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Huawei Honor smartphones now available offline in India

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Huawei recently partnered with Snapdeal to expand it’s online presence, today the company has announced its partnership with Zopper, India’s first hyper local marketplace to launch its smartphones offline. Huawei smartphones will now be available across 267 outlets in Delhi NCR (Gurgaon, Faridabad), Chennai, Vellore, Pondicherry and Bangalore. Honor smartphones would sell at same prices that were available online, said the company. Continue reading “Huawei Honor smartphones now available offline in India”

Google Spotlight Stories arrive on YouTube, Android gets interactive 360-degree version

Google Spotlight Stories YouTube

Google Spotlight Stories 360-degree experience has arrived on YouTube with Special Delivery, an original short film made by Academy Award-winning animation studio Aardman Animations, viewable on the YouTube app on several Android devices. Google Spotlight Stories was originally developed by Motorola Mobility’s Advanced Technology And Products (ATAP). It was released by Google for several Android devices back in May and it arrived on iPhone in July. Continue reading “Google Spotlight Stories arrive on YouTube, Android gets interactive 360-degree version”

Xiaomi Pick Mi‬ door step pick up and drop service can now be booked by giving a missed call

Xiaomi PickMi India

Xiaomi launched Pick Mi doorstep home pick up and drop service for its products across India at just Rs. 189 (including taxes) back in October. Today the company announced that you can now give a ‘missed call’ to 7676404444 to book the Pick Mi service. You can also book it by calling the toll free number 1800 103 6286. The amount can be paid online or via Cash on Delivery (COD). Continue reading “Xiaomi Pick Mi‬ door step pick up and drop service can now be booked by giving a missed call”

Micromax partners with TranServ to bring smartphone-based native payments solution

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Micromax today announced that it has partnered with TranServ, a leading mobile payments company that will allow Micromax users to conduct financial and social transactions such as sending or requesting money, splitting bills, sending gifts to friends and making payments through native phone integration, such as contacts in the device address book.

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LG G Pad II 8.3 LTE with 8.3-inch Full HD display, Snapdragon 615, built-in stylus announced

LG G Pad II 8.3 LTE

LG has introduced G Pad II 8.3 LTE, it’s latest tablet in Korea. It packs a 8.3-inch (1920 x 1200) WUXGA display, is powered by an Octa-Core Snapdragon 615 processor and runs on Android 5.1.1 (Lollipop). It has a 8-megapixel auto focus rear camera without flash and a 2-megapixel front-facing camera. As the name indicates, it has 4G LTE connectivity, has built-in stylus and also comes pre-loaded with Microsoft Office apps. Continue reading “LG G Pad II 8.3 LTE with 8.3-inch Full HD display, Snapdragon 615, built-in stylus announced”

Xiaomi Mi Pad 2 Unboxing

Xiaomi introduced the Mi Pad 2, successor of last year’s Mi Pad few weeks back. We managed to get one from China, here is the unboxing.

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Xiaomi Mi Band Pulse / 1S Unboxing

Xiaomi unveiled the Mi Band Pulse (1S), successor of last year’s Mi Band in China last month. The main highlight of the new Mi Band is the heart rate sensor. We managed to get one from China, here is the unboxing. Continue reading “Xiaomi Mi Band Pulse / 1S Unboxing”

Gionee M5 Enjoy with 5.5-inch HD display, 3GB RAM, 5000mAh battery announced

Gionee M5 Enjoy

Gionee today introduced M5 Enjoy version, along with the M5 Plus at an event in China. It packs a 5000mAh battery and also has a fingerprint sensor embedded into the home button that promises recognition time of 0.5 seconds. It has a 5.5-inch HD IPS display, is powered by a Quad-Core MediaTek MT6735 processor and runs on Android 5.1 (Lollipop) with Amigo OS 3.1. It has a 8-megapixel rear camera with LED flash and a 5-megapixel front-facing camera. Continue reading “Gionee M5 Enjoy with 5.5-inch HD display, 3GB RAM, 5000mAh battery announced”

Gionee M5 Plus with 6-inch 1080p AMOLED display, fingerprint sensor, 5020mAh battery announced

Gionee M5 Plus

Gionee has announced the M5 Plus smartphone at an event in China, as it promised. It packs a 6-inch 1080p AMOLED display with a screen-to-body ratio of 77.5% and 2.5D arc glass. It packs a 5020mAh battery with dual charging chips that offers up to 1 day of usage with just 1 hour of charging. It has a fingerprint sensor embedded into the home button that promises response time of 0.1 seconds and recognition time of 0.38 seconds. It has a 13-megapixel rear camera with LED flash phase-detection auto-focus (PDAF) that can focus in just 0.1 seconds and a 5-megapixel front-facing camera. Continue reading “Gionee M5 Plus with 6-inch 1080p AMOLED display, fingerprint sensor, 5020mAh battery announced”

Creative Woof 3 portable Bluetooth speaker launched for Rs. 3999

Creative Woof 3

Creative has launched Woof 3, its latest compact Bluetooth speaker in India. It is in a size of a cup, but promises high quality audio with its 45mm driver. It has Bluetooth 2.1 connectivity and has a microSD slot that can play formats such as MP3/ WMA and even loss-less high-quality formats such as WAV/FLAC/APE. Continue reading “Creative Woof 3 portable Bluetooth speaker launched for Rs. 3999”

iBall Slide WQ149R 10.1-inch Windows 10 2-in-1 with internal HDD slot launched for Rs. 16499

iBall Slide WQ149R

iBall has launched the Slide WQ149R, the company’s latest Windows 10 tablet with a built-in hard disk drive slot that supports up to 1TB internal 2.5 inch slim SATA Hard drive that needs to be purchased separately. It has a 10.1-inch (1280×800 pixels) IPS screen and is powered by an quad-core Intel Atom Z3735F processor. It has a 5-megapixel rear camera and a 2-megapixel front-facing camera. It has a detachable keyboard and a touch pad. It is the first 10.1” 2-in-1 with hard disk drive option, says the company. Continue reading “iBall Slide WQ149R 10.1-inch Windows 10 2-in-1 with internal HDD slot launched for Rs. 16499”

Samsung Galaxy On5 Battery Life Test

Samsung launched the Galaxy On5 in India recently for Rs. 8,990. We brought you the review of the smartphone recently, here we have its battery life test results. The Galaxy On5 packs a 2600mAh Lithium Ion removable battery, slightly smaller than 3000mAh battery on the Galaxy On7. It has a 5-inch HD screen, is powered by a 1.3GHz quad-core Exynos 3475 processor and runs on Android 5.1 (Lollipop). Check out the battery life test scores. Continue reading “Samsung Galaxy On5 Battery Life Test”

CyanogenMod releases CM13 nightlies for Samsung Galaxy S3, LG G3 S, G3 Beat and more

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CyanogenMod announced official CM13 nightly builds based on Android 6.0 Marshmallow for several devices, including the OnePlus One (bacon), LG G4 (h815) and Motorola Moto X 2014 (victara) last month, and started rolling it out soon after. Now it has released CM13 nightly builds for the Galaxy S3 (i9300), LG G3 S, G3 Beat , LG Optimus L70, LG Optimus L90 and more. Continue reading “CyanogenMod releases CM13 nightlies for Samsung Galaxy S3, LG G3 S, G3 Beat and more”

Portronics YOGG fitness tracker launched for Rs. 2999

Portronics YOGG

Portronics has launched YOGG, its first smart wristband with a 0.9-inch wide OLED display. It keeps track of your daily activities, exercise levels, monitors sleep patterns, gives instant motivational feedback and provide alerts to help you make live a healthier lifestyle. The display shows time and notifications for calls, text and also notifications from apps. Continue reading “Portronics YOGG fitness tracker launched for Rs. 2999”

Apple iPhone 6s and 6s Plus get a price cut by up to Rs. 10000 in India

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Apple has reduced the price of the latest iPhone 6s and iPhone 6s Plus smartphones in India by up to Rs. 10000 or 16%, after the iPhone 5s, reports ET. The iPhone 6s and 6s Plus smartphones were launched in India starting at Rs. 62000 and Rs. 72000, respectively back in October. Continue reading “Apple iPhone 6s and 6s Plus get a price cut by up to Rs. 10000 in India”