Weekly Roundup: Smartphones launched in the last week of 2017 (Dec 24th to 30th)

| Published: Saturday, December 30, 2017, 13:07 [IST]

With just a couple of days away from 2018, it is time to look back at the last week of 2017. As usual, a few smartphones were launched during this period.

Weekly Roundup: Smartphones launched in the last week of 2017

Today, we have compiled a list of smartphones that were launched in the last week of 2017. To start with ZTE launched its first full-screen design smartphone; the Blade V9.

Then, Huawei's online brand Honor launched the Honor 9 Lite, which comes with watered-down specs of the Honor 9. Another Chinese manufacturer Oppo quietly made the Oppo A83 official.

Without further ado, let's look at the specifications and features of these new smartphones. Scroll down to read.

ZTE Blade V9

Key Features

5.7-inch (2160 x 1080p pixels) 18:9 2.5D curved glass display
1.8GHz Octa-Core Snapdragon 450 14nm Mobile Platform with Adreno 506 GPU
2GB RAM with 16GB storage
3GB RAM with 32GB storage
4GB RAM with 64GB storage, expandable memory up to 256GB with microSD
Android 8.0 (Oreo)
Hybrid Dual SIM (nano + nano / microSD)
16MP rear camera with LED flash
secondary 5MP camera with f/1.8 aperture, 1.12μm pixel size
13MP front-facing camera
4G VoLTE
3200mAh built-in battery

Huawei Honor 9 Lite

Key Features

5.65-inch (2160 x 1080 pixels) Full HD+ 18:9 2.5D curved glass display
Octa-Core Kirin 659 processor (4 xA53 at 2.36GHz + 4 x A53 at 1.7GHz) with MaliT830-MP2 GPU
3GB RAM with 32GB storage
4GB RAM with 32GB / 64GB storage
expandable memory up to 256GB with microSD
Android 8.0 (Oreo) with EMUI 8.0
Hybrid Dual SIM (nano+nano/microSD)
13MP rear camera with f/2.0 aperture, LED flash, secondary 2MP camera, PDAF
13MP front-facing camera, secondary 2MP camera
4G VoLTE
3000mAh battery (typical)

Huawei P Smart

Key Features

5.65-inch (2160 x 1080 pixels) Full HD+ 18:9 2.5D curved glass display
Octa-Core Kirin 659 processor (4 xA53 at 2.36GHz + 4 x A53 at 1.7GHz) with MaliT830-MP2 GPU
3GB RAM with 32GB storage
4GB RAM with 64GB storage, expandable memory up to 256GB with microSD
Android 8.0 (Oreo) with EMUI 8.0
Hybrid Dual SIM (nano+nano/microSD)
13MP rear camera with LED flash, secondary 2MP camera
8MP front-facing camera
4G VoLTE
3000mAh battery (typical) / 2900mAh (minimum) battery

Garmin vivofit 4 activity tracker

Key Features

Features always-on customizable sunlight-visible, transflective 8 color memory-in-pixel (MIP) color display (88 x 88 pixels)
1+ year battery life (2 x SR43 user-replaceable); no charging necessary
Bluetooth Smart and ANT+ to connect to Android and iPhone
Tracks steps, distance and calories burned, monitors sleep and provides a personalized daily step goal
Water resistant - Safe for swimming and showering
Periodically syncs to Garmin Connect, where you can save, plan and share your activities, get involved in social challenges and more
Garmin Move IQ feature automatically detects activity and classifies activity type on Garmin Connect
Toe-to-Toe feature to challenge your kids to a step competition by connecting to nearby vívofit jr. 2 or even another vívofit 4 to kick off an instant timed step competitio

Ulefone Power 3

Key Features

6-inch (2160 × 1080 pixels) 18:9 FHD+ full-screen 2.5D curved glass display with Corning Gorilla Glass 4 protection
2GHz Octa-Core MediaTek Helio P23 16nm processor with ARM Mali G71 MP2 GPU
6GB RAM
64GB internal storage
expandable memory up to 256GB with microSD
Android 7.1 (Nougat), upgradable to Android 8.1 (Oreo)
Hybrid Dual SIM (nano + nano / microSD)
16MP rear camera and secondary 5MP camera
13MP front-facing camera and secondary 5MP camera
Fingerprint sensor
4G VoLTE
6080mAh built-in battery with fast charging