Xiaomi to open India’s first Mi Home Store in Bengaluru on May 20

Xiaomi Mi Home Store Bengaluru-1

At an event Xiaomi India has unveiled its first Mi Home Store – exclusive offline retail store in Bengaluru today, as it had promised. The store is located at Phoenix Market City Mall, Whitefield in Bengaluru and will let customers experience as well as buy smartphones, power banks, headphones, fitness bands, air purifiers as well as other ecosystem products that are launched in India. It will open for the public starting next Saturday, May 20, 2017. Continue reading “Xiaomi to open India’s first Mi Home Store in Bengaluru on May 20”

Asus Zenfone Go 5.5 with 5.5-inch display, 3000mAh battery launched in India for Rs. 8499

Asus Zenfone Go 5.5

Asus has launched Zenfone Go 5.5 (ZB552KL), latest smartphone in the Zenfone Go series in the country. It has a 5.5-inch HD screen, is powered by a quad-core Snapdragon 410 64-bit SoC, runs on Android 6.0 (Marshmallow), has a 13-megapixel rear camera with LED flash and a 5-megapixel front-facing camera. Continue reading “Asus Zenfone Go 5.5 with 5.5-inch display, 3000mAh battery launched in India for Rs. 8499”

HP and Intel all set to build Cortana powered devices

invoke-1

Earlier this week, popular audio company Harman Kardon introduced Cortana powered smart speaker. Now, HP and Intel are joining the bandwagon and have started working on Cortana enabled devices. Microsoft announced at its Build 2017 that HP will work on integrating Cortana into devices, while Intel focus on reference platforms. Continue reading “HP and Intel all set to build Cortana powered devices”

Micromax Canvas 2 2017 with 5-inch display, Android 7.0, fingerprint sensor, 4G VoLTE launched for Rs. 11999

Micromax Canvas 2 2017_fonearena-01

Micromax just launched Canvas 2 (2017) it’s latest smartphone in the Canvas lineup. It is using the same Canvas 2 name that was introduced back in 2012. This has a 5-inch HD display with 2.5D Corning Gorilla Glass 5 protection, is powered by a Quad-core MediaTek MT6737 processor and runs on Android 7.0 (Nougat). Continue reading “Micromax Canvas 2 2017 with 5-inch display, Android 7.0, fingerprint sensor, 4G VoLTE launched for Rs. 11999”

Honor 8 Lite Hands On and Photo Gallery

Honor 8 Lite_fonearena-05

Huawei’s Honor brand introduced Honor 8 Lite, a cheaper version of last year’s flagship Honor 8 smartphone in Finland in February this year following which it was also launched in China. Now, the Honor 8 Lite has been launched in India for Rs. 17,999. We have already seen unboxing of the phone and now let’s take a detailed look at the hardware and specifications of the phone.

Continue reading “Honor 8 Lite Hands On and Photo Gallery”

Paytm reportedly signs a deal to acquire rival FreeCharge

paytm-logo

Paytm has signed a non-exclusive term sheet to acquire rival wallet player FreeCharge, according to a latest report from the Economic Times. The digital wallet company is said to buy FreeCharge in an all-cash deal from Snapdeal.
Continue reading “Paytm reportedly signs a deal to acquire rival FreeCharge”

Microsoft takes on Alexa by launching Cortana Skill Kit in public preview

cortana skill set

Microsoft has released Cortana Skill Kit in public review at the Build 2017 conference. Developers will be able to build skills for Cortana by creating a bot and publishing it to the new Cortana channel of the Bot Framework. This is available across Windows 10, Android, iOS and the new Cortana-powered Harman Kardon Invoke speaker.
Continue reading “Microsoft takes on Alexa by launching Cortana Skill Kit in public preview”

Honor 8 Lite with 5.2-inch 1080p display, 4GB RAM, Android 7.0, 4G VoLTE launched in India for Rs. 17999

Honor 8 Lite_fonearena-14

Huawei’s Honor brand just launched Honor 8 Lite, its latest smartphone in the Honor series in India. It packs a 5.2-inch Full HD 2.5D curved glass display, is powered Kirin 655 processor with with i5 coprocessor, runs Android 7.0 (Nougat) with EMUI 5.0, has a 12-megapixel rear camera and an 8-megapixel front-facing camera. Continue reading “Honor 8 Lite with 5.2-inch 1080p display, 4GB RAM, Android 7.0, 4G VoLTE launched in India for Rs. 17999”

Amazon Great Indian Sale: Best deals on Smartphones, portable hard disks and more

Amazon Great Indian Sale May 11 to 14

Amazon today started Great Indian Sale, its new 4-day Summer 2017 sale, as it had announced last week. As a part of the sale it is offering some great deals on smartphones, accessories, and more that include, Apple iPhone 7, Moto G4 Plus, OnePlus 3, Lenovo Z2 Plus  and several other smartphones, hard disks and lots more. Continue reading “Amazon Great Indian Sale: Best deals on Smartphones, portable hard disks and more”

Xiaomi forays into Mexico, Samsung Pay now works on mSwipe terminals and more – FoneArena Daily

xiaomi_redmi_note4_18

Check out the latest FoneArena Daily video that gives you a quick roundup of the latest technology news. Continue reading “Xiaomi forays into Mexico, Samsung Pay now works on mSwipe terminals and more – FoneArena Daily”

Reliance Jio rolling out JioFiber preview in Delhi-NCR, Ahmedabad and more cities

jio-digital-life

Last year Reliance Jio started testing JioFiber. When it reported earnings last month, it said that it started roll-out of its Fibre to the Home (FTTH) business by offering beta trials in a few locations. It also said that it will expand the scope of the beta trials over the next few months. There were some reports recently that said Jio has started JioFiber trials in Chennai, Mumbai and other cities. Continue reading “Reliance Jio rolling out JioFiber preview in Delhi-NCR, Ahmedabad and more cities”

Xiaomi’s upcoming Redmi smartphone will launch exclusively on Amazon India, Redmi 4 expected next week

xiaomi-redmi-4

Last week Xiaomi announced that it will launch a Redmi smartphone in India soon, which is expected to be the Redmi 4 was announced back in November in two variants. Now Amazon India has started teasing the launch of the smartphone that will be available exclusively with them, after the successful Redmi 4A. Continue reading “Xiaomi’s upcoming Redmi smartphone will launch exclusively on Amazon India, Redmi 4 expected next week”

Opera web browser gets quick access to social messaging apps, revamped UI and more

opera browser

Opera has redesigned its web browser to include a bunch of new features and UI changes. Codenamed as “Reborn”, the new browser gets a built-in quick access to social messaging apps and a revamped UI. Continue reading “Opera web browser gets quick access to social messaging apps, revamped UI and more”