Author: chris eilers

It looks like JiaYu’s S flagship series will have another member, a 4.7 inch 64bit phone, named the JiaYu S4. We expect it to launch in the coming weeks.

JiaYu is definitely one of the top producers for Mediatek phones in whole China. They might be a bit slow to launch new products and update them, but if they launch a new phone like the JiaYu S4 you can be sure the phone is special.

JiaYu S4 Specs (By TheLion) 

The JiaYu S4 is for sure such a phone, just knowing the specs that we see so far, its going to be very special! With 4.7 inch the JiaYu S4 is much smaller then most other Flagships at the market today. The device still gets a 64Bit Processor and 2GB of RAM, so JiaYu didnt save on specs.

The final details still need to be confirmed, but we already now that there will be Dual SIM, LTE and the JiaYu S4 will sport one of the newest 64 Bit Mediatek processors, quad or eight core.

This could be the final Specs of the JiaYu S4:

We think the JiaYu S4 is good news for all people who dont want a huge 5.5 inch Flagship Smartphone and like 4.7 inch sized FlagShip Smartphones.

Samsung just launched the Galaxy S5 Plus – the Snapdragon 805 Version of Samsung’s 2014 Flagship. For Samsung this is a small late year upgrade, similiar what we saw last year with the Galaxy S4+LTE. In addition to the mightier Snapdragon 805, the Galaxy S5 Plus also gets a faster LTE Connection.

At the first launch the Galaxy S5 sported the Snapdragon 801 CPU clocked at 2.5 Ghz. The new Snapdragon 805 is also clocked at 2.5 Ghz, but comes with new Core Krait 450. The new Snapdragon 805 also comes with new GPU, the extremely powerful Adreno 420.

The other difference on the Galaxy S5 Plus is LTE Cat. 6, upgraded from Cat.4 on the Galaxy S5. The main difference is 300Mbps seconds downloads versus 150Mbps downloads, the uplink speed stays the same at 50Mbps. The new Snapdragon 805 for the S5 Plus is the same as on the Galaxy Note 4.

The Galaxy S5 Plus is otherwise the same as the version that launched earlier this year. The S5 plus comes with 5.1 inch Full HD screen, 2GB RAM and 16 GB internal storage. There is a 16MP Camera (no OIS) that can take 2160p video and you get the same 2800mAH battery. The new Snapdragon 805 should be more power efficient though and give longer battery life.

At the moment the phone is only available in Europe, Samsung doesnt even have a Press Release out.

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AliBaba and Meizu yesterday officially announced a Marriage in Heaven for the Meizu MX4. Meizu and Alibaba will cooperate and create a customized version of Yunos, Flyme powered by Yunos. From today on customers will be able to buy a Meizu MX4 YUNOS version in China as well.

From today until November 10th chinese customers can preorder the 16GB grey Meizu MX4 with YunOS at the official flagship store. If you want to buy the phone, just deposit 99 Yuan and pay the balance on November 11.

The Meizu MX4 Yunos hardware and specs is not different from the Flyme 4.0 version of the Meizu MX4. Meizu and AliBaba promise that the new Meizu MX4 YUNOS will combine the advantages of both systems. Customers will get the full Flyme functionality but added YUNOS performance, security and many cloud services provided by the E-Commerce Giant Alibaba.

 Buy the Meizu MX4 for RM1999 in Malaysia 

The awesome Hardware part of the Meizu MX4 stays unchanged with the original 5.4 inch screen, eight core MTK6595 CPU, 2GB RAM and 16GB internal memory. The MX4 also comes with 20.7MP Sony Camera. Also its worth mentioning that there will be also a white and gold version of the Meizu MX4 available.

This Move from AliBaba to push into Mobile OS does not surprise us. Mobile is clearly the future and it reminds a bit of the move of E-Commerce Amazon in the US with their Fire Phone and OS, that is tightly connected to the Amazon Store. Lets hope that YunOS will be more open and have full functionality. The Cooperation with Flyme and Meizu is definitely promising.

Limited Time Deal for Asus Zenfone 4

Now you can buy the Asus Zenfone 4 with 1 Year Original Asus Warranty for a very limited time:

• Asus Zenfone 4 for RM255 with “LazAffOct50” Lazada Voucher.

For this price the Asus Zenfone 4 is definitely a good deal. If you have a look at the Asus Specs you can see that this is probably not going to be your Number 1 Smartphone. Yet Asus has very good quality and guaruantees smooth User experience.

Asus Zenfone 4 Specs:

4″ screen
Android 4.3
5MP camera
8GB internal / 1GB RAM
Dual core 1.2GHz Intel Atom Z2520
WiFi + Bluetooth 4.0
microSD up to 64GB

Today at the presentation of Flyme + YunOs, Meizu announced that they will have 10.000 Gold Meizu MX4 for PreOrder from tomorrow.

The Meizu MX4 for 1799 Yuan is now available in grey, gold or white from tomorrow on. For now only if you are in China and if you are on of the first 10.000 lucky ones to place the order first.

After we have seen first leaks of a glossy white finish version of the Meizu MX4 these days, finally the Mediatek phone is available in all thre colors. Its been a few month wait now after the initial launch of the Mediatek Meizu MX4 that we actually got additional color options.

In China the gold or “silver wings’ white version of the Meizu MX4 can be pre-ordered via Taobao, tmall or weibo from 10 in the morning tomorrow. For Malaysia launch or international fans still have to wait and Meizu will announce on their Facebook Fans.

Read Also: Meizu MX4 Launch in Malaysia

Next month we will also see the launch of the new Meizu MX4 Pro which could also come with this glossy white finish and gold version. The Meizu MX4 Pro will come with Exynos Eight Core Processor, 5.5 inch QHD Display.

What do you think of the Meizu MX4? Would you buy the phone if available?

The OnePlus One Phone for 300USD is still one of the best smartphones out there, that you can buy at this price. So far it has been very hard to actually buy a OPO though, since you had to get an invite to buy the OnePlus. Now finally the day is coming where you can buy a OnePlus One without an Invite. This day is Monday the October 27th, in six days from today.

The OnePlus One has launched in late April this year, it has really been a long way, till customers finally can buy the phone without an Invite. In the six month that the OnePLus has been available, there have been many contests, send out invites and a lot of people have done reviews on the OnePlus. And no point so far the OnePLus has been available for Sale to the general public though. Next week, Monday, you will get the closest to “normal” sales of the OnePlus One we have ever been so far.

Naturally at this point there is only one catch. Apparently the time to Pre-Order the OnePLus One is just 60Minutes. Additonally you can order only two devices and pay them via PayPal. We have to get yet an official announcement when these orders will ship, but according to OnePlus One they will ship right away.

“With our pre-order system, you’ll be able to place your order for the One and immediately be told the estimated shipping time. Starting today, for the seven days prior to pre-orders you will be able to arrange your shopping cart and save it just how you like it to ensure your checkout goes quickly and smoothly during the pre-orders hour. If you get an invite after submitting your pre-order, you can use it to skip the queue and get your device shipped right away.”

To Prepare for the Sale you can visit OnePlus Special Website and enter your details now already, so next Monday will be as smooth as possible.

To Celebrate the first PreOrder for the OnePLus One there will be special Deals, so you can buy the JBL E1 earphones for just 24.99USD instead of 39.99 USD to work with the OPO.

What do you think of the OnePlus One PreOrder? Will you buy a OnePlus One Phone?

The first phone ever to use YunOS3.0, Philips Aurora I966, was launched today, right next to Os. The i966 went on PreOrder as well.

The Philips i966 has all the specs we would expect from a high end FlagShip Smartphone. It comes with a 5.5 inch curved 2K QHD screen, Snapdragon 801 and 3GB of RAM. The Philips Aurora also gets a 20.7MP Sony Main Camera, 8MP Selfie Camera and Dual Sim. Additionally we will see a fingerprint sensor and of course LTE.

While the specs on the Philips phone looks good, AliBaba officially announced the pricing today for the Philips Aurora I966 as well to be 3999 RMB (605USD). This is quite steep compared to the competiton of OnePlus and Xiaomi who offer comparable phones around 1999RMB, that is nearly half the price.

At first Launch the PreOrder Page even said Market Price close to 8999RMB (ca 1470USD), which would have made the Aurora one of the most expensive phones in China. Now this PreOrder Price disappeared from the Page to replace it for a 3699RMB price.

Right now customers can preorder the YunOS Philips Aurora I966 for 3699RMB, but lets hope for the official Sale on November 1 we are going to see an substantial Price Drop.

In general Philipps smartphones have been well designed, but more on the low end spectrum. The new Philips i966 sporting AliBaba’s YunOS shows that they creat full blown FlagShips too!

In the past consumers have mostly been impressed by Philipps, beautiful design, seldom by the phone’s pricing or specs. The Philips i966 promises a fresh start. It is the first real flagship from Philips and the first overall flagship to sport Alibaba’s YunOS 3.0 ( based on Android 4.4)

The Philips i966 specs are definitely surprisingly good: The phone comes with 5.5 inch 2K QHD display, Snapdragon 801 processor at 2.5 GHZ, 3GB of RAM and 32GB of internal memory. The phone also sports an impressive 8MP Selfie Cam and 20.7 Sony Main Camera with F1.8 aperture. The Phone Sports of course LTE and Dual Sim as well.

According to Philips the i966 is the first smartphone with a glass panel that is curved to all edges on the i966 body. According to the press images, you also get a fingerprint scanner on the i966 phone.

Philipps will start selling this beast on November 1st, a few weeks before Meizu is launching their Meizu MX4 Pro. We dont have more informations about the pricing, but we will keep you updated!

The Sony Xperia Z3 has just launched in Malaysia, some countries do not have it at all yet, but already we get Sony Xperia Z4 Leaks! New Details about the Sony Xperia Z4 Series have been leaked and its definitely packing the latest and strongest Specs!

The Leak about the Sony Xperia z4 specs comes from the same source that leaked the xperia z3 tablet compact. If you are a fan of phablets and high resolution displays the Z4 could be for you. While the competition already gearing up with 2K displays, the Z3 is still running FULL HD. The Xperia Z4 will finally sport a 2K QHD 5.5 inch display with a resolution of 2560 x 1440. Otherwise the appeareance stays largely unchanged with the same omni balance design, that we know from the Xperia Z series.

According to the Leak Source the Sony Xperia Z4 specs will also contain Qualcomms newest Snapdragon 810 Eight Core 64 Bit Chipset, that wil be clocked at 2.8 GHz and comes with the latest Adreno 430 GPU. The mighty Snapdragon 810 SOC will work together with whopping 4GB of RAM for a very powerful Spec Combination. Sony will also increase the standard internal memory to 32GB from the 16GB on the Z3 Phone.

Camera wise we will see an update from the IMX220 20.7MP, that has been in the Xperia Z series, since the Xperia Z1. For the Xperia Z4 we will see an curved Exmor RS CMOS sensor with 20.7 MP resolution as well. According to the Source the Sony Xperia Z4 will the only big Flagship that Sony is launching next year.

What do you think about the Xperia Z4? Snapdragon 810, 4GB of RAM and 2K display, too good to be true? We expect the Z4 to launch in March 2014.

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Meizu phones like the Meizu MX4 have always been eye catchers and surprised many with elegant and beautiful designs. As many other brands though, Meizu has taken some inspiration from other designs. As with the recent Meizu MX4, the MX4 is definitely a beauty to watch and feels great in the hand, it seems to be clearly inspired by the new iPhone 6 though.

Today we see new leaked pictures of the upcoming Meizu MX4 Pro Smartphone and yet again – they are beautiful. If you didnt know, Meizu was expected to launch several phones on September 2. They surprised everybody by launching just the Meizu MX4 Phone. We know for sure that at least one more version of MX4 series is launching this year, the Meizu MX4 Pro. The MX4 Pro will be a beefed up version of the MX4

Lets get back to the Meizu MX4 Pro Leak Pictures though. We can see two versions of the new mx4 Pro design, one in white/gold and one black. The Design reminds on Samsung on the one hand, because of the new home Button. The new Home Button is a very new design element for Meizu, which used only a glowing halo button for their last phones. The Leaks do also resemble Apple – because of, yeah the obvious Bling and Exclusiveness, have a look for yourself.

The MX4 Pro will come with Fingerprint Reader, that is most probably integrated in the new Home Button. That would also explain why they implemented the new design element instead of the glowing Halo Button on the MX4. In anyways the new design looks excellent, if not the most innovative.

From previous Leaks we know already that the MX4 Pro will sport a 5.36″ 2K QHD Display, Samsung Exynos 5 Eight Core SOC, 3GB of RAM and 20.7MP Sony Camera.

What do you think of the new Meizu MX4 Pro Design?

Since the Start of Xiaomi, just 4 years ago, they have taken a lot of market share from established chinese and global companies. Especially Chinese Phone Makers are struggling to find a solution to gain back sales versus Xiaomi’s dominant, high specs – low price strategy.

Some mobile manufacturers try to launch entire new low cost product lines, like Huawei with their Honor Brand. Others try to create a complete new brand of their own.

In a new report of the Wall Street Journal, WSJ have shown that Lenovo is taking the second option to target Xiaomi. Lenovo will create a complete new Mobile Phone Brand to tackle Xiaomi. Of course we dont have all details yet of the new Lenovo Brand, but the report says that Lenovo will launch their new sub-brand in April 2015. Chen Xudong, who is Lenovo’s president of China geography and Asia Pacific–emerging markets will be heading the new Brand.

In a recent Press Release Lenovo stated:

“The objective of this move is to help Lenovo attack the fast growing consumer mobile device market in China, with a focus not only on devices, but also on software and application development and close customer engagement. Currently Lenovo has a leading smartphone business, which sells mainly through open market sales and carrier relationships. While Lenovo has and continues to strengthen its own company-branded online channels as part of its go-to-market strategy, the new company will exclusively focus on direct-to-consumer sales, marketing and product development using an internet-based business model.”

Lenovo somehow got stuck in the middle. Less then two years ago they were famous for having good specs at low to medium prices like the A369i. While Xiaomi achieved to offer really high end specs for very attractive deals, we have the feeling that Lenovo struggles to really place themselves in the market. They launched some high end models, but those are priced at Apple Levels and above, and we doubt that many customers will choose Lenovo over Samsung or Apple at same price levels.

Lets hope that Lenovo will create an awesome new brand with high quality phones at reasonable prices for the users. With more competiton for Xiaomi, Meizu and Co definitely the users will win.

It seems like 2014 is really the rise of the Phablets. It has just been a few weeks since Samsung and Apple launched their big new phablets Galaxy Note 4 and iPhone 6 Plus and now its Google’s turn. Google just presented their new Nexus 6 phone to the world – and its a beauty!

As we expected Google announced the Nexus 6 together with the Nexus 9 tablet made by HTC. Quite surprisingly with 6inch, the Nexus 6 is the biggest Nexus phone we have seen so far. The Google Nexus Line has always been about the newest specs and an affordable price and it seems the Nexus 6 will be still part of that! Lets have a look at the Specs!

The new Galaxy Nexus 6 comes with the newest Snapdragon 805 clocked at 2.7 GHZ and 3GB of RAM. The Snapdragon 805 comes with Adreno 420 GPU and the Snapdragon 805 might just be the most powerful processor at the moment available in the market. So far only the Note 4 sports the Snapdragon 805, and we can truly say its a Powerhouse. Also it sports the brand new Android Lollipop

The Galaxy Nexus 6 also sports a 5.96 inch screen, with a Quad HD 2K resolution of 1440 x 2560p. The pixel density is at 493ppi. With nearly 6 inch the Nexus 6 is quite huge, make no mistake. But as the Galaxy Note Series showed us, huge phones have definitely their benefits. For once the Google Nexus 6 will make for an extremely high speced portable tablet, which is pocketable at the same time.

The most intersting question is though how does the Nexus 6 compare to other Phablets and Flagships in the market 2014? Especially compared to the Galaxy Note 4 and iPhone 6 Plus?

The Google Nexus 6 has very similiar Specs to the Galaxy Note 4 but it quite a lot cheaper! So see who will be the real Flagship Champion 2014?

To find out please see here our FLagship 2014 Spec Comparison Sheet.

In terms of specs the Google Nexus 6, it seems that just the Note 4 can keep up with the Google Nexus 6, while the Nexus 6 comes with a much better pricing.

Especially the combination of Qualcomm’s Snapdragon 805 at 2.7 Ghz, Adreno 420 and 3GB of RAM make the Nexus 6 a real Powerhouse. Both the Note 4 and the Galaxy Nexus 6 have nearly identical Specs up to the battery at 3220 mAh. The Nexus 6 has a quick charging feature, and Google says the battery will take only 15minutes to be fully charged. The Note 4 sports a slightly better camera combination though at 16MP and 3.6MP for Selfie Cam vs 13MP (f/2.0 sensor) and 2MP on the Nexus 6.

If you like phablets, on the lower end, the OnePlus One might be interesting for you. It sells at an price of just 300USD (1100RM) for a 5.5 inch Full HD display, 3GB of RAM and the older, but powerful Snapdragon 801. The Problem with chinese smartphones like the OnePlus One and Xiaomi Mi4 is the availability though. While the Nexus 5 and we believe the Nexus 6 is easily available with guaruantee, its quite hard to buy the OnePlus One. Often people have to go through resellers with limited guaruantee.

Google Nexus 6 specs

Model :Google Motorola Nexus 6
Screen: 5.96-inch, 1440 x 2560p 2K Quad HD
CPU: 2.7GHz quad-core Qualcomm Snapdragon 805
RAM: 3GB
ROM: 32GB / 64GB
Main camera: 13 mega-pixel, f/2.0 with 4K video @30fps
Front camera: 2 mega-pixel
Battery: 3220mAh
Connectivity: WiFi 802.11a/b/g/n/ac, GPS/GLONASS, Bluetooth v4.0 (LE), NFC
Network support: GSM 850/900/1800/1900, HSDPA, LTE
Additional: CDMA 0, 1, 10 (North America only)
Operating System: Android 5.0 Lollipop

Lets get back to the Nexus 6. We believe, if you like big phones, that the Nexus 6 is a very strong FlagShip. Like all the Google Nexus phones it will always, get the newest Android Updates, like now with Android Lollipop. At a price of USD 649 (2100RM) its cheaper then the competiton of Apple iPhone 6PLus and Samung Galaxy Note 4, and just as powerful. Google well done!

What do you think about the new Nexus 6? Did Google go the right way with the 6 inch phablet size? What do you think about the pricing?