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[WMPU] Whitestone, Firestone and TP2 for T-mobile confirmed D2 gets release date!

Well according to this article over at WMPoweruser the afformentioned mobiles are on track for release: (I appologize if this has been posted)
http://wmpoweruser.com/?p=3428
Whitestone: Its the Touch HD equivalent for USA but with a little twist. It still runs at 528 Mhz processor but its on a Qualcomm 7600 and not a 7200. I'm not sure what the main difference is, but lets hope its video drivers I also like the design better than HD... One smooth back instead of the bulging camera and that stand is nice. Screen size is smaller though and has 256 instead of 288 memory.
Stated for release in September on Verizon.
Firestone: This is the new Touch HD. It will have 8mp camera and runs 600Mhz 8250 Qualcomm and has a screen size of 3.6 (like the whitestone).
In regards to design i think Black/Whitestone is better, with mroe rounded edges than looking like a brick all around!
Stated for release in August for EU.
Athena 2 - Interesting tidbit... it runs the same processor as Firestone but at 1Ghz... Does this mean you can overclock the Firestone? time will tell
Tungsten : This is the Touch Pro 2 for US. It will be available in May on T-Mobile.
Also according to Coolsmartphones, Devicewire.co.uk has listed Diamond 2 for release on April 10th (guess who is happy about this? I will be in the UK from 10 to 20 )
[EDIT] It seems (reading the comments below) that Qualcomm 8250 does not exist. The name of the Snapdragon processor is 2850. So lets just hope its just a typo.

When will Droid 3 come out?

When will Droid 3 come out?
any news??
and will moto unlock bootloader, if we all send email requesting to moto

1. no one knows
2. no news
3. no, moto wont unlock the bootloader just because we send email request, although i wish they would
if i were to make a guess at when they would release a droid 3, if they choose to, it would be Q3 or Q4 this year.

will we sue moto for locking the bootloader~~ just like this one
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=912480
that would be cool

I doubt it, as far as I know, companies are allowed to develop whatever software they want for their products, even if its meant to limit access to the device
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what do you reckon the specs would be for the droid 3 or even hopefully the milestone 3

I would think it would be standard for next year: dual core TI processor with great 3D graphics, 1gb of ram, a higher res, probably 960x640, 3.7 inch screen, and your usual cell phone specs. I also expect it to have 4g, and I hope they don't change the industrial design too much, makes it look really rugged and durable
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From what I've read Motorola are just skirting the lines of legality by locking their bootloader, but it's still technically legal. Besides, 90% of the ppl wouldn't be as pissed off at them if:
(1) They kept relatively up-to-date with the rest of their market with their Android releases.
(2) They didn't simply just abandon certain phones off the upgrade line when clearly the hardware specs point to them being able to handle the latest Android.
(3) They didn't delay their releases by weeks/months (usually the latter) just to have their engineers put their effort into putting crapware/Blur.
IMO Motorola makes some great hardware, but their software practices are draconian and primitive.

but they wont always update the phone, will they?
if they unlock the bootloader which is good for both of us

http://www.droid-life.com/2011/01/2...e-2-all-in-the-works-stock-experience-coming/

i want dual-core + front cam. + support 4G + 1080p video for DROID3

thomaslau said:
i want dual-core + front cam. + support 4G + 1080p video for DROID3
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U want quad core 1/5ghz cpu/quad core gpu combo with 720p Front facing cam, 3g/4g dual band support, 1080p video recording with dual led flash, a 4" 1366x768 OLED screen (without that crappy pentile matrix crap) 2GB of ram, and 32GB of onboard storage, and let's throw in a 1600mAh battery for good measure.
Oh and don't skimp on the 5 row keyboard and micro hdmi output, and god help them if there isn't a notification light.

[Q] chinese knockoff for a new phone?

so im from serbia and iam about to sell my optimus 3d so i wanted to buy a new phone and the first thing that comes to my mind are the chinese knockoffs the specs are amazing and the phone seems to have a good build quality from the pictures but should i get it is it really that good? another soulution is to gather another 50$ and to buy a lg l9 primarily i want a phone with a big screen, decent camera, mid range specs so any suggestions what should i do?
sgs III clone with these specs:
- MTK Quad Core 1.4GHz processor
- Support GSM & WCDMA 3G network
- 1GB RAM / 16GB ROM
- 8MP rear camera, 2.0mp front camera
- Support WiFi, Bluetooth, GPS
- Android 4.1.5 OS
this clone gets about 6600-7000 on antutu
the other one is a htc one x clone it has a stronger processor but a weaker camera but this clone scores 13000 on antutu which is amazing

amel95 said:
so im from serbia and iam about to sell my optimus 3d so i wanted to buy a new phone and the first thing that comes to my mind are the chinese knockoffs the specs are amazing and the phone seems to have a good build quality from the pictures but should i get it is it really that good? another soulution is to gather another 50$ and to buy a lg l9 primarily i want a phone with a big screen, decent camera, mid range specs so any suggestions what should i do?
sgs III clone with these specs:
- MTK Quad Core 1.4GHz processor
- Support GSM & WCDMA 3G network
- 1GB RAM / 16GB ROM
- 8MP rear camera, 2.0mp front camera
- Support WiFi, Bluetooth, GPS
- Android 4.1.5 OS
this clone gets about 6600-7000 on antutu
the other one is a htc one x clone it has a stronger processor but a weaker camera but this clone scores 13000 on antutu which is amazing
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Dont believe those scores. They have been shown to enclude a hacked version of the app that dispalys false readings. Also you cant trust the hardware either as it seldom has what it states it does. As long as you can live with no updates it is not bad for a low to mid range device. Other then that it is not worth it. No development and they seldom follow gpl laws and post kernel source.

[News] LG Vu 3 Announced

LG Vu 3 Announced, Has 4:3 Display, Snapdragon 800 CPU, and 14 MP Camera
About a month ago the folks at Korean Times have provide the first information about the third generation of the LG Vu smartphone. The South Korean phone maker officially launched the new LG Vu 3 today, which keeps the same odd 4:3 aspect ratio for the screen, but bringing a powerful hardware platform and enhanced stylus support.
The new LG Vu 3 handset brings a AH-IPS display sized 5.2 inches and sporting a resolution of 1,280 x 960 pixels, making use of a slightly narrower bezel which made the terminal grow in size with only 5 mm when compared to its predecessor.
The hardware platform chosen by LG for the Vu 3 is based on a powerful Qualcomm Snapdragon 800 chipset with quad-core 2.26 GHz Krait 400 GPU and Adreno 330 GPU, a common solution for most of the high-end Android smartphones launched in the second half of the year. The smartphone also comes with 2 GB of RAM, but the Korean company failed to provide details regarding the smartphone’s internal storage or microSD card support.

Hello everyone ... I'm a lucky possessor Italian and unique at the time of this monstrous device from LG ... no doubt about it .... zero lag, zero spots, no nothing. Stable and fast like no other devices in circulation. I bought it on the Internet directly from Korea, a week of agony but worth it and only notice and the fact data traffic sim Italian ... even if unlocked, should not be in HSDPA ... if some cook my comment reads this and wants to try to help me out, I'd be more than happy
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hello, I'm waiting mine bought used here in France with the cover.
unfortunately in white, I have preferred in black.
Tell us more !!

Cubot X6, Cheapest 8-Core Smartphone: Less Vibrant, but Agiler

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The good: Cubot X6 well interprets why MTK6592 is better than previous generations of MTK chipsets, with decent backing to smooth operation and fast gaming. Pure Android 4.2.2 and Google Play Store are pre-installed.
The bad: The camera has low resolution and low contrast. No LTE.
Bottom line: Cubot X6 is what a mobile phone with MTK6592 should be, faster, and no more.
I didn’t expect Octa-core Chinese phones would be marked down so sharp so soon. At first Zopo ZP998 and THL T100s came out as USD300 stuff; then some USD350 and USD 250 ones with MTK6592 sprung up in the meantime; and now Cubot X6 hit the bottom with a price of USD190.
The X6 has a lower display resolution of 1280x720 pixels compared with Zopo and THL 8-core products, both of which are equipped with a 1080P full HD screen. Besides, Cubot X6’s 13MP camera takes worse-than-mediocre photos. The two degradations contribute to a price gap of more than USD110.
But with the same chipset, the X6 doesn’t have to deal with 2 million pixel points (1920x1080) in every switch of image. Instead, it only fills in 900 thousand pixels (1280x720) each time, so it’s reasonable that the Cubot handset is faster.
Anyway, less than USD200 is a price people can accept for a lesser known brand.
1.Design:
Cubot X6’s look reminds me of the elapsed SonyEricsson design by first sight. Its front side is generally a retangle with top and bottom edges slightly curved outside, sighter than SonyEricsson; Its protective glass curves into the bottom lip; and its back cover also curves into the left and right edges like the Xperia Arc S does.
The X6’s rear side adopts an HTC One-style matte finish, which delivers a premium feel. By the way, Cubot’s last knockout Cubot One was almost a counterfeit of HTC One.
The new Cubot handset does have something different, such as its aluminum-rounded swelling back camera and gilded earpiece mouth. These features, though not ridiculous, are not very inspiring, either.
The real clever part of Cubot X6 is that the two lips and the back cover are joined to replace the top and bottom edges. This design, plus the “arc s”, make the phone look quite thin. Besides, the X6 has no redundant physical buttons except the volume rocker and power key.
Between the edges and protective glass, the seams are a little bit wide for dust, an evidence of mediocre-end craftsmanship.
2. Display:
A 5-inch IPS display of 1280 by 70 pixels shouldn’t be bad. The X6’s pixel density, namely 294 PPI, is not as high as 401 of Zopo ZP998 or THL T100s, so its color is not that astonishing as a consequence. However, you never see granules or mosaic from the operational interface or HD images with the Cubot handset’s display. Only if the screen was edge-to-edge, the whole phone would be more compact and neat.
I don’t have any complaint about the X6’s 720P display, which, in addition, comforts my eyes with mild contrast.
3. Performance:
I’m not going to talk about the 8-core MTK6592 CPU or Mali-450 GPU, as you may all know that they are the strongest powerhouse available on cheap Chinese phones presently. If a manufacturer just wants to forge a “faster” phone out of the chipset, it’s easy.
Not as greedy as THL or Zopo, Cubot made it.
Switch between home screens, app trays, widget layouts, and photos are very smooth; open and close of apps are twice as faster as on Zopo ZP998; and hiccups or after-image is seldom seen.
As usual, I tried Temple Run Oz and NFS: Most Wanted to test the phone’s processing ability, as the two HD games never worked perfect on second-tier Chinese phones, including the Octa-core Zopo ZP998 and THL T100s.
The Cubot new monster surprised me in the pleasant way, finally. Skip of frames almost disappeared in both games, and most importantly, I felt my heartbeat at the speed of the runner and cars as I had felt on some brand name handsets. You can go to the video to see if I was right.
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The X6 even outperformed Samsung Galaxy S4 by the astonishing score of 27706. I don’t know why Chinese-brand phones always notched high scores on Antutu, given that Xiaomi MI3 and TCL Idol X+ are among the best of best, too. Maybe Antutu should open a special section for Chinese phones. But Anyway, Cubot X6 also outscored Zopo ZP998 by 1,000 points (http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?p=50195346#post50195346).
4. Camera:
Camera is the least part I want to mention, because the alleged 13MP back camera hardly record details and the color is pretty lifeless.
5. Battery life:
I’ve lived with the phone for about 4 days. Though once-a-day charge is still needed, this phone gives me more confidence that I don’t need to charge it twice a day.
If you don’t expect using the X6 to play NFS all day, the 2200mAh battery is enough for you.
6. Others:
Cubot X6 is not equipped with gesture sensor or NFC module, which, I think, are useless. MTK6592 itself is not compatible with the LTE network, so it’s natural that the X6 cannot be used for 4G. According to latest news, MediaTek has released an LTE-compatible 8-core chipset named MTK6595.
7.Conclusion:
Cubot X6 is cheaper than any other MTK6592-powered smartphone available on the market, at the expense of stunning visual effects, fashionable functions, and even passable imaging system. The producer didn’t expect too much from the chipset, so it shows us what a 8-core CPU should be like through the phone. And now there is is something 40 US dollars cheaper, but not worse in quality，have a look at my review on Mijue M10:　http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2647933&page=7

Antutu scores are misleading since it scales across multicores and you have eight of them, but in reality its the performance per core which matters most and these are simply A7 cores no match to the krait cores
But we need GFX benchmark please

hamdir said:
Antutu scores are misleading since it scales across multicores and you have eight of them, but in reality its the performance per core which matters most and these are simply A7 cores no match to the krait cores
But we need GFX benchmark please
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OK, I'll download a GFX and upload the screenshots later, because the phone is now out of power.

mohammad ahamad said:
OK, I'll download a GFX and upload the screenshots later, because the phone is now out of power.
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the GPU is really interesting
Mali 450 MP, which means its multicore since it has "MP" in the title but how many sadly they don't tell, still i think its a good match for 720p
but we can only tell for sure is from GFX and then compare it to Adreno 320 and 330
(the games you tested are non demanding)

hamdir said:
the games you tested are non demanding)
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Not for real flagship phones. But NFS Most Wanted is really hard for most lesser known Chinese phones.
MediaTek itself claimed MTK6592 has 70% the capability of Snapdragon 800, and many people says it works abreast with 600.

mohammad ahamad said:
Not for real flagship phones. But NFS Most Wanted is really hard for most lesser known Chinese phones.
MediaTek itself claimed MTK6592 has 70% the capability of Snapdragon 800, and many people says it works abreast with 600.
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CPU is one thing, GPU is another matter completely
Adreno 320 on s600 has no problem running most games in 1080p smoothly
so MTK is making a wild claim there

hamdir said:
Antutu scores are misleading since it scales across multicores and you have eight of them, but in reality its the performance per core which matters most and these are simply A7 cores no match to the krait cores
But we need GFX benchmark please
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I screenshot all the applicable scores. Have a look. I never used GFX so not very clear what all these mean, but i feel it is far more reliable than Antutu. As for the numer of GPU cores, it's 4 .

Gold thank you my friend @mohammad ahamad
your device is almost as good as the HTC One in gaming since the onscreen 720p score matches the 1080p score of the Adreno 320
keep in mind Adreno 320 is capable of ES3.0 unlike the Mali450GPU but its still its an awesome affordable beast, like i said it looks very good at 720p
it will be slaughtered at 1080p though

hamdir said:
Gold thank you my friend @mohammad ahamad
your device is almost as good as the HTC One in gaming since the onscreen 720p score matches the 1080p score of the Adreno 320
keep in mind Adreno 320 is capable of ES3.0 unlike the Mali450GPU but its still its an awesome affordable beast, like i said it looks very good at 720p
it will be slaughtered at 1080p though
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You're welcome. I'm glad both of us agree that this hardware is good for 720p but not 1080p. A moderator from Gizchina also think this phone is nice.:laugh: Mod Edit: Commercial links removed

System
OS Android 4.2.2
CPU MTK6592, Cortex A7 octa core, 1.7GHz; GPU: Mali-450 MP4
ROM 16GB
RAM 1GB
　
Screen
Display Size 5.0 Inch
Type IPS, OGS screen, full lamination
Resolution 1280 x 720 pixels
yes it is a nice phoen with such a low price

battery
Im only concerned with the battery life, could you please posto more indo on the usage of the phone and battery drain? Posto some screen shots with your normal day to day usage please.
Aldo could you reporta the WiFi coverage ?
Im asking this because i havê an China phone na HDC legenda and those 2 are my primary concernes , and i maybe Changing phone due to those problems im facing with my phone ... And also some call noise ...
Thanks

brady56 said:
if you need powerfull battery i think the lenovo S860 is your best choice ,it has 4000Mah battery and can support 1 day talking.i see this from etkchina.com website
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Thanks for the indo, i will check it.

lvieira76 said:
Im only concerned with the battery life, could you please posto more indo on the usage of the phone and battery drain? Posto some screen shots with your normal day to day usage please.
Aldo could you reporta the WiFi coverage ?
Im asking this because i havê an China phone na HDC legenda and those 2 are my primary concernes , and i maybe Changing phone due to those problems im facing with my phone ... And also some call noise ...
Thanks
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Sorry, the phone is not on my hand any more. I'm an fan of Chinese phones and tablets and have friends selling such gadgets. I play and test them but don't buy them. To be frank, battery life is the most hard-to-test part, because there are too many factors affecting it.
I just feel Cubot X6's battery is not annoying, but if you keep the display on all day long, i don't think it can last more than 5 hours, not to say if you play some heavy games. I myself use iPhone 5 and i bring a mobile power bank when i'm going to use it regularly.

Very nice phone! Im going to get this beast for the price
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naabje said:
Very nice phone! Im going to get this beast for the price
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And it has marked down 10 dollars since i post the review.

mohammad ahamad said:
And it has marked down 10 dollars since i post the review.
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Oh really? Haha.. actually it was 137 euro before.. and now i see it will go on sale on March 15 for 147 euro
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naabje said:
Oh really? Haha.. actually it was 137 euro before.. and now i see it will go on sale on March 15 for 147 euro
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Sorry, it was a mistake of me. But there is still somewhere it is pre-sold for USD 189.99 (about Euro 138). I can't tell you exactly where. No commercials here

Yeah i know where they are 189.99. Im a experienced shopper i know a lot of chinese webshops hehe.
I will buy the phone for 50% discount because i have connections with a company wich let me write reviews on other forums hehe.
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naabje said:
Yeah i know where they are 189.99. Im a experienced shopper i know a lot of chinese webshops hehe.
I will buy the phone for 50% discount because i have connections with a company wich let me write reviews on other forums hehe.
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congratulations.

Don't use my review to advertise your shop. You not only spam here, and i saw you open a new spam thread. And i've reported both.