Huawei ships 10 million P8 Lite handsets globally, sees record-breaking sales in January
Huawei announced that it has shipped over 10 million units of the P8 Lite handset, a milestone that they have achieved only 9 months after the handset’s launch in Europe last year. That’s not all, Huawei says that their P8 series smartphones have reached a cumulative 16 million people across the globe, which is indicative of its sales figure and not the number of handsets shipped. Note that shipping a handset does not equal to it being sold.
Related: Huawei P8 Lite review
A quick recap of the Huawei P8 Lite spec sheet: this handset comes with a 5.0-inch HD (1280 x 720 pixels) IPS LCD display, protected by Gorilla Glass 3. Under the hood lies Huawei’s in-house HiSilicon Kirin 620 chipset, which comprises of an octa-core 1.2 GHz Cortex A53 cluster. The chipset is paired with ARM’s Mali-450 GPU in quad-core configuration.
The P8 Lite sports 2 GB of RAM, 16GB of expandable storage (occupies the second SIM slot), 13MP rear and 5MP front cameras, and a 2,200 mAh non-removable battery. Android 5.0.2 Lollipop runs the show, albeit a heavily skinned version of it dubbed Emotion 3.1 UI, once again an in-house product from Huawei.
Huawei Video Reviews
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Consumers might not get the whole buzz surrounding the P8 Lite handset; what’s so special about this mid-range handset? Huawei doesn’t see it that way, especially since the P8 Lite is their first handset to achieve better sales in international markets than in China.
One of the most interesting numbers that you can extract from Huawei’s PR is its record-breaking sales in January. The Chinese company shipped a cool 12 million smartphones in January 2016. And get this, year-on-year growth is 93%, i.e. Huawei sold 93% more smartphones last month than it did in January 2015. January also marked the fourth consecutive month in which the company sold over 10 million handsets.
Source: IDC
Overall, Huawei had a top-notch year, having shipped 108 million smartphones in 2015. That’s a 44% year-on-year growth, helping the brand retain its position as the world’s third-largest phone maker. It also propelled the company to become the largest Chinese smartphone maker, beating Lenovo and Xiaomi to it, and become the first Chinese smartphone maker to break the 100 million sales milestone as well.
2016, all eyes on Huawei.
Read next: Huawei, I love your phones — just fix your software, please
Huawei Reached Another Milestone with P8 lite exceeding 10 million shipments
February 3, 2016-Today Huawei announced that it has shipped more than 10 million Huawei P8 lite smartphones, a mark that was reached just nine months after launch in Europe last spring. In total, the entire Huawei P8 series has successfully reached more than 16 million people globally.
The year got off to a quick start for Huawei, as the company set a new record by shipping over 12 million smartphones in January – a 93 percent increase from Jan 2015. January was also the fourth consecutive month that Huawei shipped over 10 million smartphones. With Huawei’s growing brand awareness and the continuous global growth, consumer interest in Huawei devices has continued to increase significantly.
This success builds on a strong 2015, during which Huawei shipped 108 million smartphones – a 44 percent increase from the previous year – to firmly establish its position as one of the top three global smartphone brands.
The Huawei P8 lite is the first Huawei smartphone to achieve higher sales in global markets than in China, signaling a breakthrough in Huawei’s strategy of internationalization, and reaffirming the effectiveness of Huawei’s global market structure.
Adopting the stylish design of Huawei P series, the Huawei P8 lite is beautiful and perfectly crafted. It uses contrasting shades in its gold waistline design — the slim and stylish appearance delivers a sense of peace and calmness. Among Huawei’s smartphone portfolio, the P8 lite brings youthful energy at a lower cost to consumers, who continue to adopt the phone in record numbers.
VAIO’s debut Windows 10 phone is a lot prettier than its name
A few years ago, Windows Phone tried to make a splash with vibrant colors, sharp contours and unusual palettes. Then things got a little quiet. Now Windows Phone 10 is suddenly upon us, and Japanese phone makers are generally keeping colors a little bit more muted, while moving to classier-looking materials. Going toe to toe with the textured beauty of the NuAns Neo Windows Phone, here’s VAIO’s second smartphone. It’s called the VAIO Phone Biz, but I’d prefer if you were distracted by the pretty aluminum shell than the ridiculous name. It’s dressed for business, even if no-one’s looking to shake hands with a Japanese-only (for now) Windows Phone.
The good and bad part is, it feels like many hit smartphone from the past. There’s a satin-like shimmer to the aluminum body, like we’ve seen on multiple Android phones in recent memory, and it all feels classy, if a little bit already done. And while I’m more than happy with a phone that sticks to 1080p resolution, the screen quality isn’t all that good. Tilting the phone away from square-on, and the brightness and colors fade away. Bright spotlights and daylight soon make viewing a challenge unless I crank the brightness levels to full, and it already feels odd to see a new smartphone without a USB-C port — aside from an iPhone, that is.
The aluminum engineering ensures it feel suitably premium, although the press release fluff about how someone is going to want to use one for years and years is lost on me. Then again, this is the country where flip-phones still cling to life — so perhaps VAIO have chosen the right market. Priced at over $400, SIM-free, it might have to do a hell of a lot of networking to sell itself to the typical phone buyer: A challenge that’s there for all Windows Phones.
Twisty fusion reactor goes online after 19 years of work
Germany just took fusion power one big, important step forward. The country’s Max Planck Institute for Plasma Physics has just switched on Wendelstein 7-X, the first large fusion reactor based on a twisty stellarator design. It’s only producing hydrogen plasma at the moment and won’t actually generate energy, but power isn’t really the point. Instead, it’ll serve as proof that stellarators could provide energy while operating continuously, unlike current (tokamak-based) fusion reactors that operate in short pulses. They should be safer, too.
The inaugural test phase will run through mid-March, after which point it’ll get an upgrade to let it run hotter and longer. Eventually, it should discharge for up to 30 minutes at a time, and muster a heating power of 20 megawatts.
The machine comes at a high price in more ways than one. It took roughly 19 years to design and build Wendelstein 7-X at a staggering cost of €1.2 billion, or about $1.3 billion. That’s a lot of effort for a testbed device. However, it could pay off if it leads to a much more powerful (not to mention less dangerous) alternative to nuclear fission energy.
Via: Motherboard
Source: Max Planck Institute
eBay bug lets hackers embed malicious code into auction pages
Security firm Check Point Software has discovered an eBay vulnerability that gives attackers a way to use the website to phish unsuspecting users or to infect their devices. So long as attackers use a programming technique known as JSFUCK, they can bypass a key restriction that prevents people from embedding JavaScript codes into auction pages. Those codes will run when the page is opened on either a mobile or a desktop browser. In the video below, for instance, someone sent an eBay link to a mobile user, who was then prompted to install a malware masquerading as a “discount app” upon viewing the item’s details.
According to Check Point Software’s blog post, the firm notified eBay of the flaw back in December, but the company said it didn’t have plans to fix the vulnerability. eBay told Ars Technica, however, that it’s been in touch with Check Point Software and that it has “implemented various security filters” based on its findings. The marketplace also added that it hasn’t detected any fraudulent activity that takes advantage of the bug yet:
Since we allow active content on our site it’s important to understand that malicious content on our marketplace is extraordinarily uncommon, which we estimate to be less than two listings per million that use active content on the eBay marketplace.
Still, in case you come across an auction page that asks you to install or download anything, don’t forget this flaw and make sure to click Cancel.
Via: Ars Technica
Source: Check Point
eBay bug lets hackers embed malicious code into auction pages
Security firm Check Point Software has discovered an eBay vulnerability that gives attackers a way to use the website to phish unsuspecting users or to infect their devices. So long as attackers use a programming technique known as JSFUCK, they can bypass a key restriction that prevents people from embedding JavaScript codes into auction pages. Those codes will run when the page is opened on either a mobile or a desktop browser. In the video below, for instance, someone sent an eBay link to a mobile user, who was then prompted to install a malware masquerading as a “discount app” upon viewing the item’s details.
According to Check Point Software’s blog post, the firm notified eBay of the flaw back in December, but the company said it didn’t have plans to fix the vulnerability. eBay told Ars Technica, however, that it’s been in touch with Check Point Software and that it has “implemented various security filters” based on its findings. The marketplace also added that it hasn’t detected any fraudulent activity that takes advantage of the bug yet:
Since we allow active content on our site it’s important to understand that malicious content on our marketplace is extraordinarily uncommon, which we estimate to be less than two listings per million that use active content on the eBay marketplace.
Still, in case you come across an auction page that asks you to install or download anything, don’t forget this flaw and make sure to click Cancel.
Via: Ars Technica
Source: Check Point
Tronsmart Titan 10A/90W 5-port USB charger charging station: review
Being a mobile enthusiast is a fun hobby. I find technology vital to staying connected while it helps me be efficient and on task. With that comes the need to charge a wide range of devices. And I can honestly tell you that with different charging specs on tablets, smartphones, smartwatches, speakers and cameras that having the right charger can mean the difference between destroying a battery and staying powered up.
I have been using the Tronsmart Titan 90W Charging Station with five ports to charge up all of my devices lately and I can tell you that I love it. Chargers are more commonplace than any other accessory, but high-quality chargers are a rare breed.
Design
The Tronsmart Titan is a 90W charger with enough power to charge five devices at full speed all of the time. The five port charging station is relatively big for a charger with a decent amount of weight, but really isn’t an issue for me. I don’t like desktop chargers that are so light that they shift around with light movement. It measures 6.25 x 3.25-inches while being about an inch thick and comes in a matte plastic finish with four rubber feet on the bottom.
There are five full USB sized charging ports in the front, with good spacing between them, so you don’t have force fit the five cables right next to each other. The center of each port is colored green which is a thoughtful addition as it makes it easy to see each port against the black plastic.
Each USB port is rated at 18W for a grand total of 90W, and each port comes with smart technology that allows you to charge your latest devices at the fastest speeds, including Qualcomm’s Quick Charge 2.0.
The back of the charger holds the power switch so you can turn the charger on/off and not worry about vampire energy drain which can end up costing you a lot of extra money.
What are Energy Vampires?
Check out this excerpt from energy.gov:
Take, for example, the seemingly innocuous cell phone charger. As cellphones have become a staple of modern life, so have the devices that power them. To ensure that they’re able to be in constant contact, many Americans carry chargers in their bags, have them in their cars and even their office. So it shouldn’t come as much surprise to find that many cell phone users have one or more chargers constantly plugged in at their home. What most people don’t realize is that these chargers are continually drawing power, even when no device is connected to them. In fact, the average charger is consuming .26 watts of energy when not in use, and 2.24 watts even when a fully charged device is connected to it.
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By themselves, those watts won’t cause a huge increase in your energy bill. But if you add other common devices to the equation, you’ll begin to see why energy vampires are often responsible for adding 10 percent or more to your monthly utility bill.
Usage
I normally don’t think twice when it comes to chargers, but with my recent switch to Nexus devices with USB Type-C, and to unlocked smartphones, having the right charger has never been more important to me. The Tronsmart Titan touts VoltIQ technology which is the brains behind controlling the charging speeds depending on needs. Once you plug in your devices, the VoltIQ smart tech automatically identifies the voltage settings and adjusts charging speeds accordingly to make sure your device does not overheat and overcharge.
I really have no complaints when it comes to using the Tronsmart Titan. It charges all of my USB devices at the proper rate, and it is safe for the most sensitive devices like those with USB Type-C. I use it with my Nexus 6P, Nexus 5X, Nuu Z8, Samsung Gear S2, Huawei Watch, LG V10, and NVIDIA Shield. It comes with me on all of my business trips in place of bulky individual chargers, and helps me minimize vampire energy drain with a simple flip of the power switch.
Specifications
Input: 100-240V (Max)
Output: 5V/2A, 9V/2A, 12V/1.5A (Max)
Total power:90W
What you will get
1 x Tronsmart UC5F Desktop USB Charger
1 x 5 Foot AC Power Cord
1 x Welcome Guide
Summary
Overall the Tronsmart Titan 90W 5-port USB charger is everything I could want in a desktop charger. It’s smart, safe and charges my devices at the quickest possible speeds. You can find it on sale now at Amazon.com for just $37.99. I highly recommend it.
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Facebook’s latest feature is a supercut of your friendships
Today is Facebook‘s 12th birthday, or as CEO Mark Zuckerberg likes to call it, Friends Day. To celebrate the occasion, the social network is introducing a new personalized video experience that essentially automatically collates together your friendships and memorable moments in a video that you can share with your Facebook brethren. And in case you want to change out a photo or two in the clip, you’re free to edit it as well. Facebook users will start seeing these pre-populated clips starting today at the top of their News Feed and you can also click a “Watch Yours” link underneath a friend’s Friends Day video to see it.
On top of the new video product, Facebook also announced that its community is growing closer. In a blog post, the social network announced today that despite having doubled in size over the past five years, the degrees of separation between Facebook users have decreased from 3.74 degrees to 3.57 degrees. The company says this is a “significant reflection of how closely connected the world has become.” And last but not least, Facebook is also introducing a couple of new friendship-themed sticker packs called “Best Friends” and “Friendship” today.
Source: Facebook
Japan is getting more Windows Phones. In October, Windows Japan 
AIVAnet 