Samsung introduces limited edition leather backed Galaxy Alpha

Samsung is selling limited edition Galaxy Alpha devices in France. The company has joined hands with designers Free Lance and Jean-Baptiste Rautureau to sell 100 Galaxy Alpha devices.

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LG Fx0 Firefox OS smartphone with transparent body announced

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LG has announced LG Fx0, the company’s first Firefox OS smartphone in partnership with Mozilla and operator KDDI in Japan. The main highlight of the smartphone is its transparent body. It has a 4.7-inch HD display, is powered by a quad-core Snapdragon 400 processor with Adreno 305 GPU, comes with a 8-megapixel rear camera with LED flash and a 2.1-megapixel front-facing camera. Continue reading “LG Fx0 Firefox OS smartphone with transparent body announced”

Samsung Galaxy Note Edge launched in India for Rs. 64900

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Samsung just launched the Galaxy Note Edge smartphone in India, after reports of it launching in the country next month. The Note Edge was announced at the IFA 2014 in September along with the Note 4 and packs a 5.6-inch (1440 x 2560 pixels) Quad HD+ Super AMOLED display that bends on the right side that utilizing 160 pixels so that you can acess frequently used apps, alerts and device functionality. Continue reading “Samsung Galaxy Note Edge launched in India for Rs. 64900”

Evolution of the Samsung Galaxy Note

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The Galaxy Note series from Samsung is well known for being the one that started the big screen movement. People used to be dismissive of the concept in 2011 when the original released, but since then, all the flagships have gradually increased screen sizes, with the latest iPhone sporting a 5.5 inch screen and a Nexus sporting a 6 inch screen. Yes, times have changed, and so has the Note.

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Samsung Galaxy Note Edge might launch in India in Jan 2015 for Rs. 68500

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[Update: Samsung has launched the Galaxy Note Edge in India for Rs. 64,900 and it goes on sale January first week.]

Earlier: Samsung plans to launch the Galaxy Note Edge smartphone in India in January 2015 at a price tag of Rs. 68,500, according to a report from ET. The report says that it would retail for Rs. 64,900. Samsung launched the Galaxy Note 4 smartphone in India for Rs. 58300 back in October, which now retails for Rs. 57,000 on the official Samsung eStore. Continue reading “Samsung Galaxy Note Edge might launch in India in Jan 2015 for Rs. 68500”

Huawei Ascend GX1 with 6-inch HD display, Snapdragon 410 SoC announced

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Huawei has announced the Ascend GX1 (SC-CL00), the company’s latest mid-range smartphone in the Ascend series in China. It has a 6-inch HD screen with screen-to-body ratio of 80.5%, is powered by a 1.2GHz quad-core Snapdragon 410 processor and runs on Android 4.4-based Emotion UI. It has a 8-megapixel rear camera with LED flash and a 2-megapixel front-facing camera. It has several camera modes such as voice capture, quick capture from the lockscreen and more. Continue reading “Huawei Ascend GX1 with 6-inch HD display, Snapdragon 410 SoC announced”

Xiaomi Redmi Note 4G to go on sale in India on Dec 30th

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Xiaomi Redmi Note went on sale in India earlier this month for Rs. 8,999. Xiaomi has announced that Redmi Note 4G will go on sale on Flipkart on December 30th, as it promised at the launch. The Redmi Note 4G has support for TD-LTE 2300MHz (Band 40) and FDD-LTE 1800MHz (Band 3) for India and is powered by a 1.6GHz quad-core Snapdragon 400 SoC, instead of Octa-Core MediaTek chip in the 3G variant. It single SIM support, unlike the dual SIM 3G variant. It comes pre-loaded with Fleksy and SwiftKey keyboards. Continue reading “Xiaomi Redmi Note 4G to go on sale in India on Dec 30th”

Samsung starts mass production of LPDDR4 RAM, 4GB RAM coming early 2015

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Samsung Electronics introduced industry’s first 8 gigabit (Gb) or 1 Gigabyte (1GB) LPDDR4 DRAM for mobile devices such as smartphones and tablets last December. Today the Korean giant has announced that it has started mass producing the first 8 gigabit (Gb) low power (LPDDR4) mobile DRAM based 20-nanometer (nm) process technology. Continue reading “Samsung starts mass production of LPDDR4 RAM, 4GB RAM coming early 2015”

Meizu Blue Charm Note with 5.5-inch 1080p display, Octa-Core processor announced

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Meizu has announced Blue Charm Note, the company’s latest smartphone under new Blue Charm sub brand. It has a 5.5-inch 1080p display, is powered by a 1.7GHz 64-bit Octa-Core MediaTek processor with eight Cortex-A53 64-bit CPUs with Mali-T760 GPU and runs on Android 4.4 KitKat with Flyme OS 4 on top. It has a 13-megapixel rear camera with Samsung sensor and a 5-megapixel front-facing camera with 69-degree wide viewing angle. Continue reading “Meizu Blue Charm Note with 5.5-inch 1080p display, Octa-Core processor announced”

Swipe Marathon with 4.5-inch display, 4000mAh battery launched for Rs. 4599

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Swipe Technologies has launched Swipe Marathon, the company’s first smartphone with a Marathon 4000mAh battery that promises up to 60 days standby. It has a 4.5-inch FWVGA screen, powered by a 1 GHz dual-core processor and runs on Android 4.4 (KitKat). It has an 5-megapixel rear camera with LED flash and a 0.3-megapixel (VGA) front-facing camera. Continue reading “Swipe Marathon with 4.5-inch display, 4000mAh battery launched for Rs. 4599”

Samsung Galaxy Core Prime goes on sale on official eStore in India for Rs. 9700

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Samsung Galaxy Core Prime (SM-G360H/DS) went on sale through retail stores in India for Rs. 9,599 earlier this month, now the smartphone is available from the official Samsung India eStore. It has a 4.5-inch WVGA display, powered by a 1.2GHz quad-core processor and runs on Android 4.4 (Kitkat). It has a 5-megapixel rear camera with LED flash and a 2-megapixel front-facing camera. It has support for 14 Indian languages and comes with dual SIM support. Continue reading “Samsung Galaxy Core Prime goes on sale on official eStore in India for Rs. 9700”

LG H4 Portable Wi-Fi Speaker with Android and iOS support announced ahead of CES 2015

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LG has announced new Music Flow Wi-Fi Series for CES 2015 that includes its first H4 Portable Wi-Fi Speaker with built-in battery, HS7 and HS91Wi-Fi Sound Bars and Streaming 3D Blu-ray Player. These are compatible with Android and iOS devices. Continue reading “LG H4 Portable Wi-Fi Speaker with Android and iOS support announced ahead of CES 2015”

Yahoo Aviate Launcher updated with Search, Live wallpapers and more

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Yahoo has updated its Aviate launcher with search option that now lets you search your apps, contacts and the Web (powered by Yahoo) from the homescreen. Search option on Aviate launcher is currently rolling out for English-speaking users in the U.S., it would bring search to more users soon. Earlier this year Yahoo acquired Aviate. Few months back, the Aviate launcher came out of beta and got updated with several features Continue reading “Yahoo Aviate Launcher updated with Search, Live wallpapers and more”

Samsung Galaxy Note Edge Benchmarks

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Samsung unveiled the the Galaxy Note Edge smartphone the IFA back in September. We brought you the unboxing of the Note Edge recently, here we have the benchmarks of the smartphone. It has the same Quad-Core Snapdragon 805 (APQ8084) 28nm HPm Krait 450 CPU clocked at 2.65 GHz with Adreno 420 GPU, has 3GB RAM and runs on Android 4.4.4 (KitKat), similar to the Galaxy Note 4. It has a 5.6-inch (1440 x 2560 pixels) Quad HD+ Super AMOLED display that bends on the right side that utilizes 160 pixels. Continue reading “Samsung Galaxy Note Edge Benchmarks”