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China-based smartphone maker Lenovo in its resolve to embracing the full-screen bandwagon has today unveiled its first-ever full-screen smartphone. The Lenovo K320t as it is called  recently surfaced on TENAA with virtually all of its specs and images . The device which is by all standard a budget phone is made entirely of polycarbonate material, with horizontal dual rear cameras with LED flash and a fingerprint sensor.   It flaunts a 5.7-inch display with a resolution of 1440 × 720 with a 2.5D curved glass screen and with 81.4% screen to body ratio. The device is powered by a  1.3GHz  Spreadtrum quad-core processor, coupled with  2GB of RAM, and 16GB of internal storage, expandable with up to 128GB micro SDcard. You have a dual 8MP AF +2MP fixed focus cameras at the back, while a similar 8MP sensor with f/2.2 aperture sits in the front. With a thickness of 8.5mm, the Lenovo K320t weighs pretty heavy at 153 grams and comes packed with jus...

Quite a number of  sharp smartphones adorning a bezel-less design  have surfaced in the news in the most recent times, and while none of these is yet to debut, yet a new Sharp phone has surfaced again from far away Taiwan. The latest sharp phone making the news now is the Sharp Aquos S3 and is set to be announced as evidenced by its NCC application. The sharp Aquos S3 has now been certified by the Taiwanese NCC – the 3C equivalent in China, a possible indication that the device might be unveiled sooner than we can imagine. The certification page contains details relating to the phone’s communications abilities, such as support for Taiwan’s 4G full frequency. The Sharp FS8032 shares similar designs and specs with the Sharp FS8015 which was  earlier certified in China  fueling speculations that they are both same phones meant for the two Countries. The Sharp Aquos FS8032 surfaced earlier on GeekBench, so we already know what some of its basic ...

Xiaomi recently  launched the Oreo beta program  for their  Mi A1 , giving testers a taste of what the final build will be like. Now in keeping up with its promising of rolling out the stable Android Oreo update to users before the year ends, Xiaomi is now rolling out stable Android Oreo update for users starting from today. The update is a 1107.4MB file bearing OTA Android Oreo 8.0 and December Android security update with the v7.12.29 build. Updating to this latest v7.12.29 build (Android Oreo) would require users to be running the December update with version  number 7.12.19 . Please do note that this update is progressively rolling out to all users and that means it might take a couple of days before it gets to your device, so it should pop up in the notification menu as soon as it becomes available, but you may also wish to check out the update manually via your phone Settings > About Phone > System Updates > Ch...

Besides Qualcomm and its Snapdragon 845 expected to hit the market in 2018, being placed in the majority of High-End smartphones, Samsung also have prepared its known Exynos chipset for the next year. Although the South Korean manufacture have not specified the name of the newest Exynos (2018) chipset, it publicly announced the date when the new SoC will be announced. There is a chance of this being in fact the Exynos 9810, which is about come underhood of Galaxy S9. It’s unlikely to see this new chipset packed in any other handset other than Galaxy S9 lineup and possibly the Note 9 lineup. A few years ago some other companies like Meizu adopted the Samsung in-house made flagship SoCs, so only the future will tell if another brand other than Samsung will adopt the newest chipset. Ver imagem no Twitter Samsung Exynos ✔ @SamsungExynos Discover  # TheNextExynos  that goes beyond a component. Stay tuned. 18:30 - 28 de dez de 2017   3...

Asus has fulfilled its promise of delivering a major Android update for the Zenfone 4 faster than it provided for previous models of the handset family. The company today announced the Android 8.0 Oreo stable release is being delivered to the Zenfone 4 users through FOTA (firmware over-the-air) method of update. The Taiwanese manufacturer advises its users that if they don’t get the update notification, it will be necessary to open Settings apps, head to About and verify in the Software Update menu. Since the update was just released today, it may take some time to arrive for all Zenfone 4. So if the update doesn’t show for you even after checking Software Update menu, then be patient and check it in the next days. The ZenUI Oreo update brings a lot of new features, improvements and even a refresh in the UI. The interface now delivers a better friendly and “just ready” experience for the users, Oreo’s redesigned Emoji set, Adaptive Icons support, Picture-in-Picture ...

New day, new Xiaomi Mi 7 rumor contradicting everything we’ve said before, at least design wise. This time around we have a look at some of the most realistic renders of Xiaomi’s upcoming flagship we’ve seen thus far; let’s check them out! In the image above we have the Mi 7 sporting a very similar design to the Apple iPhone X, with no bezels around the entire frame, exception made for the topmost part of the phone which is where all the sensors and the selfie camera are placed; definitely a better design choice and a very plausible one as well. Moving to the back of the phone, we find a dual camera setup, but unlike what we saw in previous rumors, we now have them arranged horizontally. Once again, this is more likely to be true as the Xiaomi Mi 6 came with a similar design and there’s really no reason to change that. Lastly, another detail makes these latest renders more realistic – the fingerprint scanner on the back of the handset. While we know Xiaomi are one o...

SAMSUNG CSC Yesterday OnePlus shared a video on their Youtube Official channel, showing people’s reaction to a product hidden inside a mysterious box with the Company Logo. Just by checking the video we can see people mentioning a different texture feeling and some even mentions the Sandstone versions of OnePlus and OnePlus 2. The first OnePlus smartphone to feature a metallic build was the 2016’s OnePlus 3T. Previously the company used a mix of polycarbonate with a Sandstone textured rear. Since its release, the distinct texture feeling of the back was something that highlighted the handset in comparison to the other devices in the glossy plastic era. Buy OnePlus phones at b2b.gizchina.com! As people’s reaction is just teasing we are guessing that this new product inside the box may be a new Sandstone variant of the recently released OnePlus 5T. The option of this being a new Sandstone case is just discarded by the fact that the company already delivered such p...

Xiaomi has faced a huge growth in its revenue and area of attention mostly due to its wide range of products being offered for the various consumer’s sectors. Currently, all Xiaomi’s products other than smartphones, such as IoT devices and smart home gadgets fall under the Xiaomi’s crowdfunding company MIJIA. Currently, MIJIA can be considered as Xiaomi’s Cash Cow due to the crescent amount of revenue being generated by the sub-brand. Today the Chinese Company made public the total sales amount under MIJIA’s portfolio reached the amount of 20 billion of Yuan, which converts in approximately $3 billion. These number already represent a huge growth in a direct comparison to MIJIA’s last year performance. Although the total sales cash wasn’t revealed by Xiaomi during last year, the Chinese company revealed that brand did very well. We underestimate a revenue of approximately $1,5 billion during 2016. Since the same amount was achieved by Xiaomi on its market of wearable,...

HMD Global is already preparing its 2018 lineup which includes the flagship Nokia 9, the Nokia 6 (2018),  Nokia 1 , and a 4G enabled Nokia 3310  as various leaks suggest . And while the flagship Nokia 9 is yet to be made official, rumors are already beginning to swirl about HMD Global’s  next premium device – the Nokia 10. A  leaked image from out of China containing the list of devices  expected to ship with the  recently unveiled Snapdragon 845  surfaced earlier today. The Nokia 10 is HMD Global’s only device that made it to the list, and as per the list, the Nokia 10 should be due for release by between July and September 2018. Launching the Nokia 10 with Snapdragon 845 does make some sense, but the big question is why not on the upcoming Nokia 9, knowing that some of the flagships it would be pitted against in 2018 will be coming with the revered chipset. Well, the most logical response to that could be that the No...

After what can be considered a year of success for HMD, the company is keen to start their new schedule of launches for 2018. The company successfully brought back the Nokia’s naming to the smartphone scenario with pretty successful handsets like the Nokia 6. Apparently, the company has chosen to keep the names of one of its smartphones launched during this year, The Nokia 6, opting for only putting the year edition (2018) along the name to differ from the previous models. Earlier this month a variant of the Nokia 6 (2018) was spotted in the Certification Regulatory department of TENAA, showing a smartphone packing an octa-core processor which is believed to be the Snapdragon 660. Just today a new variant was spotted in the TENNA’s listing, this time showing what should be a weaker variant of the same handset. This new Nokia 6 (2018) variant have a difference on its display, while the first model was listed with an 18:9 aspect ratio, this new model is coming with a ...

First  previewed alongside the  Alcatel 3V, Alcatel 3, Alcatel 3C and Alcatel 1X  at the just concluded China Mobile Global Partner Conference Forum, the upcoming Alcatel 5 has made it through at FCC with a couple of images giving us an idea of what the device holds in terms of designs. The pictures revealed by FCC appears to be made of a brushed metal back design with a single rear camera with LED flash, a fingerprint sensor and an Alcatel branding at the rear. The front of the device reveals a tri-bezel-less design (very slim bezels) with the screen edging to three sides of the  phone  except for the upper chin where the dual selfie cameras, a LED flash, and a sensor resides. Still, on the designs, at the bottom of the device is a USB-C port flanked on both sides by speaker grilles, while the 3mm audio jack and a noise canceling mic are both located to the top. While not disclosed by the FCC visit, the Al...

2017 will for sure be remembered as a hard year for the chipset manufacturer, Qualcomm. The company saw itself involved in lawsuits against one that was once one of biggest buyer of the modems manufactured by the chip maker, Apple. After a couple of lawsuits that one filed against the other, we probably are not going to see a deal in the next year, and Apple may drop Qualcomm modems in favor of MediaTek and Intel. Not much time ago, Qualcomm was suffering pressure for its shareholders to accept a bid from another giant in the sector, Broadcom, which offered the whopping amount of $105 billion to absorb the Snapdragon manufacturer in their business, the latter refused and until the moment Broadcom has not offered a better offer. Besides all those negatives happenings surrounding Qualcomm, the company achieved once again the crown of Smartphone Chipset Ruler of the Market. During the third quarter of 2017, the companies responsible for about 42 percent of the revenue generated ...