Micromax Canvas Unite 4 Plus with fingerprint sensor, metal body, 4G launched for Rs. 7999

Micromax Canvas Unite 4

Micromax has launched Canvas Unite 4 Plus, an enhanced version of the Canvas Unite 4 smartphone that was launched in June. It comes with 2GB RAM and 16GB of internal storage, compared to 1GB of RAM and 8GB of internal storage in the Unit 4. Other specifications are similar, including a 5-inch HD screen, quad-core MediaTek SoC, 8-megapixel rear camera with LED flash, 5-megapixel front-facing camera with LED flash, fingerprint sensor and 4G LTE connectivity.

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Coolpad to launch a selfie-focused smartphone in India on August 10

Coolpad Selfie phone teaser

Coolpad India has sent out invites for the launch of its selfie-focused smartphone on August 10th. It is teasing the phone on its forum as Pure Marvel, even the invite says the same. The invite also mentioned Mega Selfie, hinting at a selfie-focused smartphone but it doesn’t reveal any details or specifications of the phone. Continue reading “Coolpad to launch a selfie-focused smartphone in India on August 10”

Google celebrates Rio Olympics with 2016 Doodle Fruit Games

Google Doodle 2016 Fruit Games

Google is joining into the zest and fervour of the ongoing 2016 Rio Olympics in its own way. The company has launched a bunch of cute Doodle Fruit Games to celebrate the Olympic kick off.

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Moto Z Play with Moto Mods support surfaces in live images

Moto Z Play leak

Moto Z Play (XT1635), a mid range smartphone in the new Moto Z series got certified by TENAA in China recently. Now the live images of the smartphone has surfaced that shows the design of the phone clearly. It has similar design as the Moto Z and has support for Moto Mods. Continue reading “Moto Z Play with Moto Mods support surfaces in live images”

Facebook tweaks News Feed algorithm to show you less clickbait

Facebook News Feed

Facebook is making changes to its News Feed again but this time to curb clickbait. The social network announced it will be tweaking its News Feed algorithm to cut down on how often users see “clickbait”. Continue reading “Facebook tweaks News Feed algorithm to show you less clickbait”

Reliance Jio to have 1 million recharge outlets at launch, commercial roll out in coming months

Reliance Jio launch

Reliance Jio Infocomm, a subsidiary of Reliance Industries Limited (RIL) had launched 4G services for its employees in December last year. It is yet to begin commercial roll out of its service. RIL’s Chairman Mukesh Ambani in the annual report for 2015-16 said that Jio now has over 15 lakh trial users and their feedback is extremely encouraging.

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Nexus 2016 devices to get Night Light mode, dual-tab settings and ambient display UI

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Earlier this week, we saw screenshots that suggested Google is going to change the launcher for new Nexus devices. Now, Android Police is offering a glimpse of more tweaks that are coming to 2016 Nexus devices with Android 7.0 Nougat. Continue reading “Nexus 2016 devices to get Night Light mode, dual-tab settings and ambient display UI”

Airtel launches new myPlan Infinity postpaid plans with unlimited voice calls, bundled data

Airtel logo

Airtel today launched new myPlan Infinity plans for postpaid users that offers unlimited voice calling (Local calls + STD + Roaming) with variable data benefits along with free 100 SMS per day free and unlimited access to Wynk Music and Wynk Movies. Continue reading “Airtel launches new myPlan Infinity postpaid plans with unlimited voice calls, bundled data”

Asus Zenfone 3 series launching in India on August 17

Asus has sent out press invites for the launch of its Zenfone 3 series at its Z3nvolution event in India on August 17th. The series has Zenfone 3Zenfone 3 Ultra  and Zenfone 3 Deluxe. All these were introduced at the Computex 2016 in May, come with 1080p displays and have a fingerprint sensor on the back.

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Lava X38 with 4G VoLTE, Android 6.0, 4000mAh battery launched for Rs. 7399

Lava X38

Lava has launched X38, its latest smartphone in the ‘X series’ with 4G  VoLTE (Voice Over LTE) support and a huge 4000mAh battery. It has a 5-inch HD display, is powered by a 1GHz quad-core processor and runs on Android 6.0 (Marshmallow). It has a 8-megapixel rear camera with LED flash and a 2-megapixel front-facing camera that also has LED flash. Continue reading “Lava X38 with 4G VoLTE, Android 6.0, 4000mAh battery launched for Rs. 7399”

Samsung could bring Iris scanner to mid-range smartphones

Samsung Galaxy Note7 Iris scanner

Samsung introduced its flagship Galaxy Note7 smartphone earlier this week. It is also the first Samsung smartphone to come with Iris scanner that lets you unlock the Note7 by just looking at the phone and authenticate secure purchases that are made on Samsung Pay. Continue reading “Samsung could bring Iris scanner to mid-range smartphones”

OnePlus 3 sales to be halted for a month in Europe and Hong Kong due to high demand

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OnePlus introduced its flagship OnePlus 3 smartphone back in June without invites. Now OnePlus co-founder Carl Pei has announced that the company will stop sales of the phone for a month in several countries in Europe and in Hong Kong. This move is to replenish its inventory in these countries. Continue reading “OnePlus 3 sales to be halted for a month in Europe and Hong Kong due to high demand”

LG V20 announcement scheduled for September 6

LG V20 launch invite September 6

Earlier this week LG confirmed that it will unveil the V20 smartphone, successor of the V10 in September. Today it has sent out invites for the V20 announcement in San Francisco on September 6th. Looks like LG doesn’t want to unveil the phone at the IFA in Berlin that is scheduled from 2nd till 7th September. Continue reading “LG V20 announcement scheduled for September 6”