Zen Admire Swadesh with 5-inch display, 22 regional languages, 4G VoLTE launched for Rs. 4990

Zen Admire Swadesh

Zen Mobile has launched Admire Swadesh, the company’s latest budget 4G smartphone with VoLTE and support for 22 region languages. It also has  twin WhatsApp feature that will enable users to set up two WhatsApp accounts and the Lefty feature lets you access Weather, Apps, Videos, Games, Cricket updates and more easily. It has a 5-inch display, but the company has not mentioned the resolution. Continue reading “Zen Admire Swadesh with 5-inch display, 22 regional languages, 4G VoLTE launched for Rs. 4990”

OPPO F3 Plus with 16MP + 8MP Dual front cameras, 6-inch 1080p display launched in India for Rs. 30990

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OPPO just launched F3 Plus, the company’s latest selfie-focused smartphone in the ‘F Series’ at an event in India, as it had promised. The main highlight of the smartphone is its 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. It also has a 16-megapixel rear camera with f/1.7 aperture, Sony IMX398 sensor and dual phase-detection auto-focus (PDAF) technology.

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Aircel launches new data packs, including a pack with one year validity in Bihar

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Aircel has launched new affordable data packs, including Rs. 35 and Rs. 64 packs that offer 1GB of 3G data with a validity of 3 days and 7 days, respectively. Aircel has also launched Rs. 999 data offering 36GB of 3G data with one year long validity. “This is by far one of the most economical propositions in the market offering lowest tariff and longest validity,” says the company. Continue reading “Aircel launches new data packs, including a pack with one year validity in Bihar”

Xiaomi Redmi 4A will go on sale for the first time in India today

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Earlier this week Xiaomi launched the Redmi 4A budget smartphone in India at Rs. 5999. As promised at the launch, the smartphone will go on sale today exclusively from Amazon.in and Mi.com. Continue reading “Xiaomi Redmi 4A will go on sale for the first time in India today”

Super Mario Run for Android starts rolling out, iOS version gets new features

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Nintendo has started rolling out Super Mario Run for Android devices, as it had promised. It is available in most countries and should be available in India as well later today. This is directly released as version 2.0, and iOS version has received an update to add these features that include different colored (Green, Red, Blue, Yellow and Purple) Yoshis as a new character. You can play Toad Rally with a Yoshi of a particular color to get more Toads of that color. Continue reading “Super Mario Run for Android starts rolling out, iOS version gets new features”

Ulefone Power 2 with 6050mAh battery, 4GB RAM, Android 7.0, fingerprint sensor announced

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Ulefone, one of the popular smartphone makers in China has introduced Ulefone Power 2, successor of the Ulefone Power that was introduced back in 2015. We even reviewed the phone last year. This has the same 6050mAh battery as the predecessor with support for 9V/2A fast charging that promises full charge in just 2 hours. The company says the phone will offer up to 4 days of battery life with normal use. Continue reading “Ulefone Power 2 with 6050mAh battery, 4GB RAM, Android 7.0, fingerprint sensor announced”

OnePlus 3T Midnight Black 128GB limited edition announced, available in India starting March 31

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OnePlus introduced limited edition OnePlus 3T colette edition last week in partnership with Colette, a French clothing and accessories retailer in Paris. Today the company has announced the Midnight Black version of the phone, as we had guessed. Continue reading “OnePlus 3T Midnight Black 128GB limited edition announced, available in India starting March 31”

Panasonic Eluga Pure with 5.5-inch display, 8MP front camera with flash, 4G LTE announced

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Panasonic has introduced Eluga Pure, its latest budget smartphone in Taiwan. It packs a 5.5-inch 2.5D curved glass HD display, is powered by a quad-core MediaTek MT6737 processor and runs on Android 6.0 (Marshmallow) with FitHome UI. Continue reading “Panasonic Eluga Pure with 5.5-inch display, 8MP front camera with flash, 4G LTE announced”

Nubia N2 with 4GB RAM, 5000mAh battery, M2 with dual 13MP rear cameras and M2 Lite announced

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Nubia has introduced three new smartphones – N2, M2 and M2 Lite in China. The Nubia N2 is the successor of last year’s N1 and packs a 5000mAh battery. The M2 has dual 13-megapixel rear cameras and the M2 Lite is a cheaper version of the M2 without the dual cameras. Continue reading “Nubia N2 with 4GB RAM, 5000mAh battery, M2 with dual 13MP rear cameras and M2 Lite announced”

Lava Z10 and Z25 with 8MP front camera with flash, 4G VoLTE launched for Rs. 11500 and Rs. 18000

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Lava today launched Z10 and Z25, the company’s latest smartphones in the new ‘Z series’.  Both the phone have 8-megapixel front-facing camera with LED flash. The Z10 has a 5-inch HD display with 1.9mm narrow bezel and the Z25 comes with a 5.5-inch HD 2.5D curved glass display and 2mm narrow bezel. Z25 also has a fingerprint sensor on the back for unlocking  the phone in 0.16 seconds. Continue reading “Lava Z10 and Z25 with 8MP front camera with flash, 4G VoLTE launched for Rs. 11500 and Rs. 18000”

Xiaomi Mi TV 4A 43-inch and 49-inch 1080p, 55-inch and 65-inch 4K HDR TVs announced

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Xiaomi has introduced its Mi TV 4A series of TVs that includes 43-inch and 49-inch TVs with 1080p displays and 55-inch and 65-inch TVs with 4K HDR displays. All these have “Patch Wall”, a UI layer on top of the Android OS that’s based on deep learning AI technology. It can curate content based on recommendations. These also have Dolby and DTS Audio. Continue reading “Xiaomi Mi TV 4A 43-inch and 49-inch 1080p, 55-inch and 65-inch 4K HDR TVs announced”

Samsung Pay launched in India officially, has Paytm and UPI integration

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After taking registrations for early access a few weeks back, Samsung today officially launched Samsung Pay mobile payments service in India. It has partnered with Visa, MasterCard and American Express, who act as gateways. It currently supports Axis Bank, HDFC Bank, ICICI Bank, SBI Cards and Standard Chartered Bank cards, and will soon support Citibank India.

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Here’s Ookla’s response to Reliance Jio’s claims regarding Airtel speedtest issue

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Update: Jio has responded again saying:

With reference to the issue of the fundamental flaw in Ookla’s Speedtest methodology which Jio has pointed out repeatedly, we note that Ookla has now admitted to ‘limitations’ in its application, and that it “does not always indicate the actual data provider in devices with multiple SIMs.” This admission by Ookla reinforces Jio’s submission that there is a clear contamination in primary data collected by Ookla in India, where nearly 90 percent of smartphones are dual SIM devices. Any results that are based on incorrect and contaminated primary data cannot be definitive, only probabilistic. It is a travesty that such results are being passed off as “official” results by a market-leading operator. We will continue to expose such misleading practices and raise it at suitable forums.

Earlier this week Reliance Jio approached Advertising Standards Council of India (ASCI) against Airtel saying that the claim of Airtel as India’s fastest network in its Ads are false, misleading and incorrect. Continue reading “Here’s Ookla’s response to Reliance Jio’s claims regarding Airtel speedtest issue”

Flipkart Electronics Sale: Best deals on smartphones, wearables, LED TVs, and more

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Flipkart today started Electronics Sale. In this sale it is offering great deals on smartphones, LED TVs, wearables, accessories and more. All these offers are available through the Flipkart app, website and also on Flipkart Lite. Continue reading “Flipkart Electronics Sale: Best deals on smartphones, wearables, LED TVs, and more”