The Coolpad Note 3 Lite is currently the cheapest smartphone in India with a fingerprint sensor and also is the first “Made in India” smartphone from Coolpad. We decided to open up the device and bring to you all of the internals in full glory. Dive in to check out our full teardown.
Paytm has tied up with mobile and appliances retailers in a bid to allow them to list their stores on its e-commerce marketplace. The company has already joined hands with 5,500 stores including 4,000 brand exclusive mobile stores and 1,500 large appliance retailers as a part of its omni-channel strategy.
Virtual reality is the buzz word for 2016 and top tech giants like Google and Apple are bolstering their efforts to tap this market which is still in a nascent stage. A fresh report from the Wall Street Journal is claiming that Google is working on a standalone virtual reality headset.
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Airtel has launched its 4G LTE services in Udaipur, Rajasthan. It launched 4G services in 296 towns across India back in August last year. Airtel 4G is available to customers across mobile phones, dongles, 4G hotspots and Wi-Fi dongles in the city. For existing customers, the company is offering a complimentary upgrade to Airtel 4G at same price as 3G, starting at Rs. 21. Continue reading “Airtel launches 4G LTE services in Udaipur, Rajasthan”
Obi Worldphone today announced a Rs. 1400 price cut for the SF1 smartphone ahead of Valentine’s Day. The smartphone was launched in India last year and went on sale on Amazon.in last month. It packs a 5-inch 1080p display from JDI, which is slightly raised giving a floating feel, comes with 4G LTE connectivity, is powered by an Octa-Core Snapdragon 615 SoC, has a 13-megapixel rear camera and a 5-megapixel front-facing camera. Continue reading “Obi Worldphone SF1 gets a temporary price cut, available starting at Rs. 10599 till Feb 14”
Qualcomm has announced a brand new Snapdragon X16 LTE modem, which is capable of supporting Cat.16 download speeds of up to 1 Gbps and upload speeds of up to 150 Mbps.
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OmniVision Technologies today announced OV2744, its latest 1.4-micron 2-megapixel PureCel image sensor for notebooks, tablets, and front-facing cameras in smartphones. It features second-gen RGB-Ir technology that offers high quality IR output without compromising premium RGB images. “This solution eliminates the need to have two-camera solutions for devices that require both IR and RGB imaging and also boasts less color aliasing than competing RGB-Ir sensors that are currently available in the market.” said the company. Continue reading “OmniVision OV2744 sensor announced, captures RGB and IR info for biometric capabilities”
A new render of the the One M10 codenamed ‘Perfume’ has surfaced on XDA (Via). This is not an official render, but it is a mockup that is created based on ‘insider information’ and also a blurry image shared by @evleaks recently. According to the image, the design will be a mix of the HTC One A9 and last year’s flagship, the One M9. Continue reading “HTC One M10 render and camera specs surface, could use same camera sensor as Nexus 5X/6P”
Samsung is just few days away from announcing the Galaxy S7 and S7 edge on February 21 at Barcelona before the MWC 2016. Now a report from Android World is claiming that both the flagships will be available for pre-order on the same day.
Qualcomm has introduced Qualcomm Snapdragon Wear, a new platform for next generation wearable devices and the Snapdragon Wear 2100 system-on-chip (SoC). The Snapdragon Wear 2100 will arrive in two versions – tethered (Bluetooth and WiFi) and connected (4G LTE and 3G).
Rockstar games has finally launched Grand Theft Auto: Liberty City Stories game for Android, after almost couple of months of launching it on iOS. It was originally released for PlayStation Portable back in 2005 and was released on PlayStation 3 in 2013. The game has several enhancements for Android that includes updated real time lighting and shadows, upgraded textures and art, greater draw distance, performance enhancements for touch-based gaming like analog steering and rebalanced targeting, and cross-platform cloud saves via Social Club. Continue reading “Grand Theft Auto: Liberty City Stories released for Android”
Qualcomm today introduced three new SoCs – Snapdragon 625, Snapdragon 435 and Snapdragon 425. The Snapdragon 625 is an Octa-Core SoC, which is first in its class of Snapdragon processors to use 14 nm FinFET technology. It also has an integrated X9 LTE modem. The Snapdragon 435 is also an Octa-Core SoC, but this is based on 28nm process technology. It has an integrated X8 LTE modem. The Snapdragon 425 is a Quad-Core SoC based on 28nm process technology and has an X6 LTE modem. Continue reading “Qualcomm Snapdragon 625 14nm Octa-Core SoC, 435 and 425 with LTE announced”
Check out the new FoneArena Daily video that gives you a quick roundup of today’s technology news. Continue reading “Facebook withdraws Free Basics, HTC One M10 launch details and more – FoneArena Daily”
Google has updated Clock app for Android with new features and improvements. The latest update that bumps the app to version 4.3 brings a short and crisp animation to the UI and audio alerts for Android Wear.
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Alto’s Adventure, an endless snowboarding game has finally launched on Android, almost a year after launching on iOS. The game is free, but has in-app purchases for bonuses or if you want to support the developers. The core mechanic of the game centers around an easy to learn, difficult to master one button trick system that allows you to chain together increasingly more elaborate trick combos to maximize the players speed and compete for high scores and distances. Continue reading “Alto’s Adventure endless snowboarding game finally arrives on Android for free”
