ZTE introduced the Axon 7 smartphone in China last month. Today it has started taking pre-orders for the smartphone in several European countries – France, Germany, Italy, Spain and the United Kingdom. Europe gets only the 4GB of RAM with 64GB storage variant, unlike China that also has a 4GB RAM with 128GB storage version and a 6GB RAM with 128GB storage variant with force touch. Continue reading “ZTE Axon 7 with 5.5-inch Quad HD display, Snapdragon 820 starts rolling out in Europe”
LG has introduced VPInput, a new app for G4, G5 and V10 users that would let them access the smartphones from their PC. This requires the VPInput app on the phone and LG VPInput PC Program for Windows or Mac and uses Bluetooth to connect both. Unlike laptops, most of the desktop PCs don’t have Bluetooth support so you might need to get a Bluetooth dongle if you need to use this on your phone. Continue reading “LG VPInput app lets you control G4, G5 and V10 from your PC”
Wileyfox, a smartphone brand based in the UK has introduced Spark, Spark+ and Spark X, its latest smartphones running on the Cyanogen OS 13 based on Android 6.0 (Marshmallow) in the new Spark series. These have a 720p screen, are powered by a Quad-Core MediaTek MT6735 SoC, pack a 8-megapixel front camera, and come with dual SIM support along with 4G LTE connectivity. Continue reading “Wileyfox Spark, Spark+ and Spark X with Cyanogen OS 13, 4G LTE announced”
ZTE has announced nubia Z11, it’s latest high-end smartphone in the nubia series in China, as it had promised. It packs a 5.5-inch 1080p 2.5D curved glass bezel-less display with 81% screen-to-body ratio, is powered by a quad-core Snapdragon 820 SoC, runs on Android 6.0 (Marshmallow) with nubia UI 4.0, has a 16-megapixel rear camera with dual-tone LED flash, phase-detection auto-focus (PDAF), Optical Image Stabilization (OIS) and a 8-megapixel front-facing camera. Continue reading “ZTE nubia Z11 with 5.5-inch 1080p bezel-less display, Snapdragon 820, 6GB RAM announced”
Motorola has started rolling out a new over-the-air (OTA) update for the Snapdragon 615-powered Moto X Play smartphone in India that adds VoLTE (Voice Over LTE) support for Reliance Jio users. The latest Moto G4 and Moto G4 Plus smartphones have the VoLTE feature built-in. Continue reading “Moto X Play OTA update adds support for Reliance Jio VoLTE in India”
Google Expeditions, a virtual reality teaching tool built with Google Cardboard was introduced for educational purposes through Expeditions Pioneer Program, back in September last year. Google has now made the Expeditions app available to all the Android users. The company said that more than a million students from 11 countries have taken one of 200+ virtual reality trips. Continue reading “Google Expeditions VR Android app now available to everyone, coming soon to iPhone and iPad”
Samsung introduced the Galaxy Folder, a clam-shell phone back in 2013. Last year it refreshed the series by launching a new Galaxy Folder Android flip phone in Korea. Samsung Galaxy Folder 2 (SM- G1600) appeared on zauba import listing earlier this month that showed that Samsung is testing the phone. Now the phone has appeared on GFXBench listing that reveals most of the specifications of the smartphone. Continue reading “Samsung Galaxy Folder 2 Android flip phone with Snapdragon 425 surfaces in benchmarks”
Google has launched Android Pay in Singapore, which becomes the first country in Asia and the third country in the world to get the service after the U.S. and UK. Continue reading “Google launches Android Pay in Asia starting from Singapore”
Huawei’s Honor brand launched the Honor 5C smartphone in India recently. We already brought you the hands-on impressions of the smartphone, here we have the battery life test of the phone. The Honor 5C packs a 3000mAh built-in battery, has a 5.2-inch 1080p screen, is powered by an Octa-Core Kirin 650 16nm processor and runs on Android 6.0 (Marshmallow). Check out the test results below. Continue reading “Honor 5C Battery Life Test”
Micromax has launched Canvas Unite 4 and Canvas Unite 4 Pro, two new smartphones in the Canvas Unite series that have Indus OS 2.0 with support for 12 regional languages and text-to-speech in 6 Indian languages – Hindi, Tamil, Malayalam, Marathi, Bengali and Telugu. This works on text on browser, WhatsApp and SMS that lets you talk, type, and text in native language. Both these have a 5-inch HD screen, pack a 8-megapixel rear camera with LED flash, 5-megapixel front-facing camera, fingerprint sensor and come with 4G LTE connectivity. Continue reading “Micromax Canvas Unite 4 and Canvas Unite 4 Pro launched for Rs. 6999 and Rs. 7499”
Reliance Retail has launched Lyf Earth 2, successor of the Earth 1 that was launched earlier this year. It has a 5-inch 1080p screen with 2.5D curved glass display, 72.1% screen-to-body ratio, is powered by an Octa-Core Snapdragon 615 SoC and runs on Android 5.1.1 (Lollipop). It has a 13-megapixel rear camera with LED flash, Laser autofocus and has a 13-megapixel front-facing camera, phase-detection auto-focus (PDAF) for quick focus in 0.1 seconds and LED flash. It also lets you use voice commands for capturing selfies, switching between front and rear cameras and more. Continue reading “Lyf Earth 2 with 5-inch 1080p display, fingerprint sensor, 4G VoLTE launched for Rs. 21599”
Reliance Retail has launched Lyf Flame 5, the company’s latest budget 4G smartphone with VoLTE in the Flame, after launching the Lyf Flame 6 smartphone earlier this month. It has a 4-inch WVGA screen, is powered by a 1.5GHz quad-core processor, runs on Android 5.1 (Lollipop) and has a 2-megapixel front-facing camera, similar to the Lyf Flame 6, but this has a 5-megapixel auto focus rear camera with LED flash. Continue reading “Lyf Flame 5 with 4-inch display, 4G VoLTE launched for Rs. 3999”
Microsoft has announced that it will stop making Surface 3 tablets by the end of 2016, after some reports that several retailers have stopped selling the tablet. The Intel Atom-powered tablet was announced back in March last year as the affordable variant of the Surface Pro 3, starting at $499. Continue reading “Microsoft Surface 3 production will stop by December 2016”
Asus launched the new Zenfone Max smartphone in India last month starting at Rs. 9,999. We already brought you the unboxing of the smartphone, here we have its benchmarks. It is powered by an Octa-Core Qualcomm Snapdragon 615 64-bit processor that has four ARM Cortex A53 cores clocked at 1.50 GHz per core and other four Cortex A53 cores are clocked at 1.21 GHz per core. It has Adreno 405 GPU clocked at 550 MHz, packs 2/3GB of RAM depending on the variant, has a 5.5-inch HD screen and runs on Android 6.0 (Marshmallow) with Zen UI 2.0 . Check out the synthetic benchmark scores below. Continue reading “Asus Zenfone Max Benchmarks – Snapdragon 615”
Last month Korean media reported that Samsung will name its next flagship Note smartphone as Galaxy Note7 and not Galaxy Note6 to eliminate inconsistencies when it comes to branding its products like the Galaxy S7 and S7 edge. Now @evleaks backs earlier rumor. Just like the Note5, there is no space between the Note and the 7, reveals the logo. Continue reading “Samsung Galaxy Note7 confirmed again by new report”
