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Srivatsan Sridhar is a Mobile Technology Enthusiast who is passionate about Mobile phones and Mobile apps. He uses the phones he reviews as his main phone. You can follow him on Twitter and Instagram

BlackBerry Priv launching in India on January 28

BlackBerry Priv

BlackBerry has sent out invite for the launch of the Priv Android smartphone in India on January 28th. It was introduced back in October last year, packs a 5.4-inch Quad HD AMOLED display, is powered by an Hexa-core Snapdragon 808 processor, runs on Android 5.1.1 (Lollipop) with BlackBerry’s own features and apps, 18-megapixel rear camera with dual tone LED flash, OIS, phase-detection auto-focus (PDAF) and a 5-megapixel front-facing camera. Continue reading “BlackBerry Priv launching in India on January 28”

Sony Socialife News for Android is now News Suite, updated with new UI and features

Sony News Suite

Sony released Socialife News app for its devices back in 2012, later in 2014 the app was released for all the Android devices. Today the company has renamed the app as News Suite and has also updated it with new User Interface (UI) that brings a new two-tab system. It also gets a new ‘News tab’ that features general news from around the world organized by genre, and the “My Feeds” tab gathers together news and blog posts that users are interested in – allowing general and personalized news to be viewed separately. Continue reading “Sony Socialife News for Android is now News Suite, updated with new UI and features”

WhatsApp goes completely free, not planning to introduce ads

WhatsApp logo

WhatsApp today announced that will no longer charge subscription fees for using the service. It also said it will not be introducing third-party ads to compensate. Instead, it will start testing tools so that you can use WhatsApp to communicate with businesses and organizations such as banks, to know if your recent transaction was fraudulent, or chat with an airline to ask about a delayed flight.

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LG G4 Stylus 3G with 5.7-inch HD display, Octa-Core SoC launched in India for Rs. 19000

LG G4 Stylus

LG has launched G4 Stylus 3G (H540D), 3G variant of the G4 Stylus that was launched in India last year. The G4 Stylus with 4G support was launched in India for Rs. 24,990 back in July and got a price cut to Rs. 21,000 in August. The 3G variant of the smartphone has a 5.7-inch HD display, runs on Android 5.0 (Lollipop) and has a 5-megapixel front-facing camera, similar to the 4G variant, but this is powered by a 1.4GHz Octa-Core MediaTek MT6592M processor, instead of Snapdragon 410 SoC and has a 8-megapixel camera with LED flash, laser auto focus, instead of 13-megapixel camera on the 4G variant. Continue reading “LG G4 Stylus 3G with 5.7-inch HD display, Octa-Core SoC launched in India for Rs. 19000”

ZTE nubia Prague S with 5.2-inch 1080p display, 3GB RAM, 6.8mm slim metal frame announced

ZTE nubia Prague S

ZTE has announced nubia Prague S, the company’s latest smartphone in the nubia series in China, as expected. It has a 5.2-inch (1920 x 1080 pixels) Full HD OGS Super AMOLED display with 2.5D arc glass, is powered by an Octa-Core Snapdragon 615 SoC and runs on Android 5.1 (Lollipop) with nubia UI 3.0. It has 13-megapixel rear camera with LED flash and a 8-megapixel front-facing camera with 78-degree wide-angle lens and NeoVision 5.2 Camera UI. Continue reading “ZTE nubia Prague S with 5.2-inch 1080p display, 3GB RAM, 6.8mm slim metal frame announced”

Gamaya Legends Ramayana based 3D action video game now available on Amazon for Rs. 4999

Gamaya Legends

Gamaya Inc., a California-based video game and connected toys startup launched Gamaya Legends – a video game based on Ramayana last month in India at a promotional price of Rs. 3,499 for a limited period, now the basic starter kit is available on Amazon.in for Rs. 4,999. You can also buy it on easy EMIs of Rs. 401.84 per month. Continue reading “Gamaya Legends Ramayana based 3D action video game now available on Amazon for Rs. 4999”

Karbonn Quattro L50 with 5-inch HD display, 2GB RAM, 4G LTE now available for Rs. 7990

Karbonn Quattro L50

Karbonn Quattro L50, the company’s latest budget 4G smartphone went on sale online recently. It has a 5-inch HD display, is powered by a quad-core processor, runs on Android 5.1 (Lollipop), has 13-megapixel rear camera with LED flash, phase-detection auto-focus (PDAF) and a 5-megapixel front-facing camera. It has dual SIM support and 4G LTE connectivity with support for both FDD 1800 MHz and TDD 2300 MHz 4G LTE bands for India. Continue reading “Karbonn Quattro L50 with 5-inch HD display, 2GB RAM, 4G LTE now available for Rs. 7990”

Samsung Galaxy Note5 Dual SIM launched in India starting at Rs. 51400

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Samsung has finally launched the Galaxy Note5 Dual SIM (SM-N9208), Dual SIM variant of its flagship Galaxy Note5 smartphone in India. The Galaxy Note5 Dual SIM was first launched in Taiwan and was launched in Asian countries like Malaysia and Philippines later. It has two nano SIM card slots, but these are not hybrid SIM card slots like the Galaxy A series, so you can’t use the secondary SIM slot as a microSD expansion slot. Continue reading “Samsung Galaxy Note5 Dual SIM launched in India starting at Rs. 51400”

Samsung Gear Fit 2 (SM-R150) fitness tracker surfaces in images

Samsung Gear Fit 2 SM-R150

Samsung released the Gear Fit fitness tracker at the MWC 2014. It did not release any new fitness trackers last year, instead it introduced several smartwatches in the Gear S2 series. Couple of months back there was a report that said that Samsung is working on a entry-level activity tracker with the model number SM-R150. Now Tizen Cafe (Via) has posted images of the upcoming Samsung Gear Fit 2 activity tracker.

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Coolpad Note 3 Lite with 3GB RAM, fingerprint sensor, 4G launched in India for Rs. 6999

Coolpad Note 3 Lite -10

Coolpad has launched its Note 3 Lite smartphone in India, as expected, few months after it launched the successful Note 3 smartphone in the country. It packs a 5-inch HD display, is powered by a Quad-Core 64-bit MediaTek MT6735 processor and runs on Android 5.1 (Lollipop) with Cool UI on top. It has a 13-megapixel rear camera with LED flash, 5-megapixel front-facing camera and a fingerprint sensor on the back, similar to the Note 3. Continue reading “Coolpad Note 3 Lite with 3GB RAM, fingerprint sensor, 4G launched in India for Rs. 6999”

Idea launches 4G LTE services in Madhya Pradesh & Chhattisgarh, Haryana and Punjab

Idea 4G

Idea today launched its 4G LTE services across four more states or three telecom circles – Madhya Pradesh, Chhattisgarh, Haryana and Punjab, three weeks after it launched 4G services across five states in South India – Andhra Pradesh, Karnataka, Kerala, Tamil Nadu and Telangana. Idea said that its 4G LTE services will be available across 183 towns in these circles by 31st January 2016. It also said that it has received over 1.5 million 4G service requests from existing customers on its pre-book offer. Continue reading “Idea launches 4G LTE services in Madhya Pradesh & Chhattisgarh, Haryana and Punjab”

Intex Cloud 4G Smart with 5-inch display, 1GB RAM, 4G LTE launched for Rs. 4999

Intex Cloud 4G Smart

Intex has launched Cloud 4G Smart, the company’s latest budget 4G smartphone in the Cloud series. It has a 5-inch FWVGA display with 65.16% screen-to-body ratio, is powered by 1.5 GHz quad-core Spreadtrum SC9830 64-bit processor and runs on Android 5.1 Lollipop. It has a 5-megapixel auto focus rear camera with LED flash and a 2-megapixel front-facing camera. It also has dual SIM support. Continue reading “Intex Cloud 4G Smart with 5-inch display, 1GB RAM, 4G LTE launched for Rs. 4999”

Google Now launcher updated with landscape support

Google Now launcher v5.8.47.19 Landscape mode

Google has updated the Google Now launcher with landscape support on phones, which is now back after it was tested in Marshmallow developer preview. You can enable the new feature by enabling the ‘Allow rotation’ option in the settings. Some on-screen elements like the persistent search bar will adjust to accommodate each layout and the items in the dock also rotate individually to stack along the right side of the screen. Continue reading “Google Now launcher updated with landscape support”

Asus Live with 5-inch HD display, 2GB RAM and Android 5.1 announced

Asus Live

Asus has introduced (Via) Live (G500TG), a new smartphone in Brazil. Even though it has not launched in the Zenfone category in the country, it has the same specifications as the Zenfone Go that was launched in India last year, but this comes with different colors around the frame and also has built-in digital TV, which is commonly seen in smartphones in Brazil. Continue reading “Asus Live with 5-inch HD display, 2GB RAM and Android 5.1 announced”

Xiaomi Redmi Note 3 Pro with 5.5-inch 1080p display, Snapdragon 650, 16MP camera announced

Xiaomi Redmi Note 3 Pro

Xiaomi today announced the Redmi Note 3 Pro, the company’s latest smartphone in the Redmi Note series in China. It is a high-end variant of the Redmi Note 3 that was introduced back in November. It packs the same 5.5-inch 1080p screen, comes with a metal body and has a fingerprint sensor on the back, but this is powered by a Hexa-Core Snapdragon 650 (Snapdragon 618 previously) processor and has 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 Pro with 5.5-inch 1080p display, Snapdragon 650, 16MP camera announced”