Nokia 6 with 5.5-inch 1080p display, 4GB RAM, metal body, Android 7.1 coming to global markets

Nokia 6

HMD Global announced Nokia 6 last month in China as the first Nokia smartphone after it was granted exclusive global license to sell Nokia phones. Today it has announced the smartphone for global markets. Specifications are the same, including a 5.5-inch 1080p 2.5D curved glass display, Octa-Core Snapdragon 430 processor, 16-megapixel rear camera with phase-detection auto-focus (PDAF), 1.0um sensor, dual-tone LED flash and an 8-megapixel front-facing camera. This runs stock Android 7.1.1 (Nougat). Continue reading “Nokia 6 with 5.5-inch 1080p display, 4GB RAM, metal body, Android 7.1 coming to global markets”

Amazon Alexa is coming to Motorola smartphones and Moto Mods later this year

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Motorola and Amazon have teamed up to integrate Amazon Alexa digital voice assistant into Motorola smartphones and Moto Mods. The announcement was made at the ongoing MWC 2017.
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Nokia 5 is official, runs Android and costs 189 Euros

Nokia is officially making a comeback into the smartphone market. The Finish company at its Mobile World Congress press event in Barcelona revealed its newest mid-range smartphone.

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The Nokia 5 sports a 5.2-inch HD sculpted Corning Gorilla Glass display and as expected, the form fact of the smartphone resembles that of the old Lumia phones. Nokia claims that the device has a perfect 3D shape back, which is made up of single piece aluminium, which according to the company gives the phone added durability.

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Moto G5 and G5 Plus with 1080p display, metal body, fingerprint sensor, Android 7.0 announced

Moto G5 Plus

Moto just introduced  Moto G5 and Moto G5 Plus smartphones at the Mobile World Congress (MWC) 2017. Both the phones have a unibody metal design, 1080p display and have water repellent nano-coating. The G5 has a 5-inch 1080p screen, while the Moto G5 Plus comes with a slightly larger 5.2-inch 1080p screen. The G5 Plus also has a 12MP rear camera with Dual Autofocus Pixels and large f/1.7 aperture. Continue reading “Moto G5 and G5 Plus with 1080p display, metal body, fingerprint sensor, Android 7.0 announced”

HP Pro x2 rugged hybrid laptop with Wacom stylus, 12-inch 1080p display, 8GB RAM announced

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At the ongoing MWC 2017 event in Barcelona, HP officially pulled the wraps of its Pro x2 612 G2, a new hybrid laptop with less weight and better specs. This Windows 10 powered laptop weighs around 1.2kg with a travel keyboard and comes with a battery that lasts up to 11 hours. Continue reading “HP Pro x2 rugged hybrid laptop with Wacom stylus, 12-inch 1080p display, 8GB RAM announced”

Huawei P10 and P10 Plus with 20 MP + 12MP dual rear cameras, Android 7.0 announced

Huawei P10

Huawei just announced its flagship P10 and P10 Plus smartphones at the MWC 2017 in Barcelona. The P10 comes with a 5.1-inch 1080p display while the P10+ comes with a 5.5-inch Quad HD display. Both the phones are powered by Octa-Core Huawei Kirin 960 processor and run Android 7.0 (Nougat) with EMUI 5.1. Continue reading “Huawei P10 and P10 Plus with 20 MP + 12MP dual rear cameras, Android 7.0 announced”

Huawei Watch 2 and Watch 2 Classic with Android Wear 2.0 announced

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Huawei has announced second-generation smartwatches – Watch 2 and Watch 2 Classic at MWC 2017, as expected. Both the smartwatches run Android Wear 2.0. Continue reading “Huawei Watch 2 and Watch 2 Classic with Android Wear 2.0 announced”

Google Assistant coming to all Marshmallow and Nougat devices starting this week

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Google has announced the expansion of Google Assistant to more Android smartphones starting this week. After a certain period of exclusivity to the Google Pixel smartphones, Google is planning to roll out to smartphones running Android 7.0 Nougat and Android 6.0 Marshmallow. Continue reading “Google Assistant coming to all Marshmallow and Nougat devices starting this week”

MWC 2017 Live Coverage: Nokia, LG, Moto, BlackBerry, Samsung, Huawei, OPPO and more

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It’s time for Mobile World Congress (MWC) again, and it’s time to welcome some amazing devices of all shapes and sizes. In case, if you haven’t keeping tabs on our live coverage so far, you can quickly catch up the latest updates here up to date. Continue reading “MWC 2017 Live Coverage: Nokia, LG, Moto, BlackBerry, Samsung, Huawei, OPPO and more”

Nokia 5G FIRST end-to-end 5G solution announced in partnership with Verizon

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Nokia has announced 5G FIRST end-to-end 5G solution that incorporates AirScale and AirFrame technology, including AirScale massive MIMO Adaptive Antenna, Cloud Packet Core and mobile transport to bring new capabilities to operators. Nokia will make its commercial 5G FIRST end-to-end solution available in the second half of 2017. Continue reading “Nokia 5G FIRST end-to-end 5G solution announced in partnership with Verizon”

LG G6 with 5.7-inch QHD+ display, Snapdragon 821, Dual 13MP rear cameras announced

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LG just announced its flagship G6 smartphone at its MWC 2017 event in Barcelona. It packs a 5.7-inch (1440 × 2880 pixels) QHD+ LCD FullVision display with a 18:9 aspect ratio, is powered by a Quad-Core Sanpdragon 821 SoC and runs on Android 7.0 (Nougat) with Google Assistant.
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Huawei P10 Launch MWC 2017 Live Blog

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Huawei is making their presence known at MWC 2017 in Barcelona. Their event is scheduled to take place today at 2 PM CET (6 30 PM IST) and will see the announcement of three devices namely the P10, P10 Plus and the Huawei Watch 2 smartwatch. Join FoneArena’s live blog where we bring you minute by minute updates from the event today.

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Moto G5 Launch MWC 2017 Live Blog

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Moto is bringing it’s extremely popular G series to the Mobile World Congress. Once again, expect to see the Moto G & G5 Plus packing a good balance between performance and price. Follow along here on our live blog where we’ll be bringing all the details as we get them. The event begins at 4:30pm European time / 9:00pm Indian time.

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LG MWC 2017 G6 launch live blog

LG G6 MWC 2017 invite

LG will be launching its flagship smartphone the G6 at MWC 2017 in Barcelona and some of the details have already been leaked. The press conference is just a few hours away so go ahead and bookmark this page where we’ll keep dropping the latest updates from the show floor. The event begins at 12:00pm European time / 4:30pm India time.  Continue reading “LG MWC 2017 G6 launch live blog”