Xiaomi to release budget Mi4 – Xiaomi E4
Ulefone Dare N1 – iPhone 6 clone?
The Ulefone Be Pro was an excellent release from Ulefone. It was nearly identical to the OnePlus One, but not quite close enough to be called a clone.
I'm also fairly disappointed to not see … Continue Reading ››
Xiaomi’s Yi Action Camera
Xiaoyi has produced an action camera which is easily expected to rival Go Pro action cameras. No, that is not a typographical error – Xiaoyi is a partner company of Xiaomi that developed the mentioned … Continue Reading ››
Sony Xperia Z4 Tablet at MWC 2015
Sony has focused their energy on the development of mobile devices. They started at MWC by unveiling the Xperia Z4 tablet. Sony boasts of the 10-inch display with Quad HD resolution, calling it the “world’s brightest … Continue Reading ››
Fujitsu Eyeing Greater Security in Smartphones
Fingerprint sensors in smartphones are becoming quite popular because of the added security as opposed to pattern locks or passwords. However, Fujitsu wants to take the level of security even further than that. They have announced … Continue Reading ››
Spawn and Predator in Mortal Kombat X, TwitchCon This September, Diablo III Platinum Currency
Spawn and Predator in Mortal Kombat X This year’s version of Mortal Kombat is reported to include Spawn and Predator. The appearance of Predator seems to be the more definite of the two, but Todd McFarlane … Continue Reading ››
Non-Phones To Be Seen at MWC: LG Urbane 4G Watch, Acer Wearable, Xiaomi Waterproof Camera?
Xiaomi Waterproof Device Xiaomi has had a busy start to their year. They released a new model in their Redmi series and a variety of other gadgets, such as the budget gamepad and the Xiaomi Headphones. This … Continue Reading ››
Lenovo Vibe Series at MWC 2015
Lenovo has been relatively quiet on the smartphone front, but the silence ends now – or at least until the MWC at Barcelona. It is reported that at least 6 models of the Vibe series … Continue Reading ››
Meizu’s MX4 and M1 Note Getting Ubuntu
Meizu has hinted at an Ubuntu phone a while back, but was beaten by BQ to the punch at releasing the first ever Ubuntu smartphone. However, Meizu is … Continue Reading ››
HTC One M9 Spec Sheet Leaked
Over the past few weeks, countless rumors and information bits about the HTC M9 have circulated; although there were many leaks, they were mostly inconclusive. For that reason, Chinaphonearena has resisted reporting about the device … Continue Reading ››
Lenovo P70 4000mA Power-full Smartphone
Some of the recent phones sporting 4000mAH battery are the THL 4000 and the Jiayu F2. Both of those phones were in the sub-$100 price range, with low … Continue Reading ››
Zopo ZP530 With a 2.5D Arced Screen
Zopo has made another appearance, this time with the Zopo ZP530. This is another 64-bit device joining the arena, and it brings significant pros and cons with it.
The screen is sized at 5.0 inches and … Continue Reading ››
BQ’s Launch of the First Ubuntu Phone
The recent news about Meizu's partnership with Canonical gave users high hopes that an Ubuntu-running Meizu phone would surface. However, BQ has beaten Meizu to the punch. Without waiting for potential contenders to make a move, … Continue Reading ››
Dual Boot Lollipop and Windows 10 phone: Wei Yan Sofia
There are rumors from China that a smartphone with dual boot capability is in the works. The supposed device is said to be a product from manufacturer, Wei Yan. Reports originated from Weibo, which included … Continue Reading ››
Meizu Progressing Fast: Alibaba Group’s $590 Million Investment
The Meizu MX4 made waves in 2014 when it shocked the tech world with crazy-high benchmark scores of 52k on AnTuTu. The phone even topped the AnTuTu list for 2014, thanks to the powerful MT6595 … Continue Reading ››
Meizu Sold 100,000 Units of the M1 in 60 Seconds
Last year, Meizu unleashed the 5.5 inch M1 Note. Shortly after, rumors about an M1 Note Mini version started surfacing. At one point, there were even rumors of … Continue Reading ››
Jiayu F2 Sub-$100 3000mA 4G Phone
Jiayu has announced a new device that will give you 4G service while hardly doing any damage to your wallet. The Jiayu F2 will be offered for an attractive $95 price tag. Of course, we cannot … Continue Reading ››
Sneak Peek of the Oxygen OS From OnePlus
Recently, OnePlus released the brand names of their developing ROM: Hydrogen OS (H2 OS) for the phones to be released in the China market, … Continue Reading ››
No.1 X-Men X2 Freeze-proof with Worldwide-3G, 4G
Chinese smartphone manufacturer, No.1 has recently stepped their game up when they released a smartphone of their own design. The X-Men X1, the phone that survived being run over … Continue Reading ››
OnePlus Going “Back to Basics” With Hydrogen and Oxygen OS
A short while ago, OnePlus ran into legal issues with the release of phones running Cyanogen OSes. To distance themselves from that … Continue Reading ››
MT6572 Elephone P7000 Review Specifications 3GB RAM
Elephone just keeps pumping them out. I just reviewed the powerful, but software crippled P6000 and the excellent Elephone P3000. Next to be released … Continue Reading ››
Minix Neo Z64 with Android or Windows 8.1 with Bing
Minix has produced quite a number of TV boxes, and they are putting a new 64-bit box up for presale. The Minix Neo Z64 is a mini PC that can be configured to a TV or … Continue Reading ››
THL 2015 and THL 5000T
THL knows how to do smartphones correctly. They have the THL T11 that still makes the option lists for those in the market for a new phone, or the successful THL 4000 that … Continue Reading ››
Snapdragon Line Up: 6 Upcoming Qualcomm Processors
A leaked list of upcoming Qualcomm chipsets surfaced on the internet, showing all LTE-capable chipsets. The Snapdragon 616 is an octacore chipset utilizing Cortex A53 cores, clocked at 1.8GHz to 2.2GHz. The accompanying GPU is the … Continue Reading ››
Meizu M1 Mini with OS Options
By next week, Meizu will be officially lauching the M1 Mini at their event in Beijing. So far the M1 Mini has only been depicted by various rumors and information leaks here and there. Back in … Continue Reading ››
Ulefone Be X Entry Level Octacore Phone
News on another upcoming Ulefone Be-ing has cropped up. The Be X is Ulefone’s entry-level phone, quickly following the powerful Be Pro. Ulefone used to be dedicated to OEM phone models, and have decided to push … Continue Reading ››
Xiaomi’s Sub-$20 Bluetooth Gamepad
Xiaomi is certainly on a roll with their gadget releases. They had already released the new Redmi 2, Continue Reading ››
Elephone P3000 Review – 1GB / OTG / 720p
The Elephone P3000 is Elephone's latest MT6582 offering. It's priced a bit higher than what we've been seeing with some recent MT6582 mobiles. Let's see if it's worth the extra dough.
It's obvious a lot of … Continue Reading ››
Jiayu S3 Antutu Scores
Jiayu has released screenshots showing the Antutu scores from the Jiayu S3 flagship model. The S3 is another MT6752 phone that has hit the market. The entry-level version of the phone carries 2GB of RAM which should … Continue Reading ››
Coolpad X7 MT6595 and Potential Snapdragon 801?
Earlier this month, the Coolpad Dazen X7 was officially released and was scheduled to go on sale on January 15th. However, due to issues in production, the sale date has been postponed to the 22nd … Continue Reading ››
Project Ara Trial Run in Puerto Rico
Project Ara is a Google-founded project that is focused on kicking off modular smartphones. The main idea of the project is to allow users to be able to build their phones as they see fit and … Continue Reading ››
One Plus One Available on January 20th
One Plus Two rumors have been slowly piling up, but that doesn’t mean the One Plus One has been forgotten. One Plus will be holding a non-exclusive open sale of the One Plus One on January … Continue Reading ››
Yureka TWRP Released
Team Win has officially released a TWRP compatible with the Yureka phone model from Micromax. This is great news for Yureka users: the partnership of Micromax and … Continue Reading ››
ZTE Spyro 2 Portable Projector and More
ZTE put the Spyro 2 device on display at the CES 2015 event. The Spyro 2 is a flexible Android device that works as both a mobile hotspot and a portable projector. The gadget is certainly … Continue Reading ››
Serendipity S7: Bezel-less phone
Serendipity has beat high-end smartphone manufacturer, ZTE, to the punch with releasing a bezel-less phone. The S7 has an 86% screen-to-body ratio that Serendipity is righteously proud of. The screen is sized at 5.5 inches with … Continue Reading ››
Polaroid Tablets at CES 2015
Polaroid certainly shocked the tech world at CES 2015. Making an impression on the Android front, Polaroid has announced two new tablets and 3 new smartphones. Very sparse specifications have been declared on the L7 and … Continue Reading ››
Xiaomi Headphones and Mi Box Mini
Xiaomi has just held a press event in Beijing wherein 4 new devices were announced: two mobile devices, headphones, and a set-top box. Xiaomi Mi Box … Continue Reading ››
Ulefone Be Pro 5.5 Inch 4G Phone
Looks like smartphone manufacturer, Ulefone is stepping beyond OEMs. They are releasing a smartphone of their very own design and build, the Ulefone Be Pro. The phone will be equipped with a 64-bit quad core chipset, … Continue Reading ››
Xiaomi Mi Note and Xiaomi Mi Note Pro Announced
Wasting zero time, Xiaomi has recently announced two new phone models at their recent event in Beijing. The key specs and features of both phones are quickly previewed below. Xiaomi Mi Note
powered by a Sony/LG Li-ion battery … Continue Reading ››
Elephone P6000 MT6732 Review – 2GB/16GB OTG OGS 720P
The Elephone P6000 is one of the first MT6732 mobiles to hit the consumer market. This is one of MediaTek's new budget offerings and promises to bring an evolution in performance in Sub-$200 phones. [gallery size="full" … Continue Reading ››
New Oppo U3 and Oppo R1C with Sapphire Glass
Oppo will be pushing out 2 new models this early in the year. Oppo U3 First up to be launched is their MediaTek-based U3 model. The U3 will feature the powerful MT6752 64-bit octa-core chipset that is … Continue Reading ››
Elephone P6000 MT6732 Antutu vs MT6582 – Budget 2014 vs Budget 2015 SoC
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Kodak IM5 Smartphone
Kodak presented their new smartphone at CES 2015, the IM5. They are certainly put their world-renowned name to work, by printing the brand right across the back of the phone. The IM5 will be equipped with … Continue Reading ››
iOcean Rock MT6752 Flagship Phone
After dragging out information leaks, rumors, and benchmarking results, iOcean’s new flagship phone has finally been launched. The phone has been dubbed as the iOcean Rock. It will be utilizing a … Continue Reading ››
Pioneer 4G Phone E82L
Pioneer is a highly regarded electronics brand, although it has not yet gained much attention for their smartphones. It was reported that the company has announced a new smartphone in China. It will be a 4G … Continue Reading ››
LG G Flex 2 Flexible Android
LG announced the G Flex 2 at CES. This is a successor to the G Flex from back in 2013.
The display features a 1080p resolution P-OLED displayThe G Flex 2 is a 64-bit octa core … Continue Reading ››
Snail Games Gaming Smartphone at CES 2015
Snail Games is a China based company that is taking Android gaming to a whole new level. They will be announcing their W-series Gaming Smartphone at CES 2015. The device has eye-tracking cameras, which are implemented … Continue Reading ››
Vivo Y29L Dual Gorilla Glass 3
After releasing the world’s thinnest smartphone, Vivo has made its significant mark in the mobile device world. Now, the company has just announced a mid-range phone, the Y29L. The phone will be running Android 4.4 on … Continue Reading ››
Redmi 1S Release: Kernel Source Code and LTE Version
Early into the new year, Xiaomi is letting loose a new variant of the Redmi 1S, before the Redmi Note successor, and a long way before the rumored Mi5. The key specs of the new Redmi … Continue Reading ››
‘OS-Agnostic’ Phones from Alcatel
Alcatel is making an appearance at CES 2015, and they will be announcing their latest smartphones from the Pixi 3 series. Their line of thinking on the development of these phones is mostly in the direction … Continue Reading ››