A new Xiaomi phone is coming - MI3S

Judging by the timing of the leaks and proximity to the annual Xiaomi festival we believe the next Xiaomi phone Lei Jun refers to in the below Weibo message will launch on April 9th.

This new phone is believed to have support for 4G LTE networks, more memory and updated camera modules both front and rear.

In addition to the Mi3S there could also be 2 new Xiaomi Redrice models launched on 9th April with the top end model sporting an octacore processor.

As always the Mi3S should cost 1999 ($325) Yuan for the base model and the Redrice phones should start at 799 ($130) Yuan. China will be getting these devices first with launches in Singapore, Taiwan and Hong Kong occurring after.

Source: GizChina

Qualcomm announces Snapdragon 801 (MWC 2014)

Qualcomm just unveiled its new powerful chipset, Snapdragon 801, which seems to occupy a place between last year's finest - Snapdragon 800 - and the yet unreleased Snapdragon 805.

In comparison with the Snapdragon 800, the new 801 comes with:

• 14% faster Krait 400 processor cores 
• 28% faster Adreno 330 graphics

MediaTek unveils it's first 64-bit chipset with fast charging & updated GPU

Before Samsung's Exynos processor on 64-bit is announced officialy, Mediatek took the stage with the MT6732 chipset with LTE and some great specs.

The chipset's features include:

• 1.5GHz quad-core ARM Cortex-A53
• the newest Mali-T670 GPU

Huawei announced MediaPad X1, Ascend G6 & TalkBand B1

It appears that LG isn't the only one who can't wait for the beginning of the MWC 2014, Huawei announced today a brilliant super thin tablet MediaPad X1, an extremely affordable smartphone Ascend G6 and a TalkBand B1 that is similar to Nike+ FuelBand write before the event from Barcelona.

The Ascend G6 appears to share some design elements with the higher-end Ascend P6. The main specs are: