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

LG G5 goes on sale in the US early April, comes with free extra battery and charging cradle

LG G5 US free battery and cradle

LG today announced that it will launch its flagship G5 smartphone along with the LG Friends companion devices in United States in early April via major carriers and retailers, including AT&T, Best Buy, Best Buy Mobile Stores, B&H, Sprint, T-Mobile, U.S. Cellular and Verizon. As a limited period offer, it also offers a free extra battery and battery-charging cradle as a part of launch promotion. LG said that pricing and availability for the G5 and accessories will be announced in the coming weeks. Continue reading “LG G5 goes on sale in the US early April, comes with free extra battery and charging cradle”

InFocus Bingo 20 with 5MP front camera with flash, 4G LTE launched for Rs. 5749

InFocus Bingo 20

InFocus has launched Bingo 20, the company’s latest selfie-focused budget 4G smartphone in India, a month after launching the Bingo 21. It has the same 5-megapixel front-facing camera with LED flash for capturing better images in low lighting conditions, 8-megapixel auto focus rear camera with LED flash, 4.5-inch FWVGA screen, quad-core Spreadtrum SC9830 processor and Android 5.1 (Lolllipop), but this has 1GB of RAM instead of 2GB RAM in the Bingo 21, hence there is a slight change in the model number. Continue reading “InFocus Bingo 20 with 5MP front camera with flash, 4G LTE launched for Rs. 5749”

HTC 10 latest press shots show 4 colors

HTC 10

First press shot of the upcoming flagship HTC 10 smartphone in glacier silver color surfaced last week, now Evan Blass of @evleaks has posted press images of the phone in four colors – Carbon Gray, Glacier Silver with White Face, Glacier Silver with Black face and Topaz gold. The phone has a unibody metal build, similar design as the HTC One A9 on the front and a fingerprint sensor in the home button, but it misses the usual dual front-facing boomsound speakers. Continue reading “HTC 10 latest press shots show 4 colors”

Apple event scheduled for March 21, iPhone SE and 9.7-inch iPad Pro expected

Apple March 21 2016 event invite

Apple has officially announced its March 21st event, after recent rumors. According to earlier reports, the company is expected to introduce a new iPhone SE smartphone and a 9.7-inch iPad Pro at the event. Continue reading “Apple event scheduled for March 21, iPhone SE and 9.7-inch iPad Pro expected”

Android N beta released, Facebook acquires video filter app MSQRD and more – FoneArena Daily

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Check out the new FoneArena Daily video that gives you a quick roundup of today’s technology news.

Continue reading “Android N beta released, Facebook acquires video filter app MSQRD and more – FoneArena Daily”

Aukey Quick Charge 3.0 Dual Port USB Car Charger Unboxing

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We recently brought you the unboxing of Anker PowerPort+ 1 charger with Quick Charge 3.0 support, here we have the unboxing of the Aukey Dual Port Car Charger that is also Qualcomm Quick Charge 3.0 certified.

Continue reading “Aukey Quick Charge 3.0 Dual Port USB Car Charger Unboxing”

Google Nexus 5X and Nexus 6P update brings performance improvements and bug fixes

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Google has released a new update for the Nexus 5X (build MHC19J) and Nexus 6P (build MHC19I) smartphones, few days after it rolled out the latest Android security update for March. This brings performance improvements and also fixes several bugs in both these smartphones. The Nexus 5X gets new toggle for cool color temperature, which can be accessed from the developer settings. Check out the complete changelog below. Continue reading “Google Nexus 5X and Nexus 6P update brings performance improvements and bug fixes”

Waze 4.0 for Android brings new look, improved driving experience and more

Waze 4.0 for Android

Waze crowd sourced traffic and navigation app for Android has finally been updated to version 4.0, after several months of beta testing. The latest update brings a new, cleaner design for easier navigation, reporting and sharing. Steps to navigate have also been minimized. Continue reading “Waze 4.0 for Android brings new look, improved driving experience and more”

Android Beta Program lets you update Nexus device to Android N developer preview via OTA

Android Beta Program

Google released Android N preview images for the Nexus 6, Nexus 5X, Nexus 6P, Nexus Player, Nexus 9, and Pixel C devices few hours back. It also introduced new Android Beta Program that lets you easily try out N on development devices via OTA so that you need not unlock the bootloader and flash the images manually. Continue reading “Android Beta Program lets you update Nexus device to Android N developer preview via OTA”

Panasonic T50 with 4.5-inch display, SAIL UI launched for Rs. 4990

Panasonic T50

Panasonic has launched Panasonic T50, the company’s latest budget smartphone. It has a 4.5-inch FWVGA screen, is powered by a 1.3 GHz quad-core processor and runs on Android 5.1 (Lollipop) with Panasonic’s own SAIL UI. It has a 5-megapixel rear camera with LED flash and a 2-megapixel front-facing camera. The new SAIL camera has 9 beauty camera modes, Pose mode, Child mode, Watermark and several new features. Continue reading “Panasonic T50 with 4.5-inch display, SAIL UI launched for Rs. 4990”

Xiaomi Redmi 3 variant with fingerprint sensor, metal body gets certified in China

Xiaomi Redmi 3 Prime

Xiaomi Redmi 3 smartphone got cerfited by TENAA in China back in December last year and it was officially announced in January earlier this year. Now a variant of the Redmi 3 has been certified by TENAA. This has almost similar specifications as the Redmi 3 and also includes a fingerprint sensor on the back, similar to the Redmi Note 3. Continue reading “Xiaomi Redmi 3 variant with fingerprint sensor, metal body gets certified in China”

Motorola Moto X Force Battery Life Test

Motorola Moto X Force FA One Charge Rating

Motorola launched its flagship Moto X Force smartphone with Moto ShatterShield shatterproof display in India last month, starting at Rs. 49,999. We already brought you the hands-on and photo gallery, unboxing and benchmarks, here we have the battery life test results of the smartphone. It has a 3760mAh built-in battery with support for Turbo Charging, packs a 5.4-inch Quad HD AMOLED display,  is powered by an Octa-Core Qualcomm Snapdragon 810 SoC and runs on Android 6.0 (Marshmallow). Check out the test results below. Continue reading “Motorola Moto X Force Battery Life Test”

Android N Developer Preview images with Multi-window, Data Saver and more now available

Android N

As a surprise Google has released developer preview images for Android ‘N’, the next major Android release, ahead of Google I/O 2016 in May. This brings several new features such as Multi-window support, Notification enhancements, Data Saver, Background optimizations, Direct boot, TV Recording, partial support for more than 100 new languages and locales and more. Continue reading “Android N Developer Preview images with Multi-window, Data Saver and more now available”

Facebook Lite for Android clocks 100 million monthly active users, gets video, emojis and more

Facebook Lite India 100 million

Facebook rolled out Facebook Lite version of Facebook for Android built for emerging markets back in June 2015. Today it has announced that the app has crossed 100 million monthly active users. “It’s the fastest-growing version of Facebook to reach 100 million users in under nine months,” said Facebook. The app is aimed at offering lightweight, fast, and native Facebook experience for people using typical Android phones and network connections in emerging markets. Continue reading “Facebook Lite for Android clocks 100 million monthly active users, gets video, emojis and more”

ZTE Blade V580 with 5.5-inch 1080p display, Fingerprint sensor, 4G LTE announced

ZTE Blade V580

ZTE has announced (Via) Blade V580, the company’s latest smartphone in the Blade series in Japan. It packs a 5.5-inch 1080p display, is powered by an Octa-Core MediaTek MT6753 processor and runs on Android 5.1 (Lollipop). It has a 13-megapixel rear camera with LED flash, 5-megapixel front-facing camera, fingerprint sensor on the back, 4G LTE connectivity and hybrid SIM support. Continue reading “ZTE Blade V580 with 5.5-inch 1080p display, Fingerprint sensor, 4G LTE announced”