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Lenovo introduces Vibe X2 Pro limited edition smartphone

Along with the P90, Lenovo has also introduced a Vibe X2 Pro limited edition smartphone at its press conference in Las Vegas. The Lenovo Vibe X2 Pro is based on the layered design of the X2 and comes with a metal body.

The Lenovo Vibe X2 Pro comes with a 5.3 inch display with a resolution of 1980 x 1080 pixels. The smartphone is powered by a 64-bit Qualcomm Snapdragon 615 processor with octa-core 1.5GHz CPU and 2GB of RAM. Continue reading “Lenovo introduces Vibe X2 Pro limited edition smartphone”

Lenovo P90 with 5.5-inch display goes official

Lenovo’s biggest event has always been the Consumer Electronics Show and it’s not any different this year either. The company has introduced P90, which is its first smartphone to be powered by the newest 64-bit Intel Atom Z3560 processor.

Lenovo P90 sports a 5.5-inch display with a resolution of 1920 x 1080p that accounts to a resolution of 440 pixels per inch. Under the hood powering the smartphone is a quad-core 1.83 GHz Intel Atom Z3560 processor along with 2GB of RAM. Continue reading “Lenovo P90 with 5.5-inch display goes official”

ASUS unveils ZenFone Zoom with 3x optical zoom

ASUS along with the ZenFone 2 has announced ZenFone Zoom at its event in Las Vegas. ASUS CEO Jonney Shih during his presentation showcased the company’s latest camera phone.

ASUS ZenFone Zoom is basically the ZenFone 2 itself with an enhanced rear camera. The device is presumably targeted towards heavy photography users. The ZenFone Zoom sports a 5.5-inch display with a Full HD resolution. Continue reading “ASUS unveils ZenFone Zoom with 3x optical zoom”

ASUS unveils ZenFone 2 – features 64 bit Intel processor and 4GB of RAM

ASUS has taken wraps of its latest ZenFone 2 smartphone at its dedicated CES 2015 event in Las Vegas. The company’s chairman also announced that they are now shipping over 1.5 million ZenFone smartphones a month.

ASUS ZenFone 2 sports a 5.5-inch Full HD display and comes with a 72% screen-to-body ration, which means that the display occupies more space in the body rather the bezels. It has a layer of Gorilla Glass 3, which protects the smartphone from scratches and minor sniffs. Continue reading “ASUS unveils ZenFone 2 – features 64 bit Intel processor and 4GB of RAM”

Toshiba launches TrasferJet adapter for iDevices

Toshiba has launched first of its kind TransferJet adapter for iDevices such as iPhone, iPad and iPod, which fulfills the gadget’s close proximity wireless transfer technology.

If you are wondering what TransferJet is all about – well, it’s a device built on the TransferJet Consortium, which is a technology that provides simple connections and ultra-high speed data transfers with low power consumption. Continue reading “Toshiba launches TrasferJet adapter for iDevices”

Intel announces 5th-generation ‘Broadwell’ processors

Intel has officially announced its new 5th generation Intel Core processor family. The latest range of silicon’s are designed on 14 nm architecture and is expected to deliver improve system and graphics performance, natural and immersive user experiences and also enable longer battery life as compared previous generations. Continue reading “Intel announces 5th-generation ‘Broadwell’ processors”

LG G Flex 2 with 64-bit Snapdragon 810 processor goes official

LG has officially unveiled its second generation Flex smartphone at its dedicated Consumer Electronics Show press conference in Las Vegas. Continue reading “LG G Flex 2 with 64-bit Snapdragon 810 processor goes official”

FoneArena team wishes you a Happy New Year 2015

Time flies! Let’s bid a farewell to the year 2014 and welcome 2015. The past 12 months has been a great journey and we are proud of what we could achieve. Of course, a lot of credit goes to you, our loyal readers for supporting us throughout. Continue reading “FoneArena team wishes you a Happy New Year 2015”

Google announces Android Wear 5.0 Lollipop update

It turns out that yesterday’s rumor about Android Wear smartwatches being next in line for Lollipop update was indeed true. Today, Google has officially announced the Android 5.0 Lollipop update for its Wear smartwatch platform. Continue reading “Google announces Android Wear 5.0 Lollipop update”

Confirmed: OnePlus One sold in India will not receive CyanogenMod updates

Cyanogen inked an exclusive deal with the popular Indian manufacturer Micromax, a couple of days ago. The terms of the partnership did create some confusion in the minds of the potential OnePlus One buyers in the country.

Back then a press release from Cyanogen said that their mobile operating system will not support any other device expect the Yu branded smartphones in India. The statement came at a time OnePlus launched their device in the sub-continent and this is when things started to get messy. Continue reading “Confirmed: OnePlus One sold in India will not receive CyanogenMod updates”

LG G3 Beat Review

LG is one of the old horses in the smartphone market, but is a new one to enter the ‘minis’ trend. With the likes of Samsung and Sony pushing the compact battle to a whole new level, it was high time LG got into the game.

LG launched its compact variant of its flagship smartphone, the G3 Beat a couple of weeks ago. The device takes after the G3 in design, but the similarities are deep with the internals being completely different. Continue reading “LG G3 Beat Review”

Samsung Simband hands on

Samsung introduced its first version of Simband a while ago and the company revealed new details about its health monitoring wearable at its recently concluded annual developer conference in San Francisco.

Samsung at their keynote presentation announced that they are opening up the platform to developers. The global market leader in association with some early partners previewed a fully functional Simband. We had a chance to spend some time with the device and here’s our first impressions. Continue reading “Samsung Simband hands on”

Lenovo Vibe Z2 Pro battery test

Lenovo Vibe Z2 Pro recently went through the paces in our labs and our detailed review revealed that the phablet is one of the best out there. Our tests also revealed that the device has a stellar better performance and it’s now time to put some spotlight on it. Continue reading “Lenovo Vibe Z2 Pro battery test”

Samsung Z Hands On and Photo Gallery

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Samsung unveiled the Samsung Z (SM-Z910F), its first Tizen-powered smartphone back in June. We got to check it out at the Samsung Developer Conference 2014 in San Francisco. Here is the hands-on and the hardware walk-through gallery. Continue reading “Samsung Z Hands On and Photo Gallery”

Samsung announces ‘Flow’ – a feature similar to Apple’s Continuity

Samsung introduced a new feature named ‘Flow’ at its annual developer conference here in San Francisco. The latest software from the South Korean giant takes on Apple’s Continuity feature that was released a couple of months ago. Continue reading “Samsung announces ‘Flow’ – a feature similar to Apple’s Continuity”