7 inch tablet Windows 8.1 is only 49 euros

One years ago, the tablet with Windows OS is about 400 euros, now, it is less than 200 euros. We should thank to Intel. And Of course, Microsoft canceling the OS charge is also one reason. In this year, the sales of small size tablet with Windows OS is reduced gradually. But recently, there is one 7 inch tablet Windows listed on ontablets.es, the price is only 49 euros.

This Hipstreet owns one 7 inch TFT screen, resolution is 1024*600 pixels. CPU is the Intel Atom quad core processor. RAM is 1GB, flash memory is 16GB. Its front camera is 0.3M pixels, and rear one is 2M pixels. There is one TF and HDMI slot. Now, this unit is also available for sale on Carphone Warehouse.

Tablets in 2015

In 2014, the sales of tablets is reduced a lot. And the situation may keep on in 2015. Many tablet suppliers may be closed. To survive in market, in 2015, suppliers will enhance the resolution, process speed and other features. The major driving force in 2015 will be octa core tablets, even 64 bit octa core.

As news from suverimax.com, in 2015, 12 inch or above commercial tablets, 8-10 inch game tablets will be more popular. Regarding 7 inch or smaller size tablets, its market will reduce since the big screen smart phone will keep on increasing in 2015.

In 2014, most flagship tablets are adopting the quad core processors. Some middle or low end tablets adopt dual core processors. Most of them are 32 bit chipset. As iOS and Google Android OS have already been upgraded to 64 bit, in 2015, the high end market will adopt the 64 bit octa core processors, middle and low end market will adopt 64 bit quad core.

Now, the high end market is shared by Apple, Samsung and Qualcomm. Middle and low end market is including Allwinner, Rockchip, Mediatek, Intel and Qualcomm. The price of the chipset will reduce further in 2015.

XiaoMi finished new financing of 1.1 billion US dollars

This afternoon, XiaoMi updated its blog, and announced that it has finished the new round of financing. The total amount is about 1.1 billion US dollars. The investors have included GIC, DST, All-stars and other well known investment corporations.

Except that, XiaoMi also told it will launch a new flagship smart phone android in Jan, 2015. It is quite possible a new generation RedMi smart phone.

After the new round financing, now, XiaoMi is evaluated about 45 billion US dollars. From the first half of 2011 when XiaoMi financed firstly, till this time, XiaoMi has made 4 times financing.

As data from ontablets.es, in 2015, the sales of XiaoMi smart phone will be several million pieces, and its smart TV will be also thousands of pieces.

Nakoo N7 tablet with projector function.

Recently, Nakoo launched a new tablet pc with projector function, Nakoo N7. In fact, this unit is more like Google Glass. But Google is a big and well known company, they can invest a lot of money in new stuff. But for Nakoo, maybe this unit is not a good tablet. Since for most people, Projector is not used very often, more important, this unit is too expensive and performance is too low.

In fact, about two years ago, another supplier in China has launched a similar product with projector function, but it is not successful. It was sold on ontablets.es. And finally, it stopped selling the unit. But Nakoo N7 is more expensive than that model. Both are adopting the RK3188 quad core processor.

This Nakoo N7 is sold at 350 euros. CPU is the RK3188 quad core from Rockchip. As we know, now the tablets with RK3188 is sold at about 60 euros. Second, the screen resolution is only 1024*600 pixels, that is too low for users. It is the model for 2012, not for 2014.

At the end, let’s talk about its projector function. Its resolution is 854*480 pixels. It is very low, even on a 4 inch display, it is not satisfying. If projected on 180 inch display, we will hardly see anything. So we are quite sure it will be a failure.

What tablets will be welcome in 2015

In 2014, though there are a lot of new tablets available, but most of them do not have unique features. But in 2015, the situation may be changed. CEO of Suverimax said, in 2015, there will be more unique tablets in market. So what kind of tablets will be welcome in 2015.

First, low price tablets will be welcomed. In 2014, Amazon has launched one tablet only 99 US dollars. These cheap tablets are the first choices for users who can not afford high price. Though those tablets are quite cheap, but they can meet some basic demand, like email, video, surf network etc. In 2015, the demand of cheap tablets will be still high.

Second, unique features. In 2014, there are some tablets coming with unique features, like, Apple iPad Air 2, and Samsung Tab S come with the Touch ID function. Dell Venue 8 7000 comes with 3D camera. Lenovo Yoga Tablet 2 Pro has built in projector function. Though most of the unique feature is not used often, but they are still the good news for users. In 2015, we may see more tablets with interesting features.

Third, Middle size will be welcome. Now, in market, the screen size is from 5 inch to 13 inch. In past years, the most welcome screen size is about 7 inch. As it is more portable, and good for watching videos, it is the best screen size. But during 2014, the 8 inch to 9 inch screen size is becoming more welcome. As screen size bigger, and also quite portable, price is not expensive as well, like ASUS Memo Pad 8, they are becoming more popular in 2015.

Qualcomm cooperated with Huawei finishing LTE Cat.9 test

Today Qualcomm announced that it cooperated with Huawei and EE which is one UK network dealer, and succeeded in finishing the LTE Cat.9 testing. The download speed is amazing 410Mbps, equals to 51.25Mb/s.

This test adopted the latest Qualcomm Snapdragon 810 processor and the integrated LTE-A base band. The commercial network infrastructure solution is from Huawei, and the LTE-A 4G+ network is from EE.

The base band of the Snapdragon is from MDM 9×35. It can only support Cat.6 at beginning, and its max download speed is about 300Mbps. But after upgrading, it can support three 20MHz carrier aggregation. Max download speed is enhanced 450Mbps, nearly 50% faster than before.

During the test, only three carrier sync are adopted, that means the performance can be enhanced further in future.

Information of Sony Xperia Z4 Ultra

Latest news from Ontablets, Sony will launch its latest flagship tablet, Xperia Z4 Tablet Ultra. From the model name, we can see the screen size of this Z4 will be bigger. It may be 12.9 inch. After five years, now, the demand of tablets is reduced in 2014. So many suppliers launched big screen size tablets to increase the demand. Till now, Samsung has launched the 12.2 inch Galaxy Note Pro, and Microsoft also launched the 12 inch Surface Pro 3. And Apple may also launch 12.9 inch iPad Pro.

Except the big screen size, the resolution is also very high, 3840*2400 pixels. CPU is the Qualcomm Snapdragon 810 processor, frequency is 2.86GHz, and that is one 64 bit processor. RAM is 6GB, and flash memory is 64GB. Battery capacity is 12100Mah.

The Z4 Ultra owns one HDMI 1.4 port, it means the unit may support recording video in 4K/30fps resolution. This unit may be launched in CES or WMC trade show in 2015.

Nexus 9 4G edition is for sale

Last month, Nexus 9 Wifi edition landed Google Play store, and price is starting from 499 US dollars. And recently, its 4G LTE edition is also launched for sale. The price is 599 US dollars. It can support both AT&T and T-mobile 4G LTE network.

Regarding the configuration, this 4G LTE edition Nexus 9 is nearly the same as Wifi edition. It owns one 8.9 inch IPS screen, resolution is 2048*1536 pixels. CPU is Nvidia Tegra K1 processor, frequency is 2.3GHz. RAM is 2GB, flash memory is 32GB. Its front camera is 1.6M pixels, and rear camera is 8M pixels. Battery capacity is 6700Mah. Operation system is the latest Android 5.0 Lollipop OS.

Samsung 14nm process technology is for mass production

Several months ago, Intel had its latest 14nm process for mass production. And last month, several Intel 14nm processors are launched for sale. On the other hand, TSMC is still developing its 16nm process technology, and till now, it is not available for sale. Today, CEO of Samsung told, its 14nm FinFET technology is available for mass production. But he did not tell what products are available for mass production.

It is quite possible that product in mass production is the Apple S1 processor which is adopted by the Apple Watch. As news from Ontablets, Apple has already placed order of Apple S1 processor to Samsung. The other possibility is Apple A9 processor for iPhone and iPad. But it is quite early to make a conclusion.

At early of this year, Samsung has already displayed its 14nm process samples to its clients. And it is quite satisfying. Samsung has made cooperation with GlobalFoundries to produce 14nm processors.

Samsung told the performance of its 14nm process technology is enhanced by 20% compared with 20nm process of TSMC, and power consumption is 35% lower, and size is 15% smaller.

Performance of Huaiwe 64 bit processor

At early of this month, Huawei launched its first 64 bit octa core processor, Kirin 620. It is based on ARM Cortex A53 framework, and 28nm process technology. GPU is Mali 450 MP4. It can support LPDDR3, and 13M pixel cameras at max. Recently, Ontablets tested one smart phone with this Kirin 620 octa core processor.

This smart phone owns one 5.5 inch IPS screen, resolution is 720P. RAM is 1GB. The front camera is 5M pixels, and rear camera is 13M pixels. Its operation system is Android 4.4.2 OS. After tested, this smart phone is scored by about 28 thousand. Compared with other top smart phones which are scored by over 50 thousand, the performance of this smart phone is not good. But the smart phone is one demo unit, so in future, its performance may be enhanced. But as this Kirin 620 is for low end market, so you can not expect it too much.