THL are a name that original GizChina followers will be very aware of, but this year the firm have been strangely quiet kicking up rumours that the phone maker and disappeared. Rumours of their demise might have come a little too early though.
At the start of this year we saw that THL released the THL 2015. The phone was meant to be their flagship model and featured details including a new design and rear fingerprint scanner, however shortly after the launch the phone maker went strangely quiet.
The lack of THL news brought up rumours that maybe they had closed shop, but a recent video shows that the brand is still very much alive and that they plan to launch a new phone named the THL 2016 for next year.
It appears that the owners of THL have been concentrating on OEM products and created a new brand named DEXP, but the THL name lives on with the THL 2016. The phone was spotted by GizChina reader Sam Evans who mentioned that a THL 2016 and THL 2016C are both planned.
The phone design and specifications appear on the video at 13:57 where we see the camera pan around and show a gold bodied device. Freezing the video at the right spot we can see that the THL 2016 features specifications normally seen on mid range devices.
The phone will come with a 5.5-inch 1280 x 720 display, 1.3Ghz Mediatek quad-core processor, 2GB RAM, 16GB internal memory, 13 mega-pixel OV rear camera and 5 mega-pixel OV front. From what we can see the 4500mAh battery and slender gold design look like the main highlights.
The THL 2016 isn’t the flagship that many of you were hoping for, but the fact the brand is still alive and kicking could mean further phone developments throughout 2016.
THL is dead now. No body will buy their phones. Everyone know Meizu , Xiaomi, Coolpad now.
they also have the k3 music, p1 and p1m. and maybe x3 coming soon too.
Hey dude, you misunderstood me. I said that everyone knows Lenovo too, I didn’t mean they’re dead or something. I bought myself the K3 Note and hell even typed this message on it lol! lol Pretty awesome phone.
I also own k3 note but build quality is not as good as xiaomi or meizu.
Coolpad Note 3 apparently is a phone that could be selling well in the Indian market. If they see good sales, Coolpad may be back in business. Making phones in China and selling them in other markets.
I can’t comment on any of their phones from the Indian market, I am talking about their International phones or at least models that are available from chinese resellers.
dazen note 3 is a strong performer
absolutely agree, the best quality-price device I owned. They have never been attractive since.
yes..unforunately the last dazen note 3 is 1280*800 HD within a price of FHD phones…they are known for low-budget market phones
its pretty dead in china too , its subbrands are the only thing which keeps it alive there
I’ll still buy a THL because I know I am getting a quality phone for a good price. I bough the 2015.