ZTE has announced Blade V7 Plus, its latest smartphone in the Blade series. It has a 5.2-inch 1080p display, is powered by an Octa-Core MediaTek MT6753 SoC, but it still runs on Android 6.0. It has an unibody metal design and has a fingerprint sensor on the back that can unlock the phone in 0.3 seconds. Continue reading “ZTE Blade V7 Plus with 5.2-inch 1080p display, metal body, fingerprint sensor announced”
Google recently introduced SHARP X1, its latest top-end Android One smartphone in Japan. It has a 5.3-inch 1080p IGZO display, is powered by an Octa-Core Snapdragon 435 Mobile Platform and runs on Android 7.1 (Nougat). It has a 3,900 mAh battery that promises up to 4 days of battery life. Continue reading “SHARP X1 Android One phone with 5.3-inch 1080p display, 3900mAh battery announced”
The US has lifted the laptop ban for Emirates, Etihad and Turkish flights. Passengers were restricted to carry laptops and other electronics from the cabins of on U.S.-bound flights from the aforementioned companies and few others earlier in March. The U.S. government had restricted passengers from carrying electronics like tablets and laptops on inbound flights from 10 airports in the Middle East and Africa. Continue reading “U.S. lifts laptop ban for Emirates, Etihad and Turkish flights”
Samsung launched its flagship Galaxy S8 and Galaxy S8+ smartphones back in April in Midnight Black and Maple Gold colors, and the S8+ also comes in Coral Blue color in India. It even launched 6GB RAM with 128GB storage version of the S8+ in the same Midnight Black color. Today the company has launched the Orchid Gray color variant for the phone in India.
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Nubia just launched the Nubia N2 smartphone in India, as it had promised. The successor of last year’s N1 packs the same 5000mAh battery that promises up to 3.2 days of battery life with daily use, has 4GB of RAM and comes with a 7.9mm slim aerospace-grade aluminum body, but it still runs on Android Marshmallow OS. Continue reading “Nubia N2 with 5.5-inch AMOLED display, 5000mAh battery, 4GB RAM launched in India for Rs. 15999”
Nokia and Chinese handset maker Xiaomi Technology have signed a multi-year patent licensing agreement. Xiaomi also acquired patent assets from Nokia as part of the transaction. The deal also includes a cross license to each company’s cellular standard essential patents.
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A Shanghai court has frozen assets and shares of LeEco chairman Jia Yueting due to unpaid debts, according to a latest report from the New York Times. The court has reportedly frozen 1.2 billion yuan ($180 million) in assets owned by co-founder Jia Yueting, his wife Gan Wei and three subsidiaries.
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Xiaomi has released the list of 14 smartphones that will get Android Nougat update. The list includes 10 smartphones that will get Android 7.0 update and four smartphones that will get Android 7.1 update. Most of these smartphones were released running Android 6.0.1 (Marshmallow). Continue reading “Xiaomi confirms Android Nougat update for range of smartphones”
After teasing the launch of the Zenfone AR smartphone that is compatible with both Tango AR platform and Google’s Daydream VR platform, Asus today confirmed that it will launch phone in India on July 13th. Even though this was announced as the world’s first smartphone with 8GB of RAM, the OnePlus 5 that was launched in India recently was the first smartphone to go on sale in the country with 8GB RAM. Continue reading “Asus Zenfone AR with 5.7-inch Quad HD display, Tango and Daydream support launching in India on July 13”
It looks like Samsung is joining the Apple, Amazon and Google clan to make its own smart speaker. According to a new report from the Wall Street Journal, Samsung is working on smart speaker that will be powered by voice-activated voice assistant Bixby. Bixby is Samsung’s AI assistant — its answer to Alexa, or Siri, or the Google Assistant.
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Telecom Regulatory Authority of India (TRAI) launched MySpeed app to measure and upload internet speeds and also launched Analytics Portal to show users in detail about network coverage, data speed in their area and Quality of Service (QoS) of their telecom operators last year. The latest data on the portal shows that Reliance Jio’s 4G data speed is the fastest among top operators in the country. Continue reading “Reliance Jio 4G speed fastest in June: TRAI”
Sony has unveiled new range of its Wena watches that support NFC. The Wena wrist watches were first introduced in 2015. The latest range of Wena watches are called Three Hands Square. These are analog watches but offer smartwatch features like activity tracking, notification alerts and NFC support for making payments.
Asus has finally announced the ZenFone 4 Max, successor of last year’s Zenfone 3 Max in Russia. It packs a 5.5-inch HD 2.5D curved glass display, comes in Snapdragon 425 or Snapdragon 430 versions and runs on Android 7.0 Nougat with Zen UI on top. It has 13-megapixel rear camera with a 80-degree lens, PDAF for quick focus in 0.03 seconds and a secondary camera with a 120-degree wide-angle lens for capturing landscape and group shots. Continue reading “Asus ZenFone 4 Max with Dual rear cameras, 5000mAh battery, fingerprint sensor announced”
Spice brand, a joint venture between Transsion Holdings, popular for its leading mobile brands including TECNO, itel and Infinix, and Spice Mobility has introduced a new portfolio of 8 mobile devices including 5 feature phones and 3 smartphones. It has been almost 2 years since it launched a new phone. Continue reading “Spice comes back, launches new phones priced between Rs. 850 and Rs. 9500”
Foxconn is planning to invest in India, according to a latest report from the Times of India. The Taiwanese contract manufacturer plans to invest up to Rs 32,000 crore ($5 billion) in the country. Foxconn is looking forward for this move as it wants to create a parallel manufacturing hub apart from China. The company is eyeing to scale up India operations in an ‘exponential manner’. Continue reading “Foxconn plans to invest up to $5 billion in India”
