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Moto Z2 Play with 5.5-inch 1080p AMOLED display, 5.99mm slim metal body gets certified

Moto Z2 Play leak

Press render of the Moto Z2 Play surfaced last month, and the specifications of the smartphone were revealed by @evleaks earlier this month. Now the smartphone has been certified by China’s TENAA confirming the specifications and also reveals the model number as XT1710. Lenovo even confirmed that the smartphone will have a 3000mAh battery in tweet to a user, compared to 3510mAh battery on the Moto Z Play. Continue reading “Moto Z2 Play with 5.5-inch 1080p AMOLED display, 5.99mm slim metal body gets certified”

Ulefone Gemini Pro with Deca-Core processor, 4GB RAM, Dual 13MP rear cameras announced

Ulefone Gemini Pro

Few months after introducing its mid-range Gemini smartphone, Ulefone has announced Gemini Pro with dual 13-megapixel rear cameras with Sony IMX258 sensor to capture depth information offering Bokeh effect for blurred background or foreground. It will be powered by MediaTek Helio X27 Deca-Core processor, pack 4GB of RAM and run Android 7.1 (Nougat). Continue reading “Ulefone Gemini Pro with Deca-Core processor, 4GB RAM, Dual 13MP rear cameras announced”

Moto Z2 Force with dual rear cameras surface in press images

lenovo-moto-z2-force

A recent Motorola roadmap revealed Moto Z2 Play and Z2 Force smartphones. We also got to know that Moto Z2 is also in the works. Now press render of the Moto Z2 Force has surfaced showing its unibody metal design, pins for Moto Mod connector on the back, similar to last year’s Moto Z smartphones and dual rear cameras along with dual-tone LED flash for both front and rear cameras for the first time. Continue reading “Moto Z2 Force with dual rear cameras surface in press images”

Samsung Galaxy S8 Battery Life Test

Samsung launched flagship Galaxy S8 smartphone in India last month. We brought you the review of the S8 recently, here we have the battery life test results of the smartphone. The Galaxy S8 packs a 3000mAh built-in battery, same as the Galaxy S7 and supports Samsung’s own Adaptive fast charging both on wired and wireless (WPC and PMA). Check out the test results below. Continue reading “Samsung Galaxy S8 Battery Life Test”

Nubia N1 lite with 5.5-inch display, fingerprint sensor launching in India on May 22

Nubia N1 lite

Nubia launched nubia M2 Lite in India last week. Today the company has teased the launch of another smartphone in the country. Even through the teaser doesn’t reveal the name of the phone. The image has a caption Let there be Lite! and the image shows a similar front camera arrangement with selfie flash. It was announced back in February at the MWC, and the company already confirmed that the smartphone will launch in India soon. Continue reading “Nubia N1 lite with 5.5-inch display, fingerprint sensor launching in India on May 22”

Google introduces new API tools for watch face complications, watch friendly UI

Android Wear Complications

Google introduced Android Wear 2.0 with revamped UI, standalone apps, gesture keyboard and more back in May last year at the I/O developer conference. On the second day of I/O 2017, Google released a suite of complication API tools, to make it easier for developers to add complication support to their watch faces, and a new Wear UI librar so that they can build watch friendly user interfaces. Continue reading “Google introduces new API tools for watch face complications, watch friendly UI”

Bose SoundLink Revolve and SoundLink Revolve+ Bluetooth 360 degree speakers launched in India

Bose SoundLink Revolve and SoundLink Revolve plus

Bose has launched new SoundLink Revolve and SoundLink Revolve+ portable Bluetooth speakers that promise true omni-directional performance with 360 degree sound. These feature an IPX4-rating to withstand spills, rain, and pool splashes; and rugged durability to survive dings, drops, and bumps. Continue reading “Bose SoundLink Revolve and SoundLink Revolve+ Bluetooth 360 degree speakers launched in India”

Qualcomm demos dynamic electric charging tech to charge vehicles while driving

Qualcomm Halo DEVC

Qualcomm has demoed dynamic electric vehicle charging (DEVC), which allows vehicles to charge while driving. This is based on the Qualcomm Halo wireless electric vehicle charging technology (WEVC). Qualcomm said that it has designed and built a wireless DEVC system capable of charging an electric vehicle (EV) dynamically at up to 20 kilowatts at highway speeds and in excess of, 100 km/h. Continue reading “Qualcomm demos dynamic electric charging tech to charge vehicles while driving”

LG G6 gets a Rs. 10000 price cut in India for limited period, available for Rs. 41990

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LG launched its flagship G6 smartphone in India for Rs. 51,990 in India last month. Now it has received a Rs. 10,000 price cut in the country under new BYOD offer, and is available for Rs. 41,990 for a limited period (May 18 to June 15, 2017), according to Mumbai-based retailer Mahesh Telecom.

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Microsoft Surface Pro 2017 images surface ahead of announcement on May 23

Microsoft Surface Pro 2017 leak

Microsoft recently scheduled a Surface related event in Shanghai on May 23rd where it is expected to unveil the long-awaited Surface Pro 4 successor. Now @evleaks has posted images of the device and also said that it will just be called the Surface Pro, and not the Surface Pro 5. Continue reading “Microsoft Surface Pro 2017 images surface ahead of announcement on May 23”

Sansui Horizon 2 with 5-inch HD display, Android 7.0, 4G VoLTE launched for Rs. 4999

Sansui Horizon 2

After Horizon 1, Sansui has launched another budget budget 4G smartphone with VoLTE support dubbed as Horizon 2. It has a 5-inch HD display, is powered by a quad-core MediaTek processor, runs on Android 7.0 (Nougat), has a 8-megapixel rear camera with dual-tone LED flash and a 5-megapixel front-facing camera that also has LED flash. Continue reading “Sansui Horizon 2 with 5-inch HD display, Android 7.0, 4G VoLTE launched for Rs. 4999”

Karbonn Aura Power 4G Plus with 5-inch HD display, 4000mAh battery, Android 7.0 launched for Rs. 5790

Karbonn Aura Power 4G Plus

After launching Aura 4G smartphone, Karbonn has launched Aura Power 4G Plus, another budget smartphone with 4G VoLTE support. It has a 5-inch HD display, is powered by a quad-core processor, runs on Android 7.0 (Nougat), has a 5-megapixel rear camera with dual LED flash and a 5-megapixel front-facing camera with LED flash. Continue reading “Karbonn Aura Power 4G Plus with 5-inch HD display, 4000mAh battery, Android 7.0 launched for Rs. 5790”

OPPO A77 with 5.5-inch 1080p display, 16MP front camera, fingerprint sensor announced

Oppo A77

OPPO has announced A77, the company’s latest selfie-focused smartphone in the ‘A series’ in Taiwan. It has similar specifications as the OPPO F3 that includes a 5.5-inch 1080p display, Octa-Core MediaTek MT6750T processor, runs on Android 6.0 (Marshmallow) with ColorOS 3.0, but this has a single 16-megapixel sensor on the front instead of dual front cameras on the F3. It still offers background blur to create depth of field effect along with selfie timer. Continue reading “OPPO A77 with 5.5-inch 1080p display, 16MP front camera, fingerprint sensor announced”

Idea partners with Flipkart to offer unlimited calling, 4G data packs on range of 4G smartphones

Idea 4G

Idea Cellular has announced partnership with Flipkart, to offer a range of bundled offers on a range of 4G smartphones, exclusively for its customers. Under this offer, prepaid packs will offer huge data benefits on select range of smartphones from Lenovo, Micromax, Motorola, and Panasonic, priced in the range of Rs. 4,000 to Rs. 25,000. Continue reading “Idea partners with Flipkart to offer unlimited calling, 4G data packs on range of 4G smartphones”

Xiaomi Mi TV 4 49, 55 and 65-inch 4K HDR TVs with 4.9mm slim frameless design launched in China

Xiaomi Mi TV 4 65-inch

Xiaomi introduced new Mi TV 4 series at the CES 2017 earlier this. It has finally launched these TVs in China that come in 49-inch, 55-inch, and 65-inch sizes and have 4K panel with support for HDR. These have a 4.9mm slim frameless design and the top-end 65-inch model also comes with Dolby Atmos audio technology with 2 up-firing speakers, that are basically pointed at the ceiling which reflects the sound to provide a 3-dimensional experience. Continue reading “Xiaomi Mi TV 4 49, 55 and 65-inch 4K HDR TVs with 4.9mm slim frameless design launched in China”