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Alcatel One Touch Fierce XL with 5.5-inch HD display, Android 5.1, 4G LTE announced for $139

Alcatel One Touch Fierce XL

Alcatel One Touch has officially announced the Fierce XL Android smartphone, after it was leaked earlier this month, but the company did not introduce the Windows 10 version. The Fierce XL has a 5.5-inch (1280 x 720 pixels) HD display, is powered by a quad-core Snapdragon 210 processor, has a 8-megapixel rear camera and 5-megapixel front-facing camera. It also has 4G LTE connectivity, HD Voice and VoLTE support. Continue reading “Alcatel One Touch Fierce XL with 5.5-inch HD display, Android 5.1, 4G LTE announced for $139”

HTC Desire 728G dual sim (GSM + CDMA) launching in India soon for Rs. 17990

HTC Desire 728G dual sim

HTC launched the Desire 728 dual sim, a mid-range 4G smartphone in China last month. Now the company is all set to launch the Desire 728G dual sim, a variant of the smartphone with 3G connectivity and dual SIM support with dual GSM SIMs or GSM + CDMA option. It has 1.5GB of RAM, compared to 2GB of RAM in the Desire 728 and runs on Android 5.0 (Lollipop) HTC’s own Sense UI on top. Continue reading “HTC Desire 728G dual sim (GSM + CDMA) launching in India soon for Rs. 17990”

LG V10 global roll out begins this week starting from the US, China and Hong Kong

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LG announced its flagship V10 smartphone in the new V series earlier this month. It went on sale in Korea on October 8th, today the company has announced it will start rolling out worldwide from this week. The LG V10 packs a 5.7-inch (2560 x 1440 pixels) Quad HD Quantum display, a second 2.1-inch (160 x 1040 pixels) screen and dual 5-megapixel front-facing camera cameras that has two separate lenses to capture standard 80 degree selfies or wide-angle selfies of 120 degrees. Continue reading “LG V10 global roll out begins this week starting from the US, China and Hong Kong”

Amazon Appstore offers over $95 worth free apps and games for limited period

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Amazon Appstore is back with another free apps offer for Halloween. This month it offers 32 paid Android apps and games worth over $95 for free on the Amazon AppStore starting today till October 31st. These apps are usually priced between US$ 0.99 and US$ 11.99. Some popular apps and games include, Runtastic PRO, Time Mysteries, AVG AntiVirus PRO Android Security and more. Back in July Amazon Appstore offered 21 paid Android apps and games worth $45. Continue reading “Amazon Appstore offers over $95 worth free apps and games for limited period”

BLU Studio 7.0 LTE with 7-inch HD display, Android 5.1 launched for $199

BLU Studio 7.0 LTE

BLU Products has introduced BLU Studio 7.0 LTE, the company’s latest compact phablet with dual SIM support. It packs a 7-inch HD screen, is powered by a quad-core 64-bit Qualcomm Snapdragon 410 SoC and runs on Android 5.1 (Lollipop). It has a 8-megapixel auto-focus rear camera with LED flash and a 2-megapixel front-facing camera. Continue reading “BLU Studio 7.0 LTE with 7-inch HD display, Android 5.1 launched for $199”

Sony Mobile sales down 15.2% YoY in Q2 FY15, 6.7 million smartphones shipped

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Sony Corporation has reported its revenues for second quarter of the financial year 2015 that ended September 30, 2015. Sales remained flat year-on-year at 1,892.7 billion yen ( US$ 15,773 million) with just 0.5% decease compared to the same quarter last year. Sony shipped just 6.7 million smartphones in the quarter compared to 9.9 million in Q2 FY14 and 7.2 million in the previous quarter. Continue reading “Sony Mobile sales down 15.2% YoY in Q2 FY15, 6.7 million smartphones shipped”

LG Q3 2015 profits down 37% YoY due to weak smartphone sales

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LG Electronics has reported revenues of 14.03 trillion won (US$ 12 billion) in Q3 2015, 4.7% down compared to the same quarter last year with operating profit of 294 billion won (US$ 251.5 million), down 36.77% from the same period the previous year. Net profit was 124.8 billion won (US$ 106.76 million) during the quarter, down from 202.7 billion won a year earlier. Reason for less revenue is due to weak smartphone sales, but it reported strong earnings in home appliances and high-end televisions. Continue reading “LG Q3 2015 profits down 37% YoY due to weak smartphone sales”

Motorola Moto X Force with shatterproof display announced as global variant of DROID Turbo 2

Motorola Moto X Force

Motorola introduced the DROID Turbo 2 with Moto ShatterShield, the world’s first shatterproof display earlier this week for Verizon. Today the company has announced that it will launch as Moto X Force globally. Apart from the name, other specifications are similar to the DROID Turbo 2, including 5.4-inch Quad HD AMOLED display, Snapdragon 810 processor, Android 5.1.1 (Lollipop) and a 3760mAh battery. It has 4G LTE connectivity with support for range of LTE Bands (B1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 7, 8, 12, 17, 20, 25, 28, 40). Continue reading “Motorola Moto X Force with shatterproof display announced as global variant of DROID Turbo 2”

OnePlus X Sandstone, Rosewood, Black Apricot, Bamboo, Karbon and Silicone cases introduced

OnePlus X Karbon case

OnePlus introduced the OnePlus X, it’s latest smartphone few hours back. It also introduced new cases for the smartphone that comes in five versions – Rosewood, Sandstone, Black Apricot, Bamboo and Karbon. It also offers Silicone cases in Five colors, Black, Blue, Red and White. Unlike the OnePlus One and the OnePlus 2, back cover of the OnePlus X is not removable, hence the company has introduced these back cases for the smartphone. Continue reading “OnePlus X Sandstone, Rosewood, Black Apricot, Bamboo, Karbon and Silicone cases introduced”

Intex Aqua Play budget 3G smartphone with Android 5.1 launched for Rs. 3249

Intex Aqua Play

Intex has launched Aqua Play, the company’s latest budget 3G smartphone running Android 5.1 (Lollipop). It has a 4-inch WVGA IPS display, is powered by a 1.2 GHz dual-core processor, has a VGA rear camera with LED flash and also has a VGA front-facing camera. It also has dual SIM support, similar to most other Intex smartphone and comes pre-loaded with Clean Master, NewsHunt, Quikr, Opera Mini and more apps.

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OnePlus X with 5-inch 1080p AMOLED display, 3GB RAM launched starting at Rs. 16999

OnePlus X

OnePlus just announced the OnePlus X smartphone at simultaneous events worldwide. It has a 5-inch (1920 x 1080 pixels) Full HD AMOLED display, is powered by a Quad-Core Snapdragon 801 processor with Adreno 330 GPU and runs on Oxygen OS 2.1 based on Android 5.1 (Lollipop). It has a 13-megapixel rear camera with LED flash, phase-detection auto-focus (PDAF) and a 8-megapixel front-facing camera. It has a brushed anodized metal frame and comes in Onyx version with glass back and limited edition ceramic variant. Continue reading “OnePlus X with 5-inch 1080p AMOLED display, 3GB RAM launched starting at Rs. 16999”

Letv to enter India by early 2016, to bring devices and entertainment content

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Letv introduced its Letv 1s smartphone and its 120-inch 3D 4K TV at an event in Beijing earlier this week. Today the company announced that it plans to enter the Indian market by early 2016. It said that it will be looking at replicating its highly successful content-device ecosystem in the country, providing users with a whole new entertainment based experience. Continue reading “Letv to enter India by early 2016, to bring devices and entertainment content”

HTC One M9e with 5-inch 1080p display, Helio X10 SoC, metal body announced

HTC One M9e

HTC has introduced One M9e, a version of One M9 in China. It got certified last month and packs a 5-inch 1080p display, is powered by an 2.2GHz Octa-Core MediaTek Helio X10 (MT6795T) Octa-Core 64-bit processor and runs on Android 5.0 Lollipop with HTC Sense UI on top. It has a 13-megapixel rear camera with dual LED flash, optical image stabilization (OIS) and an UltraPixel front-facing camera. It has dual front-facing BoomSound speakers and Dolby Audio. Continue reading “HTC One M9e with 5-inch 1080p display, Helio X10 SoC, metal body announced”

Samsung Q3 2015 profits up 29% YoY

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Samsung has reported its earnings for Q3 2015, in which the company has made operating profit of 7.39 trillion ($6.42 billion) for the quarter that ended September 30, 2015, up 82% from 4.06 trillion won compared to the same quarter last year. It has reported net profit of 5.46 trillion won ($4.8 billion), up 29.38% YoY, on revenues of 51.68 trillion won ($45.6 billion), up 6% quarter-on-quarter (QoQ), driven mainly by its Semiconductor Business and the Display Panel segment. Last quarter it reported net profit of 5.75 trillion won ($4.9 billion). Continue reading “Samsung Q3 2015 profits up 29% YoY”