InFocus launched M808 smartphone in India along back in July, now the smartphone is on sale in the country from Snapdeal. It packs a 5.2-inch 1080p display, is powered by a 1.3 GHz Octa-Core MediaTek MT6753 64-bit processor and runs on Android 5.1 (Lollipop) with Inlife UI. It has a 13-megapixel rear camera with LED flash and a 5-megapixel front-facing camera. Continue reading “InFocus M808 with 5.2-inch 1080p display, metal body goes on sale in India for Rs. 12999”
International Data Corporation (IDC) has announced that 28.3 million smartphones were shipped to India in the third quarter of 2015 that ended September 30th. This is up 21.4% from 23.3 million units for the same period last year, said the report. It also said that one out of 3 smartphones shipped in India in Q3 2015 were 4G-enabled. Samsung is still the top smartphone vendor in the country by shipments with 24% market share, up 1% compared to the last quarter. Continue reading “Indian smartphone market grows 21.4% YoY in Q3 2015, driven by budget 4G smartphones”
Lenovo launched Vibe S1, the company’s latest selfie-focused smartphone in India earlier this week, exclusively on Amazon.in, priced at Rs.15,999. We recently brought you the unboxing and the first impressions of the Vibe S1 smartphone, and had brought you the photo gallery of the Pearl White version from IFA back in September. Here we have the photo gallery of the Midnight Blue version. Continue reading “Lenovo Vibe S1 Midnight Blue Photo Gallery”
We had already seen the new Samsung Galaxy A7 (SM-A7100) smartphone in several benchmark listings, now the smartphone has been certified on TENAA (Via) in China. It shows the design of the smartphone for the first time, which is similar to the Galaxy S6 series with a glass back and curved sides with a metal frame. Even though it has the same 5.5-inch 1080p Super AMOLED display present in first Galaxy A7, the successor has a slightly curved glass on the front.
OnePlus held its first open sale for the OnePlus 2 smartphone in India on October 12th, later it extended the sale by day. Today the company has announced that it will bring back the smartphone on open sale from tomorrow, which will last for three days. The OnePlus 2 went on sale in India back in August for Rs. 24,999 and is currently available for purchase only with invites on Amazon. It recently announced that it will release Android 6.0 (Marshmallow) update for the smartphone soon. Continue reading “OnePlus 2 will be available in India without an invite from November 25th to 27th”
Xiaomi today introduced Mi Air Purifier 2, successor of the company’s first Air Purifier that was introduced last year. This compact second generation air purifier from Xiaomi is smaller, measuring just 240mm x 520mm is 11% quieter and is 58% power efficient compared to the fist Mi Air Purifier. It can be controlled using an app, similar to the first one. Continue reading “Xiaomi introduces more compact Mi Air Purifier 2”
Qiku recently confirmed that it will foray into Indian market by the end of this November with QIKU Terra 808 and QIKU Terra 810 smartphones. Today the company has sent out invites for the launch of its Q Terra smartphones that have dual 13-megapixel rear cameras. The Q Terra 808 is powered by a Hexa-Core Snapdragon 808 processor and comes with 3GB of RAM and has a 6-inch 1080p display. The Q Terra 810 is powered by an Octa-Core Snapdragon 810 processor, comes with 4GB of RAM and has a 6-inch Quad HD display. Both these smartphones run on 360 OS based on Android 5.1.1 (Lollipop), have metal body and come with a fingerprint sensor on the back to unlock the phone in just 0.5 seconds. Continue reading “Qiku Q Terra smartphones with dual 13MP cameras launching in India on Nov 27”
Gionee has launched Marathon M5, its latest smartphone in the M series with whopping 6020mAh battery in India, as it promised. It has two 3010 battery cells that promises up to 62 hours of standby even if the phone has only 5% of power left. It has fast dual charging chips and can also be used to charge other devices.
Continue reading “Gionee Marathon M5 with 6020mAh battery launched in India for Rs. 17999”
Xiaomi today announced Mi Pad 2, successor of last year’s Mi Pad at an event in China, as it promised, along with the Redmi Note 3. It has the same 7.9-inch (2048 × 1536 pixels) display at 326 ppi as the first Mi Pad, but the NVIDIA Tegra K1 processor has been replaced by a quad-core Intel Atom X5-Z8500. Continue reading “Xiaomi Mi Pad 2 with 6.9mm slim metal body announced, also comes in Windows 10 version”
Xiaomi toady announced the Redmi Note 3, the company’s latest Redmi Note series smartphone, as it promised. It has a 5.5-inch 1080p screen, is powered by an Octa-Core MediaTek Helio X10 processor and runs on MIUI 7 based on Android Lollipop. It has a 13-megapixel rear camera with LED flash and phase-detection auto-focus (PDAF), resulting in a quick focus of just 0.1 second. It also has a 5-megapixel front-facing camera. Continue reading “Xiaomi Redmi Note 3 with 5.5-inch 1080p display, metal body and fingerprint sensor announced”
CyanogenMod already confirmed that it is planning to roll out CM13 based on Android 6.0 Marshmallow by the end of 2015. Now it has announced official CM13 nightly builds for some of the devices in the first wave, including OnePlus One (bacon), Google Nexus 7 (deb & flo), LG G4 (h815), Samsung Galaxy Tab Pro 8.4 (mondrianwifi), LG GPad 7.0 (v400 & v410), LG G3 Verizon (vs985) and Motorola Moto X 2014 (victara). Continue reading “CyanogenMod announces CM13 nightlies for OnePlus One, LG G4, Moto X 2014 and more”
YU has launched developer challenge for ROM developers to bring AOSP Android 6.0 Marshmallow ROM for all YU devices – Yureka, Yureka Plus, Yuphoria and Yunique. “We will support with all the tools that may need during this process such as Tutorials, guidance, devices, anything that helps you accomplish this,” said the company. Continue reading “YU launches developer challenge to bring Android 6.0 AOSP ROMs for its smartphones”
Lenovo launched Vibe P1, the company’s latest mid-range smartphone in India last month for Rs. 15999. We already brought you the unboxing and benchmarks of the smartphone, here we have its battery test results. The Lenovo Vibe P1 packs a 5000mAh built-in battery. It also has quick charge function that can rapidly charge 2000mAh of phone’s battery in just 30 minutes when using the bundled quick charger. It has a 5.5-inch 1080p screen, is powered by an Octa-Core Qualcomm Snapdragon 615 (MSM8939) 64-bit processor and runs on Android 5.1 (Lollipop) with Lenovo’s own Vibe UI on top.
Micromax launched affordable Canvas Spark smartphone for Rs. 4,999 back in April and launched the Canvas Spark 2, it’s successor in September at even cheaper rate of Rs. 3999. Both these smartphones were sold through flash sales on Snapdeal. Today the company has announced that it has sold over 10 million units of these smartphones in less than 6 months of launch. Continue reading “Micromax Canvas Spark series smartphone sales surpass 1 million”
Oppo launched Neo 7, the company’s latest 4G smartphone in India last month priced at Rs. 9,990. Here we have the unboxing of the smartphone. Continue reading “Oppo Neo 7 Unboxing”
