Byudgadzhety week: Cubot R8, action Camera Polaroid Cube + and Russian tablet on Windows 8

Another week has passed, which means it's time to sum up. The new release offers the cheapest (with quality) smartwatch, ultrabudgetary phone for 43 dollars, the Russian plate, "made" Chinese competitors, and more.

The new issue of the weekly digest of budget updates of electronics in the world dedicated to the numerous requests of workers not only phones. And it opens the most appetizing instance.

The thinnest smart watch

Known among Chinese gadget fans Company Cubot presented Apple Watch clone called R8. To date, the new product is the thinnest commercially produced clever hours: the thickness of the accessory housing is only 8.8 mm. The housing of the Chinese offspring resembles the original products Apple, so with the official price of around 70 dollars they can be safely recommend to all fashionistas. In addition, the operating system interface, except for certain items, also similar to the original.

The novelty is sold in three colors: black, silver and gold. The stuffing is quite decent for its category: MTK2501 processor with a frequency of 108 MHz, 24 MB RAM, 32 MB built. IPS-screen device has a diagonal of 1.54 inches and a resolution of 240 × 240. The main interface connection with a smartphone - Bluetooth 4.0, has a microUSB 2.0. battery capacity does not shine, but it is sufficient - 250 mAh.

Cubot R8 can carry a pedometer function, barometer, thermometer, altimeter, and used to control sleep.

Indian phone for $ 43

Company Lava, Microsoft partner in India, released sale smartphone Flair E1. The main feature of novelty was the price - just $ 43. Unfortunately, for the money smartphone surprised their characteristics only in a negative way. It is equipped with a 3.5-inch TFT-LCD with a resolution of 480 × 320, a single-core processor with a clock frequency of 1 GHz, 256 MB RAM memory 512 MB internal (supporting microSD up to 32 GB), the main chamber 2 Mn with LED-flash and 0.3 megapixel front.

In this case, the smart phone has two slots for SIM (only GSM and EDGE), Wi-Fi, Bluetooth 3.0. Battery for 1300 mAh provides up to 3 hours of talk time and 150 hours of standby time.

Lava Flair E1 comes with Android Kit Kat in two colors: white, golden and black and golden.

Polaroid for Action video

The company Polaroid released an updated version of its Action Camera. The novelty has received plain name Cube + (past simple device called Cube).

A small cube is equipped with a camera with a resolution of 8 megapixels and the module Wi-Fi. The app comes to the camera, allowing the remote control of a mobile device and used as a screen viewfinder.

Home sales Polaroid Cube + is scheduled for August 2015-th. While it announced a very nice price - just 149.99 dollars.

"Iron" from UMi

UMi unveiled a new smart phone in a metal enclosure with a 5.5-inch FHD-screen TV - Iron. Novelty is based on eight-chipset MediaTek MT6753. Its performance is maintained at an appropriate level due to 3 GB of RAM. Built-in memory - 16 GB.

device name speaks for itself: Iron was an all-metal body, 7.9 mm thick. At the same time in such a small size has gone in a full battery at 3350 mAh capacity.

The main chamber 13, new items represented megapixel Sony IMX214 module, front - OV8858 8 Mn. Each chamber is equipped with its own LED-flash.

Another interesting solution was the notification LED located at the bottom of the hull. In addition, according to the manufacturer, the device is equipped with a heart rate sensor. Another solution, not yet announced, concerns a method for user authentication. Iron is not equipped with a fingerprint scanner. Instead, he announced manufacturer Hypertech function, but the principle of its work remains secret until the first devices owners.

New running Android 5.1 Lollipop and is equipped with all necessary interfaces, excluding NFC: Wi-Fi 802.11 b / g / n, Bluetooth 4.0, GPS / AGPS.

Vinaigrette smart hours

No.1 company presented novelty - Sun S2 smart watch. They got round metal housing, similar to the watch case LG. At the bottom there is a black stripe - sending to Moto 360. operating system interface copies iOS.

Unfortunately, the new product can be recommended only as a toy for children (unit price expected to be about $ 60). The fact that the interface clock is completely Chinese development, also laid a rectangular screen. And works No.1 Sun S2 only with a companion application for Android.

Russian rival Chinese tablet

Brand Bb-mobile released tablet Techno W8.9 3G, which became the first officially sold on the Russian market, Win-tablet with a 8.9-inch display. Yes, and at a price of 11 000 rubles. It is close to Chinese competitors closely, with the novelty extends Russia's one-year warranty.

It is unknown what kind of device lies behind the company's logo, but its features do not require much thought, if necessary namely tablet with Windows 8.1: novelty IPS-equipped display with a resolution of 1920 × 1200, enclosed in a housing made of tempered glass and metal.

Performance Techno W8.9 3G supported Intel Atom Z3735F processor (4 cores, 1.8 GHz) and 2GB of RAM. Built-in memory - 32 GB are also supported microSDHC same volume.

Wireless interfaces are Wi-Fi 802.11 a / b / g / n, Bluetooth 4.0 and GPS. There is a slot for the SIM-card with support for 3G-range 900/2 to 100 MHz. It is worth noting that the device on the desktop of Windows 8 do not know how to call, a slot can only be used for the Internet connection. Although no one bothers to use IP-telephony.

As expected, the novelty is equipped with two chambers: the primary 2 and the front Mn 0.3 Mn. There is an accelerometer and a gyroscope. Battery, according to tradition for such devices, non-removable, capacity - 5000 mAh. But the device has modest weight - only 460 g