Author: chris eilers

In December Xiaomi’s president officially confirmed that Xiaomi will introduce their next flagship, the Xiaomi Mi5 in January. So far we have only seen the launch of the Xiaomi Redmi 2, which can not be considered a flagship. Now we have news from Xiaomi’s official Weibo Website, showing that Xiaomi will indeed show their next Flagship Smartphone on January 15th.

Once again Xiaomi’s official Weibo Site quotes Lei on the Xiaomi Mi5: “There’s no better way to start 2015 than with our newest products.” Xiaomi will hold the official even on January 15th as planned, in Beijing National Convention Center at 2PM.

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On the poster Xiaomi says, that their next flagship will be ” thinner than the wings of a cicada”. The cicada is an insect found in China, and that probably means that slimness will be a huge design factor for the upcoming Xiaomi Mi5.

We already saw some leaks of a purported Xiaomi Mi5 with extremely slim bezels and a larger display of 5.5″ to 5.7″. Other then the extrem slim designn, many fans say that the Hands on the Poster might mean that the Xiaomi Mi5 will come with Fingerprint Scanner. We are not really sure on that part though.

Before we heard already that the Xiaomi will sport the brand new Snapdragon 810 and 4GB of RAM. While many of you remained sceptical, we saw already new phones with the Snapdragon 810 Launch on CES. And also a 4GB RAM Edition of the Asus Zenfone 2, so we might as well see those specs on the new XIaomi Mi5.

Alternative Xiaomi Mi5 Poster Collage made by fans

If anyone of you is interested in seing the show in China, Xiaomi is preselling the tickets to the January 15th Event for 16USD.

Conclusion: Finally we see the new Flagship of Xiaomi coming, this is going to be very exciting. We are pretty sure Xiaomi will once again surprise many of us on the 15th with a true Flagship, the Xiaomi Mi5. We would for sure be pleased to see a Xiaomi Mi5 with Snapdragon 810 and 4GB RAM for 1999 Yuan.
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The Asus Zenfone 2 was clearly one of the best surprises so far from the CES 2015. Asus really did a very good job in the specs-for money department. The phone comes with Full HD display, 13MP Camera and even 64BIT Processor. All that for 199USD.

Even More you get a 4GB RAM Edition, making it the first Android Smartphone to come with 64BIT CPU and 4GB RAM Combination. That is why we give you 5 Reasons why the Asus Zenfone 2 is the best Smartphone under 200USD at the moment.

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1. Asus Zenfone 2 Design and Frame

As you can see in our Hands on pictures, the Asus Zenfone 2 phablet is very compact with dimensions of 152.5 x 77.2 x 10.9 mm. It sports a good screen-to-body ration of 72%. This is especially excellent compared to devices like the iPhone 6 Plus for example which is clearly under 70%.

Compared to other Smartphones in that price range, Asus went the LG G3 way and manufactured the Volume button on the back of the device. You get a nice brushed metal finish for the back of the phone, which gives the Asus Zenfone 2 an elegan finish.

2. Asus Zenfone 2 5.5 inch FULL HD Display

The Asus Zenfone 2 sports a 5.5″ Display with a Full HD resolution of 1080 x 1920 pixels, that we know normally only from much more expensive flagships. Moreover the Display is protected by Gorilla Glas 3 and features a very excellent 403 pixels per inch. For the Price of 199USD that is a very good display. Moreover Asus will catch the trend of 2015, with phones like the Meizu M1 Note and Xiaomi Redmi Note showing that 5.5″ inch phablets have the potential to sell like hotcakes.

3. Intel 64 Bit CPU andPowerVR Series 6 Graphics Performance

The Asus Zenfone features the 64Bit 64-bit Intel Atom Z3560/Z3580 quadcore CPU in combination with the PowerVR Series 6 GPU – the G6430, with OpenGL 3.0 support. Lets start with the Intel processor. The Intel Atom Z3560/Z3580 can easily keep up with more expensive competitors like the Snapdragon 800 and 801. If you look at the competition of the same pricelevel – speaking of Xiaomi Redmi Note for example or Redmi 2, the Asus Zenfone 2 easily wins.

The Asus Zenfone 2 features the PowerVR Series 6 GPU, and while it can naturally not keep up with the Snapdragon 805 found in the Galaxy Note 4, that is not the goal for a 199USD smartphone. It can easily keep up though with every smartphone at this pricelevel and beyond like the S4. Especially if you compare the Intel Combination versus phones at the same pricelevel with Mediatek Chips, Intel will surely win in terms of performance AND quality.

4. 4GB of Ram in the Asus Zenfone 2

Lets be honest, 4GB of RAM for an Zenfone 2 Edition makes the phone totally awesome. For us more RAM is always good and surely makes the Asus Zenfone 2 future proof. In Combination with the Intel 64-Bit CPU, you should get yourself a real multi tasking monster. For all of you who dont agree there is stil the 2GB RAM Version for 199USD Starting Price. Speaking of which…

5. Price of 199 USD

Lets be very honest here, the price is probably the biggest point here. For the price of 199 USD there is simply right now no better phone on the market. Sure you get the Meizu M1 Note or the upcoming Xiaomi Redmi Note 2, both from China. For both of those its very unclear though when and if they be available outside of China markets. The Asus Zenfone 2 will be wide available and you get Asus quality on top, as we know it from the Asus Zenfone Line.

Comparison to Xiaomi Redmi Note and Meizu M1 Note at the same Price Level

Conclusion: The Asus Zenfone 2 was just announced on the CES 2015 and will launch in March 2015. As you can see from our 5 Reasons why the Asus Zenfone 2 is awesone, we really like this device. I think Asus is going in the right direction with pricing and size of this device. 5.5 inch seems like an ideal size and combined with this specs, I think Asus has a real hotseller on their hands.

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We have more exciting news from the CES 2015, this time from Lenovo. Lenovo announced the Lenovo Vibe X2 Pro with a 64 BIT Snapdragon 615 Octa-Core CPU, 5.3″ Full HD display and an impressive design. Lenovo even very boldly states that the Lenovo Vibe X2 Pro:“redefines smartphone craftsmanship through its unique layered design”

As you can see on our Hands On pictures, the Lenovo Vibe X2 has really a unique design, with the metal body and different layers that build the phone. The 5.3 inch display on the Lenovo Vibe X2 Pro comes with Full HD 1920 x 1080 resolution and Lenovo guarantees good visibility even in direct sunlight. The 64 Bit Snapdragon 615 Octa-Core CPU is clocked at 2.5 GHZ and you get 2GB of RAM with the Lenovo.

For Camera Fans the phone has a 13MP Shooter both each on front and back of the phone. Both the 13MP Selfie Cam and the Main Camera have autofocus. Also you have the very cool feature of a Lenovo Vibe Xtension Selfie Flash, that you can very easily put into the Vibe X2 Pro headphone box. The Selfie Flash Ring has 8 LED Lights to provide you enough light for your Selfies. On a single charge you can take up to 100 Selfies. The Lenovo Vibe X2 Pro comes with Dual Nano Sim Support and of course supports 4G. We are not sure yet if the phone supports FDD-LTE, but normally Lenovo launches most of their phones in South East Asia, so we can expect FDD-LTE Bands.

Lenovo Vibe X2 Pro Hands On Gallery

The Lenovo phone is running Android 4.4.1 Kitkat with Lenovo’s Vibe UI 2.0 Operating System on top. We wish to have pre-installed Android Lollipop for a Lenovo 2015 phone here.

Lenovo bought Motorola from Google in 2014 for 2.91 billion USD and finalized the deal in October 2014. Lenovo is using the Motorola brand for the U.S market and Lenovo for other markets. The Lenovo Vibe X2 Pro will launch in April 2015, for an initial price of 499 USD.

We already reported about the LG G Flex 2 and now we also got big news from ASUS on the CES 2015, with their newest smartphone the Asus Zenfone 2. Asus has once again partnered with Intel to bring you high specs at an affordable price. Those specs include 64BIT quadcore cpu, and a 5.5″ Full HD display and the world’s first 4GB RAM for their Asus Zenfone 2.

The Asus Zenfone 2 will sport a 5.5 inch display with a Full HD 1080p resolution. The whole device will have a very good 72% screen to body ratio, so you can be sure to still have a very slender smartphone. Further the Zenfone 2 will be equipped with a 64 Bit Quadcore Intel Atom Z3580 at 2.3 Ghz, which can be compared to the Snapdragon 800. Intel Cpu’s offer solid performance, especially for the 199 USD Price Tag of the Asus Zenfone 2.

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The Asus Zenfone 2 will also come in a 4GB RAM Version along with a standard 2GB Version. The phone runs on Android 5.0 Lollipop with Asus ZenUI OS. For the Camera department the Zenfone 2 sports 13MP Main Shooter with f/2.0 and 5 Megapixel Selfie Cam, both with Asus’s patented PixelMaster Technology. If you know the Asus Zenfone Series, you know they have quality cameras in their phones and Asus promises much better quality then even the Sony Xperia Z3. The 3000mAH battery on the Zenfone 2 is sufficiently big and be charged in 39 minutes to be 60% full.

Asus Zenfone 2 Hands On Gallery

Alongside the Asus Zenfone 2, Asus announced the Asus Zenfone Zoom, with extra added camera functions. The Asus Zenfone Zoom has also a 5.5″ Full HD display and 13MP Camera, the Camera comes with 3X optical zoom lens though. At only 11.95mm it is moreover the thinnest smartphone ever with a 3X optical zoom lens.

The Asus Zenfone Zoom has a variable aperture from f/2.7 to f/4. Camera lovers need to pay up to 399 USD at launch in March 2015.

The Asus Zenfone 2 will cost you 199USD or 798 RM when it launches in March 2015 for the 2Gb RAM/16GB Version. This surely looks like a very good start to us for Asus in 2015 with the Asus Zenfone 2 and Asus Zenfone Zoom for Camera Lovers.

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Just recently Meizu launched, the 5.5 inch Meizu M1 Note, easily the best Android Smartphone under 200USD. Now we got news that Meizu has another phone in the pipeline, to target the recently announced Xiaomi Redmi 2.

Meizu Boss Huang Zhang has confirmed officially on Weibo, that Meizu will launch another phone this year to compete direcly with the Xiaomi Redmi 2. Other news on this new phone come from Weibo’s Ubuntu Team, that have been a very reliable source in the past. According to this source, the new Meizu phone will be a real Redmi 2 “Killer” with much better specs and a 5″ screen. Also the new Meizu should be lighter and smaller then the Redmi 2.

We dont know anything more about specs, but its very interesting that the Meizu CEO Jack Wong ( also known as Huang Zhang) confirms this officially. We think that the new Meizu will be inline with the Meizu M1 Note in terms of design and looks. Probably Meizu will cut down in some areas like battery live or display resolution to achieve the Redmi 2 target price of 700 Yuan.

Probably this phone is actually the Meizu K52, that we reported about before. The Meizu K52 was rumored to sport a 4.7″ Full HD display and MTK Processor. It was also spotted with an iPhone 5C color shell. If Meizu is not planning to launch two more phones, it is very likely that the Meizu K52 is the upcoming phone.

Conclusion: The Meizu CEO confirmed the Launch of a Xiami Redmi 2 competitor with better specs. Lets be honest, the Redmi 2 has a fantastic price, but many of you would have liked to see at least 2GB RAM for example, so the Meizu K52 might be for you. Meizu’s strategy of targeting Xiaomi Business Model of high specs/low price + Online Sales only is for sure very interesting. If Meizu can satisfy the huge demands for their phones, I can see Meizu becoming a real Xiaomi competitor in terms of size and Sales levels.

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LG has just announced the LG G Flex 2 on the CES 2015 and what a impressive phone the LG G Flex 2 is.

The first LG G Flex was a already very remarkable device and it seems the LG G FLex 2 is following the foot steps. The LG G Flex was the first smartphone with a flexible display. Very interesting was the ability to literally flex, and the “self healing” back panel, that healed itself after flexing the device.

Similiar to the first G Flex, the Flex 2 comes with a large 5.5 inch Full HD display and 1920x1080p resolution, but is slightly smaller then the first one at 6″ and 1280x720p. The LG G Flex 2 is also the first official smartphone to sport a Snapdragon 810 Octa-Core CPU clocked at 2 Ghz and 2GB of RAM. You get a 16GB or 32GB version, which are extendable via Micro SD. Android Lollipop V5.0 is pre-installed.

In the camera department the LG G Flex 2 sports a 13MP Shooter with OIS (Optical Image Stabilization) and laser auto focus as on the LG G3. The Front Shooter is a 2.1 MP Selfie Camera. The phone is powered by a reasonably large 3000mAh battery to support your 5.5″ Flex Screen.

Enough with the specs, though lets talk about what makes the LG G Flex 2 so unique. The curved display has a 700mm curvature and according to LG the display curves all the way, making it extremely easy to hold. Because the Flex 2 is curved, the microphone is closer to your mouth, so the sound quality should be improved.

LG G Flex 2 Announcement

The Back of the Flex is “self healing” and protected by a very fancy Glass that also bends. Compared to the first G Flex, the healing back restores itself very fast in only 10seconds at room temperature, while the first Lg G Flex took up to 3 minutes to heal.

According to LG the LG G Flex 2 will launch End of January in South Korea first, and in other markets later in Q1 2015. We will have more pictures when the official LG event starts today on CES 2015.

The first big news of the year come from all our favorite Xiaomi. Xiaomi officially launched the new Xiaomi Redmi 2.

As we reported earlier the Xiaomi Redmi 2 stays pretty close to the Redmi 1S, but has some significant changes. The Hongmi 2 sports a 4.7″ HD screen, a 64BIT Snapdragon CPU and Dual 4G Connectivity. So you get the same size of screen as on the Redmi 1S, but the new Redmi 2 is more compact. As we know it from Xiaomi, the screen is manufactured by Sharp, and comes with 312ppi and HD 720p resolution.

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The Xiaomi Redmi 2 is actually the first Xiaomi phone with 64BIT CPU. The phone sports a Snapdragon 410, quad-core Cortex-A53 clocked at 1.2Ghz, 1GB of RAM and Adreno 306 GPU. The Redmi 2 becomes MIUI V6, 8GB of internal memory that you can expand with 32GB micro SD.

The Xiaomi Redmi 2 comes with Dual Sim Slots, that are both capable of 4G LTE Connectivity. The Redmi 2 sports FDD-LTE, so you be sure to use international LTE Bands. For the Camera the new Redmi did not really get an upgrade. The Main camera is a 8MP Shooter, produced by OmniVision. The Camera has f 2.2 and you can shoot Full HD 1080 videos. For the Selfie Cam you get a 2MP shooter with HD Video Function. The battery is reasonably large at 2200mAh.

Xiaomi Redmi 2 Camera Samples

The new Xiaomi Redmi 2 will launch officially in Friday and will sell for 700Yuan, that is just 110USD or 400RM. We have no officiall news when the new Redmi 2/Hongmi 2 will come to other countries. It looks like Xiaomi will keep the Pricelevel the same though, with around RM400.We expect Xiaomi to launch the next flagship Xiaomi Mi5 on 15th January. Source 

Quite frankly the Samsung Galaxy Note Edge was quite a surprise for many of us, when it launched next to the Samsung Galaxy Note 4 earlier this year. Now it looks like Xiaomi might be planning to take the Galaxy Note Edge concept even a step further.

As you know the Samsung Galaxy Note Edge, offers the world’s first one curved side on the device. Now a poster, purportedly shows a new Xiaomi phone, called the Xiaomi Arch, with not one curved edge, but two curved edges.

The Samsung Galaxy S6 was also rumored to come with Dual Curved Screen..

The information displyed on the edges, will show notifications and control possibilities. Also Xiaomi might use one side to show live notifications and infos, such as recent events or stock prices. According to the poster the Xiaomi Arch is the world’s first phone with “Dual Curved Screen”.

For all of you who are burning to buy the Xiaomi Arch, please keep in mind that this seems to be only a concept or design study for Xiaomi at the moment. One point that might speak against a Xiaomi Arch with Dual Curved Screen is the price point. Surely this device might cost premium to produce and would speak against Xiaomi’s Low Price strategy.

Conclusion: While this is a very interesting concept, all we have at the moment is this poster about the Xiaomi Arch. If we get more exact news we will update you of course directly.

Honestly even for us, the sheer amount of Xiaomi information these days is a bit confusing. Xiaomi is expected to launch a few different devices this month, so lets try to get some sense into all the reports.

We know for sure from Xiaomi’s CEO that a new flagship will launch in January. We expect the Xiaomi Mi5 to launch this January, since the Mi5 is the only flagship that Xiaomi has in program. Also Xiaomi will probably launch the Xiaomi Redmi Note 2 on their launch event on January 15th, at least considering most reports.

Now we get to the really confusing part. Xiaomi has been teasing to launch a “New Redmi” device for the 4th January. Everybody thought this would be just an update of the current Redmi 1S with Dual LTE connections. Similiar to the Redmi Note 4G, many reports stated that we would see a Xiaomi Redmi 1S 4G version with LTE update and slightly altered specs.

Now it looks like Xiaomi might brand the new Redmi, the Xiaomi Redmi 2S though. Additionally to Dual LTE Connectivity you will also get upgraded specs and new Design. According to TENAA the Xiaomi Redmi 2S will come with 4.7″ HD display (1280×720), 1GB RAM and 8GB of internal memory. Otherwise the Redmi 2S will have 64Bit Snapdragon 410 CPU, Adreno 306 GPU. The phone will have a 8MP main camera and 2MP Front Shooter. Also you get a reasonably large 2200mAH battery.

As you can see in the pictures there are some significant differences between the Xiaomi Redmi 1S and the Xiaomi Redmi 2S or Redmi 1S 4G. Although according to TENAA Listings its supposed to be narrower and smaller, it looks slighly wider to us. On Sunday we will know for sure when Xiaomi launches the new Redmi.

Do you think Xiaomi will name their device Xiaomi Redmi 1S 4G or go directly for the Xiaomi Redmi 2S considering the differences in Specs and Design?

First of all if you have not join the Free Xiaomi Redmi Note Giveaway Contest do so now here. Why do we Giveaway a free Xiaomi Redmi Note 4G?

First of all to say thank you to all of our loyal readers and visitors. 2014 has been an awesome year for Oizoioi and we like to give back with this Cool game were you can easily win a free Note 4G. 

While you see many of those Giveaways on the Internet – We will actually personally make sure that the winners gets an Original Xiaomi Note 4G from Xiaomi in Original Quality – See our Last Winner Jimmy Chia here with his Xiaomi Redmi Note – Looks Happy hmm ;)?

Well you say you dont know the Xiaomi Redmi Note 4G yet? The Xiaomi Redmi Note 4G is one of the best budget smartphones available in Malaysia right now. You get a huge 5.5″ Screen, Snapdragon Processor and 2GB of RAM. ALso the Redmi Note 4G has a 13MP Main Camera and 5MP Front Shooter combined with a 3100mAH battery.

Xiaomi Redmi Note Design

But best of all is you can win the Redmi Note 4G completely free. Anyways thanks to all of you again, have a happy and successful 2015 and hope to keep you seeing here on our Website.

Last month Meizu and Canonical signed an official strategic cooperation contract. They officially announced to build a Ubuntu Smartphone Ecosystem which will help to promote Meizu’s FlyME overseas.

This is a Teaser from official Meizu Facebook – In typical Ubuntu Color Scheme on Meizu

Officially Meizu and Canonical said that the first Meizu Ubuntu Smartphone would come in Q1 2015. Lots of you have been asking when exactly the Meizu Ubuntu will come. Now Zhang Heng, a senior manager at Meizu makes the issue more clear for you on his microblog.

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According to Zhang Heng, the Meizu Ubuntu phone will debut probably on the CES and MWC, the two major global exhibitions in 2015. Zhang Heng also said that ” The Blue Note Charm is the Key to the UFO”.For all of you asking themselves now what “UFO” means, its “Ubuntu Flyme Os”.

If this information is correct, it looks a lot like we will see the Meizu M1 Note on Ubuntu very soon. Probably similiar to the “flyme powered by yunos” in cooperation with AliBaba, you will see Meizu’s Operating System FlyMe on top of Ubuntu OS.

To recap the Meizu M1 Note comes at a very cheap price of 999yuan and the first batch of 10000 units was sold out almost immediately. The Meizu M1 Note comes with 5.5″ Full HD display, Octa-Core MTK CPU, 2GB RAM. Also the Meizu M1 Note sports a 13MP Main Shooter and 5MP Selfie Cam. Rounded up is the M1 Note Spec Beast by Dual Sim and a huge 3140mAH battery.

Conclusion: We have seen quite a few reports about Meizu and Ubuntu already. Now it looks like we finally get Ubuntu on the Meizu M1 Note, which is frankly quite awesome already in January on the CES 2015.  At the moment the Meizu M1 Note is easily the best Android Smartphone under 200USD and a combination with Ubuntu will be very exciting.

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January 2015 is the next big date for all of you Xiaomi fans. After a relatively small launch on 4th January for the 4.7″ Redmi 1S, we can expect something much bigger for January 15th from Xiaomi.

We saw a lot of reports and rumors about the Xiaomi Mi5 for the launch on 15th January. While we are not 100% certain on the Xiaomi Mi5, it is highly likely that we will see the new Xiaomi Redmi Note 2 Launch on this date.

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For the Xiaomi Redmi Note 2 we expect a gadget that will once again be hard to beat for the price and spec combination you get. The Xiaomi Redmi Note is expected to sell at 999 Yuan, RM560 and this price is truly remarkable for the specs combination.

We expect the the Xiaomi Redmi Note 2 to sport MIUI V6 running on top of Android 4.4.1 and it will come with a 3100mAH battery. For the battery the new Xiaomi Note will get a 13MP Main Shooter and 5MP Selfie Cam.

The new Xiaomi Redmi Note 2 might even be cheaper…

Recently the competition for Xiaomi has been intense. Meizu has introduced the Meizu M1 Note. The Meizu M1 Note is a direct Xiaomi Redmi Note, and features nearly identical specs to the upcoming Redmi Note 2. We might even say that from the leaked pictures, the Meizu M1 Note looks a bit more colorful and stylish.

Meizu M1 Note vs Xiaomi Redmi Note 1

Conclusion: We are very excited for the upcoming Xiaomi Redmi Note 2 Launch. The intense competition from Meizu M1 Note might even make Xiaomi lower the price for the Redmi Note 2 even more then RM560 or 999 Yuan.

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