The iPhone 6S is scheduled for launch on the 25th of September in China, a second wave release. However reports show that smugglers have already begun taking orders for the coveted phone, charging up to $3,300 USD for the device. The South China Morning Post reported that hawkers had already taken the phone to the mainland amid […]
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Thermal Camera Startup Charmcam Can Take Your Sleeping Baby’s Temperature
One of top 15 startups of the TechCrunch Beijing 2015 startup competition is Charmcam. Hong Kong based-Charmcam monitors babies for the post 80-90s young parents, not only visually but also smartly. It will be available on Indiegogo this month, according to the company. Charmcam monitors a baby, and alarms the parents when the baby’s head is covered. The thermal […]
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This Wireless Robotic Button-Pusher Wants To Make Your Appliances Smarter
Korea-based Microbot, a wireless robotic finger, has almost doubled its Indiegogo goal with $45,483 USD pledged of a $25,000 goal with two weeks left to go. Microbot Push lets the user press any button remotely using a smartphone, tablet or computer just like a human finger does. Along with the robotic finger, the company also introduces Prota automation […]
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Pepsi Will Add Another Phone To China’s Saturated Market
It’s a sign of China’s hardware prowess that that not even a saturated market can deter PepsiCo from making an Android smartphone. Before you get too excited, the U.S. beverage company will not be entering the manufacturing game for good. Currently they are just seeking out hardware partners for China-only promotional phone in line with other […]
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Huawei Has Hired An Ex-Apple Executive To Improve Their Interface
Fresh of the back of their blockbuster third-quarter results, Huawei is wasting no time establishing itself as a market contender in the high-end smartphone space. According to a statement on the company’s public Weibo account, Huawei has hired a former Apple design executive to lead the interface design of Huawei’s smart devices. Abigail Brody served almost 10 years as a […]
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China’s Smart Hardware Landscape 1: JD’s Super Incubator
This is part one in a series exploring China’s hardware landscape and the companies that will drive next century’s hardware innovation. JD.com, China’s leading online retailer, claims to have had 40% of China’s smart hardware market in terms of sales as of July 2015. It’s undoubtably the primary platform for Chinese makers to debut and sell their smart […]
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Samsung Wants You To Enjoy The ‘Aristocratic Life’ With… A Flip Phone
“Enjoy the luxury lifestyle, break into the aristocratic life,” is the mantra Samsung is using to sell its latest flagship, and nothing screams blue-blood quite like a flip phone. No, it’s not 2003, but Samsung did release a clamshell smart-flip-phone called the Samsung G9198 on Friday, complete with a 3.9-inch dual screen 768p touch display, powered by Snapdragon 808. While it […]
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SmartStudy: Kindergarten Education On IoT
China’s education gap is a huge problem. It is said that some 60 million students in rural schools are left-behind children, struggle to grasp advanced subjects such as English and chemistry. To mitigate the education gap between the rich and the poor in China, China’s Ministry of Education has said that roughly 358,000 teachers were hired in the past year to […]
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Huawei Reveals Their Answer To The iPhone 6 With Force Touch
Huawei has unveiled the follow-up to last year’s Ascend Mate 7 with a whole host of interesting upgrades. The Mate S has stuck to the high end price range with the phone retailing for between €600-€700 depending on memory and case selection. It’s the most expensive phone ever released by Huawei, with the previous model retailing for €499-599. […]
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Qihoo-Backed Qiku Elbows Into The China Smartphone Race
Days after Smartisan unveiled its latest smartphone, Qihoo 360-backed smartphone company Qiku took the wraps off an ambitious array of new phones. The high-spec lux version packs a 6-inch 2k TFT display by Sharp, a powerful Snapdragon 810, 4GB of RAM, 64GB of internal storage and a fixed 3700mAh battery. It features a 2.5d round edge tempered front screen […]
