Apple iPhone 8 and iPhone 8 Plus pre-orders begin September 22 on Flipkart and Amazon.in

Apple iPhone 8, iPhone 8 Plus

Apple unveiled the iPhone 8 and iPhone 8 Plus smartphones earlier this week. Several distributors such as Redington India, Ingram Micro and Brightstar Telecommunication already said that the phones will be available for pre-order from September 22nd, Friday across India and will go on sale from September 29th. Now Flipkart, who became authorized online reseller in India last year.  announced that it will start taking pre-orders for both the iPhones starting from September 22nd midnight. Continue reading “Apple iPhone 8 and iPhone 8 Plus pre-orders begin September 22 on Flipkart and Amazon.in”

Google will delete Android backups if a phone is inactive for 60 days

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Google will automatically delete Android backup if a phone has been inactive for 60 days. Interestingly, Google will not give any prior notification to the user before deleting the entire Android backup.
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Gionee M7 with full-screen AMOLED display to be announced on September 25

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After teasing the M7 smartphone with full-screen display last week, Gionee has officially announced that the phone will be announced at an event in Beijing on September 25th. It also confirmed that the phone will use Samsung’s AMOLED full-screen display and the phone will come with ultra-high security level data encryption chip as well as as pay security chip for secured payments. Continue reading “Gionee M7 with full-screen AMOLED display to be announced on September 25”

Facebook Messenger crosses 1.3 billion monthly active users

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Facebook Messenger now has over 1.3 billion monthly active users. The user base has increased from 1.2 billion in April. Messenger surpassed the one billion monthly active users (MAUs) mark in July 2016. Facebook owned WhatsApp also has 1.3 billion MAUs.
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OnePlus 5 will be available at select Croma stores starting September 19

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OnePlus is expanding its offline presence in India. The Chinese smartphone maker has teamed up with Croma stores to increase the retail availability of its flagship OnePlus 5. Continue reading “OnePlus 5 will be available at select Croma stores starting September 19”

HP Sprocket compact photo printer with Bluetooth launched in India for Rs. 8999

HP Sprocket

HP has launched Sprocket, a Pocket Photo Printer in India. The pocket photo printer offers high quality photo prints and provides Bluetooth connectivity. This supports both Android and iOS smartphones and has a compact design. It uses Zink Zero Ink Printing technology and the photos printed are smudge-proof, water-resistant and tear-resistant.
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Xiaomi Mi Band HRX Edition launched in India for Rs. 1299

Xiaomi Mi band HRX Edition

Xiaomi has launched Mi Band HRX Edition in India in partnership with HRX by Hrithik Roshan, after teasing it earlier this week. This has almost similar specifications as the Mi Band 2, including an OLED display and is splash resistant, but the HRX edition will offer an improved tracking algorithm to accurately monitor your activities and promises up to 23-days of battery life, compared to 20 days on the Mi band 2, however it doesn’t have a heart rate sensor. Continue reading “Xiaomi Mi Band HRX Edition launched in India for Rs. 1299”

OnePlus beats Apple and Samsung to emerge as most trusted phone brand in India : CMR

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OnePlus has emerged as the most trusted phone brand in India. According to the latest survey by CyberMedia Research (CMR), OnePlus has achieved the highest customer satisfaction rating of all time, as 100% of OnePlus buyers are satisfied with the brand.
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Kult Gladiator with 4000mAh battery, fingerprint sensor, 4G VoLTE launched for Rs. 6999

Kult Gladiator

After launching Beyond smartphone with 13-megapixel front and rear cameras last month, Kult has launched Gladiator, another new budget smartphone with 4000mAh battery. It has a 5.5-inch HD on-cell display, is powered by a quad-core MediaTek MT6737 SoC, runs on Android 7.0 (Nougat), has a 13-megapixel rear camera with LED flash and an 8-megapixel front-facing camera that also has LED flash. Continue reading “Kult Gladiator with 4000mAh battery, fingerprint sensor, 4G VoLTE launched for Rs. 6999”

Bose QuietComfort 35 II to sport Google Assistant button

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Google recently expanded support for Google Assistant to a bunch of third party speakers and appliances. Now, the company is taking this a step further by bringing Google Assistant to next iteration Bose’s QuietComfort headphones. The Bose QuietComfort 35 II will be first pair of headphones to feature Google’s digital assistant. Continue reading “Bose QuietComfort 35 II to sport Google Assistant button”

Motorola confirms Android 8.0 Oreo update for range of smartphones

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Google started rolling out Android 8.0 (Oreo) update for Pixel and Nexus devices starting from last month. HTC, Sony and Nokia already confirmed list of devices that will get the Oreo update, Moto has officially announced the list of smartphones that will get the Android 8.0 update. This includes the Moto Z series, Moto X4 and Moto G5 series. Sadly the Moto G4 series and older Moto X series are not there in the list.

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Samsung Galaxy Note8 global roll out begins starting from 42 countries

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Samsung unveiled the Galaxy Note8 smartphone last month, and as promised, it has started rolling out the smartphone globally from today in 42 countries including the US, Canada, Singapore, Korea and major European markets. Samsung said that the phone will continue rolling out to additional markets in the weeks ahead. Continue reading “Samsung Galaxy Note8 global roll out begins starting from 42 countries”

Moto G5S Plus Review

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Moto launched the G5S Plus as a special edition smartphone in India last month priced at Rs. 15,999. Even though the phone is a minor upgrade to the G5 Plus, the company has managed to pack dual rear cameras to capture images with depth effect and it also has an improved front camera. Is the phone worth the price? Let us find out.

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Nokia 2 budget 4G smartphone with 4000mAh battery surfaces in press image

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HMD Global is all set to introduce Nokia 2 (TA-1029) smartphone soon. FCC certification revealed the image of the phone recently and it was revealed in the latest FCC listing that the phone will pack a 4000mAh battery. Now Evan Blass aka @evleaks has posted a clear press image of the phone in Black and Silver colors. This shows on-screen buttons for the phone, even though there is a huge bezel below the screen.

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