Nokia 6: Leaked images from Chinese certification site show off a silver coloured variant of the device

By tech2 News Staff /  11 Jan 2017 , 16:34

Nokia 6, the first, true, Android-powered Nokia smartphone will soon be available in silver, suggests a listing on Chinese certification site Tenaa.

The device has already gone on sale in China at an approximate price of Rs 17,000, but only in black. This latest listing suggests that the device is identical to its black counterpart, differing only in colour.

The Nokia 6 is the first Nokia-branded, Android-powered phone built by HMD Global, which recently acquired the rights to the Nokia brand name. The device boasts of a 5.5-inch Full HD display with 2.5D Gorilla Glass. A Snapdragon 430 and 4GB of RAM provide the necessary processing power. Internal storage is fixed at 64GB, but it can be expanded via a microSD card.

Image: Tenaa

The phone runs Android 7.0 Nougat by default.

The camera system includes a 16MP rear camera and an 8MP front camera. The battery is a 3,000 mAh unit.

HMD claims that it’s built the phones using 6000 series aluminium, making it very strong.

The phone will sell in China as a JD.com exclusive and the black version will start shipping on the eleventh of this month.

Asus Z01HDA smartphone with dual-camera setup clears TENAA

By tech2 News Staff /  09 Dec 2016 , 18:37

Taiwan based smartphone and IT product maker Asus will be launching a new smartphone soon. The information comes from Chinese telecommunication authority TENAA where an Asus handset with model number Z01HDA. It could be yet another ZenFone 3 smartphone from Asus and considering the time period, it should be announced at CES 2017.

According to the listing, the smartphone will be running on Snapdragon 625 chipset and will sport a 5.5-inch Full HD display. Memory options include 2GB, 3GB, and 4GB, with storage coming in 16GB, 32GB, and 64GB. The dual-lens camera setup is clearly visible at the back and the handset’s Bluetooth SIG listing mentions 12.2MP+13MP . It also has the ZenFone 3 Zoom moniker, which means it could be an update to the ZenFone Zoom.

A 13MP unit is said to be on the front, while the battery is rated at 4,850mAh which is definitely huge. There is also a fingerprint scanner at the back and the smartphone will run on Android 6.0.1 Marshmallow out of the box. Colour variants would include Navy Black, New Crafts Silver and Luxury Gold color options.

If the smartphone does become a reality, it will be the first dual-lens camera equipped smartphone from Asus. Also since the original ZenFone Zoom tried to bring a loseless zoom experience on a smartphone, we can assume that the purpose of the dual-lens setup on the upcoming smartphone would be to add digital zoom without any quality loss.

Xiaomi Redmi 4 spotted on Tenaa; shows 3GB RAM, Snapdragon 625 and more

Image: TENAA

By tech2 News Staff /  30 Oct 2016 , 10:49

Xiaomi, it seems, does not want to take a break from launching smartphones. After announcing the Mi Note 2 and the bezel-free Mi Mix at an event in Beijing this week, there are already rumours about the Redmi 4 sprouting up online.

According to the latest leak on Chinese certification site TENAA, Xiaomi’s Redmi 4 was spotted.This will be the upgrade of the Redmi 3 smartphone.

The leak states that Redmi 4 will come with a 5-inch FullHD display. It will run on Qualcomm’s Snapdragon 625 chipset which has a 1.4GHz octa-core processor. This will be paired with 3GB RAM and 32GB storage which is expandable to 128GB.

On the camera front, the Xiaomi Redmi 4 is expected to have a 13MP rear camera with dual LED flash unit and a 5MP front-facing camera. The phone will run Android 6.0 Marshmallow along with Xiaomi’s custom MIUI skin atop it. There appears to be a fingerprint scanner in the top half on the rear side.

The Xiaomi Redmi 4 is expected to come with a 4000mAh battery. The Xiaomi Redmi 4 is speculated to be priced at CNY 699 (approx Rs 7000) which places it pretty much at the price point of the Redmi 3 when it had launched in India.

While there has been no official statement from Xiaomi, speculations online point to a November release date for the Xiaomi Redmi 4.