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Samsung Galaxy A8 with 5.9mm thickness gets certified in China

Samsung Galaxy A8 leak

Live images of Samsung Galaxy A8 (SM-A8000) surfaced last week, now the smartphone has been certified by TENAA (via) in China. It confirms most of the specifications of the smartphone and also reveals that it will have a 5.7-inch Full HD Super AMOLED display, and not a 5.5-inch display as rumored earlier. This confirms that the smartphone will be just 5.94mm thick, making it the thinnest Samsung smartphone till date. Continue reading “Samsung Galaxy A8 with 5.9mm thickness gets certified in China”

Micromax Unite 3 Unboxing

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Micromax launched the Unite 3 Q372, the third smartphone in the Unite series with support for regional languages, similar to earlier Unite series smartphones. Check out the unboxing of the smartphone and also a demo of new ‘Swipe’ feature in the keyboard developed by Firstouch that lets users translate and transliterate in 10 regional languages that includes, Hindi, Gujarati, Punjabi, Malayalam, Tamil, Telugu, Kannada, Oriya, Bengali and Marathi with just a swipe.

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Xiaomi Mi Band launched on Flipkart, available without registration for limited period

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Xiaomi launched its Mi Band in India back in April. It went on sale last month through flash sales every week on official Mi India Store. Today Xiaomi has launched the Mi Band on Flipkart for the same price of Rs. 999. It will be available without registration as a part of Flipkart’s Big App Shopping Days promotion till June 24th. Continue reading “Xiaomi Mi Band launched on Flipkart, available without registration for limited period”

OnePlus One now on Flipkart, 64GB Sandstone Black available at Rs. 19998 till June 24

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OnePlus One was available exclusively on Amazon.in in India, now the smartphone is also available on Flipkart. OnePlus One got a temporary price cut of Rs. 2000 for the 64GB Sandstone Black version for a day on Amazon.in on June 18. To celebrate the launch of the smartphone on Flipkart, the company is offering the smartphone for Rs. 19,998 during ‘Big App Shopping Days’ promotion till June 24th. Continue reading “OnePlus One now on Flipkart, 64GB Sandstone Black available at Rs. 19998 till June 24”

Huawei Honor Bee Battery Life Test

We already brought you the review of Huawei Honor Bee, here we have the battery life test results of the smartphone. It has a 1730mAh removable battery. It has a 4.5-inch FWVGA screen and is powered by a 1.2GHz quad-core Spreadtrum SC7731 processor. Continue reading “Huawei Honor Bee Battery Life Test”

LG G4 Benchmarks – Hexa-Core Snapdragon 808 CPU and Adreno 418 GPU

LG officially launched the LG G4, the company’s latest flagship smartphone in India for Rs. 51,000 yesterday. Here we have the benchmarks of the smartphone. The LG G4 is the first smartphone to be powered by a Hexa-Core Qualcomm Snapdragon 808 64-bit 20nm processor that has two bigger ARM Cortex A57 cores clocked at 1.8GHz per core and four smaller ARM Cortex A53 cores clocked at 1.44GHz per core with 600 MHz Adreno 418 GPU. It has 3GB RAM, 5.5-inch (2560 x 1440 pixels) display and runs on Android 5.1 (Lollipop) with LG UX 4.0 on top. Check out the synthetic benchmark scores. Continue reading “LG G4 Benchmarks – Hexa-Core Snapdragon 808 CPU and Adreno 418 GPU”

OnePlus One gets minor OxygenOS update to fix touchscreen issue

OnePlus One OxygenOS

OnePlus One got a new build of Cyanogen OS 12.0 earlier this week to fix touchscreen issue. Now, OnePlus has released a new OxygenOS 1.01 build for the smartphone to fix the touchscreen issue, as it promised last month. The company already said that it has been working with Synaptics, developer of touch and biometrics hardware to fix the bug. Continue reading “OnePlus One gets minor OxygenOS update to fix touchscreen issue”

Lenovo A6000 Plus gets a price cut, available for Rs. 6999 in open sale from June 22 to 24

Lenovo launched the A6000 Plus smartphone, an enhanced version of the A6000 with 2GB RAM and 16GB of internal storage at Rs. 7,499 back in April. It sold 1 lakh units of the smartphone in the first flash sale. Now the company has announced that the smartphone will be available for Rs. 6,999 in an open sale between June 22nd, Monday, to June 24th, Tuesday on Flipkart. It is not clear if the price cut is permanent. Continue reading “Lenovo A6000 Plus gets a price cut, available for Rs. 6999 in open sale from June 22 to 24”

Airtel launches 4G LTE services in Hisar, Haryana

Airtel 4G

Airtel has launched their 4G LTE services in Hisar, Haryana, followed by Karnal and Yamunanagar earlier this week and Ambala last week in Haryana. Airtel acquired 100% stake in Qualcomm AP’s India BWA licenses in Delhi, Mumbai, Haryana and Kerala circles last year. In the city, users can access 4G on Mi-Fi, Wi-Fi dongles and Wi-Fi CPEs (Customer Premise Equipment/ routers). Continue reading “Airtel launches 4G LTE services in Hisar, Haryana”

Micromax Canvas Tabby Android tablet with kids-use mode launched for Rs. 6499

Micromax Canvas Tabby P469

Micromax has launched Canvas Tabby P469, the company’s latest tablet for dual use mode for both Parent and Kids. The parent-use mode offers complete access to the tablet, while the kids-use mode lets the kids learn, explore and grow through content backed by parental control, said the company.

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Xolo Cube 5.0 with 5-inch HD display, Android 5.0 launched for Rs. 7999

Xolo Cube

Xolo has launched the Cube 5.0, the company’s latest smartphone with a 5-inch HD OGS display with 85% NTSC color gamut that promises ultra-high color contrasts and vivid colors. The display also has Dragontrail Glass protection. It is powered by a 1.3GHz quad-core MediaTek MT6582M processor and runs on Android 5.0 (Lollipop). Continue reading “Xolo Cube 5.0 with 5-inch HD display, Android 5.0 launched for Rs. 7999”

Samsung Galaxy Grand Max price drops to Rs. 12990, available for Rs. 11990 today

Samsung Galaxy Grand Max

Samsung launched the Galaxy Grand Max smartphone in India for Rs. 15990. It has received a price cut of Rs. 3000 and is available for Rs. 12,990. As a promotional offer, it will be available on Snapdeal for Rs. 11,990 only for today. Continue reading “Samsung Galaxy Grand Max price drops to Rs. 12990, available for Rs. 11990 today”

LINE’s Popcorn Buzz group calling app launched for iPhone

LINE Popcorn Buzz for iPhone

LINE Corporation launched Popcorn Buzz, a group calling app for Android earlier this month. Now the company has launched the app for iPhone users. The free app allows up to 200 participants to simultaneously converse. You can start using Popcorn Buzz simply by choosing a username and uploading a profile picture. Once set up, you can create a group and send each group call’s unique URL via email, text message, other apps.

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HP Pro Tablet 608 with 8-inch (2048 × 1536) display, Windows 10 announced

HP Pro Tablet 608 G1

HP has introduced HP Pro Tablet 608 G1, the company first commercial tablet with Windows 10 pre-installed. It has a 8-inch (2048 × 1536 pixels) 4:3 display with Corning Gorilla Glass 4 protection, is powered by a quad-core Intel Atom x5-Z8500 processor with Intel HD graphics and is targeted at business users. Continue reading “HP Pro Tablet 608 with 8-inch (2048 × 1536) display, Windows 10 announced”

LG G4 officially launched in India for Rs. 51000

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LG has officially launched the G4, the company’s latest flagship smartphone in India. It packs a 5.5-inch (2560 x 1440 pixels) Quad HD Quantum display, is powered by a 1.8 GHz hexa-core Qualcomm Snapdragon 808 processor and runs on Android 5.1 (Lollipop) with LG UX 4.0. It has a 16-megapixel rear camera with LED flash, Laser AF for fast focus, Manual mode with RAW image capture, OIS 2.0 and a 8-megapixel front-facing camera. Continue reading “LG G4 officially launched in India for Rs. 51000”