Over the past few days we have been getting details about an upcoming smartphone brand and its new phone. Today we learn the name of that phone.
Although we still don’t know the name of the brand behind the mystery handset, today we can reveal the model name for the phone and the start of the pre-sales. Our sources have confirmed that the device will be called the Rio (the name will be accompanied with a model number) and that the smartphone will be available for pre-sale on the 10th September to international customers.
Gizchina News of the week
- To recap all we know about the Rio so far the specs are as follows:
- 5.5-inch display
- AMOLED panel
- Home button with Fingerprint scanner
- 3000mAh battery
- CNC alloy chassis
- Price: $129.99
If the latest render of the phone is accurate too, then we can also look forward to a range of colours too.
Disclaimer: We may be compensated by some of the companies whose products we talk about, but our articles and reviews are always our honest opinions. For more details, you can check out our editorial guidelines and learn about how we use affiliate links.
I gave up on presell products after buying UMI Super and the touchscreen got ruined of their own Update, up to now they haven’t produced any fix yet so i’m sitting with a brick of ghost touches. Will wait for months of review to buy this one.
I’ve purchased at least 5 presale products. The only one I regretted was the Umi Hammer. Umi = shit. They are yet to prove that equation wrong.
I’ve had the Umi Iron for quite some time now and i’m very happy with it! Rootjoy was also a very cool project to accompany it. I also like that it comes with an almost vanilla version of android. But just as Ronnie I don’t go for presales because first batch problems are a common thing with a lot of Chinese phone productions, i also prefer a proper review of the product before i buy it.
lol … tell me if someone u know has tried umi max
What about the max? TCL’s influence guaranteed the device was useful. If 1 out of every 5 to 7 device is good does that make a company worth petronizing?
NOT the emax !
Umi MAX ! the one with P10 and type c … and Panasonic Camera !
Oh. Sorry. The Max. The Plus. I guess next one will be the Leviathan.
im just waiting for Noah’s Ark :p
Nope the maximum plus
😉
lol @mf1gt3r:disqus , u awake ?
Yea. Too many models I can’t keep tab on all of em.
also had ghost touches. but was because I used it in the rain. drying it fixed it
Lol months by then more options will be available, weeks sound a bit better
It’s not the presell products… UMi is a shitty company, every phone she makes has problems. Elephone does the same thing.
Maybe it will have a spreadtrum chip?
Hope not 🙂
Is spreadtrum that bad?
Not the brightest of the bunch if you get my meaning.
if it has the NEWER 16 nm spreadtrum CPU .. that’d be AWESOME!
I guess it could have a MT6580, but a spreadtrum chip would be better as you could get 4G for roughly the same amount. This is the only time i’ll ever recommend a spreadtrum chip. I hate them, but they are cheap
Why no mint colour?!
Never preorder.
its not a mystery if no one cares … which is applicable to this questionable (at best) phone…
It gives me bluboo or even cubot vibes… Anyway, those marketing moves point into one direction: it’s not a new company, but a new brand from an old one (like doogee/homtom)… No new company would enter a market this such a gimmick, unless they’re stupid to the bones and don’t want to be taken seriously.
Mtk 6580?
fuck no !
even a 6732 will do but NO 32 BIT CPUS !
XD i know but i just have a feeling in my belly it will have it lol
The backcover logo is not 100% hidden. I think it’s a Blackview!!
Another brand that will disappear in about 10 months or so
6753 maybe?
It’s now the 11th. Did it launch?