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Latest from the Zopo stable: 8-core phone might come in more than a handful of colors!
Zopo continue grabbing headlines for one reason or the other. The latest news is that the upcoming mystery phone might come in colors other than just Black and White!
Vivo Xplay 3S rumoured to cost $600, and F/1.8 aperture!
Chinese tech sites are excitedly reporting the news that the Vivo Xplay 3S could cost ‘just’ $606 once it is officially launched before the end of this year!
Breaking: WCDMA Xiaomi Mi3 will launch Mid-December
Finally some great news for those of us patiently waiting for the WCDMA version of the Xiaomi Mi3, Xiaomi have confirmed it will eventually to on sale in Mid-December.
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.
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!
Gionee’s Elife E7 to overshadow Vivo Xplay 3S’s 2,560 x 1,440 display?
While we try to get our eyes to get used to high pixel densities and full HD displays, manufacturers at this moment seem to be in no mood to waste time and are currently working on displays with even greater resolution and pixel density.
Lei Jun confirms WCDMA Xiaomi Hongmi IS coming!
Even with 8-core phones, 2K equipped beasts and innovative camera designs, the low-cost Xiaomi Hongmi remains one of the most sought after handsets to date, and the good news is a WCDMA model is on the way!
Xiaomi Mi2 Kernel sources released on Github!
Kernel source codes for the Xiaomi Mi2 turn up on GitHub, custom ROMs coming soon?
Google’s ‘Gem’ smartwatch to come this month?
The fact that the massive Google Inc. has been working on a smartwatch for a while is a known for a while now. This eagerness to join the smartwatch league comes after Samsung and Sony successfully launched their smartwatches in the market a few weeks back.
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.
Samsung to adopt 8-core Mediatek processors!
Mediatek must have impressed someone at Samsung, as reports are coming in that the Korean Android giant is planning to adopt the latest 8-core SoC the Taiwanese company.
Mystery new JiaYu is a low-cost 4.3-inch phone
Lots of great news from JiaYu today including the launch plans for the JiaYu S1, JiaYu G5 and this entry-level mystery machine.
First: Oppo N1 packaging spotted
We have a feeling that the next 5 days are going to be packed with Oppo N1 leaks, speaking of which here is a first look at the phones packing.
JiaYu G5 receives network license, could launch soon!
In a typically un-JiaYu move the stainless steel bodied JiaYu G5 has been spotted at the Chinese Ministry of Communication where it has received its network license!
Xiaomi Mi2s 32GB price cut to just $293
Also at the Xiaomi event was news of the good old Xiaomi Mi2s, and the news is good for anyone wanting to bag themselves a Snapdragon 600 powered bargain!