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Gionee F5 launched with 5.3-inch HD Screen, 4GB RAM, 13MP Cam, Fingerprint Sensor, 4000mAh Battery
Gionee F5 is the latest smartphone in the brand's ‘F series’. It comes with a 5.3-inch HD screen with 720p resolution and 2.5D curved glass display. Few of the highlighted features of Gionee F5 are a 1.5 GHz octa-core processor, 4GB of RAM, Android 6.0 Marshmallow OS and hybrid dual SIM slots.
On the imaging side, there is a 13MP primary camera and 8MP front camera provided. It features a metal unibody design along with a fingerprint sensor on the front integrated in the Home key right below the display.
The complete list of all hardware specs and features of Gionee F5 are given below.
Gionee F5 : Full Hardware Specs and Features
- 4G LTE Capability
- Hybrid Dual SIM Slots
- 5.3-inch HD IPS LCD Screen with 1280 × 720 Pixel Resolutions
- 2.5D Curved Glass Display
- MediaTek MT6750 Octa-core 1.5 GHz Cortex-A53 Processor
- Mali-T860 GPU
- 4 GB of RAM
- 32 GB Internal Storage
- Expandable Up To 128 GB via microSD Card, Uses SIM 2 Slot
- 13 MP Primary Camera with LED Flash
- 8 MP Front-facing Camera
- Android 6.0 Marshmallow OS
- Amigo OS 3.2
- 4,000 mAh Battery
- FM Radio
- Wi-Fi 802.11 b/g/n, WiFi Direct, Hotspot
- Bluetooth 4.1, A2DP, LE, EDR
- A-GPS, GLONASS
- Fingerprint Scanner, Accelerometer and Proximity Sensors
- 150 × 74.5 × 7.7 mm Dimensions
- 162 Gram Weight
Gionee F5 will be available in Gold and Rose Gold color options. The price of Gionee F5 is US$ 260.
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OPPO, Huawei and Vivo - Top 3 Smartphone Brands in China in 2016, Apple Market Share Reduced : IDC
according to the latest IDC Quarterly Mobile Phone Tracker report regarding the Chinese smartphone market and brands, China witnessed a 19% Year-over-Year growth and 17% Quarter-over-Quarter growth in Q4 2016 in the smartphone market. The top Chinese brands were OPPO, Huawei and Vivo that grabbed 48% of the Chinese smartphone market combined in 2016, leaving Apple at the 4th place.
OPPO was the number brand again in terms of market share and shipment volume both for the year 2016 in China, making Huawei coming on the second spot. So, the market share of OPPO more than doubled year-over-year while Huawei market share increased 15% from 2015 to 2016.
In 2016, the smartphone market grew by 9% in which larger share of the market was dominated by the major Chinese smartphone brands. As it is clearly visible in the report that the four Chinese smartphone brands in the top five are the exactly the same ones in 2015, and their combined market share increased from 46% in 2015 to 57% in 2016.
In terms of numbers, OPPO shipped 78.4 million units of its smartphones in 2016 and scored at the top by capturing 16.8% market share. Huawei achieved the second spot with 16.4% Chinese smartphone market share and and Vivo came at third with the market share of 14.8%.
Surprisingly, Apple faced a year-over-year decline in China for the first time. The shipment volume and market share, both were affected negatively for Apple iPhone. Still the Apple iPhone came at the fourth place with a market share of 9.6% and 44.9 million units shipped. It contradicts with Apple's claim that iPhone 7 and iPhone 7 Plus shipment and sells were the biggest ever.
Xiaomi also went down in terms of shipment volume and market share both, but still occupied its last year's fifth spot in the Chinese smartphone market.
Tay X iaohan, Senior Market Analyst with IDC Asia/Pacific’s Client Devices team said,
Increased dependence on mobile apps has led to consumers to seek phone upgrades, thus helping drive the large growth in 2016Q4. In lower tiered cities, there was a similar demand by consumers, which OPPO and vivo met by aggressively pushing mid-range smartphones in these cities.
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Huawei Honor 8 Lite launched with 5.2-inch 1080p Screen, Kirin 655 SoC, 3GB RAM, 12MP Cam, Fingerprint Sensor
Huawei Honor 8 Lite comes with a single 12MP primary camera setup instead of dual rear camera of the Honor 8. Also the processor used is the Kirin 655 instaed of the powerful Kirin 950 used in the Honor 8. The only improvement in Honor 8 Lite is in the software section in which it comes with Android 7.0 Nougat pre-installed along with the EMUI 5.0 on top of it.
Other than the above differences, most of the features of Huawei Honor 8 Lite are same like the Honor 8. Honor 8 Lite comes with a 5.2-inch Full HD scren with 1080p resolutions and 2.5D curved glass display. There is a fingerprint sensor provided on the glass back of the device.
On the imaging side, there is an 8-megapixel front-facing camera provided for video calling and taking selfies. It sports a slim body with metal frame and a 3000mAh battery.
There is 3 GB of RAM and 16 GB of internal storage. There is a memory card slot provided to expand the memory for up to 128 GB as well. The complete list of all hardware specs and features of Huawei Honor 8 Lite are given below.
Huawei Honor 8 Lite : Full Hardware Specs and Features
- 4G LTE Capability
- Hybrid Dual SIM Slots
- 5.2-inch Full HD IPS LCD Screen with 1080 x 1920 Pixels Resolution and 424 PPI
- 2.5D Curved Glass Display
- HiSilicon Kirin 655 Octa-core (Quad-core 2.1 GHz Cortex-A53 and Quad-core 1.7 GHz Cortex-A53) Processor
- Mali-T830MP2 GPU
- 3 GB of RAM
- 16 GB Internal Storage
- Expandable Up To 128 GB via microSD Card, Uses SIM 2 Slot
- 12 MP Primary Camera with LED Flash and 1080p Full HD Video Recording
- 8 MP Front-facing Camera
- Android 7.0 Nougat OS
- Emotion 5.0 UI
- 3,000 mAh Non-Removable Li-Ion Battery
- Wi-Fi 802.11 b/g/n, WiFi Direct, Hotspot
- Bluetooth 4.1, A2DP, LE, EDR
- A-GPS, GLONASS
- Fingerprint Scanner, Accelerometer and Proximity Sensors
- 147.2 x 72.94 x 7.6 mm Dimensions
- 147 Gram Weight
Huawei Honor 8 Lite will be available in Gold, Blue, Black and White color options. The price of Huawei Honor 8 Lite is 269 Euros or US$ 290. It is currently available in Finland only but expected to be launched globally at MWC 2017 event.
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And now Alcatel has sent the official invitation for the MWC 2017 event. It is scheduled to be on the morning of February 27th in Barcelona. The Alcatel MWC 2017 invitation comes with the texts "LIGHT UP enjoy now" along with the event date and time. There is the back of a smartphone is shown in the invitation as well that is lit up colorfully.
According to the earlier leaks regarding the upcoming Alcatel products at MWC 2017, it is rumored that Alcatel is going to launch several smartphones. It is also rumored that one of those Alcatel will be a partial modular smartphone that will come with modular accessories to attach to the device like the previously seen Moto Z series.
There is no information yet leaked about the hardware specifications of the upcoming Alcatel smartphones but the leaked images totally matches with the device shown in the Alcatel MWC 2017 press invite.
It is expected that the upcoming Alcatel smartphone will have tiny LED lights on the back of the device as shown in the press invite and they will light up according to the music being played on the smartphone or when a call or notification arrives. It is also supposed to consume much less resource and battery from the smartphone than the connector used to Moto Z series phones.
It is also rumored that the upcoming Alcatel smartphones will have the replaceable back covers and people will be able to get new features through them.
But so far, all of these are just are rumored features and specs. We will come to know all the details once the devices are launched officially at the Alcatel press event at MWC 2017.
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Huawei P10 Plus with 5.5-inch Quad HD Curved Screen, Iris Scanner, 8GB RAM, Kirin 960, Dual Rear Cam with Ring Flash Leaked
Now after Huawei P10, press images of the P10 Plus are leaked in China. Huawei P10 Plus is going to be the top-end version of the Huawei P10 that was leaked earlier. According to the leaked render, Huawei P10 Plus will feature a 5.5-inch Quad HD display with curved glass screen. There is the possibility that it will come with a iris scanner and will also feature ring flash on the back.
Unlike the P10 Plus, Huawei P10 is rumored come without a curved screen and will sport just a 2.5D curved glass display. There will be an iris scanner and ring flash just like the Huawei P10 Plus.
Huawei P10 and P10 Plus, both are expected to come with dual cameras setup with LEICA lenses on the back of the devices. But as shown in the leaked press images, the aperture will be f/2.0 instead of f/2.2 in the Huawei Mate 9 Pro.
There will be fingerprint sensor provided on the back of Huawei P10 Plus and there will a Home button below the display as well. Huawei P10 will come with the fingerprint sensor integrated in the Home button.
Huawei P10 and P10 Plus are expected to be powered by the Huawei Kirin 960 octa-core processor, Mali G71 octa-core GPU and Android 7.0 Nougat OS. The complete list of all rumored hardware specs and features of Huawei P10 and P10 Plus are given below.
Huawei P10 Plus : Full Hardware Specs and Features
- 4G LTE Capability
- Hybrid Dual SIM Slots
- 5.5-inch WQHD AMOLED Curved Screen with 1440 x 2560 Pixels Resolution
- Corning Gorilla Glass 5 Protection
- Huawei Kirin 960 Octa-core Processor
- Mali G71 Octa-core GPU
- 6 GB of RAM with 128 GB Internal Storage
- 8 GB of RAM with 256 GB Internal Storage
- Expandable Up To 256 GB via microSD Card, Uses SIM 2 Slot
- 20 MP (Monochrome) + 12 MP (RGB) Dual Rear Cameras with Leica lenses, f/2.0 Aperture, Optical Image Stabilization, Laser Focus, Phase-Detection Auto-focus (PDAF) and Ring Flash
- 2160p@30fps 4K Video Recording
- 8 MP Front-facing Camera with 1080p Full HD Video Recording
- Android 7.0 Nougat OS
- Emotion UI 5.0
- 3,650 mAh Non-removable Battery with Fast Charging
- NFC
- Wi-Fi 802.11 a/b/g/n/ac, Dual-band, WiFi Direct, Hotspot
- Bluetooth 4.2, A2DP, LE
- A-GPS, GLONASS
- NFC
- Magnetic Compass, Iris Scanner, Fingerprint Scanner, Accelerometer, Gyros and Proximity Sensors
Huawei P10 Plus : Full Hardware Specs and Features
- 4G LTE Capability
- Hybrid Dual SIM Slots
- 5.2-inch WQHD AMOLED Curved Screen with 1440 x 2560 Pixels Resolution
- 2.5d Curved Glass Display
- Corning Gorilla Glass 5 Protection
- Huawei Kirin 960 Octa-core Processor
- Mali G71 Octa-core GPU
- 4 GB of RAM with 64 GB Internal Storage
- 6 GB of RAM with 128 GB Internal Storage
- Expandable Up To 256 GB via microSD Card, Uses SIM 2 Slot
- 20 MP (Monochrome) + 12 MP (RGB) Dual Rear Cameras with Leica lenses, f/2.0 Aperture, Optical Image Stabilization, Laser Focus, Phase-Detection Auto-focus (PDAF) and Dual-tone Dual LED Flash
- 2160p@30fps 4K Video Recording
- 8 MP Front-facing Camera with 1080p Full HD Video Recording
- Android 7.0 Nougat OS
- Emotion UI 5.0
- 3,100 mAh Non-removable Battery with Fast Charging
- NFC
- Wi-Fi 802.11 a/b/g/n/ac, Dual-band, WiFi Direct, Hotspot
- Bluetooth 4.2, A2DP, LE
- A-GPS, GLONASS
- NFC
- Magnetic Compass, Fingerprint Scanner, Accelerometer, Gyros and Proximity Sensors
Huawei P10 and P10 Plus smartphones are expected to be announced at the upcoming MWC 2017 event on February 26th, 2017. Both devices are expected to come in Black, Champagne Gold, Ceramic White, Green and Purple colors and the price of Huawei P10 is rumored to start at $699.
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