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Spice Stellar 431 with 4-inch display, dual-core processor launched for Rs. 3499

Spice Stellar Mi-431

Spice Mobility has launched Stellar 431, the company’s latest budget smartphone in the Stellar series. It comes with 4-inch (480 x 800 pixels) display, is powered by a 1 GHz dual-core processor and run on Android 4.4 (KitKat). It features a 3.2-megapixel rear camera with LED flash and a 1.3-megapixel front-facing camera. It has dual SIM support and 3G connectivity. It comes pre-loaded with OLX, WhatsApp, Opera, AskMe and more. Continue reading “Spice Stellar 431 with 4-inch display, dual-core processor launched for Rs. 3499”

OPPO Mirror 3 with 4.7-inch HD display, Snapdragon 410 SoC launched in India for Rs. 16990

OPPO Mirror 3

OPPO has introduced Mirror 3 smartphone in India. It was first introduced in Vietnam last month and was launched in China as OPPO 3000 in China. It has a 4.7-inch (1280 x 720 pixels) display, is powered by a 1.2 GHz quad-core Snapdragon 410 64-bit processor and runs on Android 4.4 (Ktikat) with Color OS 2.01 ROM on top. It has a 8-megapixel rear camera with LED flash and a 5-megapixel front-facing camera. Continue reading “OPPO Mirror 3 with 4.7-inch HD display, Snapdragon 410 SoC launched in India for Rs. 16990”

Oppo 3000 with 4.7-inch HD display, Snapdragon 410 SoC, 4G LTE announced

Oppo 3000

Oppo has introduced Oppo 3000 smartphone in China. It has a 4.7-inch (1280 x 720 pixels) display, powered by a 1.2 GHz quad-core Snapdragon 410 64-bit processor and runs on Android 4.4 (Ktikat) with Color OS 2.01 ROM on top. It has a 8-megapixel rear camera with LED flash, 1/3.2″ Sony IMX179 sensor with pixel size of 1.4 microns, f/2.0 aperture, 5-element lens and a 5-megapixel front-facing camera.

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BLU Studio Energy with 5000mAh battery goes on sale in the US for $149

BLU Studio Energy

BLU Products has released BLU Studio Energy smartphone in U.S. with a 5000mAh battery that promises up to 4 days of battery life on standard usage with a single charge or 45 days stand-by. Specifications of the smartphone is decent too, which includes a 5-inch HD display, 1.3GHz Quad Core Processor, 1GB RAM and 8GB of internal storage with expansion slot. It runs on Android 4.4 (KitKat), which will be upgraded to to Lollipop in June, says the company. Continue reading “BLU Studio Energy with 5000mAh battery goes on sale in the US for $149”

Xiaomi Redmi 2 Benchmarks

Xiaomi Redmi 2 Benchmarks_fonearena-01

Xiaomi announced the Redmi 2 smartphone in China last month. We already brought you the unboxing and the photo gallery 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 1.21GHz per core, similar to the Lenovo A6000. It has Adreno 306 GPU clocked at 400 MHz.  It has a 1GB RAM, 4.7-inch HD (1280 x 720 pixels) display and runs on Android 4.4 (KitKat). Let’s find out how the smartphone performs in a range of synthetic benchmark tests.

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Twitter introduces ICC Cricket World Cup timeline

Twitter ICC Cricket

Twitter has created timeline for 2015 ICC Cricket World Cup offering Tweets, commentary and expert analysis along with photos, videos and Vines from every match within your network or official accounts.

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Asus Zenfone C launched in India for Rs. 5999

Asus Zenfone C

Asus has launched Zenfone C (ZC451CG), the company’s latest budget smartphone in the Zenfone series in India. It was announced coupled of few weeks back a packs a 4.5-inch FWVGA IPS screen, is powered by a 1.2GHz dual-core Intel Atom Z2520 processor, runs on Android 4.4 (KitKat) with Zen UI, 5-megapixel rear camera with LED flash and a VGA front-facing camera Continue reading “Asus Zenfone C launched in India for Rs. 5999”

ZTE N919D Dual SIM (CDMA + GSM) Android smartphone launched for Rs. 6999

ZTE N919D

ZTE has launched N919D, the company’s latest Android smartphone with Dual SIM (CDMA + GSM) that 3G CDMA or GSM on one slot and GSM on the other. It has a 5-inch (480 x 854 pixels) display, is powered by a 1.2 GHz quad-core processor and runs on Android 4.1 (Jelly Bean). It has a 8-megapixel rear camera with LED Flash and 0.3-megapixel front-facing camera. Continue reading “ZTE N919D Dual SIM (CDMA + GSM) Android smartphone launched for Rs. 6999”

Samsung Galaxy J1 launched in India on Amazon with bundled offers for Rs. 7190

Samsung Galaxy J1

Samsung has launched the Galaxy J1 smartphone in India on Amazon.in as it promised. It packs a 4.3-inch WVGA display, is powered by a 1.2GHz dual-core processor and runs on Android 4.4 (Kitkat). Continue reading “Samsung Galaxy J1 launched in India on Amazon with bundled offers for Rs. 7190”

Lenovo P70 with 5-inch HD display, 4G LTE and 4000mAh battery announced

Lenovo P70

Lenovo has announced P70, the company’s latest smartphone in P series in China. It has a 5-inch (1280 x 720 pixels) IPS display, is powered by a 1.7 GHz octa-core MediaTek MT6752 Processor processor and runs on Android 4.4 (KitKat) with Lenovo’s custom UI on top. It has a 13-megapixel rear camera with LED flash and a 5-megapixel front-facing camera. It comes with dual SIM support and is 8.9mm thick. Continue reading “Lenovo P70 with 5-inch HD display, 4G LTE and 4000mAh battery announced”

Samsung Galaxy S4 Android 5.0 Lollipop update starts rolling out in India

Samsung has started rolling out Android 5.0.1 (Lollipop) update for the Galaxy S4 (GT-I9500) smartphone in India. It rolled out Android 4.4 (KitKat) update for the smartphone about one year back. Samsung has still not revealed the list of devices that would get the Lollipop update, but it started rolling out the update for Galaxy S5 and the Galaxy S4 users in some markets. It is surprising that the company has not rolled out the Lollipop update for Galaxy S5 and Galaxy Note 3 users in India yet. Continue reading “Samsung Galaxy S4 Android 5.0 Lollipop update starts rolling out in India”

Sony Xperia E4 and E4 dual with 5-inch qHD display official

Sony Xperia E4

Sony just announced the Xperia E4 and E4 dual, two new budget smartphones ahead of MWC 2015 after several leaks. These have a 5-inch qHD IPS display and are powered by a 1.3 GHz quad-core MediaTek SoC, compared to Snapdragon 400 in the Xperia E3 and E3 dual that were introduced at the IFA last year. These run on Android 4.4 (KitKat), have a 5-megapixel rear camera with LED flash and a 2-megapixel front-facing camera. Continue reading “Sony Xperia E4 and E4 dual with 5-inch qHD display official”

Google Search gets Knowledge Graph for health-related info

Google Search health information

Google Search’s Knowledge Graph that powers the Google Now search cards that pop up when you search for certain things will now offer details about common health conditions when you search for them. One in 20 Google searches are for health-related information, says Google. Continue reading “Google Search gets Knowledge Graph for health-related info”

Motorola Moto E LTE (2nd Gen) with Android 5.0 shows up on Best Buy

Motorola Moto E 2015

Motorola Moto E (2nd Gen) with LTE support has surfaced on the Best Buy website, few weeks after the press renders of the smartphone surfaced online. This coincides with earlier leak that revealed 4.5-inch qHD (960×540 pixels) display, 1.2GHz quad-core Qualcomm Snapdragon processor (could be Snapdragon 400) and 1GB of RAM. This is the single SIM variant, but it is likely to come in dual SIM variant as well depending on the market. Check out the complete specifications of the smartphone below. Continue reading “Motorola Moto E LTE (2nd Gen) with Android 5.0 shows up on Best Buy”

Samsung Galaxy J1 launching in India on Amazon on Feb 11th for Rs. 7190

Samsung Galaxy J1

Samsung unveiled the Galaxy J1 smartphone few weeks back. Today Amazon has announced that the Galaxy J1 smartphone will be available with them in India starting tomorrow, February 11th with exciting offers. As we already know, the Galaxy J1 packs a 4.3-inch WVGA display, is powered by a 1.2GHz dual-core processor and runs on Android 4.4 (Kitkat). Continue reading “Samsung Galaxy J1 launching in India on Amazon on Feb 11th for Rs. 7190”