smartphones
Xiaomi Hongmi price reduced to $115 in China
Xiaomi’s popular Hongmi phone has been under attack from rival low-cost smartphones for the past few months, Xiaomi’s response? Reduce the retail price of the already cheap Hongmi!
Lenovo announces S930 and S650 smartphones ahead of CES
Off the back of the flagship Lenovo Vibe Z announcement, Lenovo have announced 2 more phones which will be on show at CES, the Lenovo S930 and S650 phones.
Xiaomi aims to double smartphone sales; Targets 40 million shipments in 2014
Upcoming Chinese maker Xiaomi have set their target at 40 million shipments for the year 2014.
Rumour: Micromax Canvas devices to get KitKat upgrade?
As you might remember from a recent post, India’s Wickledleak recently announced an Android v4.4 KitKat upgrade for the Passion Z+. If reports are to be believed, Micromax might soon follow suit.
China’s first borderless phone spy photo emerges, Vivo, Oppo?
Designers of smartphones have many goals which they hope to achieve, one of them to produce a borderless phone, and this leaked photo might be as close as will get!
Lenovo prepping Qualcomm-powered FHD tablet
At a time when 1440p displays and 8 core CPUs are ruling the roost with smartphones, China’s Lenovo are preparing an FHD tablet with a Qualcomm heart!
Zopo confirms first batch of 8-core ZP998 won’t come with 32GB memory!
Customers who are still patiently waiting to receive their 8-core MT6592 smartphones from Zopo received some unwelcome news today after the company announced the first phones won’t have 32GB of internal memory.
Xiaomi celebrates 30million MIUI users!
Xiaomi are celebrating an amazing milestone today with 30 million active MIUI users!
Gionee to debut MT6582-powered T1, possibly featuring fingerprint recognition
Mediatek’s MT6582 has proven to be a fantastic low-cost smartphone chipset, as more and more manufacturers continue to employ the same in their mid-range smartphones. Gionee are expected to do the same with the upcoming Gionee T1.
EX Oppo staff set up OnePlus to launch next generation CyanogenMod smartphones
It has been revealed today that Ex Oppo Vice President Pete Lau has created a new phone brand named OnePlus which hopes to launch next generations smartphones running CyanogenMod OS.
What is NFC? And what it can be used for
While NFC is nothing new to today’s smartphones, the feature is only now becoming more common. So what is NFC? Why is it on your phone, and how can you use it?
Doov iSuper S2 Queen get’s 8-core MT6592 processor
Doov are carving out quite a niche for themselves in China as makers of smartphones with high-quality front camera. Their latest device, iSuper S2 continues this but with the added boost of octa-core power!
VOTO joins the $130 quad-core league with the V5
Xiaomi is beginning to feel the heat with innumerable local manufacturers launching quad-core smartphones to rival the company’s low-cost Hongmi smartphone. Latest on this list of rivals is the 799 Yuan VOTO V5!
Open Thread: What’s the first thing you test on an Android phone?
Android smartphones are amazingly feature packed. HD displays, huge performance, amazing cameras! These are some of the things we are treated to with our new phones, but of all the features which is the first one you test out when you get a phone in your hands?
Open Thread: Which Chinese phone do you use in your country?
Chinese phones are notorious for their high specifications and low-pricing, but also their difficulty to obtain and odd network compatibility! So we ask GizChina readers “Which Chinese phone do you use in your country?”
Lenovo report record sales of 4 devices per second; Smartphones and tablets continue to grow in demand as PC sales dwindle
Lenovo, the well-known consumer electronics biggie from China, has more than a reason to rejoice. The manufacturing giant, operating in more than a handful of countries, has reported record sales of 4 devices per second for its second fiscal quarter, which ended September 30, 2013, with every figure from market share to revenue headed north!