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Samsung Level U Bluetooth Stereo headset now available in India for Rs. 2999

Samsung Level U

Samsung introduced the Level U Bluetooth Stereo headset back in July last year. Now the headset is available in India, according to Mumbai-based retailer Mahesh Telecom. The headset has an adjustable neck band design, weighs just 33 grams and has controls to adjust the volume, play/resume and seek/skip between the tracks easily. It has two built-in microphones, one for your voice and the other for noise cancellation. The 12mm drivers in the earphones offer punchier bass and a more balanced sound.

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LG V10 Battery Life Test

LG V10 FA One Charge Rating

LG introduced V10, the company’s flagship smartphone in the new V series back in October. We already brought you the unboxing and the benchmarks of the smartphone, here we have the battery test results. The LG V10 packs a 3,000mAh removable battery with Quick Charge 2.0 support and Fast Charging. It has a 5.7-inch Quad HD In-cell Touch Quantum display along with a 2.1-inch (160 x 1040 pixels) IPS Quantum display, is powered by a hexa-core Snapdragon 808 processor and runs on Android 5.1.1 (Lollipop). Check out the test results below.

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Lava Ivory M4 with 8-inch HD display, 2GB RAM, 8MP camera launched for Rs. 9299

Lava Ivory M4

Lava today launched Ivory M4, the company’s latest tablet in the Ivory series. It has a 8-inch (1280 x 800 pixels) HD display, is powered by a 1.3GHz quad-core processor and runs on Android 5.1 (Lollipop). It has an 8-megapixel auto focus rear camera with LED flash and a 3.2-megapixel front-facing camera. It has single SIM support and has 3G connectivity. Continue reading “Lava Ivory M4 with 8-inch HD display, 2GB RAM, 8MP camera launched for Rs. 9299”

Swipe F-Band fitness and sleep tracker launched for Rs. 1499

Swipe F-Band

Swipe has launched FBand, its first health and sleep tracker that can track your steps, calculate calories burned and monitor your sleep. It can connect to your smartphone via Bluetooth so that you can view all the data. It also has silent vibration alarm and also vibrates to notify you when you receive a call. It has a small display that shows all the important data. Continue reading “Swipe F-Band fitness and sleep tracker launched for Rs. 1499”

Asus Pegasus X005 with 5.5-inch 1080p display, 2GB RAM gets certified in China

Asus Pegasus X005

Asus introduced the Pegasus X002 smartphone back in December last year, later it introduced Pegasus X003 and also unveiled the Pegasus 2 Plus X550 smartphone back in July. Now the Pegasus X005 has been certified by TENAA in China. It has a 5.5-inch full-HD (1080×1920 pixels) display, similar to the Pegasus 2 Plus, but this is powered by a 1.3GHz Octa-Core processor (MediaTek MT6753 likely). Continue reading “Asus Pegasus X005 with 5.5-inch 1080p display, 2GB RAM gets certified in China”

LG G3 Android 6.0 Marshmallow update starts rolling out

LG G3 Android 6.0 Marshmallow

LG started rolling out Android 6.0 (Marshmallow) update for its flagship LG G4 smartphone starting from Poland back in October. Now the Korean giant has started rolling out (Via) Android Marshmallow update for the LG G3 smartphone starting from Poland. It is currently available only via PC Suite, and the OTA update is expected soon. The smartphone got the official CM13 nightly builds based on Android 6.0 last month. Continue reading “LG G3 Android 6.0 Marshmallow update starts rolling out”

HTC One A9 Battery Life Test

HTC One A9 FA One Charge Rating

HTC launched the One A9 smartphone in India earlier this month for Rs. 29,990. We brought you the benchmarks of the smartphone recently, here we have its battery test results. The HTC One A9 packs a 2150mAh built-in battery, which is less than 2840mAh battery on the One M9 and the One M9+ smartphones. It has a 5-inch 1080p AMOLED display, is powered by an Octa-Core Snapdragon 617 processor and runs on Android 6.0 (Marshmallow) with HTC Sense UI. Check out the test results below. Continue reading “HTC One A9 Battery Life Test”

Xiaomi Mi TV 3 70-inch 4K Smart TV with 12.9mm slim metal frame announced

Xiaomi Mi TV 3 70-inch

Xiaomi today announced a new Mi TV 3 with a 70-inch 4K (3840 x 2160 pixels) display from Sharp. It introduced the 60-inch Mi TV 3 with a 11.6mm metal frame back in October, the new 70-inch version has a slightly thicker 12.9mm aluminum alloy frame and it is 38.6mm at its thickest. Continue reading “Xiaomi Mi TV 3 70-inch 4K Smart TV with 12.9mm slim metal frame announced”

Xolo 8X-1000i with 5-inch HD display, 2GB RAM launched for Rs. 6999

Xolo 8X-1000 HIVE UI

Xolo has launched the 8X-1000i, the company’s latest smartphone. Even though this looks like the successor of 8X-1000 that was launched last year, most of the specifications of the smartphone are similar to the 8X-1000, including a 5-inch (1280 x 720 pixels) HD IPS display, 1.4 GHz Octa-Core MediaTek MT6592M processor with Mali 450 GPU, Android 4.4 (KitKat)-based HIVE UI, 8-megapixel rear camera with LED flash and a 2-megapixel front-facing camera. Continue reading “Xolo 8X-1000i with 5-inch HD display, 2GB RAM launched for Rs. 6999”

Microsoft Surface Pro 4 launching in India on January 7

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Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella announced at the company’s Future Unleashed 2015 event in Mumbai last month that the Surface Pro 4 will launch in India early January 2016. Today the company has sent out press invites for the launch of the its latest Surface Pro 2 in 1 in India on January 7th. Even though the invite just reads Start fresh on a brand new surface along with the date, we already know that the Surface Pro 4 is coming. Continue reading “Microsoft Surface Pro 4 launching in India on January 7”

Kult 10 Camera Samples

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Kult, a new entrant in the Indian market launched its Kult 10 smartphone earlier this month for Rs. 7,999. We brought you the unboxing and benchmarks of the smartphone recently, here we have the camera samples from the smartphone. The Kult 10 has a 13-megapixel rear camera with phase-detection auto-focus (PDAF), LED Flash, f/2.0 aperture and a 5-megapixel front-facing camera with f/2.8 aperture.

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Sony Xperia Z6 Lite with Hexa-Core Snapdragon 650 SoC, metal body rumored

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Sony Mobile is rumored to be working on the Xperia Z6 Lite smartphone, according to a report from China (Via). The smartphone is expected to be powered by an Hexa-Core Qualcomm Snapdragon 650 (Snapdragon 618 previously), pack a 5-inch display with 2.5D curved glass and a metal back. Continue reading “Sony Xperia Z6 Lite with Hexa-Core Snapdragon 650 SoC, metal body rumored”

Samsung WELT, rink and TipTalk new Creative Lab projects announced

Samsung rink

Samsung today announced that it will showcase its new Creative Lab (C-Lab) projects – WELT – a smart wearable healthcare belt, rink – a hand-motion controller for mobile VR devices and TipTalk – a new user experience (UX) that enables people to listen to the sound from their smart devices, transmitted through their own body. Continue reading “Samsung WELT, rink and TipTalk new Creative Lab projects announced”

Nokia 230 Dual SIM with 2MP front camera with LED flash goes on sale in India for Rs. 3869

Nokia 230 Dual SIM

Microsoft introduced Nokia 230 and 230 Dual SIM selfie-focused feature phones with a 2-megapixel front-facing camera with LED flash last month. Now the Nokia 230 Dual SIM is available for purchase from the official Microsoft online store in India. It has a 2.8-inch (320 x 240 pixels) QVGA LCD screen, polycarbonate frame and sand-blasted aluminum back cover.

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