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Sony Xperia A2 with 4.3-inch HD display, 20.7MP Camera, Android 4.4 announced

Sony Xperia A2

Sony unveiled the Sony Xperia Z1 f (SO-02F) for NTT Docomo in the Winter 2013 range, ahead of its international variant, Z1 Compact last year. Today Sony has announced the Xperia A2 (SO-04F), a slightly enhanced variant of the Xperia Z1f and the successor of the Xperia A (SO-04E) in their 2014 Summer lineup. It has the same 4.3-inch (1280 x 720pixels) Triluminos Display with with X-Reality engine, powered by 2.2 GHz quad-core Snapdragon 800 processor that we had seen on the Z1 Compact, but this runs on Android 4.4 (KitKat) out of the box. Continue reading “Sony Xperia A2 with 4.3-inch HD display, 20.7MP Camera, Android 4.4 announced”

LG Lifeband Touch and Heart Rate Earphones to roll out starting this month

LG unveiled its wearable fitness devices, the Lifeband Touch and Heart Rate Earphones earlier this year at the CES in Las Vegas. Today LG has announced that it would start selling these starting this month in the U.S. The Lifeband Touch is a smart fitness band that also shows notifications for incoming calls and messages from your Android or iOS devices on full-touch OLED display when connected. It also lets you control music.
Continue reading “LG Lifeband Touch and Heart Rate Earphones to roll out starting this month”

Asus Fonepad 7 FE170CG with 7-inch display, Dual SIM goes on sale in Thailand

Asus Fonepad 7 FE170CG

Asus unveiled the Fonepad 7 (FE170CG), a new variant of the Fonepad 7 few weeks back. Now the complete specifications of the tablet has surfaced on the official website that reveals that it would also come in dual SIM variant. This was first spotted by notebookitalia.it. The tablet went on sale in Thailand few days back. Unlike the Asus Fonepad 7 Dual SIM (ME175CG), the new Fonepad 7 has a 7-inch (1024 x 600 pixels) display, has a 2-megapixel rear camera and a 0.3-megapixel (VGA) front-facing camera. It also features the new Zen UI, similar to its latest Zen series smartphones. Continue reading “Asus Fonepad 7 FE170CG with 7-inch display, Dual SIM goes on sale in Thailand”

Panasonic P81 launching this May, teasers hint swappable covers and Smart app switch

Panasonic P81 teaser

Panasonic has announced that it would launch Panasonic P81, the company’s upcoming phone in the P Series later this month. It has released new teaser images and a video that reveals that the smartphone would come with colorful removable back covers and new software features such as smart app switch and Multi Window. Continue reading “Panasonic P81 launching this May, teasers hint swappable covers and Smart app switch”

BlackBerry Z3 launched in Indonesia, available from May 15th

BlackBerry announced the BlackBerry Z3, the company’s affordable full-touch smartphone made by Foxconn at the Mobile World Congress in Barcelona. It went on pre-order in Indonesia last month. The company has launched the BlackBerry Z3 Jakarta Edition in Indonesia at an event today, as it announced last month. Continue reading “BlackBerry Z3 launched in Indonesia, available from May 15th”

LG G3 teaser reveals OIS, brushed metal body and more

LG G3 teaser

LG Mobile has just released a teaser image and a video for the LG G3 launch on May 27th. The teaser image shows the phone in Gold and the launch date, May 27th. The teaser video shows additional details such as OIS in camera, it’s unique brushed metal finish on the back, rear buttons, powerful (1-watt) speakers, narrow bezels and more. Check out the official teaser below. Continue reading “LG G3 teaser reveals OIS, brushed metal body and more”

Blue HTC One M8 press image leaks

HTC One M8 Blue leak

After Red and Pink HTC One M8 @evleaks has leaked the HTC One M8 in Blue. HTC released the One M8 in Gunmetal Gray, Glacial Silver and Amber Gold colors initially and @evleaks revealed that the phone would come in Red, Pink and Blue colors soon. HTC has not officially announced the new color variants yet. Continue reading “Blue HTC One M8 press image leaks”

Motorola Moto E with 4.3-inch qHD display, Android 4.4 launched in India for Rs. 6999

Motorola Moto E

Motorola has launched the Moto E, the company’s latest budget smartphone in India. It has a 4.3-inch (960 x 540 pixels) qHD display with Corning Gorilla glass 3 protection, powered by a 1.2 GHz dual-core processor and runs on the latest Android 4.4.2 (KitKat), upgradable to future Android versions. It has a 5-megapixel rear camera, Dual SIM support and 3G connectivity. Continue reading “Motorola Moto E with 4.3-inch qHD display, Android 4.4 launched in India for Rs. 6999”

Lava Iris X1 running Android 4.4 launching soon priced under Rs. 8000

Lava Iris X1

Lava launched the Iris 406Q, a budget smartphone running Android 4.3 (Jelly Bean) last month and also promised to deliver Android 4.4 for it. Now the company has announced that it plans to launch the Iris X1, another budget phone in the Iris series running Android 4.4 (KitKat). The design and aesthetics of the smartphone are based on recently launched Iris Pro series, says Lava. Continue reading “Lava Iris X1 running Android 4.4 launching soon priced under Rs. 8000”

iBall Andi 3.5Kke Winner and Andi 3.5Kke Genius officially launched for Rs. 3499 and Rs. 3999


iBall Andi 3.5Kke Genius and Andi 3.5Kke Winner that went on sale online last month have been officially launched. Both these smartphones have a 3.5-inch HVGA display, powered by a 1.3 GHz dual-core processor and runs on Android 4.2 (Jelly Bean). These have a 3.2-megapixel rear camera with LED flash and a VGA front-facing camera. Continue reading “iBall Andi 3.5Kke Winner and Andi 3.5Kke Genius officially launched for Rs. 3499 and Rs. 3999”

Samsung Galaxy S5 Prime (SM-G906K) shows up on Korean website briefly

Samsung Galaxy S5 Prime SM-G906K

Samsung Galaxy S5 Prime (SM-G906S) appeared on a Hong Kong website recently. Now the Korean variant of the phone appeared on KT’s official olleh website briefly before it was pulled. According to recent leaks the Galaxy S5 prime would feature a 5.2-inch (2560 × 1440 pixels) WQHD AMOLED display that Samsung reportedly started producing few months back. Continue reading “Samsung Galaxy S5 Prime (SM-G906K) shows up on Korean website briefly”

Apple iPhone 6 dummy allegedly surfaces in photos and video

iPhone 6 dummy

Apple iPhone 6, successor of the iPhone 5s has been rumored for a long time now. Recently alleged design schematic of the upcoming iPhone 6 surfaced, including the dimensions. Now alleged dummy model of the iPhone 6 has surfaced online, compared with the iPhone 5s. According to the rumor the thickness of the iPhone 6 would be somewhere between 6.7 and 7.1 mm, and not 6.1mm thick as rumored earlier. Continue reading “Apple iPhone 6 dummy allegedly surfaces in photos and video”

Karbonn Titanium Hexa to go on sale exclusively on Amazon.in starting May 20th for Rs. 16990

Karbonn launched the Titanium Hexa, the company’s first smartphone with a hexa-core processor back in March. It was expected to go on sale by April-end. Today, the company has announced that the Titanium Hexa would be available for pre-order starting May 13th. It would go on sale starting May 20th for Rs. 16990 exclusively from Techfone on Amazon.in. The new Titanium Octane and Hexa smartphone would come pre-loaded with Amazon mobile shopping App. Continue reading “Karbonn Titanium Hexa to go on sale exclusively on Amazon.in starting May 20th for Rs. 16990”

Nokia MD-12 wireless speaker and Treasure Tag launched in India for Rs. 5499 and Rs. 2099

At the Lumia 630 launch event, Microsoft has also released Nokia MD-12, the latest portable wireless speaker and Treasure Tag, a small accessory to keep other accessories close and safe. The speaker has built-in vibrating actuator on the base promises thumping bass when placed on most surfaces and connects to smartphones easily over NFC and Bluetooth. Continue reading “Nokia MD-12 wireless speaker and Treasure Tag launched in India for Rs. 5499 and Rs. 2099”

Nokia Lumia 630 and Lumia 630 Dual SIM launched in India for Rs. 10500 and Rs. 11500

Nokia Lumia 630 and Lumia 630 Dual SIM, the company’s latest handsets in the Lumia series has been launched in India. These smartphones were announced last month and packs a 4.5-inch FWVGA ClearBlack IPS display with Corning Gorilla Glass 3 protection, powered by a 1.2 GHz quad-core Snapdragon 400 processor and runs on Windows Phone 8.1. These have a 5-megapixel rear camera with 720p HD video recording and support for a range of camera apps, including Nokia Camera. Continue reading “Nokia Lumia 630 and Lumia 630 Dual SIM launched in India for Rs. 10500 and Rs. 11500”