BlackBerry KEYone Battery Life Test

BlackBerry KEYone FA One Charge Rating

BlackBerry KEYone was launched in India earlier this month for Rs. 39,990 on Amazon.in. We already brought you the review of the phone, here we have the battery life test results of the phone. It packs a 3505mAh built-in battery and also has support for Qualcomm Quick Charge 3.0 fast charging. It has 4.5-inch (1620 x 1080 pixels) 3:2 display, is powered by a power-efficient Snapdragon 625 14nm Mobile Platform and runs on Android 7.1 (Nougat). Check out the test results.

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Panasonic Eluga I2 Active with 5-inch HD display, Android 7.0, 4G VoLTE launched starting at Rs. 7190

Panasonic Eluga I2 Active

Panasonic has launched Eluga I2 Active, the company’s latest budget smartphone in the country.  It has a 5-inch HD display, is powered by a quad-core MediaTek MT6737 processor, runs on Android 7.0 (Nougat), has a 8-megapixel rear camera with LED flash and a 5-megapixel front-facing camera. It has a metal body, but has huge bezels and doesn’t have a fingerprint sensor.  Continue reading “Panasonic Eluga I2 Active with 5-inch HD display, Android 7.0, 4G VoLTE launched starting at Rs. 7190”

Opera discontinues data saving app Opera Max

Opera Max 3.0 for Android

Opera has officially discontinued its Opera Max data saving app. Introduced in 2014, the app was launched in India in 2015. It app compresses cellular data across all contents such as videos, photos, media, almost all apps and websites. The Opera Max app has now been taken down from the Play Store. Continue reading “Opera discontinues data saving app Opera Max”

Indian smartphone market growth sluggish at 3.2% in Q2 2017 : IDC

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A total of 28 million smartphones were shipped to India in Q2 2017, which is a modest 3.7 percent Quarter-on-quarter (QoQ) growth and a meagre 1.6 percent Year-on-year (YoY) growth, according to the latest International Data Corporation’s (IDC) Quarterly Mobile Phone Tracker. Continue reading “Indian smartphone market growth sluggish at 3.2% in Q2 2017 : IDC”

Sony Xperia XZ1 with 5.2-inch 1080p HDR display, Snapdragon 835 surface in live images

Sony Xperia XZ1 leak

Sony Mobile already confirmed that it will unveil two flagship phones in 2017 and kill its ‘premium standard’ models. Now the Xperia XZ1 has surfaced in live images ahead of IFA 2017 announcement. This reveals a 5.2-inch 1080p HDR display, compared to 4K screen on the Xperia XZ Premium.

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Facebook to update News Feed with easier navigation and improved readability

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Facebook has announced a bunch of new tweaks and features for the News Feed that aims at improving conversations and offer better readability.
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Xiaomi Redmi Note 5A with 5.5-inch display, Android 7.1 gets certified

Xiaomi Redmi Note 5A

Xiaomi Redmi smartphones with model numbers MDT6 and MDT6S have been certified by TENAA in China. Both the phone have a 5.5-inch HD screen, come with a unibody design and pack a 3000mAh battery. The basic version is powered by a 1.4GHz quad-core processor, which could be Snapdragon 425 and doesn’t have a fingerprint sensor like the Redmi 4A. It is rumored to be called the Redmi Note 5A. Continue reading “Xiaomi Redmi Note 5A with 5.5-inch display, Android 7.1 gets certified”

HTC U11 Solar Red variant launched in India

HTC U11 Solar Red

HTC launched its flagship U11 smartphone in India back in June for Rs. 51990 in Brilliant Black and Amazing Silver colors, last month it launched the Sapphire Blue color variant of the phone. Today it has launched the Solar Red color variant of the phone in the country. Continue reading “HTC U11 Solar Red variant launched in India”

Uber revamps Uber for Business with new tools and custom features

uber for business

Uber has launched a revamped version of Uber for Business. The overhaul to the service aimed at enterprise customers comes three years after it was introduced. Uber for Business gives organizations a more efficient way to manage their business travel and improve employees’ experience. Continue reading “Uber revamps Uber for Business with new tools and custom features”

Google Pixel 2 passes through the FCC, confirms it is made by HTC, Active Edge squeeze interaction

Google Pixel 2017 leak

Google’s next generation Pixel 2 smartphone has been certified by the FCC that confirms HTC as the manufacturer of the phone. It has a model number NM8G011A and also reveals persistent search bar on the top of the settings replacing the search icon. Continue reading “Google Pixel 2 passes through the FCC, confirms it is made by HTC, Active Edge squeeze interaction”

Qualcomm Spectra depth sensing camera tech for Android announced

Qualcomm Spectra depth sensing tech

Qualcomm has announced the expansions of Qualcomm Spectra Module Program, capable of improved biometric authentication and high-resolution depth sensing targeted at mobile devices and head mounted displays (HMD). This will use next-generation Qualcomm Spectra ISP and camera modules. Continue reading “Qualcomm Spectra depth sensing camera tech for Android announced”

Amazon Echo smart speaker with Alexa likely to get a Diwali release

Amazon-Echo

It looks like Amazon’s Echo speaker with Alexa voice assistant will be launched in India earlier than expected. A new report from FactorDaily claims, Amazon will bring the Echo smart speaker in India this Diwali which is in October.
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Google Allo finally arrives on the web, only pairs with Android phones

allo web

You can finally use Google Allo on your desktop. The web client of the Assistant-powered messenger app was in the works since the beginning of this year. Continue reading “Google Allo finally arrives on the web, only pairs with Android phones”

Samsung T5 portable SSD with USB Type-C, up to 540MBps transfer speed announced

Samsung T5 portable SSD

Samsung has announced T5, successor of last year’s T3 portable SSD. It has the same compact design and weighs just 51 grams, but this offers up to 540 MB/s transfer speed and uses USB 3.1 Gen 2 (10Gbps) interface compared to up to 450MB/s transfer speed and USB 3.1 Gen 1 (5Gbps) interface. It also has a full metal body unlike the predecessor that had plastic caps. Continue reading “Samsung T5 portable SSD with USB Type-C, up to 540MBps transfer speed announced”