Samsung has finally launched its much anticipated smartphone, called the Samsung Galaxy Note 7, at its Galaxy Unpacked 2016 event in New York. As expected, Samsung has skipping the Galaxy Note 6 altogether and jumped from Note 5 to Note 7 to make sure that the Note series lines up with the its latest flagship devices S7 and S7 Edge.
Panasonic has launched its latest budget smartphone, called the Panasonic T44 Lite. Under the hood, the phone is powered by a 1.3GHz quad-core MediaTek processor paired with 512MB of RAM. It runs Android 6.0 Marshmallow operating system with Panasonic SAIL UI and features a 4-inch WVGA display with 800×480 pixels resolution. The device houses 8GB of internal memory which can be expanded further up to 32GB using microSD card.
Alongside Honor 5, Huawei’s Honor brand has launched the Honor Note 8 smartphone in China. Under the hood, it is powered by an octa-core Kirin 955 processor paired with 4GB of RAM. The phone features a 6.6-inch Quad HD 2.5D curved glass display with 2560×1440 pixels resolution.
Honor has launched its latest budget smartphone, called the Honor 5, in China. As far as specifications are concerned, it is powered by a 1.3GHz quad-core MediaTek MT6735P processor clubbed with Mali-T720 GPU and 2GB of RAM. The phone runs Android 5.1 Lollipop operating system wrapped under Emotion UI 3.1 Lite and features a 5-inch HD IPS display with a resolution of 1280×720 pixels.
Panasonic has launched its Panasonic Eluga Arc 2 smartphone in the Indian market. Under the hood, it is powered by a 1.3GHz quad-core processor paired with 3GB of RAM. The phone runs Android 6.0 Marshmallow operating system and features a 5-inch HD display with 1280×720 pixels resolution.
Lenovo has finally launched its Vibe K5 Note smartphone in India. The K5 Note succeeds the Vibe K4 Note and comes with a lot of improvements over the predecessor. The Vibe K5 Note is powered by a 1.8GHz octa-core MediaTek MT6755 processor paired with Mali T860 GPU and either 3GB or 4GB of RAM. It features a 5.5-inch full HD (1920×1080 pixels resolution) display and runs Android 6.0 Marshmallow operating system.
Alongside Vibe K5 Note smartphone, Lenovo has launched an upgraded variant of Vibe K5 Plus in India. It packs similar specifications as the original Vibe K5 Plus, except a few differences. The new variant houses 3GB of RAM compared to 2GB RAM of the previous variant. It also has a more cleaner UI, closer to stock Android experience and comes with customizable launcher.
