{"id":9685,"date":"2017-01-27T19:54:57","date_gmt":"2017-01-27T19:54:57","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/journal.hovatek.com\/?p=4682"},"modified":"2017-01-27T19:54:57","modified_gmt":"2017-01-27T19:54:57","slug":"expect-itels-latest-android-phone-set-announced-three-days","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.hovatek.com\/blog\/expect-itels-latest-android-phone-set-announced-three-days\/","title":{"rendered":"What to expect from Itel&#8217;s latest Android phone set to be announced in three days"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Itel has (in the last couple of days) been dropping hints on a new device to be launched. Recall we&#8217;d recently posted a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.hovatek.com\/blog\/itel-it1513-technical-specifications-review\/\">review of the Itel it1513<\/a> launched last year. Its 3 days to go and here&#8217;s what we know about this mystery model so far:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>5.5&#8243; HD IPS display<\/li>\n<li>1.6 mm Bezel<\/li>\n<li>1.3 GHz Quad-core Cortex A7 Processor<\/li>\n<li>Android 6.0 Marshmallow<\/li>\n<li>Black, Rose Gold &amp; Pure Gold colors<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Here are a couple of shots:<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-4684\" src=\"https:\/\/www.hovatek.com\/blog\/bpyeki\/uploads\/2017\/01\/Latest-Itel-phone-1.jpg\" alt=\"Latest Itel Phones 2017\" width=\"720\" height=\"540\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-4685\" src=\"https:\/\/www.hovatek.com\/blog\/bpyeki\/uploads\/2017\/01\/Latest-Itel-phone-2.jpg\" alt=\"Newest Itel phones\" width=\"720\" height=\"540\" \/><\/p>\n<p>From my experience with Itel phones (I&#8217;ve used quite a number for Spreadtrum Android projects), I&#8217;m not expecting much of a deviation from existing models. To help predict the specifications of this new model, let&#8217;s do a parallel comparison of their last five models.<\/p>\n<p><em>Tabular specs comparison of Itel it1556, it1516 Plus, S11, Prime III and it1513<\/em><\/p>\n<table style=\"width: 100px;\" cellspacing=\"0\" cellpadding=\"0\">\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td>Model<\/td>\n<td>Android OS<\/td>\n<td>Dimension (mm)<\/td>\n<td>Display (Inches)<\/td>\n<td>Resolution<\/td>\n<td>Camera (Primary ; Secndary)<\/td>\n<td>RAM (GB)<\/td>\n<td>ROM (GB)<\/td>\n<td>Processor<\/td>\n<td>Chipset<\/td>\n<td>Battery (mAh)<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>it1513<\/td>\n<td>6.0<\/td>\n<td>144&#215;74.3&#215;9.1<\/td>\n<td>5<\/td>\n<td>480&#215;854<\/td>\n<td>5.0 MP ; 2.0 MP<\/td>\n<td>1<\/td>\n<td>8<\/td>\n<td>Quad-core, 1.2GHz<\/td>\n<td>Spreadtrum<\/td>\n<td>2100<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Prime III<\/td>\n<td>5.1<\/td>\n<td>190x110x10.5<\/td>\n<td>7<\/td>\n<td>1024&#215;600<\/td>\n<td>5.0 MP ; 2.0 MP<\/td>\n<td>1<\/td>\n<td>16<\/td>\n<td>Quad-core, 1.3GHz<\/td>\n<td>Spreadtrum<\/td>\n<td>6000<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>S11<\/td>\n<td>6.0<\/td>\n<td>145&#215;73.4&#215;8.7<\/td>\n<td>5<\/td>\n<td>480&#215;854<\/td>\n<td>5.0 MP ; 5.0 MP<\/td>\n<td>1<\/td>\n<td>8<\/td>\n<td>Quad-core, 1.3GHz<\/td>\n<td>Mediatek<\/td>\n<td>2400<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>it1516 Plus<\/td>\n<td>5.1<\/td>\n<td>145.5&#215;72.8&#215;9.95<\/td>\n<td>5<\/td>\n<td>480&#215;854<\/td>\n<td>5.0 MP ; 2.0 MP<\/td>\n<td>1<\/td>\n<td>8<\/td>\n<td>Quad-core 1.2GHz<\/td>\n<td>Spreadtrum<\/td>\n<td>5000**<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>it1556<\/td>\n<td>5.1<\/td>\n<td>156&#215;79.3&#215;9.9<\/td>\n<td>5.5<\/td>\n<td>480&#215;854<\/td>\n<td>5.0 MP ; 2.0 MP<\/td>\n<td>0.5<\/td>\n<td>8<\/td>\n<td>Quad-core 1.2GHz<\/td>\n<td>Spreadtrum<\/td>\n<td>5000**<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<p>** OTG Reverse Charging support<\/p>\n<h3>What to expect<\/h3>\n<p>What first caught my attention was the thinner than normal Bezel. Outside that, I don&#8217;t expect much outside a:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Spreadtrum SC77xx\u00a0chipset (I don&#8217;t think it&#8217;ll be Mediatek)<\/li>\n<li>480&#215;854 resolution<\/li>\n<li>1GB RAM<\/li>\n<li>8GB ROM<\/li>\n<li>Launch price &lt; \u20a628,500<\/li>\n<li>3000 mAh battery or\u00a0less<\/li>\n<li>5.0 or or less on Primary and Secondary cameras<\/li>\n<li>No 4G LTE support<\/li>\n<li>No USB Type C\u00a0or OTG reverse charging<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h3>Important<\/h3>\n<p>The specs above are not the official specs. They are just my projections based on Itel&#8217;s release pattern. I could be wrong on any or all and will therefore drop the official specs once announced.<\/p>\n<h3>Update<\/h3>\n<p>Disappointingly, its the Itel S31. Looking at the specs and design, I suspected it was the S31. Actually thought it would be a modification of the S31 with a little of the it1513&#8217;s specs.<\/p>\n<h3>Itel S31 specifications<\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li>The S31 has a 2400 mAh battery<\/li>\n<li>5.0 MP primary and 5.0 MP secondary camera<\/li>\n<li>1GB RAM<\/li>\n<li>16GB ROM<\/li>\n<li>Price \u20a635,000<\/li>\n<li>Chipset Mediatek MT6580W<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Itel has (in the last couple of days) been dropping hints on a new device to be launched. Recall we&#8217;d recently posted a review of the Itel it1513 launched last year. Its 3 days to go and here&#8217;s what we know about this mystery model so far: 5.5&#8243; HD IPS display 1.6 mm Bezel 1.3 [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":5,"featured_media":9438,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"site-sidebar-layout":"default","site-content-layout":"","ast-site-content-layout":"default","site-content-style":"default","site-sidebar-style":"default","ast-global-header-display":"","ast-banner-title-visibility":"","ast-main-header-display":"","ast-hfb-above-header-display":"","ast-hfb-below-header-display":"","ast-hfb-mobile-header-display":"","site-post-title":"","ast-breadcrumbs-content":"","ast-featured-img":"","footer-sml-layout":"","ast-disable-related-posts":"","theme-transparent-header-meta":"","adv-header-id-meta":"","stick-header-meta":"","header-above-stick-meta":"","header-main-stick-meta":"","header-below-stick-meta":"","astra-migrate-meta-layouts":"default","ast-page-background-enabled":"default","ast-page-background-meta":{"desktop":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-4)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"tablet":{"background-color":"","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"mobile":{"background-color":"","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""}},"ast-content-background-meta":{"desktop":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-5)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"tablet":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-5)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"mobile":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-5)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""}},"footnotes":""},"categories":[207],"tags":[76,470,491,494,192,576,109],"class_list":["post-9685","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-tech-news","tag-itel","tag-itel-s31","tag-latest-itel-phones","tag-leak","tag-mediatek","tag-rumored-specs","tag-spreadtrum"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.hovatek.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9685","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.hovatek.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.hovatek.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.hovatek.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/5"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.hovatek.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=9685"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.hovatek.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9685\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.hovatek.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/9438"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.hovatek.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=9685"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.hovatek.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=9685"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.hovatek.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=9685"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}