PhonAsia Blog: November 2013

Friday, November 29, 2013

Xiaomi Mi3 Snpadragon S800 Pre-Orders Start on December, 1st

Our WCDMA Xiaomi Mi3 Snapdragon S800 Pre-orders will start on December, 1st at Midnight GMT+1 (Central Europe Time).

It will happen here.

OPPO R829, Snadragon S600 and 4.5 Inch HD Display

The OPPO Find 5 would have to wait a few more weeks/months to have a true successor since the OPPO R829 is more like a Find 5 Mini but with a better hardware.

This is the first official photo published by OPPO. It is aiming at the "Mini market" and will go against the very successful Xiaomi Mi2S.

Since the Xiaomi Red Rice came out, every manufacturers tried to offer their own budget phones without the same success.

This time, the Jiayu G2F is a serious competitor. It sports similar specs for only RMB 499.

THL T100 Octa Cores aka Monkey King 2 is now Official with MT6592 chip

The THL T100 Monkey King 2 with the Octa Cores MT6592 chip from Mediatek should officially launch next month.

It has officially been presented, and the least we could say it that it is living up to the standards set by the first Monkey King. King Kong has returned and should claim one of the top spot among mid range smartphone.

Xiaomi Mi3 vs Mi2S vs Mi2A vs Red Rice (HongMi) : Photo Shootout Full Comparison

Welcome to the most impressive Photo comparison between all the Xiaomi Devices.

Summary :
1) Outdoors: Park Scene

2) Outdoors : Macro Photos

3) Indoors : Good Light Conditions

4) Indoors : Low Light Conditions

5) Indoors : Very Low Light Conditions

6) Indoors : Pitch Black Conditions

Welcome to our 2013 Christmas Guide. It has been a full year with several big flagships from different manufacturers especially Xiaomi and Meizu : Mi2S, Mi2A, Red Rice, MX2, MX3. So which one should you buy ? Here is your answer.

Summary :
1) Entry Level Smartphones
2) Mid Range Smartphones
3) High End Smartphones

Xiaomi RED RICE (HongMi) WCDMA : In Depth Review

Summary :

1) Introduction

2) Design

3) Display

4) Software

5) Benchmarks

6) Camera

7) Speakerphone & Battery Life

8) Conclusion

Buy Xiaomi Red Rice WCDMA at PhonAsia.com.

ZOPO ZP998 is official : World First True Octa-Core

The ZOPO ZP998 Octa Cores is finally here, the world first MediTeck 8 cores MT6592 powered smartphone and it seems to be already quite something.

The design takes after the ZP990 but with a 8 cores beast inside and much more.

MediaTek presented its "True Octa Core" back in July and now, it is nearing its launch with several manufacturers set to release devices in the coming hours/days : ZOPO ZP998 (November, 21st), Coolpad Grand View 4 (November, 20th), Mlais MX69 Pro (November, 20th), Green Orange NX (November, 21st).

A few hours ago, MediaTek finally gave us the final specs of the upcoming MT6592 and earlier today, Qualcomm presented the Snapdragon 805 which will be coming next year.

Xiaomi Mysterious device is a Wireless Router

Secret's out. While we were indicating yesterday that it could have been a wireless, it is indeed one.

More official photos after the break from the Xiaomi Forums.

As you may already know, the Xplay 3S is coming with a 2xHD resolution 2560 x 1440 pixels. To put down to rest rumors, Vivo confirmed itself the official specs : Snapdragon S800, 3 GB of RAM, 4G LTE, USB 3.0 (like the Galaxy Note 3), F1.8 aperture lens and a Hi-Fi chip.

The only clue that Xiaomi gave us is the actual launch date set to be on November, 20th.
It looks like the a PC like device "à la" new Mac Pro but the release of a PC device is unlikely. Most rumors talk about a router device. It sure is mysterious.

International Xiaomi WCDMA Mi3 might indeed come on December, 17th

Xiaomi published this good looking Gif on its new Google+ page.

Tuesday, November 19, 2013

In Depth Comparison Review : Xiaomi Mi3 vs Xiaomi Mi2S

Summary :

1) Introduction

2) Design

3) Display

4) Software

5) Benchmarks

6) Camera

7) Speakerphones & Battery Life

8) Conclusion

Xiaomi HongMi Red Rice WCDMA in stock at Phonasia.com

Our first 2 batches of HongMi all sold out. Because of the important number of orders, there is now a 2 weeks delay before shipment.

You can order the Xiaomi HongMi Red Rice on our store for $229.99. Only black version is available.

Precisions about Snapdragon S800 WCDMA Xiaomi Mi3 Pre-Orders

We received a large number of questions about the upcoming Xiaomi Mi3. PhonAsia will have a limited stock at launch and we are opening our pre-orders on December, 1st. Shipments will start one week after the release date (December, 17th).

International Xiaomi Mi3 WCDMA Snapdragon S800 is coming next Month

The International Xiaomi Mi3 Snapdragon S800 is finally coming. Lei Jun, CEO of Xiaomi just announced the news and the much anticipated smartphone would come sometime in December (we expect 17th). A shortage is to be expected since only a handful of S800 Mi3 should be released, most likely 100 000 units. PhonAsia would have a few of them.

Xiaomi HongMi Red Rice WCDMA already sold out at PhonAsia.com

We began yesterday to sell the HongMi. We had very limited stock and as expected it is already sold out.

PhonAsia will try to get its hands on a few more next week on the next batch. Stay tuned on PhonAsia for more informations.

First shipments start on November 11th.