Neffos P1 -- Coolest smartphone at IFA

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Neffos P1 with built-in projector is the coolest smartphone in the IFA

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We are in the middle of IFA 2018, the great European electronics competition and mobile is definitely on the rise with several brands trying to surprise and capture the attention. However, with more or less suspense, there is always someone who can get in the middle of the big ads with something really interesting and this year was Neffos, with its new Neffos P1 with micro-electro-mechanical laser (MEMS) .

"A projector on a smartphone?" Our readers ask, knowing it's not a new idea, or that it has been particularly successful so far, but the Neffos P1 promises a 5000: 1 contrast image, superior to a typical one laser DLP, and did not forget to create a 200-inch image with automatic alignment with the wall. They are five meters diagonal with 150% coverage of the NTSC color space, and all this on a smartphone. Sacrilege!

The hardware of the Neffos P1 is not fully known at the moment, but we already know that it will have a battery of 4000mAh, which Neffos promises a projection of 4 hours.

Of course, Neffos P1 is just a prototype and there is still a question to ask as to whether this device will not only hit the market, but whether it will be a success as a good alternative to tablets or 2 in 1 for presentations corporate and work on the go .

I notice with pleasure that at least the design is bold in its black and gold, although the renders show somewhat shifted edges of the reality of the market, but that is interesting, is, so we hope for news about this peculiar smartphone that for now takes even the most exotic prize in the bestiary of IFA 2018.

Who wants a projector on the smartphone?

Voga V Video

Logicom phone looks like Voga

This looks very much like most other mass-market rollouts as the product is introduced in various places around the world.

Why Logicom?

Logicom Vendors

Voga V Review... TechRadar

The projector shows strong here.

They don't like that it can't connect to google services, but that little thing has zero to do with the projection.

TechRadar

You turn the projector on using a simple on-screen switch, and by default, the screen goes dark shortly afterwards to save power – but you can still interact with it and turn off the projector just as easily.

The projector displayed impressive and eerily bright pictures during our testing, although it’s best used in a dark environment and as close as possible to the targeted projection surface (a dedicated projector screen preferably, but a white wall will do).

A sample of movie trailers from YouTube played flawlessly with no visible ghosting or stuttering – this is a device that will feel equally at home projecting content on your bedroom wall, or on a whiteboard in the boardroom of a PLC.

Voga Year

New Quantum V Video

They're working hard to sell this thing, and this is good.

Opportunity India

The Opportunity in India is amazing. Apple is treating its retailers in India shabbily, the demand for smart phones is huge.

Top this off with them loving their movies, and a shortage of movie screens... 

Things are looking good for the Voga V in India. INDIA SCREEN SHORTAGE

Voga V Phablet in India (Money symbol in Rupee)

Patently Apple

Now a new bone of contention has surfaced. According to a new report out of India, "Apple has reduced retail margins on the iPhone X by nearly 30%, frustrating large format chain owners and small-scale retailers that are crying foul that the Cupertino-based company does not want its retail partners to benefit while the company itself profits from the massive margins it makes.

Some like Bengaluru-based Sangeetha Mobiles have stopped taking orders of the new flagship, even as the costliest iPhone ever faces huge supply-demand mismatch in India, leading analysts to say that Apple should slot India far higher in its priority list and bring in larger shipments of the iPhone X."

Subhash Chandra, managing director at Sangeetha Mobiles, which has 400 stores across the country said that "Apple has cut margins on the iPhone X from 6.5% to 4.5% for large retailers like us, and if a customer pays by card, which is usually the case, the margin reduces to almost 1.5-2%."

Chandra added that "Apple gives the least margins… How on earth do they expect the retailer to work for them for free -- our overheads are anywhere around 10%."

The Economic Times report further noted that a "Industry insiders reveal that typically, brands such as Samsung or Xiaomi offer more than double the margin that Apple offers, around 12-15%. To gain share from competition, players like Oppo and Vivo were also giving higher than usual margins to retailers, but Apple has refrained from this practice.

Thanks for the heads-up Ron!

Quantum V -- Brazil

VogaV @ China Mobile

VogaV China Mobile

Translated by Google Translate

On November 23, 2017, the annual China Mobile Global Partner officially opened in Guangzhou, continuing the strategic goal of "connecting Dalian" last year. This year's Global Partnership Conference highlighted everything under the strategy of "Dalian Connection" The concept of interconnection, with the theme of "Creating a New World with Wisdom and All Things", fully demonstrates the grand vision of a smart future. As an important cooperative partner of China Mobile, the Green Orange mobile phone took the VOGA series of brands participating in this conference with great attention and evaluation by virtue of the ultra-high quality-to-price ratio at this year's conference.

Compared with the previous congress, this conference includes many forums, exhibitions, signatures, series of special topics, exhibitions and many other links. For the first time, the online and offline conference has been held in a synchronized manner with a richer form and more diversified channels. The participating VOGA V laser projection mobile phone is more for the General Assembly to add a different kind of light.



The VOGA V laser projection mobile phone is the first flagship product of the VOGA series produced by Green Orange Mobile Phone. The most prominent feature is the incorporation of a laser projection module with MEMS technology that can be projected anytime, anywhere without the need Focus that is open that vote, than the traditional projection technology such as DLP more power, longer life, as well as trapezoidal automatic correction and other special features. Not only that, the orange mobile phone has also developed a VOGA UI system for it. The unique projection function keys can quickly switch projection, select the projection content, and can meet the needs of mobile KTV and multi-person code scanning. Such a special novelty projection mobile phone has attracted the attention of audiences and industry professionals from all over the world. After that, they all went to the VOGA booth to manually operate the projection mobile phone, praising it that they had not seen such an interesting product for a long time. Subsequently, the top leaders of China Mobile Group also came to the booth, while listening to technical staff to explain at the same time, personally tried the VOGA V laser projection mobile phone, and expressed his affirmation.

The conference for the first time organized the 5G Future Museum to show all the audience the latest ecological innovation achievements of China Mobile and 5G Lianchuang Partners as a new generation of cutting-edge communications technology, 5G will bring a new round of domestic mobile phone market changes and As historic moments such as opportunities, artificial intelligence, smart ecology and visual revolution are coming, VOGA, as the representative of the innovative brand, has been at the forefront of the trend and I believe we will soon see a whole new era of smart communications!

Thanks Tom

MoviPhone -- VOGA available in the USA.

I'm sure we'll learn more in the next few days, and this post will be updated... 

MoviPhone

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VOGA V AT China Mobile

Thanks Tom!

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Voga V... Walmart "Quantum" / Now available in Brazil / #12 new Android

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    Orange VOGA V mobile phone

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Now Sold in Brazil 

Announced at the end of August , the V is an intermediate smartphone of the Brazilian Quantum (subsidiary of Positivo) and stands out for an unusual feature: it has a projector of 31 lumens embedded in its body , being able to display images up to 80 inches with HD resolution. Although it was introduced about three months ago, the model was still being offered only in the pre-sale, leaving many people eager to get their hands on the novelty.

Fortunately, Quantum has just announced that, starting this week, the V will finally begin to be sold through the brand's official website and in its kiosks scattered around Brazil. Available only in blue color, the gadget can be bought for R $ 1,7 thousand in the boleto bancário; if you opt for the credit card, the total amount rises to R $ 2 thousand. Still, these figures are lower than the price suggested by the company outside the launch promotion, which is R $ 2.2 thousand.

Walmart Brazil

Good finds Tom.

Why is China so so Obsessed with Mobile Gaming?

This is scraped because I didn't want to lose it. The Source is available by clicking the title.

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Why is China so obsessed with mobile gaming?
TECH & SCI
By Natalie Pang

2017-07-09 14:54 GMT+8




Enter any Chinese subway station and you’ll see riders tapping away on their phones. They’re chatting, shopping, reading and catching up on TV. But more often than not, they’re gaming.

China’s gaming industry is big money, and especially so on the mobile platform where market share is increasing. In 2015, mobile gaming raked in some 56 billion yuan (8.2 billion US dollars), a massive increase from just 6.2 billion yuan (910 million US dollars) in 2011, according to iResearch, a Chinese research firm focused on the country’s Internet sector.

Tencent’s immensely popular mobile game Honor of Kings grew to become the highest-grossing mobile game in China on both Android and Apple’s iOS platforms. The company’s 2016 annual report showed the game had over 200 million registered users and over 50 million daily active users – about the population of South Korea. According to Chinese big data service provider Jiguang, those born after 2000 take up 23.31 percent of its user base.

Most recently, the Internet giant had to issue measures to restrict playtime for the game’s young players, after reports of addiction and all-nighter gaming marathons. So what makes it so hard for users to put their phones away?

Nothin’ better to do

"I'm out of work at the moment, so apart from when I'm eating or sleeping I play "Honor of Kings" non-stop until the system kicks me out. A rough estimate would be at least eight hours," 23-year-old Zeng Xiaoxian told Reuters.

Games like Honor of King are easy to get into. Most of them are free to download, but players are often able to pay to upgrade their characters and costumes, or help advance to the next level.

Plus, the mobile platform makes gaming so much more convenient than its console counterpart.

“First of all, I don’t need a computer to game anymore,” said 28-year-old Liang Weiyi (not his real name), a product manager at a foreign car company. “I play 'Honor of Kings' because of its integration with WeChat – you get to often play with your friends.”

"Honor of Kings" promotional image

Battling it out VR style

Some of China’s most popular games are known as Massively Multiplayer Online Role-Playing Games (MMORPGs), like Honor of Kings and World of Warcraft, and they’re just the thing driving the industry.

There are two things that make MMORPGs so enticing: the roleplaying and the sheer amount of people online to play with.

The role-play aspect makes use of a user’s creativity and imagination to create and customize characters, choose where they’ll go and pick what sort of quests to complete. In short, you can do almost anything in a game.

“Honor of King might be easy to get into, but the challenging gameplay is what makes it attractive,” said 31-year-old Zhang Yingqi. “Unlike some games where you can spend money to level up, this game requires your personal intellect and skill.”

Despite the virtual reality of things, it’s still human nature to be at the top of the pack. In a game like Honor of Kings, where users get to battle with other players and go on quests, beating out friends and those around them to be at the top of the leaderboards is something that spurs users on to play.

“Beating my opponents gives me a great sense of satisfaction,” said Zhang. “That’s because you know you’re playing against a real person."

Hello, is it me you’re looking for?

Yet it’s not merely the competitive spirit driving them. With the massive numbers in an MMORPG, users can join big guilds, do various activities within the group, maintain relations and meet new people.

“Of course, beating your friends in the game is much more satisfying than beating a stranger,” says 28-year-old Li Chaoran, an avid gamer who dabbles in other mobile games like Helix Horizon and Tap Titans. “But I think what is much more satisfying is the fact that me and my friends made use of our friendship to cooperate in a game.”

“Today, gaming allows me to improve my friendship with my old friends.”

And as much as it’s about a connection with other people, it’s also about “finding yourself”.

“For youths, one of their most important tasks is self-determination – that is to answer the question of 'who am I'”, said Dr. Lei Li, a psychology professor from Renmin University of China. “Video games allow anonymity, create an identity, and put you on equal footing with other players; and these characteristics can help fulfill the self-development that young people seek.”

“In contrast, many of those users are facing difficulties and limitations in these areas in real life," said Dr. Lei. "Hence for some people, the allure of the Internet is very large.”

The brain wants what the brain wants

The accomplishment and success felt after each quest or battle targets the brain’s reward system, releasing dopamine which gives users a sense of happiness and rush.

Over time, it is possible for the brain to release less dopamine with the same amount of activity, and this in turn spurs users to go for more play time for the same hit.

The mechanics of addiction are straightforward, but there is something often overlooked: the teenage brain is still developing.

That means parts of the brain which are responsible for decision making and impulse control are not fully formed, according to neurologist Frances E. Jensen, author of “The Teenage Brain”, often making teenagers susceptible to addiction.

Dr. Lei acknowledges the sense of accomplishment felt over the internet might not be able to carry over to real life.

“In addition to young people working hard, their family, school, and society should provide more opportunities for them to help meet their growth needs,” said Dr. Lei.

More about Voga V

Right around $500. Good for sales. 

Promoting the large laser screen as good for the eyes.

Promoted for gaming and video viewing.

Woosmart

VOGA V laser projection phone release break the phone screen border
SmartphoneYouth Bolshevik2017-06-29


　　On the opening day of the 2017 MWC Shanghai show, we saw a new mobile phone release at the show, VOGA V laser projection phone. VOGA V is a sub-brand of green orange mobile phone, positioning is a flagship model.

　　The back of the phone has a fine polished, holding the hands of no feeling of separation, the back of the camera is very recognizable, in a circular on the segmentation, flashing lights are located in the central axis position.

　　The camera looks no small, but there is no obvious bulge, although there is a lamp holding, but the thickness of the machine control at 10mm, weighs only 203g, 188g than the iPhone 7 Plus not much.

　　Let's take a look at the specific parameters:

5.5 inch 1080p resolution display

Equipped with MediaTek eight-core processor

4000mAh battery

4GB + 64GB, 4GB + 128GB memory combination

800W + 1300W pixel camera combination

　　The main function of this phone is that it's projection capability, the top of the phone has an opening, which has a small projection lamp, you can project images in the plane.

　　According to the official introduction, this projection lamp uses a more advanced three-color laser technology, with a look of the structure, a bit like submarine's periscope. This design allows the phone in a smaller size can cast a clear image, the phone on the 1.8 meters away from the wall position, you can see the 70-inch screen.

　　It has automatic keystone correction (up and down) and auto focus function, the maximum can support four hours of playback, a resolution of 720p. Exhibition set the experience area, although not all black environment, but the screen brightness is also good, you can see very clear.

　　Watching the game did not appear on the screen of Caton, in my half an hour of time experience, the phone did not heat a serious situation, this must be praise.

　　Projection in the screen contrast and saturation also has a very good parameter, in different planes can work properly, so no need to be equipped with a special screen, pull the curtains during the day, in the white walls will be able to watch.

　　The phone can still be used after the black screen, when you slide on the screen, the projection of the interface will appear a computer mouse to facilitate more accurate positioning.

　　Support the multiplayer game, although the location of the camera led to the normal play "King glory" and other games, but it supports tools such as hand, to the possibility of multiplayer games, can increase the interaction of the game.

　　This laser projection phone is particularly suitable for business people, without cable, will be able to PPT and copy of the show, which in efficiency, than the phone to a table of people one by one to see more convenient.

　　To be able to cast the phone there is another benefit, we know that the phone screen will be scattered blue, after a long time, for the eyesight and eyes will cause irreversible damage, and now most of the children is also a mobile phone.

　　If there is VOGA V this projection phone, projection of the screen and the screen from the luminous essential difference, it is a diffuse imaging, the screen is not flickering, can effectively reduce the blue light, thus protecting eyesight.

　　System is based on Android N independent research and development of the os system, we can see it on the home page has a big button, the projection of the priority placed in a very high position.

　　VOGA V provides a special bracket that allows the phone to adjust the projection angle on the table, but it is a pity that the VOGA V is not equipped with a waterproof function, so it is necessary to be careful when using it, The projection lamp is affected.

　　Price, 4GB +64 GB flagship price of 3699 yuan, 4GB +128 GB version of Juejue package version price of 4,999 yuan, there are 5 different colors optional.