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Gionee Marathon M5 Plus with fingerprint sensor, 5020mAh battery launched for Rs. 26999

Gionee Marathon M5 Plus

Gionee has launched Marathon M5 Plus, its latest smartphone in the M series with a 5020mAh battery in India. It has a 6-inch 1080p Super AMOLED 2.5D curved glass display with 77.5% screen-to-body ratio, is powered by a octa-core MediaTek MT6753 64-bit processor, has 4G LTE connectivity, unibody metal build and also has a fingerprint sensor built into the home button that can unlock the phone in just 0.38 seconds. Continue reading “Gionee Marathon M5 Plus with fingerprint sensor, 5020mAh battery launched for Rs. 26999”

Motorola Moto 360 Sport launched in India for Rs. 19999

Moto 360 Sport

Motorola introduced the Moto 360 (2nd Gen.) and Moto 360 Sport back in September at the IFA. It only launched the  Moto 360 (2nd Gen.)  in India last December, now it has finally launched the Moto 360 Sport in India. The Sport version of the Moto 360 has built-in GPS that works seamlessly with Moto Body to track your distance traveled, pace, lap times and more. It can also work with Android fitness apps. Continue reading “Motorola Moto 360 Sport launched in India for Rs. 19999”

Apple records 56% growth in iPhone sales YoY in India in FY Q2 2016

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Apple today reports its earnings for the financial year Q2 2016. Even though Apple sold only 51.2 million iPhones in the quarter compared to 61.2 million in the year-ago quarter, down 16%, during the conference call Apple CEO said that iPhone is still attracting millions of first-time smartphone buyers each quarter, especially from emerging markets. He also said that iPhone sales were up 56% in India from a year ago. Continue reading “Apple records 56% growth in iPhone sales YoY in India in FY Q2 2016”

Apple reports first quarterly revenue drop in 13 years, 51.2 million iPhones sold in FY Q2 2016

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Apple has reported revenue of $50.6 billion with a net profit of $10.5 billion in their earnings for the financial year Q2 2016 that ended March 26, 2015. Revenues were down 13% year-over-year and quarterly profit fell 22.5% as revenue declined for the first time since 2003. Sales were down across all the categories. Apple sold 51.2 million iPhones in the quarter compared to 61.2 million in the year-ago quarter, a decline of 16%. Continue reading “Apple reports first quarterly revenue drop in 13 years, 51.2 million iPhones sold in FY Q2 2016”

HTC One S9 with 5-inch 1080p display, Helio X10, metal body, Android 6.0 announced

HTC One S9

HTC has introduced One S9 in Germany, which has a similar design as the M9s that was introduced last year in China. It packs a 5-inch 1080p display, is powered by an 2.2GHz Octa-Core MediaTek Helio X10 (MT6795T) Octa-Core 64-bit processor and runs on Android 6.0 (Marshmallow) with HTC Sense UI on top. Continue reading “HTC One S9 with 5-inch 1080p display, Helio X10, metal body, Android 6.0 announced”

OnePlus 3 with 5-inch 1080p display, 6GB RAM, Snapdragon 820 surfaces in benchmarks

OnePlus 3 (A3000) with 1080p display, Snapdragon 820, 4GB of RAM and 16MP camera showed up on AnTuTu last month. Now the smartphone has surfaced on Geekbench that reveals a 6GB RAM variant and also reveals a 5-inch 1080p screen for the smartphone. Continue reading “OnePlus 3 with 5-inch 1080p display, 6GB RAM, Snapdragon 820 surfaces in benchmarks”

Meizu m3 note with 5.5-inch 1080p display, 4100mAh battery launching in India on May 11

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Meizu announced m3 note smartphone in China earlier this month. Today the company sent out invites for the launch of the smartphone in India, as it had promised at the launch event. The invite just  says “Long Lasting Beauty is soon to become a reality” along with the lanuch date of 11th May 2016 clearly hinting about the smartphone Continue reading “Meizu m3 note with 5.5-inch 1080p display, 4100mAh battery launching in India on May 11”

Lenovo Vibe S1 gets a price cut in India, now available for Rs. 12999

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Lenovo launched the Vibe S1 smartphone with dual selfie cameras in India for Rs. 15,999 back in November last year. The smartphone has received priced cut in the country and is available for Rs. 12,999.  The 8-megapixel front-facing camera, along with the secondary 2-megapixel camera offers crisp images and advanced depth of field, including background blur, background swap and improved low-light results. Continue reading “Lenovo Vibe S1 gets a price cut in India, now available for Rs. 12999”

Nokia to buy digital health firm Withings for $191 million

Withings

Nokia today announced that it will acquire Withings, popular for its digital health products and services, for 170 million euros ($191 million) in cash. “The combination of innovative products from Withings and the Digital Health business will also ensure the ongoing renewal of Nokia Technologies’ world class IPR portfolio,” said the company.

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Microsoft Word Flow Keyboard for iPhone with Arc one-handed typing mode released

Microsoft Word Flow

Microsoft has released its Word Flow Keyboard for iPhone users as a part of its Garage project, as it had promised earlier this year, after the closed beta. It has several customization options, including Arc mode for easy, ergonomic one-handed typing using left or right hand. It currently supports only English, but it will add more languages in the future and also get more themes. Continue reading “Microsoft Word Flow Keyboard for iPhone with Arc one-handed typing mode released”

Philips SpeechAir Android-powered smart voice recorder with 360-degree microphone announced

Philips SpeechAir

Philips recently introduced SpeechAir, its new voice recorder powered by Android Kitkat developed by Speech Processing Solutions. It has three microphone, a 360° microphone for recording dictations and meetings, a directional microphone for speech recognition, specifically designed for ambient-sound environment and a MEMS microphone for taking VoIP phone calls. Continue reading “Philips SpeechAir Android-powered smart voice recorder with 360-degree microphone announced”

Gmail 6.4 for Android brings Microsoft Exchange support for all

Gmail 6.4 for Android Exchange

Google has updated Gmail app for Android to version 6.4 that finally brings for Microsoft Exchange accounts for all the users. Gmail 5.0 for Android brought support for Exchange accounts back in November 2014, but it was available only for Nexus, Google Play edition and Android One devices. Continue reading “Gmail 6.4 for Android brings Microsoft Exchange support for all”

Swipe Elite Note with 5.5-inch HD display, 3GB RAM, 4G LTE launched for Rs. 7999

Swipe Elite Note

Swipe Technologies has launched Elite Note, the company’s latest smartphone. It has a 5.5-inch HD display, is powered by 1.3 GHz quad-core MediaTek processor and runs on Android 5.0 (Lollipop) with Swipe’s own Freedom OS on top. It has a 13-megapixel rear camera with LED flash and a 5-megapixel front-facing camera. It has dual SIM support and 4G connectivity. Continue reading “Swipe Elite Note with 5.5-inch HD display, 3GB RAM, 4G LTE launched for Rs. 7999”

Moto G Turbo Virat Kohli edition with Virat FanBox app launched in India

Virat FanBox launch

PrivyPlex, a Singapore-based start-up developing solutions for global celebrities to engage better with their fans has partnered is with Indian Cricketer Virat Kohli to launch Virat FanBox. It is a bundle that includes a customized version of Motorola Moto G Turbo edition smartphone with Virat emblem on the back, a welcome note from Virat, a miniature bat signed by him and also comes pre-loaded with the FanBox app along with one-year membership to the fan club. Continue reading “Moto G Turbo Virat Kohli edition with Virat FanBox app launched in India”