Lenovo launched the Vibe K5 Note smartphone in the ‘Vibe K’ series in India back in August starting Rs. 11,999. At the launch the smartphone did not support 4G VoLTE (Voice Over LTE) at the launch for making calls on Reliance Jio network. Last week it finally rolled out a new software update that adds the support in India. Continue reading “Lenovo Vibe K5 Note OTA update adds VoLTE support for Reliance Jio”
Back in April LG Innotek, one of the popular components and materials manufacturers announced it has developed 15-watt transmission modules for wireless power charger. Today it has announced the commercialization of the quick wireless charging pad. Continue reading “LG Innotek introduces 15-watt Quick Wireless Charging Pad for smartphones”
Huawei’s Honor brand has launched the Honor Holly 3 along with the Honor 8 and Honor 8 Smart at an event. It packs a 5.5-inch HD display with anti-glare coating, is powered by an octa-core Kirin 620 64-bit processor, runs on Android 6.0 (Marshmallow) with EMUI 4.1 on top, has a 13-megapixel rear camera with LED flash and an 8-megapixel front-facing camera. It has dual SIM support and has 4G LTE connectivity. It is the same Honor 5A that was launched in China back in June. Continue reading “Honor Holly 3 with 5.5-inch display, 3100mAh battery, 4G LTE launched for Rs. 9999”
Huawei’s Honor brand also launched Honor 8 Smart, a cheaper version of the Honor 8 at the launch event today. It has a 5.2-inch 1080p display with 76.4% screen-to-body ratio, is powered by an Octa-Core Kirin 650 processor and runs on Android 6.0 (Marshmallow) with EMUI 4.1 on top. It has a 13-megapixel rear camera with Sony IMX214 and an 8-megapixel front-facing camera. Continue reading “Honor 8 Smart with 5.2-inch 1080p display, Kirin 650 SoC, 3000mAh battery launched for Rs. 19999”
Huawei’s Honor brand just launched the Honor 8, the company’s latest high-end smartphone in India as it had promised. It was announced in China back in July. It packs a 5.2-inch 1080p 2.5D curved glass display, is powered by an Octa-Core Kirin 950 processor with 4GB of RAM and runs on Android 6.0 (Marshmallow) with EMUI 4.1. It has dual 12-megapixel rear cameras, one with monochrome and other with color sensor to capture crisper, more detailed photos. Continue reading “Honor 8 with 5.2-inch 1080p display, 12MP dual rear cameras launched in India for Rs. 29999”
Asus launched Zenfone 3 Laser, successor of last year’s Zenfone Laser in India back in August, today it started selling the smartphone in the country. It packs a 5.5-inch 1080p display with 2.5D Corning Gorilla Glass 3 protection and 77% screen-to-body ratio, is powered by Snapdragon 430 SoC, runs on Android 6.0 (Marshmallow) with ZenUI, has a 13-megapixel rear camera with Sony IMX214 sensor and 2nd gen laser auto focus that lets you focus in 0.03 seconds. Continue reading “Asus Zenfone 3 Laser with 5.5-inch 1080p display, 4GB RAM goes on sale in India for Rs. 18999”
Google showed preview of Android 7.1 (Nougat), the next incremental Android update at the Pixel launch event last week. Today it has announced that it will release open developer preview of Android 7.1 for select Nexus devices later this month. This brings new features for consumers and developers, including better Daydream VR support and A/B system updates such as app shortcuts and image keyboard support. It also brings optimizations and bug fixes as wells as new APIs (API level 25). Continue reading “Android 7.1 Developer Preview with App shortcuts, Image keyboard and more to roll out this month”
Airtel is offering a new bundle offer that allows 4G smartphone users on prepaid enjoy 15GB of 4G data per month for 3 months at the rate of 1GB data. This is available with Amazon exclusive devices that includes Lenovo Z2 Plus, OnePlus X, Moto G4 Plus, Moto G4 Play, Lenovo Vibe K4 Note and more. Continue reading “Airtel offers 15GB 4G data at 1GB cost for select 4G smartphones”
Xiaomi recently launched the most expected Mi Band 2 in India. It is the company’s third-generation fitness and sleep tracker after the most popular Mi Band and the upgraded Mi Band Pulse with a heart rate sensor. It is the first Mi Band with an OLED display. Priced at Rs. 1999, it is one of the few bands with a display and a heart rate sensor in the price range, so it is definitely worth the price. How about the features, performance and the battery life? Let us dive into the review to find out. Continue reading “Xiaomi Mi Band 2 Review”
HyperX, a division of Kingston Technology has launched its second official Xbox licensed gaming headset, CloudX Revolver Gears of War in India, ahead of Gears of War 4 game launch later this year. The headset is co-designed with Microsoft and The Coalition, the studio developing Gears of War 4. Continue reading “HyperX CloudX Gears of War gaming headset launched in India for Rs. 11999”
Honor has teamed up with Marvel as the official partner of the upcoming Doctor Strange movie, starring Benedict Cumberbatch. To celebrate, it will be giving fans the chance to get their hands on limited edition Honor 8 handsets etched with the Eye of Agamotto from the launch of new film. Continue reading “Honor 8 Doctor Strange Limited Edition smartphone announced”
Samsung has announced that is has started mass production of Exynos 7 Dual 7270 processor for wearables that is based on 14nm FinFET process technology. It also has LTE modem integration, making it the first in class with built-in LTE. It recently started mass production of Exynos 7 Quad 7570 14nm processor for budget smartphones and IoT devices. Continue reading “Samsung starts mass production of Exynos 7 Dual 7270 14nm processor with built-in LTE for wearables”
Samsung has rolled out a new update for the Galaxy S7 and Galaxy S7 edge smartphones in India that brings stability improvements and bug fixes and further improvements to the performance, in addition to performance improvements rolled out in the update back in August. This update was actually rolled out at the end of September for Galaxy S7. Continue reading “Samsung Galaxy S7 and S7 edge update in India brings WiFi calling, better performance and more”
Samsung has released a teaser for a new smartphone in China that says The next big thing is coming. The image in the teaser shows a phone with metal body. The camera is present in the centre and there are antenna lines are seen above it. This could be the rumored Galaxy C9 that surfaced in benchmarks recently.
Continue reading “Samsung teases new smartphone with metal body, could be Galaxy C9”
OPPO has scheduled an event on October 19th in China where it will unveil R9s, it’s upcoming flagship smartphone. It will be a camera-centric smartphone, similar to the R9 and R9 Plus that was introduced back in March. Continue reading “OPPO R9s with Sony IMX398 sensor to be announced on October 19”
