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Lenovo report record sales of 4 devices per second; Smartphones and tablets continue to grow in demand as PC sales dwindle
Lenovo, the well-known consumer electronics biggie from China, has more than a reason to rejoice. The manufacturing giant, operating in more than a handful of countries, has reported record sales of 4 devices per second for its second fiscal quarter, which ended September 30, 2013, with every figure from market share to revenue headed north!
Low-cost OPPO R833T with TD-SCDMA now listed, WCDMA variant soon?
Fast rising Chinese manufacturer OPPO have listed their latest quad-core smartphone, the OPPO R833T with a price tag of 1,398 Yuan ($213) in China. However, there’s no WCDMA support on the device, which means 3G operation will be limited to users on the China Mobile network.
FAEAmobile.com now offering free DHL shipping
One of the biggest stumbling blocks when buying from China is the cost of shipping your goods back home, but FAEA may have solved this by offering free DHL shipping.
GooPhone to release dual-core, 3G smartwatch
GooPhone are very well known for making fake Apple and Samsung phones, but they aren’t really known for keeping up with technological trends which makes their smartwatch announcement all the more surprising!
JiaYu lets the 8-core JiaYu S2 out of the bag!
On a recent trip to Shenzhen we managed to get an early look at a non-functioning prototype of the JiaYu S2 (and even a sneak photo). However, someone has beaten us at getting their hands on a working model!
Snapdragon 800 powered Nubia Z5S caught off-guard, poses for the spy cam!
A handful leaked pictures of ZTE’s next-gen Snapdragon 800-powered Nubia Z5S have made their way online!
6.5-inch Vowney V7 goes on sale 11th November for $295
On the 11th November oat 11am Chinese phone maker Vowney will launch the 6.5-inch quad-core V7 with FHD display and NFC for $295.
Next-gen Rockchip chipsets licensed to use ARM v7 and v8 instruction sets
It has now come to fore that the company has managed to procure appropriate licenses to be able to use the current most advanced ARM instruction sets and architectures. Rockchip are now eligible to use the ARM Cortex-A57, Cortex-A53, Cortex-A12 architectures on their upcoming series of chipsets, the RK32xx.
Snapdragon 800 Xiaomi Mi3 won’t launch with Android 4.4 after all
Early leaked screenshots from a Snapdragon 800 Xiaomi Mi3 showed the phone running Android 4.4 KitKat, but Xiaomi have gone on the record to state that this won’t be the case!
Full listing of 25 8-core MT6592 Android phones launching soon!
Anticipation is growing as more and more premier Chinese phone makers make their 8-core phone plans known. With all the news and rumours we have decided to list details of 25 upcoming 8-core MT6592 phones along with all the details we currently know about them!
Archos 101 XS 2 tablet on sale in time for Christmas
To compete with Apple’s recently launched iPad Air, Archos have launched the 10.1-inch Archos 101 XS 2 Android tablet.
Next Generation Nubia will be the Snapdragon 800 Nubia Z5S
ZTE’s Nubia range of phones will soon be headed up by the Snapdragon 800 powered Nubia Z5S if reports are revealed to be accurate.