Ignite your Creativity with Huawei P8

Huawei technologies latest wonder, Ascend P8, is a smart phone which has the capability to “Ignite your Creativity Infinitely”. The superbly feature rich camera of Huawei P8 offers optical image stabilization, a special image signal processor, a flashy RBGW sensor and a dual flash unit. On the front there is 8 mega pixels Selfie camera and the rear has a 13 mega pixels camera with f/2.0 aperture.

The unique features of P8 camera which make it stand out among many rival smart phones are Director Mode, Light Painting and Perfect Selfie.

The Director Mode has its own app in Huawei P8, user can shoot video with additional three smart phones and connect them with P8, and the video footages taken the separate cams can be combined and edited into a single movie. This feature is surely going to appeal to the users who aspire to become film makers because Director Mode is that feature which technically very impressive and an amazing addition in a smart phone.

With the Light Painting features, one can take photos with effects which are usually available in DSLR cameras and there would be no fuss over comprehending the f/stop numbers, ISO levels etc. Using Huawei Ascend P8, one can capture light and ignite life in the photos shot; there are four settings available- Silky water, Star Track, Car Light Trails and Light Graffiti. The smart phone suggest, when using Light Painting feature to “keep your device steady or use a tripod” to capture still and vivid shots which would otherwise be blurry. This, light painting, is surely an exciting and blazing feature which would certainly make every P8 user want to go up their roofs and capture all the lights in the city.

The Perfect Selfie has its amazing perks for the P8 user as it emphasizes the users face in a group and applies the preset settings, making the user look the best in the shot.

All the above mentioned exuberant features of Huawei P8, make it a must purchase for the creative people out there who want to seize the beauty of every moment, enhance it and preserve it forever.

Huawei hitting peak sale records in Pakistan, with its latest smart phone, Huawei P8

Recently launched Huawei P8, is making the Huawei fans go crazy for this smart phone. According to the recent statistics, the shipment of Huawei units in Pakistan has doubled in number, shipment of Huawei phones in H1 has reached 500,000 in Pakistan and in the previous quarter it was around 270K so Huawei is growing tremendously.

It can be said without any doubt that Huawei is making its ground stronger day by day in the Pakistan’s mobile market. The dedicated team at Huawei R&D department is putting in all its energy to build such devices which cater to the needs of users, belonging to all walks of like. Be it a high-end smart phone or a low-end one, Huawei richly incorporates its devices with latest features and designs and numerous pioneering technologies. To add to the success of Huawei, its Service Centers also play a great role by providing extra ordinary after sale services and listening to the problems of the customers and resolving their issues at utmost priority which has won over their hearts.

The Director Marketing Devices of Huawei Pakistan, Mr. Fanhong Bruce said,” We are extremely delighted with the strong response that we have received from our customers in Pakistan. We assure that Huawei would continue to provide them with excellent devices and services in the coming times as well.”

Huawei P8, the latest launched high end smart phone of Huawei has countless amazing and unique features to offer to its users. This smart phone, since its inception, is giving a tough competition to competitor brands and setting sky rocketed sale records. After its launch in Pakistan, the local mobile market has witnessed the Huawei’s popularity among the smart phone users. This success and growth which has achieved in such a short is surely because of its dedication to serve its customers and bringing such smart phones in the market, which provide latest technologies in the easy access of the users and also doesn’t burden the buyer’s pocket.

WITHHOLDING TAX STUNTING PAKISTAN’S PROPERTY MARKET’S GROWTH

The recently levied 0.3 percent withholding tax on non-filers of tax on all banking transactions, exceeding PKR 50,000 a day, is stalling real estate market activity, according to Pakistan’s best real estate website, Lamudi Pakistan (www.lamudi.pk).

The real estate sector of Pakistan had already been facing a slowdown in the first quarter of 2015 and with this newly imposed tax, which requires the property investors and brokers to pay 0.3 percent on every banking transaction above PKR 50,000, its growth is expected to decline further.

It negatively affects the profit margins of real estate investors, discouraging them from investing in this sector. It also promotes non-banking and cash transactions amongst the non-filers that gives rise to the informal sector in the economy and could lead to more fraudulent activities being carried out in the property market.

Saad Arshed, Country Director of Lamudi.pk, said: “This withholding tax will not only deter investment in the real estate sector but also contribute to inflation as the burden will be passed over to the homebuyers, who will have to pay higher prices at the time of purchases.

Pakistan is already facing a housing shortfall of nine million units and has a really low mortgage-to-GDP ratio of around 0.5 percent-imposition of such taxes stunt the real estate sector growth further.”

The government initially levied a 0.6 percent withholding tax, which after huge protests was decreased to 0.3 percent. However, the government should fully remove this tax to promote a formal and documented economy and do away with any illegal transactions in the real estate sector, Arshed said.

Huawei P8 Lite- An Incredibly Thin Smartphone with Extraordinary Qualities

 Huawei has introduced a family member to P series, a smaller version of Huawei P8 i.e. P8 Lite. This is an incredibly thin smartphone with extraordinary camera qualities, super processor and latest OS. The list of extraordinary features P8 Lite offers is pretty long and to top it all the slim, sleek, elegant and balanced design of P8 Lite makes an ideal phone to possess. The feather light weight of P8 Lite makes it extremely easy to carry around and flaunt among your peers.

Key Specifications:

Huawei P8 Lite’s key specifications are:

·         5 inches screen (1280*720 high resolutions), Display

·         131 grams, Weight

·         Android v5.0.2 Lollipop, OS

·         1.2 GHz Octa-core, HiSilicon Kirin 620, Processor

·         2GB RAM 16GB ROM, microSDcard (supports up to 128GB, uses SIM 2 slot), Memory

·         13MP rear and 5MP front camera, Dual-LED flash

·         2200 mAh, Battery

·         3G/4G/LTE, Blue tooth v4.1, WLAN, GPRS, GPS, Connectivity

Physical Build & Design:

Huawei P8 Lite has got an elegantly balanced design and aesthetics. This smart phone has been devised with perfection and possesses smooth outer contour, so that it gives an evened feel and perfect grip to use and hold. Both sides of this device have been designed in a plane surface with volume button and power key at the right side, soft navigation keys (home, back and menu) are at the bottom –all in perfect harmony.

The screen of P8 Lite is 5 inch HD (1280*720p) full touch display which exhibits flawless colors, bright and clear pictures. The detailed picture quality is also superbly amazing because of the colors rich screen which has 16.7 million rich colors. The integrated design of this gadget is with no gaps or breaking points; metal surface feels solid and smooth with jade-like back cover texture. Huawei logo is at the back and the camera with the adjacent flash light is at the top left of the device.

Performance:

The performance of P8 Lite is incredibly great; the company’s expertise is clearly visible in all its features and their performances. P8 Lite has Kirin 620 64bit Octa-Core Processor which has on average a 15% faster response time than the average smartphone. The Operating system is Android 5.0 and HUAWEI EMUI3.1running in P8 Lite which makes this smart phone, ultra efficient and equipped with latest features and apps.  Exhibiting Huawei’s top I.T expertise, a super strong smartphone antenna has been incorporated in this smart phone that offers the industry’s best 4G high-speed data connection-up to 25% faster than an average smartphone.

The storage capacity is 2GB RAM + 16GBROM(extendable with microSDcard) enabling the users to stream movies, videos, music etc online  endlessly, play games without any lag and upload and download content with super fast speed.

Features & apps:

Huawei P8 Lite, although a smaller version of P8, it offers all the amazing and unique apps. The Google App store bundles of downloadable apps and along with that there are certain built in apps which are particularly designed by Huawei to assist the users in many ways. These features are present in all of Huawei smart phones making them different and extremely user friendly, for example, the “Time track management” feature, “on lock screen apps”, “Phone management “app etc these are incorporated in the device so that you can get maximum output from it and this smart phone would become your perfect daily life companion, helping you out in all the ways.

This smart phone is fully equipped to keep a back up of your data and keep it secured for long term use. The company has made built in features that control the unnecessary consumption of battery due to the access apps going on in the background. Traffic on the apps etc is managed, phone’s efficiency is enhanced by regular scanning, all this would be done your smartphone i.e. P8 Lite with ease and expertise.

An amazing feature which certainly should be highlighted is the speaker quality of P8 Lite. This smart phone encases brand new side speaker design and integrated sound chamber acoustic offers strong bass, crisp mid range and sharp and clear high notes, new framework Smart PA chip core offers independent, professional sound quality. The technology utilizes produces clear and noise proof sound which gives a serene and exquisite experience while listening to music of watching a movie.

Camera:

Camera of Huawei P8 Lite offers a whole new world to its users. There are endless features available with the camera and quality of them is also extraordinary. The rear camera is of 13 megapixels and front of 5 megapixels and the Features available with the camera of this smart phone are Perfect Selfie, Beauty Selfie, Panoramic Selfie, Low light shooting and numerous amazing Picture Filters. With the Perfect Selfie Mode you can preset your beauty setting and whenever you take a picture with your friends your smart phone would instantly detect your face and apply the preset setting, making you always look beautiful. With Panoramic Selfie, you can take wider pictures simply by tilting your device sideways.

The other excellent feature is Low Light Shooting. This mode enables you to capture excellent pictures in night and also indoors, with “Multi Frame Noise Reduction” and “Night Mode Illumination”. Using multi-image processor the pictures shot are brightened and background noise image is reduced making for all those indoor or night shots, perfect.

Battery:

A smart phone tempts its customers more, if it carries an ultra powered and long lasting battery. Huawei has perfectly equipped P8 Lite in this regard; with power of 2200mAh P8 Lite’s battery will keep your cell phone running for long hours without the repeated charging need because this battery is backed with the “Super Power Saving Technology”. This technology secures the smart phone’s battery for long hours and also reduces the unnecessary power consumption by managing the apps. Huawei has ensured with this extraordinary battery life that its users do not run out of battery life on important, friends & family filled events and they can stay connected with the whole world with super fast 4G/LTE internet for long hours.

Verdict:

For those users who love securing each and every precious moment of their lives and also those who are fond of taking totally creative and attractive pictures, Huawei P8 Lite is the recommended as the best suited smart phone. Because this smartphone carries super power battery, ultra fast networking speed and latest OS and processor, all the great features needed to keep you up dated and connected.

Huawei plans to sale 100 million smart phones in 2015

Research, innovation and market segmentation have been Huawei’s strategies to gain ground in a market as competitive as the technology. In 2014, the global shipment of Huawei smart phones reached 75 million units, with an increase of 45%. In the first quarter of 2015, Huawei sold 17.5 million smart phones; the shipment target of this year is 100 million units. Huawei now is acknowledged as the world’s fourth largest influential Smartphone manufacturer. The mid-to-high end Smartphone market will be continually influenced by Huawei.

Huawei, founded in 1987 in China has achieved a turnover of US $ 12.2 million in 2014, representing an increase of 30% over the previous year. The marketing of units around the globe also rose 45%, reaching 75 million in the same period.

Director Devices, Huawei Pakistan believes that Huawei has little to envy from Apple, which has set many trends in the market, because Huawei has the potential to achieve highest market growth rate in the sector.

The increase in the growth rate and market success Huawei has achieved due to the development, supply chain and marketing strategies, the company has implemented and Huawei deserves the recognition as the fourth most influential manufacturer in the world.

Mr. Bruce expressed that Huawei aims to come closer and closer to the target audience, the most recent case is the Mate 7 which is aimed at the users who need a safety device through the fingerprint sensors. He said, “We do not just solve the ordinary problems but think of the infrastructure equipment and we have much to offer in the industry. In the past five years the company has developed its capacities to address different markets.”

This has certainly helped Huawei in getting to competition with technology titans: Apple and Samsung. Definitely one of the greatest interests of Huawei smart phones is and will be to continue betting on medium and high range. 

Huawei Y5- A smart phone for everyone

Leading Chinese technology solutions providing company, Huawei has launched an outstanding smartphone whose colorful medium body encases many amazing and unique features for the customers. This Smartphone’s OS, Processor, RAM/ROM, camera quality, Battery power and many other apps available through Google Store are a must to tempt the buyers. Particularly those customers, who are looking for an easy to carry and technology loaded smartphone which is also not expensive, then they must go after Huawei Y5.

Key Specifications:

This wonder filled smartphone has the following key specifications to offer to its users:

·                          1.3GHz quad-core processor

·                          1GB of RAM+8GB ROM

·                          4.5-inch display

·                          8GB of storage, expandable via microSD

·                          8-megapixel rear camera with LED flash

·                          2-megapixel front camera

·                          Dual SIM, dual standby

·                          3G

·                          Wi-Fi, Bluetooth, GPS

·                          Android 4.4 KitKat, EMUI 3.0 Lite

·                          1730mAh battery

Physical Build & Design:

The design of Huawei Y5 is very elegant and classy; the feel of it in the hands is very smooth an easier to carry around. This gadget has been built with our geometrical design, with Matte feeling and quality, the back cover is scratch free because of its natural patterns. The light weight added with the seamless design makes it easier to use single-handedly, play games and do limitless chatting.

The screen is 4.5 inch display with full touch supported by 2 point multi-touch having capacitive keys at the bottom and physical keys, volume and power, are at the right side of the smart phone. The screen has very bright and vibrant color scheme, which displays clear and neat images, videos, movies etc. Huawei has without doubt done an amazing job in creating such an amazing smartphone and most importantly at such an affordable price.

Performance:

Now let’s shed light on the flawless performance of Huawei Y5, this smartphone runs on Android 4.4 KitKat OS, 1.2 GHz Quad-core processor with Spreadtrum SC7731 and Cortex A7 CPU making it fully equipped with latest and advance software to provide seamless and smooth internet streaming, video and music playing and gaming.

The storage capacity of Y5 is 1GB RAM and 8GB ROM (memory extendable to 32GB with micro SDcard) providing enough space to store various documents, pictures and other data. With 1GB RAM, web browsing is greatly enhanced and lag free, videos don’t take much time to buffer and get in to running almost instantly, allowing the you to enjoy movies, music videos etc online.

This feature also facilitates gaming, those who are not hardcore gamers but still like to spend their free time by playing some healthy games on their smart phones then Y5 provides this opportunity to them. As Huawei Y5 is 3G enabled which provides fast speed networking making the games more enjoyable and lag free.

Features & apps:

Y5 has the OS Android 4.4 KitKat which is from Google^TM , which makes this slim and attractive smartphone fully loaded with many amazing apps and games accessible through Google Play. The apps available for downloading office files, even the creation of such files (they can be in Word, PowerPoint or Excel Format) easy and smooth. This smart phone also has apps for the optimization of this smartphone so that it is cleaned when required, which in turn enhances the performance of the device by deleting the unnecessary files and docs and also closing the unwanted apps running in the background.

Huawei Y5 has been equipped with EMUI 3.O Lite, a latest and efficient management system, which has made this gadget easy to use and access different apps, by providing a friendly User Interface with the help of which one does need to explore his phone too much to find his desired app, instead he can access with one or two clicks. This smart phone also has very cool and attractively colored Multi-Themes and Magazine Lock Screen, which makes you feel good, whenever you turn on unlock your phone.

Another amazing quality of Y5 is the fast speed sharing it provides with “Wi-Fi Direct”, which allows you to share 1 Movie, 100 Music Videos and 1000 pictures in 10s, now this is something actually awesome.

Camera:

The camera quality of Y5 is another attractive feature, which is built to capture moments in an instant and also make them more fun filled and amazing with the effects available in this smartphone. The 8MP rear camera with LED Dual Flashlight has been aptly equipped to seize creative and unforgettable moments, pictures and videos without missing even a single moment of the fast shutter speed i.e. 1.2s. With the “Panoramic Effect”, you can create totally drama like videos of the fascinating places you visit and share them with your family friends. If you are to capture a shot and background light is dim, you wouldn’t need to worry because Y5 has got it covered with the Dual Flash light this smartphone will allow you to capture bright, clear colorful pictures with lightened up background.

The front camera of Y5 is 2MP, which works totally fine when you are video chatting with family friends. This camera is also capable of taking better quality Selfies, in comparison to other peer smart phones which certainly do not provide such high quality camera features.

Battery:

The power house of a smartphone is also one of those features which a customer asks for before buying it. Well good news is, Huawei has kept its high standard here as well by equipping Y5 with a fully power-packed battery i.e. 1730 mAh which is backed with super power saving technology. The power loaded battery with power save technology saves the battery up to 30% more in comparison to its competitive smart phones allowing you to use this smartphone throughout the day without feeling the constant need to recharge your phone. You can do your office’s small tasks, listen to music while on a ride, browse internet and do text and video chatting endlessly.

Verdict:

To sum it all up, Huawei Y5 is recommended to all those customers who are looking for a beautifully colorful, feature loaded and within their budget smartphone. Huawei has successfully delivered this device in to market to fulfill the technology needs of its customers, who want to actively stay connected with the world and enjoy best innovative technological features, encased in a smartphone.

APBF National Board meeting and Iftar/dinner, elects new Chairman.

The All Pakistan Business Forum (APBF) is a vibrant business association which promotes and protects the interests of the business community and industry. Recently the National Board meeting of the APBF was conducted, to discuss the next 6 months strategy, with enthusiastic participation from all board members, representing high-profiled enterprises, associations and institutions, belonging to numerous industrial sectors, from all over Pakistan. The board meeting followed by an Iftaar Dinner, was also graced by a large number of Diplomats, Political figures, Businessman, Academia and prominent media persons.

During the meeting, the APBF bid farewell to its out-going Chairman – Mr. Haroon Khawaja, who has successfully finished his tenure. The APBF congratulated him and expressed their appreciation for his valuable services to the Association.

On the occasion, the members of APBF National Board also elected Mr. Khalid Rafiq as the new Chairman. Mr. Khalid Rafiq is a seasoned entrepreneur, representing the Habib Rafiq Group of Industries, with major engineering ventures in; Power Generation, Petro-Chemicals and Infrastructure development. The new Chairman thanked the National Board for their trust. He pledged to enrich the performance of APBF with fresh initiatives, leading to social development, economic prosperity and financial inclusion, by building fresh collaborations with resourceful enterprises.

The President of APBF - Mr. Ibrahim Qureshi expressed his gratitude to Mr. Haroon Khawaja and presented a commemorative shield for his prolific efforts, to make APBF a resourceful and productive association. Mr. Qureshi also welcomed the newly elected Chairman - Mr. Khalid Rafiq and expressed his hopes that the new dynamic leader will perpetuate the robust growth of APBF. 

President APBF urged the business community across Pakistan to work more cohesively. All sincere, prudent and diligent businessmen must come together to make their voice stronger and inspire positive reforms, to get their operational and regulatory issues resolved. All business associations must have a unified stance against the new 0.6% tax on banking transactions. Although, the APBF fully supports the government’s efforts to expand the tax-net, but all our experts agree that this indirect tax will discourage and jeopardize financial activity in the country. He urged the government authorities to understand and proactively solve the problems faced by the businesses and industries in the country.