Sony Xperia Z5 Premium Dual Benchmarks

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Sony launched the Xperia Z5 Premium Dual, its flagship smartphone with 4K display in India for Rs. 62,990 back in October.  We brought you the unboxing recently, here we have the benchmarks. It is powered by an Octa-Core Qualcomm Snapdragon 810 64-bit 20nm processor that has four bigger ARM Cortex A57 cores clocked at 1.96GHz per core and four smaller ARM Cortex A53 cores clocked at 1.56GHz per core with 630 MHz Adreno 430 GPU. It has 3GB of RAM, packs a 5.5-inch (3840×2160 pixels) display and runs on Android 5.1.1 (Lollipop). Check out the synthetic benchmark scores below. Continue reading “Sony Xperia Z5 Premium Dual Benchmarks”

Samsung introduces Bio-Processor all-in-one health and fitness monitoring chip for wearables

Samsung Bio-Processor

Samsung has announced Bio-Processor, its latest all-in-one advanced system logic chip for the health-oriented wearables market. The company says that this is the industry’s first all-in-one health solution chip. It has integrated Analog Front Ends (AFE), microcontroller unit (MCU), power management integrated circuit (PMIC), digital signal processor (DSP), and eFlash memory to process the bio-signals it measures without the need of external processing parts. Continue reading “Samsung introduces Bio-Processor all-in-one health and fitness monitoring chip for wearables”

Airtel launches Project Leap microsite for customers to track the network transformation program

Airtel Project Leap Microsite

Airtel has launched a microsite airtel.in/leap so that all the customers can see the network coverage for voice, basic data services (2G) and high speed data services (3G/ 4G) in their regions. “It also includes key highlights of Airtel’s network transformation exercise at national and state level and the locality map lets you view information on the status of modernization of all the Airtel sites in that locality,” said Airtel. Continue reading “Airtel launches Project Leap microsite for customers to track the network transformation program”

Gionee F105 with 5-inch HD display, 2GB RAM gets certified in China

Gionee F105

Gionee F105, successor of the F103 has been certified by China’s TENAA (Via). According to the listing, the smartphone packs a 5-inch HD IPS display, is powered by a 1.3GHz quad-core processor, has a 8-megapixel rear camera with LED flash and a 5-megapixel front-facing camera, similar to the F103, but this runs on Android 5.1 (Lollipop) out of the box. Continue reading “Gionee F105 with 5-inch HD display, 2GB RAM gets certified in China”

iBall Andi 5.5H Weber with 5.5-inch HD display officially launched for Rs. 6499

iBall Andi 5.5H Weber

iBall has officially launched the Andi 5.5H Weber smartphone. It went on sale earlier this month, packs a 5.5-inch HD screen, is powered by a 1.3GHz quad-core processor and runs on Android 5.1 (Lollipop). It has a 5-megapixel rear camera with LED flash that is enhanced to 8-megapixel using software and a 2-megapixel front-facing camera. It comes with dual SIM support and 3G connectivity, similar to most other iBall Andi smartphones. Continue reading “iBall Andi 5.5H Weber with 5.5-inch HD display officially launched for Rs. 6499”

Xolo One HD with 5-inch HD display, 5MP front camera with flash launched for Rs. 4777

Xolo One HD

Xolo has launched One HD, the company’s latest smartphone in the ‘One’ series. It has a 5-inch HD display, is powered by a quad-core MediaTek MT6580M SoC and runs on Android 5.1 (Lollipop). It has 8-megapixel rear camera with LED flash and also has a 5-megapixel front-facing camera with LED flash for capturing better selfies even in low lighting conditions. It has dual SIM support, but it has only 3G connectivity and lacks 4G LTE support.

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Asus Zenfone Go 4.5 with 1GB RAM, Android 5.1 launched in India for Rs. 5299

Asus Zenfone Go 4.5

Asus launched the Zenfone Go, a budget smartphone in India back in September. Today the company has launched a smaller variant called Zenfone Go 4.5 with a 4.5-inch FWVGA screen and 1GB of RAM. It is powered by a quad-core MediaTek MT6580 SoC, has 3G support and runs on Android 5.1 (Lollipop), similar to the original Zenfone Go, but this has a 5-megapixel rear camera with LED flash and a VGA front-facing camera. Continue reading “Asus Zenfone Go 4.5 with 1GB RAM, Android 5.1 launched in India for Rs. 5299”

Huawei Honor 7 gets Android 6.0 Marshmallow beta update in India

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Huawei has finally released the beta version of Android 6.0 (Marshmallow) update for the Honor 7 users in India. This update is available for only those who register for the OTA (over the air) using the Google Drive forum here with their current software version and IMEI. The company says that it will verify the information and will start pushing the OTA update for the users after 24 to 48 hours of submission. Android Marshmallow update for the Honor 7 smartphone brings EMUI 4.0 and several new features. Check out the change log below. Continue reading “Huawei Honor 7 gets Android 6.0 Marshmallow beta update in India”

LG Tone Infinim 2016 Bluetooth Stereo headset to be introduced at the CES

LG Tone Infinim 2016 HBS 910

LG today announced that it will introduce a new Tone Infinim 2016 (HBS-910) Bluetooth Stereo headset at the CES 2016 next month. The new Tone Infinim will come with an enhanced slim and lightweight design. The new premium Bluetooth stereo headset has been developed in collaboration with Harman/Kardon, similar to the first Tone Infinim.

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Samsung Galaxy J1 (2016) with 4.5-inch display, Android 5.1 live images surface

Samsung Galaxy J1 2016 SM-J120F leak

Samsung Galaxy J1 2016 (SM-J120F), successor of the Galaxy J1 has surfaced in live images (via). Most of the specifications of the smartphone were revealed in GFXBench listing recently. Now live images reveal the Galaxy J1 (2016) name in the boot logo, Samsung’s signature home button below the display along with capacitive touch buttons on both the sides, removable battery, dual SIM slots and the model number. Check out the rumored specifications. Continue reading “Samsung Galaxy J1 (2016) with 4.5-inch display, Android 5.1 live images surface”

Reliance Jio launches 4G LTE services for its employees

Reliance Jio launch

Reliance Jio Infocomm, a subsidiary of Reliance Industries Limited (RIL) yesterday launched its 4G LTE services for its employees at an event in Reliance Corporate Park on the eve of the 83rd Birth Anniversary of the group’s founder Chairman Dhirubhai Ambani. Continue reading “Reliance Jio launches 4G LTE services for its employees”

Letv Le Max with 6.33-inch QHD display, Snapdragon 810, 4GB RAM launching in India mid-January 2016

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Letv, one of the popular smartphone makers in China is all set to enter the Indian market next month with the launch of the Le Max smartphone. Today at its preview event in Bangalore it confirmed that the Le Max smartphone will launch in the country sometime mid-January 2016. The company recently scheduled a preview event in Delhi on January 5th where it will showcase the Le Max smartphone.

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Xiaomi Redmi Note 3 Battery Life Test

Xiaomi Redmi Note 3 FA One Charge Rating

Xiaomi introduced the Redmi Note 3 smartphone last month. We brought you the unboxing and benchmarks of the smartphone recently, here we have the battery life test results.  The Redmi Note 3 packs a 4000mAh built-in battery, which is larger than the than 3060mAh battery on the Redmi Note 2. It has a 5.5-inch 1080p display, is powered by an Octa-Core MediaTek Helio X10 processor and runs on MIUI 7 based on Android 5.0.2 (Lollipop). Check out the test results below.

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Xiaomi Mi 4, Mi 3 and Mi Note Android 6.0 Marshmallow update in final stages of testing

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Earlier this month Xiaomi confirmed that the Mi 4 and Mi Note smartphones will get the Android 6.0 (Marshmallow) update soon. Now the company’s MIUI operations manager has announced on weibo (Via) that the Android 6.0 (Marshmallow) update for these smartphones, including the Mi 3 are in final stages of testing. Continue reading “Xiaomi Mi 4, Mi 3 and Mi Note Android 6.0 Marshmallow update in final stages of testing”

Lenovo K4 Note will come with a fingerprint sensor and NFC

Lenovo K4 Note Teaser

Lenovo just confirmed on its social channels that the upcoming K4 Note smartphone will come with a fingerprint sensor on the back. It also said that it will come with Near Field Communication (NFC) support. The teaser image once again shows off the smartphone’s brushed metal frame. Continue reading “Lenovo K4 Note will come with a fingerprint sensor and NFC”