Asus Zenfone C with 4.5-inch display, dual-core Intel Atom SoC announced

Asus Zenfone C

Asus has announced Zenfone C (ZC451CG), the company’s latest budget smartphone in the Zenfone series in Malaysia. It has almost similar specifications as the Asus Zenfone 4 (A450CG) that was launched last year, but the camera has been downgraded to 5-megapixel and the battery has been upgraded to 2100mAh. This was leaked through several certification websites last month. Continue reading “Asus Zenfone C with 4.5-inch display, dual-core Intel Atom SoC announced”

Xolo Q520s with 4-inch display, 1820mAh battery now available for Rs. 5699

Xolo Q520

Xolo Q520s, the company’s latest smartphone in the Q CORE series is now available from eBay.in. It has also been listed on the official website. It has a 4-inch (480×800 pixels) capacitive touch screen display based on One Glass Solution (OGS) technology, is powered by a 1.3 GHz quad-core MediaTek MT 6582M processor and runs on Android 4.4 (KitKat). The main highlight of the smartphone is the 1820mAh battery that promises up to 11 hours of talk time and 527 hours of standby on 3G, 19 hours of talk time and 610 hours of standby on 2G. Continue reading “Xolo Q520s with 4-inch display, 1820mAh battery now available for Rs. 5699”

Lava Iris X1 Mini and Iris X1 Grand launched for Rs. 4348 and Rs. 7326

Lava Iris X1 Mini

Lava has launched Iris X1 Mini and Iris X1 Grand, the company’s latest budget smartphones in the Iris X1 Series. It Iris X1 mini has a 4-inch WVGA screen and is powered by a 1.2GHz quad-core processor, while the Iris X1 Grand has a 5-inch FWVGA IPS screen and is powered by a 1.3 GHz quad-core MediaTek processor. Both the smartphones run on Android 4.4.2 (KitKat). It promises Android 5.0 (Lollipop) update for the Iris X1 Grand. Both these smartphones have the same design of last year’s Iris X1. Continue reading “Lava Iris X1 Mini and Iris X1 Grand launched for Rs. 4348 and Rs. 7326”

Spice Group to invest Rs. 500 crores to set up mobile manufacturing unit in Uttar Pradesh

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Spice Group today announced an investment of Rs 500 crores to set up a mobile manufacturing unit in Uttar Pradesh. It has signed a Memorandum of Understanding with the Government of Uttar Pradesh for setting up the manufacturing unit in the state. Under the MoU, the Government of UP will support Spice Group in establishing the facility in the state of Uttar Pradesh in a time bound manner and facilitate the necessary infrastructure, ecosystem and incentives under various schemes announced by the State and Central Government. Continue reading “Spice Group to invest Rs. 500 crores to set up mobile manufacturing unit in Uttar Pradesh”

Lava Iris 470 with 4.5-inch display, dual-core processor now available for Rs. 4399

Lava Iris 470

Lava Iris 470, the company’s new smartphone in the Iris series is now available from Indiatimes Shopping and eBay. It has a 4.5-inch (854 ×480 pixels) FWVGA IPS display, is powered by a 1.3 GHz dual-core processor and runs on Android 4.2 (Jelly Bean). It has a 5-megapixel auto focus camera with LED flash and a 0.3MP (VGA) front-facing camera.  Continue reading “Lava Iris 470 with 4.5-inch display, dual-core processor now available for Rs. 4399”

Samsung invests Rs. 517 crores for the expansion of Noida mobile phone plant

Samsung India Electronics Noida mobile phone plant inauguration

Samsung India today announced that it has invested INR. 517 crores for the expansion of the Noida plant under the UP Mega Policy. The plan was inaugurated by Akhilesh Yadav, Hon’ble Chief Minister of Uttar Pradesh in Lucknow today. Samsung’s latest Z1 Tizen smartphone will also be manufactured at the Noida facility with most of the phone’s software being developed at the Noida Research Centre, it said. Continue reading “Samsung invests Rs. 517 crores for the expansion of Noida mobile phone plant”

McAfee Mobile Security to come pre-installed in Samsung Tizen smartphones

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Samsung launched the Z1, it’s first Tizen OS smartphone in India earlier this month. Today, Intel Security has announced its partnership with Samsung and said that its McAfee Mobile Security software will come pre-installed in Samsung Tizen OS smartphones, including the Samsung Z1. Continue reading “McAfee Mobile Security to come pre-installed in Samsung Tizen smartphones”

LG Ice Cream Smart Android flip phone launched in Korea

LG Ice Cream Smart

LG has launched Ice Cream Smart (LG-F440L), the company’s latest Android flip phone in Korea. It has a 3.5-inch (320 x 480 pixels) display, is powered by a 1.2 GHz quad-core processor and runs on Android 4.4 (KitKat). It has a 8-megapixel rear camera without flash and a VGA front-facing camera. It comes with 4G connectivity with VoLTE. It released Wine Smart flip phone last year, and this comes with a similar T9 keypad, a dedicated key to launch Kakao Talk messenger and a powerful 1W speaker. Continue reading “LG Ice Cream Smart Android flip phone launched in Korea”

Reverie launches Swalekh multi-lingual Android keyboard with 11 Indian languages

Swalekh

Reverie Language Technologies has launched Swalekh keypad, its first multi-lingual keyboard for Android. It has support for 11 Indian languages that includes, Assamese, Bengali, Gujarati, Hindi, Kannada, Malayalam, Marathi, Oriya, Punjabi, Tamil and Telugu, in addition to English. Continue reading “Reverie launches Swalekh multi-lingual Android keyboard with 11 Indian languages”

Xiaomi Mi 3 will go on sale for the last time in India on Jan 26 ahead of Mi 4 launch

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Xiaomi launched the Mi 3 smartphone in India back in July. It temporarily discontinued the smartphone in August, but it brought back the smartphone during Diwali in limited quantities for those who tried to buy the smartphone and failed earlier. When everyone thought the Mi 3 would not be available anymore in India since it permanently discontinued the smartphone, it is bringing back the Mi 3 for the last time on January 26th. Continue reading “Xiaomi Mi 3 will go on sale for the last time in India on Jan 26 ahead of Mi 4 launch”

Samsung Galaxy A5 Battery Test

Samsung Galaxy A5 FA Charge Rating

Samsung launched the Galaxy A5 smartphone with all metal build and 4G connectivity in India earlier this month for Rs. 25,550. We already brought you the unboxing, photo gallery and benchmarks of the smartphone, here we have the battery test results. The Galaxy A5 has a 2300 mAh built-in battery, 5-inch HD Super AMOLED display, is powered by a 1.2GHz quad-core Snapdragon 410 processor and 2GB RAM. It runs on  Android 4.4 (KitKat). Here are the battery test results.

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Google Chromecast now available from Google Play in India for Rs. 2999

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Google launched the Chromecast dongle in India exclusively on Snapdeal for Rs. 2,999 as part of its annual Great Online Shopping Festival. Now the Chromecast is available from Google Play Store. Chromecast has support for Netflix in the US, in India Google has partnered with several companies that includes, Eros Now, Spuul, YuppTV and Rdio so that you can watch movies, movie trailers, stream music and more.  Continue reading “Google Chromecast now available from Google Play in India for Rs. 2999”

BlackBerry Classic Review

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BlackBerry Classic was introduced as BlackBerry Q20, successor of the BlackBerry Q10 at the MWC last year. Later it was unveiled as the BlackBerry Classic in December and it was launched in India last week for Rs. 31,990. The BlackBerry Classic has bigger screen and a trackpad along with navigation keys compared to BlackBerry Q10, targeting business segment once again. Is it worth the price? Let us find out in the complete review.

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Sony introduces Digital TV Tuner module for mobile devices

Sony SMT-EW100 Digital TV Tuner Module

Sony has announced its new Digital TV (DTV) Tuner Module (SMT-EW100) for mobile devices such as smartphones, tablets, automotive infotainment systems, navigation systems and PCs. It boasts the world’s smallest size and superior reception as well as extremely low power consumption, making it an optimal candidate for inclusion into mobile devices, says the company. Continue reading “Sony introduces Digital TV Tuner module for mobile devices”