A Modular And Bespoke Smartphone (Eco Mobius) At ZTE In CES 2014

The other trend of CES 2014 is modular. After Razer and Christine, Ara Project from Motorola, it is the turn of the Chinese ZTE to present its Eco Mobius concept , modular smartphone and vaguely green.

Eco Mobius  ZTE

Christine at the PC manufacturer for «hardcore» Razer Ara from Motorola and ZTE now with its Eco Mobius, modular remade talking about him this week at CES.

The recent genesis is to get the side of a Dutch designer who had the idea of ​​designing a smartphone way Lego bricks. Modules associated with battery, processor, the screen or the camera to connect to a motherboard, the idea was born PhoneBloks quickly recover by Motorola that it felt good stab.

Besides the possibilities of customization and development offered by this concept, invest in a new processor or camera module rather than redeem all things, is obviously the modular opposite logic programmed obsolescence.

More durability for the product, less environmental impact, a long-term investment for the consumer, it's all good, at least on paper. Chinese ZTE very present in this 2014 edition and who intends to reduce its lack of fame occupies the land with new concept its modular smartphone, Eco Mobius.

The idea remains the same, battery, screen, APN or any processor is simply interchangeable. ZTE has not ventured to suggest a date of marketing or distribution process, including the famous blocks, but we expect that the modular general and in particular on the Smartphone, going to talk to him this year.

ZTE Will Present New Smartphones, A Phablet And Shows Connected In CES 2014

ZTE Grand S II CES 2014

The manufacturer ZTE has already given some details about the new products that it will unveil at the Consumer Electronics show 2014 early January(7-10). Like several of its competitors, ZTE takes a bit of advance unveiling new present it at CES 2014 who stands from January 7 in Las Vegas. Among the products advertised include 5 smartphones with a phablet, and shows connected. First presented the Grand S II is the high-end phone of the brand.

ZTE did not give details on specifications but features with the ability to unlock the phone or take a photo with the voice. A triple microphone with ambient noise reduction is also part. There are more details about nubia 5S and nubia 5S mini both equipped with a quad-core Qualcomm Snapdragon processor. The biggest offer a 1080p display on a 5 inch screen (against 4.7 inch mini) a camera 13 million pixels and can shoot Ultra HD. 

Finally, the Sonata 4G is equipped with a dual-core processor 1.4 GHz, 1 GB of RAM, camera 5 million pixels capable of shooting 720p all on a 4 inch screen. As its name suggests, it is compatible with the 4G plans. 

ZTE Iconic phablet, mi tablet mi smartphone has a screen of 5.7 inches, a dual-core processor on a HD screen and has the capacity to display two applications simultaneously through integrated functionality. The phablet can be recharged through a wireless system. 

Other products are advertised as a mini-projector Wi-Fi Hotspot or a watch connected The latter name ZTE BlueWatch and includes a pedometer and computing capabilities fat mass It connects to smartphones via Bluetooth to control calls, photos and other content as those from social networks. 

All these products ZTE will be presented in more detail next week at CES 2014 the booth of the manufacturer ...

The best smartphones of CES 2013 compared in a Benchmark

This year, the CES 2013 has not been as impressive as ads in the past in terms of smartphones. certainly, new platforms have appeared, but ultimately few smartphones available immediately were presented, However, some benchmarks have been achieved.

The CES does not seem really favorite playground manufacturers to present their spearheads, and few of them have succumbed to the temptation to be the flagship of their production, preferring to keep a little mystery to the show in Barcelona. Thus, it is mostly Chinese manufacturers and Sony took advantage of room for larger ads. Engadget now offers a test bench raw performance achieved on the Sony Xperia Z, Xperia ZL, the Huawai Ascend Mate and Ascend D2 and ZTE Grand S.

The tests were performed in Quadrant, AnTuTu, CF-Bench and SunSpider. Overall, except Ascend Mate (which has a 6.1-inch screen), All smartphones have a 5 inch screen with a 1080p display, 2GB of RAM, a quad-core processor: Snapdragon S4 Pro for Sony and ZTE, against a processor K3V2 for Huawei devices. Each operates under Android Jelly Bean and despite relatively similar architectures, are serious gaps in the appointment, evidence that the talent of the assembler is not limited to just gather some high-end chips in a frame. At the level of tests, are therefore smartphones Sony stand largely dispositis other, at least mainly AnTuTu and Quadrant CF-Bench. Some concerns have unfortunately prevented the realization of tests on Huawei devices with SunSpider, and this is the Grand S from ZTE which is the fastest in terms of display web content.

If the tests are to take with tweezers since the platforms tested are not yet fully finalized and could be modified and / or optimized prior to marketing, however, it is sad to see how the gap is growing between the Sony devices and the ZTE Grand S which provide a platform almost identical. On the other hand, Sony had announced clearly make every effort to provide a true competitor to the Samsung Galaxy S III and iPhone 5, and it seems that the manufacturer keeps its promises. Obviously, the results suggest that the raw performance that reflect more potential than actual user experience, and it is to use these smartphones will prove daily interest. A rapeller also the Lenovo K900 under Intel architecture Clover Trail + have achieved a score between 20000 and 25000 points in AnTuTu, Benchmarks war has only just begun ...

ZTE smartphone Nubia Z5 5 inch 1080p quadcore officialized

After many leaks, Chinese manufacturer ZTE has direct his  5 inch 1080p quadcore ZTE Nubia Z5 on its site. The new upmarket Chinese manufacturer ZTE, and inaugurates the series Nubia, was quickly announced at the presentation of this particular range, making sense of enticing features. ZTE Nubia Z5 is now officially presented on the manufacturer's website, to launch in China in the month of January, then perhaps an extension to other markets. Confirming the first data on its characteristics, ZTE smartphone Nubia Z5 is a terminal with a display 5 inch 1080p (1920 x 1080 pixels) with technology OGS or One Glass Solution for a very fine and only 2.67 mm between the screen and the edge of the apparatus, and it features a quadcore processor 1.5 GHz Snapdragon S4 Pro (APQ8064) associated with 2GB of RAM.

The smartphone embeds 32GB of internal storage and is only 7.6 mm thick (excluding the thickness of the photo sensor) which does not prevent him from boarding a camera 13 megapixels with flash on the back and a camera 2 megapixel in front for video conferencing.

It should be compatible WiFi, 4.0 Bluetootlh and ship modules GPS and NFC (Near Field Communications) and have a cellular modem HSPA +, all weighing only 126 g and with a 2300 mAh battery. ZTE is already an award for its model Nubia Z5: 3456 yuan, approximately $554.26. Between the smartphone Oppo Find 5 which offers similar features and future Huawei Ascend Mate and display 6.1 inch, Chinese manufacturers are not afraid to position itself more decidedly on the upmarket.

Huawei Deploys A New Mobile R & D Center In Europe

The Chinese manufacturer Huawei and equipment supplier announced the deployment of a new R & D center in Finland for mobile software development on Android and Windows Phone 8.

The Chinese group Huawei, like its competitor ZTE, continues to focus on Europe for its brainpower and pursuing strategic investments (reflects the commitment of Huawei in the long term in Europe.) while Intel is making an R & D mobile in France, Huawei announced an investment of 70 million euros over five years which will allow to do the same in Finland with a structure that begins with 30 employees and the number will increase to 100 employees over the next few years.

This R & D center will focus on developing mobile software for smartphones and tablets, (optimizing the user experience of existing operating systems like Android and Windows Phone 8.) Huawei has big ambitions in mobile devices and now wants to exist as its own brand, having long been the supplier discreet international brands and operators.

The Chinese group logically offensive started by Android, with the first smartphones and tablets, but he showed a strong interest to partner with Microsoft on Windows Phone 8. He has not yet formalized its products but rumors abound. Huawei recalls its investment efforts in Europe, including the UK last September where two billion euros were invested in various resources, R & D subsidies. The group now employs just over 7,000 employees in Europe, 600 in France. These contributions in the European economic landscape is not without some problems of consciousness.

The Wall Street Journal reported the reluctance of the Commission to initiate proceedings against Chinese telecom equipment for dumping, despite strong elements considered, although no formal complaint has been made, fear of triggering voltages reaching consequences for the economy, employment and the position of European companies in China. Huawei is also a gateway to Europe on the west much easier than in the U.S. where it is discarded equipment programs network most sensitive and where each of its initiatives is scrutinized with suspicion.

Smartphones In 2013, It Will Move ... Behind Samsung And Apple

After several years of growth insane, the smartphone market will take a new direction in 2013 with growth this time driven by emerging markets and price segments below.

The growth of the smartphone market for several years is impressive and has been generated from established markets and for top models and in the middle range. But the volumes have become such that these markets are approaching saturation. It was therefore logical to emerging markets, which are in the process of deploying mobile broadband networks and show applicants for this class of devices that relay growth will play in 2013.

And is now on smartphones midrange and entry level that will be played on larger volumes, estimates research firm Digitimes Research. This will lead to developments in the ranking of smartphone manufacturers. In mind, Samsung and Apple continue to dominate the market and take advantage of their strong position in established markets. However, behind this is Sony, which benefits from the failure of Nokia and RIM, as well as Huawei and ZTE, which occupy the following positions in the Top 5 in the world, by bringing fermerment Chinese manufacturers atop the leaderboard after the regular incursions. These three manufacturers have very similar volumes, while in sixth position, another Chinese manufacturer Lenovo Group will be positioned in ambush. Inevitably, these movements pushing number of players currently placed on these positions later in the world rankings.

Digitimes Research forecasts and HTC, which is struggling to revive their strong growth in 2009-2010, will be found to seventh in the world in 2013, followed by LG Electronics in eighth place, then Nokia and RIM finally the tenth largest in the world. Next year, more than half of mobile phones sold during the year should belong to the category of smartphones.
Ranking manufacturers of smartphones in 2013 estimated by Digitimes Research:


1. Samsung
2. Apple
3. Sony
4. Huawei
5. ZTE
6. Lenovo
7. HTC
8. LG Electronics
9. Nokia
10.RIM