Lenovo Vibe K4 Note Benchmarks

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Lenovo launched the Vibe K4 Note smartphone in India at Rs. 11,999 earlier this month, which went on sale earlier this week through flash sale. We already brought you the unboxing and teardown of the smartphone, here we have its benchmarks. It is powered by an Octa-Core MediaTek MT6753 processor (Even though CPU-Z shows it as MT6735) with eight ARM Cortex A53 CPUs clocked at 1.3GHz per core, has Mali-T720 GPU and 3GB of RAM. It has 5.5-inch 1080p screen and runs on Android 5.1 (Lollipop) with Lenovo’s own Vibe UI on top. Let us check out the synthetic benchmark scores below. Continue reading “Lenovo Vibe K4 Note Benchmarks”

Honor 5X with fingerprint sensor and metallic body to launch in India next week

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Its been a long time coming and it seems that Huawei will finally launch the Honor 5X later this month. All rumors and even the event invite points to the company introducing the follow up to the Honor 4X that was very well received by the audience. Continue reading “Honor 5X with fingerprint sensor and metallic body to launch in India next week”

Windows 10 Mobile expected to roll out in February

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Back in October soon after the Lumia 950 and Lumia 950 XL smartphones running Windows 10 Mobile were introduced, Microsoft said that Windows 10 update will be rolling out for existing Windows Phone 8.1 devices in December. Later it said that the update is delayed till early 2016. Now Venture Beat is reporting that Windows 10 Mobile to current Windows Phone 8 handsets will be delayed by another month. Continue reading “Windows 10 Mobile expected to roll out in February”

RCom records net profit of Rs 171 Crores in Q3 2015

Reliance Communications has posted a 14.9 per cent fall in consolidated net profit of ₹171 crore for the Q3 ending December 31. The net profits saw a drop mainly due to loss of 2G mobile service licences in five circles – West Bengal, Bihar, Assam, Odisha and the north-east service areas in 2015.

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Panasonic Eluga Turbo with 5-inch HD display, 3GB RAM, 4G LTE launched for Rs. 10999

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Panasonic has launched Eluga Turbo, the company’s latest 4G smartphone in the Eluga series in India. It has a 5-inch (1280 x 720 pixels) HD IPS display with Corning Gorilla Glass 3 protection, is powered by a 1.5 GHz Octa-Core processor and runs on Android 5.1 (Lollipop). It has a 13-megapixel rear camera with LED flash and a 5-megapixel front-facing camera. Continue reading “Panasonic Eluga Turbo with 5-inch HD display, 3GB RAM, 4G LTE launched for Rs. 10999”

Ola Share ride sharing service expands to Kolkata

Ola’s ride sharing service Ola Share has now expanded to Kolkata. The service will allow users who travel on the same routes to share their cab rides with users from social groups they are part of starting today.

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Qualcomm Snapdragon 820, 620, 618, 617 and 430 will support SafeSwitch theft prevention solution

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Qualcomm announced SafeSwitch kill switch solution to address mobile security threat, back in September 2014. Earlier this month at the CES it said that it will be working with OEMs to introduce the feature in devices powered by its flagship Qualcomm Snapdragon 810 processors. Now it has detailed how SafeSwitch works and also said that devices powered by Snapdragon 820, 620, 618, 617 and 430 will support this feature. Continue reading “Qualcomm Snapdragon 820, 620, 618, 617 and 430 will support SafeSwitch theft prevention solution”

New Apple Watch bands to debut in March, Apple Watch 2 said to arrive in September

Earlier today, we saw some detailed information about the iPhone 5se from a 9to5Mac report. The same publication has also revealed some details on the the existing Apple Watch and Apple Watch 2.

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Weekly Roundup: Letv Le 1S, Le Max, Samsung Gear S2 smartwatch, Gear VR headset and more

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Letv, now re-branded as LeEco, this week launched its budget Le 1s and flagship Le Max smartphones in India. Continue reading “Weekly Roundup: Letv Le 1S, Le Max, Samsung Gear S2 smartwatch, Gear VR headset and more”

Apple said to release 4-inch iPhone 5se in March

We have heard rumors that Apple will release a 4-inch iPhone in March this year. Now a new report from 9to5Mac says that the company will introduce a 4-inch iPhone that will dubbed as iPhone 5se and it is slated for a March launch.

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Coolpad Note 3 Lite Unboxing

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Coolpad launched the Note 3 Lite smartphone in India at a competitive price tag of Rs. 6999, after the launch of its successful Coolpad Note 3 smartphone few months back. We already brought you the hands-on impressions and the photo gallery of the Coolpad Note 3 Lite, here is the unboxing. Continue reading “Coolpad Note 3 Lite Unboxing”

OnePlus One OxygenOS 2.1.4 update brings new camera modes, LED customization and more

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OnePlus One has finally got the OxygenOS 2.1.4 update. It brings Android 5.1.1 (Lollipop), new camera support, including slow motion and clear image, new ringtones and more. OnePlus said that MaxxAudio’s proprietary sound technology and relevant applications, screen temperature slider, manual camera mode, RAW file format capability and others that were present in the test version did not make it to the final cut. Continue reading “OnePlus One OxygenOS 2.1.4 update brings new camera modes, LED customization and more”

Lenovo Vibe K4 Note Teardown

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We hope that you have seen our unboxing of the latest smartphone from Lenovo, the Vibe K4 Note. As with our two previous teardowns – the QiKU Q Terra and Xiaomi Redmi Note 3, we decided to do a teardown of the Vibe K4 Note as well for your viewing pleasure.

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Linux Kernel Exploit might not affect as many Android devices as expected

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Just yesterday, we told you about a new security flaw that has been spotted and that it could possibly affect around 66% of the Android devices at risk. Now, Google has recognised the flaw but claims that the number of devices that will be affected is much smaller in reality.

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ASUS ZenFone Zoom with 3X optical zoom, 4GB RAM launched in India for Rs. 37999

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ASUS has launched the ZenFone Zoom smartphone at an event in Agra, as it had promised. It packs a 13-megapixel camera with 3X optical zoom, Laser auto focus, optical image stabilization (OIS) and dual-LED Real Tone flash. It has a 5.5-inch 1080p display with Corning Gorilla Glass 4 protection, is powered by a Quad Core Intel Z3590 processor, 4GB LPDDR3 RAM, runs on Android 5.0 (Lollipop) with Zen UI and a 5-megapixel front-facing camera. Continue reading “ASUS ZenFone Zoom with 3X optical zoom, 4GB RAM launched in India for Rs. 37999”