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China's Vivo Xshot slaps Android on a bright and stabilized camera
Despite its relatively small presence outside China, Vivo is still a mobile brand that's worth keeping an eye on. The company's known for its fondness for high-end audio chips, and it's also often one of the very first to pack the absolute latest components into a phone, as demonstrated by its Xplay plus Xplay 3S. At one point, Vivo even boasted the world's thinnest phone until local rival Gionee broke the record. This time, the ambitious brand has launched a camera-centric smartphone dubbed the Xshot, which is the first to pack a camera with both a fast f/1.8 lens speed and optical image stabilization. Naturally, we had to get our hands dirty with it.
Philips' Xenium X710 swallows 1900mAh battery whole
If there's one thing Philips' Xenium line is really good at, it's ridiculously long claimed talk and standby times; and if there's one thing it's really bad at, it's 3G. Personally, we'd rather recharge an HSPA phone once a day than an EDGE phone once a week, but for those who don't share our love of high-speed data -- particularly those in Russia -- we give you the Xenium X710, complete with dual SIM slots and a respectable 3 megapixels of autofocus power. It's got Bluetooth, an integrated FM radio, and microSD expansion, too, not to mention an unabashedly clean, simple look that does a pretty good job projecting its low-end aspirations. [Via Unwired View]
BenQ X710, the latest iteration of the super-slim digicams
Last BenQ graced us with a new shooter, it was the X720, with its 7.2 megapixel CCD and 2.5-inch LCD. This time though, BenQ's introducing its new cousin, the X710 -- it comes with 3x optical zoom, a "Super Shake-Free" mode, a larger 3-inch screen and sensitivity up to ISO 4000 in movie mode and ISO 1200 in still mode. So basically, it's very similar to the X720, except this one has, um, a bigger screen. We'll assume that means the X710 will cost a bit more, but seeing as how we never got any pricing info on the first one either, you'll have to wait until BenQ gets its act together to find out for sure.[Via LetsGoDigital]
