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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.
WCDMA Xiaomi Hongmi goes on sale today!
Xiaomi kicks off the 5th of November with another day of sales for the Xiaomi Mi3, Xiaomi TV, Mi2S and for the first time ever the China Unicom WCDMA version of the Xiaomi Hongmi!
Android v4.4 KitKat unofficially brought to the Xiaomi Mi2!
It hasn’t been long since Android v4.4 KitKat was introduced by Google with the Nexus 5, and we already have a Chinese device running the same flavor of Android!
6 Trends of the Chinese phone industry in 2013
The Chinese phone industry has boomed over the past year, here are some of the biggest trends of the Chinese phone industry in 2013!
Hi-Wave releases details of its upcoming 8-core phones
Even without an official MT6592 launch, Chinese phone makers can’t help but start the hype machine over their latest 8-core phones.
5.5-inch CooPad 7296 get’s priced at $140
CoolPad have unleashed another 5.5-incher on to the Chinese market with WCDMA support and wallet pleasing $140 price tag!
Chinese phone reviewers get creative with Oppo N1 slow shutter option
Chinese tech sites have been reviewing the Oppo N1 this week and have shown great excitement with the slow shutter options the phone offers.
CyanogenMod Team meets with Shaume in China, CyanogenMod coming to Chinese phones?
It has been reported at the team behind CyanogenMod have met with Chinese dev team Shaume! Could this mean CyanogenMod is coming to Chinese phones?
Breaking: WCDMA Xiaomi Hongmi will launch November 5th!
Remember remember the 5th of November, the day the WCDMA Xiaomi Hongmi will finally be listed!
Mystery JiaYu gets a name and sub $100 price!
For the past few weeks we have been reporting on a mystery JiaYu device, we can now confirm that the new phone is the JiaYu G2F and the Chinese retail price is just $82 (499 Yuan)!
Newman F9 tablet brings 3G and call capabilities to the big screen
Rather than launching yet another iPad mini clone with 7.9-inch display, the latest Newman F9 tablet is a 9.7-inch (1024 x 768) device with built-in 3G.
More photos of the Bird Snapdragon XL show a Xiaomi Mi3-like phone with 8-core processor
Bird have 2 very attractive Android smartphones ready to arrive on the bustling Chinese phone market, one of them being the Snapdragon XL with Xiaomi Mi3 design and 8-core processor.
6.5mm Bird Dragon XL packs 8-core MTK6592 processor
Chinese brand Bird are another of those very large companies which don’t receive all that much coverage on GizChina (due to their boring products) but they have suddenly become a whole lot more special with the launch of the 8-core Dragon XL.
Purported complete Pomp C6 specifications published
Pomp have gone to town for the flagship Pomp C6 with purported specifications listing almost everything we could possible want for a high-end Android smartphone.
Next generation 8-core Zopo could launch next month, who will be first Sony or Zopo?
The Chinese smartphone world is going 8-core crazy thanks to Mediatek’s MtK6592 processor, the race is now on as to who will launch first? Could it be Zopo or Sony?
Has Mediatek partnered with Sony to launch the first 8-core MTK6592 phone next month?
On the 12th November Sony will hold a conference at which they will launch a number of phones for the Chinese market, the star of the show being a purported 8-core device named “Tianchi”.