This budget model from Lenovo just arrived in romanian Orange offer with price tag of EUR 72 (around $80), is it worth money?System: Android 6.0;Screen: 4.5″ 480p TFT;SoC: MediaTek MT6735P (4@1GHz);RAM: 1GB;Storage: 8GB;Cameras: 5/2MP;Battery: 2000mAh;Others: Dual SIM;Size: 132.5x66x9.9mm;Weight: 144g;Price: 72 EUR.Biggest problem of this model is… screen, there are phones for only few Euro more with 720p and near identical components.But Lenovo have one advantage – it should be easy avaible.Source: gsmManiaK ...
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LeEco Le 2 with Snapdragon 821 confirmed.
Weibo is awesome source of leaks- now we have scores of LeEco Le 2 from one of benchmarks that confirmes Snapdragon 821.From previous leaks we know about 5.5-inch 1080p screen, 16MP rear camera, 8MP front camera and Android 6.0.1.Also least leak shows brushed metal body, SD820 and 4GB RAM what suggest that different RAM/Internal Storage configurations will be equipped in different SoC – 4/32GB will have SD820 and stronger versions (6/64GB and 6/128GB) will have Snapdragon 821.Source: ...
Xiaomi Mido on GeekBench – is it Redmi 4?
It is probable but not sure. Redmi Note 4 was released few days ago and we was sure that Redmi 4 will come with it or time gap between them will be short.So what we can expect from Mido?System: Android 6.0.1.;SoC: Snapdragon 625;RAM: 2GB;So it’s all we know from GeekBench if it really is Redmi 4 we heared about:– 16GB of build-in storage;– stronger version with 3GB + 32GB.Source: gizmochina Tweet Vote on HN ...
There will be no Android 7 update for devices with Snapdragon 800/801
From the informations given from Google, Qualcomm and interested manufacturers (HTC, Sony and LG) we can’t deduce anything.At the moment three sides are blaming each other so we have three possible reasons:– First theory was that those SoCs don’t support Vulkan but Vulkan is optional so it’s not a case;– Efficiency also can’t be the reason couse Snapdragon have better resaults then Helio X10;– Third reason that we can take into account is procesor architecture.So, is this what we must blame? Basically yes, Google have something known as CDD and CTS ...
Cheaper iris scanners in smartphone?
Yes, it’s possible but not yet. After Samsung Galaxy Note 7 success irist scanners become next must in for flagships but they;re not cheap toys.And here Dongwoon Anatech Co. Ltd. comes into play – they want to merge chips responsible for making fotos with front camera and those responsible for scanning iris. And this means less costs – about 70% less.And for us this means iris scanners in more models – also middle-end ones. And maybe – just maybe – as far as next year.Source: Android ...
Meizu U10 and U20 – worth price?
Meizu U10System: Yun OS (Android 6.0);Screen: 5.0″ 1080p IPS, 2.5D;SoC: MediaTek MT6750;RAM: 2/3GB;Storage: 16/32GB + microSD;Cameras: 13/5MP;Battery: 2760mAh;Others: hybrid dual SIM, fingerprint scanner.Prices: $150 and $181Meizu U20System: Yun OS (Android 6.0);Screen: 5.5″ 1080p IPS, 2.5D;SoC: MediaTek Helio P10;RAM: 2/3GB;Storage: 16/32GB + microSD;Cameras: 13/5MP;Battery: 3260mAh;Others: hybrid dual SIM, fingerprint scanner. ...
Ulephone S7 – more informations
System: Android 6.0;Screen: 5.5″ 1080p 2.5D IPS;SoC: MediaTek Helio X20/X25;RAM: 3GB;Storage: 32GB;Cameras: 16/8MP;Battery: 2600mAh;Others: Fingerprint scanner, Dual SIM, Dual EDGE screen;Cena: $99.99-189.99.I found informations about two different SoCs so I’m sure that X25 will be in top variant.About Elephone s7 I wrote earlier and had then little problem with similar design and naming with Samsung Galaxy S7 EDGE.Did I change mind? It’s hard to say. Deffinitly name isn’t pure coincidance and similar design too but now we can clearly see that Elephone put in it some ...
Nougat for Nexus 5X and 6P in few days?
Kanadian carrier Telus – or more precise its community manager “A_Kron” – posted short schedule of upcoming software updates.And we can see there Android N Update August 22 for Huawei Nexus 6P and LG Nexus 5X. That’s on this Monday!This early update is little striking but understandable – LG V20 should be launched somewhere next month as first model with Android 7.0, new Nexuses will be released shortly after so it’s logic that Google want to give updates as fast as possible.Bonus: Evan Blass informed some time ago that Nexus 5 will not be updated ...
Xiaomi Redmi 4 and Redmi Note 4 on TENAA
From some time now we knew about those models but now we have some sure informations from TENAA about them:Redmi 4System: Android 6.0.1;Screen: 5″ 1080p;SoC: MediaTek Helio P10 (?);RAM: 3GB;Storage: 32GB;Cameras: 13/5MP;Battery: 4000mAh.Redmi Note 4System: Android 6.0.1;Screen: 5.5″ 1080p;SoC: MediaTek Helio X20 (?);RAM: 2/3GB;Storage: 26/64GB;Cameras: 13/5MP;Battery: 4000/4100mAh;processors are marked with “?” because Xiaomi made some twists with their clocks: Redmi 4 should have Snapdragon 625 but number of cores and clocks suggest Helio P10 and Redmi Note 4 should ...
LeEco Le 2S in two versions?
If you remember yesterday information about LeEco Le 2S on GFXBench then today I have good info: on Ludashi (another benchmark) was tested version with Snapdragon 821.What this means one of two things: eather LeEco isn’t 100% sure which SoC to put into the model or (what is more probable) there will be two versions of Le 2S (probably one with SD821 will be named 2S Pro).Source: gizmochina Tweet Vote on HN ...