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 ...
Samsung Galaxy Folder 2 – curiosity for Chinese market
It’s little irritating that many of interesting models never go outside of chinese market – and one of those is Galaxy Folder family.If you’re old enough you can remember flip phones. They were quite popular in their days and are still produced. But Samsung is only big company making flip smartphones. And, unfortunately, only for chinese market.As for components used in it – they’re not so good even for middle segment, but there’s one “but”:System: Android 6.0.1;Screen: 3.8″ 480x800px;SoC: Snapdragon 425;RAM: 2GB;Storege: 16GB;Cameras: ...
New Nokia in TENAA
On TENAA site new model with Nokia logo just arrived and… it’s basic phone (not-smartphone) with name RM-1187.Screen: 2.4″ 240×320;SoC: single-core @0.36GHz;Storage: 16GB + microSD up to 64GB;Battery:1020 mAh;Size: 118x50x13,5mm;Weight: 82.6g.As you can see it’s simple, basic phone with quite big build-in storage. It’s even more interesting because we knew about >a href=”http://sim-unlock.net/wp/2016/08/18/four_new_nokia_devices_even_this_year_/”>four models with Nokia logo: two high-end phones, one middle-end phone and tablet but this model ...
Motorola Moto Z Play on GFXBench
System: Android 6.0.1;Screen: 5.5″ 1080p;SoC: Snapdragon octa-core @2GHz (Snapdragon 625);RAM: 3GB;Storage: 32GB;Cameras: 16/5MP;Battery: 3510mAh;Others: MotoMods;Size: 156.4×76.4×6.99mm;Weight: 165g.Not so long ago I informed about new photos of Motorola Moto Z Play but now we have confirmation about some components from GFXBench.It will be launched on September 6th (probably) and I don’t know about you but I want to know more.Source: GSMArena Tweet Vote on ...
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 ...
Warning – it’s important to update iOS to 9.3.5!
Ok, so today was announced that iOS have gap in security. It wouldn’t be anything special if not dates – it was there from iOS 7 till now (9.3.5)!We don’t know how long but we know that hackers was using those gaps to instal Pegasus (spyware) just by going to specially prepared sites.We honestly don’t know how many devices are infected but taking into account timeline it’s more then “few.”We would still be unaware of danger if not cool mind of Ahmed Mansoor – one of Human Rights Defenders who get link to “secret documents about people ...
Warranty and Find my iPhone info from IMEI
Are there situations you buy smartphone from second hand? Used iPhones can be even 31-50% cheaper then new model.But it can be risky – warranty could be cancelled or phone could be blocked due to thieft.So we gave you free tool to check iPhone warranty and Find my iPhone status. All you need is IMEI and seller should be able to give you it without problem.At the moment we can give you partial status of Find my iPhone (on/off) but in near future we will inform you if this IMEI was reported as stolen/lost. This service is ...