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Samsung W2018 with dual 4.2-inch 1080p displays, Snapdragon 835, 12MP F1.5 aperture camera announced

Samsung W2018

Samsung has announced W2018 (SM-W2018 ), its latest premium Android Flip phone in China to celebrate 25th anniversary of its entry into China. It has dual 4.2-inch 1080p Super AMOLED displays, so that you can use the phone even when it’s closed, is powered by Snapdragon 835 with 6GB RAM and has a 12-megapixel rear camera with variable aperture tech that uses f/1.5 aperture for night shots for a brighter picture and f/2.4 aperture for normal shots in daytime. It also comes with dual-pixel auto-focus and optical image stabilization. Continue reading “Samsung W2018 with dual 4.2-inch 1080p displays, Snapdragon 835, 12MP F1.5 aperture camera announced”

Xiaomi Redmi 5A with 5-inch HD display, Snapdragon 425, 3000mAh battery launched in India starting at Rs. 4999

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Xiaomi just launched Redmi 5A, the company’s latest budget smartphone in India, as expected. It has a 5-inch HD display, is powered by a quad-core Snapdragon 425 processor and runs on MIUI 9 based on Android 7.1 (Nougat). It has a 13-megapixel rear camera with PDAF, LED flash and a 5-megapixel front-facing camera. Continue reading “Xiaomi Redmi 5A with 5-inch HD display, Snapdragon 425, 3000mAh battery launched in India starting at Rs. 4999”

Airtel launches VoLTE services in Karnataka

Airtel VoLTE

After Mumbai, Madhya Pradesh and Chhattisgarh, Maharashtra & Goa, Gujarat and Andhra Pradesh , Airtel has launched its 4G VoLTE services in Karnataka officially after testing it for sometime. This lets Airtel customers enjoy HD quality voice calls along with faster call set up time compared to normal voice calls on their VoLTE-compatible 4G handsets. Continue reading “Airtel launches VoLTE services in Karnataka”

Asus Zenfone Max Plus (M1) with 5.7-inch FHD+ full-screen display, dual rear cameras, 4130mAh battery announced

Asus Zenfone Max Plus

ASUS has silently introduced Zenfone Max Plus (M1) in Russia. It has 5.7-inch FHD+ full-screen display with 18:9 aspect ratio and 80% screen-to-body ratio and has a 16-megapixel rear camera with LED flash, PDAF for 0.03 second quick focus and a secondary 8-megapixel rear camera with 120-degree wide-angle lens for group photos.

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Samsung Gear Fit 2 Pro and Gear Sport launched in India for Rs. 13590 and Rs. 22990

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Samsung just launched the Gear Fit2 Pro fitness tracker with a new watch-style clasp and the Gear Sport smartwatch in India. Both these were introduced at the IFA 2017. The Gear Fit2 Pro has a 1.5-inch Curved Super AMOLED screen and built-in GPS and runs Tizen OS, similar to the predecessor The Gear Sport has a 1.2-inch Circular Super AMOLED Always On display and comes with GPS, Heart rate sensor and NFC for Samsung Pay. It has easily changeable standard 20mm straps.

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Samsung starts mass production of SoCs based on second generation 10nm FinFET process technology

Samsung S3 manufacturing line Hwaseong Korea

Samsung announced back in April that its second generation 10-nanometer (nm) FinFET process technology, 10LPP (Low Power Plus), has been qualified and is ready for production. Today the Korean giant has announced that its Foundry Business has started mass production of these SoCs based on second-gen 10nm process tech, 10LPP .

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Xiaomi Redmi 5 and Redmi 5 Plus with 18:9 display to be announced on December 7

Xiaomi Redmi 5 and Redmi 5 Plus teaser

When everyone is waiting for the Redmi Note 5, Xiaomi just sent out invites for the announcement of Redmi 5 and Redmi 5 Plus smartphones at an event in China on December 7th. The company has also teased the smartphone in several images that confirm its design. New smartphones with model numbers MDT1 and MDE1 have been certified by TENAA today with 18:9 displays, so this will likely be the Redmi 5.

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OnePlus introduces Lava Red OnePlus 5T

OnePlus 5T Lava Red

OnePlus introduced its flagship OnePlus 5T smartphone in Midnight Black variant. Today at its launch event in China the company has introduced a new Lava Red commemorative edition of the smartphone.This has black bezel on the front and comes with bright red finish on the back and the sides of the phone.

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RCOM to sell DTH business BIG TV to Pantel Technologies, Veecon Media

Reliance Digital TV

Reliance Communications (RCOM) recently announced that it has entered into Memorandum Of Understanding (MOU) with Veecon Media and Television Limited, for sale of its subsidiary Reliance BIG TV Limited (RBTV). Today it has announced that it has entered into a binding Share Purchase Agreement with Pantel Technologies Pvt Ltd and Veecon Media & Television Limited for sale of Reliance BIG TV Limited (RBTV), engaged in the business of Direct-to-Home (DTH) services across India. Continue reading “RCOM to sell DTH business BIG TV to Pantel Technologies, Veecon Media”

Centric A1 with 5.5-inch 1080p display, fingerprint sensor launched for Rs. 10999

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Centric today launched A1, the company’s latest smartphone in India. It has a 5.5-inch 1080p 2.5D curved glass screen, is powered by Snapdragon 430, runs on Android 7.1 (Nougat), has a 13-megapixel rear camera with dual LED flash and an 8-megapixel font-facing camera that also has LED flash.

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Honor 7X with 5.93-inch FHD+ full-screen display, dual rear cameras launching in India on December 5

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Huawei’s Honor brand recently announced it will launch the Honor 7X smartphone, successor of Honor 6X  in India in December exclusively on Amazon.in. Today it has announced that the phone will be officially launched for the Indian market at an event in London on December 5th and it will also offer live stream on its Facebook page at 8PM (IST). It also confirmed that the phone will go on sale on Amazon from December 7th at 12PM. Continue reading “Honor 7X with 5.93-inch FHD+ full-screen display, dual rear cameras launching in India on December 5”

Honor V10 with 5.99-inch full-screen display, 16MP + 20MP dual rear cameras, 6GB RAM announced

Honor V10

Huawei’s Honor brand just announced its flagship Honor V10 smartphone at an event in China, as it had promised. It has a 5.99-inch 18:9 full-screen display with ultra narrow bezels and is powered by an Octa-Core HiSilicon Kirin 970 10nm SoC with i7 co-processor, dedicated neural network processing unit and runs on Android 8.0 (Oreo) with Emotion UI 8.0 on top.  Continue reading “Honor V10 with 5.99-inch full-screen display, 16MP + 20MP dual rear cameras, 6GB RAM announced”

OnePlus 5T goes on open sale in India starting at Rs. 32999

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OnePlus launched its flagship OnePlus 5T smartphone earlier this month, which went on early sale in India on November 21st. Today the smartphone went on open sale in the country on Amazon.in, oneplusstore.in, select Croma stores and OnePlus Experience zones in Bangalore and Noida at a price of Rs. 32,999 for the 6GB RAM with 64GB storage and Rs. 37,999 for the 8GB RAM with 128GB version.

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