Airtel has launched Data Cashback, Family Data Share, Smartphone Surprises and more data benefits for its mobile customers at completely free of cost. Continue reading “Airtel launches 50% daily data cashback, Family Data Share packs and more”
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OnePlus X with 5-inch 1080p AMOLED display, 3GB RAM launched starting at Rs. 16999
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
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 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
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”
Samsung Galaxy View tablet with 18.4-inch display, 4G LTE official
Samsung has officially announced Galaxy View, the company’s largest tablet with a 18.4-inch 1080p display, as it promised at the IFA last month. Even though it has a pixel density of just 119 PPI, Samsung says that the screen is optimized for media consumption and the tablet has been designed with a video-centric interface in mind. It has a dedicated home screen for videos showcases from various content services like Netflix, Hulu, and YouTube, all in one place. It also has powerful 4-watt stereo speakers and has nano SIM support offering 4G LTE connectivity on-the-go. Continue reading “Samsung Galaxy View tablet with 18.4-inch display, 4G LTE official”
Samsung Exynos 8890 with custom cores for Galaxy S7 said to enter mass production in December
Samsung’s Octa-Core Exynos 8890 SoC also called the Exynos M1 with custom CPU cores surfaced in benchmarks last month. There were reports that Samsung is also testing Snapdragon 820 SoC for the upcoming Galaxy S7 flagship smartphone and it might also release another variant with the high-end Snapdragon processor that will release sometime in the first half of 2016. Continue reading “Samsung Exynos 8890 with custom cores for Galaxy S7 said to enter mass production in December”
Motorola Moto X Style Battery Life Test
Motorola launched the Moto X Style, the company’s high-end smartphone in the X series earlier this month. It went on sale couple of weeks back on Flipkart starting at Rs. 29,999. We brought you the review of the Moto X Style recently, here we have the battery test results of the smartphone. It has a 3000mAh built-in battery, packs a 5.7-inch Quad HD display, is powered by a Hexa-Core Qualcomm Snapdragon 808 SoC and runs on Android 5.1.1 (Lollipop). Check out the test results below.
Toshiba agrees to sell image sensor business to Sony
Toshiba Corporation today confirmed earlier reports that it will sell CMOS image sensor business to Sony Corporation. It will help it to overhaul its unprofitable semiconductor businesses after the company shared that it overstated earnings by $1.3 billion going back to fiscal 2008-2009. Even though the company did not confirm how much the deal is worth, it is worth around 20 billion yen ($166.15 million) according to Reuters. Continue reading “Toshiba agrees to sell image sensor business to Sony”
14,000 Lenovo Vibe P1m units sold out in 10 seconds in first flash sale on Flipkart
Lenovo launched the Vibe P1m smartphone in India last week. It went on sale on Flipkart through flash sale at 3PM today. Today the company said that it sold 14,000 units of Vibe P1m smartphones in less than 10 seconds in the first flash sale. It received over 1, 75,000 registrations registrations for the sale, said Lenovo. Continue reading “14,000 Lenovo Vibe P1m units sold out in 10 seconds in first flash sale on Flipkart”
Oppo Neo 7 with 5-inch display, Snapdragon 410 SoC, 4G LTE launched in India for Rs. 9990
Oppo has launched the Neo 7, the company’s latest smartphone in India, as expected. It was announced earlier today and packs a 5-inch qHD screen, is powered by an quad-core Snapdragon 410 64-bit SoC, runs on Android 5.1 (Lollipop) OS with Color OS 2.1 on top, has a 8-megapixel rear camera with LED flash and a 5-megapixel front-facing camera. Continue reading “Oppo Neo 7 with 5-inch display, Snapdragon 410 SoC, 4G LTE launched in India for Rs. 9990”
Xolo BLACK 1X Unboxing, First Impressions and Photo Gallery
Xolo launched the BLACK 1X, the company’s latest smartphone in the BLACK series earlier today, priced at Rs. 9999. It will go on sale on Snapdeal through flash sale starting from November 6th. We got our hands on the smartphone, here is the unboxing and first impressions of the smartphone.
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Xolo BLACK 1X with 5-inch 1080p display, 3GB RAM, 4G LTE launched for Rs. 9999
Xolo just launched BLACK 1X, its second BLACK series smartphone, as it promised last week. It packs a 5-inch 1080p display with Asahi Dragon trail Glass protection, is powered by an Octa-Core 64-bit MediaTek MT6753 SoC and runs on Android 5.1 (Lollipop) with HIVE Atlas UI on top. Xolo has promised that it will be upgradable to Android 6.0 (Marshmallow) in future, but no details about the time frame yet. It has a 13-megapixel rear camera with phase-detection auto-focus (PDAF) that lets you focus in just 0.15 seconds, LED Flash and a 5-megapixel front-facing camera with LED flash. Continue reading “Xolo BLACK 1X with 5-inch 1080p display, 3GB RAM, 4G LTE launched for Rs. 9999”
Huawei Honor Play 5X with 5.5-inch 1080p display, 3GB RAM, fingerprint sensor announced
Huawei has announced the Honor Play 5X, the company’s latest smartphone in the Honor Play series in China. It has a 5.5-inch 1080p display with 72.5% screen-to-body ratio, is powered by an Octa-Core Snapdragon 615 processor and runs on Android 5.1 (Lollipop) with EMUI 3.1 on top. It has a 13-megapixel rear camera with Sony or Samsung sensor, LED flash and a 5-megapixel front-facing camera. It has unibody metal build and a fingerprint sensor 2.0 on the back that can unlock the phone in under 0.5 seconds. Continue reading “Huawei Honor Play 5X with 5.5-inch 1080p display, 3GB RAM, fingerprint sensor announced”
Apple reports record $234 billion revenue in FY 2015, 231M iPhones, 55M iPads sold
Apple has reported revenue of $51.5 billion with a net profit of $11.1 billion in their earnings for the financial year Q4 2015 that ended September 26, 2015. Revenues were up 22% and earnings per share up 38% year-over-year. For the fiscal year 2015, Apple reported revenue of 234 billion, up 28%, and 58 billion dollars over 2014. It sold over 300 million devices in the year, including 231 million iPhones, 55 million iPads, and 21 million Macs and increased its global market share for both iPhone and Mac. In FY Q4 2015 it sold 48 million iPhones, up 22% year over year, 9.8 million iPads and 5.7 million Macs. Continue reading “Apple reports record $234 billion revenue in FY 2015, 231M iPhones, 55M iPads sold”