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Obi Worldphone SF1 launching in India this November

Obi Worldphone SF1

Obi Mobiles, backed by John Scully got re-branded to Obi Worldphone back in August. It even introduced two new smartphones – Obi Worldphone SF1 and SJ1.5 designed by San Francisco-based product studio Ammunition. These phones were launched in Vietnam and Dubai recently, today the company said that Obi Worldphone will launch in India this month, but only the Worldphone SF1 is expected. Obi said that it has partnered with Qualcomm, Dolby, Sony, Corning Incorporated, Google, MediaTek, Japan Display, Inc. and Samsung for these smartphones. Continue reading “Obi Worldphone SF1 launching in India this November”

Google Search now includes results from other apps, lets you stream content without installing

Google has announced that it is rolling out new feature for the Search on Android that will now show content from apps even if you don’t have them installed. Google added ability to search through applications and show them in the results back in 2013. This lets users to search for something inside their application directly from Google Search Continue reading “Google Search now includes results from other apps, lets you stream content without installing”

TP-LINK Archer D20 802.11ac Dual Band ADSL2+ Modem Router launched for Rs. 4999

TP-LINK Archer D20 Modem Router

TP-LINK has launched Archer D20 (AC750) Wireless Dual Band ADSL2+ Modem Router in India. It has a clam shell design with two external antennas, comes with Wi-Fi 802.11ac standard and has wireless data transfer rate of up to 750Mbps with 300Mbps over 2.4GHz and 433Mbps over 5GHz. It also has USB slot that lets you connect and access hard-disk or printer wirelessly. Continue reading “TP-LINK Archer D20 802.11ac Dual Band ADSL2+ Modem Router launched for Rs. 4999”

Bing v6.0 for iOS brings a new homepage and one tap feature

Microsoft has just released v6.0 of Bing for iOS, and it brings around a new homepage layout as well as a one tap search features.

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Samsung Galaxy On5 Benchmarks

Samsung launched the Galaxy On5, its latest ‘On series’ smartphone with 4G support in India earlier this month, priced at Rs. 8990 exclusively on Flipkart. We already brought you the unboxing of the smartphone, here we have its benchmarks. It is powered by a quad-core quad-core Exynos 3475 28nm processor with four ARM’s Cortex A7 CPUs clocked at 1.3GHz and has Mali-T720 GPU. It packs 1.5GB of RAM, has a 5-inch HD display and runs on Android 5.1.1 (Lollipop) with Samsung’s own UI on top. Check out the synthetic benchmark scores and also check out the gaming review, in which it scored 3.5/5 stars. Continue reading “Samsung Galaxy On5 Benchmarks”

Vine introduces an audio remix feature on iOS and Android

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Vines are quite a popular trend nowadays since they are able to entertain people and grab their attention in such a short time span. More often than not, people love to do their own versions of popular Vine videos and the audio remix feature helps people do it much easier.

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Meitu V4 is a smartphone with a 21 Megapixel selfie camera

Selfie centric phones are quite the rage nowadays and perhaps there is no phone that could surpass the Meitu V4 at least in terms of sheer Megapixel count as it has a 21 Megapixel front facing camera.

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FoneArena Diwali Giveaway Winner Announcement

FoneArena Diwali Giveaway 2015

Hello readers! We started the our Diwali Giveaway last month teaming up with Opera India, to giveaway OnePlus 2, Xiaomi Mi 4i and Motorola Moto G (3rd Gen) (2GB RAM + 16GB storage) smartphones, and the giveaway ended last week. As promised, today we reveal the lucky winners. Before that, we would like to thank all the participants who took their time to participate in this giveaway. Are you the lucky winner? Find out below. Continue reading “FoneArena Diwali Giveaway Winner Announcement”

Google Camera v3.1 released – Brings Nexus 6P and 5X UI to all Marshmallow devices

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Google has just released v3.1 of its camera app that brings UI changes. Users of Marshmallow devices will now be able to have the camera UI of the Nexus 5X and 6P on their devices too.

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Skype 6.11 for Android brings share with groups, better search and more

Skype 6.11 for Android

Skype for Android has received a major update that brings several new features that includes, ability to delete conversations, save video messages, share images directly to a group conversation and enhanced search. Skype said that some of these features were added because of feedback from users, so its asks users to give feedback from the settings, inside the app. Check out the complete changelog below.

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Google app for iOS gets updated – Brings in new design and emphasis on sports

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Google has released an update to the Google app for iOS devices. The Google app is basically a version of Google Now for iOS that can be activated similarly by using the phrase – “OK Google”.

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HTC One A9 launching in India on November 25

HTC One A9

HTC just sent out invites for the launch of the One A9 smartphone in India on November 25th. Even though the invite just mentions save the date _ 25.11.2015 on a charcoal background, it is similar to the invite for last month’s One A9’s announcement. The first smartphone in the new One A series was unveiled last month, and packs a 5-inch 1080p AMOLED display, Octa-Core Snapdragon 617 processor, runs on Android 6.0 (Marshmallow) with HTC Sense UI on top, has a 13-megapixel rear camera with LED flash, phase-detection auto-focus (PDAF), Optical Image Stabilization (OIS), RAW image capture and an Ultrapixel front-facing camera. Continue reading “HTC One A9 launching in India on November 25”

vivo X6 announcement set for November 30 – 4GB RAM, fingerprint sensor and fast charging

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vivo X6, the company’s upcoming flagship smartphone got certified by China’s TENAA last week, the Chinese company just announced that the vivo X6 will be unveiled at an event in Beijing on November 30th. As we already know, it will come with 4GB of RAM, metal body, fingerprint sensor on the back, curved glass on the front and it is also rumored to come with force touch technology.

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Redmi Note 2 Pro teased by Xiaomi president ahead of Nov 24 announcement

Xiaomi Redmi Note 2 Pro teaser

Xiaomi recently scheduled an event on November 24th, to introduce a new product. There were rumors that the company might unveil the Redmi Note 2 and even the Mi 5. Yesterday Lin Bin, co-founder and President of Xiaomi posted a teaser image of the upcoming smartphone in Golden color on weibo. This is the same smartphone that got certified by TENAA last week. Continue reading “Redmi Note 2 Pro teased by Xiaomi president ahead of Nov 24 announcement”