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Samsung Galaxy J1 About To Make Its Debut
Samsung has released yet another smartphone to the masses in the form of the Samsung Galaxy J1, where it will carry the model number SM-J100 for those who are interested in detail such as those. Leaked pages of a promotional leaflet have surfaced, where we are now able to dive into what the Galaxy J1 offers.
At the back of this handset would like a 5MP shooter, while the front has a 2MP camera which ought to be able to do its bit to handle some decent selfies. Not only that, the Galaxy J1 would also be on the receiving end of the Ultra Power Saving Mode that was first spotted on higher-end smartphones, although it remains to be seen whether the 4.3” display will be an AMOLED one or not, sporting 480 x 800 resolution.
Apart from that, it will run on a quad-core 1.2GHz Marvell PXA1908 64-bit SoC, 1GB RAM, 4GB of internal memory, and a 1,850 mAh battery. Expect the Galaxy J1 to arrive in four variants – LTE, 3G, dual-SIM LTE, and dual-SIM 3G. It has a January 14 date spotted in the leaked images, so that must be when the announcement of its debut would happen.
The Fairphone 2 was first unveiled in June earlier this year, where this particular handset carried a modular design while featuring majority of its components that have been sourced from conflict-free mines. It seems that this particular handset that you can purchase with a clear conscience has begun to ship to those who happen to live across Europe.
Fairphone announced in a blog post, “It’s been almost two years in the making, and some of the earliest buyers have been patiently waiting since July to receive their new phones. As community manager, I want to personally welcome the new batch of Fairphone owners to our community.” The initial 1,000 units are tipped to ship this month, before the other pre-orders follow in January 2016.
In terms of hardware specifications, the Fairphone 2 will run on a Snapdragon 801 chipset, has a 5″ 1080p screen with Gorilla Glass 3 protection, 2GB of RAM, an 8MP camera, with Android 5.1 Lollipop in tow. It will be a dual SIM capable handset with a microSD memory card slot and plays nice with 4G LTE networks, retailing for approximately €525 a pop.
It looks like the upcoming flagship model from Xiaomi will feature NFC support, at least based on a document that was released by China UnionPay. Just in case you are scratching your head and wondering who China UnionPay is, they happen to be the only domestic payment gateway supplier and card organization, and hence, to see them offer detailed support concerning the newly released NFC-based payment system points to the very real possibility of the upcoming Xiaomi Mi 5 featuring NFC capability.
After all, the Xiaomi Mi 3 was also mentioned on the list, which so happens to feature NFC, and there is no mention of the Xiaomi Mi 4 which does not come with NFC. Still, such a new payment system would be the ideal tool to see the reintroduction of NFC to the flagship model.
OnePlus did make an announcement in the previous month that the Ceramic variant of the OnePlus X will be released on November 24. True to their word, they did exactly that – although only a pitiful number of units were made available, and not only that, this was through a charity auction. Thankfully for the rest of the masses who are on the lookout for this device, it has gone on sale officially already.
Needless to say, this particular variant is available only by an invitation, although do bear in mind that standard OnePlus X invites are not good here – you will still need to snag yourself a specific Ceramic variant invite before you make a purchase. OnePlus is also on the lookout to offer additional methods of picking up this smartphone, although no further details were revealed.
The OnePlus X Ceramic will be available only in select markets, where among them include Europe, India, and Hong Kong. To date, we do know that OnePlus had made only 10,000 units of the handset available. A case of the early bird getting the proverbial worm here?