In the past few years, we have seen that the battle in the international Smartphone arena has been played predominantly by biggies like Apple, Samsung, LG and HTC. Slowly Chinese Smartphone like Huawei, ZTE and Xiaomi are making their mark but even now they are mostly concentrated within mainland China targeting the budget conscious customers.
However, two new premium devices are about to make their entrance and clash head on with the current titans of the mobile industry. These devices are – Pantech Vega and Oppo find 5. Both have beautiful design and powerful specifications, making them a formidable contender in the high range mobile arena.
Pantech Vega Iron
Let’s first take a look at what the South Korea’s Pantech Vega Iron is packing:
- Display: 5” 720p
- Processor: 1.7 GHz quad-core Qualcomm Snapdragon 600
- Memory: 2 GB of RAM
- Internal Storage: 32 GB with microSD support up to 64 GB.
- Camera: 13 megapixel rear and 2 MP front
- Battery:2150mAH Li-on
Though Pantech has officially come out with these specs, the price and release date has not been confirmed. Pantech Vega Iron has a very thin bezel 2.44 mm on either side of the screen and more than 75% of the device’s surface is covered by its 5” display. This is why the Vega Iron looks so sleek and sexy. However, the supported resolution is 720p while most of the high end phones offer full HD or 1080p resolution. Besides, the resolution this is a top notch device.
Oppo Find 5
Just one glance and you will know how gorgeous the Oppo 5 looks and it should look so considered its price tag of $700 making it one of the priciest Chinese smartphones to date. Let’s take a look at Oppo 5’s specs and see what makes it so special:
- Operating System: Android 4.1 Jellybean, with Oppo5 UI
- Display: 5” 1080p with 1920X1080 pixels, IPS LCD
- Processor: 1.5 GHz quad-core Qualcomm Snapdragon S4 Pro
- Memory: 2 GB of RAM
- Internal Storage: 32 GB with microSD support up to 64 GB.
- Camera: 13 megapixels rear and 2 mp front with HDR mode. Supports 1080p recording.
- Battery: 2500 mAH Li-on
- Design: 0.35 inch thick and 5.6 inch tall X 2.7 inch wide.
Note: With Oppo Find 5 offering full cooperation to XDA developers, users can expect to play with lots of custom ROMs in the future. Oppo 5 is already getting its first Cynogenmod 10.1 nightlies which is a custom Android 4.2 Jellybean OS.