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Philips announces Fidelio NC1L headphones with battery-free ANC using Lightning connector

Philips Fidelio NC1L

After JBL, Philips has announced its Fidelio NC1L on-ear headphones at the International CES that doesn’t require battery and draws power through Lightning Connector for ambient noise cancellation (ANC). It has 24-bit Digital to Analog Conversion (DAC), amplification and noise cancellation take places in the headphones themselves, ensuring an immerse musical experience that enables you to hear every detail, says the company. Continue reading “Philips announces Fidelio NC1L headphones with battery-free ANC using Lightning connector”

Acer Liquid E700 Review

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Acer launched the Liquid E700 smartphone with triple SIM support last month. Apart from the triple SIM support, the smartphone comes with several attractive features such as LED flash for the front-facing camera and a huge 3500mAh battery. Is it worth the price of Rs. 11,999? Let us find out in the complete review.

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Lenovo A6000 with 4G LTE, Snapdragon 410 SoC announced, launching in India soon

Lenovo A6000

Lenovo has introduced A6000, the company’s latest budget smartphone with 4G connectivity in the A series at the International CES, as it promised. It has a 5-inch HD display, is powered by a 1.2GHz quad-core Snapdragon 410 processor with Adreno 306 GPU and runs on Android 4.4 (KitKat) with Vibe UI on top. It has a 8-megapixel rear camera with LED flash and a 2-megapixel front-facing camera. It has dual SIM support as well. Continue reading “Lenovo A6000 with 4G LTE, Snapdragon 410 SoC announced, launching in India soon”

Acer Liquid E700 Camera Samples

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Acer launched the Liquid E700 smartphone with triple SIM support last month for Rs. 12,999. We already brought you the unboxing, benchmarks, photo gallery and the battery test results of the smartphone, here we have the camera samples. It has a 8-megapixel auto focus camera with f/2.0 aperture and LED Flash.

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Verico forays into Indian market with Uni SHAPE 5V3 smartphone for Rs. 8999

Verico Uni SHAPE 5V3

Verico International, Taiwan-based company popular for its smartphones, tablets and memory products today announced its entry into the Indian market by launching Uni SHAPE 5V3 smartphone by partnering exclusively with Snapdeal. It has a 5-inch qHD display and is powered by a 1.3GHz quad-core processor processor, but this runs on old Android 4.2 (Jelly Bean). It has a 13-megapixel rear camera with LED flash and a 5-megapixel front-facing camera. Continue reading “Verico forays into Indian market with Uni SHAPE 5V3 smartphone for Rs. 8999”

Asus Fonepad 7 FE171CG with 7-inch display, Dual SIM and Voice Calling announced

Asus Fonepad 7 FE171CG

Asus has announced Fonepad 7 (FE171CG), a refreshed variant of last year’s Fonepad 7 at the CES this year. It has a 7-inch (1024 x 600 pixels) display and is powered by a 1.2 GHz dual-core Intel Atom Z2520 processor with PowerVR SGX544 GPU, similar to the Asus Fonepad 7 FE170CG that was launched in India last year, but this runs on Android 4.4 (KitKat) out of the box, comes with a 8-megapixel or 5-megapixel rear camera, 1GB or 2GB RAM depending on the region. Continue reading “Asus Fonepad 7 FE171CG with 7-inch display, Dual SIM and Voice Calling announced”

Videocon Infinium Z50Q Star, Z40 Lite and Zest Lite listed on official website

Four new Videocon Android smartphones, Infinium Z50Q Star, Infinium Z50Q Lite, Infinium Z40 Lite and Infinium Zest Lite have been listed on the official website. These have 5-inch FWVGA, 4-inch WVGA and 3.5-inch HVGA displays, respectively. The Infinium Z50Q Star, Infinium Z50Q Lite, Infinium Z40 Lite run on Android 4.4 (KitKat), while the entry-level Infinium Zest Lite runs on Android 4.2 (Jelly Bean). These smartphones have dual SIM support, but only the Infinium Z50Q Star, Z50Q Lite and Z40 Lite have 3G connectivity. Continue reading “Videocon Infinium Z50Q Star, Z40 Lite and Zest Lite listed on official website”

Celkon Campus A400 with 4-inch display, Android 4.4 now available for Rs. 2999

Celkon Campus A400

Celkon Campus A400, the company’s latest entry-level smartphone in the Campus series is now available from HomeShop18. It has a 4-inch WVGA screen, is powered by a 1GHz processor and runs on Android 4.4 (KitKat). It has a 2-megapixel rear camera with LED flash and a VGA front-facing camera. Continue reading “Celkon Campus A400 with 4-inch display, Android 4.4 now available for Rs. 2999”

Samsung Galaxy Grand Max launched in Korea

Samsung Galaxy Grand Max

After revealing the Galaxy Grand Max (SM-G720N0) in its brochure last month, Samsung today officially launched the smartphone in Korea. The Grand Max has a 5.25-inch HD screen, is powered by a 1.2GHz quad-core processor and runs on Android 4.4 (KitKat). It has a 13-megapixel rear camera and a 5-megapixel front-facing camera. The smartphone is just 7.9mm thick. Continue reading “Samsung Galaxy Grand Max launched in Korea”

Xolo Q700 Club Dust and Water Resistant smartphone launched for Rs. 6899

Xolo Q700 Club

Xolo has launched Q700 Club, the company’s first smartphone with IP55 ratings for dust and water resistance. It was introduced last week, packs a 4.5-inch FWVGA display, is powered by a 1.3GHz quad-core processor and runs on Android 4.4 (KitKat). It has 3G connectivity and dual SIM support. Continue reading “Xolo Q700 Club Dust and Water Resistant smartphone launched for Rs. 6899”

YU YUREKA Benchmarks

Micromax’s YU launched the YU YUREKA (AO5510), the first smartphone under YU brand last month for Rs. 8,999. We brought you the hands on, unboxing and the photo gallery recently. Here we have the benchmarks of the smartphone. It is powered by an Octa-Core Qualcomm Snapdragon 615 64-bit processor that has four ARM Cortex A53 cores clocked at 1.54 GHz per core and other four Cortex A53 cores are clocked at 1.0 GHz per core. It has Adreno 405 GPU clocked at 550 MHz. It has 2GB DDR3 RAM, 5.5-inch HD screen and runs on Cyanogen OS 11 based on Android 4.4.4 (KitKat). Check out the synthetic benchmark scores below.

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Kingston introduces UHS-I Class 3 microSD card with 90MB/s transfer speed

Kingston microSD UHS-I Speed Class 3

Kingston has introduced its latest UHS-I Speed Class 3 memory card. It offers 90MB/s read and 80MB/s write speed, which exceeds the SD Association’s latest specification release, UHS-1 U3 (Ultra High-Speed Bus, Speed Class 3) rated for 30MB/s read/write, says the company. Continue reading “Kingston introduces UHS-I Class 3 microSD card with 90MB/s transfer speed”

Asus Zenfone 4 and Zenfone 5 get a price cut in India

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Asus Zenfone 4 and Zenfone 5 smartphone have received a price cut in India. The Zenfone 4 (A400CG) was launched in India for Rs. 5,999 last year and the Zenfone 5 was launched for Rs. 9,999 for 8GB and Rs. 12,999 for 16GB. There is no price cut for the Zenfone 4 (A450CG), which still retails Rs. 6,999. The Zenfone series received Android 4.4 (KitKat) update last year. Check out the new pricing below. Continue reading “Asus Zenfone 4 and Zenfone 5 get a price cut in India”

ZTE Grand S2 Benchmarks

ZTE launched the Grand S2 smartphone in India at a price tag of Rs. 13,999 last month. We bought you the unboxing and the photo gallery of the smartphone recently, here we have the benchmarks of the smartphone. It is powered by a quad-core Snapdragon 800 (MSM8974) 28nm HPm quad-core Krait 400 CPU clocked at 2.15 GHz and has Adreno 330 GPU clocked at 450 MHz. It has a 5.5 inch 1080p display, has 2GB of RAM and runs on Android 4.2 (Jelly Bean). Check out the synthetic benchmark scores.

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Xiaomi to announce ultra-thin flagship device on January 15

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Xiaomi usually teases launch of its new devices few days ahead of its launch. It already announced that it will launch its flagship device on January 15th. Today the company has released a teaser that hints a sleek flagship smartphone.According to the translation, it will be thinner than cicada insect’s wings, as noted in the official forum. Continue reading “Xiaomi to announce ultra-thin flagship device on January 15”