Sony Xperia XZ1 with Snapdragon 835, Android 8.0, 3D scanning launching in India on September 25

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Sony Mobile unveiled the Xperia XZ1, the company’s latest flagship smartphone at the IFA 2017 in Berlin last month. Today the company has sent out invites for the launch of the phone in the country on September 25th. It has a 5.2-inch 1080p HDR screen, is powered by an Octa-Core Qualcomm Snapdragon 835 Mobile Platform and runs  Android 8.0 (Oreo). Continue reading “Sony Xperia XZ1 with Snapdragon 835, Android 8.0, 3D scanning launching in India on September 25”

Panasonic Eluga Ray 500 with dual rear cameras, Eluga Ray 700 with 5000mAh battery launched starting at Rs. 8999

Panasonic Eluga Ray 500

Panasonic has launched Eluga Ray 500 and Eluga Ray 700, two new smartphones in the Eluga Ray series. The Eluga Ray 500 has a 5-inch HD screen and features 13-megapixel primary rear camera along with an 8-megapixel secondary camera, while the Eluga Ray comes with a 5.5-inch 1080p display and a 13-megapixel front-facing camera with LED flash. Continue reading “Panasonic Eluga Ray 500 with dual rear cameras, Eluga Ray 700 with 5000mAh battery launched starting at Rs. 8999”

Moto G4 Plus will get Android 8.0 Oreo update, confirms Motorola

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Motorola last week confirmed that list of devices that will get Android 8.0 (Oreo), but the list did not include last year’s Moto G4 series, even though it had promised Android O series for the Moto G4 Plus. After Android Police found out that the company has silently removed references to Android O on Moto G4 Plus product pages, it has confirmed that the phone will get the Oreo update. Continue reading “Moto G4 Plus will get Android 8.0 Oreo update, confirms Motorola”

ACT Fibernet revises plans for Hyderabad, increases speed, data limits at no extra cost

ACT Fibernet

After Andhra Pradesh, ACT Fibernet has revised its plans for its customers in Hyderabad, in just 6 months of last upgrade . It gets upgraded in both speed and FUP limit at same cost, but it is not double (that combines both upload and download) like AP, Chennai and other cities. The Beamfiber 3999 200 Mbps corporate plan has been upgraded to 300 Mbps and 750 GB FUP limit from 600GB FUP at no additional cost. Check of the complete list below. Continue reading “ACT Fibernet revises plans for Hyderabad, increases speed, data limits at no extra cost”

LG Q6 Battery Life Test – #OneChargeRating

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LG launched the  Q6 smartphone in India with a 5.5-inch FHD+ FullVision display with 18:9 aspect ratio last month for Rs. 14990. We already brought you the review of the phone, here we have its battery life test results. It packs a 3000mAh built-in battery, is powered by Snapdragon 435 Mobile Platform and runs on Android 7.1 (Nougat). Check out the test results.

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Xiaomi Mi Max 2 4GB RAM, 32GB storage version launched in India at an introductory price of Rs. 12999

Xiaomi Mi Max 2

Xiaomi launched the Mi Max 2 smartphone in India earlier this year with 4GB RAM and 64GB storage for Rs. 16999. Today it has launched the 32GB storage version of the phone in the country. Other specifications are same, including  a 6.44-inch 1080p 2.5D curved glass display with 0.7mm ultra narrow bezel on the side, Corning Gorilla Glass 3 protection, 5300mAh battery with support for Qualcomm Quick Charge 3.0 along with parallel charging and Snapdragon 625 with 4GB of RAM. Continue reading “Xiaomi Mi Max 2 4GB RAM, 32GB storage version launched in India at an introductory price of Rs. 12999”

Micromax Bharat 4 with 5-inch HD display, Android 7.0, 4G VoLTE and Bharat 3 launched for Rs. 4999 and Rs. 4499

Micromax Bharat 3

Micromax launched Bharat 2 smartphone earlier this year and the company said that it sold 2 million units since launch. Today the company has launched Bharat 3 and Bharat 4, budget 4G VoLTE smartphones in the country. Both these are powered by MediaTek MT6737M SoCs with 1GB RAM, run Android 7.0 (Nougat) and have 5-megapixel rear camera with LED flash and a 5-megapixel front-facing camera with LED flash. These have support for 22 Indian languages support. Continue reading “Micromax Bharat 4 with 5-inch HD display, Android 7.0, 4G VoLTE and Bharat 3 launched for Rs. 4999 and Rs. 4499”

Airtel Payments Bank integrates UPI payments

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After launching across India earlier this year, Airtel Payments Bank, a subsidiary of Bharti Airtel has announced integration of Unified Payments Interface (UPI) on its digital platform, making it the first payments bank to do so. This will allow customers to make secure digital payments to online/offline merchants and make instant money transfers to any bank account in India.
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Google launches Tez mobile payments app in India

Google Tez

After reports, Google has officially launched Tez, its latest payments app in India. It uses UPI (Unified Payments Interface) and works with all major banks and Google also has Axis Bank, HDFC Bank, ICICI Bank and soon State Bank of India as partners. You can pay directly from your bank account, so you don’t need to open a separate account recharge wallets. It has several offers such as Scratch Cards offer, Lucky Sundays Lucky Draw Offer and referral rewards for users.

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Airtel now offers 60GB free data for postpaid customers, here’s how to claim it

Airtel 60GB free data

Earlier this year Airtel introduced Airtel Surprise offer for post-paid customers by offering up to 30GB data for 3 months at up to 10GB per month free of cost through MyAirtel app. After extending the offer in April, it extended the offer for 3 more months in June. Since the 3 months are over, it has extended the offer again for 6 more months, so you can enjoy up to 60GB of data. Continue reading “Airtel now offers 60GB free data for postpaid customers, here’s how to claim it”

Apple iPhone 8 and iPhone 8 Plus pre-orders begin September 22 on Flipkart and Amazon.in

Apple iPhone 8, iPhone 8 Plus

Apple unveiled the iPhone 8 and iPhone 8 Plus smartphones earlier this week. Several distributors such as Redington India, Ingram Micro and Brightstar Telecommunication already said that the phones will be available for pre-order from September 22nd, Friday across India and will go on sale from September 29th. Now Flipkart, who became authorized online reseller in India last year.  announced that it will start taking pre-orders for both the iPhones starting from September 22nd midnight. Continue reading “Apple iPhone 8 and iPhone 8 Plus pre-orders begin September 22 on Flipkart and Amazon.in”

Gionee M7 with full-screen AMOLED display to be announced on September 25

Gionee M7 September 25 invite

After teasing the M7 smartphone with full-screen display last week, Gionee has officially announced that the phone will be announced at an event in Beijing on September 25th. It also confirmed that the phone will use Samsung’s AMOLED full-screen display and the phone will come with ultra-high security level data encryption chip as well as as pay security chip for secured payments. Continue reading “Gionee M7 with full-screen AMOLED display to be announced on September 25”

HP Sprocket compact photo printer with Bluetooth launched in India for Rs. 8999

HP Sprocket

HP has launched Sprocket, a Pocket Photo Printer in India. The pocket photo printer offers high quality photo prints and provides Bluetooth connectivity. This supports both Android and iOS smartphones and has a compact design. It uses Zink Zero Ink Printing technology and the photos printed are smudge-proof, water-resistant and tear-resistant.
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