OPPO R7 Plus

Joining the smaller Oppo R7 smartphone, is the Oppo R7 Plus which launched on the 18th August in Southeastern Asia markets and on the 21st in China.

huawei honor 7

Direct to customer sales is the future of Chinese phone sales, and Huawei might finally be launching such a sales model outside of China to customer s in the UK and Europe.

miui 7

Got a Xiaomi phone that is begging to be updated? Then you can go ahead and download the global beta rom of MIUI 7 right now.

asus zenfone 2 deluxe

If you are struggling to find a phone with a large enough memory, then the special edition Asus Zenfone 2 with 256GB memory could be right up your storage alley.

siswoo r9 darkmoon

Siswoo have been teasing us with their dual screen Siswoo R9 Darkmoon for months now, and while in Shenzhen I managed to get my hands on an early production sample to see what all the fuss is about.

android 5.1 ota umi emax

Android 5.1 is coming to the UMi eMax in just 2 weeks!

xiaomi redmi note 2 hands on

I met up with the shop.gizchina.com team today who gave me a rather exciting present, the Xiaomi Redmi Note 2. Here is my first hands on and impressions of the latest Redmi device.

oneplus 2 ota

The first OTA available for the OnePlus 2 is rolling out as we speak and brings with it an important Stagefright security patch plus other features.

zuk z1 cyanogen

What an amazing different a ROM can make to a phone! After a few days of using the ZUK Z1 with ZUI I finally got to feel the full potential of the device with Cyanogen 12.1 installed.

zuk

ZUK understand that being a spin off brand from Lenovo is going to attract comparisons with OnePlus and Oppo, but they more I spoke to the team behind the company the more I realised they are really rather different.

elephone vowney hands on

A quick trip to Elephone’s Shenzhen office allowed me to go hands on with the Elephone Vowney, 2K flagship phone. Here are my quick first impressions and hands on photos.

huawei honor i7

Take the Oppo N3 concept and place the camera on a more adjustable stalk and you have what Huawei are calling the new Huawei Honor i7.

zuk z1 hands on

Ahead of tomorrow’s launch, I get my hands on the ZUK Z1 to see if the latest Lenovo brand and start-up have what it takes to tackle the Chinese smartphone world.

bluboo x550

Bluboo are rolling out a new OTA that, among other things, fixes issues users had with the front camera.

zuk z1 op2 le1

As my body clock is all messed up and I have a brand new ZUK Z1 smartphone to play with, I thought I would take this night time opportunity to have a bit of a camera shoot out. Which do you think performs best, ZUK Z1, OnePlus 2 or LeTV Le1?

zuk Z1 international

I’ve just arrived in Shenzhen, and managed to get an early peek at the international version of the ZUK Z1 packaging and phone.

It has been much easier this year to get your hands on a OnePlus 2, now things are more simple still with the 16GB version of the phone now available from Europe with no invitation.

zuk elephone

In an interesting turn of events, Elephone has announced that they have become the official partner of ZUK (a Lenovo sub brand) and will be dealing with international promotion for the start up phone brand.

letv sd 820

LeTV have already released 3 phones this year, but could be releasing a 4th powered by the latest Qualcomm Snapdragon 820 chipset.

2015 lg google nexus

There is a lot of speculation surrounding this year’s Nexus phones, but it seems there will be at least 2 to choose from and the LG model could see a return to low pricing for the Nexus range.