How to pre-book JioPhone [Updated]

JioPhone

Reliance Jio unveiled its JioPhone at the  40th AGM last month, and the company said that pre-booking for the phone will start on August 24th. As promised today the company has announced that the phone will be available for pre-booking through MyJio app and jio.com online as well as Jio retailers and multi-brand device retailers including the Reliance Digital stores network offline at 5:30PM tomorrow.

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Samsung Galaxy S8+ 6GB RAM, 128GB storage version gets another price cut in India

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Samsung launched 6GB RAM with 128GB storage version of the Galaxy S8+ smartphone in India back in June for Rs. 74,900. It got a Rs. 4000 price cut last month, now the phone has received Rs. 5000 price cut in the country, so it has got Rs. 9000 price cut in 2 months of launch. Continue reading “Samsung Galaxy S8+ 6GB RAM, 128GB storage version gets another price cut in India”

Coolpad Cool Play 6 Unboxing

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Coolpad launched the Cool Play 6 smartphone with 6GB RAM and dual rear cameras earlier this week. We already brought you the hands-on and photo gallery of the smartphone from the event. Here we have the unboxing of the phone.

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OPPO teams up with Reliance Jio to offer up to 60GB additional 4G data

OPPO JIo offer

After Xiaomi and ASUS, OPPO has announced that it has entered into a partnership with Reliance Jio to offer up to 60GB additional data at 10GB data per month with a recharge of Rs. 309 or above for up to 6 recharges with OPPO F3, F3 Plus or F1 Plus. Continue reading “OPPO teams up with Reliance Jio to offer up to 60GB additional 4G data”

YU YUREKA BLACK gets Android 7.1 Nougat update

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YU launched YUREKA BLACK smartphone back in June running Android 6.0 (Marshmallow). This week it has started rolling out Android 7.1.1 (Nougat) update for the phone, as it had promised at the launch. The phone got beta build soon after the launch, which was Android 7.1.2. The latest update also includes July Android security update. Continue reading “YU YUREKA BLACK gets Android 7.1 Nougat update”

YotaPhone 3 with 5.5-inch 1080p AMOLED and 5.2-inch e-Ink screens announced

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Russia’s Yota Devices has been announced YotaPhone 3 at an event at Russian Embassy in Beijing. It was first unveiled at the Russian-Chinese Expo back in June. It has a 5.5-inch (1920 x 1080 pixels) AMOLED display along with a full-touch control on its 5.2-inch HD always-on electronic paper display (EPD) on the other side. Continue reading “YotaPhone 3 with 5.5-inch 1080p AMOLED and 5.2-inch e-Ink screens announced”

Samsung GearFit2 Pro briefly appears on official site ahead of IFA announcement

Samsung Gear Fit 2 Pro

Samsung GearFit2 Pro, successor of last year’s Gear Fit 2 yesterday appeared on Samsung Spain and Malaysia sites briefly before it was pulled. It has model number SM-R365 and comes with similar 1.5-inch Curved Super AMOLED screen and runs Tizen OS, but this comes with a new watch-style clasp.

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JioPhone specifications detailed – Wi-Fi, Bluetooth, NFC, GPS, 2000mAh battery and more

JioPhone

Reliance Jio unveiled JioPhone, the company’s first VoLTE feature phone last month. It will start pre-bookings for the phone from 5:30PM today. At the launch it revealed some of the specifications such as 2.4-inch QVGA screen,microSD slot, torch light, FM Radio, support for 22 major Indian languages and voice commands to call someone, reject a call, browse internet, open apps and more.  It already confirmed NFC support, and said that tap-and-pay payments through UPI, credit and debit cards will be enabled through software update. Continue reading “JioPhone specifications detailed – Wi-Fi, Bluetooth, NFC, GPS, 2000mAh battery and more”

Google Pixel 2 and Pixel XL 2 with Snapdragon 836 expected to be announced on October 5

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Last year Google unveiled its Pixel smartphones on October 4th. This year it will unveil the second-generation Pixel phones powered by Snapdragon 836 on October 5th, according to @evleaks. Live images and earlier leaks of the phones already confirmed no 3.5mm headphone jack, front-facing stereo speakers, always-on display, squeezable frame, fingerprint sensor on the back and single rear camera for the phones.

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Samsung Galaxy Note8 price for US, UK and Europe revealed

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Samsung unveiled its flagship Galaxy Note8 smartphone at its New York event few hours back. It did not reveal the price of the smartphone at the event. Now the price of the phone in the U.S., UK and Europe have been revealed.  Continue reading “Samsung Galaxy Note8 price for US, UK and Europe revealed”

Samsung Galaxy Note8 with 6.3-inch Quad HD+ Infinity display, 6GB RAM, dual rear cameras announced

Samsung Galaxy Note8

Samsung just announced Galaxy Note8 smartphone at its New York event, as it had promised. It comes with a 6.3-inch Quad HD+  Infinity Display – an end-to-end, bezel-less screen that extends to the phone’s sides, similar to the S8 series. It is also the first flagship phone from Samsung to come with dual rear cameras. It has a 12-megapixel primary camera with f/1.7 aperture and wide-angle lens and a 12-megapixel secondary camera with f/2.4 aperture and telephoto lens offering 2x optical zoom. Both have OIS Continue reading “Samsung Galaxy Note8 with 6.3-inch Quad HD+ Infinity display, 6GB RAM, dual rear cameras announced”

Nokia 6 sold out in under 1 minute in first sale on Amazon India

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Nokia 6 went on sale in India today for Rs. 14,999, exclusively on Amazon at 12PM today. HMD Global just announced that the phone sold out in less than a minute in the first flash sale, same thing that happened at the first sale in China. It did not reveal the number of units sold, but sold Matte Black, Silver and Tempered Blue colors in the county. Continue reading “Nokia 6 sold out in under 1 minute in first sale on Amazon India”

Swipe Neo Power with 4-inch display with Gorilla Glass, 4G VoLTE launched for Rs. 2999

Swipe Neo Power

Swipe Technologies has launched Swipe Neo Power, the company’s latest budget 4G smartphone with VoLTE support. It has a 4-inch FWVGA display with Corning Gorilla Glass protection, is powered by a 1.3GHz quad-core processor, has a 5-megapixel rear camera with LED flash and a 2-megapixel front-facing camera, but it still runs on Android 6.0 (Marshmallow), has only 512MB RAM and 4GB of storage. Continue reading “Swipe Neo Power with 4-inch display with Gorilla Glass, 4G VoLTE launched for Rs. 2999”

HTC confirms Android Oreo update for some of its devices

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Google released Android 8.0 (Oreo) earlier this week for its Pixel and Nexus devices and also said that it is working with several OEMs including HTC to roll out the update by the end of this year. Now HTC has confirmed Oreo update for its flagship smartphones, including the HTC 10 that was launched running Android 6.0 (Marshmallow). It is also the first company to confirm the update for several devices. Continue reading “HTC confirms Android Oreo update for some of its devices”

Meizu EP52 Waterproof Bluetooth headset announced

Meizu EP52

Meizu today introduced EP52, it’s latest Bluetooth stereo headset and the successor of last year’s EP51 at the m6 note launch event in China. It has a Free-Edge diaphragm design, improved sound quality and endurance and promises 8 hours of battery life. It is also waterproof with IPX5 ratings. It uses Qualcomm CSR8645 Bluetooth 4.1 chip with support for Qualcomm aptX audio.  Continue reading “Meizu EP52 Waterproof Bluetooth headset announced”