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UltraProlink FlipIT micro USB cable is reversible at both ends, available for Rs. 299

UltraProlink FlipIT

UltraProlink, popular for its accessories has launched FlipIT micro USB cable that it reversible at both ends – the micro USB at android device and the USB at source. It is a first of its kind charge n sync USB cable with an intelligent design for Android devices, says the company. Even in USB Type-C cable and Apple lightning cable, the other USB end is not reversible. It has a 1.5m cord in black color. Continue reading “UltraProlink FlipIT micro USB cable is reversible at both ends, available for Rs. 299”

Ultimate Ears launches UE BOOM 2 waterproof 360-degree Bluetooth speaker for Rs. 15995

Ultimate Ears UE BOOM 2

Ultimate Ears, a brand of Logitech has launched UE BOOM 2, successor of the UE BOOM in India. UE BOOM 2 is 25% louder with a longer wireless range of 100-feet, has a completely waterproof design, promises 15-hours of battery life and has a new and innovative tap control that allows you to skip songs, without needing to have your phone in-hand.  Continue reading “Ultimate Ears launches UE BOOM 2 waterproof 360-degree Bluetooth speaker for Rs. 15995”

Xiaomi Mi Max teaser image shows off its slim metal body, surfaces on TENAA

Xiaomi Mi Max

Xiaomi Mi Max, the company’s upcoming phablet with a 6.4-inch display has been teased in an official image by the CEO Lei Jun on weibo. It shows the metal body of the smartphone, similar to the Redmi Note 3, but it is not very slim. The volume rockers and the power button are present on the right side. It has also appeared on TENAA that shows the curved glass screen on the front, fingerprint sensor on the back and dual-tone LED flash. Continue reading “Xiaomi Mi Max teaser image shows off its slim metal body, surfaces on TENAA”

OnePlus 3 pricing tipped, could pack 3500mAh battery

OnePlus 3 leak

Specifications of the OnePlus 3, the company’s upcoming flagship smartphone codenamed Rain had surfaced AnTuTu, GFXBench and Geekbench recently. Now reports from China say that it could pack 3500mAh battery and another report claims that it could come with OPPO’s VOOC Flash charge support, even though the phone is expected to come with Snapdragon 820 SoC with support for Qualcomm Quick Charge 3.0. Continue reading “OnePlus 3 pricing tipped, could pack 3500mAh battery”

Google Play carrier billing officially launched for Idea customers in India

Google Play Idea carrier billing

After several reports, Google has finally launched carrier billing for its Google Play Store in India officially, starting with Idea Cellular. This lets you pay for apps, games, and books on Google Play directly from your pre-paid or post-paid account. “If you have chosen a post-paid plan you will see your purchases on your billing statements labelled easily under Google Play purchases,” said Google. Continue reading “Google Play carrier billing officially launched for Idea customers in India”

LeEco LeMe Bluetooth headphones and earphones available through LeMall online store in India

LeEco LeMe Bluetooth headphones

LeEco has silently started selling new accessories – Leme Bluetooth Headphones, All-Metal Earphones and Reverse In-Ear Headphones on its LeMall online store in India. These products are sold by Rolex Logistics Pvt Ltd. Xiaomi started its Mi Store in India the same way by selling accessories first and later started selling its smartphones through the store. Continue reading “LeEco LeMe Bluetooth headphones and earphones available through LeMall online store in India”

Huawei G9 Lite with 3GB RAM, fingerprint sensor and M2 7.0 tablet announced

Huawei G9 Lite

Huawei today announced G9 Lite and M2 7.0, two new devices in China. The G9 Lite packs a  5.2-inch 1080p display with 76.4% screen-to-body ratio, is powered by an Octa-Core Kirin 650 16nm SoC or Snapragon 617 SoC depending on carrier variant, runs on Android 6.0 (Marshmallow) with EMUI 4.1 on top, has a 13-megapixel rear camera with LED flash, 8-megapixel front-facing camera and also has a fingerprint sensor on the back. Continue reading “Huawei G9 Lite with 3GB RAM, fingerprint sensor and M2 7.0 tablet announced”

Micromax Canvas Lapbook L1160 Windows 10 laptop launched for Rs. 10499

Micromax Lapbook L1160

Micromax has launched Canvas Lapbook L1160 with quad-core Intel Atom processor and Windows 10, in partnership with Intel and Microsoft. It has a 11.6-inch (1366 x 768 pixels) display and it is the company’s second laptop, after the Canvas Lapbook L1161 that was launched back in October last year. It doesn’t have built-in 3G SIM support like the previous Lapbook. Continue reading “Micromax Canvas Lapbook L1160 Windows 10 laptop launched for Rs. 10499”

Lenovo Z1 with Cyanogen OS launching in India on May 10

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Lenovo today announced that the Z1 smartphone powered by ZUK will launch in India on May 10th. It will be a crowd sourced launch that will allow its fans to launch the phone. The smartphone was introduced as ZUK Z1 back in August last year. Continue reading “Lenovo Z1 with Cyanogen OS launching in India on May 10”

YU teases launch of new flagship smartphone this May

YU May 2016 flagship teaser

YU has released the first teaser for the launch of a new flagship smartphone later this month. The teaser shows that the company’s CEO Rahul Sharma breaking a model of a ship with a hammer. The CEO says that this hints that the smartphone will break other flagships. The company launched YUTOPIA, it’s current flagship back in December last year at a price of Rs. 24999.

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Micromax Canvas 6 with 3GB RAM, metal body, fingerprint sensor up for pre-order

Micromax Canvas 6 b

Micromax launched the Canvas 6 smartphone in India last month. Now the smartphone is available for pre-order from the official online store. It packs a 5.5-inch 1080p display, is powered by an Octa-Core Mediatek MT6753 processor, runs on Android 5.1 (Lollipop) with Around UI and has a fingerprint sensor on the back. Continue reading “Micromax Canvas 6 with 3GB RAM, metal body, fingerprint sensor up for pre-order”

Seagate Backup Plus Ultra Slim 1TB and 2TB portable drives launched starting at Rs. 5699

Seagate Backup Plus

Seagate Technology has launched  Seagate Backup Plus Ultra Slim, the world’s thinnest 2TB mobile hard drive. It is also available in 1TB version and also includes 200GB of Microsoft OneDrive cloud storage and Lyve software compatibility that lets users back up, access and share their files from any device or location. Continue reading “Seagate Backup Plus Ultra Slim 1TB and 2TB portable drives launched starting at Rs. 5699”

Nextbit Robin gets a $100 limited period price cut, available on Amazon in the US for $299

Nextbit Robin price cut

Nexbit announced the Robin, its “cloud first” Android smartphone back in September last year for $399 through Kickstarter. It was available for $299 for the first 1,000 early Kickstarter backers. Later was released in the US through Amazon at a price of $399. Now Amazon is running an offer from May 4th through May 10th that lets you get the phone at the original Kickstarter early adopter price of $299. Continue reading “Nextbit Robin gets a $100 limited period price cut, available on Amazon in the US for $299”

Xiaomi Mi Band 2 launch delayed by a month confirms CEO Lei Jun

Xiaomi Mi band 2-1

Xiaomi Mi Band 2 with a display was teased by the company’s co-founder and CEO Lei Jun last week. Now he has shared on weibo that the release of Mi Band 2 will be delayed by a month since the production is not complete to launch it this month. The Mi Band 2 was expected to be announced along with the Mi Max and MIUI 8 at an event in Beijing on May 10th, which is next Tuesday. Continue reading “Xiaomi Mi Band 2 launch delayed by a month confirms CEO Lei Jun”