Huawei has released Android 5.1 (Lollipop) update for the Honor 4C and Honor 6 smartphones in India. The Honor 4C actually got the update on September 21st, earlier this week, and the Honor 6 got the update today, as the company promised last month. The Android 5.1 update brings new features, functionalities and improved user experience with visual refinements along with the new Emotion UI 3.1 update. Continue reading “Huawei Honor 4C and Honor 6 get Android 5.1 Lollipop update in India”
Samsung usually introduces its flagship S series smartphone at its Unpacked event at the Mobile World Congress in February or early March. Now reports from Korean media (Via), sighting an SK Securities analyst, says that the upcoming Galaxy S7 smartphone will be officially unveiled in January 2016, and go on sale sometime early February 2016. Continue reading “Samsung Galaxy S7 could be unveiled in January, release early February 2016”
Uber has rolled out new safety feature in India that secures the phone numbers of the riders and drives for a better privacy. This feature is already available in OLA, India’s largest cab hire service. This will route the phone call from the driver or from the customer through a private line with anonymous phone numbers, so that both sides can communicate with each other to coordinate a pick-up without revealing their personal phone numbers, said Uber Continue reading “Uber now masks phone numbers of riders and drivers in India”
Notion Ink has launched new Cain Signature Black Edition version of its 2-in-1 that comes with a Active Stylus pen for sketching, drawing and scribbling and Windows 10 out of the box. The stylus pen that is worth Rs. 3200 is compatible with all other capacitive touch devices as well. It takes in AAA battery and doesn’t require any set up. Other specifications are similar to the Cain 10 or Cain 2-in-1 that was launched last year. Continue reading “Notion Ink Cain Signature Black Edition with Windows 10, Active Stylus launched for Rs. 20990”
Vertu has introduced new Signature Touch with Snapdragon 810 SoC and 4GB of RAM, compared to last year’s Signature Touch that had a Snapdragon 801 SoC and 2GB of RAM. It has a 5.2-inch 1080p display with 5th generation Sapphire Crystal protection, is encased in handcrafted, fine leather and has grade 5 titanium body. It runs on Android 5.1 (Lollipop) and comes with gull-wing doors on the back that open to house the nanoSIM and microSD cards. Continue reading “Vertu introduces new Signature Touch luxury smartphone with Snapdragon 810 and 4GB RAM”
Micromax Canvas Fire 4G was announced earlier this month at a MediaTek event and the Canvas Blaze 4G Q400 went on sale online yesterday, today the company has launched these smartphones along with another 4G smartphone, the Canvas Play 4G with a 5.5-inch HD screen and a 13-megapixel rear camera. As the name suggests, all these have 4G connectivity with support for 4G LTE bands (TDD B40 2300MHz and FDD B3 1800MHz) for India. Check out the specifications below. Continue reading “Micromax Canvas Blaze 4G, Canvas Fire 4G and Canvas Play 4G launched, starts at Rs. 6999”
iBall launched Slide Brillante, the company’s first tablet with Intel Atom x3-C3130 chip earlier this week. Now the tablet is available from eBay, along with the iBall Slide 6351-Q400i budget WiFi-only tablet that is also available on eBay. Both these tablets have a 7-inch (1024 x 600 pixels) display, run on Android 4.4 (Kitkat), have a 2-megapixel rear camera and a VGA front-facing camera. Continue reading “iBall Slide Brillante and Slide 6351-Q400i tablets now available for Rs. 5740 and Rs. 3796”
Airtel has launched of its Platinum 3G services for customers in Indore and Haryana. The Platinum 3G network will boost indoor coverage, enhance voice clarity, deliver faster internet speeds and will also help optimize the back-end engagement between the network and mobile devices, said the company. Airtel’s Platinum 3G is already available in Mumbai, Kolkata and Odisha. Continue reading “Airtel launches Platinum 3G services in Indore and Haryana”
Apple has released minor iOS 9.0.1 update for the iPhone, iPad and iPod Touch devices, a week after it released the major iOS 9.0 update for these devices that is already running on more than 50% of iOS devices. The 35MB update includes several bug fixes for these devices that are related to set up resistant, alarms, Safari browser, Photos and APN setup. Check out the complete changelog. Continue reading “Apple releases iOS 9.0.1 update with bug fixes, iOS 9.1 beta 2 for developers”
vivo Y27L, the company’s latest smartphone is now available in India from offline stores, according to Mumbai-based retailer Mahesh Telecom. It packs a 4.7-inch HD screen, is powered by a quad-core Snapdragon 410 64-bit processor and runs on Funtouch OS 2.0 based on Android 4.4 (KitKat). It has dual SIM support and 4G connectivity on both, including support for 4G bands for India. Continue reading “vivo Y27L with 4.7-inch HD display, 4G LTE, 6.9mm slim body now available for Rs. 12990”
Last month there were reports that Motorola is planning to sell their smartphones through offline retail stores. Motorola Moto E (2nd Gen) is not exclusively to Flipkart anymore. Today Motorola has announced that the Moto E (2nd Gen) will be available for purchase from Airtel stores offline and online retailers such as Amazon.in and Snadeal through its distribution partner Brightstar India. Continue reading “Motorola Moto E (2nd Gen) now available from Airtel stores, Amazon and Snapdeal in India”
BlackBerry Venice, the company’s upcoming slider smartphone will launch as BlackBerry Priv, according to Evan Blass of @evleaks. This has been confirmed by N4BB’s sources. He also posted a new press image of the smartphone that shows its huge display, slider keyboard and the speaker grill.
Continue reading “BlackBerry Venice Android slider to launch as BlackBerry Priv”
HTC One A9’s specifications surfaced last week, today @evleaks has posted press shots of the smartphone in all the six colors. The image coincides with the earlier leaks, and this clearly shows the smartphone’s iPhone 6-like design and similar color variants such as Silver (Opal Silver), Space Gray (Cast Iron) and Rose Gold. It will also come in Acid Gold, Deep Garnet and Carbon Gray colors. This also shows on-screen buttons and fingerprint sensor on the home button.
Continue reading “HTC One A9 press shots surface, shows off 6 colors”
Micromax Canvas Blaze 4G Q400, the company’s latest 4G budget Canvas series smartphone is now available from Indiatimes Shopping. It has a 4.5-inch FWVGA screen, is powered by a 1.1GHz quad core Snapdragon 210 processor and runs on Android 5.1 (Lollipop). It has a 5-megapixel auto focus rear camera with LED flash and a 2-megapixel front-facing camera. Continue reading “Micromax Canvas Blaze 4G Q400 with Snapdragon 210 SoC, Android 5.1 now available for Rs. 6999”
Micromax has announced a festive offer that lets you purchase the Canvas Sliver 5 or the Canvas Knight 2 smartphone with a Rs. 9000 discount in exchange for old smartphones. This offer is applicable for purchases from an Authorized dealer or retailer and is not applicable on online purchases, says Micromax. Even though MRP of the Canvas Sliver 5 and the Canvas Knight 2 are Rs. 18,999 and Rs. 17,499, respectively, these smartphones will be available for Rs. 9,999 after exchange. Continue reading “Micromax Canvas Sliver 5 and Knight 2 available for Rs. 9999 after exchange”
