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If you're in Europe and you're also looking to buy an Android smart phone with a Intel Clover Trail+ CPU, then ZTE have just the phone for you.

The ZTE Grand X2 lacks the high-end specs like some of the other Intel Android smartphones we have been seeing. The Grand X2 has a 4.5-inch 720p display, 1GB RAM and an 8 MP back cam.



If you prefer to use your phone instead of a dedicated picture camera, you should know that the Grand X2 can manage 24 photos per-second in burst mode with zero shutter delay and with image stabilization.

No news on pricing yet but Europeans should see the ZTE Grand X2 arrive for sale around August 2013.

Click here for ZTE Grand X2 Specifications

Pictures of Xiaomi's Red Rice smartphone have shown up online constantly for a couple of months now. However, the launch of the handset is drawing near according to insider sources.



Customers of Xiaomi have discovered the news of the Red Rice phone via other Xiaomi product labelling. When examining the label that lists compatible goods, the Red Rice phone (small red) was listed.

Xiaomi have yet to actually announce the phone, but insiders at the Beijing based company claim that the budget Xiaomi will only cost around 150 USD and will come with a 1.2Ghz dual-core Cortex A9 CPU, 4.7-inch display, 8 mp cam and MIUI V5.

There are also whispers talking about a seperate Mediatek powered device also being released. But at present no solid evidence has confirmed any CPU. So stay tuned to apad.tv for more news on the Red Rice smartphone.

The current trend for Android tablet screens is small and high-res. However, for watching movies or other media where you want to have a real feeling of entertainment and not just practicality, the 9.7 inch display is king. Not only does the new Aoson M33 tablet PC have a 9.7" display, but the display is Retina, meaning it's capable of much higher resolutions than a normal tablet screen.

Apad tablet news sources are flooded with 7 and 8-inch iPad mini clones these days. This is fine and it's a reaction to customer demand, but ultimately bigger is better. The higher resolution Retina screen also packs in more pixels per inch.



The Aoson M33 has a 9.7" 2048 x 1536 Retina screen, offering ample viewing space and a crisp, vibrant image quality. A quad-core Rockchip RK3188 1.6GHz CPU sits in the heart of the M33 along with a Mali 400 GPU and 2GB RAM.

With all that display and all the CPU power you are going to need a serious battery, thankfully the Aoson M33 has a 8000 mAh unit inside that is good up to 8 hours of non-stop use. Other nice features include a micro USB, mini HDMI, SD card reader plus front and back cams.

It isn’t a lot of money for an Android smartphone these days from China, however if that is how much you have to spend then the Beidou Little Cyclone F9 looks to be quite a bargains.

The Little Cyclone F9 isn’t as flashy as most of the phones we are currently watching in China, but at around $130 USD this 5-inch handset is likely to be popular.

Keeping the F9 under the 160 USD mark seems to of been the goal for the designers of this little gem. This means the display has been economised to be a 4.5-inch QHD screen.



However, the rest of the hardware is on a par with phones costing a good bit more. The processor is China’s current favorite for news phones, the quad-core MT6589 and there is 1GB RAM along with 4GB ROM.

An 8 mega-pixel rear cam should be more than adequate for most users and the 2 mega-pixel front cam will be fine for video chat applications.

The smartphone comes with Android 4.2 Jelly Bean plus there is dual-SIM support, micro SD-card expansion and a 2100mAh battery. The Beidou F9 is actually very similar to the 5-inch Beidou Chi.

MeituKiss is new smartphone targetted at females and comes with dual-cams, with the front and back cameras having an 8 MP Sony image sensor and a quad-core processor.

The past month has seen specification announcements with the notable change being much better front cams. This it would seem is to improve the in-call video quality, but also is the aspect of self-portraits is definitely playing a part in this increased demand for better front cams.




Walk in to any coffee shop on the high street in China and you are guaranteed to bump in to at least one group of young ladies doing their best face pose to their phone cams.

Manufacturers have been quick to identify this and we are seeing more and more smartphones with updated front cameras and pre-installed photo enhancement and manipulation apps.

The cream of the crop of this genre of handset is now the MeituKiss, which boasts dual 8 MP Sony cams and dedicated Fujitsu graphics chip. The screen is no small fry, at 4.5-inch and capable of 720p.

Under the pink hood the MeituKiss runs a 1.2Ghz quad-core MT6589 CPU board, 1GB RAM, 8GB ROM with micro SD card reader, dual-sim support and Android 4.2 Jelly Bean. Pricing hasn’t been announced yet, however the release date is currently set at the 16th May 2013.

Another selection of Meizu MX3 mock-up concept pictures have been released, showing a new curved slim design and a very curved glass display.
Meizu watchers are now looking forward to more details about the Meizu MX3. As yet Meizu have remained mysteriously quiet regarding the juicy details.





Meizu engineers remain tight lipped thus far and fans are not sure if it's just because they are so busy wrapping up the latest version of the FlyMe ROM V3.0 Or it's because they have a new interesting feature set they wish to keep secret until releasing to the public and staying a step ahead of their competition.

From the Meizu MX3 mock-ups we can make out some new features, such as the body, which appears to be made of a metal alloy to a tapered ‘tear drop’ pear shape. The LED power indicator lights along the edge of casing also look very eye catching. The back of the phone looks to be flat while the display actually seems to have a curve, but this is after all just a hand made rendering. The home button and back are on-screen.

While the designs here are really incredible we don’t actually expect a smartphone looking so extraordinary to appear from Meizu. It's believed the MX3 will look similar to the MX2 but with a bigger display and super slim screen bezel.