0 OS, the phone has a removable battery which definitely a real plus nowadays.
Searching from the looks of the device, we can see that the phone takes some design insipiration from Huawei’s Ascend series so we can think about it as a P8 Lite or P8 Mini which possibly arrives with the P8 on the next upcoming event.
Well, everything is seemingly quite mysterious now. We have to wait and see what Huawei will showcase on April 15th. It’s quite logical idea to introduce a flagship version and “lite” or “mini” model. But, no matter what, seeing the certification means the phone will surface soon. Let wait for.
A past few weeks ago, we got a couple of photos of the upcoming LG G4, but the rumors are shaking the market with a bunch of salt for a mixed picture. Therefore, the new LG G4 would be completely re-designed and made of metal case, but some leaks also showed a curved plastic handset. Well, we are not sure about the news well, now we have something new of the phone well.
While LG will possibly introduce their new LG G4 in April or May, many rumors about the phone leaked so far. Therefore, alongside the regular G4, LG should also launch another device – the LG G4 Note which is exected to be released in the second half of the year. Although there are still many months to the probably release date, we have some live images of alleged the G4 Note thanks to an XDA Developers forum member.
The alleged LG G4 Note (at least they called that) is pretty quite different with its previous predecessors we have seen already. At the back, we can see a rear camera flanked by an LED flash and a laser auto focus sensor, alongside the power and volume buttons. Moving onto the front images, the phone looks clean at the Settings screen, showing off a more subdued color palette throughout the menus as well as pretty thin bezels all around the display. An from the leaked photos, we can know that the phone runs on Android 5.0.2 Lollipop OS with build number LRX22G as well as a slightly curved.
In conclusion: Some rumors said that the LG G4 will made of plastic panel while we’ll see aluminum LG G4 Note. The upcoming LG G4 will keep similar design to its siblings with a plastic case, but of course having plenty of changes and improvements to make it a smartphone worth buying. Besides, the reports also talks about the new LG G4 Note, which will be LG’s premium device for 2015, and will be quite different with other devices in LG’s porfolio.
Do you remember the Oppo R7 which was reported a few days ago? We have some good news for you now.
When OPPO launched their new R5 last year, the phone was the world’s slimmest smartphone at the time. And now, just six months later, it seems that its successor is ready to be available with something even slimmer.
The alleged new device leaked out recently with a pair of photos and a video showing the Oppo R7 in action. If the video is reliable, we’ll see a super slim bezel phone, one of the slimmest side bezels we’ve ever seen. More specifically, the Oppo handset comes with almost non-existent bezels, with the large screen taking up the entire sides of the device.
To be honest, we still don’t have much idea about the Oppo R7, though recent leaks said that the phone will pack high-end hardware and also impressive slim design. As our previous report, the new R7 will be allegedly ship a 20.7-megapixel camera, 4G LTE connectivity and MediaTek’s latest processors octa-core 64-bit MT6795 SoC.
Observing from the video we’re absolutely seeing a phablet, however it’s unclear exactly how big the screen really is.
In addition to, looking back to the past, the edge-to-edge display concept in a flagship smartphone was unveiled by Sharp in AQUOS Crystal series. But now, Oppo’s R7 looks much more attractive, with its signature look and wide-angle viewing for videos and camera.
Oppo is not confirmed anything about the appearance, existence, pricing, launch date, etc about the amazing Oppo R7 yet. But it will be quite interesting to see new Oppo R7 in the fierce race of current flagship smartphone manufacturers.
Lenovo has been shaking the technological industrial market well with some pretty impressive smartphones recently (Lenovo A7000, P70, X2 Pro… for examples). And now it looks like they want to add another affordable device into their portfolio – The new Lenovo K3 Note. This particular product will be a part of the company’s value for money Lemon lineup.
The phone is equipped with 5.5″ FHD display along with 1920 x 1080 resolution. Under the hood, the K3 Note will be shipped with 2GB RAM and the powerful 64bit MT6752 octa-core processor clocked at 1.7GHz. We heard about the newest MT6752 octa-core processor recently a lot. And it’s really suprising to see its spec in the mid-end Lenovo K3. The internal storage is 16GB can be expandable thanks to the provided MicroSD slot which can take up to 32GB cards. The phone is exactly what you get on the Meizu M1 Note with the same processor, display and RAM and even the quite same released price. Well, Lenovo wanna take on the popular Meizu M1 Note?
At the back, you have a 13MP main camera and a 5MP shooter in opposite. For a 5.5 FHD display, 3000 mAh of battery will be quite sufficient to last for an entire day with reasonable usage. Moreover, it’s not really surprised when seeing the 4G LTE connectivity packing in the device, but actually it’s a great spec also. The phone has another plus with Dual SIM dual Standby, especially in Asia market and the latest Android 5.0 Lollipop. In addition to, it is pretty beautiful with a slim panel – 7.6mm in thickness and about 150 grams.
More interestingly, the phone got the Antutu score of over 46,000 points which can easily beats out many high-end flagship smartphones, such as: Samsung Galaxy Note 4, OnePlus One, Huawei Mate 7 as well as Xiaomi Mi4. Well done, especially with a price tag of only $145 (or equivalent to PHP 6491).
The Lenovo K3 will be sold as a hot cake for sure, even be one of the best mid-range devices with powerful specs, unique design and a super impressive price tag.
What do you think about it? Is it impressive enough for you?
On March 24th, Asus had pleased its fans by officially launching the Asus Zenfone 2 in mainland China. 3 versions, which differ from each other at the RAM and the internal memory, was released at the price range between CNY 1,299 ($210 or PHP 9,365) to CNY 1,999 ($320 or PHP 14,410).
Asus Zenfone 2 has made a bang in the smartphone industry, where every brand struggles hard to stand still. Since the device was only officially launched in Taiwan, Asus’s fans around the world are waiting for the device to be widely sold. Now, what they wish for has come true. The Zenfone 2 is coming to the biggest market, the mainland China,
With 3 versions had been released, customers have a wide range of choices. The standard version comes with 5.5 inches fHD screen display, 1.8 GHz Z3560 CPU and 16GB of internal memory expandable with microSD card. This costs only CNY 1,299 (($210 or PHP 9,365). In mid-range level, RAM is updated to 4GB, ai which height, the performance is made sure to be better. The internal memory has the same 1.8GHz chipset and 32GB of capacity. And the price of this version is CNY 1,699 ($273 or PHP 12,225). The last version also comes along with 4GB RAM but 64 GB of memory capacity. The version will cost you CNY 1,999 ($320 or PHP 14,400). All three version have a 13MP main camera capable of 4k video recording and a 5MP front camera
A 5-inch version of Asus Zenfone 2 is not launched as expected. It is understandable because people in China fancy a large smartphone more. With the reasonable price and 5.5 inches screen, Asus Zenfone 2 is believed to compete with similar smartphones from Xiaomi and Meizu sooner or later.
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