Samsung Galaxy S8 Review

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Samsung launched the Galaxy S8 and Galaxy S8+ smartphones in India last month starting at Rs. 57,900. As the name indicates, the S8 is the eighth smartphone in the ‘Galaxy S’ series, which is a major improvement when it comes to the design and display compared to Galaxy S6 and S7 series of smartphone. Is this a good successor to the S7 in the ‘Galaxy S’ series? Let us find out in the review.

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Moto Z2 Play specifications surface – 5.5-inch 1080p display, Snapdragon 626, 4GB RAM

Moto Z2 Play leak

Press render of the Moto Z2 Play surfaced a few weeks back showing off its metal design, fingerprint sensor on the front and dual-tone LED flash for the front camera. Thanks to @evleaks, we now have the specifications of the phone. According to the leak, the phone is expected to pack the same 5.5-inch 1080p display, but the battery will be reduced from 3510mAh to 3000mAh, which is a bummer since the battery life on the Moto G5 Plus with the same display size and battery is not impressive when compared to the Z Play.

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Xiaomi India teases new Redmi smartphone is launching soon, Redmi 4 expected this month

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Xiaomi launched its budget Redmi smartphone –  Redmi 4A in India back in March, now it is gearing up to launch a new Redmi series smartphone, which is expected to be the Redmi 4, according to a latest teaser. Redmi 4 was announced back in November in two variants, the standard variant has a 5-inch HD 2.5D curved glass display, is powered by an Octa-Core Snapdragon 430 SoC and has 2GB of RAM. Continue reading “Xiaomi India teases new Redmi smartphone is launching soon, Redmi 4 expected this month”

Amazon Great Indian Sale scheduled from May 11 to 14, Flipkart Big 10 Sale from May 14 to 18

Amazon Great Indian Sale May 11 to 14

Amazon and Flipkart have announced their Summer sale. Amazon’s Great Indian Sale is scheduled from May 11th till 14th. Flipkart’s Big 10 Sale for completing 10 years in the e-commerce space starts the day when the Amazon’s sale ends and continues till May 18th. Continue reading “Amazon Great Indian Sale scheduled from May 11 to 14, Flipkart Big 10 Sale from May 14 to 18”

Lenovo Smart Band HW01 with OLED display, heart rate sensor launched in India for Rs. 1999

Lenovo Smart Band HW01

Lenovo has launched Smart Band HW01 , its first smart band in India. It has a 0.91-inch OLED display that shows time, steps and also heart rate. It has real time heart rate monitoring in Sports Mode, where the band automatically detects your heart rate every 15 minutes. It also vibrates when your heart reaches the designated threshold. Continue reading “Lenovo Smart Band HW01 with OLED display, heart rate sensor launched in India for Rs. 1999”

Opera Max 3.0 brings new UI, data savings tips, Savings for Facebook and more

Opera Max 3.0 for Android

Opera Max has received a major update to version 3.0 that brings several new features including a new UI, optimized data savings, data management tools and support for Facebook savings. Continue reading “Opera Max 3.0 brings new UI, data savings tips, Savings for Facebook and more”

Nokia 3310 shipping begins, Motorola expected to launch new Android tablet and more – FoneArena Daily

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Check out the latest FoneArena Daily video that gives you a quick roundup of the latest technology news. Continue reading “Nokia 3310 shipping begins, Motorola expected to launch new Android tablet and more – FoneArena Daily”

Honor 8, Honor 6X, Honor 5C, Huawei P9 EMUI 5.0 Android 7.0 Nougat update to roll out in India in May

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Huawei’s Honor brand at an event today in Bengaluru today announced the roll out details for its next software update – EMUI 5 based on Android 7.0 (Nougat). It said that upcoming Honor 8 Lite smartphone will be the first device that will come with EMUI 5.0 out-of- the-box. This week the Honor 6X received the update in some countries, the company said that Honor 8, Honor 6X, Honor 5C and Huawei P9 will get the update in May 2017 Continue reading “Honor 8, Honor 6X, Honor 5C, Huawei P9 EMUI 5.0 Android 7.0 Nougat update to roll out in India in May”

Nokia 3310 starts shipping, coming to India soon

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Nokia unveiled new 3310 feature phone at the MWC 2017 in Barcelona in February. It already said that it will start shipping the phone in both single SIM and dual SIM variants starting Q2 for 49 Euros (Rs. 3455 approx.). Today the company has confirmed that it has started shipping the phone.

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Honor 8 Pro Battery Life Test

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Huawei’s Honor brand introduced the Honor 8 Pro smartphone last month. We already brought you the review of the smartphone, here we have its battery life test results. The Honor 8 Pro packs a 4000mAh (typical) / 3900mAh (minimum) built-in battery and has support for fast charging. Let us check out the test results.

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Xiaomi India launches e-waste take-back and recycling program

Xiaomi India e-waste take-back and recycling program

Xiaomi has launched e-waste take-back & recycling service for End of life products which are no longer operational, by adhering to the E-waste (Management) Rules, 2016 issued by the Ministry of Environment and Forest, Government of India. Continue reading “Xiaomi India launches e-waste take-back and recycling program”

OPPO F3 with 16MP + 8MP dual front cameras, 5.5-inch 1080p display launched in India for Rs. 19990

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OPPO just launched F3, the company’s latest selfie-focused smartphone in the ‘F Series’ at an event in India, as it had promised. It is the smaller variant of the F3 Plus that was launched back in March. It has the same 16-megapixel front-facing camera with 1/3.1-inch sensor and f/2.0 aperture along with an 8-megapixel secondary front camera with 120-degree wide-angle lens for capturing better group selfies that is present on the F3 Plus. It also has a 13-megapixel rear camera with dual-tone LED flash. Continue reading “OPPO F3 with 16MP + 8MP dual front cameras, 5.5-inch 1080p display launched in India for Rs. 19990”

Rovio launches Battle Bay real-time online multiplayer game for Android and iOS globally

Battle Bay

After soft launch of Battle Bay, a real-time multiplayer game last year, Rovio has launched the game for Android and iOS globally. In this mini MOBA game for mobile, you Face off against real opponents in real-time five-on-five team Boat battles.

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WhatsApp back online after worldwide outage of about 2 hours

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Facebook-owned WhatsApp went down for a few hours before it came back online. First it went down only in select regions, soon it was down in several countries globally. Earlier Whatsapp System Status in the app showed that the service was operating normally even though it was down, the company later confirmed that the service is experience problem, and they are working on bringing it back online shortly. Continue reading “WhatsApp back online after worldwide outage of about 2 hours”