Dixon Technologies gears up to start local production of Gionee smartphones in India

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In a bid to bolster its ‘Make in India’ initiative even further, Gionee has appointed Dixon Technologies to locally start production of 3G and 4G smartphones.
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Airtel launches 4G LTE services in Chidambaram, Sriperumbudur and Karaikudi

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Airtel today announced that it has commercially launched its 4G LTE services in Chidambaram, Sriperumbudur and Karaikudi in Tamilnadu. It was  the first operator to launch 4G in Tamilnadu back in June 2015. Airtel 4G is available to customers across mobile phones, dongles, 4G hotspots and Wi-Fi dongles in the towns. For existing Airtel customers, the company is offering a complimentary upgrade to Airtel 4G at same price as 3G. Continue reading “Airtel launches 4G LTE services in Chidambaram, Sriperumbudur and Karaikudi”

GoPro Omni VR camera and 360-degree video platform GoPro VR announced

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GoPro has officially announced Omni VR Camera and GoPro VR 360-degree content platform. These announcements are part of the company’s line-up for the NAB show that starts today. Continue reading “GoPro Omni VR camera and 360-degree video platform GoPro VR announced”

Android N will support pressure-sensitive displays, deeper virtual reality integration

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Google released Android N Developer Preview 2 last week that brought several new features, including launcher shortcuts, Vulkan API and Unicode 9 emojis. Launcher shortcuts lets developers to define shortcuts, which users can expose in the launcher to help them perform actions quicker. It will also support pressure-sensitive screens that are currently found in very few Android devices and will also offer deeper virtual reality integration for developers, according to new details.

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Apple said to release iPhone with glass back and AMOLED display in 2017

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Apple is said to give the iPhone design a major overhaul according to a new report by KGI’s Ming-Chi Kuo. The company is said to chuck the aluminium casing for next year’s iPhone.

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Leaked image of Xiaomi Max with 6.4-inch display surface

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It looks like Xiaomi is working on a phablet which is the largest device by the company until now. A leaked image of the phone which is allegedly dubbed as Xiaomi Max has surfaced. Continue reading “Leaked image of Xiaomi Max with 6.4-inch display surface”

Samsung Galaxy J3 (2016) Review

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Samsung launched the Galaxy J3 (2016), it’s new 4G smartphone with new S bike mode in India for Rs. 8,990 couple of weeks back. It has almost similar specifications as last year’s Galaxy J2. Is the successor worth the price? Let us find out in the complete review.

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Intel Apollo Lake platform for affordable notebooks and tablet PCs announced

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Intel announced its Apollo Lake platform, successor of the Cherryview platform, aimed at affordable all-in-ones, miniature PCs, hybrid devices, notebooks and tablet PCs at the IDF in Shenzhen last week. Based on 14 nm process technology, it will feature a new x86 microarchitecture named Goldmont that promises improved CPU performance, as well as a new graphics core that features Intel’s ninth-generation architecture (Gen9) currently used in Skylake processors for hardware-accelerated 4K video playback from hardware decoding of HEVC and VP9 codecs. Continue reading “Intel Apollo Lake platform for affordable notebooks and tablet PCs announced”

YU YUREKA NOTE with 6-inch 1080p display, fingerprint sensor launched for Rs. 13499

YU YUREKA NOTE

YU has officially launched the YUREKA NOTE, after it went on sale recently. It has a 6-inch 1080p display, is powered by a 1.5GHz Octa-Core MediaTek processor, has 3GB of RAM, 13-megapixel rear camera, 8-megapixel front-facing camera and 4G LTE connectivity. It has a fingerprint sensor on the back Continue reading “YU YUREKA NOTE with 6-inch 1080p display, fingerprint sensor launched for Rs. 13499”

Samsung Galaxy Note 4 Android 6.0.1 Marshmallow update starts rolling out in India

Samsung Galaxy Note 4 Android 6.0.1 India

Samsung has finally started rolling out Android 6.0.1 (Marshmallow) update for the Galaxy Note 4 smartphone in India. The Galaxy Note 4 smartphone was launched in India running on Android 4.4 (KitKat) back in October 2014. It got the Android 5.0 (Lollipop) update back in April last year. Now it has got the Marshmallow update directly, skipping Android 5.1 (Lollipop), after an year in the country. Continue reading “Samsung Galaxy Note 4 Android 6.0.1 Marshmallow update starts rolling out in India”

Samsung SM-C5000 C-Series smartphone with Snapdragon 617, 4GB RAM surfaces

Samsung CM-C5000, the company’s upcoming C-Series smartphone surfaced in an import listing few weeks back. Now the smartphone has surfaced in Geekbench benchmark listing. Earlier listing revealed a 5.2-inch display for the smartphone, but it didn’t reveal the display resolution. The new listing reveals details about the processor and RAM. Continue reading “Samsung SM-C5000 C-Series smartphone with Snapdragon 617, 4GB RAM surfaces”

Moto G4 Plus with fingerprint sensor surfaces

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Moto G4 Plus, the successor of last Moto G (3rd Gen) is coming soon and it will include a fingerprint sensor in the home button, according to @evleaks. Earlier this month an image of a Moto smartphone with a fingerprint sensor surfaced online, which could be the Moto G4 Plus or the Moto X Plus. The image shows a similar design as the Moto X Style and also includes a similar front-facing flash. Continue reading “Moto G4 Plus with fingerprint sensor surfaces”