Huawei Y336, Y541, Y625 and G620S launched in India, priced between Rs. 5499 and Rs. 9499

Huawei Y625 and G620S

Huawei has launched four new smartphones, three in the Y series – Y336, Y541, Y625 and G620S in the G series. The devices will be marketed through the company’s offline distributors across 1000 stores in the initial phase, said the company. The Huawei G620S also has 4G support. All these smartphones run on Android 4.4 (KitKat) with Emotion UI on top and have dual SIM support.

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Airtel launches 4G LTE services in Panipat, Haryana

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Airtel has launched their 4G LTE services in Panipat in Haryana, followed by the launch in Hisar, Karnal, Yamunanagar, Ambala and Rohtak recently. In the city, users can access 4G on Mi-Fi, Wi-Fi dongles and Wi-Fi CPEs (Customer Premise Equipment/ routers). Airtel acquired 100% stake in Qualcomm AP’s India BWA licenses in Delhi, Mumbai, Haryana and Kerala circles last year. Continue reading “Airtel launches 4G LTE services in Panipat, Haryana”

Panasonic Eluga Z with 5-inch HD AMOLED display, 6.8mm slim metal frame launched for Rs. 13490

Panasonic Eluga Z

Panasonic has launched Eluga Z, the company’s latest smartphone in the Eluga series with a metal frame based on CNC based metal grinding technique. It has a 5-inch (1280 x 720 pixels) OnCell HD AMOLED display, is powered by a 1.4 GHz True Octa-Core processor and runs on Android 4.4 (KitKat). It has a 13-megapixel rear camera with LED flash and a 5-megapixel front-facing camera. Continue reading “Panasonic Eluga Z with 5-inch HD AMOLED display, 6.8mm slim metal frame launched for Rs. 13490”

Truecaller launches Truemessenger SMS app with automatic spam filtering for Android

Truecaller Truemessenger

Developers of Truecaller Caller ID app has launched Truemessenger, a smart SMS app for Android. It lets you replace your standard SMS app so that you can identify the sender of the SMS and detect, block or report spam, fraud, telemarketing, sales, and unknown phone numbers. It also offers automated spam filter that is powered by 150 million Truecaller community members worldwide. It is available exclusively in India, and the company plans to launch it globally in the near future. Continue reading “Truecaller launches Truemessenger SMS app with automatic spam filtering for Android”

YU YUPHORIA will be available on Amazon on July 8 for some who tried and failed

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YU has announced that the YU YUPHORIA smartphone will be available in Golden Ticket Sale tomorrow for select customers those who have registered to buy the smartphone but were unable to get it. The sale happens on Wednesday, July 8, 2015 from 2 PM to 5 PM. Registered customers who were unable to purchase the YUPHORIA will be eligible to participate in the sale. They will receive an email from Amazon.in informing them of their access to the sale, said the company. Continue reading “YU YUPHORIA will be available on Amazon on July 8 for some who tried and failed”

Xiaomi Redmi 2 gets a price cut in India, now available for Rs. 5999

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Xiaomi has reduced the price of Redmi 2 in India. It was launched in India back in March for Rs. 6,999. Today the company has announced Rs. 1000 price cut for the smartphone, which is now available for Rs. 5,999. Xiaomi Redmi Note 4G got a price cut in India last week and is available for Rs. 7999 Continue reading “Xiaomi Redmi 2 gets a price cut in India, now available for Rs. 5999”

Xolo Era with 5-inch display, quad-core processor, 1GB RAM launched for Rs. 4444

Xolo Era

Xolo has launched Xolo Era, the company’s latest budget smartphone. It has a 5-inch FWVGA display, is powered by a 1.2GHz quad-core processor and runs on Android 4.4 (KitKat). It has a 8-megapixel rear camera with LED flash and a 2-megapixel front-facing camera. Continue reading “Xolo Era with 5-inch display, quad-core processor, 1GB RAM launched for Rs. 4444”

Xiaomi Redmi 1S MIUI 6 global stable OTA update starts rolling out

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Xiaomi has started rolling out global stable MIUI 6 update for the Redmi 1S smartphone, few months after releasing the beta version. The company introduced MIUI 6, a major upgrade to MIUI ROM last year, but only few Mi devices such as Mi 4, Mi 3, Redmi Note, Redmi 2 and MiPad run on the stable MIUI 6 ROM. Continue reading “Xiaomi Redmi 1S MIUI 6 global stable OTA update starts rolling out”

Videocon Telecom offers 750MB of free data for all non-data users

Videocon Telecom

Videocon Telecom has announced that it will offer free data for its all its Non-data users as an initiative to educate and encourage them to start using data and get digitally connected, taking the PM’s vision of Digital India forward. It has also set up a free helpline and extended demonstration stations at all its exclusive branded Videocon Connect Retail to educate them on the know-how of data usage. Continue reading “Videocon Telecom offers 750MB of free data for all non-data users”

Oppo Mirror 5s with 5-inch HD display, Snapdragon 410 SoC, 4G LTE official

Oppo Mirror 5s

Oppo has announced Mirror 5s smartphone, after it was leaked recently. It has a 5-inch (1280 x 720 pixels) display, is powered by a 1.2 GHz quad-core Snapdragon 410 64-bit processor and runs on Android 5.1 (Lollipop) with Color OS 2.1 ROM on top. It has a 8-megapixel rear camera with LED flash and a 5-megapixel front-facing camera. The smartphone has glass back, a metal frame and is just 7.65mm thick. Continue reading “Oppo Mirror 5s with 5-inch HD display, Snapdragon 410 SoC, 4G LTE official”

LG introduces TONE+ HBS-500 mini Bluetooth Headset for women

LG HBS-500 mini

LG has announced TONE+ HBS-500 mini, Bluetooth stereo headset for women. This is a variant of the LG TONE+ HBS-500 that has a neckband length of 2cm to 22cm, especially for women. It supports VoLTE (Voice over LTE) calls that would let users to hold conversations in High Definition (HD) sound between VoLTE-capable devices and features noise reduction using MEMS microphone. It weighs just 29 grams.

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Google Android One expands to Pakistan with QMobile A1

QMobile A1

Google has expanded its Android One program to Pakistan, which becomes the ninth country to get Android One smartphones officially after India, Bangladesh, Nepal, Sri Lanka, Indonesia, Philippines, Turkey and Myanmar. Google has partnered with QMobile to launch the QMobile A1 smartphone in the country. Continue reading “Google Android One expands to Pakistan with QMobile A1”

Intel Compute Stick mini-PC launched in India for Rs. 9999

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Intel has launched its Compute Stick, a PC stick running full Windows in India. This tiny dongle will transform your TV or monitor with a HDMI port to a full-fledged PC.  iBall recently launched iBall Spelndo PC-On-Stick, powered by the Intel Atom Quad-Core Processor in partnership with Microsoft. Continue reading “Intel Compute Stick mini-PC launched in India for Rs. 9999”

Coolpad Dazen X7 Battery Life Test

Coolpad Dazen X7 One Charge Rating

We brought you the review of Coolpad Dazen X7 recently, here we have its battery life test results. The smartphone has a 2700mAh built-in Li-ion battery. It has a 5.2-inch 1080p Super AMOLED display, is powered by a 1.7 GHz Octa-Core MediaTek MT6595 processor and runs on Android 4.4 (Kitkat). Here are the results.

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Asus Zenfone 2 Review

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Asus launched its Zenfone 2 (ZE551ML) series with 4GB of RAM in India in April starting at Rs. 19999. The Zenfone 2 is the successor of last year’s Zenfone 5 and Zenfone 6 smartphones, which were a huge success for the company. This time the company decided to launch the second-generation Zenfone smartphones as Zenfone 2 in several variants. Here we have the review of Zenfone (ZE551ML) with 4GB RAM that starts at Rs. 19,999. Is the smartphone worth the price? Let us find out in the complete review.

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