Samsung had announced the much rumoured Gear S smart watch last month but we got a chance to get our hands on it at the Samsung Unpacked event at IFA in Berlin. Here we bring you fresh photos from the show floor as our team is currently covering the event live. The Gear S surprisingly lacks the ‘Galaxy’ and runs on Tizen and brings 3G connectivity and an amazing curved Super AMOLED display to you wrist !
Hey everyone! Fast on the heels of the Mobile World Congress, IFA or the Internationale Funkausstellung Berlin has begun a very important venue for the smartphone industry. One of the oldest industrial expos around, it has been held in Berlin since 1929. Now that we’re done with the history lesson, let’s get to what’s more important for us. Why is FoneArena here?! While the event has been important over the last few years, we’re expecting to see an unprecedented amount of launches over the course of the week. Follow along as we list out what we think may or may not make it here. Continue reading “What to expect at IFA 2014 ?”
Intel and Flipkart teamed up today to launch a range of new tablets running Android on the former’s Atom class of processors. Ranging from between Rs. 5,999 to Rs. 15,999, the ET701, XT811 and XT911 tablets are a marked improvement over their first effort. We spent some time with the tablets to find out if they are a compelling purchase for first time tablet owners. Here’s what we think about them. Continue reading “Digiflip Pro ET701, XT811, XT911 Hands On”
Xiaomi, the Chinese smartphone manufacturer, took the Indian market by storm when it introduced the Mi3 here at an astonishingly low price point. The highly specced handset has become a much sought after device and was being sold exclusively through Flipkart via a unique flash sale model. However, it looks like the run might be over and Xiaomi might have discontinued the Mi3 for the Indian market. Continue reading “Xiaomi Mi3 sales temporarily discontinued in India”
The smartphone ecosystem in India is increasingly turning out to be a hot bed of innovation with customers turning out to be the winners. With a vast variety of handsets on offer at every price point, there is a significant overlap in terms of features. What helps set things apart is to bring something unique to the table. Huawei introduced its Honor 3C in India a while back. We decided to try out the handset over an extended period of time to see how well it copes up. While not exactly their newest phone, we found it to be quite an interesting device. Read on to find out our full impressions of the smartphone. Continue reading “Huawei Honor 3C Review”
Sony has a habit of hinting at upcoming products through teasers hidden away in event invites. Taking a look at the invitation for its IFA event, it looks like the Japanese company might have a brand new smartwatch and perhaps even a tablet lined up for the event. There’s been a lot of speculation around the event and expected announcements include an updated flagship, a new smart lens and the aforementioned smartwatch. Continue reading “Upcoming Sony smartwatch and tablet teased ahead of IFA”
The Chinese smartphone giant, Xiaomi, has already seen mainstream success with its wildly popular handset ie the Mi3. Having the announced the Redmi series of phones for India, the company has now issued invites for two separate events to be held in Bangalore and Delhi to introduce the Redmi 1S. Continue reading “Xiaomi Redmi 1S launch events scheduled on August 25th and 26th in Bangalore and Delhi”
The Apple iPhone 6 is practically guaranteed to be announced at Apple’s upcoming September 9th event. That said, while it was widely believed that Cupertino would make the handset available on launch day itself, a fresh report suggests that this might not be the case. Continue reading “Apple iPhone 6 display faces production issues, may constrain supplies at launch: Report”
While there is no doubt that the US is the technology center of the world, it is also true that India is widely considered as the hotbed of smartphone competition. The country offers great opportunity to smartphone manufacturers both big and small to compete for a share of the untapped masses and get a share of the pie. With that in mind, Panasonic shifted its global headquarters for it’s smartphone business a while back. With the launch of the Eluga U, the company is bringing its flagship brand here. Is it worth the hype? Find out in our review. Continue reading “Panasonic Eluga U Review”
XOLO is a well known player in the Indian smartphone space. With several class leading devices over the last few years, it has established itself as a player that provides quality hardware with well optimized software at a price point that is within the reach of most buyers. The company recently launched the XOLO Q1200 and we take it for a spin. Read on to find out what we think of it. Continue reading “XOLO Q1200 Review”
XOLO’s much hyped HIVE UI today made its debut on a single piece of hardware ie the XOLO 8X-1000. Reasons abound why XOLO as a company decided to invest both time and a fair bit of money on developing a completely customized ROM but truth be told, we’re not entirely convinced by the reasoning. We’ll talk about that and more as we explore the new XOLO 8X-1000. Continue reading “XOLO 8X-1000 with HIVE UI Hands On & Photo Gallery”
Its been several years now since mobile phones graduated from being just phones to mobile computing devices. They are now the center of your digital life and are a principal means of consumption and to some extent even creation of your personal content. As capabilities increase however, the humble smartphone is graduating to a greater role. The role of your digital hub. Continue reading “Silicon Image & MHL: A Primer”
Mobile gamers all around have a lot to look forward to later this year. 2K Games, the studio behind the hit franchise, BioShock, today announced that the first game in the franchise will be making its way over to the iOS platform. The company says that BioShock on the iPhone and iPad will be a premium game and hence will carry a price tag that will be anywhere from $10 to $30 Continue reading “Bioshock 1 headed to the iPhone and iPad later this year”
Like every year, Samsung will announce the next generation of the Galaxy Note 4 later this year. Following tradition, it was expected that the Korean giant would launch it at IFA and right on cue, Samsung has started sending out invitations for its Galaxy Note 4 launch event ahead of IFA in Berlin.
Continue reading “Samsung Galaxy Note 4 launch scheduled for 3rd September ahead of IFA in Berlin”
LG’s G Watch is amongst the first Android Wear running devices out there and has achieved moderate success amongst the enthusiast circles. With early adoption comes a bit of a risk though and this was witnessed by an increasing number of users in the form of corrosion buildup on the POGO pins located at the back of the watch. LG is now pushing out a software update to fix this hardware issue. Continue reading “LG G Watch software update to fix hardware corrosion issues”
