Category: Smartphones

Highlights of Samsung press conference at MWC 2016

Posted by – February 23, 2016

Some highlights of the Samsung MWC 2016 press conference, launching Samsung Gear 360, S7 and S7 Edge, with also a special appearance by Mark Zuckerberg. You can also see the full official video of this event here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=O6KeASdz2AI

Samsung press conference launching Galaxy S7 / S7 Edge / Gear 360 at MWC 2016

Posted by – February 22, 2016

Watch the Samsung MWC 2016 press conference from my seat. You can see the official video of this event here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=O6KeASdz2AI

69€ Haier L32 Smartphone 64bit MT6735M 1GB/8GB 4.5” IPS

Posted by – February 7, 2016

Haier shows their new Android Smart phone from 149 to 69euro. Haier Phone V5 based on MediaTek Octa-core MT6752, 2GB RAM, optional storage 16GB/32GB, support Micro SD card up to 64GB, 5.5’’inch IPS screen, price from 149euro. Haier Phone L53, Quad-Core MT6735M, 1GB RAM, 8GB ROM, support Micro SD card up to 32GB, 5’’inch IPS, retailer price at 149euro. Haier Phone L32, Quad-core MediaTek MT6735M, 1GB RAM, 8GB ROM, support Micro SD card up to 32GB, 4.5’’inch IPS screen, crazy price from 69euro.

Nextbit Robin,$299 Smart Phone with 100G Cloud Storage Snapdragon 808

Posted by – February 4, 2016

Successfully lunched on Kickstarter with $1.36million, Robin, The “cloud-first” Smarter Phone, designed by Nextbit, production by Foxconn, Powered by 64bit Qualcomm Snapdragon 808 Hexa-Core (Dual-Core ARM Cortex A57 and Quad-Core ARM Cortex A53 ), runs Android Lollipop, with 3GB RAM, 32GB Flash on board, 100GB online storage, comes with 5.2’’IPS 1080P LCD screen with gorilla glass, features 13MP rear camera with phase detection autofocus and dual tone flash, 5MP front camera, 2680mAh battery, dual front facing stereo speakers, finger print sensor, NFC, Quick charging, bluetooth4.0, NFC. Robin comes with a special square Matt plastic body, available in 2 color:Mint and Midnight, early bird offer started from $299 on Kickstarter, retailer price at $399, estimate start shipping on Q1 2016.

Focalmax Maxphone T1 with Naked Eye 3D Display,Qualcomm Snapdragon 820 MSM8996


Focalmax present lots of interesting products on CES2016, including TI DLP PICO Projectors, Short-Throw TI DLP projectors, Naked eye 3D Smartphones, VR, Sports DV and Car navigation with transparent HUD display.
Focalmax maxphone T1 is the world’s 1st Smartphone with 2K screen and Naked Eye 3D display. powered by 64bit Qualcomm snapdragon 820 MSM8996 Qualcomm® Kryo™ CPU with Adreno 530 GPU, 4GB RAM, 64GB Flash, comes with 5.5” 2K display, 5M front camera and 8M 3D rear camera, with USB Type C and 3000mAH battery.

You can contact Focalmax here:
Fiona Du, Brand Manager
Fiona.du@focalmax.net

Qualcomm CES 2016 booth tour: Snapdragon 820, 820A, 802.11ad, 802.11ac, Windows Continuum and more


Qualcomm Snapdragon 820 is shown in a real phone in LeTV Le Max Pro, with Qualcomm saying that they have 80+ design wins for the Snapdragon 820 custom 64bit processor, now to be mass manufactured on Samsung’s 14nm process technology. Qualcomm also shows their Snapdragon 820 Adreno 530 GPU demos showing off high-end graphics, virtual reality and new display technologies, also Qualcomm WSA8815 audio technology for better sound coming out of built-in speakers for the Smartphones and Tablets market. Scanning people in realtime using Project Tango type structured scanner, IR camera. Qualcomm shows IoT technologies, Qualcomm Vive 802.11ac WiFi with multi-user mimo. Microsoft Windows 10 running on ultra-cheap Qualcomm 210, 410, and Windows continuum extending the Windows 10 desktop from the phone through to the external display using USB Type-C. Qualcomm Atheros Multi-Gigabit 60Ghz Wi-Fi 802.11ad included with the Snapdragon 820 LeTV Le Max Pro Smartphone! Matterport 360 degre camera supported by Qualcomm Ventures and other startups demonstrated. Qualcomm launches Qualcomm 820A for the automitive market and the modular system to upgrade the ARM Processor and PCB of the car to make it future proof.

Huawei Mate 8, ARM Cortex-A72, Merry Christmas!

Posted by – December 24, 2015

Beach review of Huawei Mate 8, the Fastest Smartphone in the world today, using HiSilicon Kirin950, the world’s first Octa-core Quad ARM Cortex-A72, Quad ARM Cortex-A53 in big.LITTLE and the world’s first device with the ARM Mali-T880 GPU. With 4000mAh it has a really long battery life, a really nice 1080p display with 2.5d “elevation/reinforcement” which may also help in performance, brightness and battery life compared to a 2K display, Android 6.0.1 Marshmallow is super smooth (Huawei being the a Marshmallow Nexus partner of Google), Google Play can be installed even though this phone is only sold in China for now, Google Play services will probably be available as soon as the International version of Mate 8 is released maybe a couple of weeks from now. It’s supports Dual-SIM card slots with LTE Cat-6 on one SIM (2G voice calls on the second SIM only) and you have to choose between the second SIM or up to 128GB MicroSD storage in that same slot. The price online in China is around $570 for the 4GB RAM with 64GB Flash version, $470 for 3GB RAM and 32GB Flash, if Huawei somehow decide to increase manufacturing capacity and to lower the retail price by $150-$200 and to make it available in every country worldwide, I think they could make this one of the most popular high end phablets of 2016. The sales and marketing strategy for this phone worldwide in 2016 is up to Huawei sales and marketing teams now. I would like it if Huawei offered a Switch to turn the whole UI into the same Nexus style UI as on a Huawei Nexus 6P, hopefully Huawei will consider offering a dual-UI switch.

$470 Huawei Mate 8, Kirin950 ARM Cortex-A72 Mali-T880 Smartphone

Posted by – December 13, 2015

Here’s the world’s most powerful smartphone, running an Octa-core Hisilicon Kirin950 quad ARM Cortex-A72 and quad ARM Cortex-A53 in big.LITTLE configuration with the ARM Mali-T880 GPU and also an ARM Cortex-M7 for the sensor hub on TSMC 16nm FinFET+ node. With a 1080p 6″ display with 2.5D “elevation”, 4000mAh battery, dual-SIM LTE Cat-6, 32GB/64GB/128GB storage and 3GB/4GB RAM. Now for sale in China starting at $470 for 3GB RAM and 32GB Flash to $570 for 4GB RAM and 64GB Flash. So for about the same price as a Nexus 6P 64GB you get more RAM, more CPU, more GPU (possibly, I didn’t check performance configuration benchmarks), dual-SIM slots, MicroSD card support (you have to choose between MicroSD or the second SIM card in the same slot as far as I understand) also I hear that maybe that the 4GB/64GB version and above have worldwide LTE/HSPA+ bands and are not limited to either European/Asian or US bands (to be confirmed?) possibly that the Camera optics are the same from Sony as in the Nexus 6P, though it records only 1080p video and not 4K and the display is only a 1080p and not 2K. The battery life, usability benchmarks, connectivity speed is to be tested. This might be the best smartphone in the world today. Rumors are that Huawei plans to manufacture at least 1 Million units per month, they plan to overtake the Huawei Mate 7 sales amount that was over 7 million units over the previous year. I think that if Huawei wants to sell 70 million units of this one, they can do it if they price it $100 or $200 lower and make it available everywhere where people demand to buy it. I think that Huawei should use Google Now Nexus Style launcher as default and full Google designed UI instead of EMUI. I wonder if video output such as MHL works to use the powerful processor with an external Laptop Dock or Desktop Dock and I wish that using MicroSD and Dual-sim at the same time was possible. USB Type-C would have been more interesting.

POMP K6600S $250 MTK6572A Mobile POS(Point of Sales) Android4.2

Posted by – December 13, 2015

POMP K6600S is Mobile POS(Point of Sales) powered by MediaTek MTK6572A Dual-core ARM Cortex-A , runs Android 4.2, 1G RAM, 8G Flash(or 512M RAM, 4G Flash optional), features with 4.3’’ 800*480 display and touch screen, with Dual SIM card slot, 0.3MP front camera and 5.0MP rear camera, bulk price at $250 for 3000pcs MOQ.

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Ctyon Design House Tour Rockchip Intel SoFIA 3G-R Smart Phone

Posted by – December 8, 2015

Ctyon is one of the leading design house of 2G and 3G mobile phone with CDMA, CDMA/GSM dual mode, EVDO, EVDO/GSM dual mode. Ctyon is also the key OEM/ODM manufacture of Intel 3G R SOC. Here is our tour visiting the Ctyon office near Shenzhen University.
Ctyon have different smart phone models with different display and design based on Intel 3G R Soc, all is based on Android 5.1, 1G RAM, 8G Flash, Bluetooth and WiFi supported. The band support GSM 850/900/1800/1900MHz WCDMA band1/band2/band5/band8.

You can contact Ctyon here:(Please let them know if you watch this video)
Alex Wen, Vice President
wenxingwu@ctyon.com
Mobile:+86 189 3809 1935
http://www.ctyon.com

RICE5 MTK2502 Smart Watch with GMS Phone Call

Posted by – December 5, 2015

RICE5 is a stainless steel smart watch with easily replaceable leather/metal watchband in IPX67 waterproof standard, powered by MediaTek MTK2502 AMR7ej-S,128M RAM, 64M Flash support Micro SD card up to 32GB. It support heart rate testing, pedometer, sedentary reminder, sleep reminder connect with mobile phone via Bluetooth4.0. with SIM card slot, it can support GMS Phone call now, 3G Phone Call features will be ready on Q2 2016.

You can contact RICE Here: (Please let them know if you watch this video)
Summer Peng
tina@szeastlonge.com
Mobile:+86 18927419257

UICO duraTOUCH water/sweat/gloves Smartwatches and Phones


UICO duraTOUCH makes it possible to use Smartwatches and Phones in any weather, with sweaty fingers, under the rain, snow, even while wearing gloves in the winter. As people come to depend on wearable devices and use them everywhere, users want touchscreens to work under any weather condition everywhere and anytime. UICO’s duraTOUCH projected capacitive (PCAP) touch controllers enable touch sensing to work in any environment, with rain, sweat, and using gloves also. duraTOUCH out-performs traditional PCAP that is in devices like Moto360 and Samsung Gear Live. It is ideal for wearable and IoT devices with super-low power requirements like 1X charge per week with wake on touch. duraTOUCH products include duraTOUCH controllers, touchscreens, and duraTOUCH Surface, a bendable wrap-able touch sensing surface. Look for this technology in the next generation of consumer electronics and wearable devices, you will now have technology that UICO previously shipped in millions only to customers in the heavy industrial and medical markets.

$300 Starkpos M8200 Mobile POS(Point of Sales) Devices Android 4.2


Starkpos M8200 is an All-in-One mobile POS(Point of Sales) device with SIM card slot, WiFi,Bluetooth and 23 buttons of keyboard. It can used anywhere with 2” printer, Barcode scanner, Magnetic Card reader, Smart Card Reader, GPS options. Runs Android 4.2, it also can support all most Android apps. Bulk price at $300 to $500 with different options.

You can contact Starkpos here: (Please let them know if you watch this video)
Serkan ÖNEL
serkan@starkpos.com
Mobile:+852 3127 5687

Kent Displays eWriter Boogie Board demos by CTO

Posted by – November 26, 2015

The newest trends in various phones, phablets, tablets and laptops is the analog writing ability. eWriting is making a major come back with several OEMs offering stylus inputs in their devices. Yet, the true pen-on-paper experience is rarely found when you write on glass based tablets or phones. Kent Displays solves this problem with their cholesteric LCD writing tablets popularly known as the Boogie Board. The electronic writing experience with their solution is akin to writing on paper, you can even hear the pen scratching on the surface and the experience is truly unique. That would partly explain the success of the Boogie Boards which are shipping in millions of units each year. I met up with Dr Asad Khan who is Kent Displays’ CTO, in San Jose this week. He describes the various products including what is expected from their product roadmap.

JEZETEK Headquarters Tour: Rockchip Intel SoFIA 3G-R Smartphone

Posted by – November 24, 2015

Bryan Bai, the President of Innovation and New Products Deptartment at JEZETEK introduces the JEZTEK Headquarters in Shenzhen, he also talks about the push by Intel to market with Rockchip their SoFIA 3G-R (C3230RK) Smartphone project, with first developing markets targeted with big customers in the Philippines, India and more. Rockchip Intel SoFIA 3G-R (C3230RK) is an x86 Atom 64bit Quad-core 28nm processor with ARM Mali-450 GPU. Runs Android 5.1 Lollipop, media decode support at up to 1080p@60fps H.265/H.264 and display resolution support up to 1080p. The ISP (Image Signal Processor) supports dual cameras, including an up to 5MP front camera and up to 13MP rear camera. It starts shipping in Q4 2015 with 3G modem. JEZETEK is Hi-Tech enterprise group mainly engaged in R&D and production for Smartphones, Set-up-Boxes, LED, Wire and Cable with 3 listed companies in China.

OEM/ODM project distributors can contact JEZETEK here:
Bryan Pai,
President, Innovation and New Products Dept.
bryan@jezetek.hk
Mobile:+86 185 7642 8655

effire A71 MT8783 LTE 64bit Smartphone with Multi-Window

Posted by – November 19, 2015

Russian Smart phone manufacture effire shows the latest LTE smart phone effire A71, powered by 64bit MediaTek MT8783 Octa-core ARM Cortex-A53 with Mali-T720 GPU, runs Android 5.1 Lollipop features 5’’ Sharp IPS display at 1920*1080 resolution, 2G or 3G RAM, 16GB Flash, 8MP front camera, 13MP rear camera, 3700mAh battery. The effire A71 support Multi-window features,start shipping at end of 2015.

You can contact effire here: (please let them know if you watch this video)
Nickolay Kozlov, General Manager
kozlov@effire.com
Mobile:+86 156 2281 5617

$63 Windows 10 Intel Mini PC by MePlus F1


MePlus F1 is Intel Mini PC powered by Intel BayTrail Z3735F, 2GB RAM, 32GB Flash or 64GB is optional, runs Dual OS with Windows 10 and Android 5.1, with 4* USB 2.0 host, 2.4G WiFi and Bluetooth 4.0, Dual display with VGA and HDMI output, price at $63 for 1000pcs bulk order, windows 10 license not included. Meplus as the direct Microsoft licensee also can provide direct windows license.
MePlus PC Stick Sara3 powered by Intel CherryTrail Z8300 and Intel HD Graphics Gen8-LP GPU, 2GB RAM or 4GB optional, 32GB Flash or 64GB,128GB optional, with a UBS 3.0 Host and micro USB and micro-SD card reader, will be start shipping at end of December.

You can contact MePlus here:(please let them know if you watch this video)
Candie Zheng, Vice President
candie@meplus-tech.com
Mobile:+86-186 7557 2831

$34 Intel SoFIA 3G Smart Phone 4’’ Android 4.4 by Bmorn W4301

Posted by – November 16, 2015

Bmorn W4301 is a bugdet Intel 3G phone powered by 64bit Dual Core Intel SoFIA 3G(X3-C3130) with ARM Mali-400 GPU, features 4’’ 800*480 display, 512M RAM or 1GB optional, 4GB Flash or 8G optional, based on Android 4.4 now, Android 5.1 Lollipop will support soon, battery life up to 4hours with phone call, price at $34 for bulk order. Bmorn start to produce tablet from 2010, they are key OEM/ODM manufacture of Intel and Rockchip SOCs.

You can contact Bmorn here: (please let them know if you watch this video)
Candy Fong, Sales Director
candy@bmorn.com
Skype: bmorn006 or candyfang309
Mobile: +86-18028700869 or +86-13543254930
http://www.bmorn.com/

ARM Mali-470

Posted by – November 12, 2015

ARM Mali-470 is the newest Mali-400 family GPU by ARM, it is the most energy efficient GPU from ARM, it supports the latest Android versions, optimized to extend battery life for wearables and Android Wear.

$37 iPhone 6S clone, $25 cheapest Android phone, $44-49 Quad-core SC7731/MT6580, $81 MT6735 LTE

Posted by – October 25, 2015

These are some of the latest cheap Smartphones in China based on the MediaTek MT6580, MT6735, Spreadtrum SC7731 and SC7715. Here’s a $37 iPhone 6S clone with a removable back case to support removable battery, 3G dual-sim, it runs a 5″ qHD display on a Spreadtrum SC7731 Quad-core ARM Cortex-A7 (I say A5 in the video by mistake, it’s actually A7). 512MB RAM and 4GB Flash but expandable by MicroSD slot. One of the world’s cheapest Android phones is the $25 SC7715 single-core ARM Cortex-A7 phone with 3.5″ display. A little higher specced are Huawei Mate 7 and Huawei P8 clones at $44 on Spreadtrum SC7731 and for $49 you get 5.5″ qHD and 5″ HD phones on the MediaTek MT6580 Quad-core ARM Cortex-A7. For LTE I found a 5.5″ qHD IPS on 64bit MediaTek MT6735 Quad-core ARM Cortex-A53 with 1GB RAM and 8GB Flash. Sorry I didn’t prepare this video well I say many wrong things about the CPUs, prices, Android versions etc check the annotations I try to fix it there.