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Lenovo PHAB Plus goes on sale in India for Rs. 18490

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Lenovo PHAB Plus, that company’s latest phablet is now available from Amazon.in in India. It was first announced in China back in August and was announced globally at the IFA in September. It packs a 6.8-inch 1080p screen, is powered by an Octa-Core Snapdragon 615 SoC, runs on Android 5.0 (Lollipop) with Lenovo’s own Vibe UI on top, has a 13-megapixel rear camera with dual-tone LED flash and a 5-megapixel front-facing camera. Continue reading “Lenovo PHAB Plus goes on sale in India for Rs. 18490”

InFocus M370 to go on sale in India on Oct 9 for Rs. 5999

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InFocus introduced the M370, its budget 4G smartphone in India back in July. We reviewed the smartphone recently. Today the company has opened registrations for the sale of the smartphone, which closes on 8th October at 8PM and the phone will be available exclusively on Snapdeal starting from October 9th. Continue reading “InFocus M370 to go on sale in India on Oct 9 for Rs. 5999”

YU YUPHORIA gets a price cut, now available with stock Android for Rs. 6499

YU YUPHORIA stock Android

YU launched the YUPHORIA smartphone back in May for Rs. 6,999, which went on sale on exclusively on Amazon at the end of May. Today the company has announced a Rs. 500 price cut for the smartphone, which now comes with stock Android 5.1.1 (Lollipop) instead of Cyanogen OS 12 based on Android 5.0 (Lollipop). Continue reading “YU YUPHORIA gets a price cut, now available with stock Android for Rs. 6499”

Gionee Elife E8 launching in India on October 8

Gionee has sent out invites for the launch of its flagship Elife E8 smartphone in the E series in India on October 8th. The company also announced that it will enter into e-commerce space, so we can expect for it to announce tie-up with a leading e-commerce player in India to sell the smartphone exclusively. There is incomplete listing for the Elife E8 with exchange offer on Flipkart, which hints that it could go to Flipkart. Continue reading “Gionee Elife E8 launching in India on October 8”

Motorola confirms Android 6.0 Marshmallow for range of smartphones

Android Marshmallow

Google announced at its event earlier this week that it will roll out Android 6.0 (Marshmallow) update for Nexus devices starting from next week. HTC already confirmed list of 12 devices that will get the update, Motorola just announced the list of smartphones that will get the Android 6.0 update first. This includes the Moto X (2nd Gen, 3rd Gen Pure Edition, Style and Play), Moto G (2nd and 3rd Gen), DROID Turbo, Moto MAXX and Moto Turbo. Continue reading “Motorola confirms Android 6.0 Marshmallow for range of smartphones”

Motorola teases Moto X Style India launch, expected this month

Motorola Moto X Style

Motorola launched its mid-range Moto X Play smartphone in India last month starting at Rs. 18,499. Now the company has started teasing the launch of its high-end Moto X Style smartphone in India on its social channels. The Moto X Style was announced back in July, along with the Moto X Play.

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Google Nexus 6P launching in India soon on Flipkart

Google Nexus 6P

Google unveiled the Nexus 5X and Nexus 6P smartphones at an event earlier this week. Flipkart has started teasing the launch of the Huawei-made Nexus 6P smartphone in India. This time Flipkart doesn’t have a ticker to show the pre-order date of the latest Nexus smartphone, like it did for last year’s Nexus 6 launch. Since the smartphone is shipping for pre-ordered customers later this month in some countries, we can expect the pre-order to start in India later this month and it might go on sale next month. Continue reading “Google Nexus 6P launching in India soon on Flipkart”

Samsung Galaxy Tab S2 9.7 Benchmarks

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Samsung launched the Galaxy Tab S2 9.7 (SM-T815Y) in the new Tab S2 series in India for Rs. 39,400 last month. We brought you the photo gallery and the unboxing of the tablet recently, here we have its benchmarks. It is powered by Exynos 5433 Octa ( 4 x A57 1.9 GHz ＋ 4 x A53 1.3 GHz) processor with ARM Mail T760 GPU, which is better than the Exynos 5420 Octa SoC in last year’s Galaxy Tab S 10.5 and Tab S 8.4 tablets. It has a 9.7-inch (2048×1536 pixels) 4:3 QXGA Super AMOLED display and runs on Android 5.0 (Lollipop) with Samsung’s own UI on top. It has 3GB of RAM and comes with 4G support and voice calling capabilities. Check out the synthetic benchmark scores below, also check out the gaming review video. Continue reading “Samsung Galaxy Tab S2 9.7 Benchmarks”

Samsung Galaxy View tablet with 18.5-inch display surfaces on GFXBench

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Samsung teased the Galaxy View (SM-T670), a large-screen tablet at the IFA last month. Now the tablet has surfaced on the GFXBench (Via) that confirms the specifications that surfaced earlier. Even though the new benchmark listing says that the tablet doesn’t have a rear camera, earlier rumors said that the tablet has an 8-megapixel rear camera. Continue reading “Samsung Galaxy View tablet with 18.5-inch display surfaces on GFXBench”

HTC One E9s dual sim with 5.5-inch HD display, 4G LTE now available in India for Rs. 20497

HTC One E9s

HTC One E9s dual sim, the company’s latest mid-range smartphone is now available in India from eBay. It got certified in China back in June and packs a 5.5-inch HD display, is powered by an Octa-Core MediaTek MT6752M 64-bit processor and runs on Android 5.0 (Lollipop) with HTC’s own Sense UI. It has a 13-megapixel rear camera with LED flash and an UltraPixel front-facing camera.

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BBM for iPhone gets Apple Watch support

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BlackBerry has updated the BBM app for iPhone that finally brings support for Apple Watch. It lets you quickly reply to messages you receive with Ok, Yes or No directly from the Watch. You can also reply with emoticons or use voice input. WhatsApp for iPhone is yet to get Apple Watch support. The latest update also brings support for quick reply option for iPhone, directly from the notification shade without opening the app, PayPal integration and more. Check out the complete changelog below. Continue reading “BBM for iPhone gets Apple Watch support”

Skullcandy STRUM in-ear earphones and HESH 2 wireless headphones launched in India

Skullcandy STRUM and HESH 2

Skullcandy has launched HESH 2 Wireless on-ear headphones and STRUM wired in-ear earphones in India. It has teamed up with Brandeyes Distributors Pvt. Ltd., which is now its exclusive Distribution and Marketing Partner in India. Check out the features of these new accessories. Continue reading “Skullcandy STRUM in-ear earphones and HESH 2 wireless headphones launched in India”

Micromax Bolt Q339 budget 3G smartphone launched for Rs. 3499

Micromax Bolt Q339

Micromax has launched Bolt Q339, the company’s latest entry-level smartphone with 3G connectivity. It has 4.5-inch FWVGA screen, is powered by a 1.2GHz quad-core processor, runs on Android 4.4, has a 5-megapixel fixed-focus rear camera with LED flash and a 2-megapixel front-facing camera. It also has dual SIM support, similar to most other Micromax smartphones. Continue reading “Micromax Bolt Q339 budget 3G smartphone launched for Rs. 3499”

Samsung Galaxy J7 Benchmarks

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Samsung launched the Galaxy J7 smartphone, along with the Galaxy J5 back in July at Rs. 14,999. We recently brought the review of the Galaxy J7, here we have the benchmarks of the smartphone. The Indian variant is powered by an Octa-Core Exynos 7580 64-bit processor that has eight ARM Cortex A53 cores clocked at 1.50 GHz per core, instead of Snapdragon 615 SoC in the Chinese variant. It has Mali-T720 GPU, 1.5GB of RAM, 5.5-inch 1080p screen and runs on Android 5.1.1 (Lollipop). Check out the synthetic benchmark scores below and also the gaming review video, in which the Galaxy J7 scored 3.5/5 stars. Continue reading “Samsung Galaxy J7 Benchmarks”

Sharp AQUOS ZETA and AQUOS Compact with Snapdragon 808 and 3GB RAM announced

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Sharp introduced AQUOS ZETA SH-01H and AQUOS Compact SH-02H in NTT DoCoMo’s 2015 winter/ 2016 spring lineup yesterday. The AQUOS ZETA has a 5.3-inch 1080p IGZO display at 416 PPI and minimal bezels. Even the 8-megapixel camera is present below the display since there is no space on the top. It also has a fingerprint sensor on the back, below the camera.

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