At this point, Doogee has been around long enough to be called a seasoned China brand. We don’t hear nearly as much about them as we used to, but this is mostly due to Doogee concentrating their efforts at the retail level in Europe and the UK. (more…)
Xiaomi has risen to the top in an incredibly short time. Taking huge bites out of Apple and Samsung’s pockets and seemingly continuing to rise at an exponential rate, expanding into most Asian markets at the retail level, as well as Brazil. They have come to be the #3 handset maker in the world, bested only by Samsung and Apple in terms of overall handset sales. (more…)
Onda has been around for several years and anyone who’s followed budget tablets will surely have heard of them. (more…)
Pricing on China smart phones are dropping fast, but we are also seeing incredible performance gains and quality for these prices. Ecoo is a relatively new player in the China phone game, having been producing phones since MT6592, but are giving us a very powerful mobile at a great price point.
Ulefone has been around for awhile, but didn’t come to prominence until their release of the very popular Ulefone Be 1. Within a few weeks of its release, the Ulefone Be 1 became very difficult to get and the Ulefone Be Touch 2 was announced. (more…)
LeTV is one of the more interesting recent players to enter the smartphone market. Unlike many recent companies who seemingly sprang from nowhere, LeTV has been around since 2004. (more…)
When speaking of China brand mobiles, there’s no leaving out Meizu; they’ve been around since the beginning and their name is synonymous with quality to those who know the market. They have offices in Hong Kong, China, and even in Russia. Annually Meizu sells about 18 million handsets. (more…)
Bluboo has come out of the woodwork to make several new releases. The quite good Bluboo X550 caught a lot of attention, and rightly so as it was one of the first mobiles to spearhead the recent mega-battery trend. (more…)
Leagoo is a fairly new brand, born in April 2014, but the team behind Leagoo, OTEDA Group Holding Limited, began and have been involved with technology and mobile communications since 2003. (more…)
OnePlus jumped on the scene about a year back with their premium specced OnePlus One. This mobile shook things up a bit with their marketing approach; by selling the phone through invite codes only, they generated huge buzz around phone. Enough buzz in fact that many common consumers, who knew nothing of China phones, ended up knowing the brand name.
Up for preview today is the OnePlus X.
OnePlus X review specs specifications
This is an awesome time to be into China phones. A couple of months back, it seemed there was no end to the 5.5″ models, but recently we’ve seen a big surge towards 5.0″. As 4.7″/5.0″ is my preferred size, it’s great to see OnePlus releasing a more compact mobile.
The Snapdragon 801 is one of Qualcomm’s flagship SoC and has enough bandwidth to easily push 1080P; we should see a very smooth Android experience with the OnePlus X. We also see the OnePlus X supports worldwide 3G, which is good news for N/C/S Americans.
Stylewise the OnePlus X is nice and square and carries the slightly edge-curved 2.5D Gorilla Glass.
If you’re looking for a compact mobile built by a strong up and comer known for creating very solid mobiles, consider the OnePlus X.
Since Xiaomi has recently been using a couple of different camera models, some people are wondering how to tell if they have a Sony or Samsung camera in their phone.
In this post I will tell you how to check if your phone’s camera is Sony or Samsung. This should work with any mobile that has Sony or Samsung, but this method was specifically tested with Xiaomi mobiles.
Requirements
What to do
su
dmesg | grep -i imx
It’s that easy. Assuming you have a Sony camera, you will get a return message something like this
imx258 probe succeeded
This would confirm you have the Sony IMX258 camera in your Xiaomi mobile. Likewise, if you had Sony IMX214, it would return “IMX214”.
When speaking of China brand mobiles, there’s no leaving out Meizu; they’ve been around since the beginning and their name is synonymous with quality to those who know the market. They have offices in Hong Kong, China, and even in Russia. Annually Meizu sells about 18 million handsets.
Up for preview is the Meizu Metal. I’m digging the name, let’s see if it’s got the specs to match.
Meizu Metal review specs specifications
Carrying MTK’s flagship SoC– Helio X10, right off the bat we see Meizu Metal isn’t messing around. This is MediaTek’s latest release with only a handful of mobiles currently wielding the beast.
Rounding it off, the battery is a respectable 3140mAh and the Meizu Metal also has worldwide 3G/H/H+ support and 4G support for many parts of the world.
