Huawei Nova and Nova Plus with Snapdragon 625, metal body, fingerprint sensor announced

Huawei Nova

Huawei just announced Nova and Nova Plus, two new smartphones in the new Nova series at the IFA 2016 in Berlin. The Nova has a 5-inch 1080p 2.5D curved glass display with 1.8mm narrow bezel and 76% screen-to-body ratio, while the Nova Plus comes with a slightly larger 5.5-inch 1080p curved glass display. Both the phones has powered by  Snapdragon 625, have a 8-megapixel front-facing camera and come with a fingerprint sensor on the back for unlocking the phone in just 0.3 seconds. These also have DTS headphone X audio technology for an enhanced audio experience. Continue reading “Huawei Nova and Nova Plus with Snapdragon 625, metal body, fingerprint sensor announced”

HTC schedules new smartphone event on September 20, Desire 10 Pro expected

HTC Desire 10 Pro

HTC just introduced its mid-range One A9s smartphone at the IFA. Few hours back it released a new teaser with the title It’s coming. 09.20 #BeEdgier. The teaser shows a smartphone with a metal body, similar to the Desire 10 Pro that showed up in press shots last month. Continue reading “HTC schedules new smartphone event on September 20, Desire 10 Pro expected”

Samsung halts Galaxy Note 7 shipments following reports of exploding batteries

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Samsung has delayed shipments for its recently launched Galaxy Note 7 flagship due to a major technical issue. The South Korean smartphone maker has halted distribution of the Note 7 amid reports of exploding batteries.

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HTC One A9s with 5-inch display, 3GB RAM, metal body, fingerprint sensor announced

HTC One A9s

HTC just announced One A9s, the company’s latest mid-range smartphone in the ‘A series’ at the IFA 2016, as expected. It has a 5-inch HD Super LCD display, is powered by an Octa-Core MediaTek Helio P10 processor and runs on Android 6.0 (Marshmallow) with HTC Sense UI on top. It has a 13-megapixel rear camera with LED flash and a 5-megapixel front-facing camera. Continue reading “HTC One A9s with 5-inch display, 3GB RAM, metal body, fingerprint sensor announced”

HP Pavilion Wave and Elite Slice Windows 10 desktop PCs announced

HP Pavilion Wave

HP has announced two new desktop PCs with Windows 10 dubbed as Pavilion Wave and Elite Slice. The desktops have a sleek design and look like small boxes.

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Reliance Jio launched with free voice calls, Rs. 50 for 1GB data; free for all from Sep 5 till Dec 31

Reliance Jio launch

After testing the network for a few months, Mukesh Ambani, Chairman and Managing Director of the Reliance Industries at the company’s AGM today announced that Jio will be available for all from September 5th. As a part of Jio welcome offer, all the users get free Data, Voice, Video and the full bouquet of Jio applications and content till December 31st 2016. Continue reading “Reliance Jio launched with free voice calls, Rs. 50 for 1GB data; free for all from Sep 5 till Dec 31”

Lenovo Yoga Tab 3 Plus 10.1-inch 2K splash-proof display, 4G LTE, 9300 mAh battery announced

Lenovo Yoga Tab 3 Plus

Lenovo has announced  Yoga Tab 3 Plus tablet with a 10.1-inch WQXGA splash-proof (IP51) display at the IFA. It is powered by Snapdragon 652 SoC, run on Android 6.0 (Marshmallow), comes in WiFi and LTE variants  and also has 4 front-facing JBL speakers with Dolby Atmos technology. Continue reading “Lenovo Yoga Tab 3 Plus 10.1-inch 2K splash-proof display, 4G LTE, 9300 mAh battery announced”

Samsung Gear S3 Classic Hands On and Photo Gallery

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Samsung announced the Gear S3 Classic smartwatch at the ongoing IFA 2016 Berlin. We are live at the event and have got our hands on the latest smartwatch from Samsung, so let’s take a detailed look at hardware and specs.

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nubia Z11 with bezel-less display coming soon to US, Europe and Asia, including India

ZTE’s nubia today introduced the nubia Z11 smartphone for the international markets at the IFA 2016. It was announced in China back in June, we even went hands-on with the phone at the MWC 2016 Asia last month. It has a 5.5-inch 1080p 2.5D curved glass bezel-less display with 81% screen-to-body ratio and is powered by a quad-core Snapdragon 820 SoC. Continue reading “nubia Z11 with bezel-less display coming soon to US, Europe and Asia, including India”

Samsung Gear S3 Frontier Hands On and Photo Gallery

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Samsung announced the Gear S3 Frontier smartwatch at the ongoing IFA 2016 Berlin. We are live at the event and have got our hands on the latest smartwatch from Samsung, so let’s take a detailed look at hardware and specs.

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Lenovo Yoga Book ultra slim 2-in-1 announced, comes in Android 6.0 and Windows 10 versions

Lenovo Yoga Book Android

Lenovo just announced  Yoga Book 2-in- 1 tablet that comes in Android 6.0 and Windows 10 versions. It has a 10.1-inch Full HD (1920 x 1200 pixels) IPS display,  is powered by Intel Atom X5 processor with 4GB of RAM and has magnesium aluminium alloy body. It has two panels that open up like an ultrathin notebook. It is just 9.6mm closed, tapering to 4.05mm at its slimmest edge and weighs just 690 grams. Continue reading “Lenovo Yoga Book ultra slim 2-in-1 announced, comes in Android 6.0 and Windows 10 versions”

Hasselblad True Zoom Moto Mod with 10x optical zoom, Xenon flash announced

Hasselblad True Zoom MotoMod

Moto Z has got a new Hasselblad True Zoom Moto Mod from the Swedish camera maker Hasselblad. This can be attached to the Moto Z, Z Force or the new Z Play smartphone so that you can convert it to a zoom camera. This has a 12MP 1/2.3-inch sensor with 1.55 um size, has f3.5-6.5 aperture and 10x optical zoom. It has two microphones, can shoot RAW images, comes with Xenon flash and also has physical shutter and zoom controls, for a better handling experience. Continue reading “Hasselblad True Zoom Moto Mod with 10x optical zoom, Xenon flash announced”

Lenovo Yoga 910 13.9-inch Windows 10 convertible with edgeless 4K display announced

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Lenovo has announced Yoga 910 convertible at the ongoing IFA 2016, Berlin. It sports a 13.9 inch display and comes with watchband hinge, all metal unibody design. Continue reading “Lenovo Yoga 910 13.9-inch Windows 10 convertible with edgeless 4K display announced”

Moto Z Play with 5.5-inch 1080p display, Snapdragon 625, Moto Mods support announced

Moto Z Play

Moto Z Play, the company’s latest mid-range Moto Z series smartphone just went official. It has a 5.5-inch 1080p Super AMOLED display, is powered by an Octa-Core Snapdragon 625 SoC and runs on Android 6.0.1 (Marshmallow). It has a 16-megapixel rear camera with dual-tone LED flash, laser autofocus, phase-detection auto-focus (PDAF) and a 5-megapixel front-facing camera that also has LED flash. Continue reading “Moto Z Play with 5.5-inch 1080p display, Snapdragon 625, Moto Mods support announced”