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DOOV planning to launch DOOV S3 with rotating camera, rival to the Oppo N1
Since Oppo’s N1 launch Chinese phone makers have been looking carefully at the prospect of launching their own rotating camera phone, and DOOV may be the first with the release of the DOOV S3.
$130 Solomon W1 is another Xiaomi Hongmi rival with a distinctive design!
Wolverine seems to be on the minds of manufacturers of late. Indian giant Micromax recently roped in Hugh Jackman (the real identity behind the on-screen …
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!
Uniscope XC2 Advanced price drops to $245
The Uniscope XC2 was one of the big surprise phones of 2013. A phone with a great design, excellent hardware and now and even lower price tag.
Purported first photo of the Vivo Xplay 3S, Gorilla glass on both sides!
We’re taking this photo with a handful of salt which keeping our fingers crossed for luck! Please Vivo let this be the real design of the Vivo Xplay 3S.
MT6592-powered Newman K18 spy photos surface showing us an Xperia Z inspired design!
Another addition to the list of manufacturers working on MT6592 phones is Newman. Spy photos of the Newman K18 have emerged which depict a Sony Xperia Z inspired smartphone in stealth black!
FAEA F3 and FAEA F4 both coming soon
While we have already seen leaked images of the FAEA F3, this is the first we have heard that an FAEA F4 phone is also on the way.
Unconfirmed: Vivo Xplay 3S will have a 5.7-inch display.
Unconfirmed reports claim the Vivo Xplay 3S will pack a 5.7-inch 560 x 1440 display with a pixel density of 515ppi!
7.8mm T-Win packs, quad-core processor and NFC in a waterproof body
The above renders of the T-Win Android smartphone from China look similar to the Huawei P6, but this handset is designed to be waterproof and boast NFC into it’s slender chassis.
Prototype Oppo PM-1 panar magnetic headphone spotted
Here at GizChina we know Oppo as an emerging Chinese phone maker, but internationally they are better known for their Bluray players and soon their new premium headphones.
Changhong Z9 packs 5000mAh battery, quad-core CPU and 5.5-inch display
Changhong, known throughout China for the televisions, is attempting to break in to the Android phone market with the Changhong Z9 with impressive specs and large battery.
Update on the Nexus 5: Might be called ‘Nexus 4 (2013)’, and more!
Contrary to what we’ve been seeing in the past about the next-gen Nexus smartphone, it might actually be called ‘Nexus 4 (2013)’ instead of Nexus 5. We saw Google adopt the same nomenclature with the newest Nexus tablet — the Nexus 7 (2013) — and with rumors of Google trying to unify the Nexus design, parallel naming strategies was only on the cards.