OnePlus has started rolling out new OxygenOS open betas (Beta 10 for OnePlus 3T and Beta 19 for OnePlus 3) for the 3 and 3T phones that brings several new features including new OnePlus Launcher v2.1 that includes dynamic icons for Weather and Calendar and also has several new features to the UI along with optimizations. Continue reading “OnePlus 3 and 3T OxygenOS beta update brings new OnePlus launcher, new features and optimizations”
Flipkart is celebrating completion of 2 years since the launch of the first Lenovo ‘K Series’ phones on the e-commerce site. On the occasion, it is hosting a special one day sale on the Vibe K5 Note by offering flat Rs.3000 off on the Lenovo K5 Note (4GB RAM with 32 store), so you can get it for Rs. 9,499 on Flipkart till today midnight. Continue reading “Lenovo Vibe K5 Note gets Rs. 3000 price cut for a day, available for Rs. 9499”
Back in May specifications of upcoming Moto X4 surfaced, revealing metal body, dual rear cameras, IP68 ratings for dust and water resistance, Always-on voice and Turbo charging. According to @evleaks the smartphone will be powered by an Octa-Core Snapdragon 630 Mobile platform and pack a 3000mAh battery, compared to Snapdragon 660 and 3800mAh battery as rumored earlier. Continue reading “Moto X4 detailed specs surface – Snapdragon 630, 12MP + 8MP dual rear cameras, IP68 water resistance”
Vodafone India today announced that it has partnered with WhatsApp to promote and educate users to use the app in local India language. Vodafone said that it is one of the first operators to start such an initiative and aims to empower its consumers to connect with each other in a language of their preference. WhatsApp is available in more than 50 languages, including 10 Indian languages and has over 200 million monthly active users in India. Continue reading “Vodafone India partners with WhatsApp to promote the use of app in Indian languages”
Meizu today announced A5, its latest budget smartphone in the ‘A Series’ in China. It has a 5-inch HD display, is powered by a quad-core MediaTek MT6737 SoC, runs on Flyme OS based on Android Marshmallow, has an 8-megapixel rear camera with dual-tone LED flash and a 5-megapixel front-facing camera. Continue reading “Meizu A5 with 5-inch HD display, 3060mAh battery, 4G VoLTE announced”
ASUS has announced price cuts for their Zenfone 3 and Zenfone 3 Max series of Zenfone smartphones in India. Even though the company did not mention the reason for the price cut, this could be due to GST. The Zenfone 3 5.5-inch has received a huge Rs. 3000 price cut and few other smartphones have received Rs. 2000 price cut. Some of these Zenfone 3 smartphones got VoLTE support earlier this year. Continue reading “ASUS Zenfone 3 series get up to Rs. 3000 price cut in India”
LG has announced G Pad IV 8.0 FHD LTE, the company’s latest tablet and the successor of last year’s G Pad III 8.0 in Korea. It has a 8-inch WXGA display, is powered by an Octa-Core Snapdragon 435 Mobile Platform and runs on Android 7.0 (Nougat). It has a 5-megapixel rear and front camera. Continue reading “LG G Pad IV 8.0 FHD LTE with 6.9mm slim body, Android 7.0 announced”
Nubia today announced that it will launch a new smartphone in India on July 5th, which will likely be the Nubia N2 that was introduced back in March. The successor of last year’s N1 packs a 5000mAh battery that promises up to 3.2 days of battery life with daily use, has 4GB of RAM and comes with a unibody metal design. It has a fingerprint sensor on the front and has a 16-megapixel front-facing camera. Continue reading “Nubia N2 with 5000mAh battery, 4GB RAM, fingerprint sensor launching in India on July 5”
After several rumors, Samsung has officially announced the refurbished Galaxy Note7 units as Samsung Galaxy Note Fan Edition (Galaxy Note FE) in South Korea. This has almost same specifications as the Galaxy Note7 that was discontinued due to battery issue and even uses several components from the Note7, but this has a new, smaller 3,200mAh battery with 8-Point Battery Safety Check and multi-layer safety measures protocol implemented, same as the Galaxy S8 series. Continue reading “Samsung Galaxy Note Fan Edition announced, will roll out in Korea starting July 7”
Moto India has silently launched the Moto E4 smartphone in the latest Moto E series in India and is also gearing to launch the Moto E4 Plus smartphone in the country soon. According to Mumbai-based retailer Mahesh Telecom, the phone is available from stores at an MRP of Rs. 8999. Both the phones were announced a few weeks back, but India gets the MediaTek version instead of Snapdragon SoC in some countries. Continue reading “Moto E4 goes on sale in India for Rs. 8999, E4 Plus with 5000mAh battery, fingerprint sensor launching soon”
As the Goods and Services Tax or GST started rolling out in India. Apple today officially slashed the price of all its products iPhone, iPad, Apple Watch, Mac and iMac, including its latest iPad Pro and Macs that were introduced last month. Even with 10% of basic customs duty (BCD) imposed on mobile phones that are imported, after GST price of iPhone is still cheaper than before. iPhone has received up Rs. 6,600 price cut, iPad has received price cut by up to Rs. 3,900 and Macbook has received up to Rs. 11,800 price. Continue reading “Apple iPhone, iPad, Watch, Macs get a price cut in India as GST roll out begins”
This week Qualcomm introduced its mid-range Snapdragon 450 mobile platform and also unveiled new fingerprint sensors, Canon introduced EOS 6D Mark II and EOS 200D, Infocus launched Turbo 5 smartphone, Lava launched Helium 14 laptop and more from weekly roundup.
Xiaomi has achieved a new milestone by opening its 500th authorized service center in India in Bengaluru. With this, Xiaomi will provide an enhanced after sales service experience. Earlier this year it partnered with B2X, leading provider of customer care for smartphones for after sales service in India. At that time it had only 200 service centers across the country. Xiaomi’s service centers are now in 350 cities in 3 years since the company entered India.
Lenovo-owned Motorola has finally started rolling out Android 7.0 (Nougat) update for its mid-range Moto M smartphone in India. It was launched in the country back in December last year running Android 6.0.1 (Marshmallow). In addition to Android Nougat, the update also adds Duo video calling app to the smartphone. It doesn’t have any other changelog.
Continue reading “Moto M Android 7.0 Nougat update finally starts rolling out in India”
LG introduced X power2 smartphone in the ‘X series’ in February ahead of MWC 2017, later it introduced the X500 for Korea earlier this month, now the company has introduced the same phone as X Charge in the US on Comcast’s new wireless service, Xfinity Mobile. It packs a 4500mAh battery that can charge up to 50% in one hour and fully charge in two hours. Continue reading “LG X Charge with 5.5-inch display, Android 7.0, 4500mAh battery announced”
