GSMA today officially launched Mobile Connect, mobile-based authentication for 800 million consumers across India. Six Mobile network operators (MNOs) – Aircel, Bharti Airtel, Idea, Tata Teleservices Ltd, Telenor and Vodafone have announced commercially availability of Mobile Connect . Continue reading “GSMA launches Mobile Connect mobile-based authentication solution across India”
iBall has launched Andi 5L Rider, the company’s latest budget smartphone. It has a 5-inch FWVGA screen, is powered by a 1.3GHz quad-core processor and runs on Android 5.1 (Lollipop). It has a 5-megapixel auto focus rear camera and a 2-megapixel front-facing camera. Continue reading “iBall Andi 5L Rider with 5-inch display launched for Rs. 4699”
Last week Xiaomi announced its second Mi anniversary sale from July 20th to 22nd in India that will have Re. 1 flash sales, new product launches and more. It already promised that it will reveal details about discounts on products on July 18th. No it has revealed that its Mi 4 and Mi 5 smartphones and Mi Bluetooth speaker will receive a price cut during the sale. Continue reading “Xiaomi Mi 2nd Anniversary sale: Mi 4, Mi 5 and Mi Bluetooth speaker to get a price cut”
Meizu just announced MX6, the company’s latest flagship smartphone at an event in China. It has a 5.5-inch 1080p Sharp TDDI LCD display with narrow bezels, is powered by a deca-core MediaTek Helio X20 processor and runs on Flyme OS 5.2 based on Android 6.0 (Marshmallow). Continue reading “Meizu MX6 with 5.5-inch 1080p display, 10-Core Helio X20 SoC, 4GB RAM announced”
ZTE has announced ZMax Pro, the company’s latest mid-range smartphone that will head to MetroPCS in the U.S. in August. It packs a 6-inch 1080p display, is powered by an Octa-Core Snapdragon 617 SoC and runs on Android 6.0 (Marshmallow). It has a 13-megapixel rear camera with LED flash and a 5-megapixel front-facing camera. It also has a fingerprint sensor on the back. Continue reading “ZTE ZMax Pro with 6-inch 1080p display, Snapdragon 617, fingerprint sensor announced”
Google has released developer preview 5 for Android 7.0 Nougat for compatible Nexus devices, ahead of the final release of the update. It released developer preview 4 last month that brought final Android N SDK with final APIs (API level 24). This doesn’t add any new features but it comes with latest bug fixes and optimizations across the system and in pre-installed apps. Continue reading “Google releases final Android 7.0 Nougat Developer Preview 5”
Sony’s upcoming high-end Xperia smartphone with model numbers F8331 and F8332 had already surfaced in User Agent profile. Now live images of the phone has surfaced, thanks to GSMArena. Specifications of the smartphone have also surfaced on GFXBench that reveal almost similar specifications as the Xperia X Performance. Continue reading “Sony Xperia F8331 with 1080p display, Snapdragon 820 surfaces in live images”
LG has launched X Screen in India, as it had promised last week. It was announced during the MWC earlier this year and features 1.76-inch ‘Always-on’ second screen, in addition to 4.93-inch HD In-cell Touch display. This will allow users to easily access frequently used apps, answer calls without interrupting the current activity or just play music. Continue reading “LG X Screen with secondary display launched in India for Rs. 12990”
Airtel launched 4G on mobile in Bengaluru based on 2300 MHz TDD-LTE (Band 40) back in February 2014, after rolling out the service for dongles and CPEs in 2012. Today the company has rolled out 4G services in the 1800 MHz (Band 3) spectrum band using FDD-LTE technology. Continue reading “Airtel enhances network capacity in Bengaluru, launches 4G in 1800 MHz band”
LG introduced Action CAM LTE back in May this year. Today the company has launched it in Korea. It has built-in 4G LTE support and lets you live stream directly to sites such as YouTube Live without a smartphone.
Continue reading “LG Action Cam LTE with live streaming launched in Korea, pricing revealed”
ZTE has announced Small Fresh 4 (BV0701), its latest budget smartphone in China. It packs a 5.2-inch 1080p 2.5D curved glass display with 78.2% screen-to-body ratio, is powered by an Octa-Core MediaTek MT6753 SoC, runs on Android 6.0 with MiFavor UI 3.5, has a 13-megapixel rear camera and a 5-megapixel front-facing camera. It also has a fingerprint sensor on the back. Continue reading “ZTE Small Fresh 4 with 5.2-inch 1080p display, 7.5mm slim metal body, 4G LTE announced”
Xiaomi Redmi Note 4, the company’s upcoming smartphone in the Redmi Note series with dual cameras surfaced last week. Now an alleged retail box image has surfaced on weibo that reveals that it will be powered by Deca-Core MediaTek Helio X20 SoC, instead of Snapdragon 652 SoC as rumored earlier. Continue reading “Xiaomi Redmi Note 4 with 5.5-inch 1080p display, Helio X20, fingerprint sensor surfaces”
Transcend, popular for its storage and multimedia products has launched SSD220S, its latest high-performance solid-state drive in India. Continue reading “Transcend SSD220S Solid State Drive launched in India starting at Rs. 2999”
OPPO launched the F1, its selfie-centric smartphone in the ‘F series’ India earlier this year. Today the company has announced that it will introduce F1s, the successor of the F1 in August. This will be one of OPPO’s core products for the second half of 2016. “It will carry on the F1’s legacy of superb photography, sleek design and snappy performance, while adding new features and taking others to new heights,” says OPPO. We should know all the details about the smartphone next month. Continue reading “OPPO F1s selfie-focused smartphone coming in August”
Followed by Idea, Airtel today announced dropping pre-paid data tariffs. Data benefits have been increased by up to 67%, which in effect is a price reduction. Under the revised data benefits, the Rs. 655 4G/3G monthly recharge pack will now offer 5GB data vs 3GB earlier, an increase of 67% data benefit. Continue reading “Airtel slashes pre-paid data tariffs, now offers up to 67% more data”
