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.
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When every top smartphone manufacturer is focussing on releasing flagships that approach the phablet space, here’s Elephone with its newest and an smallest Android smartphone, Elephone Q – you might mistake it to be a normal smartphone, however, features like activity tracking and pedometer makes it a perfect pocket sized phone to double as your phone and your fitness tracker.
The Big – tiny specs
Elephone Q packs a 550 mAh battery, a single SIM slot, measures at 90x 43x 11.5mm with a 2.4-inch TFT display and a resolution of 432×240. Like most of the smartphones these days it features a front camera of 0.3 Mega Pixels and rear camera of 3 Mega-Pixels that will be extended to 5MP using software support, SD memory card support up to 64GB, Wi-Fi, 3G WCDMA, 1GHz MediaTek MT6572 Chipset and with Android 4.4 KitKat as its Operating System.
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Elephone Q according to the official specs boasts of 110hours of standby time or 4hours of talk time which is pretty good for a palm sized smartphone. The back cover is made of plastic which can be swapped to other colors.
Elephone Q is one of those unique devices that target the lower-entry level smartphones, it will be really interesting to see what type of market Elephone is trying to target and see if we can see this trend being continued in the future. The pricing of the device is yet to be disclosed. We feel it will be priced around $40.
Does it have GPS and digital compass?
Its chinese brother melrose S9 has no GPS and digital compass.
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Does it have GPS and digital compass?
Its chinese brother melrose S9 has no GPS and digital compass.
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I ordered one. it does have GPS but no compass.
550mAh
lol.
I wud like 2 play gta san andreas in it
someone has played San Andreas on it, well a version of it, the Posh Mobile Micro x S240. (both based off the Alps S240B I believe)
I just got one of these (The Posh Mobile one) today. so far its interesting, paid 50 dollars US for it, wanted to see what it was all about. yes its small REALL SMALL lol, only dual core 1 ghz, 4gb storage, 512 mb ram, 2.45 inch screen. but funny thing, at least in benchmarks, its not as bad as I expected lol. I read about the screen size and was still surprised when I opened the package today. it reminds me of a old Samsung MP3 player from like 12 years ago. a very slim one (YP-T9, but without the dpad). Been loading various tools and such on it to see how it does. the Camera is nothing special lol. but I can deal with that
Does somebody have it? If so, can you please confirm if Pokemon Go runs on it both through 3G connection and hotspot from other device? It is for a project I've got in mind. Thx in advance!!
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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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We all know that the Xperia X, as supposed to Sony's new flagship, to be sort of a mix bag of a smartphone. As the phone contains the same specifications that you would get in a Smartphone that's twice as cheap as it already is. But it seems like advertising does pay off, no matter how bad a smartphone is.
I have actually noticed on South Africa's Vodacom (Vodafone ) website, how the Xperia X is a "Popular Smartphone," and that the phone's delivery "may be delayed" because of it. Not even other great phones, such as the Galaxy S7 or Note 5, get's the 'Popular phone' marking. As I further studied into this, I actually got some surprising answers from the Vodacom headquarters...
An other day ago, I have decided to contact the Vodacom headquarters and asked some questions about the Xperia X's sales. Their reply were...
"We had advertised the new Xperia X because of its great camera capabilities, and since South Africans love taking photos of their wonderful life, we have decided to advertise this smartphone more than the others. In fact, because of our advertising, we have gotten over 94 000 online sales last month from July to August 2016. We hope that we have answered your question.."
...And so I have asked them also about their S7 sales in the last month...
"We have also gotten reasonably good S7 sales in South Africa; around 70 000 sales online already in the last month."
So I told them thanks for everything.
It seems like advertising a Smartphone, no matter what the price or the specs, really delivers. We ALL know that there are alot of better smartphones out there apart from the Xperia X, but advertising something to look better then the other, in this case, the Xperia X over the S7, really shows what advertising can do.
So what do YOU guys think of Vodacom's smart strategy? Leave your Questions or comments about this down below!
Source: https://myvodacom.secure.vodacom.co.za/
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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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Earlier this year in August, Huawei first lifted the covers off its long-rumored operating system — Harmony OS. At the time, the company showcased the new microkernel-based OS running on an Honor Vision TV, claiming better performance and improved security. At the time, the company also stated that Harmony OS wouldn’t make it to smartphones and tablets from Huawei or Honor and that Android would remain the standard on these devices. It seems like Huawei wants to maintain its stand on that matter as it plans to roll out Harmony OS to more products next year.
According to a recent report from Reuters, a spokesperson from Huawei has revealed that the company plans to roll out Harmony OS to more products in its lineup next year. However, the company still doesn’t have any plans to ship the OS on its phones, tablets, or computers. The company’s plans were first reported by the government-backed Shenzhen Special Zone Daily newspaper. The newspaper cited comments made by Wang Vhenglu, president of the Huawei consumer business group’s software division at a store event held in Shenzhen. Wang reiterated the company’s stance on Harmony OS at the event and noted that Huawei would prefer Android over its own Harmony OS on phones and tablets.
It’s worth noting that Huawei launched Harmony OS as an alternative to Google’s Android following trade restrictions imposed on the company by the United States. The trade restrictions threaten to cut the company’s access to technology made by US firms, which is why it first rolled out Harmony OS. While the company doesn’t plan on shipping the OS on its phones and tablets, Harmony OS is likely to make an appearance on other smart devices like smartwatches, speakers, and other appliances next year.
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