Idea to offer free incoming calls while roaming nationally starting April 1

After Airtel, Idea Cellular has announced that it will offer free incoming calls to customers roaming in the country from April 1st. It also announced a range of international roaming value packs with unlimited incoming calls and bundled outgoing voice calls, SMS and data to international travelers visiting popular destinations overseas. Continue reading “Idea to offer free incoming calls while roaming nationally starting April 1”

KGI analyst confirms Samsung Galaxy S8 specs, predicts slower sales than Galaxy S7

Samsung Galaxy S8

Last week Samsung Galaxy S8 and Galaxy S8+ received FCC certification. Now, Ming-Chi Kuo renowned KGI Securities analyst has seconded the specs of the upcoming flagships from Samsung.

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Airtel offers 30GB free data for postpaid customers, here’s how to claim it

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Last week Airtel said that as a part of celebrating Airtel being declared India’s fastest mobile network by Ookla, it will offer postpaid customers  free data as Airtel Surprise. Continue reading “Airtel offers 30GB free data for postpaid customers, here’s how to claim it”

Fastrack Reflex fitness tracker and sleep monitor with OLED display launched for Rs. 1995

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Fastrack has forayed into the fitness tracker market with Reflex. The first activity tracker from the popular watchmaker sports an OLED display, which enables users to be notified of incoming calls, texts and shows physical activities and calories consumed.

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iF Design Awards 2017 – Apple, Samsung, LG, Xiaomi, Sony, BMW and more win awards

iF design award 2017

Last week winners of the 64th annual iF DESIGN AWARD were announced under different categories including Product Design, Communication Design, Packaging Design, Service Design, Architecture, Interior Architecture and Professional Concept. Samsung won 49 iF Design Awards, including one Gold award. These awards were for superior product design, four for professional concept design, seven for communication design, and three for packaging design for Galaxy S7 Series, Gear S3, Galaxy C9 Pro, SUHD TV KS9500, RB38K7998S4 and Activewash series. Continue reading “iF Design Awards 2017 – Apple, Samsung, LG, Xiaomi, Sony, BMW and more win awards”

Hangouts is not going anywhere, confirms Amit Fulay

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Recently, the search engine giant Google launched Hangouts Meet video conferencing service in an attempt to focus more on enterprise users yesterday. There is a separate Hangouts Chat app. During the event, Google’s Head of Product for Allo and Duo also cleared the air about Hangouts saying it’s ‘not going anywhere’. Continue reading “Hangouts is not going anywhere, confirms Amit Fulay”

Samsung Galaxy C9 Pro Battery Life Test

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Samsung launched the Galaxy C9 Pro (SM-C900F) in India in January for Rs. 36,900. We recently brought you the review of the smartphone, here we have the battery life test results of the phone. It packs a 4000mAh battery with support for adaptive fast charging using the bundled charger (5V-2A/9V-1.67A). It has a 6-inch 1080p Super AMOLED display, is powered by an Octa-Core Snapdragon 653 processor and runs on Android 6.0.1 (Marshmallow). Check out the test results below. Continue reading “Samsung Galaxy C9 Pro Battery Life Test”

​Samsung completes $8 billion HARMAN acquisition, its biggest acquisition ever

Samsung Harman

Back in November last year Samsung Electronics said that it has agreed to acquire Harman International Industries, Incorporated for $112.00 per share in cash, or total equity value of approximately $8 billion. Today Samsung announced it has completed the acquisition. This is the biggest overseas acquisition ever by a South Korean firm. Continue reading “​Samsung completes $8 billion HARMAN acquisition, its biggest acquisition ever”

Weekly Roundup: Samsung Galaxy A7 (2017), Galaxy C5 Pro, BlackBerry Aurora, Fitbit Alta HR and more

Samsung Galaxy C5 Pro

This week Samsung launched the Galaxy A5 (2017) and Galaxy A7 (2017)smartphones in India, introduced Galaxy C5 Pro in China, BlackBerry introduced Aurora Android smartphone in Indonesia, Lenovo launched Vibe B in India, and more that happened this week in our roundup. Continue reading “Weekly Roundup: Samsung Galaxy A7 (2017), Galaxy C5 Pro, BlackBerry Aurora, Fitbit Alta HR and more”

Stuffcool Monk portable Bluetooth Speaker Review

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Nowadays, not all the smartphones and tablets come with good external speaker. For that matter, we have Bluetooth speakers which exactly serves the purpose when you want to carry a wireless and compact sound system while we are on the go. One such speaker is the Stuffcool’s Monk portable Bluetooth speaker. Let’s jump into it and see how it performs. Continue reading “Stuffcool Monk portable Bluetooth Speaker Review”

Stuffcool Miles Wireless Bluetooth Speaker Review

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Stuffcool, popular for its computer and mobile accessories recently launched its wireless Bluetooth Speaker dubbed as Miles with waterproof (IPX5) and Splash-proof boxy. We have got our hands on Stuffcool Miles Bluetooth Speaker which we have been using for some time. Let’s check out if the speaker offers best audio experience in the range. Continue reading “Stuffcool Miles Wireless Bluetooth Speaker Review”

Xiaomi Mi In-Ear Headphones Pro HD launched Rs.1999, Lenovo Vibe B launched and more- FoneArena Daily

Lenovo Vibe B

Check out the new FoneArena Daily video that gives you a quick roundup of the latest technology news. Continue reading “Xiaomi Mi In-Ear Headphones Pro HD launched Rs.1999, Lenovo Vibe B launched and more- FoneArena Daily”

WhatsApp brings back old text status message to Android beta

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WhatsApp rolled out Snapchat like Status update last month but the feature was not well received by users and many of them requested to bring back the old status update with simple text. It looks like WhatsApp is all set to bring back the old status update. WhatsApp Android beta has received an update that sees revival of the old status message feature. Continue reading “WhatsApp brings back old text status message to Android beta”

The Elder Scrolls: Legends launched for PC, coming to iOS, Android and Mac OS starting this month

The Elder Scrolls Legends

Bethesda introduced The Elder Scrolls: Legends strategy, a competitive strategy card game set in the Elder Scrolls universe last year and also ran closed beta for a few month. Today it officially launched the game for PC as the game out of beta. It also confirmed today that the game will be coming to Android, iOS and macOS soon along with roll out details. Continue reading “The Elder Scrolls: Legends launched for PC, coming to iOS, Android and Mac OS starting this month”

Samsung Pay might come to non-premium Galaxy smartphones in India

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Samsung launched Samsung Pay, its mobile payment service in India earlier this week which works on premium range of Galaxy smartphones. Now a latest report from Mashable suggests that Samsung Pay will be available soon for budget and mid-range smartphones including the J series. Continue reading “Samsung Pay might come to non-premium Galaxy smartphones in India”