WHAT WILL 2016 BRING FOR REAL ESTATE IN PAKISTAN?

As 2015 draws to a close, the big question on all real estate professionals’ lips is: what will 2016 hold? Migration away from capital cities, infrastructure improvements and increased international interest from investors are just some of the expected developments for Pakistan’s real estate market.

1. App focus

Mobile is driving innovation in Pakistan. Internet users in our country are skipping the traditional desktop usage, and moving straight to mobile. 2016 will see real estate professionals turning their attention to apps.

Pakistan Telecommunication Authority (PTA) keeping in view the popularity of apps launched, “Pakistan Mobile App Awards” in 2015. Moreover, with internet penetration strengthening in second-tier and suburban areas and 50 percent of the users accessing internet via mobile phones, cellular companies are reducing mobile connectivity costs and giving out more affordable SIM cards.

2.                  Second-tier growth

Industry professionals have already noted the increased attraction of second and third tier cities such as Gujranwala, Faisalabad, Multan and Hyderabad. As the bigger cities such as Lahore, Islamabad and Karachi are becoming slowly saturated, real estate developers and investors alike are turning their attention to smaller cities. In these second and third tier cities, property is significantly cheaper as a result of higher land availability and lower building costs.

According to Saad Arshed, Country Director of Pakistan’s best real estate platform Lamudi: “In 2016, we will see the development of smaller cities in Pakistan, as they invest in themselves to improve transport services, water and electricity supplies, and develop their infrastructure. This is essential if these cities want to compete with bigger markets, both locally and internationally.

“By shifting focus from bigger cities to smaller areas, investors get more for their money due to lower costs of land, resources and building materials, and developers have more space for construction. This makes these second tier cities a very attractive option for real estate professionals,” he concluded.

3.                  Commercial property growth

As Pakistan experiences rapid population growth, urbanization, and economic development, demand is increasing for commercial property. This includes mixed-use developments, shopping malls, and retail space and office units.

The next 12 months will likely see an increase in commercial property developments across Pakistan, as the sector must accommodate population growth, as well as increased interest from international corporations. These projects are not only driving economic growth, they provide employment opportunities, and boost the value of surrounding properties.

4.                  REIT availability

In June, Pakistan’s first ever REIT was launched, paving the way for expected growth in the country’s commercial property sector. More REITs are expected to follow this lead over the next 12 months.

5.                  Increase in foreign investment

With deals such as China and Pakistan Economic Corridor (CPEC) and Russia and Pakistan’s gas pipeline contract, foreign investment is on an all-time high in the country. Moreover, with improved security situation in the country, especially after the Karachi operation, foreign investment has increased in the country and is expected to grow further over the course of 2016.

Huawei Smart Watch Upgraded to give Enhanced Seamless Performance

It has been reported by 9TO5Google that Huawei has announced an over-the-air (OTA) update, being applied to its revolutionary smart watch. The newly updated smart watch will offer a new app and a new face. The said update will, automatically, be downloaded in the smart watch and the users will receive a notification of it, as announced on Huawei community blog post.

The smart watches in use will receive the up gradation gradually; some users will instantly get the update while other users would have to wait for it. The new update would enable the smart watch to display battery level while being charged, through a new application. The up gradation of smart watches would be completed quite soon and Huawei smart watches would have some of the best stock faces and displays, among all the smart watches available in the market.

The updated smart watch would have an enhanced and optimized detection feature for “OK Google” command, allowing the watch to recognize the voice with more ease. The up graded software in the watch would deliver more accurate fitness tracking services for example, step counts etc. The connectivity of the smart watch with the phone, through Bluetooth would also be improved, providing efficient connection. A fusion sensor for gravity/rotation vector/linear acceleration would also be integrated in the smart watch.

It is quite an obvious fact that now tech companies are thriving to deliver excellent quality smart devices with enhanced and user friendly functions. Huawei is also in the race with its incredible smart devices which are not only budget-friendly but they also sync quite well with the users.

Huawei’s Android-Powered smart watch has also earned numerous positive remarks from the tech critics and the readers, users etc, mainly because of the exquisite and premium design of the watch but now with the latest up gradation, Huawei watch would also deliver matchless, functional features, making the users fall for Huawei devices, all over again.

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Huawei “Kirin 950”-Taking high-end processors’ to the Next-Level

Huawei has been setting great records for quite some time now and it has incredibly impressed the tech critics with the launch of its highly innovative smart devices. The company has been elevated to the ultimate levels of success and growth, because of the tireless efforts, which Huawei has been putting in to deliver top edge products. Now, Huawei has impressed the smart phone industry with its immensely powerful high-end processor, Kirin 950, which has been reported to make its first appearance in Huawei’s upcoming Mate smart phone.

Huawei’s Kirin 950 has been stated among the first few chips to utilize TSMC’s 16 nm FinFET Plus processor which will aid in providing incredibly enhanced level of efficiency. So far, only Apple’s A9 chip has been able to do so but now Huawei has joined the run as well. The chip manufacturers have taken the game to a whole level with Kirin 950 which is still set in an octa-core processor, just like its predecessors. Prior to Kirin 950, the users had 8 Cortex-A53 cores which were steaming up the functions, in Huawei smart phones. Whereas, now they would have, four Cortex-A72 with 2.53 GHz and four Cortex-A53 with 1.8GHz, promising chip sets, capable of giving better than ever performance. Other praise worthy additions includes ARM’s flagship GPU, Mali-T880m, a new i5 sensor hub (said to be nearly two times more efficient) and an enhanced LPDDR4 RAM.

This terrific Chip, Kirin 950, is expected to make a great contribution to the worth of Huawei’s upcoming Mate smart phone, as in today’s world, even the minutest details of a smart phone, matter a lot to the users. Kirin 950 has successfully managed to pull off a striking score of 82,945 on An Tutu and it fell slightly behind Qualcomm Snapdragon 820, which scored 83, 774.

It is worth mentioning here that the year 2015 has been full of triumphs for Huawei. This technology based company is all set on the path of becoming the top leading brand name in the smart phone industry. With the news of Kirin 950 on the way, Huawei will certainly become the next big thing, in no time.

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Next Mate smart phone to be launched by Huawei in Q1, 2016

In the first quarter of 2016, Huawei will launch its next Mate smart phone which will be an exclusive Android flagship device. It will be launched to give direct competition to Samsung’s Galaxy S6+ Edge and Galaxy Note 5. Huawei has successfully introduced incredibly great smart phones in the current year, 2015. Now it is all geared up to flood 2016 with out of the world and ground breaking smart phones. It is expected that the upcoming Huawei’s own Android-Powered device will hit the shelves in Pakistan, sometime in January, next year.

This smart phone is greatly expected to create waves in the market and media because of the numerous amazing features it has to offer. It is expected to be available in Black, Bronze, Gray and Gold colors. Upcoming Mate smart phone would bring with it, abundant of amazing and unique features to the table and it will directly challenge pre-established, high-end smart phones. The actual clash of this Mate prodigy would be with Samsung Galaxy S6 Edge+ and Note 5. Although Samsung is seen as a premium brand in the international smart phone market and Huawei, as an affordable smart phone manufacturer but the situation is likely to change in the coming times. This change has been brought about because of the lists of mistakes Samsung has been making in the year 2015 such as eliminating expandable storage options, non-removable batteries and lack in innovation. As Huawei is excelling tremendously in the field of innovative technologies, so, this might push the users to think about changing their smart phone brand.

The stunning Mate device would flaunt a 6-inches large screen with resolution of 1080X1920 pixels. The said resolution on such a big screen might lack in delivering crisp and bright display but on the other hand, this will help save the battery life. A premium feel would exude from the upcoming Mate with the thin bezel, which would provide more space to the screen. Mate smart phone would come with Huawei’s own Octa-core processor, “Kirin 950”. Highly anticipated Mate’s chip includes four 1.8 GHz cores and four 2.3 GHz cores which would make this device utterly power packed. There is an additional Mali-T880 graphic card and LTE 4G, Modem incorporated in the Mate. The operating system in this smart phone is Huawei’s intensely customized Android OS and the Emotion UI would keep the Mate in seamless running state for long hours.

According to the data released by Gartner, Huawei’s has undoubtedly set a bench mark by securing the post of third largest smart phone vendor in the world, with its third quarter sales in 2015. The sales reached up to 27.2 million units, across the globe in Q3-2015. It is high time for Samsung now to actually bring itself in the game before Huawei grabs the top spot in the international smart phone market.

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Huawei launches, SHOT X, With a Flip Camera & Groundbreaking features

Finally a smart phone, breaking the conventional barriers, is here in Pakistan. It is the latest creation of the fastest growing brand, Huawei Technologies. After receiving, overwhelming international acclaim, Huawei has launched in Pakistan, its stylish and classy, Huawei Shot X, which has groundbreaking camera. This smart phone has been finely crafted, using top quality material and technologies by the experts at Huawei. Huawei Shot X, with its magical camera and flawless, perfect fitting metal design, is by far the most interesting smart phone, launched in Pakistan.

Huawei’s GM Devices, Mr. Shawn said, “Huawei Shot X, is an exquisite creation of Huawei. This smart phone has been manufactured utilizing top of the edge technologies and expertise. With the launch of this smart phone, which has a rotatable camera and an ultra enhanced fingerprint scanner on the side, Huawei is aiming towards setting new trends in smart phone manufacturing.” He further said, “We have great devices in the queue which will establish Huawei as the most innovative and creative brand ever.”

Shot X is without doubt, a unique beauty to look at. This smart phone has got a super fast Qualcomm Snapdragon 616, MSM8939, 1.5GHz Octa-core processor integrated in it, which works fantastically with the latest Android 5.1 lollipop operating system supported by Huawei’s finest Emotion 3.1 user interface. The camera of this smart phone, needs no introduction, its a13MP cam with dual tone color flashlight. This camera can be rotated at 180 degree angle, making this smartphone perfect for capturing pictures of anything, at the best possible angle. Another spell bounding feature of this smart phone is its fingerprint scanner, which has been manufactured to give foolproof performance and it can be customized to perform functions other than security check or unlocking of the device. It can take pictures with a single swift touch, or can be long pressed to receive calls or set off alarms, etc. In short, Huawei has loaded this elegant, smart phone with hardcore extraordinary features and characteristics, which will make the technology seekers fall for Huawei, all over again.

This smart phone is available at all authorized Huawei mobile stores at an exciting price of Rs. 36,000/-  with an attractive offer from, Mobilink, of 6GB data free for 6 months.

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Forthcoming Smart phone By Huawei to offer abundant unique features

The infinite fame and recognition being achieved by Huawei is greatly due to the advanced and futuristic technologies it incorporates in its latest prodigies. Every new Huawei smart phone has an abundance of unique and exciting features to offer to its customers, which make Huawei stand out among the rest. Following the dynamic pattern of providing its worthy customers with modern technologies, Huawei has packed its forthcoming Honor smart with a super mighty battery so that the users can fully enjoy futuristic features of this smart phone such as enhanced fingerprint scanner and an appealing rotatable camera.

Soon to be launched smartphone has been reported to adorn an exciting fingerprint scanner which has been integrated in the side panel of the smart phone. This scanner has been manufactured with the latest modern technology, which offers flawless and ultra fast fingerprint recognition, at 360 degree angle in either, wet or dry conditions. This finger print scanner has been customized to perform additional functions, other than finger print scanning. The user can sweep their finger on the scanner and capture a snap instantly, long press to remove the alarm clock or answer a call. Huawei has certainly utilized fingerprint technology to the maximum level and making it more users friendly.

This smart phone has been manufactured with a power packed 3100 mAh battery, backed by power saving technology, it will keep your device running for long hours. The advanced camera of this Honor sibling has been developed perfectly; it can be easily adjusted at 180 degree angle so that a smooth shot can be captured from any angle with a single swipe on the fingerprint scanner.

Huawei has kept keen focus while producing this smart phone and delivered a masterpiece with full metal body and large screen to body ratio. The design of the smart phone body is superbly proportional and it fits the hands smoothly, allowing easy single-hand use of the device. With the rotatable camera, stylish body, amazing fingerprint scanner, fast processor and might battery, we are utterly sure that this Honor phone would become an irresistible deal once it lands on the shelves.

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Stylish Android Wear-Huawei Smart Watch

With the fast pacing technological innovations and inventions being done, every gadget is being revolutionized and is underway evolution. Huawei has taken the game to the next level by competing against giants with its ground breaking smart phones, phablet, tabs etc . Now, in the smart watch arena as well, Huawei has captured remarkable acclaims from the critics with its exceptionally great and elegant watch, unveiled at IFA, Berlin.

This smart watch adorns a classic look, like that of a traditional watch, but which offers lot more than its contemporaries. With its 1.4 inch AMOLED screen, wide range of casings and variety of straps, Huawei smart watch will get along really well with all the attires of the users.

Lets have an insight of what this excellent watch has to offer:

Key Specs:

·         1.4 inch GH, AMOLED screen, protected by Sapphire crystals

·         400X400 pixels with 286 ppi screen resolution

·         Snapdragon 400 Chipset

·         512 MB RAM

·         4GB ROM

·         Bluetooth 4.1, Wifi

·         Heart rate monitor

·         Barometer

·         Gyroscope

·         Accelerometer

·         Built-in microphone

·         Vibration Motor

·         300 mAh Battery

Packaging:

Usually the device packaging is rarely noticed, but the package in which Huawei watch is delivered is quite eye-catching. It is an utterly luxurious packaging, the box is cube shaped and depending on the light, appears either black or bluish gray in color. The extraordinary box does add to the premium feel of the watch, but other than that, this beauty is not much use as it would be seen for a short period of time. But still, it’s a nice effort from Huawei because a certain class of user does focus on the packaging.

Inside the box, along with the dazzling watch, a booklet, Huawei’s proprietary charging pack, a USB, micro USB cable and a wall switch are placed.

Hardware:

This Huawei watch is available in a variety of casings and two, metal and leather straps. The metal strap gives it a more royal, premium feel.  The leather one suits a casual day or is a perfect fit, when hitting the gym. The metal bracelet model of Huawei Watch exudes quite an extravagant and flashy outlook. The bracelet’s left and right side are folded towards the mount in the middle, it is 18mm wide and very easy to take on and off. In order to release the strap, the buttons on each side of the buckle should be pressed simultaneously. The bracelet can be adjusted to the right size of the wrist by removing few links or it can be as such, depending upon your own taste.

The body of the watch is made of stainless steel (316 L) and it is water resistant, although it does not, specifically, have IP certification mentioned. The single button on the watch is at 20 o clock position, also in metal. By pushing this button, the watch can be turned om active and passive mode.

The watch is 11.3 mm in depth and on the rear side of the watch, there is a heart rate monitor and a magnetic charging connector puck. With the complete metal body and the metal strap, this smart watch is relatively heavy and even after adjustment of the strap, fit to the wrist size, the watch still sits a bit heavily on the arm. A number of appearance factors make Huawei watch quite as much resemblant with the traditional analog watches, but when it comes to the screen the game changes and it is fair to say that Huawei watch is very hard to beat right now.

Screen:

The screen of this incredible smart watch is 1.4 inches large, HD AMOLED screen. This screen has been protected with Sapphire crystals, which makes it resistant to scratches, etc. The resolution of the display is remarkable, 400x400 pixels and 286 ppi, Huawei’s smart watch’s screen is by far the clearest and brightest screen, manufactured till date. The sharpness of text delivered on the smart watch’s screen is better than all the Android Wears delivered this year. The display of the watch, spreads from one corner of the watch to another, making the appearance more enhanced, without any black line at the bottom or on the edges. If the watch is not used for a few minutes the display goes dim, still keeping the time clearly visible to the eye, this is certainly quite an amazing feature although it does costs battery life.

Internal story/Apps:

Android Wear can not be modified as such by the manufacturers, regardless which brand’s smart watch it is. Therefore, you find same system in smart watches, just certain apps, dials and the hardware of the watch varies. The Huawei smart watch has its own three smart apps: Fitness tracking, Hear rate measuring app and Daily tracking app.

With Daily tracking app the user can measure his everyday number of steps, calories burned and how long has he travelled. Steps during walk and running after differentiated by the app when measuring it. The Fitness tracker keeps track and measures the individual running routes.

The heart rate monitor also works quite efficiently as the heart rate monitor in most smart watches gives an indication of heart rate rather exact results. With Huawei smart watch’s heart rate monitor, measurement usually takes 10-15 seconds.

The interface of this smart watch is also great, the interface is fluid when used. The watch is compatible with Android and iOS powered smart phones and users can control musics, check notifications and access apps through their watch quite conveniently. The watch possesses Snapdroagon 400 Chipset and 512 MB RAM and 4 GB storage capacity, which ensures seamless performance of the watch.

Battery Talk:

According to Huawei, the smart watch’s 300 mAh power battery can keep the watch running for one and a half day and proven through tests, smart watch completes the stated time, quite efficiently with moderate use. In 45 minutes charging time with Huawei’s magnetic charging puck, the smart watch can be charged up to 80% and to 100% in 90 minutes. One thing, which should be kept in mind by Huawei for future watches, is the light sensor. With the change in light intensity, the watch’s screen does not adjust automatically and it has to be manually done. This certainly costs battery life, if dealt with in future, this would add a lot in preserving the battery life of Huawei smart watches.

Conclusion:

To conclude, it can be undoubtedly said that the smart watch manufactured by Huawei is the best Android Wear released till date. The outstanding screen quality and the exceptional hardware make Huawei utterly irresistible. So, if anyone of you is looking for his/her next smart watch then we recommend Huawei’s Android Wear because of its striking metal design, premium feel and matchless screen display.

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