Category Archives: Tech

Huawei officially launched the new Huawei Honor 3X and 3C smartphones today putting pressure on Xiaomi’s mid-range and entry-level Android smartphones.

Chinese tech start up Geek have launched a youth version of their popular smartwatch for just $165, along with releasing developer tools for 3rd party developers!

Have you been pouring over the latest Android phone specifications and discovered the term Wi-Fi Direct and wondered what it is? Then this is the place to be! Keep reading what Wi-Fi direct is and how you can use it.

Over the past few weeks I have seen quite a few of my friends and family make the switch from their current phones to Chinese Android smartphone devices. Here are 5 reasons why I think you should also make the switch.

Chinese manufacturers, notorious for their low-cost clones of popular devices like the iPhone, now have some competition to deal with; and it’s coming from a close neighbour, Japan! Japanese manufacturer iosys recently unveiled a smartphone that goes by the name of ioPhone5. It isn’t very difficult to guess that the device is an impersonator of an […]

Aoson is among the lesser known (to the outside world) tablet manufacturers from China. The manufacturer has been rolling out quality devices one after another, but somehow fails to gain international recognition. Right from the M11 to M33, the company has managed to keep customers happy. Aoson today unveiled the M705T, an entry-level tablet with voice […]

While shopping for new phones in Qingdao’s phone markets today, I discovered the Oppo Find 5 prices had been slashed.

One of Zopo’s most popular phones of 2013 is set to receive an 8 core MT6592 update! Those disappointed by the large screen size on the ZP998, which happens to be Zopo’s first 8 core phone can now rejoice as the company’s first full HD phone aka the ZP980 is all set to have an […]

With WCDMA Hongmi production in full swing and stock of the popular phone steadying, international resellers are lowering prices for customers outside of China.

With the recent confirmation that Oppo will be launching the Oppo Find 7 soon, there has been some speculation about the screen size.

Earlier this week ASUS released the PadFone Mini in Taiwan, a 4.3-inch midrange addition to its PadFone series which can be snapped into a dock that turns it into a 7-inch tablet. Now a high-end device by ASUS has appeared in the AnTuTu database using the codename the PadFone X. While nothing is official yet, it […]

Tinydeal, a Chinese retailer posted a hands-on video of the latest rage in town — the THL T100 — sometime back. Not sure how we missed this, but better late than never! The THL T100 is the company’s latest flagship, dethroning the W11 or the Monkey King which came in earlier this year. It was […]

Another Chinese manufacturer tries to take on the mighty Xiaomi and their $130 Hongmi. This time, it is InFocus which give it their all with their latest M310 smartphone. The device comes with specifications that are more or less identical to Hongmi’s. This includes a 4.7-inch screen with the same 1280 x 720p resolution, 1GB […]

Did you want to get your hands around the amazing Oppo N1 this Christmas? Well you might be in for a wait as international stock have dried up.

As we slowly but surely find ourselves surrounded by the Google ecosystem, the IT giant is making sure it loses no inhabitant. And we’re not complaining; It only gets better for us, the users. An API — chrome.screenlockPrivate — found in a recent build of the Chromium OS pretty much gives away a feature that […]

Indian Phone developer XOLO has jumped into the 7-inch tablet market with the XOLO PLAY Tegra Note.

Another ‘mini’ phone allegedly in the works is Sony’s Z1 S, a device rumoured to play second fiddle to the Xperia Z1 which was launched at the IFA in Berlin this year. A mystery phone, codenamed ‘Anami’ by the Sony folks, passed through the FCC and is believed to be the Z1 S we’re talking […]

Oppostyle, the official European webstore for Oppo, are offering the Oppo R819 smartphone at a special Christmas price complete with screen protector and cover for just $279.

It’s now become routine for leading manufacturers like HTC, Samsung, etc. to roll out ‘mini’ versions of their flagship devices. Lesser known manufacturers like Coolpad seem to have taken cue from this practice, and are trying to replicate the same. It is the Tegra 4 powered Coolpad Grand which receives a younger sibling this time. […]

Just as I have made my mind up and now await the arrival of my Oppo N1, Gionee go and release this video showing off the amazing features of the Gionee Elife E7! At the launch of the Gionee Elife E7, much of the event was taken up talking about the amazing 16 megapixel rear […]