Amazon announced two new Fire HD tablets – Fire HD 8 and Fire HD 8 and has also upgraded last year’s Fire Kids Edition tablet. The Fire HD 8 and Fire HD 10 tablets have a 8-inch and 10-inch HD displays, respectively. These are powered by a quad-core MediaTek MT8135 SoCs and run new Fire OS 5 ‘Bellini’ based on Android Lollipop. Continue reading “Amazon Fire HD 8, Fire HD 10 and new Fire Kids Edition tablets announced”
Amazon’s most affordable Fire tablet that was rumored recently has gone official. Amazon says that the new Fire tablet is almost 2 times more durable than the latest generation iPad Air as measured in tumble tests,and has 2 times more processing power than Samsung Galaxy Tab 3 Lite. It has a 7-inch (1024 × 600 pixels) WSVGA IPS screen, is powered by a 1.3GHz quad-core processor runs on new Fire OS 5 ‘Bellini’ based on Android Lollipop. Continue reading “Amazon introduces new Fire tablet with 7-inch display and quad-core processor for $50”
Apple has released Move to iOS app for Android that allows Android users to move to iPhone, iPad or iPod touch. The app was showcased at the WWDC back in June and lets you transfer Contacts, Message history, Camera photos and videos, Web bookmarks, Mail accounts and Calendars from your Android device. Continue reading “Apple releases Move to iOS app for Android”
Apple has released iOS 9, its latest operating system for iPhone, iPad and iPod Touch users as it promised. Announced at the WWDC in June this year, iOS 9 is compatible with the iPhone 4s and newer, iPad 2 and newer, all iPad mini models, and fifth and sixth-generation iPod touch models. The iOS 9 update brings powerful search and improved Siri features, new multitasking features that lets two apps run at once, side by side on iPad, Picture-in-Picture, detailed transit information in Maps, News app and new capabilities in Apple Pay. Continue reading “Apple releases iOS 9 for iPhone, iPad and iPod touch”
Lenovo India has finally sent out invites for the launch of its camera-centric Vibe Shot smartphone in India on September 22nd. It was announced back in March at the MWC. The main highlight of the smartphone is its 16-megapixel rear camera with Optical Image Stabilization, tricolor flash and infrared autofocus the promises 2 times faster focus than normal autofocus.
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Xiaomi today officially announced that it will introduce Mi 4c flagship smartphone at an event in China. The Mi 4 was introduced last year and the Mi 4i was introduced at an event in India back in April. Continue reading “Xiaomi Mi 4c launch event scheduled for September 22”
We reviewed the Micromax Canvas Sliver 5, one of the slimmest smartphones in the market. Here we have the battery test results of the smartphone. The Sliver 5 packs a 2000mAh built-in battery. It has a 4.8-inch HD AMOLED display and runs on Android 5.0.2 (Lollipop) that has battery saver features.
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HTC A9 (Hima Aero) had been rumored as a high-end smartphone since July. Now @evleaks has leaked the specifications of the smartphone, which reveals that it will be a mid-range smartphone. According to the leak, the One A9 will pack a 5-inch 1080 AMOLED screen and will be powered by the latest Octa-Core Snapdragon 617 processor. The new leak doesn’t reveal the Android version, but according to a recent rumor, it will run on Android 6.0 (Marshmallow) with Sense 7.0. Continue reading “HTC One A9 detailed specifications surface, might not be a high-end smartphone”
Motorola announced last month that it will offer patches for Stagefright exploit. Few days back it announced that it has started rolling out updates with Stagefright fixes for its smartphones globally. The Moto X Play and Moto X Style smartphones come with security patches out of the box. Motorola is rolling out new updates for Moto X (1st Gen, 2nd Gen), Moto G (1st Gen, 2nd Gen, 3rd Gen) Moto G with 4G LTE 1st Gen, Moto E (1st Gen, 2nd Gen) and Moto E 4G LTE (2nd Gen). All these include fixes for the latest vulnerability in the Stagefright library (CVE-2015-3864).
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LG launched its flagship G4 smartphone in India back in June. It offered a free battery charging kit (BCK-4800) worth Rs. 3,000 for the LG G4 users as a part of their promotional offer. Since the LG G4 has a removable battery you can swap it easily if it runs out. The charging kit allows you to charge the additional battery easily. Check out the unboxing.
Last week OnePlus teased something luxurious is coming to OnePlus 2. Today the company has introduced Hard Graft Wild Phone Case for the OnePlus 2 smartphone. Created by Italian designers at Hard Graft, this is made of genuine ash grey washed and traditionally tanned leather, says the company.
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Asus launched the Zenfone Selfie in India last month starting at Rs. 15,999. It went on pre-order on Flipkart mid-August. Today the company has announced that the Zenfone Selfie variant with 3GB of RAM and 32GB of internal storage is now available for purchase from Flipkart. The Asus Zenfone 2 Laser 5.5 went on sale in India last week for Rs. 9,999. Continue reading “Asus Zenfone Selfie 3GB RAM variant goes on sale in India for Rs. 17999”
Google finally launched pre-paid Google Play Gift cards or vouchers in India back in June. Today Google launched physical Google Play Gift cards that are now available for purchase from retail stores across India. Continue reading “Google Play Gift cards now available for purchase in India”
Sony introduced the Xperia Z5, its flagship smartphone at IFA earlier this month. The Xperia Z5 was outed in a promotional material for upcoming James Bond film Spectre back in July. Now Vodafone UK has announced that the Sony Xperia Z5 James Bond edition will be available for order from Wednesday, September 16th exclusively. Continue reading “Sony Xperia Z5 James Bond Spectre Edition heading to Vodafone UK”
Samsung launched the Galaxy S6 edge+ smartphone in India last month for Rs. 57,900. We unboxed it recently, here we have the benchmarks of the smartphone. The Galaxy S6 edge+ is powered by a Octa-Core 14 nm Exynos 7420 SoC which has four ARM Cortex A57 CPUs clocked at 2.1GHz per core and four ARM Cortex A53 CPUs clocked at 1.5GHz per core, similar to the Galaxy S6 and theGalaxy S6 edge. It has Mali T760 MP8 GPU and 4GB of LPDDR4 RAM. It has a 5.7-inch Quad HD (2560×1440 pixels) Super AMOLED display and runs on Android 5.1 (Lollipop) with Samsung’s own UI on the top. Continue reading “Samsung Galaxy S6 edge+ Benchmarks”
