Author: chris eilers

Coming to a new month, we have a new list of Pro smartphones which are just similar to their names. They feature all specs that everyone dreams of, are you interested? 

1. Xiaomi Redmi 3 Pro

Close on the heels of announcing the flagship Xiaomi Redmi 3, Huawei continued releasing its Pro smartphones, Xiaomi Redmi 3 Pro in April. Compared to Redmi 3, the successor seems not much different. The smartphone also flaunts a 5.0-inch HD display and the same dimensions as its brother. Redmi 3 holds a 2GB of RAM in tow. Thus Xiaomi Redmi 3 Pro is known as the upgraded version of Redmi 3 because of its 3GB of RAM under the hood.

Having a careful look into Xiaomi Redmi 3 Pro specs, it packs a combo of Quad-core clocked at 1.5 GHz and 1.2 GHz processor. Sitting on this strong CPU is a Qualcomm Snapdragon 616 chipset which offers the premium performance. The Xiaomi smartphone sports a 32GB of ROM expandable up to 256GB via microSD card. Apart from these specs, it supports 2 cameras on the rear and the front with 13MP and 5MP respectively. Xiaomi Redmi 3 Pro price is at $277 (RM 1106).

Normally, smartphones with massive battery come with thick design. But on this list below, we will show you 7 thinnest smartphones with GIANT battery!

1. Asus Zenfone Pegasus 3

The first thinnest smartphone on this list is Asus Zenfone Pegasus 3. This phone comes with a 4100mAh battery but only measures 8 mm thin! Other Zenfone Pegasus 3 specs are also interesting. The phone is powered by a 1.3GHz quad-core processor, supported by MediaTek MT6737 chipset and Mali-T720 MP2 GPU. Pegasus 3 also boasts a 5.2-inch HD display with the pixel density of 282ppi.

As for the cameras, there is a nice 13MP snapper on the back with f/2.2 aperture. Its brother on the front is clocked at 5MP. Regarding the memory, we have 3GB of RAM and 32GB of ROM. We can also expand the internal storage up to 256GB via a microSD card. Asus Zenfone Pegasus 3 price comes at only $240.

Huawei Mate 9 is said to meet the world on September 1 at Huawei event, but somehow everything has changed, they no longer stick to the plan. Lets have a glance at it.

Huawei Mate 9: release date and specs

Having a look back at Huawei Mate 9 predecessor, the Mate 8 arrived towards the end of the year. It is probably the case of Mate 9. Since the Huawei smartphone won’t be made official so early, it may be unveiled at the end of the year. Hopefully, Huawei Mate 9 release date will be on November just similar to Mate 8. So next question, what makes this Huawei Mate 9 hot?

Huawei is planning on their new flagship with desirable specs. In case you missed, Huawei Mate 8 flaunts a massive 6.0-inch full HD display, which is best for watching movie. So it is undeniably Mate 9 will sport the same screen size or larger, cannot be smaller. Such Huawei phone is said to be powered by the homegrown, that is to say it is Kirin 960 chipset coupled with an octa-core processor. The chipset will be produced using the 16nm process.

Other Huawei Mate 9 specs could be told that the smartphone sports a 20MP dual rear camera setup. The front camera is suggested to sport 12MP resolution as well. This smartphone supports a combo of more powerful shooters than Mate 8. Other specs, including information about the screen, RAM and native storage, are still in a secret and we have to wait for the confirmation of Huawei.

Huawei Mate 9: price and more?

So if the news is true, what to expect from Huawei’s September event? our sources are suggesting that Mate 8 will be various with Force Touch display that was lately confirmed on TENAA. Force Touch technology may start the trend in the near future, so if you are interested in it, keep following and we will show you more.

Xiaomi is hurry to place itself in a higher market. Targeting for this purpose, the company seems to introduce new Xiaomi smartphone that may be more attractive than the others. 

Xiaomi smartphone called “markw”: is it Redmi 4?

The leaker on Geekbench posted a table of information, where Xiaomi “markw” is put on first line. The mysterious Xiaomi smartphone in question can be Xiaomi Redmi 4, which is expected to launch soon in the beginning of next year. It is said to run on a Qualcomm Snapdragon 625 chip, clocked at 2 GHz. The Snapdragon 625 chip supports a 1,900 x 1,200 at 60fps display resolution.

From this point, it is possible to believe that this new Xiaomi smartphone will flaunt a 1080p display. Besides offering a full HD screen, such chipset also comes with 4K video recording. Moreover, this Xiaomi smartphone specs will consist of a 3GB of RAM. Meanwhile, according to some trustful reports, the upcoming Xiaomi Redmi 4 will sport a 4GB of RAM. The Xiaomi smartphone will also running on Android 6.0.1.

In terms of the cameras, we still have no suggestion from our sources, but it is believed not to exceed 24MP in resolution. Likewise, Xiaomi Redmi 4 stays competitive with a 16MP primary shooter. So hopefully, the Chinese company will surprise us with a higher resolution for its new Xiaomi smartphone shooter. It will likely pack Wi-Fi ac and Quick Charge 3.0 for faster charging.

New Xiaomi smartphone: It is not Redmi 4

For all what I just show, it is likely easy to conclude that if the leak is true, it will not be the Redmi 4. These are the information that I have been suggested by some trustworthy sources. So hopefully, Xiaomi will hit the market with a new lineup. Some say this is a Redmi 3 variant, others say it is Redmi Note 4. What about you? Share with us by commenting.

It looks like Microsoft and Acer are not only about computers and laptops. Their new products: Microsoft Lumia Edge vs Acer Predator 6 have been revealed recently. Let’s compare!

Microsoft Lumia Edge vs Acer Predator 6: Gaming beasts!

As for the performance, both Microsoft Lumia Edge vs Acer Predator 6 come with super powerful CPU. Microsoft Lumia Edge houses a Qualcomm Snapdragon 820 processor, assisted by a massive RAM of 6GB. Meanwhile, Acer Predator 6 sports a Mediate Helio X20 deca-core processor, running with 4GB of RAM. They feature the same GPU: Adreno 530. With such machines, these two smartphones will satisfy all gamers! So there’s no clear winner in this case.

Other Microsoft Lumia Edge vs Acer Predator 6 specs are also impressive! The Lumia phone houses a 5.3-inch 4k display with the pixel density of 501 ppi. At the same time, the Acer phone comes with a 6-inch screen with 2k resolution and 441ppi. For photography, we have a incredible combo of 32MP/8MP camera with PureView tech from Lumia Edge. Meanwhile, Acer Predator 6 offers a 21MP main cam and an 8MP front cam. So Lumia Edge gets a bonus for its camera.

However, between Microsoft Lumia Edge vs Acer Predator 6, the Predator 6 sports a giant battery: 5000mAh, bigger than Lumia Edge’s 4200mAh cell. Another difference is that Lumia Edge supports 256GB of non-expandable ROM, while Acer Predator 6 delivers 128GB ROM which can be expanded to 2TB ROM.

Microsoft Lumia Edge vs Acer Predator 6: Price and Availability

Up to now, there has not been any official announcement about the two gaming beasts. But according to some trustworthy sources, both Microsoft Lumia Edge vs Acer Predator 6 will be launched in December this year. Microsoft Lumia Edge price could be around $900 while s Acer Predator 6 price is lower at $750. So to pick the winner, I personally will go for Acer Predator 6, cause I don’t think a 32MP camera is really necessary! What is your choice??

Deca-core processor or 10-core processor is the newest feature in the smartphone market. But do you know how powerful it is or you just think that the more cores, the more power? The truth is below.

Deca-core processor: From a technical view

Many people assume that a smartphone with more cores will offer better performance. This is correct in SOME cases. Before getting specific, I want to explain about two basic terms: the core and the clock speed. You must have heard about phones with quad-core, octa-core or even deca-core processor. Actually, each core is a physical tiny CPU that works independently. The more cores, the more tasks your phone can conduct AT THE SAME TIME.

About the clock speed, it is realised by the GHz number attached to the processor. The higher clock speed, the faster a SINGLE CORE can complete one mission. At this point, you may think that a deca-core processor is really powerful. Well, you should think again! Most smartphone apps and functions are single-threaded, which means each app or function will be handled by ONLY ONE core at a time. So if you play a super heavy single-threaded game on a deca-core phone, only one core will be used.

In that case, the clock speed counts THE MOST! If you play that game on a dual-core phone with higher clock speed, the performance is still better! There are only a few apps which are multi-threaded (the app can separate itself into parts so that each part is handled by one single core) because it’s very complicated to develop such apps. So a deca-core processor with low clock speed still can not compete with a fewer-core processor with high clock speed.

Deca-core processor: Is it worth the money?

We all know that deca-core processor is a rare and expensive feature in the mobile industry. So is it really worth the money? It depends on! If the deca-core processor comes with high clock speed, it is a masterpiece! However, if you are the one that often runs 10 different apps at the same time (I bet most of you don’t), this feature is made for you! In another case, a quad-core or an octa-core processor with high clock speed already offers seamless performance!

Almost all smartphones have been said to function water resistant feature, have you ever wondered what it is and how it works? Now let this article show you this magical technology!

Water resistance: how does it work?

Having a look back to the history of water resistance, it was only mentioned in the field of extreme sports and gear companies. Apart from watches for deep sea divers or athletes, there was not much need for serious protection against water. The market for water resistant electronics was so small until the appearance of smartphones and wearables. The demand of water resistant devices has been increasing and changed the face of the entire market.

The current method provides your smartphones with water resistance is called nanocoatings. Liquipel, HzO and P2i are the manufacturers that produce nanocoatings that are said to be 1000 times thinner than a human hair. To apply these nanocoatings, the device is placed in a plasma-enhanced vapour (high density of plasma vapour)  in a vacuum chamber at room temperature. There is a gaseous polymer that plays the main role in water-proofing in this plasma-enhanced vapour.

The water resistance is formed when such vapour contacts both onboard and outside of the device. The gaseous polymer from the vapour make water bead up and slide off the phone surface. Thus it is a coat to shield the smartphone. If water penetrates into the phone, the polymer layer is still there. Normally, the manufacturer will make the components in tow with the same process, so they will be fully protected.

Water resistance and IP rating: are they related?

We all hear about Samsung Galaxy S7 Edge, along with the Galaxy S7 are IP68 certified. So what is the IP? IP is an abbreviation of Ingress Protection Rating which an international standard. The IP rating given to a device is backed up by controlled tests. IP rating including two parts, which can be given in the format IPXY. While X is a rating for physical ingress, Y is the rating for liquid ingress. The higher Y is, the more water resistant your device is.

A smartphone with a dece-core chipset and 4GB RAM is an ideal smartphone. Both Meizu Pro 6 and Vernee Apollo Lite have these features. So, Meizu Pro 6 VS Vernee Apollo Lite: which one will win this battle and get the trophy? Let’s see!

Meizu Pro 6 VS Vernee Apollo Lite: flagship vs lite flagship

On April, Meizu released its flagship with so many powerful specs. One of these specs we have to mention is a deca-core chipset. With this feature, the phone is immediately on the top best phones list of the company. One month later, another deca-core smartphone was introduced to the market- Vernee Apollo Lite. This phone is the scaled-down version of the company’s flagship- Vernee Apollo. Besides the deca-core chipsets, both phones also own the hefty RAM: 4GB and 32GB of inbuilt storages. They all have a 5MP front-facing shooters and run on Android 6.0 Marshmallow.

How about the other features? Are Meizu Pro 6 specs (flagship) better than Vernee Apollo Lite specs (light version of flagship). About the screen, Vernee phone is bigger with 5.5-inch Full HD. Meizu Pro 6 is smaller with 5.2-inch 1080 x 1920px screen. Although having the deca-core chipset, Meizu phone is still better with Helio X25 processor. While Apollo Lite sports a Helio X20 processor. The primary cam comes with 21.16MP on Pro and 16MP on Apollo’s sibling. However, in the exchange, the device from Vernee is backed with a 3810mAh battery life. In Meizu handset, the cell is 2560mAh.

Meizu Pro 6 VS Vernee Apollo Lite: what a tough battle, right? Both phones are strong in their own ways. Despite being the lower version of the company’s flagship, Apollo Lite is still very strong. On the other hand, Meizu 6 Pro own the “flagship” spot of the company with many powerful specs. However, the handset of Meizu is still better than the one from Vernee.

Meizu Pro 6  VS Vernee Appolo Lite: price

Being the toned-down flagship, of course, Vernee Apollo Lite price will be more affordable. It comes with about $200. Meanwhile, the flagship Meizu Pro 6 price will be higher. Well, it’s about $430. This price is as twice as Apollo Lite’s. So, if you want a lite flagship which still comes with many strong specs and an affordable price, Apollo’s phone is a proper choice. Otherwise, you can choose the decal-core flagship with a double price.

It looks like LeEco Le Max 2 is still one of the hottest smartphones at this time. But there are many 6GB RAM phones that could be Xiaomi Mi Max rivals! Which one can beat LeEco Le Max 2? Let’s see!

1. ZTE Axon 7

ZTE Axon 7 comes with various colours: Ion Gold and Quartz Grey, both of them look stunning. It is a strong LeEco Le Max 2 rival, which sports the same 6GB RAM. Firstly, let’s take a look at its design. We have a 5.5-inch full HD AMOLED screen with 2560 x 1440 pixels resolution. This screen is also covered by a 2.5D glass and Gorilla Glass 4 which is for scratching and dropping protection. Under the hood, ZTE Axon 7 is powered by a Qualcomm Snapdragon 820 SoC, along with Adreno 530 GPU. Other wonderful features include Cat. 6 LTE, VoLTE. The device is now available in two versions: 4GB RAM+ 64GB ROM and 6GB RAM + 128GB ROM.

Especially, ZTE Axon 7 camera is one of the best selling points on this phone. You will be impressed by a 20MP main camera, which is assisted by f/1.8 and most high-end technologies: Samsung Isocell sensor, sapphire lens, optical image stabilisation, phase detection, and a close loop VCM for better autofocus. There is also a great 8MP selfie snapper with dual-LED flash. Thanks to its high-quality camera, ZTE Axon 7  can record 4K video at 30fps smoothly. With 3140 battery quick charge technology, ZTE Axon 7 battery is one of the best features make it become LeEco Le Max 2 rival. As for ZTE Axon 7 price, with $413 you will hand on this phone.

Recently, some photos and specs of a new Motorola phone called MotoROKR Z7 has been leaked on the internet. Let’s take a look at this brand-new phone!

MotoROKR Z7: A music beast!

Since Motorola is taken over by Lenovo, this brand has stopped producing many series product including RAZR and ROKR. However, with the latest leak of MotoROKR Z7, the brand seems to resume this music smartphone series! As for MotoROKR Z7 specs, the phone is particularly made for music lovers! So let’s see what we’ve got from those leaks and rumours!

According to the leaks, the biggest highlight of MotoROKR Z7 will be its 7 speakers. These speakers will be placed at different parts. This arrangement is to achieve a real 5.1 channel acoustic system. And to be more specific, the primary speakers will include two powerful speakers which can produce great sounds and offer vivid music experience. Moreover, one of the 7 speakers will be a subwoofer which can produce more “punch” for the music. If this comes true, this phone is going to be the only device to feature such feature!

Other MotoROKR Z7 specs are also impressive This device comes with a Qualcomm Snadragon 820 CPU, one of the most powerful ever. Besides, with a 5-inch OLED display with 4k resolution, I’m pretty sure that this phone will not only offer great music experience but also wonderful movie time! Another highlight of MotoROKR Z7 is a massive RAM of 6GB. If you don’t find that satisfying enough (really?), the phone also packs a 5000mAh battery.

MotoROKR Z7: Price and availability

According to the leaked information on the internet, there hasn’t been any details about MotoROKR Z7. But we expect the phone will make its debut in 2017 and MotoROKR Z7 price will be more than $600. So stay tuned to keep up with the latest information about this phone!

Even before reading this article, we all know that a smartphone with 8GB RAM is definitely stronger than one with 6GB RAM or 4GB RAM. However, have you ever wondered how powerful it really is?

8GB RAM smartphone: how powerful is it?

Seeing more and more smartphones launched with 8GB RAM, doubled that of the current 4GB RAM flagships, many of us can’t stop but wonder that, do we really need that much RAM? What are the differences you can experience when using a smartphone with such a huge RAM capacity? In a previous article, we talked about how our smartphones function as well as explained the way they use up the RAM capacity. Now, we will go further into details so that you can really understand how powerful 8GB RAM smartphones can actually be.

We know that after each activity finishes, or after each app you close, your phone doesn’t stop the action immediately. Instead, the current process is kept inside the system (aka cache) and stay there. This help your phone to resume the process faster when you come back. Only until there is the need to free up memory to run another app does it finally kill off the cache. And in order to decide which process to keep and which to kill first, there is the LMK driver (Low Memory Killer). This driver, depending on each mobile, will evaluate and rank each process into a different level of importance.

Therefore, the main different between a 4GB RAM smartphone and a 6GB RAM smartphone, or a 6GB RAM smartphone and an 8GB RAM smartphone is that the bigger RAM is able to cache more processes in the background. These can stay for a longer time without having to activate the LMK to kill them off. The more and longer processes stay as cache, the better multi-tasking your smartphone will perform. However, this doesn’t depend only on the RAM but needs the contribution of other features too, especially the UI. That being said, the lightest UI gives the largest portion of free RAM on the device.

8GB RAM smartphone VS 4GB RAM smartphone

To make the long story short, 8GB RAM offer doubled the capacity for cache storage, compared to 4GB RAM smartphones. For the exact same model with no changing in terms of the UI, processor and CPU, we can say that the 8GB RAM variant can do twice as good multi tasking as its 4GB RAM counterpart.

Lenovo Vibe K5 is the latest Lenovo phone that has been released in 2016. Meanwhile, Xiaomi Redmi 3x will be launched soon this year. Now, let’s see the upcoming war: Lenovo Vibe K5 vs Xiaomi Redmi 3x! 

Lenovo Vibe K5 vs Xiaomi Redmi 3x: Specs war!

Firstly, let’s take a look at Xiaomi Redmi 3X specs. The phone comes with a 5-inch 720p display. The phone is powered by an octa-core processor, Snapdragon 430 chipset, and Adreno 505 GPU. Besides, Xiaomi Redmi 3X phone supports 2GB RAM and 32GB ROM. Regarding the battery, you have a 4100mAh cell, which provides a huge amount of using time. For photography, there is a 13MP main snapper assisted by f/2.0 aperture and phase detection autofocus.

Meanwhile, Lenovo Vibe K5, it comes with the same 5-inch 720p display . Under the hood, there is also an octa-core processor clocked at 1.4GHz. This Lenovo phone is also powered by a Snapdragon 415 chipset together with Adreno 405 graphic. For saving purpose, you’ll find 2GB RAM, which is similar to Xiaomi Redmi 3x. However, the built-in storage on Vibe K5 is only 16GB, smaller 32GB on Xiaomi Redmi 3x. Like its rival, Lenovo Vibe K5 supports a combo of 13MP+5MP.  Especially, Lenovo Vibe K5 battery reaches 2750mAh , while the Xiaomi phone comes up to 4000mAH, double number!

The most different in Lenovo Vibe K5 vs Xiaomi Redmi 3x battle is about their battery. As you know, Lenovo Vibe K5 battery reaches 2750mAh. Meanwhile, the Xiaomi phone comes up to 4000mAH, double number! So, Xiaomi Redmi 3x is the winner in battery battle.

Lenovo Vibe K5 vs Xiaomi Redmi 3x: Which one is the cheaper phone!

Lenovo Vibe K5 price is dropped at $115 (RM. 450). Besides, the premium version-Lenovo K5 Plus is set at $130. Meanwhile, the Xiaomi Redmi 3x price is expected to be around $136. Lenovo Vibe K5 is a bit cheaper than its rival, but two devices have the affordable price! To find the winner in this battle, personally, we choose Xiaomi Redmi 3X. What about you?