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Google Search app now understands more complex, natural-language questions

Google today said that Google Search app will now understand more complex queries. It can now break down a query to understand the semantics of each piece. The app is starting to truly understand the meaning of what you’re asking, said the company. Google introduced voice search in 2008, and the Knowledge Graph in 2012. Knowledge Graph that powers the Google Search app cards got updated earlier this year to add details about common health conditions. Continue reading “Google Search app now understands more complex, natural-language questions”

LG Spirit LTE and G4 Stylus 4G with VoLTE, VoWiFi launching in India through Reliance Retail

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LG today announced that it will launch Spirit LTE and G4 Stylus 4G smartphones with VoLTE (Voice Over LTE) and VoWiFi (Voice Over Wi-Fi) in India in partnership with Reliance Retail. These features will enabled faster transmission of data and voice, said the company. LG launched the 3G version of the Spirit smartphone and the G4 Stylus in India earlier this year. Continue reading “LG Spirit LTE and G4 Stylus 4G with VoLTE, VoWiFi launching in India through Reliance Retail”

Gionee GN8001 with 6-inch 1080p display, 3GB RAM, 5000mAh battery gets certified in China

Gionee GN8001

Gionee GN8001, new mid-range smartphone has been certified by TENAA (via) in China. According to the listing, the smartphone packs a 6-inch 1080p AMOLED screen, is powered by a 1.3GHz octa-core (MediaTek MT6753 likely) processor, runs on Android 5.1 (Lollipop) with Amigo UI on top, has 8 or 13-megapixel rear camera with LED flash and a 5-megapixel front-facing camera. It also packs a huge 5020mAh battery and comes with 4G LTE connectivity. Continue reading “Gionee GN8001 with 6-inch 1080p display, 3GB RAM, 5000mAh battery gets certified in China”

Micromax Canvas Amaze Q395 with 5-inch HD display, 2GB RAM now available for Rs. 7999

Canvas Amaze Q395

Micromax Canvas Mega E353 went on sale online earlier this month, and the Canvas Amaze Q395 surfaced on the official website. Now the Canvas Amaze is on sale on ebay.in. It packs a 5-inch HD screen, is powered by a quad-core MediaTek MT6580 processor, runs on Android 5.0 (Lollipop), has a 13-megapixel rear camera with LED flash and a 5-megapixel front-facing camera. It has dual SIM support and 3G connectivity. Continue reading “Micromax Canvas Amaze Q395 with 5-inch HD display, 2GB RAM now available for Rs. 7999”

Lenovo Vibe P1 Unboxing

Lenovo launched Vibe P1, the company’s latest mid-range Vibe series smartphone with a huge 5000mAh battery in India last month for Rs. 15999 on Flipkart. We already brought you photo gallery and the hands-on impressions of the smartphone from the announcement at IFA in September, here we have the unboxing.

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Google Nexus 6P Benchmarks

Google announced the Huawei-made Nexus 6P smartphone back in September, and it was launched in India last month, starting at Rs. 39,999. We brought you the unboxing of the smartphone recently, here we have its 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 and has Adreno 430 GPU. It has 3GB RAM, packs 5.7-inch Quad HD AMOLED display and runs on Android 6.0 (Marshmallow). Check out the synthetic benchmark scores.

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vivo X6 with 4GB RAM, fingerprint sensor gets certified in China

vivo X6

Earlier this month vivo confirmed 4GB of RAM for the company’s upcoming flagship smartphone, vivo X6, after teasing the name of the phone. Even some specifications of the smartphone surfaced along with that, now the smartphone has passed through TENAA (Via), showing off the design of the phablet. There is a X6L version and the X6D version for China Unicom. Specifications of the smartphone have not been confirmed by TENAA yet. Continue reading “vivo X6 with 4GB RAM, fingerprint sensor gets certified in China”

HTC One X9 with 5.5-inch 1080p display, metal body gets certified in China

HTC One X9

The rumored HTC One X9 smartphone has finally got certified by TENAA in China. It reveals most specifications of the smartphone, including curved metal body, dual front-facing speakers, 5.5-inch 1080p screen with curved glass on the front, capacitive touch buttons below the display, 2.2GHz Octa-Core processor (Helio X10 likely) and more. Check out the detailed specifications below. Continue reading “HTC One X9 with 5.5-inch 1080p display, metal body gets certified in China”

Huawei demos next-gen Quick Charging tech that can charge 3000mAh battery to 48% in 5 minutes

Huawei Quick Charging 5 min

Huawei’s Watt Lab, which belongs to the Central Research Institute demoed next-generation quick charging technology at the 56th Battery Symposium in Japan that allows new lithium-ion batteries to charge 10 times faster than normal batteries, reaching about 50% capacity in few minutes. Continue reading “Huawei demos next-gen Quick Charging tech that can charge 3000mAh battery to 48% in 5 minutes”

OnePlus X extended service plans launched in India starting from Rs. 699

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OnePlus introduced extended service plans, B2X Service and B2X Protect for the OnePlus 2 smartphone in India last month, now the company has launched these plans for the OnePlus X users as well as B2X On-Guard Plus and B2X On-Guard. Every OnePlus X smartphone comes with manufacturer’s warranty for the device for up to a year from the date of purchase. Continue reading “OnePlus X extended service plans launched in India starting from Rs. 699”

Sony Xperia Z5 Dual Benchmarks

Sony launched its flagship Xperia Z5 Dual smartphone in India last month for Rs. 52,990. 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 RAM, packs 5.2-inch (1920 x 1080 pixels) display and runs on Android 5.1.1 (Lollipop). Check out the synthetic benchmark scores below, and also the gaming review in which it scored 5/5 stars. Continue reading “Sony Xperia Z5 Dual Benchmarks”

Micromax Canvas Blaze 4G+ Q414 with 4.5-inch display, Android 5.1 now available for Rs. 6199

Micromax Canvas Blaze 4G plus Q414

Micromax launched the Canvas Blaze 4G Q400 smartphone last month for Rs. 6999. Now the Canvas Blaze 4G+ Q414, it’s successor is available from eBay.in. Specs in the eBay listing doesn’t match the specifications of the official site. It has the same 4.5-inch FWVGA display present in the Canvas Blaze 4G and runs on Android 5.1 Lollipop, but this is powered by a quad-core MediaTek MT6735M SoC, instead of Snapdragon 210 SoC. Continue reading “Micromax Canvas Blaze 4G+ Q414 with 4.5-inch display, Android 5.1 now available for Rs. 6199”

Google updates Play Books for better comic book reading experience, offers free comics for limited period

Google Play Books comics

Google has updated Google Play Books app with vertical scrolling experience for comics in landscape mode, offering better comic book reading experience on phone or tablet. You can just use your device in the landscape mode and easily scroll through the story with quick vertical swipes. Continue reading “Google updates Play Books for better comic book reading experience, offers free comics for limited period”

Gionee Elife E8 Unboxing

Gionee introduced Elife E8, the company’s latest flagship smartphone in the E series back in June at an event in China. It was launched in India last month at a price tag of Rs. 34999. We already brought you the hands-on impressions of the smartphone from the China event in June, and recently brought you the unboxing, here is the video.

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Aircel launches new roaming pack with free local and STD calling minutes, 100MB data starting at Rs. 35

Aircel has launched new roaming pack Apno Ke Saath for the festive season. The new pack offers 100-167 minutes of free incoming and outgoing local and STD calls on roaming, depending on the circle and also offers additional benefit of free 100MB 2G or 3G data. Priced between Rs.35 and Rs. 51 depending on the circle, the pack is available in nine circles – Andhra Pradesh, Chennai, Delhi, Karnataka, Mumbai, Maharashtra, Orissa, Rajasthan and Tamil Nadu in India and comes with a validity of 30 days. Continue reading “Aircel launches new roaming pack with free local and STD calling minutes, 100MB data starting at Rs. 35”