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Huawei G8 with Full Metal Body Launched

Huawei

Yural Maskey

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September 4, 2015

With the addition of Mate S, Huawei also unveiled a new upper midrange smartphone. Named as Huawei G8, the phone features a fingerprint sensor, some astounding innovation, and a sizeable battery of 3000mAh capacity.

The phone is made up of 90% metal and gives a premium feel to the end user. On the back, there are rubberized parts that offer more grip than other handsets. Under the hood, the phone features a 5.5 inch Full HD display, 3GB of RAM, 32GB of internal storage with a microSD card expansion slot, a 3,000mAh battery, and 4G LTE capabilities. Huawei talked about two major innovation during the launch event of G8. Firstly, Huawei claims that there will be no network connection issues due to the double antennas on the top and bottom of the smartphone. Secondly, Huawei claims G8 13MP camera has exceptional low-light performance, using dynamic lighting.

huawei-g8-camera However, the biggest letdown of the Huawei G8 is its processor. It features a Qualcomm Snapdragon 615 chipset which we all know is not the fastest processor you can have in a smartphone. We can expect the phone to struggle while playing high-end games, but you should expect the phone to perform well while doing other normal tasks.

Huawei G8 Full specs:

5.5-inch 2.5D Full-HD Touchscreen display
1.5GHz Qualcomm Snapdragon 615 octa-core processor with Adreno 405 GPU
3GB RAM
32GB internal storage with microSD expandable slot
13MP rear camera with dual-tone flash
5MP front camera
Dual-SIM, 4G LTE, Wi-Fi 802.11 b/g/n, Bluetooth 4.0, GPS
3000mAh Non-removable battery
Android 5.1 with Emotion UI v3.1
Dimension: 152 x 76.5 x 7.5mm
Weight: 167g
Colors: Gold, Dark Silver and White

The Huawei G8 will initially be available in Europe at a price tag of €399. Nothing has been told about its availability in Asian markets including Nepal.

Panasonic P41 Smartphone Silently Launched by Allied Tradeline

Panasonic

Yural Maskey

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September 4, 2015

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Panasonic P41 Smartphone Silently Launched by Allied Tradeline

Allied Trade Line Pvt. Ltd, the authorised distributor of Panasonic smartphones in Nepal, has launched a new P41 smartphone in the Nepali markets. The phone is priced at Rs. 13,599 and is available through different retail stores all across the country.

What comes with Panasonic P41?

The Panasonic P41 runs Android 4.4.2 KitKat out of the box and offers dual-SIM (Micro-SIM) support. It features a 5-inch (540×960 pixels) IPS OGS display and is powered by a 1.3GHz Quad-core Qualcomm Mediatek MT6582 processor coupled with 1GB of RAM.

The P41 will come with an 8-megapixel autofocus rear camera with LED flash and a 2-megapixel front-facing camera. The smartphone features 8GB of built-in storage which is expandable via microSD card (up to 32GB).

The Panasonic P41 weighs in at 132 grams, and measures 142.4 x 71.9 x 8.2mm. The smartphone packs a 2000mAh battery. Connectivity options on the P41 include 3G, Wi-Fi, Wi-Fi Direct, Wi-Fi Hotspot, Bluetooth 4.0, and GPS/ A-GPS.

At first impression, the specs don’t look impressive if you look at the asking price of Rs.13,500. You can easily get better phones like the Moto E 2nd gen or the Xiaomi Redmi 2 which have superior specs and better performance than the Panasonic P41.

Lenovo launches P1 and P1m: Midrange phones with enormous battery and fast charging.

Lenovo

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September 3, 2015

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Lenovo launches P1 and P1m: Midrange phones with enormous battery and fast charging.

Lenovo launches P1 and P1m; two mid-range phones with exceptionally great specs. What’s even great is the battery that both of these devices packs. P1 houses a 5000mAh battery whereas P1m houses 4000mAh of battery and both of these phones come with Quick Charge technology.

Even if you run out of juice anytime soon (if*), you will be able to charge these devices within no time. And to put all that battery into use, P1 sports pretty good specs under the hood but we can’t say the same about P1m. Both of these devices supports USB OTG so you will be able to charge other devices with this phone.

Lenovo Vibe P1 Specs:

5 inches(1080 x 1920 pixels) full HD screen with 401ppi
Corning Gorilla Glass 3 Protection
Android 5.1 Lollipop
Fingerprint sensor
Bluetooth 4.1
NFC
Qualcomm MSM8939 Snapdragon 615 Chipset
Quad-core 1.5 GHz Cortex-A53 & quad-core 1.0 GHz Cortex-A53 CPU
Adreno 405 GPU
3GB of RAM
32GB Internal Storage; Expandable up to 128GB
13 MP(4128 x 3096 pixels) Rear camera, phase detection autofocus, dual-LED flash
5 MP Front Facing Camera
Non-removable Li-Po 5000 mAh battery with fast charging.

VIBE-P1m_Hero_01-840x765 — **Lenovo Vibe P1m**

Lenovo Vibe P1m Specs:

5.0 inches(720 x 1280 pixels) display with 294ppi
Android 5.1 Lollipop
Bluetooth 4.1
Mediatek MT6735P Chipset
Quad-core 1.0 GHz CPU
2GB of RAM
16GB Internal Storage; Expandable up to 32GB
8 MP(3264 x 2448 pixels), autofocus, LED flash
5MP Front Facing Camera
Non-removable Li-Po 4000 mAh battery with fast charging.

Prices are very competitive for what you’re getting: the P1m starts at $159 and the P1 at $279.

Gionee Nepal Launches F103 smartphone

Gionee

Yural Maskey

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September 3, 2015

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Gionee has announced a new midrange smartphone in Nepal. Named as F103, the phone will is priced at Rs.16,000 and competes against other popular smartphones in the same segment including the Samsung Galax J5 and Huawei Gplay Mini.

Here are the key specs of the Gionee F103:

5-inch HD (720×1280 pixels) IPS display
Dragontrail glass for protection
MediaTek MT6735 SoC
1.3GHz Cortex®-A53 64-bit quad-core processor
ARM Mali™-T720 graphics
2GB of RAM
16GB inbuilt storage; expandable via microSD card (up to 32GB)
Android 5.0 Lollipop with the Amigo 3.0 UI on top
8-megapixel rear autofocus camera with LED flash
5-megapixel front camera
Dual SIM, 4G LTE / 3G, Wi-Fi 802.11 b/g/n, Bluetooth 4.0, GPS
2400mAh battery
Dimension:146×70.3×7.95mm

One of the most amazing features of the Gionee F103 is its design. It features a glass back panel and sports a metal frame. The phone will be available in three Color Options: Pearl White, Dawn white and Black. It is available for purchase from different Gionee stores located all over Nepal.

Huawei Mate S with Force Touch Display Launched

Huawei

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September 3, 2015

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At IFA Berlin, Huawei officially revealed the Mate S which is a high-end device that is made from the foundation of Mate 7. It offers high-end hardware and some unique features like the force touch and fingerprint sensor on the back. Powering the Mate S is the Huawei’s own HiSilicon Kirin935 SoC with 3GB of RAM which goes head to head with the Snapdragon 810 in terms of performance. The device is pretty slim at just 7.2mm and has a full metal body.

What’s unique about this device is the force touch display it holds. The display in the Mate S senses how hard a user is pressing on the screen. Huawei is using force touch to provide users with gesture controls like pressing harder over an image in the gallery or camera app for magnifying the preview of the picture and a strong press in the corner of the phone’s display to access app shortcuts. This will also subsequently improve the knuckle gestures that was introduced with HuaweiP8. Huawei is the first smartphone company to bring this technology to market, but Apple was set to bring force touch on the next iteration of iPhone line-up. But the disappointing thing about the Mate S is that force touch feature will be present in only the 128GB variant of the device.

Full Specs of Huawei Mate S

5-inch AMOLED full HD display(1920×1080 pixels) with 401ppi
Corning Gorilla Glass 4 Protection
Android 5.1 Lollipop
HiSilicon Kirin 935 octa-core Chipset
ARM Cortex A53 1.5GHz quad-core, ARM Cortex A53 2.2GHz quad-core CPU
Mali-T628 MP4 GPU
3GB LPDDR3 RAM
32GB, 63GB, 128GB internal storage, Expandable up to 128GB
Bluetooth 4.1
NFC
Fingerprint Sensor
13MP rear AF camera f/2.0, OIS, BSI, dual-LED, dual-tone flash
8MP Front fixed focus, f/2.4
2700mAh Li-Ion battery

Lava Iris X9 Launched in Nepal

Lava

Yural Maskey

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September 3, 2015

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Lava Smartphone Nepal has launched a midrange smartphone, the Iris X9, in Nepal. The phone is priced at Rs.18,990 and is available for purchase on the Lava stores all across the nation. Lava claims that the handset is perfect for Nepali market and will compete with fast-growing rivals.

The Lava Iris X9 features a 5.5 inch 720P display which is protected By Dragon Trail Glass. It is powered by a 1.3 Ghz quad-core MediaTek processor coupled with Mali-400MP2 GPU. It has 2GB of RAM and 16GB of inbuilt storage that can be further expanded via microSD card slot.

The phone sports a 13-megapixel rear autofocus camera with LED flash and an 8-megapixel front camera. In terms of connectivity, the Lava Iris X9 includes dual 3G SIM slots, Wi-Fi, GPS/ A-GPS, Bluetooth, and Micro-USB options. It runs on Google Android Lollipop 5.0 and packs 2500mAh lithium-ion battery providing talk-time of 8 hours and standby time of 250 hours.

Operating System	Android OS, V5.0(Lollipop)
Technology	1.3 GHz, Quad Core Processor
Other Features	3G, Dual Sim, GPS, Wi-Fi, Bluetooth, USB
RAM	2 GB RAM
Storage	16 GB Storage, Expandable Upto 32 GB
Display	5.5 inches, 480 x 854 pixels
Camera	13 MP Rear, 8 MP Front Camera
Battery	2000 mAh Capacity, Li-Poly, Non Removable

Sony Xperia Z5 Premium Announced: World’s First smartphone to have 4K Display

Sony Xperia

Yural Maskey

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September 3, 2015

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Sony Xperia Z5 Premium Announced: World’s First smartphone to have 4K Display

Sony has launched their first premium phone of 2015 — the Xperia Z5 premium, the world’s first smartphone to feature 4K display. The phone features a 5.5-inch display with a resolution of 2160×3840 pixel resulting in a whopping pixel density of 806ppi.

Last year, we saw the rise of QuadHD 2K display on smartphones like LG G4 and Galaxy S6, but no one anticipated we would see the 4K display on a smartphone this year. There is going to be a big debate on whether the 4K display on a smartphone is a good thing since such a high resolution won’t provide any visual advantage over QHD or even 1080p. Moreover, the 4K display doesn’t make sense if you take battery life into perspective.

Fans React to 4K display on a smartphone:

Apart from the 4K display, the Xperia Z5 Premium sports a new camera sensor — Sony’s IMX230, which is a 23MP 1/2.3″ sensor with 1.12-micron pixels. The lens used has a 35mm equivalent focal length of 24mm and an aperture of F/2.0. The camera can capture 4K videos at 30fps with improved Intelligent Active Mode and SteadyShot technology for smooth, sharp videos at day and at night. There is a 5MP front shooter with an Exmor R sensor that has a 25mm wide-angle lens for group photos.

Under the hood, the Xperia Z5 Premium sports a latest and greatest Qualcomm Snapdragon 810 octa-core processor with big.LITTLE architecture for better balance in performance and battery life. The Z5 Premium uses a stainless steel frame and comes with IP65/68 rating for dust and water resistance.

Sony Xperia Z5 Premium Full specs:

5.5-inch IPS LCD @ 2160×3840 pixels, 806ppi
Qualcomm MSM8994 Snapdragon 810
ARM Cortex A53 1.5GHz quad-core, ARM Cortex A57 2.0GHz quad-core
Adreno 403 Graphics
3GB LPDDR4 RAM
23MP rear camera, autofocus, LED flash
5.1MP front-facing camera
32GB internal storage Up to 200GB via microSD
LTE Cat. 6, Wi-Fi 802.11 a/b/g/n/ac, dual-band, WiFi Direct, DLNA, NFC, Bluetooth 4.1, A2DP, apt-X, ANT+ support, GPS with aGPS, GLONASS/Beidou
IP68 certified
Fingerprint Sensor
3430mAh Li-Ion battery
Android 5.1.1 Lollipop
154.4 x 75.8 x 7.8mm (dimensions)
180 grams (weight)
Colors: Black, Gold or the unique Chrome option

Sony has also launched Xperia Z5 and Xperia Z5 compact. The Xperia Z5 has a 5.2 inch 1080P display whereas the Z5 compact has a 4.6 inch 1080P display. Both these handset sports the exact same hardware specs underneath — the same processor, RAM, and camera sensor.

Xperia Z5	Xperia Z5 compact
5.2″ 1920×1080 IPS LCD	4.6″ 1280×720 IPS LCD
Qualcomm Snapdragon 810 MSM8994	Qualcomm Snapdragon 810 MSM8994
23MP/5MP cameras	23MP/5MP cameras
2900mAh	2700mAh
146 x 72 x 7.3 mm; 154gms	127 x 65 x 8.9 mm; 138gms

The Xperia Z5 Premium will be available for purchase starting from November and will come in single and dual-SIM versions. The Xperia Z5 and Z5 compact will be available earlier in October. Sony is yet to confirm on the pricing of these phones.

Acer announces Predator 6 and Predator 8 Gaming Phablets

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September 3, 2015

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Today at IFA Berlin, Acer has made its mark with the Predator series of Android devices — one of the most powerful computing machine made for high-end heavy gaming. Named as Predator 6 (Smartphone) and Predator 8 (Tablet) are one of the most aggressively designed handheld gaming electronics.

Predator 6: Gaming Smartphone

It is an aggressively powerful device sporting a deca-core MediaTek HelioX20 processor coupled with 4GB of RAM. HelioX20 is the next-gen chipset from MediaTek which goes head to head with Snapdragon 810 and even the Snapdragon 820 if you take into account the specs based on the recent leaks.

“This will dominate any games you throw at it,” an Acer executive said during the press conference

It sports a 6 inch display with 720p resolution which will make the device energy efficient. It has got a metallic back with sharp angles and red accents. Predator 6 has a 21MP rear camera, as well as four front-facing speakers for that ultimate gaming and media consumption experience. Other than some basic specs, Acer didn’t mention much about the device as this product is set to launch for next year and Acer still has some improvements to make

If waiting for a gaming smartphone makes you desperate, then you might consider going for a gaming tablet for the meantime. As Acer has announced another product on the predator line-up , the Predator 8 gaming tablet.

Predator 8: Gaming Tablet

Predator 8 is a 8-inch device with full HD screen(1920×1080). It also follows the same aggressive design concept as the Predator 6. It also sports four front-facing speakers with virtual surround sound. It holds a new technology named “TacSense” which provides enhanced tactile feedback from games. Powering this device is the Intel Atom x7-Z8700 processor with 2GB of RAM. Acer has alot to say about Predator8’s screen, its screen has a 100 percent NTSC color gamut rating and the display is highly precise. It houses a 2×2 MIMO Wi-Fi for improved connectivity. It packs 32/64GB Internal Storage which can be expanded via MicroSD card.

Acer will launch the Predator 8 on November 6 in North America starting at $299.

Samsung launches Galaxy J1 Ace: A low-end phone with SuperAMOLED Display

Samsung

GadgetByte

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September 2, 2015

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Samsung launched a low-end budget phone; Galaxy J1 Ace which is exactly a Galaxy J1 but with a SuperAMOLED screen and a cheaper price tag. It is probably the most basic phone in Samsung’s Galaxy series.

Samsung made no official announcement of the device and it’s already set for sell on South Asian countries, as this phone was first spotted on Indian market.

All of its specs are similar to the Galaxy J1, except the unusual SuperAMOLED screen on a low-end smartphone which is an absolute charm for this phone.

Specs:

4.3-inch (480 x 800 pixels) Super AMOLED display
1.3 Ghz dual-core processor with Mali 400 GPU
512MB RAM
4GB internal storage with MicroSD card support up to 64GB
Android 4.4.4 KitKat
5 MP rear facing camera and 2 MP front facing camera
1800 mAh battery

This phone will be available in Nepali Market for about Rs.10,500.

Asus announced a gaming laptop with liquid cooling built-in

Yural Maskey

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September 2, 2015

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Today at IFA, ASUS has announced a new flagship gaming laptop that packs an idiosyncratic feature which makes it different from other laptops. The GX700 series laptop features a closed loop liquid cooling system for a better heat sink and enhanced performance.

Other specs of GX700 include:

3840×2160 17.3-inch IPS display with G-SYNC
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 980M
K-series Skylake processor
NVME 128/256/512 GB SSD & up to 2TB SATA HDD

With the new water cooling technology coupled with latest Intel 6th gen K-series Skylake processor and NVIDIA GTX 980 Graphics, this could make a pretty powerful laptop. The GX700 will be released in Q4, but the price is yet to be announced.