OPPO today teased its upcoming R9 camera-focused smartphone. Even though OPPO did not reveal the announcement date, it just said that the event will be scheduled in the Spring, which starts in March. The teaser hints at a sleek metal body and SIM slot on the right side of the phone. OPPO unveiled the R7 and R7 Plus smartphones back in May last year. It is skipping the R8 and directly moving to the R9. Continue reading “OPPO R9 camera-focused smartphone teased, expected on March 17th”
Samsung Galaxy Tab A 2016 and Galaxy Tab E 7.0 have surfaced in new leak from @evleaks, few weeks after press shots for the Tab A 2016 or E 7.0 surfaced online. The tablet is rumored to launch as Galaxy Tab E 7.0 in the US and as the Galaxy Tab A 2016 in Europe, according to earlier reports.
Continue reading “Samsung Galaxy Tab A 2016 and Galaxy Tab E 7.0 press images surface”
Micromax has launched Canvas tab P702, the company’s latest tablet with 4G connectivity and voice calling capabilities. It has a 7-inch HD IPS display, is powered by a quad-core MediaTek processor, runs on Android 5.1 (Lollipop), has a 5-megapixel auto focus rear camera with LED flash and a 2-megapixel front-facing camera. Continue reading “Micromax Canvas Tab P702 with 7-inch HD display, 2GB RAM, 4G LTE launched for Rs. 7999”
Google has updated Inbox by Gmail app with two new features. Last year Inbox got custom snooze time option so that users can set up custom times for morning, afternoon, and evening snooze. Now the app has received two time-saving improvements. Google said that these new Snooze options have been added based on feedback from users. Continue reading “Inbox by Gmail updated with new Snooze and weekend options”
Months after introducing its most affordable Raspberry Pi Zero, the company has introduced the Raspberry Pi 3, successor of the Raspberry Pi 2 that was introduced back in February last year. Even though it is in the same size and has much of the same components on board as the Pi 2, the new Pi 3 has a faster 64-bit quad-core Broadcom BCM2837 SoC with ARM Cortex-A53 CPU, has built-in Wi-Fi 802.11n and Bluetooth 4.1. Continue reading “Raspberry Pi 3 with 64-bit quad-core SoC, built-in Wi-Fi and Bluetooth announced for $35”
Microsoft introduced its Band 2 fitness tracker back in October last year for $249.99. Now it has received a $75 price cut and is available for $174.99 (Rs. 12,000 approx.). This is a temporary price cut, which is available till March 26th, 9PM PST. Continue reading “Microsoft Band 2 gets a $75 price cut, available for $174.99”
WhatsApp has announced that it will stop supporting BlackBerry, including BlackBerry 10, Symbian S60 and few other older platforms by the end of this year. WhatsApp turned seven years old last week. “As we look ahead to our next seven years, we want to focus our efforts on the mobile platforms the vast majority of people use,” said the company. Continue reading “WhatsApp to end support for BlackBerry, including BlackBerry 10 and Symbian”
Earlier this month, a report said that that Apple will introduce iPhone 5se at an event on March 15th. Later, another report said that Apple will start selling both these devices on March 18th, the same week after it launches. Now Re/code is reporting that the event has been postponed to the week of March 21st. Continue reading “Apple iPhone SE could cost less than $500, event reportedly postponed to week of Mar 21”
Huawei Honor Holly 2 Plus that was launched in India last month, went on sale last week at Rs. 8,499 through Flipkart and Amazon.in. Here we have its battery test results of the smartphone. The Holly 2 Plus packs a 4000mAh built-in battery, which is twice the 2000mAh battery on the first Holly smartphone. It has a 5-inch HD display, is powered by a Quad-Core MediaTek MT6735 processor and runs on Android 5.1 (Lollipop) with Emotion UI 3.1 Lite on top. Check out the test results below. Continue reading “Honor Holly 2 Plus Battery Life Test”
After launching the LYF Flame 1 earlier this month, Reliance Retail has launched LYF Wind 6, a new 4G smartphone. It has a 5-inch FWVGA display, is powered by a quad-core Snapdragon 210, SoC, has a 5-megapixel front and rear cameras and dual SIM support. It runs on Android 5.1 (Lollipop). Continue reading “Reliance Retail launches LYF Wind 6 with 5-inch display, 4G LTE for Rs. 7090”
Facebook started testing the live video feature for iPhone users in December last year and the feature rolled out to all iPhone users last month. Today, Facebook has announced that Android users will get the live video feature starting next week. More than 50% of people watching live videos are using Android devices, so it is finally bringing the feature to Android, as it had promised.
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Samsung launched the Galaxy A5 (2016) smartphone, along with the Galaxy A7 (2016) smartphone earlier this month for Rs. 29,400. We recently brought you the unboxing and benchmarks, here we have the camera samples from the smartphone. The Galaxy Galaxy A5 (2016) packs a 13-megapixel auto focus rear camera with f/1.9 aperture, single LED flash, Optical Image Stabilization (OIS) and a 5-megapixel front-facing camera with f/1.9 aperture. Continue reading “Samsung Galaxy A5 (2016) Camera Samples”
Xolo launched the Era 4K, the company’s latest budget 4G smartphone in the Era series earlier this month for Rs. 6,499. We already brought you the unboxing and first impressions recently, here we have the benchmarks. It is powered by a Quad-Core MediaTek MT6735P 64-bit processor that has four ARM Cortex A53 cores clocked at 988MHz per core and has Mali-T720 MP2 GPU. It has 2GB RAM, 5-inch HD display and runs on Android 5.1 (Lollipop). Check out the synthetic benchmark scores.
LG unveiled its flagship G5 smartphone with a modular design along with Friends companion devices at the MWC in Barcelona earlier this week. Today LG has announced that the smartphone will launch in India in the next quarter, soon after the global launch in April. The G5 has a 5.3-inch (2560 x 1440 pixels) Quad HD Quantum always-on display that lets you can check the time, battery status, and notifications without waking the phone. Continue reading “LG G5 launching in India in Q2 2016”
BLU Products has launched its BLU Life Mark smartphone in India. It packs a 5-inch HD display, is powered by an Quad-Core 64-bit MediaTek 6735 processor and runs on Android 5.1 (Lollipop). It has a 13-megapixel rear camera with LED flash and a 5-megapixel front-facing camera. Continue reading “BLU Life Mark with 5-inch HD display, 4G, fingerprint sensor launched in India for Rs. 8999”
