ASUS ZenFone 3 – Better than ASUS ZenFone 3 Deluxe

The Taiwanese manufacturer released Asus ZenFone 3 ZE552KL, and some time later we received ASUS ZenFone 3 Deluxe ZS550KL. Both smartphones have the same display, camera, battery, processor, memory. We should note that Deluxe model offers metal case and NFC, but nothing more new!

Moreover, Deluxe version is more expensive for $150. This is a lot of money for almost identical smartphone. Metal case does not cost $150, because many budget smartphone comes with metal cases. The most fashionable smartphones of 2017 (Xiaomi Mi Mix, LG G6, Samsung Galaxy S8) are made of glass.

Also Asus ZenFone 3 has AMOLED-display. It is rather plus than minus, but qualitatively calibrated matrix on organic light-emitting diodes is only in smartphones Samsung, Nexus/Pixel and Motorola. OLED-displays offer matrix with a low level of brightness and color curve. ZenFone 3 Deluxe, unfortunately, is no exception: it has a display at the level of Galaxy Note 3 (2013), in some aspects, even worse.

So, we have no doubt that Asus ZenFone 3 is better than Asus ZenFone 3 Deluxe. In addition, it is much cheaper.

Moto Z Play – Better than Moto Z

Motorola has an interesting smartphone called Moto Z Play with a price $382, and Moto Z for $590. You know, the flagship smartphone does not offer advantages for $200.

Let’s start with the fact that design of both smartphones are almost identical, but Moto Z Play is more practical: it is angular, so that it’s convenient to connect modules, but it’s more plump than the very razor-skinny Moto Z, and it’s more pleasant to hold it in your hand.

Moto Z Play has an .5 mm jack audio connector. It is still important, because Moto Z allows you to use only Bluetooth headphones.

It can not be said that Moto Z does not have significant advantages over the younger model: a better camera, Snapdragon 820 against Snapdragon 625, 4 GB of RAM versus 3 GB. But here Motorola “framed itself”, because the system is optimized perfectly, and to notice the difference in performance between Moto Z Play and Moto Z is very difficult. So, we think that Moto Z Play is better than Moto Z.

HTC 10 Lifestyle – Better Than HTC U Ultra

Everyone hates mini-flagships at the price of flagships. The price of HTC 10 Lifestyle is $460, and it is is very much. But now we ask the question “Why such money ?!” to HTC U Ultra.

Both smartphones have stereo speakers, but HTC U Ultra has a strange second display (not very popular, judging by sales of LG V10 and V20). HTC 10 Lifestyle has much more useful optical stabilization at front camera. It is, frankly, more necessary than megapixels, and was very useful in the evening shoot.

As for the rear cameras, we cannot see significant differences. The focus system has changed a little, and problems in shooting at night have remained the same. You can notice new processor. Yes, but not so new, as long as you can buy HTC 10 with Snapdragon 820 for $500. The battery life also does not show great results. So, we have another question – “Do we need such update, or it is better to buy old smartphone?”

Lenovo Phab 2 Plus – Better than Lenovo Phab 2 Pro

The second duo from Lenovo in one article, but there’s nothing to be done. The company releases very strange smartphones.

Lenovo Phab 2 Pro was a strange device. It looks like a tablet with Tango system. Don’t you know about Tango project? Tango is a system that allows a smartphone to navigate in space and “see” 3D objects. It means that smartphone has infrared sensor and a fish eye lens at the rear panel. They are not for photographic tasks, but only for orientation in rooms and in games.

At the moment it is very raw technology, so you should not buy Lenovo Phab 2 Pro only for Tango system.

Both Phab 2 smartphone are far from being flagship in performance, but Phab Plus is cheaper, smaller and no worse than a “tablet”. Why pay more?

Honor 5X – Better than Honor 7

And finally we get some retro lessons. Honor 7 appeared on sale in November 2015, Honor 5X – in January 2016. The difference is not great. At the same time Honor 7 was considered the “best Honor” and generally a substitute for the flagship Huawei Mate S at half price.

Both smartphones have the almost same rear camera. The difference is in resolution of front cameras, but not the quality of the photos. Also Honor 7 has the thicker case (with almost identical battery).

And even the sound quality was slightly higher in Honor 5X. Of course, there were differences too – Honor 7 has better display, and even the processor is a little quicker.

The old smartphone Honor 7 runs on Android 6.0, and new one Honor 5X has become another Huawei Nexus with Cyanogenmod on Android 7.1.1. It is very rare pleasure in Huawei smartphones, by the way.

Conclusions

We can conclude that flagship smartphones do not always mean better. Carefully study the specifications and details before buying smartphones, perhaps «bad» marketers want to fool you.

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1. Honor 7

If you want to buy a smartphone with high-end specifications, but you do not have enough money for Samsung or LG, then you can look at the flagship of Honor.

Many months was discussed that OnePlus 2 will be the next flagship killer, but in fact another Chinese smartphone Honor 7 has become flagship killer in 2015.

The Honor 7 has a sleek design, excellent battery life and multitasking. The price of Honor 7 is $370.

2. Huawei Mate S

Huawei won the award for the best product at the show IFA 2015. Innovative ideas of Huawei Mate S are Touch Force and the versatility of its fingerprint reader.

The Huawei Mate S has an excellent Kirin 935 processor, a 13 megapixel camera and 8 megapixel camera on the front, along with a HD screen with AMOLED technology.

The only drawback is the battery of the smartphone, which capacity is 2700mAh. However, smartphone comfortable and easy to hold in the hand.

3. Meizu M2 Note

Unlike Xiaomi, the company Meizu is not very popular in the Western market, but brand incredibly popular in China thanks to low prices and high specifications.

The Meizu M2 Note has a 5.5-inch screen with full HD resolution, octa-core MediaTek 6753 processor and 2 GB of RAM. Smartphone also has a 13 megapixel camera and 3100 mAh battery. How much is the Meizu M2 Note? Less than Moto G.

4. Huawei P8

Smartphone surprised us at the presentation, and after our review we decide that Huawei P8 is one of the best of Android devices on the market. Elegant and stylish design with powerful equipment to make Huawei P8 an excellent candidate for those who are looking for a smartphone with a combination of quality and price.

In detail, the Huawei P8 has a high level processor HISILICON Kirin 930 and 3GB of RAM; 5.2-inch screen with Full HD resolution (1920 x 1080 pixels); 2680 mAh battery and software that combines Android 5.0 Lollipop with EMUI 3.0 and brings interesting functions and many possibilities for customization.

Also, we should mention 13 MP camera with optical image stabilization (OIS) and a very fast autofocus. And thanks to the focal aperture of F / 2.0 and the ‘Super Night’ mode you will get very good results in low light.

5. OnePlus 2

In less than two years, OnePlus has become a best mobile manufacturer not only in China but in the global industry too. In 2014, the company OnePlus released a smartphone OnePlus One that has surprised almost everyone. In 2015, the Chinese company has improved its previous smartphone, thus making it even more attractive.

The OnePlus 2 has been the first smartphone with USB-Type C port and permission settings, while other Android smartphones have received this function only with the release of Android 6.0 Marshmallow.

6. Xiaomi Mi4c

Interesting Android smartphone, which is a leader in the middle market and is equipped with a powerful processor Snapdragon 808.

We should note that the processor is an important part of the smartphone. It has six-cores and a clock speed of 1.8 GHz. Battery capacity is 3080 mAh. Xiaomi Mi4c has a 5-inch screen with full HD resolution and density of 441 dpi. The Xiaomi Mi4c is priced around $260.

Xiaomi Mi4c is available in several colors and in two versions: one model has 2 GB of RAM and 16 GB of internal memory, and another has 3 GB of RAM and 32 GB of memory.

7. Oppo R7

As with other Chinese manufacturers, Oppo innovations have gone unnoticed by the average user. However, the Oppo R7 is a great alternative for those looking for a powerful smartphone at a low price.

Oppo R7 is a perfectly balanced phone with powerful performance, solid design and quality screen.

8. Huawei Mate 7

The company did not release phablets for about a year, but the return is very cool. Huawei Ascend Mate 7 is stylish smartphone, thanks to a monocoque metal and 7.9 mm thick. Smartphone has 6-inch IPS screen with full HD resolution that gives excellent results.

The battery has a capacity of 4100 mAh, which is very necessary for such a large and powerful device.

9. ZTE Nubia Z9

One of the surprises of the IFA 2015 was ZTE Nubia Z9 with an excellent design without frames and high-end specifications.

Smartphone has 5.2-inch screen with a resolution of 1080p. Snapdragon 810 is supported by 4 GB of RAM (or 3GB in Classic version). 16 megapixel camera features optical image stabilizer, autofocus and LED flash.

10. Xiaomi Mi 4

While we wait for the next generation of smartphones Xiaomi Mi5 in March 2016, currently Xiaomi Mi4 is one of the best Android smartphone in the world.

The smartphone has an attractive design, while the price does not correspond to a powerful performance. Xiaomi Mi4 is equipped with Full HD screen, processor Snapdragon 801 with 2.5 GHz and 3 GB RAM.

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Huawei Honor 7 can offer users a 5.2-inch capacitive touchscreen display with a resolution of 1920×1080 pixels and a density of 423ppi, 3 GB of RAM and 16 to 64 GB of internal memory, expandable memory cards format microSD.

The best camera Honor 7 has a 20-megapixel

One of the most interesting characteristics of the Huawei Honor 7 has its main 20-megapixel camera with autofocus phase, the latest sensor Sony, F2.0 aperture and a 6-cell lens, which, among other things, protected by durable sapphire crystal. Under the main camera of the gadget can find a fingerprint reader, and on the front panel is a wide front 8-megapixel camera.

Communication modules are presented smartphone NFC, Wi-Fi 802.11a / b / g / n / ac (2,4-5 GHz), Bluetooth 4.1 and A-GPS, and support for GSM, WCDMA and LTE-high-speed networks. With it comes bundled with a battery capacity of 3100 mAh, a full charge which takes just 1 hour 25 minutes, and for 50 percent of its charge will only need about 30 minutes.

Huawei Honor 7 runs under the operating system Google Android 5.0 Lollipop with the latest proprietary user interface Huawei EMUI version 3.1. The cost of a smartphone with 16 GB of internal memory is only 322 dollars, the device with two slots for SIM-cards, and support for LTE-networks is 355 dollars, and Huawei Honor 7 with 64 GB of internal memory will cost users $ 400. Not bad for a smartphone with a powerful camera. And to conclude, I would like to note, really want to say that the new phone Huawei has the best camera Honor 7.

Source: technobuffalo

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According to them, Huawei Honor 7 will be available in “a lot” of different versions. And it indirectly alludes to the fact that the Chinese manufacturer is not limited to two traditional modifications gadget. Moreover, they specify that smartphones will differ from each other, in particular, and its design. For example, the most accessible version 7 Huawei Honor will receive only the metal frame, while the top-end smartphone will be completely enclosed in a metal housing.

Affected by differences and specifications smartphone. So, the first version of the gadget will offer users 3 GB of RAM and an internal storage of 16 GB and a high-end version of the Huawei Honor 7 boast 4GB RAM and 128 GB of internal memory.

Other features Huawei Honor 7, likely are common to all versions of the smartphone. His heart is the new hardware platform Kirin 940, which significantly exceeds 930 Kirin performance. It is based on 20-nm process technology and includes in its membership 4 core Cortex A53 + 2 core Cortex A72 or 4 core Cortex A53 + 2 core Cortex A57. And to deal with the overheating of the past, they will work at a lower clock rate of 1.9 GHz.

In addition, both models the main 16-megapixel camera with optical image stabilization technology. The 5.2-inch capacitive touchscreen smartphone has a resolution of 1920×1080 pixels and comes complete with two battery capacity of 3280 mAh.

Informants say the presence in the Huawei Honor 7 fingerprint scanner. But we are not quite clear whether this feature is present in a cheaper modification gadget.

The cost of Huawei Honor 7 run a variety of rumors. But most of the informants agree that the most accessible version of smartphone users will cost about 320 dollars.

Source: gizmochina

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Specifications smartphone is no longer a secret. A recent leak allowed to read and its value, which is claimed to be below $ 599.

If these rumors are true, Huawei Honor 7 would be much more expensive than the previous flagship smartphone manufacturer. And many sources in one voice say that they are disappointed with the new pricing Huawei.

The heart of the Huawei Honor 7 will be hardware platform Huawei HiSilicon Kirin 935 4-core Cortex A53 and 4-core Cortex A53e, which will complement very well just 4 GB of RAM. However, apart from this gadget Huawei will release a more affordable version of Honor 7 with 3 GB of RAM on board. The capacitive touch screen smartphone has a resolution of 1080×1920 pixels. He is running an operating system Google Android 5.1 Lollipop with proprietary user interface Emotion UI version 3.1 and will be available with 16 GB and 64 GB of internal memory.

Is it worth $ 600 a functional? Hard to say. But it is obvious that Huawei will not be virtually no price advantage over other manufacturers flagship. And companies have to motivate users are not the attractive combination of price / performance and functionality of a smartphone exclusively. And this is a completely new kind of competition for the producer, and a similar price tag Huawei clearly declares its readiness to enter the big leagues.

Source: gsmarena

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New photos of Huawei Honor 7

To be precise, the teaser image released Huawei is not called the name of Honor 7, but it lurks in reference to the number “7” speaks for itself. And hardly anyone can doubt that it will be announced June 30, 2015.

No less interesting is the design of the invitation itself, which turned out to be drawn fingerprint, once again confirming previous rumors about the use of Huawei Honor 7 fingerprint sensor.

The heart of the Huawei Honor 7 will be  hardware platform Huawei HiSilicon Kirin 935 4-core Cortex A53 and 4-core Cortex A53e, which will complement very well just 4 GB of RAM. However, apart from this gadget Huawei will release a more affordable version of Honor 7 with 3 GB of RAM on board. The capacitive touch screen smartphone has a resolution of 1080×1920 pixels. He is running an operating system Google Android 5.1 Lollipop with proprietary user interface Emotion UI version 3.1 and will be available with 16 GB and 64 GB of internal memory.

Conclusion of Huawei Honor 7

It is not excluded, and that together with Huawei Honor 7 will be announced  smartphone Honor 7 Plus, which differs from the original device larger 5.5-inch touchscreen with a resolution of 2560×1440 pixels. Informants say about using it chipset HiSilicon Kirin 930 or Kirin 935, 3 GB of RAM, 16-bit and the 13-megapixel camera, 16 GB of internal memory and battery capacity of 4000 mAh.

Source: iDigitalTimes

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Specifications of Huawei Honor 7

Judging from published photographs, heart Huawei Honor will be 7 the familiar hardware platform Huawei HiSilicon Kirin 935 with 4 cores Cortex A53 and 4-core Cortex A53e, which will complement very well just 4 GB of RAM.

At the same time, the Chinese manufacturer has decided not to go on about the general insanity QHD-displays and installed in the smartphone touchscreen with a resolution of 1080×1920 pixels. Screenshots do not specify diagonal display 7 Huawei Honor, but we are unlikely to be mistaken to assume that it will be set at 5 inches. The operating system used in the smartphone Google Android 5.1 Lollipop with proprietary user interface Emotion UI version 3.1.

But apart from this it is known that Huawei is developing a more affordable version of Honor 7, which will offer users 3 GB of RAM and 16 GB of internal memory, while the private memory device reaches above 64 GB.

It is known that another novelty will be smartphone manufacturer Huawei Honor 7 Plus, which differs from the original device larger 5.5-inch touchscreen with a resolution of 2560×1440 pixels. Informants say it is based on the chipset HiSilicon Kirin 930 or Kirin 935, and the other features new items include 3 GB of RAM, 16-bit and 13-megapixel camera and 16 GB of internal memory, and comes bundled with a powerful smartphone battery capacity 4000 mAh.

Verdict Huawei Honor 7

Huawei Honor 7 will receive a wonderful features and excellent performance. It should be noted the excellent display and good battery.

Source: AndroidAuthority

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