Airtel now offers 60GB free data for postpaid customers, here’s how to claim it

Airtel 60GB free data

Earlier this year Airtel introduced Airtel Surprise offer for post-paid customers by offering up to 30GB data for 3 months at up to 10GB per month free of cost through MyAirtel app. After extending the offer in April, it extended the offer for 3 more months in June. Since the 3 months are over, it has extended the offer again for 6 more months, so you can enjoy up to 60GB of data. Continue reading “Airtel now offers 60GB free data for postpaid customers, here’s how to claim it”

Apple iPhone 8 and iPhone 8 Plus pre-orders begin September 22 on Flipkart and Amazon.in

Apple iPhone 8, iPhone 8 Plus

Apple unveiled the iPhone 8 and iPhone 8 Plus smartphones earlier this week. Several distributors such as Redington India, Ingram Micro and Brightstar Telecommunication already said that the phones will be available for pre-order from September 22nd, Friday across India and will go on sale from September 29th. Now Flipkart, who became authorized online reseller in India last year.  announced that it will start taking pre-orders for both the iPhones starting from September 22nd midnight. Continue reading “Apple iPhone 8 and iPhone 8 Plus pre-orders begin September 22 on Flipkart and Amazon.in”

Gionee M7 with full-screen AMOLED display to be announced on September 25

Gionee M7 September 25 invite

After teasing the M7 smartphone with full-screen display last week, Gionee has officially announced that the phone will be announced at an event in Beijing on September 25th. It also confirmed that the phone will use Samsung’s AMOLED full-screen display and the phone will come with ultra-high security level data encryption chip as well as as pay security chip for secured payments. Continue reading “Gionee M7 with full-screen AMOLED display to be announced on September 25”

HP Sprocket compact photo printer with Bluetooth launched in India for Rs. 8999

HP Sprocket

HP has launched Sprocket, a Pocket Photo Printer in India. The pocket photo printer offers high quality photo prints and provides Bluetooth connectivity. This supports both Android and iOS smartphones and has a compact design. It uses Zink Zero Ink Printing technology and the photos printed are smudge-proof, water-resistant and tear-resistant.
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Xiaomi Mi Band HRX Edition launched in India for Rs. 1299

Xiaomi Mi band HRX Edition

Xiaomi has launched Mi Band HRX Edition in India in partnership with HRX by Hrithik Roshan, after teasing it earlier this week. This has almost similar specifications as the Mi Band 2, including an OLED display and is splash resistant, but the HRX edition will offer an improved tracking algorithm to accurately monitor your activities and promises up to 23-days of battery life, compared to 20 days on the Mi band 2, however it doesn’t have a heart rate sensor. Continue reading “Xiaomi Mi Band HRX Edition launched in India for Rs. 1299”

Kult Gladiator with 4000mAh battery, fingerprint sensor, 4G VoLTE launched for Rs. 6999

Kult Gladiator

After launching Beyond smartphone with 13-megapixel front and rear cameras last month, Kult has launched Gladiator, another new budget smartphone with 4000mAh battery. It has a 5.5-inch HD on-cell display, is powered by a quad-core MediaTek MT6737 SoC, runs on Android 7.0 (Nougat), has a 13-megapixel rear camera with LED flash and an 8-megapixel front-facing camera that also has LED flash. Continue reading “Kult Gladiator with 4000mAh battery, fingerprint sensor, 4G VoLTE launched for Rs. 6999”

Motorola confirms Android 8.0 Oreo update for range of smartphones

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Google started rolling out Android 8.0 (Oreo) update for Pixel and Nexus devices starting from last month. HTCSony and Nokia already confirmed list of devices that will get the Oreo update, Moto has officially announced the list of smartphones that will get the Android 8.0 update. This includes the Moto Z series, Moto X4 and Moto G5 series. Sadly the Moto G4 series and older Moto X series are not there in the list.

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Samsung Galaxy Note8 global roll out begins starting from 42 countries

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Samsung unveiled the Galaxy Note8 smartphone last month, and as promised, it has started rolling out the smartphone globally from today in 42 countries including the US, Canada, Singapore, Korea and major European markets. Samsung said that the phone will continue rolling out to additional markets in the weeks ahead. Continue reading “Samsung Galaxy Note8 global roll out begins starting from 42 countries”

Moto G5S Plus Review

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Moto launched the G5S Plus as a special edition smartphone in India last month priced at Rs. 15,999. Even though the phone is a minor upgrade to the G5 Plus, the company has managed to pack dual rear cameras to capture images with depth effect and it also has an improved front camera. Is the phone worth the price? Let us find out.

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Nokia 2 budget 4G smartphone with 4000mAh battery surfaces in press image

Nokia 2

HMD Global is all set to introduce Nokia 2 (TA-1029) smartphone soon. FCC certification revealed the image of the phone recently and it was revealed in the latest FCC listing that the phone will pack a 4000mAh battery. Now Evan Blass aka @evleaks has posted a clear press image of the phone in Black and Silver colors. This shows on-screen buttons for the phone, even though there is a huge bezel below the screen.

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Google Pixel 2 event scheduled for October 4

Google Pixel 2 invite

After several rumors, Google has announced on event on October 4th to unveil its next-generation Pixel smartphones, even though earlier rumor said it would be October 5th. Thinking about changing phones? Stay tuned for more on October 4 says a new page on madeby.google.com website. This is the same date the first-generation Pixel phones were announced. It has also released a video with several questions starting with “Why is my smartphone..?” Continue reading “Google Pixel 2 event scheduled for October 4”

Huawei Maimang 6 with 5.9-inch Full screen display, dual front and rear cameras to be announced on September 22

Huawei Maimang 6

Huawei RNE-AL00 with 5.9-inch Full HD+ 18:9 full screen display with minimal bezels and dual front and rear cameras got certified by TENAA earlier this week. Now the company has sent out invites for the announcement of the phone in China on September 22nd, which will be  Maimang 6, successor of last year’s Maimang 5. @evleaks has also posted press shots of the phone.

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Lenovo K8 Note will go on open sale on Amazon India from September 15

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Lenovo launched the K8 Note smartphone in India last month starting at Rs. 12999. After selling limited units through flash sale every week on Amazon.in for four weeks, the company has announced that the phone will be available through open sale from tomorrow, September 15th. Continue reading “Lenovo K8 Note will go on open sale on Amazon India from September 15”

Nubia Z17 mini Limited Edition with Snapdragon 653, 6GB RAM, 128GB storage launched in India for Rs. 21499

Nubia Z17 mini Limited Edition

Nubia has launched Nubia Z17 mini smartphone in India with 4GB RAM and 64GB storage in India back in June. Today it has launched the Limited Edition 6GB RAM and 128GB storage version of the phone in the country that comes in new Aurora Blue color. The new version is also powered by Snapdragon 653 instead of Snapdragon 652. Continue reading “Nubia Z17 mini Limited Edition with Snapdragon 653, 6GB RAM, 128GB storage launched in India for Rs. 21499”