Lava launched the Iris X1, the company’s first budget smartphone running on Android 4.4 (KitKat) last month. It is powered by a quad-core Broadcom BCM23550 processor clocked at 1.2 GHz and has Videocore IV GPU. It has a 4.5-inch FWVGA IPS screen and has 1GB of RAM. We already brought you the unboxing of the smartphone earlier this week, here we have the benchmarks. Let us find out how the smartphone performs in a range of synthetic benchmark tests. Continue reading “Lava Iris X1 Benchmarks”
Its long been expected that Motorola will launch a higher capacity variant of the Moto X. Today, the company has confirmed that it plans to launch a 64GB version of the phone.
There’s little else that has changed here. The base specifications of the phone include a 4.7 inch 720p display, a 1.7Ghz Qualcomm Snapdragon S4 Pro SoC and this is paired with 2GB of RAM. The USP of the phone comes in the form of touchless controls that let you activate Google Now and use voice based commands without touching the device. Continue reading “64GB Moto X now official, Priced at $449”
Nokia’s devices and services division, now officially part of Microsoft, unveiled the Lumia 630 Windows Phone at their developer conference at San Francisco. This low end Windows Phone, which will cater to the budget customer, has a number of firsts and even a last, in terms of features. It is the first Windows Phone 8.1 device to be launched into the market, it is the first Dual SIM Windows Phone, it is the first Windows Phone with a quad core Snapdragon 400 chip and also the first one to support on-screen navigation buttons. But, having launched before April 25th, this, along with the Lumia 930, will be the last Windows Phones with a “Nokia” brand on them. Sporting a price tag of Rs. 11,500, the successor to the yesteryear Lumia 620 sports a bigger screen, with roughly the same resolution, undercuts it by a couple of thousands, but loses the LED flash and goes for a cheaper bill of materials (referred to as BoM from here on) generally. With the RAM staying at 512 MB, does the Lumia 630 Dual SIM Windows Phone strike a good balance between price and specifications in this crucial segment? Lets find out in our full review.
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Newegg, a popular online electronics retailer, has announced at the Computex 2014 event that they will soon be expanding to six new markets in addition to the four markets that they are currently operating in. The new six market that the company plans to enter includes – India, Ireland, Netherlands, New Zealand, Poland and Singapore and the four countries where the company already operates are US, Canada, UK and Australia.
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Earlier this week Google Maps got Street View for 12 World Cup stadiums in Brazil. Now Google has introduced a new Google search feature for both mobile and web that would let you view schedules for Football world cup match schedules just by searching for world cup in Google. These schedules are set your own time, so that you can keep track of them easily. Continue reading “Google Search now offers FIFA World Cup schedules, live scores and more”
Apple would unveil its long rumored smartwatch at an event in October, according to reports from Japanese business newspaper Nikkei and Re/code. Apple introduced its new Health app with the iOS 8 earlier this month that would collect a number of body metrics including blood pressure, heart rate, and stats on diet and exercise and consolidate at one place. Continue reading “Apple’s health-focused iWatch reportedly launching in October”
Along with the Fonepad 7 refresh, Aus also unveiled the Fonepad 8 (FE380CG) at the Computex 2014 in Taipei. This has almost similar specifications as the new Fonepad 7 (FE375CG) , but this has a 8-inch (1280 x 800) HD IPS display, compared to the 7-inch HD display on the Fonepad 7. It also comes with Dual SIM support and a 1.83 GHz quad-core Intel Atom Z3560 processor with PowerVR G6430 GPU. Continue reading “Asus Fonepad 8 Photo Gallery”
Asus unveiled an upgraded version of the Fonepad 7 (FE375CG) earlier this week at Computex 2014 in Taipei. We got to check out the tablet at the event show floor earlier this week. The first Fonepad 7 had a dual-core Intel Atom Z2560 processor and the Fonepad 7 Dual SIM that was launched in India had a dual-core Intel Atom Z2520 processor, but this one has a faster quad-core Intel Atom Z3560 processor. It has a 7-inch 1280 x 800) HD IPS display, similar to both the old Fonepad 7 models. Continue reading “New Asus Fonepad 7 Photo Gallery”
Earlier in the year, at the MWC 2014, HTC announced the Desire 816 as the higher mid-range phablet and it was launched in India in April for Rs. 23,990. The Desire 816 comes with a 13MP camera on the back and a 5MP front facing “selfie” camera. The internals are on the same lines as the budget Moto G, but HTC hopes to sell the Desire 816 with a larger screen, a much better camera combination and their HTC Sense UI.
Lenovo A7-50 in the A7 series went on sale in India earlier this week. Today, the company has officially launched the tablet. It was originally announced in April along with a range of A series tablets and packs a 7-inch (1280 x 800) HD IPS display, powered by a 1.3 GHz quad-core MediaTek MT8382 processor and runs on Android 4.2 (Jelly Bean) that is upgradable to Android 4.4 (KitKat). Continue reading “Lenovo A7-50 with quad-core processor, voice calling officially launched in India for Rs. 15499”
Amazon is expected to launch its 3D smartphone on June 18th and more details about the phone are now surfacing. According to a TechCrunch report, face sensing technology in the 3D smartphone will be powered by Omron’s Okao Vision technology.
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Huawei has just announced Kirin 920 SoC at an event in Beijing. It is an Octa-Core SoC with four ARM Cortex A15 Cores that can be clocked up to 2 GHz and four ARM Cortex A7 Cores that can be clocked up to 1.6 GHz. It is based on ARM’s big.LITTLE architecture so it can alternate between the Cortex A7 or A15 cores depending on the type of tasks. It has support for Category 6 LTE networks and is built on 28nm HPM process. Continue reading “Huawei Kirin 920 Octa-Core SoC with Mali T628 GPU announced”
At the Computex 2014 event held in Taipei, Asus announced successors to the MeMO Pad 7 and MeMO Pad 8. The Asus MeMO Pad 7 wasn’t much of an update, but the MeMO Pad 8 was updated with a better Full HD display and internal specifications overhaul. We managed to get our hands on both the updated Asus MeMO Pad 7 and Asus MeMO Pad 8 and we shot a photo gallery comparing the two MeMO Pads.
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Dropbox has scooped up instant messaging startup Droptalk for an undisclosed sum. The startup enables users to send links privately via Chrome extensions along with and chats. Droptalk which was also working on Android and iOS app will shut down as a result of the acquisition and will not accepting new signups. 
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Square Enix released Hitman Go for Android yesterday, couple of months after releasing it for the iOS. Today the company has announced a new game called Hitman: Sniper. This would be a competitive sniping game, almost similar to the Hitman: Sniper Challenge developed by Io-Interactive, unlike a puzzle game. The Hitman GO that was released recently would get new levels soon, said the company. Continue reading “Hitman: Sniper coming to smartphones and tablets as a free to play game later this year”
