OPPO VOOC Super Flash Charge technology can charge a smartphone fully in just 15 minutes

OPPO VOOC Super Flash Charge

OPPO today announced its new  VOOC Super Flash Charge technology at the Mobile World Congress (MWC) 2016 in Barcelona. It can charge a device with a 2500mAh battery to 45% in just five minutes, offering 10 hours of talk time and fully charge it in just 15 minutes. “It is achieved by applying a newly developed low-voltage pulse-charge algorithm, along with OPPO’s customized battery, multiple technical innovations, as well as first-class hardware and software,” said OPPO. Continue reading “OPPO VOOC Super Flash Charge technology can charge a smartphone fully in just 15 minutes”

Panasonic Toughpad FZ-F1 and FZ-N1 rugged smartphones with Windows 10 and Android announced

Panasonic Toughpad FZ-F1 and FZ-N1

Panasonic announced Toughpad FZ-F1 and Toughpad FZ-N1, two new rugged smartphones running Windows 10 IoT Mobile Enterprise and Android 5.1.1 (Lollipop), respectively at the MWC 2016 in Barcelona. These smartphones have a 4.7-inch HD glove enabled, multi-touch, sunlight viewable display, powered by a quad-core Snapdragon 801 processor and come with IP65, IP67 and MIL-STD-810G ratings with drop rating of 6 feet, so they can stand up to the abuse of the most demanding usage environments and also submersible, in up to 3.3 feet of water for 30 minutes. Continue reading “Panasonic Toughpad FZ-F1 and FZ-N1 rugged smartphones with Windows 10 and Android announced”

Gionee S8 with 5.5-inch 1080p display with 3D touch, 4GB RAM, full metal body announced

Gionee S8

Gionee just announced its flagship S8 smartphone at its MWC 2016 event in Barcelona and also unveiled its new logo. It packs a 5.5-inch 1080p AMOLED display with pressure sensitive 3D touch that can sense 3 levels of force including touch, tap and press and has screen-to-body ratio of 74.9%. It is powered by an Octa-Core MediaTek Helio P10 (MT6755) processor and runs on Android 6.0 (Marshmallow) wit Amigo OS 3.2 on top, which has several new features such a dual WhatsApp support for each SIMs, floating window to watch video while on WhatsApp or browser, Gionee abroad service and more. Amigo OS 4.0 will be available in June. Continue reading “Gionee S8 with 5.5-inch 1080p display with 3D touch, 4GB RAM, full metal body announced”

Garmin vivofit 3 activity tracker announced for $99.99

Garmin vivofit 3

Garmin has announced the vivofit 3 fitness tracker, successor of last year’s vivofit 2, at the MWC 2016 in Barcelona. It has Move IQ that captures different activities, such as walking, running, biking, swimming and using an elliptical, to view on Garmin Connect. It is  water resistant to 50 meters, has one-year battery life and comes with a range of colorful interchangeable accessory bands, designs from the Garmin Style Collection and new styles from the Jonathan Adler + Garmin line. Continue reading “Garmin vivofit 3 activity tracker announced for $99.99”

Remix OS 2.0 Beta for PC with 32-bit and dual boot support coming on March 1

Remix OS 2.0 Beta

Jide Technology that released Remix OS 2.0 alpha version for PCs and laptops last month, today announced that it will release beta version of Remix OS for PC on March 1st through OTA and will also be available for download on the official website. “The new Beta version has a substantial number of bug fixes and an increase in device compatibility, as well as over-the-air (OTA) updates, 32-bit system support and dual boot support through a new hard drive installer tool,” said the company. Continue reading “Remix OS 2.0 Beta for PC with 32-bit and dual boot support coming on March 1”

vivo Xplay5 with Snapdragon 820, 6GB RAM, dual-curved edge display coming on March 1

vivo Xplay5 teaser

Chinese smartphone maker vivo today confirmed that its flagship Xplay5 smartphone will be powered by a quad-core Qualcomm Snapdragon 820 processor and pack whopping 6GB of LPDDR4 RAM. Most flagship smartphones come with 4GB of RAM, but this will probably be the first smartphone to come with 6GB of RAM.

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SanDisk Extreme PRO UHS-II microSD card with world’s fastest transfer speed of up to 275MBps announced

SanDisk Extreme PRO UHS-II 128GB

SanDisk today introduced the Extreme PRO microSDXC UHS-II card, which the company claims to be the world’s fastest microSD card with a transfer speeds of up to 275MBps. It features Class 10 and UHS Speed Class 3 (U3) and is suitable for capturing Full HD and 4K Ultra HD videos on action cams, drones and smartphones. It also includes a USB 3.0 card reader to transfer files to a PC. Continue reading “SanDisk Extreme PRO UHS-II microSD card with world’s fastest transfer speed of up to 275MBps announced”

Sony Xperia XA with 5-inch HD edge-to-edge display, 8MP front camera, Android 6.0 announced

Sony Xperia XA Colours

Sony just announced Xperia XA, the company’s latest mid-range smartphone in the new X series at the Mobile World Congress (MWC) 2016 in Barcelona. It has a 5-inch HD curved glass edge-to-edge display, is powered by an Octa-Core MediaTek Helio P10 (MT6755) processor and runs on Android 6.0 (Marshmallow). It has a 13-megapixel rear camera with LED flash, Hybrid Auto-Focus and a 8-megapixel front-facing camera. It comes in both single and dual SIM variants and has 4G LTE connectivity.  Continue reading “Sony Xperia XA with 5-inch HD edge-to-edge display, 8MP front camera, Android 6.0 announced”

Sony Xperia X Performance with Snapdragon 820, Xperia X with Snapdragon 650, 23MP Predictive Hybrid AF camera announced

Sony Xperia X Performance

Sony just announced the Xperia X performance and Xperia X, the company’s latest high-end and mid-range smartphones in the new Xperia X series. Both these phones a 5-inch 1080p screen, run on Android 6.0 (Marshmallow), have fingerprint sensors on the power button, have a 23-megapixel rear camera with new Predictive Hybrid Autofocus that lets you choose your subject and then predicts its motion, so you can capture the action in perfect focus, free from blur and 13-megapixel front-facing camera with 22mm wide-angle lens. Continue reading “Sony Xperia X Performance with Snapdragon 820, Xperia X with Snapdragon 650, 23MP Predictive Hybrid AF camera announced”

Obi Worldphone MV1 with 5-inch HD display, Snapdragon 212, 4G announced starting at $139

Obi Worldphone MV1

Obi Worldphone, backed by John Scully has introduced new budget MV1 smartphone designed by San Francisco-based product studio Ammunition. It has a 5-inch HD in-cell touch display, is powered by a quad-core Snadpragon 212 processor and runs both on Android 5.1 (Lollipop 5.1) or Cyanogen OS 12.1.1. It has a 8-megapixel rear camera with LED flash and 2-megapixel front-facing camera. It has dual SIM support and 4G LTE connectivity Continue reading “Obi Worldphone MV1 with 5-inch HD display, Snapdragon 212, 4G announced starting at $139”

Xiaomi Redmi Note 3 with Snapdragon 650, 16MP camera launching in India on March 3

Xiaomi Redmi Note 3_fonearena-08

Xiaomi has finally announced that its Redmi Note 3 Pro smartphone will launch in India as Redmi Note 3 on March 3rd, at an event in Delhi.  It packs a 5.5-inch 1080p screen, comes with a metal body, has a fingerprint sensor on the back, is powered by a Hexa-Core Snapdragon 650 (Snapdragon 618 previously) processor and a 16-megapixel rear camera with f/2.0 aperture, LED flash and phase-detection auto-focus (PDAF), resulting in a quick focus of just 0.1 second. Continue reading “Xiaomi Redmi Note 3 with Snapdragon 650, 16MP camera launching in India on March 3”

ZTE Blade V7 Lite with 5-inch HD display, fingerprint sensor, Android 6.0 announced

ZTE Blade V7 Lite

ZTE has announced ZTE Blade V7 Lite, a new smartphone in the Blade series, along with the Blade V7. It packs a 5-inch HD screen with 2.5D curved glass, is powered by a Quad-Core MediaTek MT6735P processor, runs on Android 6.0 (Marshmallow), has a 8-megapixel rear camera with LED flash and a 8-megapixel front-facing camera that also has LED flash. Continue reading “ZTE Blade V7 Lite with 5-inch HD display, fingerprint sensor, Android 6.0 announced”

ZTE Blade V7 with 5.2-inch 1080p display, 7.5mm slim metal body, Android 6.0 announced

ZTE Blade V7

ZTE has announced ZTE Blade V7, the company’s latest smartphone in the Blade series. It packs a 5.2-inch 1080p screen 78.2-percent screen-to-body ratio and 2.5D curved edge glass, is powered by an Octa-Core MediaTek MT6753 processor, runs on Android 6.0 (Marshmallow), has a 13-megapixel rear camera with dual-tone LED flash, Phase Detection Auto Focus (PDAF) that would let you focus in just 0.3 seconds and a 5-megapixel front-facing camera. Continue reading “ZTE Blade V7 with 5.2-inch 1080p display, 7.5mm slim metal body, Android 6.0 announced”

Lenovo Tab 3 7, Tab 3 8 and Tab 3 10 Business with Android 6.0 announced

Lenovo Tab 3 7

Lenovo today announced Tab 3 7,  Tab 3 8 and Tab 3 10 Business Android tablets running Android 6.0. The Tab 3 7 and Tab 3 8 are family-friendly tablets with multi-user modes, dedicated kid’s mode and kid-friendly features such as adaptive display technology that can filter out blue light, while the Tab 3 10 Business is engineered for business use with support for Android For Work, array of security and encryption options. Continue reading “Lenovo Tab 3 7, Tab 3 8 and Tab 3 10 Business with Android 6.0 announced”

Lenovo Vibe K5 with Snapdragon 415 and K5 Plus with 5-inch 1080p display, Snapdragon 616 announced

Lenovo Vibe K5

Lenovo has announced Vibe K5 and Vibe K5 Plus smartphone at the Mobile World Congress (MWC) in Barcelona. The K5 Plus has a  5-inch 1080p display and is powered by an Octa-Core Snapdragon 616 processor, so it is the international variant of the Lemon 3 that was introduced in China last month. The Vibe K5 has a 5-inch HD screen and is powered by a Octa-Core Snapdragon 415 processor. Both these run on Android 5.1 (Lollipop) with Lenovo’s own UI on top, have a 13-megapixel rear camera with LED flash and a 5-megapixel front-facing camera. Continue reading “Lenovo Vibe K5 with Snapdragon 415 and K5 Plus with 5-inch 1080p display, Snapdragon 616 announced”