Amazon Great Indian Festival Sale: Up to 40% off on smartphones, offers on laptops, power banks and more

Amazon Great Indian Festival Oct 14 to 17

Amazon today started its third Diwali Great Indian Festival Sale, after its second sale last week. In this sale it is offering up to 40% off on smartphones and TVs, up to 60% off on headphones, offers on power bank,s Kindle and more. Continue reading “Amazon Great Indian Festival Sale: Up to 40% off on smartphones, offers on laptops, power banks and more”

Nokia 8 with 6GB RAM, 128GB storage goes on sale in Finland

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Nokia 8 was introduced back in August and was launched in India on September 26th. While the Initial variant was shipped with 4GB RAM and 64GB storage, now a new model with 6GB RAM and 128GB storage is available in Finland, after some rumors. Rest of the specifications remain the same, except for the RAM and storage. Continue reading “Nokia 8 with 6GB RAM, 128GB storage goes on sale in Finland”

Reliance Jio reports Rs. 6147 crore revenue for Q2 FY18, has over 138.6 million customers

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Reliance Jio today reported Rs. 6,147 crore revenue and a net loss of 270.59 crore for its first quarterly financial performance for the period that ended 30th September, 2017. It reported Standalone earnings before interest, tax, depreciation and amortisation (EBITDA) of 1,443 crore and EBITDA margin of 23.5%, and Standalone earnings before interest and tax (EBIT) of 260 crore and EBIT margin of 4.2%. Consolidated value of services stood at 7,213 crore. Continue reading “Reliance Jio reports Rs. 6147 crore revenue for Q2 FY18, has over 138.6 million customers”

OPPO F5 with full-screen display launching in India on November 2

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OPPO earlier this week confirmed it will unveil OPPO F5 smartphone in Philippines on October 26th. Yesterday it confirmed that it will launch the smartphone in India as well as Southeast Asia Markets including Indonesia, Malaysia, Myanmar, the Philippines, Thailand and Vietnam soon. Today it has sent out invites for the launch of the smartphone in the country on November 2nd. Continue reading “OPPO F5 with full-screen display launching in India on November 2”

Nokia 8 with Snapdragon 835, dual rear cameras goes on sale in India for Rs. 36999

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HMD Global launched its flagship Nokia 8 smartphone in India. Today the company said that the Nokia 8 will be available in the country from retail stores offline starting today. The phone packs a 5.3-inch Quad HD display, Octa-Core Snapdragon 835 Mobile Platform, Android 7.1.1 (Nougat), upgradable to Android O, 13-megapixel dual rear cameras (RGB + Monochrome), ZEISS optics and OIS. Continue reading “Nokia 8 with Snapdragon 835, dual rear cameras goes on sale in India for Rs. 36999”

Airtel Digital TV and LG team to offer benefits of up to 25% on Airtel Internet TV

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Airtel Digital TV launched Internet TV, which is an Android TV box. Developed by LG, it offers 500 satellite TV channels. Today, LG and Airtel have announced an exclusive partnership under which customers purchasing any 43-inch and above LG UHD or OLED panel TV, will get benefits of up to 25% on Airtel Internet TV.

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Airtel launches VoLTE services in Maharashtra & Goa

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After launching Voice over LTE (VoLTE) services in India starting from Mumbai last month, Airtel has launched VoLTE services across Rest of Maharashtra & Goa. This lets Airtel customers enjoy HD quality voice calls along with faster call set up time compared to normal voice calls on their VoLTE-compatible 4G handsets. Continue reading “Airtel launches VoLTE services in Maharashtra & Goa”

Nokia 6 Android 7.1.2 Nougat update with October security patch starts rolling out

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HMD Global introduced Nokia 6 smartphone earlier this year running Android 7.0 (Nougat), later it got Android 7.1.1 (Nougat) update back in April, and it was launched in India with the same version of the OS. Now it has finally started rolling out Android 7.1.2 (Nougat) update in some regions. Continue reading “Nokia 6 Android 7.1.2 Nougat update with October security patch starts rolling out”

Samsung Bixby 2.0 tipped to be unveiled next week

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Samsung is expected to announce Bixby 2.0 next week, according to a latest report from Korea Herald. The new and improved version of Bixby 2.0 is expected to be introduced at Samsung’s developer conference on October 18 in San Francisco. Continue reading “Samsung Bixby 2.0 tipped to be unveiled next week”

Samsung Gear Sport and Gear IconX 2018 price and availability in the U.S. announced

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Samsung had launched the Gear Sport and Gear IconX 2018 back in August at the IFA event, and today the company has announced the pricing and availability details of the devices in USA.

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Lava Helium 12 laptop with 12.5-inch display launched for Rs. 12999

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Lava this week launched Helium 12, its second Windows 10 laptop in the Helium series, few months after launching the Helium 14. It has a 12.5-inch HD display, is powered by a quad-core Intel x5-Z8350 processor, has 2GB of RAM and 32GB of storage, which is expandable with microSD.

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BlackBerry signs patent deal with budget Android maker BLU

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BlackBerry has entered into a patent license agreement with budget Android maker BLU. As a result of this agreement, all existing patent litigation between the two companies and withdrawal of pending actions in the United States.  Continue reading “BlackBerry signs patent deal with budget Android maker BLU”

Honor 6C Pro with 5.2-inch display, 3GB RAM, fingerprint sensor, metal body announced

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Huawei’s Honor brand introduced Honor 6C back in April, now it has unveiled Honor 6C Pro in Europe, which is the re-branded Honor V9 Play that was introduced in China last month. It packs a 5.2-inch HD 2.5D curved glass display, is powered by an Octa-Core MediaTek MT6750 SoC, instead of Snapdragon 435 in the 6C and runs on Android 7.0 (Nougat) with EMUI 5.1 on top. Continue reading “Honor 6C Pro with 5.2-inch display, 3GB RAM, fingerprint sensor, metal body announced”

Samsung CEO Kwon Oh-Hyun to step down

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Samsung Electronics today has announced that company’s Vice Chairman, Kwon Oh-Hyun will resign as Head of Device Solutions business and will not be seeking a re-election as as a member of the Board of Directors and the Chairman of the Board when his term ends in the coming March 2018. Apart from Head of Device Solutions business, he will also resign from the position of CEO of Samsung display. Continue reading “Samsung CEO Kwon Oh-Hyun to step down”