Seeing all the new chinese smartphones makes it difficult on deciding which phone to buy next. So this post serves as a way for me to objectively decide which phone I should buy next. Meet the contenders!
1) XiaoMi Mi2
SOC: Snapdragon APQ8064 1.5GHz
GPU: Adreno 320
Screen: 4.3" IPS 1280x720
RAM: 2GB
ROM: 16GB/32GB
OS: Android 4.1, Jelly Bean with MIUI interface
Camera: 2.0MP(Front) and 8.0MP(Rear)
Battery: 2000mAh
SD-card: No
Retail Price without shipping: USD 430 (16GB)
Reasons to buy:
- Quad core
- Supposedly good camera
- MIUI so expect excellent software support
- Biggest RAM capacity among all current superphones. Same as the new Galaxy Note.
- Next generation GPU.
2) Lenovo lephone K860
SOC: Samsung Exynos 4412 1.4GHz
GPU: Mali-400 MP
Screen: 5.0" AH-IPS 1280x720
RAM: 1GB
ROM: 8GB
OS: Android 4.0
Camera: 2.0MP(Front) and 8.0MP(Rear)
Battery: 2250mAh
SD-card: Yes
Retail Price without shipping: USD 448
Reasons to buy:
GPU: Mali-400 MP
Screen: 5.0" AH-IPS 1280x720
RAM: 1GB
ROM: 8GB
OS: Android 4.0
Camera: 2.0MP(Front) and 8.0MP(Rear)
Battery: 2250mAh
SD-card: Yes
Retail Price without shipping: USD 448
Reasons to buy:
- Quad core, same as Galaxy S III
- SD Card slot
- 5.0" screen
- Lenovo is a huge company so expect quality control to be better than competition
- SD Card slot
3) Beidou Little Pepper Tegra3
SOC: NVIDIA Tegra 3 1.5GHz
GPU: ULP Geforce at 520MHz
Screen: 4.65" IPS 1280x720
RAM: 1GB
ROM: 4GB
OS: Android 4.0
Camera: 0.3MP(Front) and 8.0MP(Rear)
Battery: 1630mAh
SD-card: Yes
Retail Price without shipping: USD 400
Reasons to buy:
GPU: ULP Geforce at 520MHz
Screen: 4.65" IPS 1280x720
RAM: 1GB
ROM: 4GB
OS: Android 4.0
Camera: 0.3MP(Front) and 8.0MP(Rear)
Battery: 1630mAh
SD-card: Yes
Retail Price without shipping: USD 400
Reasons to buy:
- Quad core
- SD Card slot
- Can play Tegra 3 exclusive titles without any tweaks.
4) ZTE Grand Era U985
SOC: NVIDIA Tegra 3 1.5GHz
GPU: ULP Geforce at 520MHz
Screen: 4.5" IPS 1280x720
RAM: 1GB
ROM: 4GB
OS: Android 4.0
Camera: 1.3MP(Front) and 8.0MP(Rear)
Battery: 1800mAh
SD-card: Yes
Retail Price without shipping: USD 385
Reasons to buy:
GPU: ULP Geforce at 520MHz
Screen: 4.5" IPS 1280x720
RAM: 1GB
ROM: 4GB
OS: Android 4.0
Camera: 1.3MP(Front) and 8.0MP(Rear)
Battery: 1800mAh
SD-card: Yes
Retail Price without shipping: USD 385
Reasons to buy:
- Quad core
- SD Card slot
- Can play Tegra 3 exclusive titles without any tweaks.
5)XiaoMi 1S
SOC: Snapdragon MSM8260 1.7GHz
GPU: Adreno 220
Screen: 4.0" IPS 854x480
RAM: 1GB
ROM: 4GB
OS: Android 4.0 with MIUI interface
Camera: 2.0MP(Front) and 8.0MP(Rear)
Battery: 1930mAh
SD-card: Yes
Retail Price without shipping: USD 350 (16GB)
Reasons to buy:
6)Tianyu K-Touch Treasure V8 II
GPU: Adreno 220
Screen: 4.0" IPS 854x480
RAM: 1GB
ROM: 4GB
OS: Android 4.0 with MIUI interface
Camera: 2.0MP(Front) and 8.0MP(Rear)
Battery: 1930mAh
SD-card: Yes
Retail Price without shipping: USD 350 (16GB)
Reasons to buy:
- Supposedly good camera
- MIUI so expect excellent software support
- SD Card slot
- The fastest dual core SOC available
6)Tianyu K-Touch Treasure V8 II
SOC: NVIDIA Tegra 3 1.5GHz
GPU: ULP Geforce at 520MHz
Screen: 4.5" ASV 1280x720
RAM: 1GB
ROM: 16GB
OS: Android 4.0
Camera: 1.0MP(Front) and 8.0MP(Rear)
Battery: 1820mAh
SD-card: Yes
Retail Price without shipping: USD 400
Reasons to buy:
7) Huawei Ascend D1 Quad XL
GPU: ULP Geforce at 520MHz
Screen: 4.5" ASV 1280x720
RAM: 1GB
ROM: 16GB
OS: Android 4.0
Camera: 1.0MP(Front) and 8.0MP(Rear)
Battery: 1820mAh
SD-card: Yes
Retail Price without shipping: USD 400
Reasons to buy:
- Quad core
- SD Card
- Press release says it has good speakers. Sometimes referred to as a music phone.
7) Huawei Ascend D1 Quad XL
SOC: HiSilicon K3V2 1.4GHz Quad Core
GPU: 16 cores unknown GPU
Screen: 4.5" IPS+ 1280x720
RAM: 1GB
ROM: 8GB
OS: Android 4.0
Camera: 1.3MP(Front) and 8.0MP(Rear)
Battery: 2600mAh
SD-card: Yes
Retail Price without shipping: USD 500
Reasons to buy:
Thoughts
GPU: 16 cores unknown GPU
Screen: 4.5" IPS+ 1280x720
RAM: 1GB
ROM: 8GB
OS: Android 4.0
Camera: 1.3MP(Front) and 8.0MP(Rear)
Battery: 2600mAh
SD-card: Yes
Retail Price without shipping: USD 500
Reasons to buy:
- Unique to Huawei quad core SOC.
- Marketted as having extra long battery life thanks to combination of in-house developed software and hardware by Huawei. They are using Apple's approach (having total control over their device).
- Huawei is an establised brand so should have good quality control.
- Rear camera is backside illuminated should should take acceptable pictures indoors.
- Confirmed to have Gorilla glass to protect the screen.
Thoughts
Personally, I am only interested in some of these devices.
- I WILL buy the XiaoMi M1S to check out the camera first.
- If it is as good as they said it would be then I would sell it and buy the Mi2 :)
- If not, I will sell it and buy a Nokia Lumia 920 on contract haha.
- Will you guys be interested in the Lumia 920 review? Doubt it :P
- If somehow I become rich, I would review the K-Touch Treasure V8 II primarily to test out the speakers and the Ascend D1 Quad XL to test just how the in-house SOC fares compared to the others.
So, in short expect a review on the Xiaomi M1S in the coming 2 weeks :).
Till then.
Regards,
YS.
YS.
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