Analysts believe that Samsung’s earlier release of its 2016 smartphone lineup is strategically savvy given the tech consumer’s anxious desire for new devices as other companies put off their scheduled launching in favor of second-half-of-the-year release. Meanwhile, Galaxy S7 reportedly raked in three times more profit than its S6 predecessor thanks largely to its early release this year.
"Resident Evil 7" will show the original plot of the series
It might sound like something out of a science movie but researchers at MIT’s Computer Science and Artificial Intelligence Laboratory (CSAIL) have created a unique 3D printing procedure that develops a fully functional robot as soon as it is printed.
Lenovo, also known for their collaboration with Motorola, came out with a new K5 Note in January this year. It was released the same time after launch. Comes at a thickness of 8.5mm it comes at a size of 6 inches. There are two sim slots with both Nano-sim structure. The phone comes in a 5.5 inch display with a resolution of 1080p with a pixel density of 401. The phone supports multi-touch.
LeTV, a new brand enters the Indian smartphone domain with their new budget friendly phone the LeEco 1S. The phone reported comes only in a single color with Silver. Both micro and nao sims are supported. Hence this will be a dual-sim phone. It's fully touch-screen. Both the sims support LTE bands in both the slots. In the box you get the handset itself, a USB Type-C charging cable, adapter and a sim ejection tool along with quick start guides.
Mi again concentrates on bringing out budget-smartphones for the consumers. This time however wasn't any special with Mi releasing their 2nd generation Note series. This is a budget smartphone hence many people will be able to buy one. The phone was released in 2015 to compete against other smartphone manufacturers. Xiaomi are now slowly pickin up the pace in pulling consumers towards their end with feature and budget-friendly smartphones.
Meizu in 2015 released as a part of "blue charm" lineup. Their first phone is the M1. It performs like a decent phone with budget in minds. Their new designs look premium. Its a metal phone all importantly. With the Helios X10 chipset it performs very good with all cased in an aluminium alloy crystal-metal. Its actually based on Yun OS which actually is based on Android's source code.
After selling themselves to Microsoft for a huge amount, the Finnish smartphone manufacturers known to manufacture robust devices are now desperate to bounce back to smartphone market. Despite Nokia being the major contributor to Finland's GDP, it's been tough times for them after they sold the firm to Microsoft. It's all android world for Nokia now since they're intentional on making an android phone with a custom rom of their own.
Microsoft has plans to bring a surface phone just like their tablet-PCs early 2017. The phone will reportedly feature Windows 10. There could be around three variants and will reportedly be the "flagship".
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