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Vernee is going to release the kernel source code for the Thor model

Karel BalacMay 6, 2016

Being still a fresh new company Vernee is pretty much aware of the tight competition going on in the market so trying to do all the small things right. Keeping up their word about Vernee Thor stocks and first round of deliveries is an important step and first customers have already received the phone. Kudos for that, being on schedule still isn’t something very common with chinese manufacturers.

Another positive step towards the customer base will be the announced release of the Thor kerner source code, so the modders can start working on the alternative ROMs pretty soonish. Again not something so common so deserves for sure some little bit of praise.

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Vernee software department is also already working on the first OTA firmware update, which should improve mainly the fingerprint scanner speed and should be available for download pretty soonish.

Very surprising is the announced development of Vernee own OS solution and they are expecting the so-called VOS to be ready roughly in two three months time. Stay tuned for that, but personally im inclined to think they are maybe slightly over their heads with that. We shall see.

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Karel Balac
Working in IT since 2003. Chinese phone enthusiast in the last few years.

PaulBV
May 6, 2016
Great news! Cyanogen, MIUI etc. might be ported then on Vernee.
I hope they do the same for their next models.

MaxPower
May 6, 2016
These people are on fire!
This year my personal reward to the best Chinese rookie goes to Vernee
- PaulBV
  May 6, 2016
  is there a big company behind Vernee ? (like OPPO for OnePlus)
  or should we expect “Much Ado About Nothin” 🙁
  - MaxPower
    May 6, 2016
    - PaulBV
      May 6, 2016
      I need a 200 USD good phone and I am very reluctant on spending money on a LeTv whose display cracks like Easter eggs 🙁
      - MaxPower
        May 6, 2016
        
        PaulBV
        May 6, 2016
        I will need some extra space for my Tim McGraw full discography 🙂 …and a 3.5mm classic jack, and at least a SD 650 or a Helio x20 to keep that phone at least a year and a half
        MaxPower
        May 6, 2016
        Then I would wait just a little, more x20 phones will come out.
        Not sure about SD650
        
        PaulBV
        May 6, 2016
        I’ll do that, thank you Max for the advice !
        BTW have 2 Chinese students at my courses,I was thinking about asking one of them to bring me a Mi5 directly from mother China (perhaps I would have paid less than on Gearbest etc.)
        Strangely enough, they both have iPhones :)))
        Adam Irvine
        May 6, 2016
        Its an obvious choice imo… Xiaomi Redmi Note 3 Pro! (3gb/32gb)
        Surely you’ve already considered that right?
        Max might not agree but I have 5 friends and family with them and they can not fault them!
        
        PaulBV
        May 6, 2016
        I was thinking about that too, but I believe Max or some other Gizchina top commenter didn’t have the best opinion about Note 3 Pro 🙁
        highwind
        May 7, 2016
        Its an awesome phone since the bootloader “crack” and that improved AOSP Rom are available
        MaxPower
        May 7, 2016
        Who makes those ROM? Reliable sources or some random “Igor” from forpda.ru?
        
        MaxPower
        May 7, 2016
        If you can get it for $200 then I would say go for it.
        You can’t really ask much more for that price.
        Back in time I almost paid it $300
        and maybe I was hoping to get a premium device.
        They are fixing all the bugs here and there, and recently I’ve just received the unlock code so I can try the int’l ROM.
        balcobomber25
        May 6, 2016
        Excellent phone. I’m gonna be sad to say goodbye to her. I’m closer everyday to buying the P9
  - balcobomber25
    May 6, 2016
    I believe their owners are one of the OEMs that build phones for others. Much like Ulefone and Doogee.
  - Marco Lancaster
    May 6, 2016
- Marco Lancaster
  May 6, 2016
  They are sheding some light for me, I was missing good brands like Jiayu, Zopo (in the very old-times), THL, iOcean and so on.
  We are bloated by Doogee, Ulefone and Elephone, I’m glad to see the way Vernee seems to be going.
  - balcobomber25
    May 6, 2016
    THL isn’t dead yet. I’ve been using the new T7 for a bit now. it’s a typical budget phone for these days (6753, 3GB) but overall it’s not too bad.
    - Marco Lancaster
      May 6, 2016
      Yeah, but I’m only referring THL in comparison with their “strongest” times, I hope they do well with the T7.
      Jiayu also is said to be preparing a good comeback. (…)
- balcobomber25
  May 6, 2016
  They are definitely playing all the right cards but I still wanna use one of their phones before praising them too much.
  - MaxPower
    May 6, 2016
    You know me already, I’ve been praising Xiaomi for long time and lately I’m talking crap about them, and I haven’t praised my last phone full of bugs.
    This Vernee feels like fresh air though, something different from the majority of Chinese companies.
    For now I say bravo, and if they will fail terribly then I’ll be the first to castigate them
    - balcobomber25
      May 6, 2016
    - - MaxPower
        May 7, 2016
Tonyle
May 6, 2016
Vernee opened a Develop section in their forum, i think it’s not gonna be a joke about this, http://bbs.vernee.cc/forum.php
E8hffff
May 7, 2016
Lets hope they bring out the Apollo soon and open source it. It is an attractive sales point having open code. The only gripe with Vernee is they are not putting NFC into their phones.
- Tonyle
  May 7, 2016