On September 5th, Honor announced the Honor 8X in an event held in China. One of the highlighted features of the new mid-range phone was the 91% screen-to-body ratio. This gives the phone minimal bezels and an impressively small chin at the bottom of the phone. The Honor CEO talked a little bit about what technology they used to achieve this result.
The 8X with its 6.5’ IPS display feels the same as a 5.5’ display when you hold it. Comparing with competitors, the Honor 8X wins out obviously with its 4.25mm chin, which is due to the flagship COF technology
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-George Zhao (Honor CEO)
We got to hear a little bit about COF and how that allows the phone to have a much smaller chin. COF stands for “Chip on Film” and replaces the traditional COG (Chip on Glass) method. Compared to COG technology, COF reduces the bottom border of the device by 1-2mm. This technology does make the manufacturing process more difficult, which is why you don’t see it on many phones.
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This graphic shows how the COF can wrap the FPC chip around to the back of the display. This removes the chip from where it would normally sit, which is right at the chin of the phone. This is why Honor can have such a slim frame on the upcoming 8X.
COF technology is not new, rather it’s usually found only in flagship devices. Honor implements COF into the Honor 8X which is a budget phone. The phone will be sold for around $200 once it’s available in the US.
Honor has been dominating the budget category of the smartphone industry. The previous Honor 7X model was the most popular unlocked phone on Amazon throughout the holidays.
We look forward to getting our hands on the Honor 8X and seeing all the different ways this phone is bringing flagship features to a super affordable device.
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Another Clip called GameKlip appeared on the Market for Android users (lucky ones). This one is one of it’s kind, seems that have a better *grip* and better security to avoid your expensive cellphone end on the ground with a broken screen or worst
To quote:
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Mobile games is a growing market, people love their mobiles and a lot love gaming so it’s a winning combination. However there is only so much fun you can have with a touch screen interface. It works great for some games but not so great with others. For a start putting your hands on the screen obscures your view of the game world. In addition it’s just more natural to use a physical controller, the shapes and designs of which have evolved for decades to make the most of gaming. GameKlip decided to pair a tried and trusted industry standard controller with you Android phone. The company chose the PlayStation 3 dual shock controller.
GameKlip is currently compatible with;
HTC One X
HTC Evo
Galaxy Note
Galaxy Nexus
Galaxy SII
Galaxy S
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This is what I've send to the guy who made this little piece of magic:
Hi, my name is Santiago Console, I’m a Captivate Glide user and an active participant of the XDA Forum dedicated to the development for this phone. A few month’s back, we gathered a bunch of request, from people who were trying to make this guys:
http://www.game-gripper.com/
Adapt their product to our phone, for some reason, they didn’t bother, even after we gather more people than the D3 Community, and that guys ended up getting it. That aside, will you be interested in adapting the GameKlip to our phone ? I can assure you, that, at least, you will sell 30 units, right after you set up the pre-order J
To know the dimensions and the shape of our phone, you can look into this page:
http://www.gsmarena.com/samsung_i927_captivate_glide-4071.php
Thanks, and I hope you can make this happen
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PD: Sorry bashing the GG guys, but, they have it coming, really.
PD2: Please, If you have some time, and want to have this "Clip" available for the Glide, take a few minutes, and write an E-Mail to the creator, and tell hin that, If he makes it, you will buy it. His E-Mail is [email protected]
Someone delete this spam
Sent from my SAMSUNG-SGH-I927 using xda premium
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Oukitel is one of Chinese smartphone manufacturers who sell their smartphone products via a number of Chinese resellers. This company has been manufacturing somewhat interesting devices lately, and a number more are going to launch before the end of this year. We’re currently reviewing the company’s Oukitel U10 smartphone, which is a very affordable handset with compelling specifications. The company is also working on a smartphone which will pack a 10,000mAh battery on the inside, and is expected to launch in the coming weeks.
The Oukitel K4000 is another Oukitel-branded smartphone. This is actually a mid-range smartphone which has some really impressive durability capabilities. The device doesn’t look all that rugged, but it seems it can take a serious beating. Oukitel has released a new video on their official webpage… and it’s really interesting. The company is showcasing how resistant this device is by beating its screen with a hammer continuously… spoiler alert!… the device continued working normally after the ‘hammer treatment’. This is rather impressive, and if you tend to break your screen a lot, this might be a solution, even though this is ‘just’ a mid-range phone. The aforementioned video is embedded below this article. As far as the design goes, Oukitel K4000 sports a metallic trim around the device with chamfered edges, and three capacitive buttons below the display (menu, home and back, respectively).
The Oukitel K4000 features a 5-inch 720p (1280 x 720) display along with 2GB of RAM and 16GB of internal storage (expandable via microSD card up to 64GB). The device is powered by MediaTek’s MT6735 64-bit quad-core SoC running at 1.3GHz, and a 4,000mAh battery is also a part of this package. The 13-megapixel camera is located on the back of Oukitel K4000, and a 5-megapixel snapper is available up front. Android 5.1 Lollipop comes pre-installed here with some additions by Oukitel, and 4G LTE connectivity is also included here (FDD-LTE). There you have it, the phone will be available during the next days , and you can find also in MYEFOX and COOLICOOL store.
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Eye Comfort Mode is a feature that you’ll see on most smartphones coming out today, but it’s a difficult thing to get right. When you use your phone at night, the screen can cause some serious eye-strain and even headaches if used too long. Eye Comfort Mode is designed to give your display a much softer and warmer tone that is much easier on the eyes. It does this by filtering out blue colors and leaving a yellow tint on your phone. It’s surprisingly effective and we’ve seen this feature on plenty of different phones.
The Honor 8X does Eye Comfort Mode particularly well. The display will adjust for sunlight, night mode, and eye comfort. It is so effective that it has achieved a TÜV Rheinland certification. The TÜV Rheinland Group is a leading provider of technical services worldwide and have very high standards for the products they certify.
In the settings menu, you’ll find the eye comfort options where you’ll be able to fine-tune your display to be perfect for you. You can also schedule eye comfort mode to switch on at a specific time.
I always have eye comfort mode toggled on when I’m doing any night-time reading. I noticed this helps me go to sleep much easier, by reducing the typical eye-strain that comes with reading on my phone at night.
The TÜV Rheinland certified Eye Comfort Mode on the Honor 8X is just one example of all the impressive technology built into the phone.
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Foldable phones are a thing now, as you probably have noticed, and every smartphone manufacturer is looking into making their own implementation. Huawei came out with an implementation of its own called the Huawei Mate X. Due to US sanctions, though, the device only saw a release in their home Chinese market. But it brought a different implementation to other competitors such as the Motorola Razr and the Galaxy Fold. Whereas these devices folded inward (flip phone-style in the case of the Razr, notebook-style in the case of the Fold), the Mate X’s screen folds outward and wraps around the outside of the phone.
With up to 8 GB of RAM and a Kirin 980 for its brains, it also packs as much processing power as Huawei’s flagships did, and it’s due for a refresh next year. But while a full, next-generation product arrives, the device will also be receiving a slight refresh called the Mate Xs which features, among other things, a more up-to-date Kirin 990 processor. And this may just be the device that just went through the CCC, a Chinese regulatory agency. The listing shows a device from Huawei with model number TAH-AN00m (for reference, the Mate X’s codename is Tahiti or TAH for short), and the only apparent improvement revealed in the listing seems to be improved 20V/3.25A (65W) charging. 65W charging is rumored to be coming with Huawei’s upcoming Huawei P40 lineup, and it’s also rumored to be one of the Mate Xs’s purported features (the Mate X supports 55W charging).
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The Huawei Mate Xs is expected to launch around the first quarter of 2020 following an announcement at the upcoming MWC 2020 event. The second-generation product, expected to launch as the Huawei Mate X2, should be launching in the second half of the year.
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Kinda crazy that the Mate X released in November and they already have 2 devices launching months later.
There definitely milestones ahead of Samsung who only release two devices a year the Galaxy and Note phones.
This year, DOOGEE introduced a new rugged phone series. The V-series will be 5G rugged with flagship-level tech for your outdoors and adventurous lifestyle.
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With a reported 100,000 V10 devices sold since its launch 2 months ago, Doogee has announced Doogee V20 as an upgrade to V10. V10’s success according to the company was possible due to its large battery, fast charge, cameras, and temperature measurement capabilities, features they plan to keep and improve in the upcoming V20.
Doogee’s 2022 flagship is the first in the industry with dual display, one on the front, the other on the back. The front is a 6.43” Samsung AMOLED display with a 2k resolution. The high-definition display is the first on a rugged phone. It is thin, energy-efficient with great performance for a great immersive user experience.
V20’s unique design is complemented by a 1.05” rear display. A unique design that highlights personalities backed by functionality. For instance, when the phone is on its face, it displays time, notifications, incoming calls and allows you to control your music.
On the case, carbon-fiber material was used, making V20 the most durable rugged phone. The material also helped reduce the weight of the phone significantly and improves the finish.
As a leading rugged phone brand, Doogee has successfully launched a number of phones with special features since 2019. DOOGEE phones lead the industry with large batteries, great cameras, and other practical features such as a laser range finder, infrared night vision camera, infrared thermometers, etc
Doogee V20 will be officially launched and opened for purchase in February 2022. Visit the official landing page of V20 to follow and learn more. You can also take part in the games currently going on the page and stand the chance to win interesting prizes.
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