China Unicom tells me they sold 20 iPhone 5S today in the first 5 hours at their main Shenzhen store. Shenzhen is the smartphone center of the world. iPhone5s $930 iPhone5c $770 in China. Nobody cares at iPhone5s/c launch day here in Shenzhen China. You can buy Android iPhones here for $30, Android is 31 times cheaper than a “real” Apple device! How many Chinese people want to spend 2 months salary for an Apple factory worker (working 65+ hours a week) into buying a new phone?
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Nobody at iPhone 5S and iPhone 5C launch in Shenzhen China
Posted by – September 20, 2013
Category: Smartphones, Exclusive videos
MT6589 7″/7.85″ 3G Tablet Factory Tour, Next Generation Communications
Posted by – September 16, 2013
Here’s a tour at the $120 7″ 1280×800 and $130 7.85″ 1024×768 3G-enabled tablet factory in Shenzhen China. You can watch the presentation of these two tablets that are being manufactured here:
$120 7″ 1280×800 3G MT6589 by Next Generation Communications
$130 7.85″ 1024×768 MT6589 with 3G by Next Generation Communications
Next Generation Communications Contact information (please only contact them if you are serious about buying a bulk of at least 1000 units) (please tell them you watched the video):
Joanna Guo
Mobile: +86 15920043784
Telephone: 86-755-3661-5168
joannaguo@nxtgen.com.cn
http://nxtgen.com.cn
Qualcomm Toq Smartwatch uses Mirasol display
Posted by – September 14, 2013
Qualcomm shows off their new Mirasol for smartwatch prototype, the Qualcomm Toq, they are releasing a few hundred “good yield” smartwatches to some limited amount of people who will be able to order, pre-order it online. Does this mean the Qualcomm Mirasol screen can be mass produced? Qualcomm does say that this smartwatch prototype is only going to be released in a limited amount to a limited amount of people.
More information at: http://toq.qualcomm.com/
Alcatel One Touch Idol X, 5″ 1080p MT6589T, 300-400€
Posted by – September 13, 2013
Alcatel One Touch Idol X is a 5″ 1080p IPS with super narrow bezel, 0.8″ thick, 110 grams, MediaTek MT6589T 1.5Ghz, HSPA+, 13MP camera with custom Android UI. Price is to be around 300-400€ in Europe depending on the market, perhaps $300-400 in the USA.
Alcatel One Touch Idol S 4.7″ 720p with LTE and Idol Mini 4.3″ WVGA on MT6572
Posted by – September 13, 2013
Alcatel One Touch launches Idol S an LTE-capable 4.7″ 1280×720 phone using Qualcomm processor, and the Alcatel One Touch Idol Mini is ultra-cheap 4.3″ WVGA on the MediaTek MT6572.
Marseille VTV-1222 4K video upscaling certified by Technicolor
Posted by – September 13, 2013
Marseille shows their latest VTV-1222 family of 4K video processors providing single-chip solution to process, enhance, and upscale legacy video content to 4K (3840×2160) for display on next generation 4K UHD TVs. Marseille claims to provide one of the best 4K upscaling technologies yet, to upscale 1080p content to 4K. The Marseille processor is embedded for example in the latest Toshiba Blu-ray player to upscale 1080p Blu-ray movies to 4K screens.
Read more at: http://www.marseilleinc.com/new-products/4k-video-revolution
Alcatel One Touch Pop C1/C3/C5/C7 3.5″/4″/4.5″/5″ entry-level, cheaper smartphone range
Posted by – September 12, 2013
Alcatel One Touch shows their entry-level range of smartphones, starting with C1 HVGA 3.5″, C3 4″ WVGA, then C5 4.5″ and even the C7 5″ Full HD MT6589 phone. The price range of the Alcatel One Touch Pop C-series should be among the most affordable on the European market when they get released.
Kindle Paperwhite with E Ink Carta, better contrast, better page-turns, faster processor, still $119
Posted by – September 12, 2013
E Ink releases the new latest Kindle Paperwhite, with a 25% faster processor, page turning is better using Regal Wave Forms, the contrast, blacks and whites are 50% better using E Ink Carta technology. The price is still $119 (with special offers) available at Amazon.com
$53 A20 1024×600, 1GB RAM, 8GB Flash by Luckystar
Posted by – September 11, 2013
Here’s a cheap Allwinner A20 1024×600 tablet being sold by Luckystar Aoson for $53 each in bulk.
Luckystar Aoson Contact information (please only contact them if you are serious about buying a bulk of minimum 1000 pieces) (please tell them you watched the video):
Anson Yi
Mobile: 86-13510992428
Telephone: 86-755-83495999-657
ydxgps@luckystar.com.cn
http://luckystar.com.cn
http://szaoson.com
Lenovo S5000 1280×800 MediaTek MT8125 199€ (MT8389 for 3G 249€ version)
Posted by – September 8, 2013
Lenovo shows their latest range of 7″ Tablets, here’s the Lenovo S5000, one of the lightest at 247 grams, 7.9mm thick, quad-core MediaTek (MediaTek 8389 in the 3G model, MediaTek MT8125 in the Wi-Fi-only version), with a 1280×800 IPS screen, retailing at 199 Euro retail for WiFi version and 249 Euro for the 3G version. Lenovo also shows their other latest and upcoming tablets S1000, S3000 and more in this video.
To21 Co Ltd shows CAVIUM CNW6611 Powered Miracast Dongle RTSD5000
Posted by – September 8, 2013
Korean To21 claims that their CAVIUM CNW6611 ARM926EJ-S 378MHz Miracast dongle has the best yet Miracast performance on the market, the price is about 30 Euros for 10K bulk.
Henry’s Toshiba IFA 2013 Booth Tour
My 11-year-old cousin Henry from Denmark walks around the Toshiba booth at IFA 2013, testing out the new Toshiba Tegra4 tablets, checking out the latest Toshiba 4K Upscaling Blu-ray player, Windows 8 touch-screen devices and more.
Cambrios is revolutionizing the touch screen industry, interview with their CMO
Posted by – September 6, 2013
One of the revolutionary new touch screen technologies is created by Cambrios, it’s their ClearOhm® Silver Nanowires, that is now the leading candidate for replacing ITO in touch applications and making strides also in OLED lighting, Organic Photo Voltaic cells, electronic displays and others. At IFA, I interviewed Sri Peruvemba who was very excited about the prospects for the technology. Cambrios ClearOhm technology is replacing ITO not only in applications where ITO cannot play (large monitors, All-In-One computers and upcoming flexible/unbreakable tablets, phones and other devices) but also in applications like tablets and laptops and mobile phones where ITO is dominant. They already have many products in the field (see my video with Cambrios from Computex in Taiwan) and are expecting more tier one design wins to be announced in the near future. Already it’s public that companies like Samsung, Nissha are investors in Cambrios ClearOhm, that the worlds biggest touch screen maker TPK is building a new factory to build Cambrios ClearOhm based touch screens and that Hitachi is also a customer. The ClearOhm product has better transmission than ITO on film, has better conductivity (since silver conducts 100 times better than Indium), is made on flexible plastic material that is 40% thinner and 40% lighter than traditional touch screens, can enable flexible touch screens that ITO cannot since it is brittle, and it is very rugged. The Silver Nanowires from Cambrios is almost invisible in the touch screen, I could not see any pattern or moire that you would see with other technologies like metal mesh and ITO. Also the Cambrios CMO says that they are price competitive even with inferior technologies, that is amazing. During my interview I examined the touch sensors and could not see any pattern visibility. This is why they are winning new business. How fast Cambrios ClearOhm is going to take over the whole worldwide touch panel market is unsure, Cambrios says that they can produce enough silver nanowire material to be in all 1 Billion smartphones to be sold in 2014 if the markets and if the touch screen device producers demand it. I would definitely like to see hundreds of millions of cheaper, lighter, flexible/unbreakable plastics based Cambrios ClearOhm based Smartphone and Tablet designs invade the whole worldwide market as soon as next year!
My 11-year old cousin Henry at the Samsung IFA 2013 Booth Tour
Posted by – September 6, 2013
Category: Exclusive videos, IFA
Henry is my cousin from Denmark, he likes technology a lot and has started his own video-blog at http://youtube.com/techtothepeoplevideo. Here’s his first time attending any consumer electronics show, he took an Easyjet from Copenhagen to hang around the IFA trade show with me. In the next days, I will post a few more of his booth tours, seeing IFA 2013 from his perspective. Henry watches a lot of the tech news on the web every day and I think he knows pretty much everything about all devices being released. I’ll use him as my assistant here at IFA when I don’t know a product name, screen resolution, special feature or maybe even the processor.
Subscribe to Henry’s YouTube channel at: http://youtube.com/TechToThePeopleVideo
Latest AMD A4/A6/A8/A10 APU based laptop demos
Posted by – September 5, 2013
AMD shows off some of the latest best value Laptops based on their A-series APUs, such as a 15.4″ AMD A10 laptop from Acer selling at $480 with additional ATI discreet graphics inside, also featuring examples by Lenovo, Toshiba, HP and other.
Kobo Arc 10 HD Tegra4 Tablet, Kobo Aura E Ink e-reader
Kobo is probably the second biggest seller of E Ink e-readers in the world, focusing on many of the markets where Amazon isn’t wanting to have a big presence. The new Kobo Aura HD e-reader is awesome, features the thinnest and lightest 6″ touch and front-lit E Ink e-reader yet on the market. The Kobo Arc 10 HD is a new Tegra4 tablet with a 2560×1600 screen retailing at 379 Euro in Europe. Kobo also talks about a 1920×1080 7″ Tablet to retail at 199 Euros. What do you think about Kobo? I think Kobo is being very aggressive and coming out with very interesting mass market devices selling more and more.
Samsung Galaxy Note 10.1 2014 Edition
Samsung releases their latest Galaxy Note 10.1 with a Qualcomm S800 or an Exynos 5 processor inside.
Samsung Galaxy Note 3 launch at IFA 2013
Posted by – September 4, 2013
Samsung releases latest Galaxy Note 3.
Samsung Galaxy Gear launch at IFA 2013
Posted by – September 4, 2013
Samsung’s new Smartwatch at its launch event.
$72 7″ 1280×800 IPS Allwinner A31s ($95 for 3G) by Luckystar Aoson
Posted by – August 25, 2013
Luckystar shows a 7″ 1280×800 Android tablet with Allwinner A31s processor. The Allwinner model has a metal chassis. The A31s model has optional 3g. The battery capacity of the Allwinner model 3000mah. The price is of the A31s model is 72 for non 3g in bulk and 95 USD for 3g in bulk. The 3g modem used is made by Huawei. Luckstar targets places like the United States, United Kingdom, and Poland. More information about Luckstar can be found at http://www.luckystar.com.cn/en
Luckystar Aoson Contact information (please only contact them if you are serious about buying a bulk of minimum 1000 pieces) (please tell them you watched the video):
Anson Yi
Mobile: 86-13510992428
Telephone: 86-755-83495999-657
ydxgps@luckystar.com.cn
http://luckystar.com.cn
http://szaoson.com
