Smartron t.phone Hands On and Photo Gallery

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Smartron, which recently received investment from Sachin Tendulkar launched the t.phone smartphone at an event in Hyderabad earlier today, about a couple of months after launching its t-book Windows 10 2-in-1. We managed to check out the smartphone at the event, here are our hands-on impressions of the smartphone and a quick walk through of the specifications in the form of photo gallery. Continue reading “Smartron t.phone Hands On and Photo Gallery”

Apple iPhone SE Review

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Apple announced something really different last month when it launched the iPhone SE along with smaller iPad Pro 9.7. We saw a smaller iPhone being unveiled for the first time and it has already hit Indian shores. This is, in fact, the fastest launch of an iPhone in India if you consider the global announcement and the market availability here.

The first thing you notice about the iPhone SE is how small and light it is. In a rapidly changing mobile phone market we have quickly forgotten that phones with 4-inch screens did exist and were quite popular for a long time before phablets started emerging. I totally love my iPhone 6s Plus and Galaxy S7 Edge and was obviously wondering how would I move to such a small screen phone. How did it work out ? Let us find out in our iPhone SE Review. Continue reading “Apple iPhone SE Review”

I just booked the Tesla Model 3 in India, Here’s 10 Reasons Why

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Thought of as the future of the automotive industry, the Tesla has without a doubt had a profound impact. From its straight out performance to the gorgeous design as well as the most important factor, environmental impact, millions of people have been waiting with baited breath for the all electric vehicle. I know a lot of us in India certainly have been. While watching the Model 3 announcement yesterday, I noticed that Tesla had added India and several others countries to the order page. Assuming it to be an elaborate April Fool’s prank, i was in disbelief.

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Following up though, we saw Elon Musk, the real life Tony Stark aka Iron Man of present times as well as the CEO of Tesla, tweet out the same information. Taking a gamble, I quickly went ahead and tried putting in my details including my credit card info thinking it wouldn’t work. Color me surprised then when not only did it work but i was also told that i’ll be receiving my confirmation within the next 24 hours! Here are 10 reasons why I put in $1000 to book a Tesla Model 3.
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Sunil Lalvani – President, Qualcomm India on Make in India

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Qualcomm is looking to help make India a hub for design capabilities for smartphones, tablets and IoT. The company is also looking to leverage India’s engineering talent to scale innovation for both local consumption, and rest of the world. On those lines, Qualcomm is setting up an Innovation Lab in Bangalore, India to provide technical and engineering support to the home grown companies.

In the very recent past, Qualcomm had also hosted the Design in India Challenge in association with NASSCOM to accelerate the creation of a product and hardware design ecosystem in India for healthcare, education, banking, agriculture, automotive, wearables and smartcities.

We at FoneArena had a chance to speak to Sunil Lalvani, the President of Qualcomm India at the Make in India week, which took place in Mumbai last month. Here’s the transcript from our talk..

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NVIDIA SHIELD Android TV Unboxing

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NVIDIA introduced its SHIELD Android TV at the Game Developers Conference (GDC) last year. We finally managed to the 16GB version from France for 199.99 Euros that also comes with bundled remote worth 54.99 Euros as a limited period offer. Check out the unboxing below. Continue reading “NVIDIA SHIELD Android TV Unboxing”

Xiaomi Redmi Note 3 with Snapdragon 650 Hands On

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The Xiaomi Redmi Note 3 was launched today in India and will go on sale later this month. We went hands on with the device and here are our impressions of the latest Redmi Note smartphone.

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Xiaomi Mi 5 Photo Gallery

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Earlier today at an event in China, Xiaomi unveiled its flagship Mi 5 smartphone, later Hugo Barra introduced the smartphone at the Mobile World Congress (MWC) 2016 in Barcelona. We got to check out the smartphone at the MWC, here is the photo gallery to give you a quick look at the hardware of the smartphone.

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Samsung Galaxy A7 (2016) Unboxing

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Samsung introduced the Galaxy A7 (2016) smartphone back in December last year. It was launched for India at the Samsung Forum 2016 event in Malaysia earlier this month at Rs. 33,400. We brought you the hands-on impressions and photo gallery of the smartphone from the event, we also brought you the unboxing of Galaxy A5 (2016), here we have the unboxing of the Galaxy A7 (2016). Continue reading “Samsung Galaxy A7 (2016) Unboxing”