OPPO has launched FC Barcelona edition of the OPPO R7 Plus to celebrate OPPO’s three-year partnership with FC Barcelona. This is the company’s first smartphone as a part of the partnership and is dubbed as Smartphone of Champions. It will come with club’s logo, an FC Barcelona-themed wallpaper, a fan kit that includes an FC Barcelona protective case and more. Specifications of the smartphone are similar to the original R7 Plus. Continue reading “OPPO R7 Plus FC Barcelona Edition launched”
Google has released its monthly Android distribution update for the month of September. The latest numbers reveal that Android Lollipop is now present on 21% of all Android devices. This is up from 18.1% since last month and 10% in May.
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Sony has launched the Xperia M5 Dual, the company’s latest smartphone in the M series in India, as expected. It was announced last month and packs a 5-inch 1080p display, is powered by MediaTek Helio X10 Octa-Core SoC and runs on Android 5.0 (Lollipop). It has a 21.5-megapixel rear camera with 0.25-second Hybrid Autofocus, LED flash, 4K video recording and a 13-megapixel front-facing camera. It is also water and dust-proof (IP65/IP68) and comes with 4G LTE support. Continue reading “Sony Xperia M5 Dual launched in India for Rs. 37990”
Samsung Electronics started mass producing 8 gigabit (Gb) LPDDR4 mobile DRAM based 20-nanometer (nm) process technology at the end of 2014. The company is using 4GB LPDDR4 RAM with four 8Gb LPDDR4 chips in the latest Galaxy S6 edge+ and the Galaxy Note5 smartphones. Today the company announced that it has started mass producing industry’s first 12-gigabit (Gb) LPDDR4 (low power, double data rate 4) mobile DRAM, based on the same 20-nanometer (nm) process technology Continue reading “Samsung starts mass production of 12-gigabit LPDDR4 RAM, 6GB RAM coming to next-gen flagship mobile devices”
Mobile security research firm, Check Point, has revealed a new bug in the popular cross platform messaging service, WhatsApp. The bug that appears to affect only WhatsApp Web has the potential to allow ransomware and malicious applications on your device. Continue reading “Bug in WhatsApp Web could potentially affect 200 million users”
Google has for the most part kept its distance from China, a market that has perhaps one of the largest user base of Android running devices. Government censorship and strict crackdowns mean that Google had to opt out from providing the Play Store and accompanying services in the country. This also meant that Android Wear watches that are heavily dependent on said services just wouldn’t work in China and so were never sold. This is about to change. Continue reading “Android Wear heads to China, Moto 360 to lead the charge”
If you follow the world of Chinese OEMs, you’ll know that theres a lot of white labelling that goes on between brands. With the launch of the Blu Pure XL, we see a high end feature packed handset at a price point that is certainly very tempting. A take on the already announced Gionee Elife E8, the Blu Pure XL brings most of the same specifications at almost half the price point. Continue reading “Blu Pure XL brings 6inch QHD display, 24MP camera and Mediatek X10 chipset for an appealing $349 price point”
ACT (Atria Convergence Technologies Pvt. Ltd.), popular for its Fiber Optic broadband has reduced their tariffs for their ACT Fibernet customers in Hyderabad. The 100Mbps plan now costs Rs. 1,999, compared to the previous rate of Rs. 2,799 and there is a new 60Mbps plan for Rs. 1,299. It has also doubled the speed for customers using 5Mbps and 20Mbps plans to 10Mbps and 40Mbps, respectively without extra cost. Even speed post the FUP limit have been increased in these plans. Continue reading “ACT Fibernet slashes tariffs in Hyderabad, 100Mbps plan now at Rs. 1999”
Philips Lighting has finally launched HUE, web-enabled LED home lighting system in India, as expected. Hue allows users to control home lighting using their smartphone or tablet and supports both Android and iOS platforms. The Philips Hue range for India will include, Hue Starter Kit which includes the bridge and three Hue lamps, Hue Go, Hue Beyond – the luminaire family, Friends of Hue – LightStrips and Bloom. Continue reading “Philips Hue connected LED lighting launched in India, starter kit priced at Rs. 16995”
Microsoft has acquired cloud cybersecurity firm Adallom for an undisclosed sum. The financial terms of the deal are not disclosed yet by the companies.
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Zophop is a new app that aims to make it easy for daily commuters to navigate in their city by offering all the required information about the public transport including bus, train, metro, monorail and even cab services.
YU has officially launched YUNIQUE, the company’s latest budget smartphone, after the registration page went live early. It has a 4.7-inch (1280 x 720 pixels) IPS display at 312 ppi, is powered by a Quad-Core 64-bit Qualcomm Snapdragon 410 processor and runs on stock Android 5.1 (Lollipop). It doesn’t run on Cyanogen OS out of the box like other YU smartphones, but you can upgrade to Cyanogen OS 12.1 based on Android 5.1.1 (Lollipop) by heading to YU service centres for free, flashable ROM will be available in future. It features a 8-megapixel auto focus rear camera with LED Flash and a 2-megapixel front-facing camera. Continue reading “YU YUNIQUE with 4.7-inch HD display, Snapdragon 410 SoC, 4G LTE launched for Rs. 4999”
Sony just teased the launch of Sony Xperia M5 smartphone in India tomorrow, September 9th. It was announced last month and packs a 5-inch 1080p display, is powered by MediaTek Helio X10 Octa-Core SoC and runs on Android 5.0 (Lollipop). It has a 21.5-megapixel rear camera with 0.25-second Hybrid Autofocus, LED flash, 4K video recording and a 13-megapixel front-facing camera. Continue reading “Sony Xperia M5 launching in India on September 9th”
Xiaomi introduced the Redmi 2A smartphone back in March, today the company launched a 2GB RAM with 16GB storage variant of the smartphone in China. Other specifications of the smartphone are similar, including 4.7-inch HD screen, 1.5GHz quad-core Leadcore L1860C processor, 8-megapixel rear camera with LED flash, 2-megapixel front-facing camera, Dual SIM support and 4G LTE connectivity. It runs on MIUI 6 based on Android 5.0 (Lollipop) out of the box and will get the stable MIUI 7 update in future. Continue reading “Xiaomi Redmi 2A variant with 2GB RAM, 16GB storage launched in China”
Rumors from couple of months have stated that Samsung is testing Snapdragon 820 Soc for its next flagship Galaxy S7. Today, another one has surfaced which says that the company has expanded the team to work on the chipset for the S7.
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