Category: Smartphones

Marrakech 4K Galaxy Note 4 samples, Spices, Market, Festival, Taxi and Streets

Posted by – December 17, 2014

Here are some video samples filmed in 4K using the Galaxy Note 4 Powered by MHL 3 in Marrakech Morroco, showing Spices, the Kasbah Market, the Marrakech Film Festival and walking around the streets of Marrakech. I also posted a couple of videos filmed on a Camel ride. The Samsung Galaxy Note 4 records video in 4K at 50mbitps in 30fps, which can be output to a 4K TV using MHL 3, this is how it looks on YouTube in 4K:







4K sample filmed with Samsung Galaxy Note 4 outputting 4K using MHL 3

Posted by – December 4, 2014

This video was filmed using the Samsung Galaxy Note 4 that records 4K video, this is the built-in 4K encode at 50mbitps, using the built-in microphone. Perhaps there is some good Bluetooth Microphone system that could be used for lapel-microphone and for handheld microphone, perhaps also a good shotgun microphone. Let me know in the comments if you know any good of these that could be used with 4K smartphones to record highest quality audio. I also would like to upgrade my camera on the steadicam to 4K, I like the idea of perhaps trying out the Samsung NX1 that can encode 4K in H265 at 40mbitps, or perhaps I’ll wait for some other high performance 4K H265 camera, the idea being for the 4K footage to be compressed well enough in the camera so that the videos can be uploaded to YouTube directly. It seems though that http://youtube.com/editor doesn’t support 4K rendering yet (meaning that when someone tries to join/split 4K videos with YouTube editor, it outputs only a 1080p maximum file? Can someone please report this to Google? Otherwise perhaps there would be a camera to offer native 4K H265 in-camera basic join/split editing, perhaps even also with support to automatically add intros, outros, overlay transparent watermark branding (even animated watermark branding). Dual SD card recording for backup (when SD cards break, which has happened too often for me).

650 million MHL devices shipped. MHL 3 delivers 4K to tens of millions of consumers


More than 650 million MHL products have shipped worldwide since the first MHL products were released in 2011 (as I filmed my first MHL video in 2011). The global MHL ecosystem includes adapters, automotive accessories, A/V receivers, Blu-ray Disc players, cables, DTVs, monitors, projectors, smartphones, streaming media sticks, tablets and more. A steady stream of MHL 3.0 mobile devices that output 4K Ultra HD video have been released this year, including the Samsung Galaxy Note 4, Sony Xperia Z2 and Z3, and ZTE nubia Z7, along with MHL 3.0 4K Ultra HD displays from Samsung and Sony. 4K is rapidly growing in popularity and, with these MHL 3.0 smartphones, consumers can capture brilliant photos and videos and then enjoy them in full 4K Ultra HD quality on their new big screen 4K TV. In part thanks to MHL and thanks to the newest ARM Processors from Qualcomm and others, already now there are tens of millions of consumers with 4K Camcorders and 4K video players directly within their smartphone in their pocket!

I’m on Twit Bits with Leo Laporte showing my iPhone 6 Plus clones

Posted by – November 18, 2014

Here’s 21minutes showing my iPhone 6 Plus clones to Leo Laporte at the Twit Brick House just before the This Week in Tech Podcast.

iPhone 6 Plus Android clone for $111

Posted by – November 16, 2014

For sale all over China right now below $111 (680RMB), the iPhone 6 Plus clone runs on a MediaTek MT6582 Quad-core ARM Cortex-A7 with Mali-400 GPU, 1GB RAM and 8GB Flash. Here’s the special unveiling at Apple Headquarters. It’s literally 10 times cheaper than the official iPhone 6 Plus selling at about $1100 in China, is it 10 times worse? I don’t think so. Antutu rates it at 17829 which is about the same performance as a Nexus 4 which is also probably about the same as an iPhone 5 in terms of performance. If I receive at least 100 comments and re-shares on Google+ of this video, I may consider doing a bend test on it to see if it is better designed than the real one.

Flashzoom iPhone 6 Plus clone

all three colors of iPhone 6 Plus clone

logo iPhone 6 Plus clone

unlock patent iPhone 6 Plus clone

apple connector is a fake

a bit below the iPhone 6 Plus

Paper Battery ultrathin flexible batteries and supercapacitors

Posted by – November 16, 2014

The Paper Battery Company develops super capacitors with very high energy and power density and flexible form factors. These devices recharge very quickly, and hold enough energy to take care of peak performance usage. The form factors that they are developing give designers more choices and options on how to fit power in previously unusable spaces. Applications for the Paper Battery technology range from mobile wearable devices to backup power in computing. They have two product lines that meet a varied set of needs, in all cases they can relieve battery anxiety, improve performance, and enable smaller, lighter products and reduce costs for the customer.

You can contact Paper Battery Company here (please tell them you saw this video):
Shreefal Mehta, CEO
smehta@paperbatteryco.com
http://paperbatteryco.com

Cubot S308 MT6582, Cubot S222 5.5″ and 4G with Qualcomm and MediaTek

Posted by – October 26, 2014

Cubot S308 is 5″ HD IPS MT6582 with 2GB RAM. Cubot S222 is 5.5″ HD IPS OGS with 1GB RAM. Then they have a 4G Qualcomm based smartphone and they will also start selling MediaTek’s 4G solutions next month. Cubot sell about 100 thousand phones per month.

You can contact Cubot here:
Shenzhen HuaFuRui Technology Co.Ltd.
Cykey, Sales Manager
zhouchuanyang@cubot.net
Mobile: +86 18566232495
Phone: +86 755 23612065
Skype: cykey08
http://www.cubot.net

ACT Factory Tour, XMM6321 $30 Rockchip/Intel ARM Cortex-A5 3G Phone

Posted by – October 23, 2014

ACT is one of the first factories to be starting mass production of the new $30 Smartphone on Dual-core ARM Cortex-A5 with 3G Infineon baseband made by Rockchip and Intel at TSMC. ACT Industrial makes about 10 thousand tablets per day, they can ramp that up as they plan to start the Rockchip XMM6321 entry-level Smartphone production here in the next week.

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Shenzhen ACT Industrial Co, Ltd.
Zhao Jing, Sales Manager
Mobile: +86 13798379551
Phone: +86 755 25552808 ext: 8633
service002@szaction.com
Qiu Bo
Mobile: +86 13502857439
Phone: +86 755 25552808 ext: 8111
Qiubo@szaction.com
QQ: 2294440938
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Pipo T8 Phablet, 6.44″ FHD MT6592, 2GB RAM

Posted by – October 22, 2014

6.44″, 1920*1080 AHVA wide viewing angle, MTK 6592 Cortex A7,1.7GHz,Octa-core, 2GB DDR3 RAM, Android 4.4, Front 2M, back 13M auto focus, Bluetooth 4. You can read more about it at http://www.pipo.com/product.php?id=151

Sony M2, the mid-end phone from Sony

Posted by – October 22, 2014

Sony’s second generation of mid-end smartphones is the M series which has two models, the M1 and the new M2. Sony M2 features a 4.8inch 540×960 resolution display, 1Gb of RAM and is powered by a Qualcomm Snapdragon 400 MSM8926 quad-core CPU. The camera is 8MP and this phone comes with 8Gb of storage. Its design is “Omni-Balance”, according to Sony, which is focused on creating balance and symmetry in all directions. It comes in black, white and purple colors. This phone has been in market since April.

THL T6S, qHD Display, MT6582 quad-core CPU available on Antelife for $90

Posted by – October 22, 2014

THL T6S has a 5inch 854x480resolution display, 1Gb of RAM, 8Gb of internal storage and is powered by a MTK6582 quad-core CPU. THL T6S is available for purchase for $90 on Antelife online store HERE.

Watch the Antelife headquarters tour on THIS video.

UMI X1 Pro, HD Display, 1Gb of RAM and MTK6582 quad-core CPU for less than $100 retail

Posted by – October 22, 2014

UMI X1 Pro from UMI features a 4.7inch 1280×720 resolution display, 1Gb of RAM, 4Gb of internal storage and is powered by a MediaTek MTK6582 quad-core CPU. UMI X1 Pro is sold for less than $100 retail.

Pipo P1+ RK3288 thinner/lighter, 3D Tablet, 11.6″ Tablet, LTE, Phablets and more


Pipo shows their latest RK3288 tablets including the new Pipo P1+ with thinner lighter Retina iPad Air display and more compact form factor with 9,800mAh battery and MHL for 4K output and UltraStick for optional 3G/4G support. Pipo also shows their new 11.6″ FHD Tablet. Pipo also shows their new glasses free 3D Tablet with a quite amazing system that follows your eyes using the front facing camera to adjust the glasses free 3D effect to however far one person is looking at it when it’s displaying 3D content. They also have 4G LTE on 10.1″ MediaTek MT6592+MT6290 dual chip LTE. Pipo also shows some Marvell PXA1L88 Quad-core ARM Cortex-A7 LTE Phablets at 7″ and 6″ size. Then Pipo does Intel 7″, 8″, 8.9″ and 10.1″ running Windows 8.

Pipo website

64bit MT6732 5.5″ and 5″ qHD at Bluboo

Posted by – October 19, 2014

Bluboo sells 50K Smartphones per month. They do 5″ MT6582M with 1GB RAM, 4GB ROM for $68 (bulk) with 5Mp. They have a 4.5″ FWVGA on MT6582 with MT6290 for LTE at $85 (bulk). They also have a 6.9mm MT6592 Octa Core at $99 (bulk) for 1280×720 with 16GB Flash and 8Mp camera.

You can contact Bluboo here (please only contact them if you’re a serious potential distributor):
Bluboo
Shenzhen Huhua Exploit Technology Co, Ltd.
Hualing Electronic Science&Technology(HK)INT’LIMITED
Rachel
Mobile: +86 18825298012
Phone: +86 755 83464737-8005
Rachel@bluboo.com.cn
Skype: rachelchan33
Wechat: itsyou840964065
QQ: 2355428114
http://bluboo.com.cn

64bit MT8732 Quad-core ARM Cortex-A53 Smartphone by Effire


Effire shows their first prototype of the 64bit MediaTek MT8732 Quad-core ARM Cortex-A53. Effire also shows mockups for the upcoming MediaTek MT8735 “cost-down” version of this 64bit processor which MediaTek is preparing also for release by the beginning of next year.

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Rockchip XMM6321 ARM made by Intel with Rockchip for low-cost 3G phones and tablets


Rockchip XMM6321 is the XG632 dual-core ARM Cortex-A5 chip with the AG620 baseband chip from Intel’s Infineon division making ARM with Rockchip for an entry level 3G 2-chip solution, for sub-$30 entry level 3G Rockchip phones, sub-$40 entry level 3G Rockchip Tablets, the 3G baseband part supplied by Intel and this ARM Processor manufactured in Intel’s Fab in 28nm (I think perhaps it’s designed by Rockchip with Intel’s baseband and made at TSMC). Rockchip also designs a 4G LTE module for RK3288 with the Ericsson LM80x. Comming soon before the end of the year will also be One-chip ARM solutions by Rockchip made by Intel with on-die LTE support based on Intel’s Sofia baseband.

Maysun 8″ T8006 MT8382 Tablet with rotating camera and Maysun 6.98″ T7006

Posted by – October 13, 2014

Maysun T8006 is 8″ 1280×800 with up to 13 megapixels in the camera that rotates for selfie mode. Maysun also launches their T7006 6.98″ 1280×720 model, both with high quality IPS displays with sensitive G+G touch panels, from 1GB RAM and 8GB Flash.

You can contact Maysun here (please only contact if you are a serious potential distributor):
Maysun Info Technology Co., Ltd
Tel: 86-755 82794740 88323763
sales@chinamaysun.com
http://www.maysuncn.com

YLW 60/65 USD Smartwatch, 9.7″ Tablet 119 USD, and 6″ Dual Core/Quad Core Smartphone


YLW sells 20,000 tablets per month and has a factory employing 100 people. YLW makes a smartwatch with a 2G sim card slot enabling it to be used as a mobile phone, it also features bluetooth and wifi for 60 USD for 2G and 65 USD for 3G. YLW makes a Allwinnner 9.7″ A31S based tablet for 119 USD for 500 pieces. YLW also makes 6″ (960×540) IPS Mediatek based smartphones a dual for 62 USD and a quad core 82 USD.

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Gajah Arm Bracelet, E Ink Case, and Bluetooth Speaker


Gajah does design, R&D, and manufacturing all in one. Gajah makes an arm bracelet with a jewelry design that monitors physical activity such as exercise and sleeping. The arm bracelet also features bluetooth and micro USB. Gajah also makes a bluetooth speaker. Gajah makes an Eink case for the Samsung Galaxy S4 and iPhone 5.

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Superinworld $8 phone, and $40 MT6572 Android keyboard phone

Posted by – October 11, 2014

Superinworld shows their phones.

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