Samsung Galaxy S6 Edge+ pre-order page revealed accidentally

Samsung Galaxy S6 Edge Plus leak

Samsung France has accidentally made the pre-order page for the Galaxy S6 Edge+ live before it was pulled. This shows that pre-orders for the smartphone begins on August 21st in Europe. It also says that customers who pre-order the device between August 21st and September 3rd will get a free Level On Bluetooth headset, so the Galaxy S6 edge+ is expected to hit the retail shelves on September 4th. Continue reading “Samsung Galaxy S6 Edge+ pre-order page revealed accidentally”

BLU Win JR LTE and Win HD LTE with Windows Phone 8.1 launched in India for Rs. 5999 and Rs. 7999

BLU Win JR LTE and WIn HD LTE

BLU has launched Win JR LTE and Win HD LTE Windows 8.1 smartphones on Snapdeal in India. Both these are powered by 1.2GHz quad-core Snapdragon 410 SoC. The Win JR LTE has a 4.5-inch FWVGA IPS screen and the Win HD LTE has a 5-inch HD screen based on one-glass-solution (OGS) technology. Both these have dual SIM support with support for 4G TDD LTE Bands 38 and 40 and FDD-LTE bands 3,7 and 20. Continue reading “BLU Win JR LTE and Win HD LTE with Windows Phone 8.1 launched in India for Rs. 5999 and Rs. 7999”

Asus Zenfone Go with 5-inch HD display, 2GB RAM, Android 5.1 launching in India soon

Asus Zenfone Go

Asus Zenfone Go surfaced back in July and it was expected to launch at the Asus ZenFestival in India last week, but the company did not launch the smartphone at the event. Now it has appeared on the official Asus India website and Flipkart. As we already know, the Zenfone Go packs a 5-inch HD display, is powered by a quad-core MediaTek MT6580 SoC and runs on Android 5.1 (Lollipop). Continue reading “Asus Zenfone Go with 5-inch HD display, 2GB RAM, Android 5.1 launching in India soon”

ZUK Z1 with 5.5-inch 1080p display, USB 3.0 Type-C, 4100mAh battery announced

 

ZUK Z1

ZUK Z1, the first smartphone from Lenovo-backed startup ZUK has been introduced in China. It packs a 5.5-inch 1080p display, is powered by a 2.5GHz quad-core Snapdragon 801 SoC and runs on Android 5.1 (Lollipop) with ZUI. It has aircraft-grade aluminum metal frame. The main highlight is the reversible USB 3.0 Type-C port that would offer up to 10 times faster data transfer compared to USB 2.0. Continue reading “ZUK Z1 with 5.5-inch 1080p display, USB 3.0 Type-C, 4100mAh battery announced”

Intex ropes in actor Suriya as its Brand Ambassador for Tamil Nadu

 

Intex logo

Intex Technologies has announced that it has roped in actor Suriya as its Brand Ambassador for Tamil Nadu for 2 years. The company recently signed Tollywood actor Mahesh Babu as their brand ambassador for Andhra Pradesh and Telangana for 1 year. Continue reading “Intex ropes in actor Suriya as its Brand Ambassador for Tamil Nadu”

Intex Cloud Pace with 4.5-inch qHD display, 2GB RAM, 5MP front camera launched for Rs. 6999

Intex Cloud Pace

Intex Technologies has launched Cloud Pace, the latest budget smartphone in the Cloud series.It is the same Intex Aqua Speed smartphone that was launched earlier this year, but this runs on Android 5.0 (Lollipop) out of the box. It packs a 4.5-inch qHD display, is powered by a 1.3GHz quad-core processor and runs on Android 5.0 (Lollipop), has a 8-megapixel rear camera with LED flash and a 5-megapixel front-facing camera. Continue reading “Intex Cloud Pace with 4.5-inch qHD display, 2GB RAM, 5MP front camera launched for Rs. 6999”

Google Nexus 6 Refurbished and Unboxed units to go on sale Aug 12 on Overcart from Rs. 25990

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Online retailer Overcart has announced that it will be selling refurbished and unboxed units of the Google Nexus 6 smartphone. It will be available for purchase tomorrow, August 12th at a starting price of Rs. 25,990. It will be covered under a six-month manufacturer warranty from the manufacturer, says the company. Google Nexus 6 got a price cut in India recently and is available starting at Rs. 29,999 from Flipkart. Continue reading “Google Nexus 6 Refurbished and Unboxed units to go on sale Aug 12 on Overcart from Rs. 25990”

Ola to offer an on-demand OnePlus 2 experience at your doorstep

OnePlus 2 Ola

OnePlus 2 64GB storage variant with 4GB RAM will be available for purchase in India from 4PM today, exclusively on Amazon.in for Rs. 24,999 with invites. The first batch of invites will also start rolling out from today. Ola just announced an exclusive partnership with OnePlus to offer an on-demand experience of OnePlus 2 this month in 6 major cities across India including Bangalore, Mumbai, Delhi, Hyderabad, Chennai and Kolkata. Last month Xiaomi partnered with Uber to deliver Mi Note smartphones using the Uber app on-demand in Singapore and Malaysia. Continue reading “Ola to offer an on-demand OnePlus 2 experience at your doorstep”

Airtel offers free additional data, upgrade to higher speeds for broadband customers

Airtel Broadband Surprises

Airtel has launched new offers for existing as well as new home broadband customers. Airtel Surprises offers free additional data or upgrade to higher speeds for existing customers on their existing plans, completely free of cost. Airtel has also slashed the rates of its home broadband plans by up to 30% for all new activations. Continue reading “Airtel offers free additional data, upgrade to higher speeds for broadband customers”

Qualcomm Snapdragon 616 octa-core 64-bit SoC with LTE announced

Qualcomm Snapdragon

Qualcomm recently announced the Snapdragon 616 processor with 4G LTE support in their Snapdragon 600 lineup. It is the successor of the Snapdragon 615 SoC that was introduced last year. This has the same Quad-core ARM Cortex A53 + Quad-core ARM Cortex A53 arrangement, but the second set of Cortex A53 cores are clocked at 1.2GHz per core, compared to 1GHz in the Snapdragon 615 processor. Continue reading “Qualcomm Snapdragon 616 octa-core 64-bit SoC with LTE announced”

Google Hangouts 4.0 for Android brings material design UI, new features and improvements

Google Hangouts 4.0 for Android

Google has finally started rolling out Hangouts 4.0 for Android after it was leaked in June. It brings material design UI, improved message delivery speed and new features such as option to use Hangouts on Android Wear to send a Hangouts message using your smartwatch, outbound caller ID that lets you use your verified number as Caller ID so your friends know who is calling and more. It also brings back custom status messages. Continue reading “Google Hangouts 4.0 for Android brings material design UI, new features and improvements”

Motorola Moto G (3rd Gen) Battery Life Test

Motorola Moto G 3rd Gen FA One Charge Rating

We brought the review of Motorola Moto G (3rd Gen) recently, here we have the battery test results of the smartphone. The latest Moto G smartphone packs a 2470 mAh built-in battery, slightly larger than the 2070 mAh battery on the first two Moto G smartphones. Check out the results.

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Intex Cloud M6 16GB with 2GB RAM launched for Rs. 5999

Intex Cloud M6

Intex technologies has launched Cloud M6 16GB, a variant of the Cloud M6 with 2GB RAM and 16GB of internal storage exclusively on Snapdeal. Intex launched the Cloud M6 with 1GB RAM and 8GB of internal storage back in May. Other specifications are similar, including a 5-inch FWVGA display, 1.2 GHz quad-core Spreadtrum SC7731 processor, Android 4.4 (KitKat), 8-megapixel rear camera with LED flash and a 5-megapixel front-facing camera. It comes with dual SIM support and 3G connectivity Continue reading “Intex Cloud M6 16GB with 2GB RAM launched for Rs. 5999”

Elephone P8000 Benchmarks

Elephone P8000 Benchmarks _fonearena

Elephone introduced the Elephone P8000 smartphone back in May, which will launch in India soon. We already brought you the unboxing and the photo gallery of the smartphone, here we have its benchmarks. It is powered by an Octa-Core MediaTek MT6753 64-bit processor that has eight ARM Cortex A53 cores clocked at 1.30 GHz per core and 450MHz Mali-T720 MP2 GPU. It has 3GB RAM, 5.5-inch 1080p display and runs on Android 5.1 (Lollipop). Check out the synthetic benchmark scores. Continue reading “Elephone P8000 Benchmarks”

Airtel launches 4G LTE services in Pondicherry

Airtel 4G

Airtel has launched its 4G LTE services in Pondicherry. It launched 4G services in 296 towns across India last week, after running 4G LTE trails in the country. Airtel said that it had received great response in Chennai, Vellore, Trichy, Madurai and Coimbatore. Airtel 4G is available to customers across mobile phones, dongles, 4G hotspots and Wi-Fi dongles in the city. For existing Airtel customers, the company is offering a complimentary upgrade to Airtel 4G at same price as 3G. Continue reading “Airtel launches 4G LTE services in Pondicherry”