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Xperia X10 is more future proof than galaxy s

From teardown of i9000, it has:
512MB SLC Nand, and (384MB LPDDR + 128 MB [2 piece 166Mhz Mobile DDR] ) OneNand, all packaged on a MPC with the PowerVr+Hummingbird core.
Then a 16GB piece MoviNand (samsung's version of MLC based eMMC), all manufactured by samsung.
If it's right, then all the galaxy s phones (i9000(m), vibrant, captivate.. etc) only have 512MB of true fast Nand rom, could be the cause of the lag issues.
Although I don't have a teardown of the Fascinate and Epic, I'd assume they are the same as the GSM versions, with the exception of a 1GB/2GB MLC nand replacing the 16GB MoviNand (ie. they have only 512MB SLC Nand too).
Samsung is very smart when it comes to lowering the BoM and ip costs in building this high spec android phone.
By comparison, SE Xperia X10 has a 2x512MB (1GB total) fast Micron SLC Nand rom, 3 piece 384MB of LPDDR (166Mhz, x16*2+x32) higher bandwidth than i9000's. Nand + Ram made by Micron (which makes superior ic's compared to samsung).
HD2, and Sprint Evo 4G all have the same MCP made by Hynix; Google Nexus One and Htc desire share a MCP made by samsung, even though they have different specified Ram amounts (512MB vs 576MB), could be caused by the different allocations of available OneNand?
It is very likely, that the minimum requirement for Android 3.o is not 512MB ram, but 512MB rom, (Android, like Maemo, is very good at memory management). I'd say that the Sony Ericsson Xperia X10 is actually more "future proof" than the i9000, and the HTC phones released so far.

hopefully what you analyzed is true! I really don't want 2.1 to be the last software update on my X10.

SEMC said:
It is very likely, that the minimum requirement for Android 3.o is not 512MB ram, but 512MB rom, (Android, like Maemo, is very good at memory management). I'd say that the Sony Ericsson Xperia X10 is actually more "future proof" than the i9000, and the HTC phones released so far.
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You had me until here. There is no "minimum requirement" listed for Android 3.0, since it hasn't been announced yet.

iead1 said:
You had me until here. There is no "minimum requirement" listed for Android 3.0, since it hasn't been announced yet.
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No, the next version of android hasn't been officially announced, but I think you'll find that future android devices running high end branch of android from SE (and other manufactures) will at least 1GB of nand rom.

SE Xperia X10 has a 2x512MB (1GB total) fast Micron SLC Nand rom
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can anyone explain me this part .....

For example, an OMAP4440 based 864*480 (Sharp panel for SE, a first i think ) device that's in the works ...

This may be pulling the strings bit too far but are U max from esato?
If yes, is there any truth in the psp phone rumor? Also, what are the next devices, the X10 successors lined up for in terms of Processor and GPU?
Also the galaxy S has a better CPU and GFX card, so the better RAm in the X10 wont do to make it more future proof.

Yes, SE will release Gingerbread for X10 in 2013 - after the machines take over.

More than any device specs holding back updates for existing phones is that SE & others don't want to give you a free update. Why would they want to provide you with a update to prolong the life of your phone, when they could sell you or your provider a new one for actual money . Future proof is a myth built in obsolescence is the reality.

Am I correct in assuming you are associated with Sony Ericcson somehow (SE-MC as your nick)? I only ask because it clearly creates a conflict of interest for you to decide between both devices fairly.
NAND imho is considered to be flash, not RAM. Samsung officially said that they had 512MB RAM. In the case this unit didn't have 512MB LPDDR, it would mean they lied during the announcement: http://www.samsung.com/ph/news/newsR...ype=globalnews , as the OneNAND/MoviNand site differentiates between flash and RAM too. I have emailed them though to ask specifically.
We never really had issues with Micron or Samsung RAM at the Apple reseller I worked at. Micron might possibly be better, but you probably wont notice any differences unless you start over-clocking.
You forget that the i9000 has a MUCH faster GPU (90million triangles vs the X10 one), 802.11n, BT3 and REAL multitouch. Also, if you are writing an article, shouldn't you perform your own teardown so you can be 100% sure of what you are writing about? Anyway, in almost any synthetic benchmark at the moment (not that they matter), Galaxy S is ahead. The X10 however is probably ahead in photo quality.
Both phones are suited towards different audiences really, and both have their own benefits. I'd expect the Galaxy S to have a longer useful timespan though.. Sony Ericsson 9 months after announcement have announced plenty of new phones, but haven't even updated Android to 2.0. They clearly have the resources, but their priorities seem to be capturing more of the market, rather than helping their existing customers. If anything, SE's attitude suggests A3 wont be ported to the X10. The X10 likely never attracted the kind of people who will port Android 3 by themselves either (1.6 is too old for developers). Sony Ericsson also have a strong history of using software to upsell customers.
Anyway, it depends on what your requirements are. Neither Sony Ericsson nor Samsung are known for great long term software support, ROM's for Froyo have already been leaked by Samsung for the Galaxy S, whereas, there is very little evidence that SE are actively working on upgrading theirs (seriously, by now they should have at least gotten 2.0).
Despite my uses for a camera Flash, I ended up settling on the Galaxy S though. It's up to people to make their own choice, but I personally believe that the SE is the better long term choice.

Yes, SE will release Gingerbread for X10 in 2013 - after the machines take over.
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Impossible cause the worlds gonna end in 2012. No Gingerbread for us x10 users.
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se_dude said:
is there any truth in the psp phone rumor? Also, what are the next devices, the X10 successors lined up for in terms of Processor and GPU?
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Not very likely is it, with psp neXt gen coming . The 2 divisions operates quite independently. However, an android device (running a 'high end' branch of android ) is currently in internal testing, based on TI's OMAP4400 series, and paired with LPDDR2 I believe, since the performance put that of samsung's i9000 to shame. I don't know if this is the *supposed* psp phone, but it does have an unusually wide aspect ratio screen (864*480) which could suggest a gaming 'portal' is coming to select future se devices.

andrewluecke said:
NAND imho is considered to be flash, not RAM. Samsung officially said that they had 512MB RAM. In the case this unit didn't have 512MB LPDDR, it would mean they lied during the announcement: http://www.samsung.com/ph/news/newsR...ype=globalnews , as the OneNAND/MoviNand site differentiates between flash and RAM too. I have emailed them though to ask specifically.
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Nand is not 'considered' to be flash, it is flash. OneNand is just a mcp with 'flash' + ram. The problem is, on samsung mobile's own devices, i9000 in particular, are some custom mcp's that are not publicly available. There are some mcp's used here which have comparable public offerings (from samsung semi), the application processor for example; but even they are slightly different. Making analysis a bit painful, some purely based on experience.

I have a X10a but let's face it.
Galaxy S is the better smartphone now and will be in Q4 too.
While X10 will run 2.1, Galaxy S will run 2.2 which will give better performance.
Who cares about long distant future?
Next year, this time, probably only 20% of the current X10 'geek' owners will still have the X10.
The rest will move to better smartphones 1.2Ghz, 1.5Ghz, dual core, etc.
The usual, non geek, owner won't care anyway if he has 1.6, 2.1, 2.2, 3.0, etc as hong as he can make calls, listen a few mp3s and take some nice snapshots.

Even the galaxy s has a life span so don't think that it will get 3.0 since Samsung support stinks
Sent from my X10a

If Android 3.0 will be "standalone" (only rumour yet) you dont need SE to install it in the X10.
Yes, the i9000 have better specifications, better graphic card, but and the construction? next year, half will had problems... they are having problems now.
I have changed HTC to SE because of all the problems i had with HTC, GPS no working, vibrate not working, etc etc... i'm tired of these problems.

consolation said:
Yes, SE will release Gingerbread for X10 in 2013 - after the machines take over.
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At 8:30 am, SE became self aware.

anjo2 said:
If Android 3.0 will be "standalone" (only rumour yet) you dont need SE to install it.
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Not with with a locked bootloader you won't!

andrewluecke said:
You forget that the i9000 has a MUCH faster GPU (90million triangles vs the X10 one)
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Bah... you should consider stopping repeating other people's **** when it makes no sense.
According to those numbers, that phone is like 2 times faster than a GameCube
Now if you look at GLBenchmark, it's not quite 90 millions per second, but more like 7 millions textured triangles per second while the snapdragon seems to cap at around 2 millions in all tests, and the older power VR in the droid does 2.5 millions.
The Galaxy S is thus quite faster in those benchmark.
Now that's a benchmark, in actual games/apps, you don't care about that, what you want is your framerate to stay higher than 30fps, and in this case what you get is more like 30.000 textured and lit tris per frame max on a snapdragon (X10), 37.000 tris on a PowerVR (moto droid) and around 65.000 on a Galaxy S.
So it's certainly faster like a bit more than 2 times faster than the older snapdragon, but those "90 millions triangles per second" are totally made up.

SEMC said:
Nand is not 'considered' to be flash, it is flash. OneNand is just a mcp with 'flash' + ram. The problem is, on samsung mobile's own devices, i9000 in particular, are some custom mcp's that are not publicly available. There are some mcp's used here which have comparable public offerings (from samsung semi), the application processor for example; but even they are slightly different. Making analysis a bit painful, some purely based on experience.
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Or assumptions/guessing, as it seems to be in this case..

Zte skate is out on orange, but what CPU?

The ZTE Skate is out on Orange as the Orange Monte Carlo for £149.99.
I read everywhere it has an 800mhz CPU but cannot for the life of me find what CPU it is.
Any able to track down that info?

MSM 7227-T (Turbo)
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/MSM7000#MSM7227_and_MSM7230

Nice work.
So still an Arm v6 then, albeit a turbo!
Seems alrite tho seeing you can get £130 off ebay for a Blade with cyanogen and a few (or 5) gameloft games thrown in just for good luck, along with 30 off from orange for having a sim card around for this. doesn't need to cost a thing for upgrade. Might give it a go!

Yup, still ARM v6. Although, I'm not sure whether the 1GHz version is also ARM v7 too.

I know that its 800mhz processor, i thinks it still is a AMR v6.
Heres a link with full details - http://pdadb.net/index.php?m=specs&id=2795&c=zte_skate

medseven said:
The ZTE Skate is out on Orange as the Orange Monte Carlo for £149.99.
I read everywhere it has an 800mhz CPU but cannot for the life of me find what CPU it is.
Any able to track down that info?
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It is ARMv6 and Isn't capable of full flash, not sure about the new version but i'm assuming it'll be the same to cut costs/itll cost more as they'll have to redevelop the whole ROM. Various people are busy porting the Skate ROM to the Blade which personally I see little/no point as we already have a gingerbread leak.

k0zmic said:
MSM 7227-T (Turbo)
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/MSM7000#MSM7227_and_MSM7230
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Lol wut? MSM7230 has Adreno 205 not 200
But yeah Orange Monte Carlo has MSM7227 Turbo.

guys anyone tried viber on it?
does viber only work on the loud speaker?

[Q] Lg GT 540 or Samsung Galaxy Y which phone is better

the sgy is better than lg gt 540 tell me i whant to buy but Im not decided
Lg GT 540 or Samsung Galaxy Y

alin2011 said:
the sgy is better than lg gt 540 tell me i whant to buy but Im not decided
Lg GT 540 or Samsung Galaxy Y
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Galaxy y just take a look on the specs..
But I don't know how much development is there for it.
Sent from my GT540

yeah galaxy y specs :
OS Android OS, v2.3.5 (Gingerbread) (stock gb hmm good)
CPU 830 MHz ARMv6 (armv6 too but 800mhz on default??)
Type TFT capacitive touchscreen, 256K colors (eh this is kinda different.....)

Display resolution is just to small 240x320 for that size. CPU is faster, but no flash support, in my opinion not wort changing. I your place i would save money for something with armv7 or better and with higher resolution.
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hmm aint that ldpi? i dint see that

Yes, me sister want to bay it so i chack it before. Chack out xperia mini pro. That is gr8 small phone, my sis have it for some time and i like it.
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er thats the one with the keyboard right? i bit confused they look the same to me lol. did you install gingerdx for her?(cm7)

Yes, it is this model m.gsmarena.com/sony_ericsson_xperia_mini_pro-3713.php
1GHz cpu, adreno 205, gr8 hardware.
It come with ginger, and shuld get ics. lol, no flashing cm7, rooting, oc, etc... no need for that. She use it for voice calls, sms, internet, music and photos. And she would probable kill me if i broke something. :-D
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wow just wow 1ghz?? put this phone to shame

If I have to choose between swift and galaxy Y, i would take a swift becouse of screen size in px. If you're thinking about any other low end phone you should look at the xperia live with walkman - 1gHz, 512 rom, 512 ram, fast as hell, mdpi,, and phone is not very larger than his screen.

or the wildfire s is good too

I think Galaxy Gio is better than Galaxy Y and GT540, and the price is similiar.

lg gt540 is a low-end smartphone from lg ang galaxy y is a low-end smarthpone from samsung. With stock rom and internal storage galaxy y wins and it has multi-touch screen too (which lg gt540 doesn't) but lg gt540 has ics (beta) and galaxy y doesn't (yet) so... if u look into the future i think u should choose the galaxy y but if u want to play with ics right now u should choose lg gt540. Or u could do as what the above say: save the money and buy a super smartphone like samsung galaxy SII or nesus

How mach is g s2? I would't never give more than 200-250 euro for phone.
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@bataya i think that would depend if you buy with 2 year contract or something like that. http://www.gsmarena.com/samsung_i9100_galaxy_s_ii-3621.php (see below) in
Singapore a sgsII with a 2 year contract (bundled with data and stuff cost more then 30 SGD a month) and still need to pay more then 200 SGD for the phone itself.....

SGD? How much is that in euro?
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What about galaxy w? What's the price if it in your country?
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320-360 euro in shop, for now non of mobile operator offer this model.
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well SGD = singapore dollar. close to us dollar
as of now the conversion is
1.00 SGD = 0.600692 EUR

I would take a look at the HTC wildfire s or galaxy ace. For HTC, you get a great looking ui, galaxy ace gets a silky smooth hardware accelerated browser.
Neither LG gt540 or galaxy y are recommended be me for basic smartphone task(s).
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Samsung is lying about ICS update

Hello everyone,
Samsung is releasing DUAL SIM card phone Galaxy S Duos phone (S7562).
Specs:
Additionally, the phone has Android 4.0, 1GHz CPU, 512MB RAM, 3G, 4-inch 800×480 display, 5 megapixel camera, Wi-Fi, GPS, microSD card slot and 1500mAh battery.
The same specs as our SGS have. With only 512 RAM and it will be ICS out of the box.
So our SGS capable of running Touchwized ICS.
http://www.sammobile.com/2012/07/30/samsung-to-launch-dual-sim-galaxy-s-duos/

The I9000 (SGS Amoled with Samsung SoC) is advertised as 512Mb Smartphone, like the I9003 (SGS LCD with Texas Instrument SoC) also. The I9000 have physically 512Mb RAM in the SoC, the 9003 have 640Mb, and you can see this difference between Stock Samsung ROM in 2.3.6 and the 128 Mb make a difference with LMK usage. End of story.

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The I9000 (SGS Amoled with Samsung SoC) is advertised as 512Mb Smartphone, like the I9003 (SGS LCD with Texas Instrument SoC) also. The I9000 have physically 512Mb RAM in the SoC, the 9003 have 640Mb, and you can see this difference between Stock Samsung ROM in 2.3.6 and the 128 Mb make a difference with LMK usage. End of story.
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Does i9003 getting official ICS? If not, than samsung is lying about the i9003

Samsung doesn't care about customers on long term stages the only interesed that you buy new deveices every year.Apple is much better at this stage they care about it that their devices are updated and users satisfided.
So If you don't like apple you can buy nexus device this device is also up to date.

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Does i9003 getting official ICS? If not, than samsung is lying about the i9003
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Sales of i9003 are very different of i9000. And people who doesn't care to have a 9003 (SLCD, less powerful GPU, etc. etc. than i9000) mainly doesn't care to have Android 4.x instead of 2.3.x because their smartphone WORKS in 2.3.x. If you want a bleeding edge smartphone, go with the Nexus line, not a consumer line. Period.

Lenovo Lemo K3 Note Hands on, Antutu, Battery, GPS, Google Play store review

In current market, there is a much competitive and popular smartphone from Lenovo, although it's not the first 64bit 4G LTE smartphone, and it also the upgraded version of Lenovo Lemo, we must figure out the model, right, it's Lenovo Lemo K3 Note. After Meizu announced its note version, Meizu M1 Note, 'Note' has become the trendy word, like Xiaomi Note, so does Lenovo K3 Note. We are delighted to get the goods to make a specific hands on review for you when you have questions to purchase this one.
Design
Lenovo K3 Note has boosted 5.5inch FHD IPS screen instead of the Lenovo k3 with 5.0inch HD IPS screen, in view of the screen size and screen resolution, large screen size can be regarded as a small tablet pc, like a popular phablet, especially for those large-palm foreigner. What's more, i am so picky with the screen resolution, if i bought a smartphone with lower screen resolution, which means the less superior video quality. Fortunately, Lenovo K3 note has the highest screen resolution with 1920 * 1080pixels, which enables me to enjoy more full high definition videos, games, and so on. This factor is very critical for me.
Hardware
Lenovo K3 Note has also made changed about its CPU, this time it uses the latest and most popular MTK6752 64bit Octa core 1.7GHz CPU rather than Qualcomm MSMS8916 64bit Quad Core 1.2GHz CPU of Lenovo Lemo K3, built in RAM 2GB ROM 16GB, larger than RAM 1GB of Lenovo K3. As you know, a chipset is as important as human's heart, 64bit Octa core processor has come into a mature and stable stage for most smartphones. I can play 3D games freely and rapidly by Lenovo K3 Note, meanwhile, RAM 2GB running memory helps me store and run the enough apps to avoid the lack storage to be stuck.
Dual Camera
When i pick a smartphone, i also attch importance to the dual camera, it has 13MP back camera and 5MP front camera, both cameras enable me to take a picture in low light, let alone in strong light. I always take this smartphone to shoot some beautiful moments in my life and then upload in my zone. I believe as time passed by, it can be eternal.
Software
For most Lenovo smartphone, it just can support Chinese and English, and it doesn't have Google play store. Right now we can share the good news that this one not only has google play store, but also set up in your mother tongue. Meanwhile, I can use GPS to locate where i want to go to avoid losing the way. Other practical softwares such as facebook, twitter, bluetooth are provided for you free. In addition, 3000mAh Battery lets me call or play for one day without charging more. I can't express more about this smartphone.
Price and Coupon
Lenovo K3 Note begins to sell now below $170 today to get a nice budget phone. Now there are Yellow and White in stock. Which one will you choose? More latest review about Chinese smartphone will come soon, stay tuned.
Mod Edit: Commercial link removed by @Darth

droidjo said:
In current market, there is a much competitive and popular smartphone from Lenovo, although it's not the first 64bit 4G LTE smartphone, and it also the upgraded version of Lenovo Lemo, we must figure out the model, right, it's Lenovo Lemo K3 Note. After Meizu announced its note version, Meizu M1 Note, 'Note' has become the trendy word, like Xiaomi Note, so does Lenovo K3 Note. We are delighted to get the goods to make a specific hands on review for you when you have questions to purchase this one.
Design
Lenovo K3 Note has boosted 5.5inch FHD IPS screen instead of the Lenovo k3 with 5.0inch HD IPS screen, in view of the screen size and screen resolution, large screen size can be regarded as a small tablet pc, like a popular phablet, especially for those large-palm foreigner. What's more, i am so picky with the screen resolution, if i bought a smartphone with lower screen resolution, which means the less superior video quality. Fortunately, Lenovo K3 note has the highest screen resolution with 1920 * 1080pixels, which enables me to enjoy more full high definition videos, games, and so on. This factor is very critical for me.
Hardware
Lenovo K3 Note has also made changed about its CPU, this time it uses the latest and most popular MTK6752 64bit Octa core 1.7GHz CPU rather than Qualcomm MSMS8916 64bit Quad Core 1.2GHz CPU of Lenovo Lemo K3, built in RAM 2GB ROM 16GB, larger than RAM 1GB of Lenovo K3. As you know, a chipset is as important as human's heart, 64bit Octa core processor has come into a mature and stable stage for most smartphones. I can play 3D games freely and rapidly by Lenovo K3 Note, meanwhile, RAM 2GB running memory helps me store and run the enough apps to avoid the lack storage to be stuck.
Dual Camera
When i pick a smartphone, i also attch importance to the dual camera, it has 13MP back camera and 5MP front camera, both cameras enable me to take a picture in low light, let alone in strong light. I always take this smartphone to shoot some beautiful moments in my life and then upload in my zone. I believe as time passed by, it can be eternal.
Software
For most Lenovo smartphone, it just can support Chinese and English, and it doesn't have Google play store. Right now we can share the good news that this one not only has google play store, but also set up in your mother tongue. Meanwhile, I can use GPS to locate where i want to go to avoid losing the way. Other practical softwares such as facebook, twitter, bluetooth are provided for you free. In addition, 3000mAh Battery lets me call or play for one day without charging more. I can't express more about this smartphone.
Price and Coupon
Lenovo K3 Note begins to sell now below $180 today to get a nice budget phone. Now there are Yellow and White in stock. Which one will you choose? More latest review about Chinese smartphone will come soon, stay tuned.
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I have one too, and I have flash it with a custom recovery and I can not boot now
Any one please can give me a flash backup that I can use it with SPFlashTool ?
many thanks.

droidjo said:
In current market, there is a much competitive and popular smartphone from Lenovo, although it's not the first 64bit 4G LTE smartphone, and it also the upgraded version of Lenovo Lemo, we must figure out the model, right, it's Lenovo Lemo K3 Note. After Meizu announced its note version, Meizu M1 Note, 'Note' has become the trendy word, like Xiaomi Note, so does Lenovo K3 Note. We are delighted to get the goods to make a specific hands on review for you when you have questions to purchase this one.
Design
Lenovo K3 Note has boosted 5.5inch FHD IPS screen instead of the Lenovo k3 with 5.0inch HD IPS screen, in view of the screen size and screen resolution, large screen size can be regarded as a small tablet pc, like a popular phablet, especially for those large-palm foreigner. What's more, i am so picky with the screen resolution, if i bought a smartphone with lower screen resolution, which means the less superior video quality. Fortunately, Lenovo K3 note has the highest screen resolution with 1920 * 1080pixels, which enables me to enjoy more full high definition videos, games, and so on. This factor is very critical for me.
Hardware
Lenovo K3 Note has also made changed about its CPU, this time it uses the latest and most popular MTK6752 64bit Octa core 1.7GHz CPU rather than Qualcomm MSMS8916 64bit Quad Core 1.2GHz CPU of Lenovo Lemo K3, built in RAM 2GB ROM 16GB, larger than RAM 1GB of Lenovo K3. As you know, a chipset is as important as human's heart, 64bit Octa core processor has come into a mature and stable stage for most smartphones. I can play 3D games freely and rapidly by Lenovo K3 Note, meanwhile, RAM 2GB running memory helps me store and run the enough apps to avoid the lack storage to be stuck.
Dual Camera
When i pick a smartphone, i also attch importance to the dual camera, it has 13MP back camera and 5MP front camera, both cameras enable me to take a picture in low light, let alone in strong light. I always take this smartphone to shoot some beautiful moments in my life and then upload in my zone. I believe as time passed by, it can be eternal.
Software
For most Lenovo smartphone, it just can support Chinese and English, and it doesn't have Google play store. Right now we can share the good news that this one not only has google play store, but also set up in your mother tongue. Meanwhile, I can use GPS to locate where i want to go to avoid losing the way. Other practical softwares such as facebook, twitter, bluetooth are provided for you free. In addition, 3000mAh Battery lets me call or play for one day without charging more. I can't express more about this smartphone.
Price and Coupon
Lenovo K3 Note begins to sell now below $180 today to get a nice budget phone. Now there are Yellow and White in stock. Which one will you choose? More latest review about Chinese smartphone will come soon, stay tuned.
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Hello to all guys , I just got this fantastic Lenovo phablet , but I do not like the translation and Vibe UI , I want to find a pure Android rom . I know that almost certainly there are devices that have the Lenovo compatible roms . Can anyone help me out ?

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kangel said:
Hello to all guys , I just got this fantastic Lenovo phablet , but I do not like the translation and Vibe UI , I want to find a pure Android rom . I know that almost certainly there are devices that have the Lenovo compatible roms . Can anyone help me out ?
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Can anyone answer me if this cellphone supports Band B7 (2600 MHz) 4G. Because I want to purchase one, but I saw on TENAA site that doesn't supports.
Thank you

samukaiser said:
Can anyone answer me if this cellphone supports Band B7 (2600 MHz) 4G. Because I want to purchase one, but I saw on TENAA site that doesn't supports.
Thank you
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I'm now in 4G

The dropbox require password, some one knows it?

kangel said:
I'm now in 4G
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I know that supports B1 and B3 bands (1800 and 2100 MHz)
But I want to know if supports band b7 (2600 MHz) because that it's used here.

samukaiser said:
I know that supports B1 and B3 bands (1800 and 2100 MHz)
But I want to know if supports band b7 (2600 MHz) because that it's used here.
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Hi Friend, it supports 4G: FDD-LTE 1800/2100/2600MHz, please check it.

gaaps need
I bought this today. But its in chinese version with no google servieces. Any gaaps link or firmware link with playstore and google services enabled???

rana103 said:
I bought this today. But its in chinese version with no google servieces. Any gaaps link or firmware link with playstore and google services enabled???
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1/ Go here and download the CWM recovery v6.0.5.1 : http://pan.baidu.com/s/1mguuByg
2/ Install it with SPFlashTool. Important : you must to check the option "DA DL All with Checksum" otherwise it will not boot!
3/ reboot to CWM recovery and install google gapps 5.0 minimal : http://forum.xda-developers.com/android/software/gapps-google-apps-minimal-edition-t2943330
4/ Bonus: root --> via recovery, install the supersu update zip : https://download.chainfire.eu/696/SuperSU/

droidjo said:
Hi, I have helped you get the ROM from my friend, you can flash the lenovo k3 note and get the Lenovo K3 Note ROM here! It's exclusive, just cherish it. By the way, after you flash the phone, don't forget to install the software, MoboPlayer_81.apk in the file.
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No reply for the Dropbox rom download link???
Any other firmware links available for this mobile??
Just and insurance..

The official roms are very good, no need of any password of any thing : http://www.vibeui.com/vibeui/rom?key=k3 note
Install it via CWM.
It will overwrite the recovery by the official one, just reflash it by the CWM recovery and re-root as usual with : https://download.chainfire.eu/696/SuperSU

dreambo said:
The official roms are very good, no need of any password of any thing : http://www.vibeui.com/vibeui/rom?key=k3 note
Install it via CWM.
It will overwrite the recovery by the official one, just reflash it by the CWM recovery and re-root as usual with : https://download.chainfire.eu/696/SuperSU
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I really want to get this device! But a few questions for those that have it...
(a) what is the quality of the camera? For the price, I know I can't expect too much, but I am hoping it is significantly better than my current phone (Moto G 2013)
(b) from youtube videos it looks like the screen has quite a significant blue tint to the screen colors. Have you found this to be the case, and have you tried using any apps to correct it?
(c) has anybody successfully used a 64GB micro SD card with it?
(d) it seems that it does not come with Google Play. Has anybody successfully replicated the steps posted by dreambo to root and install gapps?

dreambo said:
The official roms are very good, no need of any password of any thing : http://www.vibeui.com/vibeui/rom?key=k3 note
Install it via CWM.
It will overwrite the recovery by the official one, just reflash it by the CWM recovery and re-root as usual with : https://download.chainfire.eu/696/SuperSU
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lol, i release the rom to support Multi-language, the officail rom just supports English and Chinese.

droidjo said:
lol, i release the rom to support Multi-language, the officail rom just supports English and Chinese.
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Real multi-language or only 95% of system? Because I'm italian and I don't like that translation.
Can you send me italian screenshots?

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NI25fKWQQuI
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JxvNVsWVSXc
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=21BztpqT_8U

kangel said:
Hello to all guys , I just got this fantastic Lenovo phablet , but I do not like the translation and Vibe UI , I want to find a pure Android rom . I know that almost certainly there are devices that have the Lenovo compatible roms . Can anyone help me out ?
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yeah, which model?

Lataman said:
The dropbox require password, some one knows it?
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lol, you need to contact the reseller about the password.

lenovo k3 note problem
hello sorry for my english.
i have k3 note and i have problem with miracast... its very big lathency... and movies work ok only in .mkv codec.... my friend have jiayu s3... its similiar phone like mine but his work great...
i think this its firmware/ rom problem... can someone send link to stock pure android...plese help

limafoxtrot said:
I really want to get this device! But a few questions for those that have it...
(a) what is the quality of the camera? For the price, I know I can't expect too much, but I am hoping it is significantly better than my current phone (Moto G 2013)
(b) from youtube videos it looks like the screen has quite a significant blue tint to the screen colors. Have you found this to be the case, and have you tried using any apps to correct it?
(c) has anybody successfully used a 64GB micro SD card with it?
(d) it seems that it does not come with Google Play. Has anybody successfully replicated the steps posted by dreambo to root and install gapps?
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camera take little worst phote then sgnote 3
in my phone i have 64gb toshiba hspeed and works great
i order my phone from aliexpress and i have gpstore and gapps
but this phone( on my system) dont have ota update so a wait fore cm or stock rom