China market: Local vendors to roll out ultra-thin smartphones

China market: Local vendors to roll out ultra-thin smartphones: China-based smartphone vendors, including Huawei, Oppo, Gionee and Vivo, are engaging in a race to roll out ultra-thin models, a job which has been played mainly by international brands, according to industry sources.

Black Friday 2014 deals on phones, tablets and accessories: $100 off iPhones and iPads, $1 Galaxy S5

Black Friday 2014 deals on phones, tablets and accessories: $100 off iPhones and iPads, $1 Galaxy S5:

Say what you will about the spirit of Black Friday, November 28th, but it traditionally marks the beginning of the holiday shopping spree, and you can still find pretty good deals across the board, so why not save some cash. Whether it will be an iPhone 6 for $99, or a half-priced tablet, some of this stuff might be worth your while, so check out our hand-picked Black Friday phones, tablets and accessories bargains, which we will be continuously updating as it fits.

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As usual, most good deals will be for subsidized carrier ...

Xiaomi sold 1.16 million phones during yesterday's Singles Day in China

Xiaomi sold 1.16 million phones during yesterday's Singles Day in China:

Yesterday, it was Singles Day in China – a holiday on the opposite spectrum of Valentine's Day, it's a day in which young people celebrate their bachelor lives. And what better way to do it than have massive shopping sprees? Indeed, Singles Day has turned into something like Black Friday and Cyber Monday combined – retailers sell items at deep discounts and shoppers attack the websites, eager to get a bargain on something they have been craving for, or something they wouldn't otherwise buy.



Xiaomi, naturally, took part in the sale, and yesterday, when half of the day had passed, VP of International ...

Xiaomi working on $65 smartphone with 720p display and 1GB of RAM?

Xiaomi working on $65 smartphone with 720p display and 1GB of RAM?:

Ever heard of Leadcore? Neither had we, but apparently, it's a Chinese silicon manufacturer that received an investment from Xiaomi. Reportedly, the latter is about to introduce a whopper of a low-end smartphone that will sell at just $65 (399 CNY). The company will make use of the Leadcore LC1860 chip, which sounds decent - it's built on an A7 architecture, clocked at 2GHz, and paired with the Mali T628 GPU. The chip supports 2K displays, 1080p @60fps video capture, and LTE.

Judging by the published spec-sheet, the $65 phone itself could feature a 720p display and 1GB ...

T-Mobile forced to push back Nexus 6 launch to offer customers ‘best experience possible’

T-Mobile forced to push back Nexus 6 launch to offer customers ‘best experience possible’:

Expected to start selling the Nexus 6 on November 12th, T-Mobile on Tuesday posted a short message on Google+ announcing potential buyers that it has decided to postpone the launch of the handset in order to be able to offer them a better experience.

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In half a day, Xiaomi unloads $163 million worth of handsets

In half a day, Xiaomi unloads $163 million worth of handsets:

November 11th, or 11/11, is called Singles' Day in China where it is celebrated as a holiday. To be more precise, it is a shopping holiday in the country. Taking advantage of what has been described as "Black Friday on steroids," handset manufacturer Xiaomi announced that it has sold 720,000 phones in 12 hours today.



Former Google executive Hugo Barra, now a Xiaomi VP, posted on his Google+ page that those 720,000 phones represented sales of $163 million for the manufacturer. Last year, the company sold $90 million worth of handsets for the entire day. Xiaomi has nearly doubled that total, ...

Bezel-less new ZTE Nubia Z9 handset pictured?

Bezel-less new ZTE Nubia Z9 handset pictured?:

If these leaked photos are genuine, then it seems ZTE went on a vendetta against the screen bezel. We can't be 100% convinced, but the smartphone pictured sure looks like a ZTE Nubia phone, which stands for the Chinese manufacturer's premium line of handsets. They are distinguished by white color and a circular red home button.

Sources close to the matter claim that this is the unannounced ZTE Nubia Z9. It is said this is a flagship device loaded with a Snapdragon 805 quad-core processor, 3GB RAM, a 1080p display, and an OIS-enabled camera. The phone appears practically ...