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It isn't worth the investment right now since the mobile game industry is still at its infancy stage. One could get one to play games via emulators but then again you could get a switch or vita and still have plenty of change left.

OrestesDante:


∆ I saw the thumbnail today and I looked away. I never knew the video is about infinix.

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So can we say that infinix wasn't in the limelight all these while? Yes

Can we say transsion has surely got the long awaited attention because of unbox therapy's review? Maybe yes
Can we say infinix is currently in the limelight? No


Unbox therapy is a phone reviewer with biased opinions
Never take him serious!!!

I recommend your average consumer, whoseboss, mkhbd. Those ones have sense.

Unbox therapy laulau too much.

His review on Escobar fold 2 has got a -100 reputation.

No dey surprise say na infinix people dem go pay am make he do review for them.

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The reviewers you mentioned are biased and also paid to do some reviews, mrwhostheboss is a Samsung fanboy while mkhbd sometimes does proper reviews, sometimes not.

Renders are beautiful alright

genius43:
Redmi K20 and Redmi K20 Pro global/International versions were called Mi 9T and Mi 9T Pro.

Can you see the correlation now?

Read the post below

https://www.gizmochina.com/2020/03/28/leaked-list-reveals-xiaomis-q3-product-lineup-includes-mi-7-2020-mi-10t-poco-f2-pro-and-more/

Different naming schemes all in the name of rebranding was what I got from the article but I got the idea.
You might be right, but sometimes these companies might change the way they do things. But all the same, let us wait and see which device the K30 Pro/Pro Zoom will be rebranded into.

genius43:
More like Mi 10T Pro. Poco is focused on only India for now.

Not sure that might be the case but let's wait and see.
And the name Mi 10T Pro sounds meh to me

sunshineV:
I heard redmi k30 pro will lunch globally without 5G

Yes it will be rebranded as Poco F2 for the rest of the world

Edit - it'll come with the 865 chip but no 5G cos Xiaomi won't pay the licensing fee for 5G to Qualcomm in case you're wondering.

Expected date is May but that might change

omonnakoda:
Is there any regulation prohibiting Lecturers earning wages as visiting Lecturers, external examiner etc?

I don't think there is (not that I know of)

Cyberterror:
These lecturers are very corrupt. They have multiple accounts. Many of them teach in private universities too and draw salaries from there in breach of federal civil service laws. That's why they are resisting application of BVN and IPPIS .

This is true as I know some lecturers who do this. Worst part is these lecturers can fail you for no good reason

Despite making hardware capable of taking good shots they still doing this

They better not take the Tecno route

atheistandproud:
You're very very correct. Mediatek have been caught cheating in Benchmark tests recently. Their excuse was that everyone was doing it.

Let's see how this Dimensity goes. I dey hear rumours about RN9 from Xiaomi coming with the Dimensity 800 (and 5G).

I've never relied on the so-called benchmark scores cos the way people use their device affects the overall score and yeah most OEMs do cheat, even the almighty Samsung has done it.

Back to Xiaomi using mediatek chips, it's likely mediatek has improved if the rumours should be true and given the sales of the Note 8 pro despite the issues faced by developers, I won't be surprised if they start launching devices with mediatek and Snapdragon chips again.

Infinix Note 2

hardeycute:
If only my people will use Telegram.

Asin ehn, but most people just want WhatsApp cos of status

Apologize:
You both recommended rubbish. On playstore download Lawnchair 2 and come back here to thank me. Or shade launcher

Nova's for those entering the launcher space, lawn chair for them gurus

atheistandproud:
Mediatek


MediaTek Inc. (simplified Chinese: 联发科技; traditional Chinese: 聯發科技; pinyin: Liánfākē Jì) is a Taiwanese semiconductor company that provides chips for wireless communications, High-definition television, handheld mobile devices like smartphones and tablet computers, navigation systems, consumer multimedia products and Digital subscriber line services as well as optical disc drives.


MediaTek has revolutionised the industry somewhat and are responsible for the following innovations:

1. First to use the ARM big.LITTLE technology (2013)
2. First to use Octacore chips (2013)
3. First to use Decacore chips (2015
4. The world's first "multimode receiver" for wireless charging (2014)
5. On February 25, 2014, MediaTek announced the industry's first "five-in-one" wireless chip. The SoC MT6630 supports 802.11a/b/g/n/ac WiFi, Bluetooth, ANT+, GPS and FM radio.
6. MediaTek collaborated with Google on the first Ultra HD TV platform for Android TV, resulting in the development of the MT5595 digital television SoC.[41] The product first shipped in LCD TV models made by Sony.

Mediatek was a bit of a joke in the industry, especially when they tried to enter the flagship market with the Helio X series in 2014 but it wasn't successful so they focused more on the lower segments like Entry to budget smartphones with a lot of success. Some OEMs have used their lower end chips and touted them as midrange chips which failed terrible and has given them a really bad reputation. Although recently, Mediatek have gone a long way in repairing that bad rep. They have even moved up to the midrange section and have announced a 5G Dimensity chipset. Mediatek place a premium on processing power and clock speed but produce very poor GPUs. Prominent users of Mediatek chips include Samsung, Transsion, LG, Motorola, Xiaomi, Nokia etc.


Below, we'll take a look at the prominent chipsets in each category made by Mediatek.

Mediatek has 6 types of chipset
1. Dimensity series
2. Helio G
3. Helio P
4. Helio X (discontinued for the time being)
5. Helio A
6. MT6****

Entry level: These chipsets can only carry out the basic functions of a smartphone i.e calls, sms, lite version of software e.g. FB, Android Go etc. These cannot and should not carry heavy apps.

MT6580 is one of the popular chips in this section. It's a 3G chipset made in 2015. It can still be found in Tecno Spark 3 1GB RAM model as well as several other Transsion devices especially the popular Tecno L8/L9 series. The Helio A22 is also another chip found in this range. The Redmi 6A also uses this chip. There's also MT6732 (Sony Xperia E4) and MT6735 (LG X power) here. Phones here should be around the 20 to 35k price range.

Budget level: These chips can run most apps available today but do not expect too much from them. Apps may take longer periods to load and may crash a lot as well. Games should be played at low settings. The most popular chips here are Helio P22 of Infinix fame (S4 and S5). Redmi 6 also uses Helio P22. Others are MT6737 and 6737T (Tecno Pouvoir 2, Moto E4), MT6739 (Pouvoir 3, Alcatel Y5, Huawei Y5 prime). Helio P35 is also another important chipset in this range (Tecno Camon 15, Infinix S5, Vivo Y17). Phones in this range should be around the 30 to 45k range or generally below 50k.

The Midrange: These chips are very capable. They can play most games at medium settings and loading times for apps are very good. The most popular here is the Helio P60. The Helio P70 is the same as the P60 but with faster clock speed. The P60/70 phones are Nokia X5, Oppo R15, Oppo A3, Realme 1, Realme 3.
The new shiny chips in the range are Helio G70 (Realme C3) and the G90T (Realme 6 and Redmi Note 8 Pro). These new chips are very capable, snappy and powerful. Prices here are from 45k to 90k.

Flagship killers: These chips are designed to produce flagship level performance on the cheap. The chips here are the yet to released Helio P90 and the Dimensity 800 (5G).

Flagship: These chips are the best the industry have to offer. The Helio X series was made to challenge here but it failed to dislodge Snapdragon and Apple bionic. The new Dimensity 1000 and 1000L which are both 5G chips and are yet to be released may change all that.

Despite being the first to implement most of the innovations found on SoCs and having the resources to become a threat to Qualcomm and other semiconductor companies, their greed wouldn't let them realise their full potential. Instead they focused on making money. Instead, they refused to address the issues found on their chipsets, release source codes so developers can help them or host Hackathons. Even Qualcomm releases part of the source codes of their chips to some trusted Devs (Qualcomm does this sometimes before launching their flagship chipsets, started with the 8xx series, they might have been doing before and I didn't know) for their chips to find better ideas, fix old ones and get innovations but nooooo....they behaved like our leaders, looking for money without addressing issues or not taking them seriously and look at where they are today, almost at the bottom with a bad reputation. They're trying to correct some of their mistakes but they still clinging to their old ways and won't let go yet. Hope the Dimensity series won't be a flop and doesn't break anything.

Waiting for your research on Qualcomm

hardeycute:
Nigeria "may" get it but at a very exorbitant price.

I won't be surprised if they go the Zero 5 route

KingAzubuike:
Phones dey o... I remember when I bought a brand called gowin around 2013. Had to sell it off two days later. Brand new for pack dem write 3 g but I find 3 g tire o.. resolution was horrible. Touch pad started misbehaving too early.

There r phones in this life o.. have u heard of meitu, realme, jio, dopod?

Guyy realme don blow

KingAzubuike:
Yeah it might be. I call it a third tier brand. Most third tier brands can produce good things atimes.

In my opinion
1st tier brands are the likes of Samsung, Huawei, Sony,

2nd tier brands are the likes of Gionee, xiaomee, OnePlus,

3rd tier are the likes of your coolpad, vivo, amoi, konka, cubot, elephone , etc.

That doesn't mean 3rd tier phones can't burst the head of consumers Sha. Example is oppo. I call oppo a third tier phone coz if not for BBN, they wouldn't have be known.

Vivo, Xiaomi and OnePlus should be on 1st tier na... Haven't you seen Vivo's IQOO phones, Xiaomi's Note 9 Pro or OnePlus 8/8 Pro and the upcoming OnePlus Z

Was expecting this to have a QHD display and the SD865....oh well, guess the G8 is the last flagship phone of the G series and the V series the one and only flagship for LG

Depends on if the device got a solid build and decent/flagship specs recognized all over the world, not the ones recognized by some of our brothers and sisters (you know yourselves)

This one you asking, hope it doesn't mean Nigerians will get the note 7 lite instead of the note 7

allandutch:
Nice, thanks. But I've heard some people say that Sprint locked phones are almost impossible to unlock - being a CDMA network or something, and that it should be avoided.

Maybe that's why Sprint phones are much cheaper than phones locked to other networks.

If you buying any phone with carriers like sprint and co, it's better to buy the one that's already unlocked or better yet ask around to know if unlocking the phone will be difficult and the type of unlock

harryodilli19:
Infinix Note 7 is the latest smartphone by the brand and you won't believe that an Infinix is coming with such great features. I was really shocked to see them. And yes you're absolutely right, this phone has the Mediatek Helio G70 chipset which has octa-core CPU and superb gaming features. Must check out the other features here: https://www.droidafrica.net/gadget/infinix-note-7/

When it launches we'd get hands-on review from those that know what technology is, not those paid or those hyping it so as to get endorsed

Godformeeeeeee:
If it's not 5G enabled am not buying

5G MiFi dey, buy one and unlock it if that's what you want

mygreenday:
Well packaged crap. I am an infinix user too. They really know how to put crap together.

This one looks decent to me but God knows if they'll keep it up from now

nams77:
What does the button do

Makes it silent

SpatialKing:
Exactly, that's why I love Samsung and Iphones

Samsung already making their high end phones with taller display so...

dangoteinlaw:
stay there, these crappy chinko cares less about your safety but when u critisize them they interpret it as something else. For more than a decade now apple has kept a little silent button at the left side and i am supprised ppl saying apple is overhyped haven't said anything about that little button. Now that button alone can actually save ur ass from kidnappers or even help u when in danger. How long can a phone be to anounce you to the world lmao

Yet most using iPhones in Nigeria don't know or use the feature

aysnoopy:
I've been using a product of coolpad and I can say it's wonderful. I also wanna change my phone soon but I've not even hearing people talking about coolpad at all. are they still in market?

Those I've seen use this phone are small children here. Outside Nigeria it's used as a secondary or a burner phone

So Google, Huawei and Apple are now what?

Oya those that bought and used the device come and drop review, we're waiting

andelawhite:
I have many people round me using different Tecno phones but I haven't heard them complain the way you guys are complaining bout the phone on nairaland. It kinda fels like a cordinated attack by competitors. One of thes people I know, has been using her spark 2 for over 2years now, without a SINGLE fault or repair. The other guy also. So where do you guys manufacture your complains from? I decided to confirm your complains by getting the Tecno spark 3 for my younger brother s birthday gift in November last yer, the phone is functioning well and Im considering getting this new camon 15. Mke una calm down na.l

Check the processor used and see if it supports 64mp camera. You'll see that it doesn't and even with pixel-binning, it's not possible. Some of the specs on this phone is a lie so I'd advise you not to buy, but consider other phone brands

andelawhite:
I have many people round me using different Tecno phones but I haven't heard them complain the way you guys are complaining bout the phone on nairaland. It kinda fels like a cordinated attack by competitors. One of thes people I know, has been using her spark 2 for over 2years now, without a SINGLE fault or repair. The other guy also. So where do you guys manufacture your complains from? I decided to confirm your complains by getting the Tecno spark 3 for my younger brother s birthday gift in November last yer, the phone is functioning well and Im considering getting this new camon 15. Mke una calm down na.l

I've used infinix Note 5 and didn't repair it (which I thank God for till now) before I sold it but it didn't suit my needs cos I use apps that uses more processing power and the chip used wasn't enough.

My complaints are they selling recycled hardware for same price and they're not putting any effort except in advertising and using popular celebrities to sell their products (after all of Wizkid tweets that we should rush the camon 15, many here will do it), poor support for custom ROMs, crappy camera (not talking of those with edits), improper app optimization...... The list is long

What's annoying me right now is the specs of the so-called camon 15. I was dumbfounded, confused and angry when I saw the price.

Also for the offering price of the camon 15 you can get a device that has an up-to-date midrange processor or if you patient you get the infinix Note 7 when it launches as this one got a decent processor.

But going back to Tecno or infinix when there's no improvement whatsoever is like leaving the job of an executive manager and going to work as a gateman