Xiaomi Mi3 S800 WCDMA : Release is close but still Unknown

We are sorry to announce that the Xiaomi Mi3 has not been released on December, 17th. We are still waiting for the official date to be set but the launch is very close.

It is certain that the Mi3 S800 will be launched this month. We apologize to our customers who pre-ordered the Mi3 S800 and those customers will receive a surprise gift from us.

We will publish an other article when the final release date is set.

Octa Core ThL T100 Monkey King 2 will be launched on December, 17th

ThL just announced the released date of their upcoming Octa Core T100 Monkey King 2 flagship. It is due on December, 17th for Chinese buyers.

We should have it in stock around Christmas for $350/€260. Find below the full specs of the ThL T100 5 inch FHD display with Dual 13 MP cameras.

MediaTek 4G cheap is based on a Octa Core build

China is beginning to give carriers 4G licenses and it seems that MediaTek is eager to go faster than what they initially planned. The 4G LTE Octa Core MT6595 chip was expected to launch for the second half of 2014, now it is set to be available as soon as January.

Qualcomm First 64-bit chip : Snapdragon 410 is an 4G Entry-Level SoC

It is a surprise. Of course, a 64 bit chip was expected from Qualcomm but for high end devices. It seems the first move will be made towards the entry level market.
Qualcomm is gearing up against MediaTek and won't lose the first stop that easily.

Octa Core MT6592 Huawei Honor 3X wants to Take Down the Xiaomi Mi2S

In its upcoming event scheduled on December, 12th, Huawei will unveil 2 smartphones. We talked about the Huawei Honoc 3C destined to compete against the Xiaomi Red Rice but the second future born of Huawei, the Octa Core MT6592 Huawei Honor 3X wants to attack the mid range market and aim directly to rival the Xiaomi Mi2S and its Snapdragon S600.

Xiaomi "Project Ara" is called Magic Cube !

UPDATE 2013/12/10 : The image has now been removed from Weibo.

We were just talking about Xiaomi's move towards a modular smartphone here and Lei Jeu went on Weibo to publish early sketches of Xiaomi's Magic Cube modular smartphone.

Huawei Honor 3C might the first MT6588 Quad Core Smartphone

After losing grounds to the likes of Xiaomi, Huawei wants to get back into the game in China. So, they will move on from their home SoC K3Vx to MediaTek chips.

The Xiaomi Red Rice (HongMi) has changed the entry level smartphones in China and so far, rivals came up short. But Huawei is saying, behind unofficially that their next smartphone would take the throne when it comes to budget phones.Until December, 12th, here is what rumors are talking about.

Xiaomi might work on its "Project Ara"

The photo represents the actual "Project Ara" sponsored by Motorola. It was mainly inspired by the Phoneblocks buzz.

It is a revolutionary concept build from modular parts which have specific functions like one for the CPU, another one for the internal storage, etc... You upgrade only what you need, for example, if you need more RAM, instead of the 1 GB part, replace it with the new 3 GB part.

Vivo Xplay 3S Pricing is Expensive !

The Vivo Xplay 3S must be the most anticipated heavy weight smartphone this December. It is nearing its launching date scheduled on December, 12th in Changsha. The even is name "Let' Xplay".

Pricing leaked through China Mobile upcoming smartphones listings. On the image below, you can see that there are 4G LTE 32 GB and 64 GB versions. Discover the prices after the break.

Xiaomi is aiming at South-East Asia as first steps towards International Market

This is why Hugo Barra has been brought to Xiaomi : to expand the Chinese company outside of China.
So far, Xiaomi sells devices in China, Taiwan and Hong-Kong. During an official visit in Taiwan, Lin Bin, President of Xiaomi, and Hugo Barra said they would like to open an office in Singapore "as soon as possible".