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Several months back, iNew released the revolutionary, but flawed iNew V3. For the price, it was and is an excellent bargain. At the time of the V3’s release, there was nothing else like it out there in that price bracket. (more…)
I’m highly skeptical this news is anywhere near the truth, but latest rumors out of China are that the Google Nexus 6 scheduled for Q4 release will use MediaTek MT6732 & MT6752 SoC. (more…)
Back in what some would consider ancient times, there were two Taiwanese companies who made the majority of motherboards for most of the desktop PCs in the Western world. (more…)
Xiaomi, while previously known for their MIUI customized Android OS, exploded onto the China brand scene in 2011 and skyrocketed to the top of the ‘must-have’ list. They now hold 2 of the spots on the top 10 phones list. Their sales model has been aggressive and smart (more…)
Many people have been frustrated waiting for China phones to come up to speed by including Android 4.4 KitKat OS as opposed to the standard Android 4.2.2. This has been the least of my concerns regarding China brands, (more…)
One area MTK has lagged behind in is frequency support. The WCDMA 3G frequencies supported often are 850/2100 900/2100 and occasionally 2100 only. That all may change when MT6290 is released. (more…)
Though the THL T11 and THL W200S are both very good phones, the LED notification system is nonexistent unless using a 3rd party app.
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Recently I did a piece on up & coming China brands in general, as well as taken a look at THL’s official website. Now it’s Doogee’s turn. (more…)
Way back in 2012 the SoC name for what is now MT6589 was to be MT6588. MediaTek did a switcharoo and MT6589 is what we ended up with. Now in 2014, MTK has taken the MT6588 name off the shelf and applied it to their just released SoC – (more…)
We did several previews of recent Gionee releases and the E7 Mini was one of them. Though the phone was announced way back in December 2013, it’s just now being released. Interestingly — with the MT6588 SoC. (more…)
Umi is one of the top names in China brands and many have been waiting for the Umi X3. Perhaps it’s a bit late in the game, or possibly it’s perfect timing. (more…)
Graphene, which is made up of a single layer of carbon atoms is strong, flexible and can conduct heat and electricity. It’s been known that graphene could be a replacement for the silicon used in computer chips. (more…)