Airtel to launch 4G services in Madhya Pradesh & Chhattisgarh soon, offers 4G ready SIMs

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Airtel today announced that it has started offering 4G ready USIMs completely free of cost at Airtel retail stores across the Madhya Pradesh & Chhattisgarh for the existing 2G/3G SIMs to switch to 4G when it launches. Continue reading “Airtel to launch 4G services in Madhya Pradesh & Chhattisgarh soon, offers 4G ready SIMs”

Xiaomi Redmi 4 design leaked online, metal-unibody and fingerprint sensor confirmed

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The anticipated Xiaomi Redmi 4 design has now been leaked in few purported live images by a Weibo user. While it is rumoured that the company might host an event in China on August 25 to launch the Redmi 3/3S successor, thus far we only knew few specifications of the Redmi 4 courtesy GFXBench listing. Continue reading “Xiaomi Redmi 4 design leaked online, metal-unibody and fingerprint sensor confirmed”

LeEco Super3 TV series sales cross 1200 units in 3 days in India

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LeEco launched  Super3 X55Super3 X65 and Super3 Max65 4K UHD TVs in India earlier this month starting from Rs. 59,790. These TVs went on sale through LeMall.com and Flipkart between August 10th and 12th. Today the company has announced that they sold 1200 TVs within three days and claims that it has created a new milestone in India in online space in 55″ TV segment. Continue reading “LeEco Super3 TV series sales cross 1200 units in 3 days in India”

Xiaomi Redmi 3S Prime Battery Life Test

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Xiaomi launched the Redmi 3S and Redmi 3S Prime smartphone in India earlier this month starting from Rs. 6999. We already brought you the review of Redmi 3S Prime, here we have the battery life test results. It packs a 4000mAh (minimum) / 4100mAh (typical) battery, has a 5-inch HD display and is powered by an Octa-Core Qualcomm Snapdragon 430 processor.

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For the return of Nokia, HMD global appoints Ex Rovio CEO Pekka Rantala

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HMD global has appointed Pekka Rantala as Chief Marketing Officer to look after the return of Nokia brand of mobile phones and tablets. Continue reading “For the return of Nokia, HMD global appoints Ex Rovio CEO Pekka Rantala”

HTC-made Nexus 2016 smartphones spotted in FCC, new images confirm two-tone design

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In past several weeks we have seen many leaks about two anticipated HTC-made Nexus devices codenamed Sailfish and Marlin for this year. Now in addition to those, the new leaked images by Android Police in a way confirm the alleged two-tone design, and these devices have also been spotted in FCC listing in the U.S, which makes it official that HTC is making the upcoming two Nexus smartphones for Google this year. Continue reading “HTC-made Nexus 2016 smartphones spotted in FCC, new images confirm two-tone design”

Cool1 with dual 13MP cameras, Snapdragon 652, 4060mAh battery announced

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LeEco and Coolpad have jointly announced the Cool 1, the first smartphone in the Cool series with dual 13-megapixel rear cameras with f/2.0 aperture, phase-detection auto-focus (PDAF) and dual-tone LED flash. Dual cameras offer for depth sensing and with realistic bokeh. The phone has a 5.5-inch 1080p display, is powered by an Octa-Core Snapdragon 652 SoC and runs on Android 6.0 (Marshmallow) with EUI on top. Continue reading “Cool1 with dual 13MP cameras, Snapdragon 652, 4060mAh battery announced”

Lenovo Vibe K5 Note Camera Samples

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Lenovo launched the Vibe K5 Note smartphone in India earlier this month starting at Rs. 11,999. We already brought you the hands-on impressions, unboxing and benchmarks, here we have the camera samples from the smartphone. The K5 Note has a 13-megapixel camera on the back with dual-tone LED flash, phase-detection auto-focus (PDAF), f/2.2 aperture. It has a 8-megapixel camera on the front with 77.4-degree wide-angle lens and  f/2.2 aperture. Continue reading “Lenovo Vibe K5 Note Camera Samples”

Exclusive: Samsung to launch a 5000mAh battery phone in India next month, could be Galaxy A9 Pro

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Samsung is gearing up to launch a big 5000mAh battery phone in India next month in September, exclusively tipped by an insider to FoneArena. Continue reading “Exclusive: Samsung to launch a 5000mAh battery phone in India next month, could be Galaxy A9 Pro”

Huawei, OPPO and Vivo maintain top three spots in China for Q2 2016: IDC

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According to the second quarter (Q2, 2016) smartphone shipment data by International Data Corporation (IDC) for China, the top three smartphone vendors Huawei, OPPO and Vivo together account for 47% of the China smartphone market in total. Continue reading “Huawei, OPPO and Vivo maintain top three spots in China for Q2 2016: IDC”

Samsung Gear S3 announcement set for August 31 at IFA 2016

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Samsung has sent out invites for the announcement of a new Gear smartwatch on August 31st at the IFA. The invite shows a dial along with the caption Talk About 3 confirming that it will be the Gear S3 smartwatch, successor of the Gear S2 that was unveiled at IFA last year. Continue reading “Samsung Gear S3 announcement set for August 31 at IFA 2016”

Google Duo video calling app launched for Android and iOS

Google Duo for Android and iOS

After showing off its one-to-one video calling app Duo at the Google I/O 2016 back in May, Google has released the app for Android and iOS devices. It relies on your phone number to get you started and can keep you in touch with anyone in your contacts list.

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LYF Flame 7 and Wind 7 with 4G VoLTE launched for Rs. 3499 and Rs. 6999

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Reliance Retail has launched LYF Flame 7 and LYF Wind 7 smartphones. Both the phones run Android 5.1 (Lollipop) and have 4G Voice over LTE (VoLTE), similar to other LYF smartphones. The budget Lyf Flame 7 also has a textured finish on the back for a comfortable grip and the display has Asahi Dragontrail Glass protection. Continue reading “LYF Flame 7 and Wind 7 with 4G VoLTE launched for Rs. 3499 and Rs. 6999”