ZTE nubia Z11 Max with 6-inch 1080p display, 4000mAh battery to be announced on June 7

ZTE nubia Z11 Max launch invite

ZTE is all set to introduce the nubia Z11 Max, the high-end version of the nubia Z11 mini that was introduced last month. The company has sent invite for the launch event on June 7th in China and the invite features its latest brand ambassador Cristiano Ronaldo. We already know the specifications of the smartphone since it recently got certified by TENAA.

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Alcatel Pop Star with 5-inch HD display, 4G LTE launched in India for Rs. 6999

Alcatel Pop Star

Alcatel has launched Pop Star, the company’s latest budget 4G smartphone in India. It has a 5-inch HD display, is powered by 1GHz quad-core 64-bit MediaTek processor and runs on Android 5.1 Lollipop. It has a 8-megapixel rear camera with LED flash and a 5-megapixel front-facing camera.  It has dual SIM support and comes with 4G LTE connectivity. Continue reading “Alcatel Pop Star with 5-inch HD display, 4G LTE launched in India for Rs. 6999”

Asus launches new Zenfone Max with Snapdragon 615, Android 6.0 starting at Rs. 9999

Asus Zenfone Max

Asus has launched new variants of Zenfone Max that was launched earlier this year. This is powered by an Octa-Core Snapdragon 615 SoC, comes in 2GB and 3GB RAM variant and runs Android 6.0 (Marshmallow). The internal storage has also been increased to 32GB. Other specifications such as the 5000mAh battery, 5.5-inch HD display and 13-megapixel rear camera with dual-tone flash and Laser auto focus for quick focus, are the same. Continue reading “Asus launches new Zenfone Max with Snapdragon 615, Android 6.0 starting at Rs. 9999”

ZUK Z2 announcement set for May 31, images and specifications surface

ZUK Z2

After the launch of ZUK Z2 Pro, Lenovo’s ZUK is all set to introduce the ZUK Z2, a smaller and affordable version of the phone at an event in China on May 31st. ZUK CEO Chang Cheng already shared an image of the smartphone and also confirmed that it will be powered by Samsung Exynos 8 Octa 8890 14nm 64-bit processor that powers the Galaxy S7 series. Now the invite shows Qualcomm Snapdragon SoC, so there are chances that it might come in two variants. Continue reading “ZUK Z2 announcement set for May 31, images and specifications surface”

Moto G4 Plus Benchmarks

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Moto G4 Plus, the company’s latest smartphone in the G series was launched in India recently starting at Rs. 13,499, exclusively on Amazon.in. We already brought you the unboxing and photo gallery of the smartphone, here we have the benchmarks.

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Project Ara Developer edition, OnePlus 3 camera sample surfaces and more – FoneArena Daily

Google Project Ara Developer Edition

Check out the new FoneArena Daily video that gives you a quick roundup of today’s technology news. Continue reading “Project Ara Developer edition, OnePlus 3 camera sample surfaces and more – FoneArena Daily”

Samsung Galaxy J7 (2016) Benchmarks

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Samsung launched the J7 (2016) smartphone in India at Rs. 15,990. We already brought you the unboxing of the smartphone, here we have its benchmarks. It is powered by an Octa-Core Exynos 7870 14nm 64-bit processor that has eight ARM Cortex A53 cores clocked at 1.59GHz per core. It has Mali-830 GPU, 2GB of RAM, 5.5-inch 720p AMOLED screen and runs on Android 6.0 (Marshmallow). Check out the synthetic benchmark scores below.

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Google shows LG smartwatch and JBL speakers with Project Soli radar-based gesture control

Google LG Smartwatch Project Soli

Google’s Advanced Technology and Projects (ATAP) division announced Project Soli, a radar-based gesture control technology at the I/O developer conference last year. Last year’s development kit was huge to use it in smaller devices such as smartwatches. So Google’s ATAP team with Infineon redesigned the chip to make it 3 times smaller and also reduce power consumption by 22 times, down from 1.2W to 0.054W. The footprint is now also 3x smaller.

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Google Project Ara Developer Edition coming in Q4 2016, consumer version in 2017

Google Project Ara Developer Edition

Google’s Advanced Technology and Projects division (ATAP) announced at the Google I/O that it will release the developer version of the  Project Ara modular smartphone in the fall of 2016. This will replace the Spiral 2 dev kit that was showcased last year. The consumer version of the Project Ara is further delayed and will only be available in 2017.

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Levi and Google introduce smart commuter jacket powered by Project Jacquard

Levi Commuter x Jacquard Google Trucker Jacket

Levi and Google’s Advanced Technology and Projects (ATAP) have partnered to introduce its latest wearable technology – the Levi’s Commuter x Jacquard by Google Trucker Jacket at the Google I/O 2016. It is based on Google’s Project Jacquard that was announced at the I/O developer conference last year.

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LG G5 now available for pre-order in India from Flipkart for Rs. 52990

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Yesterday LG announced that it will begin pre-orders for the flagship LG G5 smartphone in India starting today. Now the phone is available on pre-order exclusively on Flipkart for Rs. 52,990. Customers who pre-book the phone till May 30, 2016 will get a free LG Cam Plus companion device. After pre-order you can head to LG India website to fill the form providing your details and the invoice copy to redeem the free LG Cam Plus.

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Micromax Bolt Supreme and Bolt Supreme 2 launched for Rs. 2749 and Rs. 2999

Micromax Bolt Supreme 2

Micromax has launched Bolt Supreme and Bolt Supreme 2, two new budget 3G smartphones with quad-core SoCs. The Bolt Supreme has a 3.5-inch HVGA display and the Bolt Supreme 2 has a 3.9-inch WVGA screen. Both the phones have a 2-megapixel rear camera with LED flash and a VGA front-facing camera. These also have dual SIM support. Continue reading “Micromax Bolt Supreme and Bolt Supreme 2 launched for Rs. 2749 and Rs. 2999”

Xiaomi 10000 mAh Mi Powerbank Pro with USB Type-C Unboxing

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Xiaomi introduced the 10000mAh Mi Powerbank Pro in China earlier this year. We managed to get one from China and unboxed it recently, check out the unboxing video.

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Intex Aqua Secure with fingerprint sensor, 4G VoLTE launched for Rs. 6499

Intex Aqua Secure

Intex has launched Aqua Secure, the company’s first smartphone with a fingerprint sensor. It also has 4G LTE support with VoLTE. It has a 4.5-inch FWVGA display, is powered by a MediaTek MT6735M SoC and runs on Android 5.1 (Lollipop). It has a 5-megapixel rear camera with dual LED flash and a 2-megapixel front-facing camera. It also has a USB Type-C port and comes with dual SIM support. Continue reading “Intex Aqua Secure with fingerprint sensor, 4G VoLTE launched for Rs. 6499”