9/07/2015
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Huawei MediaPad X2 Review
Huawei MediaPad X2 Review
Price: $336.89
Introduction
Big phones are big business, there’s just no denying the kind of momentum swing we’ve seen in the phablet segment over the last few years. The trends seemingly show that consumers want bigger and bigger phones, evident by the popularity of phablets like the Apple iPhone 6 Plus, Samsung Galaxy Note 4, and Google Nexus 6 to name a few.
However, many people are also more comfortable than ever before using a tablet as a daily driver, but the one aspect that's often lacking in such devices is phone functionality. That’s where the Huawei MediaPad X2 omes to mind as being the ultimate solution, as it brings the full smartphone experience in a tablet size. Phablets are highly regarded as the bridge devices, appeasing both segments as best as they can. Nevertheless, it’ll be interesting to see whether or not the even larger MediaPad X2 can prove to be effective enough to be a daily driver.
The package contains:
- Huawei MediaPad X2
- microUSB cable
- Wall charger
Design
Combining a compact body with premium materials, the MediaPad X2 is a delightful looking thing.
Officially announced over Mobile World Congress 2015, the Huawei MediaPad X2 boasts a design that’s identical to its predecessor – one that’s premium in nature, thanks to it employing a sleek metal body. For a 7-inch device, we’ve got to admit that they’ve trimmed off a lot to make it pretty compact, but interaction is best achieved with two-handed operation. That’s because there’s just so much real-estate for our thumb to cover with the screen! Sporting uniformly flush surfaces, there are no distracting qualities about the aesthetics here. On top of that, the added weight undoubtedly provides a more substantial quality to the MediaPad X2.
Out of everything, it’s the sheer size of the Huawei MediaPad X2 that’s so astonishing, especially to strangers who happen to glance at it briefly when using it for phone calls. Most of the time, people are instantly galvanized to find out that there’s phone functionality in a tablet size. If you want a conversation starter, the MediaPad X2 will surely be it!
Placing the volume controls and power button on the right edge makes sense, as they’re in spots that make them readily accessible. At the same time, too, it’s nice to see that Huawei allows for expandable storage with the unit’s microSD card slot. Other common staples around its sides include the 3.5mm headphone jack, microUSB 2.0 port, microphone, dual SIM slots, and noise cancelling mic. The earpiece above the display ensures that it’s more phone than tablet.
Display
It's like a 7-inch smartphone!
Accompanied with 7-inch 1920 x 1200 IPS LCD screen, a typical size for a tablet, but obnoxiously gigantic for a smartphone, it comes out to a pixel density of 323 ppi – giving it sufficient detail. Beyond that, though, its true qualities begin to manifest and then crumble. While the screen has a nice look from a 90-degree angle, there’s noticeable distortion when it’s tilted, causing the display to exhibit a washed out look.
By just looking at the display, it’s instantly noticeable that there’s a subdued appearance, made more profound with its somewhat cold 7277K color temperature. It’s undeniable that it’s not the most accurate by looking at the sRGB spectrum chart below, as it misses most of the target values for each gradient. However, the 524 nit luminance is potent enough to make it visible in direct sunlight.
Yes, the 7-inch screen is mighty generous, but as much as it’s a head turner, it makes it impossible to operate using one hand. Stretching our thumb barely encompasses most of the real estate, so it’s more logical to use two hands for this.
Interface and Functionality
Huawei’s Emotion UI experience is an acquired taste, as it attempts to embody simplicity, but with the MediaPad X2, we’re just bummed that it’s running an older build – both the UI and Android. Specifically, what we have here is the Emotion UI 2.0 experience on top of Android 4.3 KitKat. Even though we’re forgiving about it boasting Emotion UI 2.0, seeing that there’s nothing too different in terms of the visuals against the latest build, the fact that it’s mid-2015 and running KitKat is just disappointing.
Depending on your taste, you might like or dislike how the interface eliminates the traditional apps panel, placing everything on the homescreen instead. This, for us, is a cause of frustration because of the disorganization of how icons can’t be arranged alphabetically. And seriously, there’s a ton of bloatware preinstalled by Huawei, but at least many of them can be uninstalled. Clearly, the experience is very much like Huawei’s other smartphones running the same experience.
For a tablet, however, it’s lacking the necessary depth and optimizations to make it versatile. To be more exact, it would’ve been extremely useful for it to offer some sort of side-by-side multi-tasking, but it’s left instead to be handled by Android’s usual process. Secondly, we miss some of Android 5.0 Lollipop’s useful features – such as multi user support and pinning to name a couple. While it’s effective on the surface to handle most of our needs, the experience is undoubtedly underpowered and in desperate need of some added features to cater to its tablet-esque size.
Depending on your taste, you might like or dislike how the interface eliminates the traditional apps panel, placing everything on the homescreen instead. This, for us, is a cause of frustration because of the disorganization of how icons can’t be arranged alphabetically. And seriously, there’s a ton of bloatware preinstalled by Huawei, but at least many of them can be uninstalled. Clearly, the experience is very much like Huawei’s other smartphones running the same experience.
For a tablet, however, it’s lacking the necessary depth and optimizations to make it versatile. To be more exact, it would’ve been extremely useful for it to offer some sort of side-by-side multi-tasking, but it’s left instead to be handled by Android’s usual process. Secondly, we miss some of Android 5.0 Lollipop’s useful features – such as multi user support and pinning to name a couple. While it’s effective on the surface to handle most of our needs, the experience is undoubtedly underpowered and in desperate need of some added features to cater to its tablet-esque size.
Processor and Memory
The Kirin 930 chip delivers a mostly responsive performance, but we’ve seen snappier things.
Ensuring its position atop Huawei’s portfolio, the MediaPad X2 is given the best from the company – an octa-core Kirin 930 chip based on 64-bit architecture, accompanied with 3GB of RAM and the Mali-T628 GPU. Superficially, the MediaPad X2 exhibits the peppy response we’d want to find in a premium thing like this, and the benchmark tests indicate that it’s in good light to the competition – though, it’s just a smidgen behind the Huawei P8’s results. Well, that can be attributed to the higher resolution that the processor has to deal with.
Basic tasks are all handled in the manner we expect, but for graphics processing, we see slower frame rates than other similarly spec’d devices. Again, the screen resolution can be a contributing factor, but it’s still effective for most gaming titles – just don’t be too shocked if the frame rates dip when things become intensive.
The Huawei MediaPad X2 comes with a generous 32GB of internal storage, which can be supplemented thanks to its microSD card slot.
9/02/2015
Stock ROM Elephone G9_20150803_Android 5.1
Stock ROM Elephone G9_20150803_Android 5.1
Download link: https://mega.nz/#!gs4EwJSA!ijuvzmpBSFgH0jtz8YPdaX8s64cTAP93ZxR6uykIFSg
ROM flashing tutorial: http://bbs.elephone.hk/thread-1037-1-1.html#.VWgkX_RAU-0
Please backup your phone before flash.
Download link: https://mega.nz/#!gs4EwJSA!ijuvzmpBSFgH0jtz8YPdaX8s64cTAP93ZxR6uykIFSg
ROM flashing tutorial: http://bbs.elephone.hk/thread-1037-1-1.html#.VWgkX_RAU-0
Please backup your phone before flash.
9/01/2015
2016 head-turner Zopo prototype spotted: deca-core processor, 4GB RAM and 2K display
Chinese phone manufacturer Zopo has been beavering away on its new flagship handset, set for release in early 2016.
The as yet unnamed new phone has appeared in prototype form and sports a deca-core processor, 4GB of RAM and a 20MP camera.
It’s also expected to have a 2K display, as well as a fingerprint scanner.
As we near the end of the year expect more info to surface on this early one to watch in 2016.
Via gizchina
Scosche BoomBottle+ for bottle-shaped Bluetooth speaker for bikers
Want to cycle and listen to music but also heed warnings of the dangers or blocking out sound with headphones?
The Scosche BoomBottle+ is an option to get the best of both worlds. The Bluetooth speaker is shaped like a bottle so it’ll fit in the regular holders that attach to bike frames.
This is an updated model, so what does the + get you?
The battery is bigger for one, it’s now at 6000mAh and offers 15 hours playback.
There’s also now an EQ that can be set for indoor and outdoor use. The drivers are larger than before and it packs in passive bass radiators that help push the 360-degree sound.
Stereo mode can be achieved by pairing two units together and it’s IP67 rated for rainy day rides.
The BoomBottle+ is out now at $179.99.
Via slashgear
Archos follows up Diamond smartphone with Diamond Tab Android tablet
Next up from Archos will be the Diamond Tab Android tablet, which follows their Diamond S smartphone revealed last week.
The Diamond Tab has a 7.9-inch IPS display with a 2048 x 1536-pixel resolution.
It runs on a Mediatek MT8752 octacore processor clocked at 1.7GHz.
The RAM count is a more than acceptable 3GB and internal storage is 32GB.
It supports 4G LTE connectivity as well as dual-band WiFi.
The OS out the box is Android 5.1 Lollipop and the only place it doesn’t shine is the cameras, which aren’t bad but don’t stand out at 5MP rear and 2MP front-facer.
The price however is good for all of the above at is will launch at £179 (US$275).
Via pocket-lint
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