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ZTE Blade L3 with 5-inch qHD display, Android 5.0 announced

ZTE Blade L3

ZTE has announced Blade L3, the company’s latest smartphone in the L series. It has a 5-inch (960 x 540 pixels) display, is powered by a 1.3GHz quad-core MediaTek processor and runs on Android 5.0 (Lollipop) out of the box. It has a 8-megapixel rear camera with LED flash and a 2-megapixel front-facing camera. ZTE unveiled the Blade S6 in the S series with a Snapdragon 615 SoC, 4G LTE and a 13MP camera at just US$ 249.99 (Rs. 15,370 approx) recently. Continue reading “ZTE Blade L3 with 5-inch qHD display, Android 5.0 announced”

OnePlus names its own ROM OxygenOS, will reveal more details on Feb 12

OxygenOS

OnePlus has announced that it will call its own ROM OxygenOS. The company has zeroed in the name after receiving thousands of suggestions from the fans. The OxygenOS will be open, customizable, and free of bloat and unnecessary features, said the company. Continue reading “OnePlus names its own ROM OxygenOS, will reveal more details on Feb 12”

Videocon Infinium Z40Q Star and Z50Q Star launched for Rs. 4499 and Rs. 5999

Videocon has launched Infinium Z40Q Star and Infinium Z50Q Star, two new budget Android smartphones in the Infinium series. The Infinium Z40Q Star has a 4-inch WVGA, while the Infinium Z50Q Star comes with a 5-inch FWVGA display. Both these smartphones are powered by a 1.2 GHz quad-core SoC and run on Android 4.4 (KitKat). The Z50Q Star appeared on the official website earlier this month. Continue reading “Videocon Infinium Z40Q Star and Z50Q Star launched for Rs. 4499 and Rs. 5999”

Samsung Galaxy A5 Camera Samples

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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, benchmarks and the battery test results, here we have the camera samples. The Galaxy A5 has a 13-megapixel sensor with f/2.0 aperture. It has several modes such as HDR, panorama, shot & more, Rear-cam selfie, beauty face and more. Continue reading “Samsung Galaxy A5 Camera Samples”

Meizu m1 with 5-inch HD display, 64-bit quad-core SoC, 4G LTE announced

Meizu m1

Meizu has announced Meizu m1, the company’s latest budget smartphone in China. It has a 5-inch (1280 x 768 pixels) IPS display, is powered by a 1.5 GHz quad-core MediaTek MT6732 64-bit processor with ARM Cortex-A53 64-bit CPUs and Mali-T760 GPU and runs on Android 4.4 Kitkat-based Flyme OS. It has a 13-megapixel rear camera with LED flash and a 5-megapixel front-facing camera. Continue reading “Meizu m1 with 5-inch HD display, 64-bit quad-core SoC, 4G LTE announced”

Motorola smartphone sales cross 3 million in India, to open experience zones

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Motorola has announced that it has sold 3 million Motorola smartphones in India till date. This includes all the Motorola smartphones in Moto G and Moto X series and Moto E. Back in November 2014 Flipkart announced that it sold 2.5 million smartphones in India. It took about 2 months for the company to sell half a million smartphones. Continue reading “Motorola smartphone sales cross 3 million in India, to open experience zones”

10,000 units of YU YUREKA sold out in 3 seconds in 3rd sale

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YU today announced that it has sold 10,000 units of YU YURKA smartphones in just 3 seconds in the third flash sale on Amazon.in. It sold 15,000 units of Yureka smartphones in 4 seconds in its second flash sale last week. Next sale is scheduled for next Thursday, February 5th at 2PM. Registrations for the next sale will begin at 5PM today on Amazon. Users will have to register to participate in the weekly flash sale and registrations of previous sales will not be valid for future sales, said the company. Continue reading “10,000 units of YU YUREKA sold out in 3 seconds in 3rd sale”

Moto E 2nd Gen running Android 5.0 Lollipop surface in renders

Motorola Moto E 2nd Gen leak

Renders of the second generation Moto E has surfaced online. Android Police has got hold of these images that shows a smartphone with a similar design of the Moto E that runs Android 5.0 (Lollipop). This doesn’t have a front-facing speaker, but has a front-facing camera that was not present in the first generation Moto E. The rear camera doesn’t have a flash, but the phone has a secondary microphone next to the camera. Continue reading “Moto E 2nd Gen running Android 5.0 Lollipop surface in renders”

LG Q4 2014 profits up 28% YoY, 15.6 million smartphones shipped

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LG Electronics has reported revenues of 15.27 trillion won (US$ 14.06 billion) in Q4 2014 that ended December 31st, 2014, an increase of 4.9% compared to the same quarter last year with operating profit of 275.1 billion (US$ 253.31 million), an increase of 28 percent from the same period the previous year. Net profit for the fourth quarter showed a net loss of 205.7 billion won (US$ 189.41 million) primarily due to the write-off resulting from the closure of LG’s plasma TV operations, said the company. Continue reading “LG Q4 2014 profits up 28% YoY, 15.6 million smartphones shipped”

Samsung’s Q4 2014 profits down 27%, mobile revenue down 21% YoY

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Samsung has reported its earnings for Q4 2014, in which the company has managed to make operating profit of 5.29 trillion won ($4.9 billion) for the quarter ended September 30, 2014, down 27% from 8.31 trillion won compared to the same quarter last year. It has reported net profit of 5.35 trillion won ($4.9 billion) on revenues of 52.73 trillion won ($48.6 billion), down 10% compared to the same quarter last year, up 11% quarter-on-quarter (QoQ). Continue reading “Samsung’s Q4 2014 profits down 27%, mobile revenue down 21% YoY”

ZTE Blade S6 with 5-inch HD display, Snapdragon 615 SoC, Android 5.0 and LTE announced

ZTE Blade S6

ZTE has announced Blade S6, the company’s latest smartphone in the Blade series. It has a 5-inch HD IPS display, is powered by a Octa-Core 64-bit Qualcomm Snapdragon 615 (4×1.5GHz + 4×1.0GHz) processor and runs on Android 5.0 (Lollipop). It features a 13-megapixel auto focus rear camera with LED Flash and a 5-megapixel front-facing camera. Continue reading “ZTE Blade S6 with 5-inch HD display, Snapdragon 615 SoC, Android 5.0 and LTE announced”

Samsung Galaxy J1 with 4.3-inch display, Dual Core processor official

Samsung Galaxy J1

Samsung Galaxy J1 (SM-J100H), the company’s latest entry-level smartphone in its new J series has gone official in Malaysia. It has a 4.3-inch WVGA display, is powered by a 1.2GHz dual-core processor and runs on Android 4.4 (Kitkat). It has a 5-megapixel rear camera with LED flash and a 2-megapixel front-facing camera. It comes with dual SIM support and 3G connectivity. Continue reading “Samsung Galaxy J1 with 4.3-inch display, Dual Core processor official”

Xiaomi Mi 4 will be automatically added to cart for first 2500 Flipkart First subscribers who register

Xiaomi Mi 4 Flipkart First

Xiaomi launched the Mi 4 smartphone in India earlier today for Rs. 19,999, which goes on sale from February 10th. Xiaomi usually offers limited number of units for the Flipkart First subscribers, before the smartphone goes on sale for the first time on Flipkart. Today, Xiaomi and Flipkart have announced that the first 2500 Flipkart First subscribers who register to buy the Mi 4, will get the smartphone added to their cart automatically when it goes on sale on February 10th. Continue reading “Xiaomi Mi 4 will be automatically added to cart for first 2500 Flipkart First subscribers who register”

Airtel partners with Nokia Networks for FDD-LTE deployment in 6 circles in India

Airtel has partnered with Nokia Networks to deploy FDD-LTE on 1800 MHz in six new (Mumbai, Kerala, Madhya Pradesh, Odisha, Punjab and West Bengal) circles across India, as expected. Last year Nokia Networks grabbed a 3G contract from Bharti Airtel that included India-first dual band, dual carrier 3G network implementation. It had already partnered with Airtel to deploy TD-LTE network on the 2300 MHz in 2 other circles. Continue reading “Airtel partners with Nokia Networks for FDD-LTE deployment in 6 circles in India”

HTC Desire 526G+ Dual Sim with 4.7-inch display, Octa-Core SoC launched for Rs. 10400

HTC Desire 526G Plus Dual Sim

HTC has launched Desire 526G+ Dual Sim, the company’s latest smartphone in the Desire series. It has a 4.7-inch (960 x 540 pixels) display, is powered by a 1.7 GHz Octa-Core processor and runs on Android 4.4 (KitKat) with HTC Sense UI. It has a 8-megapixel rear camera with LED flash and a 2-megapixel front-facing camera. HTC has partnered with Snapdeal to sell the smartphone. Continue reading “HTC Desire 526G+ Dual Sim with 4.7-inch display, Octa-Core SoC launched for Rs. 10400”