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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Vodafone offering double data on 1GB or 2GB 3G packs on July 4th and 5th

Vodafone India Double Data

Vodafone India has launched a limited period Double Data offer for its pre-paid customers. Under this offer, users get 2GB 3G data on purchase of 1GB 3G pack and 4GB 3G data on purchase of 2GB 3G pack from July 4th to 6th. Extra Benefit will be credited within 30 minutes post successful recharge, says the company, but we got the extra data immediately. These packs come with a validity of 28 days. Continue reading “Vodafone offering double data on 1GB or 2GB 3G packs on July 4th and 5th”

Coolpad Dazen 1 Battery Life Test

Coolpad Dazen 1 One Charge Rating

We brought you the review of Coolpad Dazen 1, here we have its battery life test results. The smartphone is has a removable 2500mAh Lithium-Polymer battery, which is slightly more than the competitors offer. It has a 5-inch HD screen and is powered by a quad-core 64-bit Snapdragon 410 processor. Check out the results below.

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Samsung Galaxy A8 brochure reveals 16MP f/1.9 camera, Exynos 5430 SoC and more

Samsung Galaxy A8 leak

Samsung Galaxy A8 got certified on TENAA last month and it even appeared in a live hands-on video earlier this week. It was recently revealed in a brochure that confirms the 5.7-inch Full HD Super AMOLED display, 5.9mm thickness and a 16-megapixel rear camera. According to the brochure the camera has f/1.9 aperture and the smartphone is powered by a Octa-Core Exynos 5430 SoC. Continue reading “Samsung Galaxy A8 brochure reveals 16MP f/1.9 camera, Exynos 5430 SoC and more”

iBall Power Beats B9 Bluetooth Stereo Headset launched for Rs. 1199

iBall Powerbeats B9

iBall has launched Power Beats B9, a new Bluetooth Stereo headset with Bluetooth 4.1 technology and multi-point support that lets you connect two devices at once. It also has a built-in microphone for conversations on mobile phones, tablets and laptops. It weighs just 139 grams and has a built-in battery that promises up to 8 hours of music playback. It also offers voice prompt alerts.
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Lava Iris Alfa gets Android 5.0 Lollipop update

Lava Iris Alfa

Lava has released Android 5.0 (Lollipop) update for its Iris Alfa smartphone, months after it rolled out the update for the Iris Fuel 50 smartphone. It was launched back in January earlier this year running Android 4.4 (KitKat). To remind you, the Iris Alfa has a 5-inch FWVGA IPS Full Lamination display, 1.2 GHz quad-core processor, 5-megapixel auto focus rear camera with LED flash and VGA front-facing camera, 1GB RAM, 8GB internal memory with expansion slot and a 2200mAh battery. Continue reading “Lava Iris Alfa gets Android 5.0 Lollipop update”

ZTE Blade Qlux 4G Benchmarks

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ZTE launched the Blade Qlux 4G last month for Rs. 4,999. We brought you the unboxing of the smartphone recently, here we have its benchmarks. It is powered by a Quad-Core MediaTek MT6732M processor with four ARM Cortex A53 CPUs clocked at 1.29GHz per core and has ARM Mali-T760 GPU. The CPU-Z doesn’t detect the SoC properly and says it’s MT6752. It has 1GB of RAM and runs on Android 4.4 (KitKat). Check out the synthetic benchmark scores. Continue reading “ZTE Blade Qlux 4G Benchmarks”

Coolpad Dazen 1 Review

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Coolpad launched the Dazen 1 smartphone in India back in May, which got a price cut to Rs. 5999 last month. It is currently one of the cheapest Android smartphones with 4G support in the country, which competes with other budget 4G handsets. Is this the best budget 4G smartphone? Let us find out in the review.
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Airtel launches 4G LTE services in Rohtak, Haryana

Airtel 4G

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

Coolpad Dazen X7 Camera Samples

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Coolpad launched the Dazen X7 smartphone back in May. We already brought you the hands-on impressions, unboxing and the benchmarks of the smartphone, here we have the camera samples from the smartphone. It has a 13-megapixel rear camera with Sony IMX214 sensor, f/1.8 aperture, LED flash and a 8-megapixel front-facing camera with f/2.0 aperture. Continue reading “Coolpad Dazen X7 Camera Samples”