Apr
21
2014
Review: TCL (Alcatel One Touch S950) Idol X
TCL Idol X, or Alcatel One Touch Idol X in Europe, is a beautiful and slim smartphone that offers great features for its price. Continue reading
Dec
29
2013
Review: ZTE Nubia Z5 Mini
My wife dropped her Samsung Galaxy S3 and shattered its screen. Having owned a Xiaomi Mi-2 for a year myself and being a very happy with it, I decided to look for a Chinese Android phone for her as well. I am very disappointed with Samsung because they are heavily overpriced for the hardware and they have proprietary bloat software that is useless, for me at least. Chinese manufacturers have plenty of alternatives that have powerful hardware, close to a vanilla Android and moderate pricing. After going through the phones I decided to buy a ZTE Nubia Z5 mini for her.
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Dec
04
2013
ZTE Nubia Z5 Mini Arrived
I am happy to announce that I received ZTE Nubia Z5 mini yesterday and I am writing a review about it. Here are the specs as a sneak preview:
- 4.7″ Sharp display panel with the resolution of 1280×720
- Qualcomm Snapdragon S4 Pro quad-core processor @ 1.5GHz
- 2 GB RAM
- 13 MP Sony CCD rear camera with Konica-Minolta lens
- 5 MP front camera
- 16 GB flash
- Android 4.2.2
- 2,300 mAh battery
I cannot wait to test the camera because the samples that I have seen have looked even better than the ones taken with my Xiaomi Mi-2, so stay tuned for more.
Sep
11
2013
Howto: Jiayu G3 Rooting + Custom ROM
Jiayu G3 has a very limited subset of languages that other vendors (Samsung, HTC) support so I decided to root the smart phone and install some alternative ROM to see if additional languages (Finnish) could be installed in the process. Continue reading
Aug
21
2013
Review: Jiayu G3
Priced at $160/120 € (summer 2013), the Jiayu G3 seems a luring budget Android smartphone. This review tells how it survived a two-month test period and how it compares to other more expensive Android phones. Continue reading
Dec
31
2012
Review: Xiaomi Mi-2 Camera
The Xiaomi Mi-2 has pretty amazing camera specifications. The main camera has an 8 megapixel sensor and 27 mm wide-angle optics with a large 2.0 aperture. Its speed is unparalleled: 8 frames per second. The video camera can record full-HD 1080p at 30 fps and “HD Ready” 720p resolution at a staggering 90 fps. Only professional equipment has had similar speeds – until now. Even the secondary camera has a large 2 megapixel sensor. Continue reading
Dec
13
2012
Review: Xiaomi Mi-2
The smartphone community has been mesmerized by a Chinese newcomer Xiaomi and its latest high-end Android phone, the Mi-2. Packed with an amazing set of newest hardware and priced about the half of its better-known counterparts it has quickly become a daydream of technocrats around the globe. In this review I will write sections as I use the phone more and test different aspects of it. I welcome you to visit the review later on to see more qualities of it covered. Continue reading
