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Coolpad Max with 5.5-inch 1080p display, 4GB RAM, metal body launched for Rs. 24999

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Coolpad has launched Coolpad Max, the company’s flagship smartphone in India, as it had promised. It has a 5.2-inch 1080p IPS 2.5D Curved display with Corning Gorilla Glass 4 protection, is powered by an Octa-Core Snapdragon 617 processor and runs on Android 5.1 (Lollipop) with Cool UI 8.0 on top. It has a 13-megapixel rear camera with phase-detection auto-focus (PDAF) for quick focus and a 5-megapixel front-facing camera. Continue reading “Coolpad Max with 5.5-inch 1080p display, 4GB RAM, metal body launched for Rs. 24999”

Xiaomi Drone launch event scheduled for May 25

Xiaomi Mi Drone

Xiaomi has scheduled an online UAV launch event on May 25th where it will release it’s first Drone. The drone is expected to have a camera capable of recording videos at 4K resolution at 30 fps. It is not clear if the Drone would have advanced features present in high-end drones from DJI or other makers.

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Google Play Store and Android apps coming to Chromebooks starting mid-June

Google Play Store Android apps Chromebook

Google already confirmed that Google Play Store and Android apps will be coming to Chromebooks. Now it has announced that the Google Play Store that will let you download and use Android apps that run on phones and tablets can run on select Chromebooks from June. Continue reading “Google Play Store and Android apps coming to Chromebooks starting mid-June”

Samsung Galaxy J5 (2016) Unboxing

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Samsung launched the Galaxy J5 (2016) and Galaxy J7 (2016) smartphones in the new J series last week. We already brought you the hands-on impressions, here we have the unboxing of the Galaxy J5 (2016). Check out the unboxing video. Continue reading “Samsung Galaxy J5 (2016) Unboxing”

Nextbit Robin launching next week, Xiaomi Mi 4K Android TV Box announced – FoneArena Daily

Xiaomi Mi Box Android TV Remote

Check out the new FoneArena Daily video that gives you a quick roundup of today’s technology news. Continue reading “Nextbit Robin launching next week, Xiaomi Mi 4K Android TV Box announced – FoneArena Daily”

Samsung Galaxy C5 with 5.2-inch 1080p display, 4GB RAM, slim metal body gets certified

Samsung Galaxy C5

Samsung is all set to introduce its Galaxy C series smartphones at an event in China on May 26th. Today the smartphone has been certified by TENAA in China that confirms 6.7mm slim metal body.  The phone has a large 16-megapixel camera sensor that clearly shows the protruded part.

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Nextbit Robin launching in India on May 25

Nextbit Robin_fonearena

Nextbit just sent out invites for the launch of Robin, its “cloud first” Android smartphone in India on May 25th. It finally received regulatory approval from the government earlier this month and also started shipping for Kickstarter backers in the country. Tom Moss, CEO and Co-Founder of Nextbit and Shankar Parasaram, Head of India Operations will be present at the event.

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Smartron t.phone with 5.5-inch 1080p display, 4GB RAM, Android 6.0 launched for Rs. 22999

smartron t.phone

Smartron has launched t.phone at an event in Hyderabad as it had promised. It has a 5.5-inch 1080p AMOLED display with Corning Gorilla 3 protection, is powered by an Octa-Core Snapdragon 810 processor and runs on Android 6.0 (Marshmallow). It has a 13-megapixel rear camera with dual-tone LED flash, phase-detection auto-focus (PDAF) and a 4MP front-facing camera. Continue reading “Smartron t.phone with 5.5-inch 1080p display, 4GB RAM, Android 6.0 launched for Rs. 22999”

Google Play Store beta tests, app discovery improved; Play Console and Playbook apps released

Google Play store beta tests and app discovery

Google at the I/O 2016 announced that Google Play now has over 1 billion monthly active users and Play users installed apps 65 billion times last year. It also announced improvements to beta tests and app discovery on Google Play and also released two new apps – Playbook and Play Developer console for developers.

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HTC confirms Android N for HTC 10, One A9 and One M9

Android N for HTC 10, One A9, One M9

HTC has become the first smartphone OEM to confirm upcoming Android N update for some of their smartphones. During the Google I/O, HTC has tweeted that it will roll out Android N update for HTC 10, One A9 and One M9 smartphones, which will be the first set of devices to get the update. Continue reading “HTC confirms Android N for HTC 10, One A9 and One M9”

Xiaomi Mi Box 4K Android TV box announced, coming soon to the US

Xiaomi Mi Box Android TV Remote

Xiaomi has announced Mi Box, its new 4K box powered by Android TV. Xiaomi is also one of Google’s first Android partners for making Daydream-ready devices, Google VP Clay Bavor announced at the Google I/O conference keynote few hours back. It also comes bundled with Bluetooth voice remote that supports voice search and commands and has optional Mi Game Controller that also connects to other Android devices other than the Mi Box. Continue reading “Xiaomi Mi Box 4K Android TV box announced, coming soon to the US”

Android N Developer Preview 3 with automatic background updates, VR Mode released

Android N_fonearena

Google has released developer preview 3 images for Android ‘N’, the next major Android for compatible Nexus devices, a month after the release of developer preview 2. This update brings several new features, including seamless updates that lets Android devices built on N install system updates in the background, similar to Chromebooks.

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Google Assistant unveiled – two-way conversational assistant for your devices

Google Assistant

Google announced Assistant to control smartphones, smartwatches and other devices such as Chromecast, at the Google I/O. It can reply to your questions, similar to Google Now, but in a conversational manner get things done in a better way. It is an ambient experience that will work seamlessly across devices and contexts. “It builds on all our years of investment in deeply understanding users’ questions,” said the company.

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Samsung Galaxy C series smartphones to be announced on May 26

Samsung Galaxy C Series launch invite

Samsung has sent out invites for the launch the new ‘Galaxy C’ series on May 26th.  According to earlier rumors, the Samsung Galaxy C-Series smartphones are expected to come with a metal body, pack 4GB of RAM, 16MP rear camera, 8MP front-facing camera and a fingerprint sensor. Continue reading “Samsung Galaxy C series smartphones to be announced on May 26”

YU YUNICORN launch postponed to May 31

YU YUNICORN launch invite

After teasing the launch of a new flagship smartphone this month, YU sent out invites for the launch its YUNICORN smartphone on May 19th, now the company postponed the event to May 31st since tomorrow is vote counting day for assembly elections in five states. The same thing happened for the YUTOPIA launch. It was supposed to launch on  December 7th, 2015 but it was postponed to  December 17th. Continue reading “YU YUNICORN launch postponed to May 31”