Nokia 3310 4G phone gets certified in China [Update: Specifications detailed]

[Update: Specifications of the smartphone has been detailed on TENAA that reveals a 1.5GHz dual-core processor,256MB RAM and 512MB storage compared to 360Mhz single-core processor and 64MB of storage in the standard version.] Continue reading “Nokia 3310 4G phone gets certified in China [Update: Specifications detailed]”

List of Xiaomi smartphones launched in India in 2017

Xiaomi entered India in 2014 with Mi 3 and Redmi 1S which redefined the low budget category, Xiaomi has been in news since then for its value for money offerings. In 2015, company announced its manufacturing plants under Made in India campaign and launched first ever Made in India smartphone, Redmi 2 Prime. In 2016, Redmi Note 3 and Redmi 3S/Prime turned out to be game changer for Xiaomi, company sold over 7.5 million units or above mentioned phones. 2017 turned out to be the best year for company in India so far, the company became No. 1 phone seller in India recently. Let’s have a look on phones Xiaomi launched this year in India. Continue reading “List of Xiaomi smartphones launched in India in 2017”

Honor View 10 Unboxing

Huawei’s Honor brand introduced the Honor View 10 smartphone at an event in London earlier this month and the phone will launch in India exclusively on Amazon.in next month. We already brought you the first impressions of the phone from the event, here we have the unboxing of the smartphone. Continue reading “Honor View 10 Unboxing”

ZTE Blade V9 with 5.7-inch FHD+ full-screen display, dual rear cameras, Android Oreo surfaces

ZTE Blade V9, the company’s upcoming smartphone in the ‘Blade’ series has been listed by the company’s Spain website accidentally. This reveals the design and complete specifications of the phone that include a 5.7-inch FHD+ 18:9 display, Snapdragon 450 SoC with up to 4GB RAM, Android Oreo and 16-megapixel + 5-megapixel dual rear cameras along with a 13-megapixel front camera.

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Huawei P Smart with 5.65-inch full-screen display, dual rear cameras to be global version of Enjoy 7S

Huawei Enjoy 7SHuawei’s Honor brand introduced Enjoy 7S, a mid-range smartphone in China last week. Now Evan Blass of @evleaks has reported that the phone will be introduced outside China as Huawei P Smart.

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Qualcomm Snapdragon 670 and Snapdragon 640 specifications surface

Qualcomm introduced Snapdragon 660 and Snapdragon 630 high-end Mobile Platforms back in May this year, which is being used in most top-end and mid-rage phones. Now specifications of their successors – Snapdragon 670 and Snapdragon 640 have surfaced in China. According to the rumors, Qualcomm will finally move to 10nm LPP processor technology for its high-end “Snapdragon 600” series with the Snapdragon 670, but it will stick to 14nm LPP tech for the mid-range Snapdragon 640 SoC.

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Samsung to introduce next-gen Exynos SoC on January 4, expected to power the Galaxy S9

Samsung has announced that it will announce TheNextExynos, its next-gen flagship Exynos SoC on January 4th, 2018. It says that it will go beyond a component, so it will likely be the flagship SoC.  This will probably be the Exynos 9 Series 9810 SoC that was revealed in CES 2018 Innovation Awards announcement back in November. Continue reading “Samsung to introduce next-gen Exynos SoC on January 4, expected to power the Galaxy S9”

Moto G5S Plus gets a permanent price cut in India, now available for Rs. 14999

Last week Motorola announced a temporary price cut for several smartphones online and offline for the festive season, including the Moto G5S Plus. Now it has announced a Rs. 1000 permanent price cut for the smartphone, after four months of launch. This comes weeks after Xiaomi Mi A1 received a permanent price cut in the country. Continue reading “Moto G5S Plus gets a permanent price cut in India, now available for Rs. 14999”

Samsung teases launch of new Galaxy smartphone exclusively on Amazon India

Samsung is all set to launch a new Galaxy smartphone in India soon. It will be launched exclusively on Amazon.in soon. The page has several hints about the phone such as “On for a New Way To Shop?”, “On for a Superior Performance?” and “On for a Stunning New Look?” without revealing the name of the smartphone, but this reveals it will be an ‘On series’ smartphone, so it could be On5 or On7 2017 model.

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Moto X4 Android 8.0 Oreo update starts rolling out in India

Motorola has finally started rolling out Android 8.0 (Oreo) update for the Moto X4 smartphone in India. The smartphone was launched in the country last month running Android 7.1 (Nougat) and the company confirmed the list of devices getting the Oreo back in September. Continue reading “Moto X4 Android 8.0 Oreo update starts rolling out in India”

Reliance Jio to acquire RCOM’s wireless infrastructure assets

Reliance Jio today announced signing of definitive agreement for the acquisition of specified assets of Reliance Communications (RCOM) and its affiliates that includes Wireless Spectrum, Tower, Fiber and Media Convergence Node (MCN) assets as a part of RCOM’s debt reduction. This will contribute significantly to the large scale roll-out of wireless and Fiber to Home and Enterprise services by RJIL.
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Xiaomi Mi A1 Android Oreo Beta adds fast charging, latest update brings January 2018 Android security patch

Xiaomi rolled out  Android 8.0 Oreo beta update for testers a couple of weeks back. There were reports that the update added support for fast charging. We were able to test the latest Beta ROM in our unit and can confirm that it indeed brings fast charging support for the phone. This works only when you use a fast charger and not with the bundled charger that has output of only 5V-2A.

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OnePlus 5T OxygenOS 4.7.6 update brings camera optimization, assistive lighting for face unlock and more

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OnePlus 5T has received a new OxygenOS update to version 4.7.6, few weeks after the OxygenOS 4.7.4 update that brought several improvements. The latest update brings Camera Optimizations that includes better quality for selfie in low light, performance improvements for 3rd party camera apps and also adds assistive lighting for face unlock that can be enabled from the face unlock settings. Check out the complete changelog below.

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Nokia 1 Android Oreo (Go Edition) smartphone said to arrive in March 2018

HMD Global launched the entry-level Nokia 2 smartphone recently with a 4000mAh battery, but it chose to go with the Snapdragon 212 SoC and 1GB of RAM that doesn’t offer the best performance.  Now Eldar Murtazin of Mobile-Review who was once popular for Nokia leaks says that Nokia is planning to introduce Nokia 1, another entry-level Android smartphone next year, but this time it is rumored to partner with Google for the Android Oreo (Go edition) that will be based on Android 8.1 (Oreo). Continue reading “Nokia 1 Android Oreo (Go Edition) smartphone said to arrive in March 2018”

Honor View 10 registration begins on Amazon in India ahead of January launch

Huawei’s Honor brand introduced the Honor View 10 smartphone at an event in London earlier this month and also said that it will roll out in several countries including India from January. Today it has started registrations for the smartphone on Amazon.in ahead of the launch next month. Currently there is just ‘Notify me’ option on the site, but we should know the sale date soon. Continue reading “Honor View 10 registration begins on Amazon in India ahead of January launch”