Author: Srivatsan Sridhar

Srivatsan Sridhar is a Mobile Technology Enthusiast who is passionate about Mobile phones and Mobile apps. He uses the phones he reviews as his main phone. You can follow him on Twitter and Instagram

Airtel completes acquisition of Telenor India

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Airtel today announced that it has completed the acquisition Telenor India, after a year of entering into an agreement to acquire Telenor India’s running operations in seven circles – Andhra Pradesh, Bihar, Maharashtra, Gujarat, UP (East), UP (West) and Assam, and transfer of all of Telenor India’s assets including spectrum, licenses and operations, including its employees and customer base of 44 million as well as outstanding spectrum payments and other operational contracts, including tower lease. Continue reading “Airtel completes acquisition of Telenor India”

Kult Impulse with 5.99-inch 18:9 display, 13MP front and rear cameras, 4000mAh battery launched for Rs. 8999

Kult has launched Impulse, the company’s first smartphone this year. It has a 5.99-inch HD+ 18:9 TruView 2.5D curved glass display display, is powered by a quad-core MediaTek MT6739 SoC, runs on Android 7.1 (Nougat), has a 13-megapixel rear camera with LED flash and a 13-megapixel front-facing camera that also has an LED flash for capturing better selfies even in low lighting conditions and also has face unlock. Continue reading “Kult Impulse with 5.99-inch 18:9 display, 13MP front and rear cameras, 4000mAh battery launched for Rs. 8999”

Xiaomi Mi Band 2, Mi Router 3C and Mi Car Charger get a temporary price cut in India

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Xiaomi has announced a price cut for some of its products in India. This temporary price cut is available across Mi.com as well as during Flipkart’s Big Shopping Days Sale and Amazon Summer Sale that started yesterday. Back in November Xiaomi announced a price cut for some of its accessories.  Continue reading “Xiaomi Mi Band 2, Mi Router 3C and Mi Car Charger get a temporary price cut in India”

OnePlus 6 Midnight Black and Mirror Black press images, price surface, could feature OIS and water-resistant body

OnePlus 6 all set to go official in a couple of days. Now the official images of the smartphone has surfaced on Amazon Germany that reveals Midnight Black and Mirror Black versions along with the price. This clearly shows the notch, small bezel below the display, metal frame and a glass back for the Mirror Black version and the Midnight Black is said to come with smooth matte finish. Amazon listing also reveals OIS and water-resistant body, but it is not clear if it will be just nano coating like the Moto phones of it will have IP certification.

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Amazon Summer Sale: Best deals on smartphones, accessories, LED TVs and more

Amazon today started its 4-day Summer Sale, as it had promised. It is offering deals on smartphones, accessories like microSD cards, hard disks, pendrives, Kindle eReaders, LED TVs and lots more. Continue reading “Amazon Summer Sale: Best deals on smartphones, accessories, LED TVs and more”

Flipkart Big Shopping Days Sale: Best deals on Pixel 2, iPhone X, Samsung Galaxy S8, S8+, accessories, wearables and more

Flipkart today started its four-day Flipkart Big Shopping Days, as it had promised. The sale offers great deals on smartphones including Google Pixel 2, Samsung Galaxy S8 and S8+, Apple iPhone X and more . All these offers are available through the site, mobile site as well as Flipkart app. Continue reading “Flipkart Big Shopping Days Sale: Best deals on Pixel 2, iPhone X, Samsung Galaxy S8, S8+, accessories, wearables and more”

LG Q7 with 4GB RAM, Android 8.1 surfaces in benchmarks

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LG Q7, successor of last year’s Q6 was certified by the FCC  last month with the model number LM-Q710TS, now the the phone with the model number LGE LM-Q710.FG has surfaced in geekbench benchmarks that reveals some specifications of the smartphone including MediaTek Helio P10 SoC with 4GB RAM and Android 8.1 (Oreo).
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Xiaomi Mi Selfie Stick Tripod and Mi Bluetooth Audio Receiver now available in India after successful crowdfunding

Xiaomi launched its Mi Crowdfunding in India last month with two products – Mi Selfie Stick Tripod and Mi Bluetooth Audio Receiver, to enable users support, buy and also help Xiaomi decide which products can be launched in India. At that time the company said that when 100% support is achieved within a stipulated timeline, a project will be considered successful for a specific product and it will be shipped to backers and will also be launched for others.

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BlackBerry KEY2 with 4.5-inch 3:2 display, QWERTY keyboard, dual-rear cameras to be announced on June 7

BlackBerry today announced that it will introduce its new smartphone codenamed ‘Athena’ as KEY2 at an event in New York on June 7th. This is the successor to last year’s KEYone  that was introduced at the MWC 2017. Recent TENAA certification revealed that this will have the same display and physical QWERTY keyboard, but most other specs will get an upgrade.

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Nokia X6 (TA-1099) receives Bluetooth certification, three new unknown models get certified

HMD Global recently confirmed  that the Nokia X will be announced on May 16th in China and also showcased the phone at the Sanlitun experience store. Nokia TA-1099 got certified by  TENAA in China that confirmed the complete specifications of the phone. Now the phone has received Bluetooth certification that confirms the name as Nokia X6 and Bluetooth 5.0 support for Snapdragon 636. Continue reading “Nokia X6 (TA-1099) receives Bluetooth certification, three new unknown models get certified”

Asus Zenfone Max Pro M1 Camera Samples

Asus launched the Zenfone Max Pro M1 last month. We already brought you the unboxing and benchmarks of the smartphone, here we have the camera samples from the smartphone. The phone packs a 13-megapixel rear camera with LED Flash, PDAF, 1.12μm pixel size, f/2.2 aperture along with a secondary 5-megapixel camera to capture the depth information for portrait shots. It has an 8-megapixel front-facing camera with soft LED flash and f/2.2 aperture. The company already said that it is using OmniVision sensors.

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Sony Xperia XZ Premium, XA1 Ultra and XA1 Plus get a price cut in India

Sony today announced price cuts for its Xperia XZ Premium, XA1 Ultra and XA1 Plus smartphones in India. The Xperia XZ Premium that was launched in July last year is now available for Rs. 49,990, after a price cut of Rs. 10,000 from the launch price of Rs. 59,990.

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Xiaomi smart home products to get Google Assistant support

Xiaomi is not only popular for its smartphones and electronic, but it is also popular for its IoT products. The company has invested in more than 90 IoT and lifestyle companies. At the Google I/O 2018 this week announced the company its smart home products will now work with the Google Assistant, allowing users to control products through a smart speaker, like the Google Home, or with the Google Assistant app.

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Vivo X21i with 6.28-inch FHD+ 19:9 AMOLED display, dual rear cameras, 6GB RAM gets certified

Vivo  announced the X21 in two variants, one with a  normal fingerprint sensor, and the other one with an under-display fingerprint sensor, but both were powered by Snapdragon 660 along with dedicated Qualcomm AIE Artificial Intelligence Chip. Now the vivo X21i has been certified in China, after a recent rumor, which will be powered by MediaTek Helio P60 12nm SoC. This also has a 24-megapixel front camera.

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Apple Watch Series 3 with LTE now available in India with launch offers from Reliance Jio and Airtel

Apple has launched the Apple Watch Series 3 (GPS + Cellular) in India, as it had promised, after it went on pre-orders starting from May 4th starting at Rs. 39,080. You can now buy it from Airtel Online Store and from Jio on jio.com as well as Reliance Digital and Jio Stores.

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