This week Lenovo launched the K6 Note and Moto M smartphones, and Yoga Book Windows 10 2-in-1, Nokia introduced 105 feature phone, Honor introduced its Magic smartphone at an event in China and Xiaomi introduced its Mi electric scooter. Check out the latest launches and announcements that happened this week in our weekly roundup.
Motorola this week launched Moto M smartphone. It features an unibody metal design, fingerprint sensor on the back, 5.5-inch 1080p Super AMOLED screen, Helio P15 SoC, 16MP rear camera, 8MP front-facing camera, 4G VoLTE and a 3050mAh battery with Turbo charging. It comes in Gold and Silver colors and is priced at Rs. 15999 for 32GB model with 3GB RAM and Rs. 17999 for 64GB model with 4GB RAM. It is available exclusively on Flipkart.
Lenovo launched K6 Note smartphone in India that packs a 5.5-inch 1080p display, is powered by an Octa-Core Snapdragon 430 processor, has a fingerprint sensor, 4G VoLTE support and a huge 4000mAh battery. It comes in Dark gray, Gold and Silver colors and is priced at Rs. 13,999 for the 3GB RAM variant, while the 4GB RAM variant costs Rs. 15,499. It will be available through retail stores across India starting today, December 17th.
Lenovo also launched Yoga Book ultra slim Windows 10 2-in-1. It sports a 10.1-inch Full HD IPS display, is powered by Intel Atom X5 processor with 4GB of RAM and has a magnesium aluminium alloy body. It has two panels that open up like an ultra-thin notebook. It is just 9.6mm when closed, tapering to 4.05mm at its slimmest edge and weighs just 690 grams. is priced at Rs. 49990 and is available exclusively on Flipkart.
Honor announced Magic smartphone with a 5.09-inch Quad HD 3D curved glass AMOLED display, Octa-Core Kirin 950 SoC, Android 6.0 (Marshmallow) with new Honor Magic Live OS, dual 12-megapixel rear cameras promising, fingerprint sensor, 2900mAh built-in battery with support for Magic Charge fast charging technology that can charge up to 90% in just 30 minutes. It comes in Golden black and Porcelain white colors and is priced at 3699 yuan (US$ 532 / Rs. 36100). Check out our hands-on and photo gallery here.
Xiaomi this week introduced Mi electric scooter that has a maximum speed of the scooter is 25km/h. It has a folding design that lets you fold it in just 3 seconds with a press of a button. It offers 30km on a single charge. It comes in black and white colors and is priced at 1999 yuan (US$ 289 / Rs. 19530 approx.).
Xiaomi also introduced a new version of 20000mAh Mi power bank with support for Qualcomm Quick Charge 3.0 and two-way fast charging support. It offers dual 5.1V / 3.6A output when two devices are connected, and supports 5V/2.4A-9V/2A-12V/1.5A with support for Qualcomm Quick Charge 3.0 when using single port. It also has fast charging support for charging the power bank. It is priced at 149 Chinese Yuan (Rs. 1450 / US$ 21 approx.), same as the predecessor and goes on sale on December 19th.
Nokia unveiled two affordable feature phones – Nokia 150 and Nokia 150 Dual SIM this week. These have 2.4-inch QVGA displays, come with built in FM radio and MP3 player. These come in black and white color, are priced at $26 and will be available globally in select markets – rolling out first in APAC, IMEA and Europe in Q1 2017.
Gionee launched P7 with a 5-inch HD display, 1.3GHz Quad Core processor, 4G VoLTE support and a 2300mAh battery. It comes in White, Latte Gold and Grey colors and is priced at Rs. 9999.
Swipe Technologies launched Elite Star, the company’s latest budget 4G smartphone with support for VoLTE. It comes in Black and White colors, is priced at Rs. 3333 and is exclusively from Flipkart.
It also launched Elite Max with 5.5-inch 1080p display, Octa-Core Snapdragon 430 SoC, 4GB RAM and 4G VoLTE for Rs. 10,999. It comes in Onyx Black color and is available exclusively from Flipkart.
Noble Skiodo launched 32 inch Smart TV 32SM32N01. It has a 32-inch (1366×768) LED display with 178-degree viewing angle, runs on Android 4.4.4 operating system, has 1GB of DDR3 RAM, 4GB internal storage, 2 x USB and 3 x HDMI ports. It is available on Amazon.in at an offer price of Rs. 15,699 as well as retail stores.
This week Fossil expanded line of hybrid smartwatches with new models from Diesel, Armani and Kate Spade. All these models sport analogue look but come with a number of smartwatch features such as activity tracking, sleep tracking, message notifications and more. Emporio Armani Connected watches are available starting at $245 while prices for Diesel Timeframe start at $225. Pricing for the Kate Spade Metro Grand collection start at $250.