Huawei showing super-thin smartphone at CES 2012

[qwerrty]

Huawei showing super-thin .26-inch Ascend P1 S smartphone at CES 2012
By Joseph Parish on January 9, 2012 10:03 am

At CES in Las Vegas, Huawei will show the Ascend P1 S, which looks like the world's thinnest smartphone at .26-inches (6.68mm) as far as we know — the Droid RAZR measures .28-inches. It has a dual-core 1.5 GHz TI OMAP 4460 CPU running Android 4.0, 1GB of RAM, and a SGX540 graphics processor (same as the Galaxy Nexus) stuffed under a 4.3-inch qHD 960 x 540 Super AMOLED touchscreen protected by Gorilla Glass. That screen could be a weak point with its Pentile pixel pattern. On the front is a 1.3-megapixel camera to complement the 8-megapixel shooter in the rear, and both shoot HD video at 720p and 1080p respectively. With pentaband support and the obligatory Wi-Fi and bluetooth 3.0, the P1 S should meet all your wireless needs. Huawei is also announcing the Ascend P1, a 7.69mm phone whose only difference from the 'S' is a bigger battery at 1800mAh over its thinner sibling's 1670mAh. No price has been set, but both phones should be available in Q2 of 2012.

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Lenovo LePad K2010 (IdeaTab K2) hands-on: 1.7GHz Tegra 3, full HD IPS display

Remember our lovely leak of Lenovo's Tegra 3 tablet from last November? Well, it showed up here at CES under the LePad K2010 moniker for China, while elsewhere it'll likely be known as the IdeaTab K2. We won't comment much on the unfinished software (so no luck with controlling the cursor using the fingerprint scanner on the back), but build quality wise we enjoyed the faux brushed metal cover on the back, and similarly, the sharp 1,920 x 1,200 IPS display between the speakers was very impressive (yes, we double-checked with Lenovo on these numbers).

We also received confirmation that the camera on the back has an eight-megapixel resolution, but obviously we'll wait and see if the picture quality lives up to expectation. Alas, there's still no word on availability, but regardless, China will get first dibs on this juicy quad-core slate. On the bright side, this should give ample time for potential buyers to save up -- the K2010 is aimed at high-end business users, after all. Hands-on video after the break.

Update: Fresh info straight from Beijing tells us that the K2010's clock speed's been given a gentle bump from 1.6GHz to 1.7GHz. And those speakers sandwiching the display? Those are what Lenovo calls "Super Surround Speaker (3S)" that consists of four drivers. We're also told to expect a charging station.

*ttp://www.engadget.com/2012/01/08/lenovo-lepad-k2010-ideatab-k2-hands-on/

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[kawaraj]

cool features, hope it can go on sale soon, my old phone need new replacement.

 

[Roybot]

Looks like the Nokia Lumia.

 

[fly2012]

Lenovo also demoed the world's first Smart TV K91 at CES 2012, running Android and will be first available in China on April.

55" IPS 3D HDTV
1.5GHz dual-core CPU
Android OS 4.0
1GB of RAM
8GB storage
SD expansion
802.11b/g/n WiFi
10M/100M Ethernet

 

[qwerrty]

ZTE is very popular in europe. wondering what they have to show at CES2012.

ZTE Blade Touch Screen Handset Sales Pass the Two Million Mark

Expects handset sales to reach 80 million in 2011

29 June 2011, Shenzhen – ZTE Corporation (“ZTE”) (H share stock code: 0763.HK / A share stock code: 000063.SZ), a publicly-listed global provider of telecommunications equipment and network solutions, has now sold more than two million ZTE Blade handsets, and is one of the top best-selling smartphones in the world.

ZTE continues to challenge the market leaders in the handset market, and expects to ship more than 80 million handsets this year, up 60 million units in 2010.

The ZTE Blade was first launched in the UK in the second half of 2010, and is now available in over 30 countries and regions, including the UK, France, Greece, Spain, Poland and Turkey. It has also successfully penetrated Japan and Finland, the home markets of major ZTE competitors.

Launched as the Orange San Francisco in the UK, the ZTE Blade’s popularity actually exceeded that of the iPhone 4 in the UK at one stage in early 2011 according to online purchase tracking company Hotukdeals. The device was promoted aggressively with a special offer price of ￡79.99 in the Orange Retail stores over part of the Christmas holiday, along with a competition to win a trip to San Francisco. The Blade was one of Orange's best-selling handsets over this period. ZTE worked closely with Orange (Everything Everywhere) after identifying an empty market niche for smartphones priced between ￡79.99 and ￡159. The outcome of this activity was to deliver to market a device that was stylish, thinner and more fashionable for this price-conscious and trend-setting market segment.

In the annual handset opinion survey organised by the online XDA Developers forum, the ZTE Blade won a total of 24.66% votes, placing it first among the 32 handsets as judged by forum users.

The Blade handset’s popularity has also been highlighted by the hundreds of calls and emails received by ZTE asking when the next version of Android and an upgraded CPU would be available on the Blade.

In Japan, the Blade was launched as the Softbank Venus with Android 2.2. Late in the device’s development programme, Softbank decided that it should run Android 2.2, which was just being released at that time. ZTE’s research team integrated Android 2.2 into the device within a very tight timeframe, laying a solid foundation for Blade’s strong sales performance in Japan.

In Greece, the Blade has been operator Wind’s best selling smart phone since its launch in January. Monthly sales volumes of the Blade in Greece are around 3000 units, which makes that the Blade has altered the traditional market structure for Greek telecommunications.

In Finland, Blade sales exceeded sales of the most popular iPhone model in November and December 2010 and January 2011. Of interest too is that ZTE Blade owners are using their phones more intensively than others. The data traffic volume of Blade users in Finland has peaked at 700MB per month.

Building on its international success in the smart phone market, ZTE is strengthening its smart terminals product lines in China, aiming to build on its market lead at home. The ZTE V880 has been customised for China Unicom’s WCDMA network, and the Blade has been customised for China Telecom’s CDMA 2000 EVDO network and China Mobile’s TD-SCDMA network for launch in the next few months.

The Blade has been recognized in industry awards around the world, including winning awards as one of the Best Handsets by German magazine “Connect”, for Best Cost/Performance and Editors Choice by Greece’s “PC World”, and in the UK, Best Value Smartphone by “Smartphone Essentials” magazine and Best Buy by “The Sunday Times”. The Blade also won the awards for Europe’s Best Design and China’s Best Design of the Year before its launch.

*ttp://www.tracyandmatt.co.uk/blogs/index.php/zte-blade-touch-screen-handset-sales-pas-2011

 

[fly2012]

ZTE is very popular in europe. wondering what they have to show at CES2012.

ZTE is state owned while Huawei is private owned. Because of this, a lot of Huawei people feel it is not a fair competition. Their headquaters are closed to each other as well so both companies try to recruite from others. It is safe to say they are bitter ravalries.

 

[kawaraj]

ZTE feature is more people friendly, less edge, more market share, good.

this is a good thread too, I am kind of tired of those offending attacking blahblah.....s...., trolls are everywhere on the forum.