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Samsung Galaxy J1 4G, Core Prime 4G and Grand Prime 4G announced for India, starts at Rs. 9990

Samsung Galaxy J1

Samsung has announced the Galaxy J1 4G, Galaxy Core Prime 4G and Galaxy Grand Prime 4G, three new 4G-enabled smartphones for India at the Samsung Forum 2015 in Bangkok. All these smartphones have both TD-LTE B40 (2300) and FDD-LTE B3 (1800) for India and comes with dual SIM support. Samsung had already launched the 3G variants of these smartphones in India. Check out the complete specifications of these smartphones below. Continue reading “Samsung Galaxy J1 4G, Core Prime 4G and Grand Prime 4G announced for India, starts at Rs. 9990”

Samsung Galaxy A3 Benchmarks

Samsung Galaxy A3 Benchmarks_fonearena-01

Samsung launched the Galaxy A3 smartphone with all-metal body in India for Rs. 20,500 along with the Galaxy A5 last month. We already brought you the unboxing of the smartphone, here we have the benchmarks. It is powered by a quad-core Snapdragon 410 (MSM8916) SoC that has four ARM Cortex-A53 CPUs clocked at 1.19 GHz per core and has Adreno 306 GPU, similar to the Galaxy A5.  It has 1GB RAM, 4.5-inch qHD display and runs on Android 4.4 (KitKat). Let’s find out it in a range of synthetic benchmark tests.

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Samsung starts mass production of Exynos 7 Octa based on 14nm technology

Samsung Exynos 7 Octa

Samsung has announced that is has started mass production of Exynos 7 Octa processor that is based on 14nm FinFET process technology. Exynos 7 Octa was first announced back in October last year, which was based on 20nm HKMG process technology. Samsung’s FinFET process technology enables system-on-chip (SOC) designers to reap all of the advantages for the latest energy-efficient processors: die-size reductions, faster frequencies, and lower power consumption, the company had said earlier. Continue reading “Samsung starts mass production of Exynos 7 Octa based on 14nm technology”

Samsung Galaxy Grand Max launched in India for Rs. 15990

Samsung Galaxy Grand Max

Samsung has launched its Galaxy Grand Max (SM-G7200) smartphone in India, as expected. It packs a 5.25-inch HD display, has a 13-megapixel rear camera and a 5-megapixel front-facing camera. It is powered by a 1.2GHz quad-core Qualcomm Snapdragon 410 processor and has 1.5GB RAM, similar to the Galaxy Mega 2 that was released last year. Continue reading “Samsung Galaxy Grand Max launched in India for Rs. 15990”

LG Watch Urbane all-metal luxury Android Wear smartwatch announced

LG Watch Urbane

LG has announced LG Watch Urbane, the company’s first luxury Android Wear smartwatch with metal build, ahead of Mobile World Congress (MWC) 2015. The LG Watch Urbane is more formal with a thinner profile and resembles a luxury timepiece, says LG. It has stainless steel body with stitched natural leather strap and the strap can be replaced with any 22mm wide band.

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Samsung Galaxy A7 goes on sale in India for Rs. 30499

Samsung Galaxy A7

Samsung Galaxy A7 smartphone with all metal unibody design is now one sale in India through the official Samsung India eStore. It was officially announced last month, pacls a 5.5-inch Full HD Super AMOLED display, is powered by a Qualcomm Snapdragon 615 SoC, runs on Android 4.4 (KitKat) with Samsung’s own UI on top, comes with a 13-megapixel rear camera with LED flash and a 5-megapixel front-facing camera. It also has dual nano SIM support and 4G LTE connectivity. Continue reading “Samsung Galaxy A7 goes on sale in India for Rs. 30499”

Uber offers on-demand yacht ride for Valentine’s day in Chennai and Mumbai

Uber Yacht Chennai

After announcing helicopter ride this Valentine’s day in Delhi, Uber has announced on-demand yacht rides for Chennai this Valentine’s day for the first time in India. All you need to do is to request for a SUPERYACHT through your Uber app between 9:00am and 1:00pm, tomorrow. It costs Rs. 1,999 for a ride that includes pick up in UberLUX. Demand will be high and availability limited, so you might have to try multiple times, says Uber. Continue reading “Uber offers on-demand yacht ride for Valentine’s day in Chennai and Mumbai”

Lava XTRON MEGA with 10.1-inch HD display, quad-core processor launching soon

Lava XTRON MEGA

Lava XTROM MEGA, the company’s upcoming tablet has been listed on the official website. It has a 10.1-inch (1280 x 800 pixels) IPS display, is powered by a 1.3 GHz quad-core processor and runs on Android 4.2 (Jelly Bean). It has a 2-megapixel rear camera and a VGA front-facing camera. Lava launched the Xtron Z704 with a 7-inch screen back in October last year. This is the company’s first Xtron tablet with a 10-inch screen Continue reading “Lava XTRON MEGA with 10.1-inch HD display, quad-core processor launching soon”

Xolo Q1200 gets Android 4.4 KitKat update

Xolo Q1200_fonearena

Xolo released beta version of KitKat update for the Q1200 smartphone last year as it promised, now the company has released stable version of KitKat update for the smartphone. The smartphone was released back in June last year running Android 4.2 (Jelly Bean). Continue reading “Xolo Q1200 gets Android 4.4 KitKat update”

Google Search now offers Cricket World Cup 2015 videos, highlights and more

Google Search ICC World Cup 2015

Google introduced Google Now cards for Cricket last year during ICC World T20. You might have noticed new Google Now cards related to ICC Cricket World Cup 2015 if you had searched for it or added a cricket team in Google Search. Today Google has announced that it has partnered with Star Sports to offer pre-game videos, in-game highlights, and post-match recaps for the match’s most exciting moments within the search results in Google Search for mobile and desktop. Continue reading “Google Search now offers Cricket World Cup 2015 videos, highlights and more”

Intex Aqua Star L with 5-inch display, Android 5.0 Lollipop launched for Rs. 6990

Intex Aqua Star L

Intex has launched Intex Aqua Star L, the company’s latest smartphone in the Aqua series running on Android 5.0 Lollipop. Xolo was the first company to roll out Android 5.0 (Lollipop) for its Xolo One smartphone, but Intex is the first Indian brand  to launch Android Lollipop smartphone, claims the company. Continue reading “Intex Aqua Star L with 5-inch display, Android 5.0 Lollipop launched for Rs. 6990”

New Samsung Grand series smartphone launching in India next week, could be Galaxy Grand 3

Samsung Galaxy Grand 3 Teaser

Snapdeal has announced that Samsung will launch its next Grand series smartphone in India next week, exclusively on Snapdeal. This doesn’t give any hint about the smartphone or its features, but BGR.in has got hold of the teaser image of the smartphone that resembles the Samsung Galaxy Grand Max (SM-G7200) that was launched in Korea last month. The teaser also says The Grandest Ever, Coming Soon. It was also spotted on TENAA in China last month with both TDD-LTE and FDD-LTE support and it went official in the country later. It is not clear if Samsung plans to launch the LTE version of the smartphone in India. Continue reading “New Samsung Grand series smartphone launching in India next week, could be Galaxy Grand 3”

Cricbuzz for Android, iPhone and iPad updated with World Cup 2015 section

Cricbuzz for iPhone and Android World Cup

Cricbuzz has launches new World Cup section, on their Android, iPhone and iPad apps, as well as web targeting 75 million users during the tournament. During IPL 2014, Cricbuzz was used by over 50 million people, with more than 80% of users on their mobile devices, says the company. In January, Cricbuzz users spent over 2.5 billion minutes on the Cricbuzz app, generating 2.6 billion page views, it adds. Continue reading “Cricbuzz for Android, iPhone and iPad updated with World Cup 2015 section”

Uber offers on-demand helicopter ride for Valentine’s day in Delhi

Uber helicopter ride Delhi

Uber had already offered Chopper on demand last year in Mumbai and Bangalore. Now it is offering helicopter ride for two this Valentine’s day in Delhi. All you need to do is to request a helicopter through your Uber app between 9:00am and 10:30am. It costs Rs. 5,000 for a ride, which can be paid using your Paytm wallet . This includes UberBLACK ride and poolside meal by Asian Haus. Demand for UberCHOPPER will be high and supply will be limited, says Uber. Continue reading “Uber offers on-demand helicopter ride for Valentine’s day in Delhi”

Panasonic Toughpad FZ-B2 durable Android Tablet launched in India for Rs 75,000

Panasonic Toughpad FZ-B2

Panasonic has launched Toughpad FZ-B2, the company’s latest durable Android tablet in India. It has a 7-inch HD (1280 x 800 pixels ) display with anti-glare for reading even under sunlight,  is powered by a 1.83 GHz Intel Celeron N2930 processor and runs on Android 4.4.4 (KitKat). It is Water and Dust proof with IP65 certification and has MIL-STD-810G design for long-lasting durability even when used in harsh environments. It has USB 3.0 support and comes with user-replaceable battery. Continue reading “Panasonic Toughpad FZ-B2 durable Android Tablet launched in India for Rs 75,000”