Author: Srivatsan Sridhar

Srivatsan Sridhar is a Mobile Technology Enthusiast who is passionate about Mobile phones and Mobile apps. He uses the phones he reviews as his main phone. You can follow him on Twitter and Instagram

Microsoft Surface Pro 4 launched in India starting at Rs. 89990

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Microsoft has launched the Surface Pro 4, its latest 2 in 1 in India, as it promised last week. The Surface Pro 4 packs a 12.3-inch (2160×1440 pixels) display with 267PPI and has new display technology that Microsoft is calling PixelGlass that has 1024 different pressure sensitivity levels, is powered by latest Intel Skylake processors, runs the latest Windows 10, has an 8-megapixel camera at the back and a 5-megapixel camera at the front. Continue reading “Microsoft Surface Pro 4 launched in India starting at Rs. 89990”

Microsoft Lumia 650 with 5-inch HD display, Wireless charging live image surfaces, specs confirmed

Microsoft Lumia 650 leak

Renders of the Microsoft Lumia 650 smartphone codenamed Saana surfaced back in October, later the smartphone appeared in White color in China, now VentureBeat has posted an image of the upcoming smartphone along with its specifications. Even though it has a slightly larger 5-inch HD display, it will be powered by the same Snapdragon 210 SoC and pack 1GB of RAM, similar to the Lumia 550, says the report. Continue reading “Microsoft Lumia 650 with 5-inch HD display, Wireless charging live image surfaces, specs confirmed”

HTC introduces Pink One A9 in Taiwan

HTC One A9 Pink

HTC One A9 was introduced back in October last year in 4 colors – Carbon Gray, Opal Silver, Topaz Gold and Deep Garnet, even though it was leaked in additional Acid Gold and Cast Iron color variants earlier. Now the Taiwanese company has introduced Pink variant of the HTC One A9 in its home-ground. This looks similar to the Rose Gold iPhone 6s/ 6s Plus. Continue reading “HTC introduces Pink One A9 in Taiwan”

Huawei Honor 5X launching in India on January 28

Huawei Honor 5X India launch Invite

Huawei has sent out press invites for the launch of Honor 5X smartphone on January 28th. It is the successor of one of the most popular Honor 4X smartphone that was launched in India last year. The teaser image shows the smartphone’s unibody metal build, rear camera sensor and the fingerprint sensor below the camera. The teaser has a caption Faster Better Stronger to mention that it has a faster processor with more RAM, better design and a stronger metal build compared to its predecessor, the Honor 4X. Continue reading “Huawei Honor 5X launching in India on January 28”

TP-LINK Talon AD7200 is the world’s first 802.11ad router

TP-LINK Talon AD7200

TP-LINK today announced Talon AD7200 at the CES 2016, which becomes the first router in the world based on 802.11ad wireless technology. It delivers speeds of up to 4.6Gbps on 60GHz bands and channels at 60GHz. It uses 802.11ad and 11ac MU-MIMO solutions from Qualcomm Atheros, a subsidiary of Qualcomm Incorporated. Continue reading “TP-LINK Talon AD7200 is the world’s first 802.11ad router”

ASUS ZenFone Zoom launching in India on January 22

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Yesterday ASUS said that the camera-centric ZenFone Zoom smartphone will launch in the US next month and also said that it will be launched in India later this month, before the US launch. Today the company has sent out invites for the launch even that is scheduled on January 22nd and 23rd in Agra. It packs a 13-megapixel camera with 3X optical zoom, Laser auto focus, optical image stabilization (OIS) and dual-LED Real Tone flash. Continue reading “ASUS ZenFone Zoom launching in India on January 22”

Vodafone launches 4G LTE services in Kozhikode

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Vodafone has launched its 4G LTE services in Kozhikode (Calicut), Kerala, almost a month after launching LTE services in the country starting from Kochi. It is based on 1800MHz FDD-LTE band 3, which the company acquired last year. Its 4G service in Kozhikode is built over fibre backhaul, and is supported by its 3G services on a network of 2100 MHz. Vodafone is offering free 4G upgrade with a SIM and additional data for first three months. Continue reading “Vodafone launches 4G LTE services in Kozhikode”

OPPO F1 camera-centric smartphone launching in India on January 28

OPPO F series

Earlier this week OPPO announced that it will launch camera-centric ‘F series’ smartphones this year in India, and F1 will be the first phone in the series, which will launch this month. Today the company has sent out invites for the smartphone launch on January 28th. Continue reading “OPPO F1 camera-centric smartphone launching in India on January 28”

Sony introduces h.ear in and h.ear on wireless headphones, h.ear go wireless speaker

Sony h.ear in wireless in-ear headphones

Sony announced h.ear on and h.ear in wired noise cancelling headphones at the IFA 2015 last year. Now at the CES 2016 Sony has introduced wireless variants. The new h.ear in is behind-the neck style in-ear Bluetooth wireless headphones and the h.ear on is headband-style Bluetooth wireless headphones with Digital Noise Cancelling. It has also introduced new h.ear go wireless speaker that has NFC support.  Continue reading “Sony introduces h.ear in and h.ear on wireless headphones, h.ear go wireless speaker”

Asus Eeebook E402 and Eeebook E205SA with Windows 10 launched starting at Rs. 16990

Asus Eeebook E402

Asus today launched Eeebook E402 and Eeebook E205SA, its latest affordable notebooks in the EeeBook series running Windows 10 in India. The Eeebook E402 is an affordable 14-inch compact and lightweight notebook and the Asus Eeebook E205SA is an entry level convertible notebook that comes in 360 degree flip form factor with a sensitive touch display and USB Type-C port. Continue reading “Asus Eeebook E402 and Eeebook E205SA with Windows 10 launched starting at Rs. 16990”

ZTE Grand X3 with USB Type-C, 4G LTE and Avid Plus announced

ZTE Grand X3

ZTE today announced Grand X3 and Avid Plus, two new smartphones for the U.S. carriers at the CES 2016. The Grand X3 is a budget smartphone with 4G LTE support, USB Type-C and a huge 3,080mAh battery, while the Avid Plus is an entry-level smartphone. Both these run Android 5.1.1 (Lollpop). Check out the detailed specifications below. Continue reading “ZTE Grand X3 with USB Type-C, 4G LTE and Avid Plus announced”

Samsung Gear S2 smartwatch to get iPhone support soon

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Samsung introduced the Gear S2 series back in September last year at the IFA. Couple of weeks after the announcement there were reports that Samsung will be bringing iPhone support for the Smartwatch. Today at its CES 2016 event Samsung VP Alana Cotton announced that Gear S2 will support the iPhone later this year. Continue reading “Samsung Gear S2 smartwatch to get iPhone support soon”

Samsung Gear S2 Classic 18K Rose Gold and Platinum editions announced

Samsung Gear S2 Classic Rose Gold and Platinum

Samsung introduced the Gear S2 classic with a Black finish and a matching genuine leather band back in IFA 2015. Today at the CES 2016 the company added two new premium variants of the Gear S2 Classic, one encased in 18K Rose Gold and another in Platinum. As we already know, the Gear S2 Classic has a 1.2-inch ( 360×360 pixels) Circular Super AMOLED displays, rotating bezel and run on Tizen based wearable platform. Continue reading “Samsung Gear S2 Classic 18K Rose Gold and Platinum editions announced”

Casio WSD-F10 is the first rugged Android Wear smartwatch for the outdoors

Casio WSD-F10

Casio has announced WSD-F10, the first rugged Android Wear smartwatch at the CES 2016. Apart from water resistance up to 50 meters, this is also built to military standard specifications (MIL-STD-810G) so that it can withstand a variety of rugged activities. It has dedicated apps designed to measure changes in the natural environment and track activity levels. It has a 1.32-inch (320 x 300 pixels) dual layer display with monochrome and color LCDs. Continue reading “Casio WSD-F10 is the first rugged Android Wear smartwatch for the outdoors”

Samsung Galaxy TabPro S 2-in-1 Tablet with Windows 10 announced

Samsung Galaxy TabPro S

Samsung just announced the Samsung Galaxy TabPro S, it’s first 2-in-1 Windows 10 Tablet at the CES 2016. It has a 12-inch (2160×1440 pixels) Super AMOLED display with 94% of natural tones, is powered by 6th Gen Intel Core M processor, has 4GB of RAM, 128/256GB SSD, 5-megapixel auto focus rear and a 5-megapixel front-facing camera. It weighs 693 grams and has LTE Cat 6. support as an option. Continue reading “Samsung Galaxy TabPro S 2-in-1 Tablet with Windows 10 announced”