Author: Chris Eilers

We have good news for you guys, therefore, the long-awaited phone Meizu M1 Note will be available at e-commerce website Lazada starting tomorrow, March 24.

The Meizu M1 Note – the direct rival of Xiaomi Redmi 2 was officially introduced end of last year. The phone is known as the new monster (at that time) – the best choice for under PHP 7000 (release price in China). It equipped with 5.5-inch IGZO display and offers a list of attractive specs for only $160. They have much more outstanding features, such as: 5.5″ screen with a resolution of 1080p along with a pixel density of 403ppi and a 75% reduction in reflection thank to a full GFF lamination. The phone uses the 64-bit MT6752 chipset with an octa-core 1.7GHz Cortex-A53 CPU, a Mali-T760 GPU and 2GB of RAM. Besides that, the Meizu m1 note measures 75.2 x 150.7 x 8.9mm and weighs 145 grams with a super battery of 3,140mAh. As for camera, there’s a 13MP main camera made by Samsung and shoots 1080p videos. In the opposite side, a 5MP “selfie” camera takes up the front with a 4-element lens.

There will be various youthful colors options: green, pink, blue, yellow and white (which can be seen as exactly the same colors with iPhone 5C) and looks similar to the iPhone 5C in design.

Meizu M1 Note specs:
5.5-inch Sharp IGZO Full HD display, 401ppi
Corning Gorilla Glass 3
1.7GHz MediaTek MT6752 octa-core CPU
Mali T760 MP2 GPU
2GB RAM
16GB / 32GB internal storage
13 megapixel Samsung camera w/ LED flash, F/2.2 aperture
1/3.06-inch CMOS sensor, 300-degrees panoramic lens
5 megapixel OVS670 front camera, F/2.0 aperture
Dual-SIM, Dual-Standby
FDD-LTE / WCDMA / GSM
WiFi 802.11 a/b/g/n
Bluetooth 4.0, BLE
GPS, A-GPS, GLONASS
Flyme 4 OS (Android 4.4 Kitkat)
3,140mAh battery
150.7 x 75.2 x 8.9mm
145g
White, Blue, Yellow, Green, Pink

Tomorrow will be the first day of Lazada’s 3rd Birthday Shopping Celebration. There will be many huge surprise are waiting for you. Only one day left. Let wait for and take the chance.

Some hands-on pics

Xiaomi has been ambitiously widen their product portfolio in the past few months, started from a new high-end lineup, namedly the Xiami Mi Note and Xiaomi Mi Note Pro. It seems that the company may have another version of last year’s device.

The Xiaomi Mi4 2GB edition was recently appeared on TENAA. The phone is indicated to ship with 2GB of RAM and 16GB on-board memory. Furthermore, the regular Xiaomi Mi4 variant came with 3GB RAM and 16/64GB internal storage options.

According to TENAA, there are three different variants of the device which were made by three different carries in China: China Mobile, China Telecom and China Unicom. All the models will be packed with 4G LTE network support. For the rest specs, we hope that Xiaomi still keep the same features.

This is not the first time Xiaomi upgraded 2GB of RAM or reduced the specs for cutting the expense. Xiaomi did the same with their Redmi 2 device, by offering a 2GB variant at a slightly higher price tag.

As for price, reducing their specs means the input cost will be declined, so the phone is expectantly sold at around 1799 Yuan which is translated into $289 or PHP 12907.

To recap, the Xiaomi Mi 4 features 5″ along with a resolution of 1080×1920 pixels, powered by 2.5GHz processor alongside 3GB RAM and 13-megapixel rear camera, 8MP secondary shooter, non-removable 3080 mAh battery capacity.

Recently, we heard about the Xiaomi Mi Note Plus was surfaced on GeekBench, the alleged Xiaomi Mi5, new Bamboo version of Xiaomi Mi Note. Therefore, we hope that the new upgraded Xiaomi Mi4 will be introduced alongside the Mi Note Plus, possibly Xiaomi Mi5 in some next weeks.

Although now Xiaomi is a popular brand in not both domestic market as well as global area with various devices in their porfolio. But needless to say, its fame significantly thanks to the original Redmi (possibly called Hongmi) of 2013. The phone was known as a super cheap handset which was sold like a hot cake, with global consumers readily to pay up to 2x the original cost of the phone. After that, Xiaomi rapidly followed it up with the Redmi 1S and recently Xiaomi Redmi 2, retails around 110 USD. And now, Xiaomi reportedly plans to beat that.

As you possibly know, last year, we heard about the Xiaomi-Leadcore device was showed up on TENAA. The phone was rumored to be priced at impressive 399 Yuan (PHP 2897). Recently, Xiaomi representative said that the 399 Yuan Xiaomi phone is impossible. But now, at least, we know that the phone is real but will be cost at higher price tag than first expectation, expected to around $70-75 USD. The phone was created as an entry-level Xiaomi phone which will highly stand in between the original Redmi and the Redmi 1S in term of specs. As previous report, the phone will be shipped with 4.7″ screen, Leadcore LC1860C SoC, 8 mega-pixel rear camera, 2 mega-pixel front camera, 1GB RAM and 8GB storage and will boot Android 4.4.4 KitKat.

Observing from the leaked photo, which only showed the back of the device, the design of the phone is much similar to the Redmi 2, the latest Redmi from Xiaomi.

The device is firsly rumored at 399 Yuan (64 USD), but it seems that the expected price is impossible  and it will suggest a higher price, hopefully a number between $65 and the Redmi 2’s $110.

In conclusion: If the phone truly comes with us, at a expected price from USD 65-100 (or PHP 2900 – 4912), the phone will be very hot. Besides, this could be the begin of what Xiaomi aims to lead the entry-level segment.

Source: MyDrivers (Chinese)

Xiaomi is an OEM in China and the company has just started entering the smartphone industrial maket over five years ago. Xiaomi has big ambition to dominate the industry within a decade, beats out giant Samsung as well as Apple. By manufacturing a couple of new products in earlier January, the company has created its own way to lead the industry. Now, Gearbest conducts this special promotion for all of their customers.

For a long time, the sport/action camera industry is seemingly dominated by GoPro, the Sony has also entered the war with its Action Camera which is known as its direct competitor though. Now, the ambitious Chinese company Xiaomi decides not to stay out of the race anymore, therefore, they are beginning to make action camera as its their first step of the strategy. Therefore, apart from two high-end Xiaomi Mi Note and Mi Note Pro, Xiaomi did introduce a new device, namely Xiaomi Yi Action Camera.

The Yi Action Camera, the first Xiaomi’s camera, can record 1080p videos with a 16Mp Camera with Sony’s high quality Exmor R BSI CMOS image sensor. Honestly, the device is even much better than the Go Pro Camera which reports only 5MP Camera as well as 30fp in Full HD or 60fp in HD.

The Yi Action Camera is able to beat other action cameras as well in the internal memory department. The Yi Action Camera comes with 64GB (double of the Go Pro) and just weights 72g, compared to the 111gramm of the Go Pro. As well it has a larger battery. With the Yi Action Camera you can go underwater up to 40 meters, which might be one of the most important features for many of you, bringing it to your holidays.

The Design of Yi Action Camera is worth counting as well. Beside its vivid colors, the Yi Action Camera is also well built, weighs only 72g. The producer has brought comforts and convenience for the consumers as the power button is designed to be on the front, which also acts as a camera or video recorder switcher. Other function-buttons are placed wisely to help users get the best experience with the device.

The Yi Action Camera does stick to everything, literally, even to a cat. You can use it with your motorbike, snowboard, surfboard… and enjoy the coolest moment of your trip.

This camera can be controlled via a Xiaomi’s Android app, similar to the Air Purifier and other Xiaomi products.

There are 2 editions for you to choose: Travel Edition and Basic Edition. Beside the camera, Travel Edition will come with a Selfie Stick, which is very popular in Asia these days.

Now buy this wonderful camera Xiaomi Yi action Camera for just $95.99 at GearBest.  Please use our Special Coupon Code to get to this price. Coupon code: XMXYCAM

BOULDER COUNTY, Colo. — On last Friday, A 12-year-old girl was denounced of attempting to poison her mom twice after the woman took away her iPhone.

On Friday, the Boulder County Sheriff’s Office in Colorado contained a 12-year old girl at the Boulder Juvenile Center following an investigation that has been going on for a couple of weeks. After the investigation, the cops believe that the girl has tried to poison her mother second times because she has taken her daughter’s iPhone away from her. The girl has being encountered with two counts of attempted first degree murder.

The first time, the girl attempted to add bleach into a smoothie that her mother started drinking. But, she fortunately realized something strange, she noticed the bleach smell and “ thought that her daughter had maybe just cleaned the glass and that there was still bleach left in it. Then she started feeling sick.”

After the sickness passed, the mother one again noticed a bleach smell from her water carafe in her room. “When she smelled the bleach in the carafe she confronted her daughter and her daughter told her that she was trying to kill her for taking her iPhone,”

Many parents know the conflict will come up with taking away the cell phones from their children. “I have two teenagers that, I think as most teenagers this age, are kind of addicted to their phones.” Cordova told a local news team. For Luciana Cordova sometimes the only way is to separate them, and luckily she have good reaction from their kids. But, the mentioned mother didn’t have its luckiness.

Before, we heard that the next partner of Google will possibly be Chinese manufacture Huawei. The leaks shook the market started from a post of Keving Yang, the director of the prestigious iSuppli, one of the top Market Research Company worldwide, wrote on his Weibo. We even have a render photo of the Google nexus phone with Huawei logo well.

But, recently, according to Korean website, eToday, we indicated that top officials from Google have been noticed visiting various facilities at the headquarters of the South Korean smartphone producer. According to the same source, officials included Google engineers who took an observatory tour at LG Display, the R&D center an LG innotek. These facilities deal vary related to the smartphones manufacturing such as display capabilities, wireless charging components and camera functions.

It seems that after remarkable success in two Google Nexus made by LG, especially in Google Nexus 5, Google wanna re-create its success once again in the next Google Nexus 2015. The official words have been not announced until now, but from the Google action at the time, we might see the next Google Nexus made by LG.

If the source is believable, Google and LG will probably be working on a device code-named “N000” with working title Nexus 7 which is said to likely be a phone and not a tablet. Now apparently that would be a little bit confusing, considering that Google has launched two products simply named “Nexus 7″ both being tablets introduced in 2012 and 2013.

In a few weeks ago, while various reports claimed that Huawei will team up Google for their Google device, some reports said that Google may come with two Nexus devices: one made by LG and the lower- handset made by Huawei. In October of last year Google announced and then debut the market with three Nexus products, including the Nexus 6 smartphone, the newly improved and bigger Nexus 9 tablet, and the Nexus Player. So, the rumor of two Google devices in 2015 can be possibly acceptable.

For now all of this is only speculation, rumors, we have no official words from either Google or LG so far. We’ll seemingly be hearing more in the coming weeks and months, and if it truly is an LG Nexus flagship smartphone, more leaks will actually emerge.

Would you like an LG Nexus in 2015? Or possibly something absolutely different from Samsung, HTC, or Huawei? Let us know in the comments below.

Source: eToday

This is not the first time we saw a Bamboo version. Motorola, OnePlus had just introduced their Bamboo version before. Now, the next turn comes to Xiaomi with the newest Xiaomi Mi Note with Bamboo casing.

Xiaomi Mi Note was launched earlier this year and nearly three months later, we saw its Bamboo version. The first leak surfaces online a couple of days ago, starting from a post of Xiaomi CEO Lei Jun in his official Weibo account. The phone was unveiled to keep the same specs as the original model. It means that will report a 5.7 inch Full HD display, along with a resolution of 1902 x 1080 pixels and the device is powered by a quad core 2.5GHz Snapdragon 801 processor.  In addition to, the phone will ship on-board 3GB of RAM, 16GB/64GB version of internal storage, which can expandable via a microSD card slot for extra storage. The phone is equipped with a 4 megapixel secondary shooter and a 13 megapixel primary camera as well as a sufficient 3000 mAh battery. Moreover, there are also WiFi, Bluetooth, 4G LTE connectivity.

For Sony brand, we are searching for more news about Sony Xperia Z4 smartphone. But the phone is still a big secret, shaking the market for a long time up to now. Now it’s time to look forward to hearing a new selfie centric handset from Sony – Sony Xperia Cosmos. The phone is said to feature mid-range specs and a wide-angle front camera with flash.

Earlier last week, we heard the giant smartphone maker is planning to introduce their next mid-end handset – alleged namely Sony Xperia Cosmos. The teaser of the phone was unveiled online a few days ago thanks to upleaks. Although the Xperia Cosmos is not to arrive officially yet, but it can be released anytime today.

According to the teaser, Sony Xperia FR posted a tagline “Une éclipse solaire aura lieu demain matin. Nous sommes déjà prêts… et vous?” The statement can be translated into “A solar eclipse will take place tomorrow morning. We are already ready… and you?”

The so-called Cosmos is rumored to be a special device targeted to those who have a passion for “selfie” shooting. The phone is claimed to equip with a high-quality secondary shooter capable of taking better photos from the front camera, similar to the HTC Desire Eye which was introduced last year.

If recent rumors are believable, the new Sony device will sporting trimmed bezels in comparison with the others in the Xperia series. In other hands, the phone will also ship pre-loaded with Android 5.0 Lollipop.

Much more attractively, the Sony Xperia Cosmos could be powered by a MediaTek processor, it means that the phone could be sold at low price.

However, we have no way to verifying other details about the phone well. Let wait for and we’ll update more.

Source: Sony Xperia FR

The newest Samsung Galaxy S6 as well as Samsung Galaxy S6 Edge have officially launched at MWC, earlier this month. The phones got many awards in the event, including: “the best smartphone at MWC” award for S6 Edge and the winner in Antutu Benchmark. The devices, without a doubt, show us that they are really impressive phones.

Now, they have good news for Samsung fans, two devices will hit the shelves in Phi next month, on April 18 but unfortunately, the phone will be priced higher than expected. In more detail, here are the suggest retail price of them. In addition to, Sammy will create dual-SIM, single LTE in their S6 device.

Samsung Galaxy S6
32GB – Php35,990
64GB – Php41,990

Samsung Galaxy S6 Edge
32GB – Php41,990
64GB – Php47,990

The 128 GB versions will not be available at launch date and we have to idea about their availability in the near future.

Samsung Galxy S6 and S6 Edge specs:

OS: Android 5.0 Lollipop, TouchWiz screen Touch.

Processor: Samsung Exynos 7 Octa – Four cores run at 1.5GHz and four at 2.1GHz

64-bit processor built to a 14nm process

Memory and storage: 3GB of LPDDR4 RAM

32GB, 64GB or 128GB / non-expandable of UFS 2.0 flash memory

Wireless: LTE category 6 modem (300mbps download)

802.11ac MIMO 620mbps

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We saw some first pics  of the No.1 M2 smartphone a couple of days a go. It was the third ragged handset of the company No.1 within the past three months. The phone is positioned at those users who are looking for a compact phone that will very hard to damage, even in any harsh condition. At that time, we don’t have much idea bout specs, price and any related information about the phone, but luckily, we have more updates.

Under the hood, the No.1 M2 equipped with a 64-bit quad-core processor clocked at 1.3 GHz. While we don’t know what the exact processor is, but we guess that the phone could be powered by Mediatek, possibly the MT6732 64-bit SoC. The device will arrive with 1GB of RAM on-board and 8 full gigabytes of internal memory.

It seems that the phone is packed with many outstanding features, such as: Corning’s Gorilla Glass protection for avoiding scratchproof, waterproof, shockproof as well. In reality, in order to showcase the resistant capacity of the device, the smartphone maker has been released two new videos. Therein, the first one shows the M2 being dropped inside water without any visible damage. The second appears with “the phone being dropped from the top of the stairs” scene, surprisingly no damages at all again. Moreover, the IP68 certification also consolidate us about the ruggedness of the phone.

Apart from being a rugged device, the phone is shipped with a 13MP sensor primary camera along with LED flash and strengthen face detection and exposure controls. Paired with 13 MP shooter in the back, we get a 5MP camera in the front, which is perfect for video calls and selfie-purposes. The phone stands out from other rugged phones, thanks to new Android 5.0 Lollipop version to be pre-installed on the device out of the box. Needless to say, it’s not easy to find any rugged phones out there that runs the new Lollipop OS, so this is apparently its biggest strength. Furthermore, apart from some listed specs, the phone may be the most attractive one among the rugged phones with good-looking appearance and the 14.1mm thinness.

The most critical part, also the most amazing thing, the phone will be available for sale by April this year for less than $100, according to No.1. If you wanna get the phone soon, available for purchase via here (check it out) with DHL shipping available in most countries.

Asus Zenfone 2 and Samsung Galaxy S6 Edge – the most impressive smartphones to date. Both of them equipped horsepower under the hood, beautiful design. In Antutu Benchmark, while the Samsung Galaxy S6 Edge is now on the top with over 60,000 points, closely followed by Asus Zenfone 2 on the second position with over 50,000 points. Although we can totally count on Antutu Benchmark, but at least, we undoubtedly know that their scores showcased a strong performance. The hardware specs are no need to talk more, but what’s about camera quality?

Now we have a small camera comparison between them. Asus Zenfone 2 is positioned as mid-end smartphone while Samsung Galaxy S6 is a super luxury flagship. To be honest, for a highest price tag of around $300 for the Zenfone 2, we can’t expect more in Asus Zenfone 2 Camera!! Logically, much more expensive Samsung Galaxy S6 Edge will feature higher-quality photos than Zenfone 2. But, what happens when comparing their camera together?

1. Camera specs

Main Camera:

Asus Zenfone 2 features 13MP camera in the back equipped with BSI sensor with high sensitivity, combined with five lens elements Largan Lens, green glass with a large aperture F / 2.0 Wide FOV 75. Its ratio is 4:3 with the highest 13MP main shooter.

Samsung Galaxy S6 (S6 Edge) has the highest 16MP sensor in primary camera with a ratio 16:9 along with OIS, dual-LED flash, auto-focus spec as well as an ISOCELL sensor. Some other added specs are remarkably necessary for good pics, including: Auto Real-time HDR, F1.9, High Clear Zoom, IR Detect White Balance, Virtual Shot, Slow Motion, Fast Motion, Pro Mode, and Selective Focus. 16MP main shooter with some listed specs will extremely give you a excellent experience well.

Secondary Camera:

Asus Zenfone 2 has 5MP selfie camera is significantly impressed with BSI sensor, wide angle lens and aperture to 85 degrees F/ 2.0, supporting users to take sharp selfie photos.

Samsung Galaxy S6 Edge has 16MP shooter at the back paired with 5MP focus “front-facing” camera for “selfie” lovers. While you can much seek on various devices packing 5MP camera well, it seems that the S6 features various models in order to bring the best “self-portraits”, namely: Wide Selfie, Virtual Shot, and Interval Shot aside from the usual Beauty Mode.

2. Some samples

Asus Zenfone 2

Samsung Galaxy S6 (S6 Egde)

Asus Zenfone 2 and Samsung Galaxy S6 (S6 Edge)

Without looking at the zoom-in, we can difficulty judge which camera is better. But, in the zoom-in, absolutely, with 16MP sensor lens, Samsung Galaxy S6 showed up photos with less noise and more clarity. There is a bid differences between their pics but we think these lies on the color palette of each phone.

3. Conclusion

For all of guys who don’ want to spend much money or have reasonable budget, Asus Zenfone 2 is a perfect choice – a value – for – money device. In contrast, Samsung Galaxy S6 is definitely for people who don’t care too much about “how much?” and ambitious to find unique design, high-class level and specially sophisticated feeling.

So, what’s about you guys? Which phone will you choose?

Also Read

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Asus Zenfone 2 Specs Comparison 

Asus Zenfone 2 vs Zenfone 5

Asus Zenfone 2 Antutu Scores 

Some rumors about the HTC One M9 Plus surfaces online recently. In fact, the phone will don’t be called the HTC One M9+ instead of the HTC One M9 Plus as our initial thought.

The recently announced HTC One M9 might not receive many good feedback as first expectation. So, what will HTC do next to re-position their brand? We heard from representative of HTC said that we will see a “huge surprise” of the upcoming device but we guess that he don’t attend to mention about the HTC One M9. So, let wait for its sucessor – HTC One M9+.

The recent rumors speculated that the new HTC phone will be packed with a 5.2-inch Quad HD version which is the same display with the much cheaper HTC E9 (the first HTC’s QHD device). Therefore, according to reliable source – Upleaks (we saw many right leaks about upcoming device in the Twitter account so far, so we think we can count on it), the HTC One M9+ will be officially released in late March or early the second quarter.

The phone will be equipped with many improved features, in logically, such as: larger, higher-resolution screen, the phone also alleged to ship with a fingerprint scanner. In addition, the rumors claim that HTC will launch Qualcomm Snapdragon 810 processor version in US and  MediaTek MT6795 chipset variant in EMEA (Europe, Middle East, and Africa).

We have no way to verify the authenticity of the leaks well cuz HTC declined to comment anything.

Do you see something similar?

It seems that HTC is shaking the market well thanks to some supports and curiosities from social media. We have been seeing a bunch of news, rumors about the upcoming HTC devices, including: HTC HimaHima Ace, Hima Ultra, Hima Ace Plus, Desire A55 as well as HTC One M9 Plus. But, wait, do you realize some similarities? More specially, HTC Desire A55 made the rounds well. Firstly, we heard that the phone is mid-end smartphone but packing too many beastly specs. After that, we know that the HTC Desire A55 doesn’t belong to “Desire” Series at all, replaced by the name HTC One E9. Anyway, new phone would have to keep Android 5.0 Lollipop, HTC Sense 7 and BoomSound. Will it be a 5.2-inch Quad HD display or a 5.5-inch 2K display? Will the camera makeup consist of megapixels or UltraPixels? Considering the sheer volume of struggling details around the One M9+, it’s hard to say for certain what HTC is planning. So, the next phone will HTC One M9+, HTC One E9 or both of them are one or we’ll see two new devices? Well, it’s little bid confused now. What do you think?