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Thursday, January 30, 2014

Oppo N1 Has Arrived In India Today

We have posted about Oppo N1 to be coming in India this month. The good new is, the device has arrived today in India. The N1 will be sell for Rs 39,900. It's a hefty price isn't it?

However with all the rupees that you're going to spend, the N1 is coming to the CynanogenMod version. FYI, the Oppo N1 is the first Google certified device to feature CynanogenMod.

Below are the list of N1 specs:

1.7GHz quad-core Snapdragon 600 processor

2GB RAM

5.9-inch, 1920 x 1080p full HD screen

CyanogenMod 10.2

16GB on-board ROM

13 mega-pixel swivel camera

3610mAh battery

Maybe you are agree that the 13 MP swivel camera is something, but the N1 also packs with sensitive 'O-Touch' panel and Bluetooth accessory called 'O-Touch'. Even though the device has arrived, the N1 will be available next month.

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Monday, January 27, 2014

iOcean X7s - An Octa-core Smartphone with 5-inch Display

iOcean was released the X7 smartphone last year, today the company is recycling the X7 and build an octa-core based phone called the X7s.

iOcean is not the only company that build an octa-core phone, there are some China mobile phone companies that build on the same 8-core processors.

However, the X7s is not making a cheap octa-core phone with low features. The specifications of X7s is quite good, it packs a 1.7GHz 8-core chipset, 2GB of RAM and 32GB of internal memory, 5-inch 1080 display, 13 MP rear camera and 3000mAh battery.

With all the specs above, the iOcean X7s has a tag price of 1399 Yuan (around $231).

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Lenovo New Smartphone - The K7T "Kingdom" with 2K qHD Display and 13 MP Camera

Lenovo's flagship smartphone has been leaked in Antutu for a bechmark test. The Lenovo K7T "Kingdom" is actually a high-end a high-end devices that equip with the latest specs these days.

With this phone, Lenovo is trying to enter high competition smartphones market. The decision is wise IMHO because of the shrinking market on both PCs and laptops, the manufactures should focus on a different market with high prospects.

The Lenovo K7T "Kingdom" was built to fight other high-end smartphones such OnePlus One, Oppo Find7 and Vivo Xplay 3S. The K7T brings killer specs in order to compete with high-level devices on the market.

The K7T "Kingdom" is equip with high specifications such 2K qHD display (2560 x 1440), 3GB of RAM, 16GB of internal memory, Qualcomm Snapdragon 800 processor, Android KitKat 4.4, 13 MP rear camera, 5MP front camera also supported 4G LTE connectivity.

We hope to see the "Kingdom" at the MWC on late February.

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Blu Vivo 4.8 HD Super AMOLED technology for $250

Today new smartphone comes from Blu Vivo that packs 4.8 HD screen. Instead of using IPS technology for it display, the Vivo comes with a Samsung touch (it uses Super AMOLED technology).

Blue Vivo offers some funky colors like the octa-core HTC phone. There are four different colors available like Black, White, Neon Yellow and Neon Pink.

The 4.8-inch HD Super AMOLED comes with 1280 x 720 pixels with pixel density of 305ppi. The smartphone is also packs with 1.5 GHz MT6589T quad-core processor pair to 1GB of RAM, 16GB of ROM, 5MP rear camera, 8MP front camera and powered up with a 2000mAH battery.

The price of Blu Vivo is $250 for unlocked version. Like any other budget phone, there is no LTE connectivity, however it sports 42Mbps HSPA+.

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Sunday, January 26, 2014

Huawei New Smartphones - Huawei Ascend G610, Ascend G525 and Ascend Y511

After succeded to launched Huawei Ascend P6 and Ascend Mate, Huawei once again is releasing three smartphones of Huawei G610, Ascend G525 and Ascend Y511.

The coming of three smartphones is unpredictable because no official statement was being made by Huawei. These three phones was made to fill out the low-end market.

Huawei Ascend G610, Ascend G525, Ascend Y511

Huawei Ascend G610 sports 5-inch qHD screen, Android Jelly Bean 4.2, 1.2 GHz processor paired to 1GB of RAM and internal storage of 4GB. This Android phablet also features 5MP rear camera and VGA camera on front. The Ascend G610 also packs dual-SIM GSM (one of it has access to 3,5G 21 Mbps).

The Huawei Ascend G525 has similar specs to Ascend G610. The difference only the width of the screen in which sports 4,5-inch qHD display.

The cheapest one of three Huawei new smartphones is Ascend Y511, which packs 4,5 inch display 480 x 854 pixels, 1.3 GHz processor, 512 MB of RAM, 4GB internal memory, 3.15 MP rear camera and VGA camera on the back.

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Saturday, January 25, 2014

Micromax Canvas Knight A350 - 5 Inch FHD Screen Octa-Core Phone

The India's phone Micromax has been released an octa-core phone the Canvas Knight A350 in Russia. The phone was released ahead of it home country.

The MicroMax Canvas Knight measures 7.3 mm also packs 5-inch FHD screen, 2GHz octa-core MT6592 processor, 32GB ROM and 2.350mAh battery.

The phone is also features 16MP rear camera and 5MP front camera. This India's phone is enhancing the specs of the phone in order to keep up with the Chinese phones.

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Octa-core HTC Phone Images Leaked

HTC is rumored to build low to mid-range phone with MediaTek octa-core precessors, also the new HTC phone will packs with brighly color chase.

These images below is believe to be a HTC Desire model runs MediaTek octa-core processor. The details of the phones are similar to the unveiled Huawei Honor 3C and rumored Hongmi 2. Both phones is expected to sports 5-inch 720 pixels display and 8 MP rear camera.

There is also rumored the octa-core phone will be using HTC Sense 5.5 based on Android 4.3 pair with 1.5 GB RAM. The phone is possible to sale as much as 2000 Yuan.

Oppo N1 To Launch In India This Mounth

Oppo's first tablet the N1 is reported to launch in India this month. The Oppo's fan in India might wait months for the N1 to arrieve in the Bollywood country.

The Chinese company is reported to held an event by the 30th of this month. Indian celebrities such Sonam Kapoor and Hritik Roshan is expected to attend the Oppo N1 launch.

No word of price tag in Indian market until now, word spread the device is expected to sale under INR 30,000. It is also expected the N1 to adapt the ColorOS rather than other variant.

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LG G Pro 2 To Launch Next Month at MWC

We've posted about the LG G Pro 2 two days ago, and until now some rumors about the specs of the Korean's smartphone was spread widely around the world.

The G Pro 2 will sport a 6-inch FHD screen, 3GB of RAM and will be using Android KitKat 4.4. It's a little bit strange though because the LG's flagship smartphone will still be using FHD instead of QHD screen.

The successor of the G Pro was rumored to feature 5.9-inch QHD screen. However the latest rumor indicates the G Pro 2 will feature 6-inch FHD, Qualcomm Snapdragon 800, 3GB RAM and Android KitKat.

We can't be sure whether the rumors was true or false, maybe we need to wait until the Mobile World Congress next month, so we can find out the official specifications and prices of LG G Pro 2.

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Friday, January 24, 2014

[Rumor] Oppo Find 7 To Launch At WMC Packs an MEMs 13 MP Camera and SD Card

At the Mobile World Congress (MWC) in Barcelona that will be held next month, Oppo will be launching it flagship phone the Oppo Find 7 that brings MEMs (micro-electro-mechanical) technology for it 13 MP rear camera.

After the success of Oppo Find 5, the company will be launching it successor the Find 7 at MWC. The new technology of MEMs in a 13 MP camera will also equip in the Find 7.

Like the N1, the Find 7 will also have a nice software features such Lightfield effect similar to the Meizu MX3. Oppo Find 7 is also rumored to pack an SD card slot like any other flagship phones.

The Oppo Find 7 is sports a 5.5-inch 2560 x 1440 "Super Screen 2.0" with pixel density of 538ppi, 2.3 GHz Snapdragon 800 (MSM8974AB) quad-core processor paired with 3GB of RAM, Corning Gorilla Glass 3, 16GB internal storage, 4G LTE connectivity and also 5MP front camera.

There is no word when the phone will go on sale until now. Word spread, the price tag is around $599.

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Zopo ZP780 Specs and Images Leaked

Zopo is in the market for mid-range smartphone. The Zopo ZP780 is positioned to fight Huawei Honor 3C and Xiaomi Hongmi.

The ZP780 has the best design among Zopo's mobile phones so far. It is sports a 5-inch QHD display, 1.3 GHz quad-core MT6582 processor paired to 1GB of RAM, 4GB internal storage, 3G, Wi-Fi, USB On-The-Go (OTG) and Android Jelly Bean 4.2.

The ZP780 also packs with 5MP rear camera and 2MP front camera. Compare to Huawei and Xiaomi mid-range phones, the cameras of ZP780 are quiet well. At the moment, the phone is only available for pre-order. Once launched, it will available in a blue, black and silver colors.

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Nokia Normandy To Be Called Nokia X?

Nokia Normandy is known to be the first Nokia's Android phone. We already know that Nokia was made phones based on Symbian and Windows Phone platforms.

This information revealed from @evleaks, in a tweet post it was said "Project Normandy = Nokia X". Maybe the name Nokia X will be the new brand for Nokia's Android phones in the future.

The Normandy aka Nokia X is rumored to launch on March 25, before that it will attend Mobile Word Congress (MWC) that will held on late February in Barcelona, Spain.

Unlike Nokia Lumia, Normandy is a low-end phone that sports FWVGA display and positioned to be the next Asha. There is a possibilities the phone packs with dual-SIM card.

It is reasonable to build a dual-SIM card phone because the market of cheap dual-SIM is big enough. Maybe Normandy would join in a competition of cheap Android dual-SIM market.

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Thursday, January 23, 2014

[Confirmed] Samsung Galaxy Note 3 Neo Won't Hit UK

Recent weeks there's rumors about Samsung Galaxy Note 3 Neo aka Note 3 Lite to be launch in UK. Suddenly there's a confirmed info about the device won't hit UK.

The Galaxy Note 3 Neo sports a 5.5-inch 720 pixels display, 1.3 GHz Cortex A7 processor paired with a Mali-T624 GPU and 2GB of RAM.

The news comes from Android Central that receive a statement regarding the Galaxy Note 3 Neo will not be coming to the UK market. We do not know for sure why Galaxy Note 3 Lite won't be able to sell in UK market.

It is possible that Samsung UK still has the Galaxy Note 2 stocks that need to push out. So they decided not to bring the Note 3 Lite in the UK market.

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LG G Pro 2 Is Rumored To Sports 6-Inch Full HD Screen

LG G Pro 2 is rumored to sport a 6-inch Full High Definition display and 3 GB of RAM also it will be powered by a Snapdragon 800 processor. It's a little bit strange of the G Pro 2 to packs a 6-inch screen because a few times back there is also rumor that said the G Pro 2 will packs 5.9 inch display (1440x2560 pixels) of QHD resolution.

Instead of using the QHD, the G Pro 2 is rumored to pack a 6-inch 1080 pixels screen. As we all know, all flagship smartphone these days will sport a QHD screen. It's a little bit hard and expensive to make a 6-inch 1440x2560 display rather the smaller one.

If Samsung is ready to announce the Galaxy S5 at World Mobile Congress on February, the smartphone will sport a QHD display. We don't know for sure why LG made a smartphone with Full HD rather than QHD.

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Rugged Android Phone - ZTE G601U

ZTE is in the market for rugged phone. This kind of cellphone was designed for people who loves hiking and outdoor activities. The rugged phone with rubberized chase from ZTE is G601U.

According to GSMinsider, the device will sport a 1.3 GHZ CPU, 1GB of RAM and a 4-inch touchscreen display (400x800) VGA. There is no information about internal storage but the device is expandable through micro-SD slot.

The ZTE G601U will also equip a 5 MP rear camera with LED flash, a VGA front facing camera. It also runs Android Jelly Bean 4.2.2. Like any other rugged phone, the ZTE is water resistant.

There is rumor about the devices will be announce at Mobile World Congress (MWC) in Barcelona next month.

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Nokia Lumia 1320 - A Budget Smartphone of Lumia 1520

Nokia Lumia 1320 is considering a budget phone of Lumia 1520. Even though is a low-end compare to it sibling, Lumia 1320 is an affordable handset by Nokia so far.

Nokia Lumia 1320 specs

The Lumia 1320 sport a 6-inch IPS ClearBlack display (720 pixels), it produces great colors but not as sharp as the Lumia 1520 though, however the resolution is higher than the 1520.

Creating an affordable devices is a reasonable fact these day because the Lumia 1320 needs to catch up with Samsung Galaxy Mega 6.3. The Lumia 1320 measures 9.8 mm, it is 2mm thicker compare to Galaxy Mega 6.3.

Nokia Lumia 1320 vs Samsung Galaxy Mega 6.3

The Lumia 1320's design has similarity with another Lumia's family. The back cover is easy to pops, you can change it according to your favorite colors. One point that users should know is the Lumia 1320's battery is unremovable. However the company has estimation of battery's power, it can last up to 21 hours of 3G talk and it can play music for 100 hours non stop.

The Lumia 1320 packs a 1.7 GHz Snapdragon Processos along with 1GB of RAM. According to as test, the handset runs smoothly with gaming and High Definition movie playback. The internal storage capacity is 8GB and for expansion there is a micro-SD slot that can handle 64GB of data.

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Get Sony Xperia Z1s on T-Mobile Now

Great news for Sony Xperia lovers, the Xperia Z1s is now available on T-Mobile for $528. The T-Mobile offers $0 down, because the handset cost $528 it will split to 24 payments of $22 per month.

For 500 MB data package, it will cost $72 per month and for unlimited data the cost up to $92 per month. The Xperia Z1s is a budget smartphone of Xperia Z1. The specs of Xperia Z1s are Snapdragon 800 processor, 2GB of RAM, 1080 pixels "Triluminos" display, 16 internal storage and 20.7 MP Exmor RS camera.

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Wednesday, January 22, 2014

Samsung To Follow Sony, Implementing 20 MP Camera

Quietly, Samsung is following Sony Xperia Z1 to implements a 20MP camera to Galaxy S5. Maybe Samsung needs to fight back because Xperia Z1 is adapting a high resolution camera.

The news is a little bit awkward, because a few times back the Galaxy S5 is reportedly to adapt a 16MP with ISOcell technology. According to Phone Arena, Samsung is positive to put 20MP with OIS (Optical Image Stabilization) to Galaxy S5.

With the OIS technology, users can record a 4K video and capture objects while the video is still recording. Another news is, the Galaxy S5 will equip with iris sensor. Unfortunately, the S5 is still covered with plastic materials.

However, there's still hope even though the S5's using plastic for it body, the back cover will use a syntetic leather like Galaxy Note 3 and tabPros.

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Xiaomi Power Bank - 5200 mAh For Only $5

Last month Xiaomi was launched a 10400 mAh power bank for the price of 69 Yuan (around $11). Today, Xiaomi is rumored to launch a 5200mAh for only $5.

With the half capacity you can charge any smartphone or tab just fine. It looks like Xiaomi will offers a few different colors available for it power banks. We can be sure about this because of the leaked images.

We don't yet if the price is international or just for China's market.

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Motorola Moto G To Launch In India This Week

Motorola Moto G is rumored to launch in India this week. The news comes from BGR India that the phone will arrive in India some time this week.

Currently, Motorola was closed their business in India few years back, so the company needs partner to sell the Moto G. Flipkart is the store which being choose by Motorola to cooperate with.

We don't know yet if Flipkart is the only store that sell Moto G, if it is then we can ask Motorola about the after sales services because if one product is sell in only one store, how if we lived in a place that don't have a Flipkart store?

The Moto G will be sell in a dual-SIM card version, until now there is no word of price yet. But the rumor said the phone price range would be around INR 15.000-16000 for the 8GB variant.

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Tuesday, January 21, 2014

HDC U9592 - World Cheapest Octacore Phone

HDC was success to clone HTC smartphone a few times ago. Today, the company brings good news for people who wanted to buy cheap octacore phone.

The HDC U9592 is the world most cheapest octacore, at least until now. The price is only $199,99 or you may called it $200. I don't know if it worth to buy but the phone specs is not a disappointment IMHO.

The HDC U9592 feature a 1.7 GHz MT6592 processor, 2GB of RAM, 5-inch low resolution display (854 x 480), 8MPrear camera, Android Jelly Bean 4.2.2, connectivity such Wi-Fi, 3G, GPS and Bluetooth 4.0 ETC. The phone is also equipped with micro SD slot and supported dual-SIM card.

With all the specs above, HDC U9592 is maybe a worth buying phone.

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Huawei Ascend G6 - Low Cost Version of Ascend P6

We have posted about Huawei Ascend P6 launched, today the the news is about a low-cost smartphone of Ascend P6.

The Huawei Ascend G6 is the phone that we are talking about. The phone is currently being registered by the Chinese Ministry of Technology.

One thing that strange of the Ascend P6 is the phone has no micro-SD slot. So it will only save data internally. But, when we are looking at Ascend G6 specs, the phone has a micro-SD slot that can handle data up to 32 GB.

If we take a look at the specification above, the Ascend G6 is equipped with 4.5-inch 960 x 540 display, 1.3 GHz processor and 1 GB of RAM.

There is no further info about the price and availability of this phone until now. We will posted if there are any info about the Ascend G6.

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Huawei New Smartphone - Ascend P6 S Has Been Launched For $446

Huawei Ascend P6S

Huawei has been launched its S varian smartphones, the Ascend P6 S. The phone's dimension is 0.3 mm thicker, but it's still goes as high as 6.5 mm. Currently, the P6S has some with minor changes.

The Huawei Ascend Mate P6 S brings the latest specs such a quad-core processor 1.6 GHz, 2GB of RAM, dual SIM-card, dual-standby phone, a 4.7 inch display 720 pixel (that works with gloves), 16 GB internal storage, 8MP rear camera and 5 MP front camera. Actually, the Ascend Mate P6 S runs on Android Jelly Bean 4.2 along with Emotion UI 2.0.

If you want to buy it, the phone is available at Vmall. The P6 S carrier is China Unicom. The price of Huawei P6 S is CNY 2.700 (around $446/€330). You can get CNY 300 discount for P6S until tomorrow.

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Saturday, January 18, 2014

Take Selfie Photos With The Camera Mouse

Take a selfie photo is kind of new hobby right now, even president Obama loves to self photo. Meanwhile, have you ever imagine taking a selfie photo using a computer mouse?

If you love selfie photo, you should check out one product by Japanese manufacture called KingJim. It provides The Camera Mouse (that's what the device trade mark) to let you take photos easily by using a mouse.

With this device, all you have to do is connect it to laptop or PC like any other mouse and point it to any objects that you want to capture the image. Taking photos by this camera mouse is simple compare to any other gadget like smartphones or digital cameras.

If you are using smartphone for example, after the lens taking an image, the data is stored inside the smartphone. To connect your smartphone to the laptop you will need a USB cable. If you are using The Camera Mouse, there will no need to connect smartphone to a laptop because the mouse itself is already connected to the laptop and save all the images data inside the laptop.

The device can save data in a major format such JPEG, PNG and BMP. For video files can be saved in a WMP or AVI format.

Well, if you are curious how much The Camera Mouse cost you, it has a price tag of $38. The device can be bought in Japan at the end of January.

Source: vr-zone.com

Huawei Ascend Mate 2 Price in China - CNY2,688 equal to $445

Huawei Ascend Mate 2

We have posted about Huawei Ascend Mate 2 price tag a few days ago. In that post, the unveiled price of Ascend Mate 2 is 2988 RMB ($493). But, at the Consumer Electronics Show (CES) in Las Vegas, Huawei put CNY2,688 price tag or equal to $445 for Ascend Mate 2.

According to that info, we are sure there is a $48 gap between the unveiled price compare to the actual price.

The Ascend Mate 2 specs are 6.1 inches display with 720 pixel resolution, quad-core 1.6 GHz Hisilicon V9R1 combine with 2 GB of RAM, Android Jelly Bean 4.3, 13 MP of rear camera, 5 MP front camera.

There is also 16 GB internal memory and microSD slot for expandable storage. The Ascend Mate 2 also runs on 4.050 mAh battery that can be used to charge another devices.

Another variants of Ascend Mate 2 to sell outside of China will pack a quad-core 1.6 GHz Snapdragon 400 along with LTE connectivity.

There's no further info about the Ascend Mate 2 to sell outside of China. Word spread the company is still looking a local carriers partner in the United State to collaborate with.

Source: gsmarena.com

HTC One 2 Images Finally Leaked

HTC One 2

HTC One 2 also known as M8 aka HTC One+ is HTC One successor. The flagship smartphone by HTC should come launch on March after the Mobile Word Congress (WMC) debut on late February. The specifications of HTC One 2 is rumored to adapt the latest Qualcomm chipset (the Snapdragon 805) also come bigger screen at least 5-inch QHD QHD resolution (1440 x 2050 pixels).

The M8 also rumored to keep using UltraPixel technology, the technology that will be feature in this new flasgship phone is twin UltraPixel sensors. HTC hopes to improve the autofocus, image quality and depth of field by using this technology. Until now, there is no further info regarding the resolution of twin UltraPixel.

We can't be sure weather this information about HTC One 2 that just leaked is true. If it's true, then we can hope the M8 to be announce at the WMC at Barcelona, Spain in the end of February.

Source: gsmarena.com

ZTE Q Mini - A Budget Smartphone For £59.99

Last year on October, ZTE has announced the Blade Q Mini to become a family member of Blade Q trio (Q, Q Mini and Q Maxi).

ZTE Q Mini

Q Mini like the name packs with small screen. The ZTE Q Mini specifications are 4-inches WVGA TFT display, a dual-core 1.3 GHz Cortex-A7 MediaTek MT6572, 1GB RAM and Mali-400 GPU. The rest of the specs are a 5MP rear camera, 4GB internal storage and Android 4.2 Jelly Bean.

The ZTE Q Mini is a budget smartphone, so don't expect this phone to be equipped with high specs. Currently, the Q Mini has launched in UK for the price of £59.99. The carriers of the smartphone is Virgin Mobile.

Until now, there is no further info about the device to sell by another carriers. Right now if you want to buy it, you can get one at Sainbury's or Argos.

Source: gsmarena.com

Monday, January 13, 2014

Unveiled Prices of Huawei Ascend Mate 2 and Huawei Ascend P6S

The Chinese source unveiled prices on both Huawei Ascend Mate 2 and Huawei Ascend PS6. The Ascend Mate 2 is rumored to priced at 2988 RMB ($493), meanwhile the Ascend P6S is rumored to priced at 2298 RMB ($378).

The Ascend Mate 2 will equipped with 6.1 inches screen. Although the Ascend P6S was not displayed at the CES, the tablet is believe to have same design as Ascend Mate 2. Both tablet will carry the same quad-core 1.6 GHz Hisilicon processor.

The Chinese source also mentioned both tablets will be launched before the Chinese New Year on 31st. We can hope the pair will serve the market before the end of the month. So stay tuned for next info about Ascend Mate 2 and Ascend P6S.

Source: phonearena.com

Acer Tab 7 - Cheap Android Jelly Bean Tablet

Acer Tab 7 Cheap Android Jelly Bean

Acer Tab 7 is the new tablet from the Taiwanese company. Compare to Iconia A1-830, the Acer Tab 7 is way more cheaper.

If the Iconia A1-830 equipped with a 7.9 inches screen, the Acer Tab 7 only measures 7 inches. The pixel resolution of the tablet is also lower: 600 x 1024. The new Acer tablet runs Android 4.2 Jelly Bean, meanwhile the processor is dual-core 1.5GHz ARM Cortex combine with 1 GB RAM.

Below are Acer Tab 7 specification :

Weighs : 289 grams

Thick : 9,9mm

Rear camera : 1.9 MP

Front camera : VGA

Connectivity : Wi-Fi 802.11 b/g/n, Bluetooth, Micro HDMI, Micro USB

Internal storage : 8 GB

External storage : microSD card slot

Battery : 3000 mAh

The chinese retailer JD put $99 price for Acer Tab 7. There is no further information regarding the Acer product to sell globally. But, seeing how cheap the tablet is, it should be easy to sell to the customer.

Source: phonearena.com