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Qualcomm Snapdragon 212 and Snapdragon 412 quad-core processors announced

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Qualcomm has announced two new processors, one in the Snapdragon 200 series and other in the Snapdragon 400 series. The new Snapdragon 212 SoC, the company’s latest quad-core processor has multi-mode 3G/4G LTE Advanced and LTE Dual SIM aimed at entry-level smartphones and tablets. It uses the same ARM Cortex A7 CPU seen on the Snapdragon 210, but the clock speed has been increased from 1.1 GHz to 1.3 GHz per core. The Snapdragon 412 quad-core processor uses 64-bit Cortex A53 CPUs similar to the Snapdragon 410, but the clock speed has been increased from 1.2 GHz to 1.4 GHz per core and the memory bandwidth has been increased from 533 MHz to 600 MHz. Continue reading “Qualcomm Snapdragon 212 and Snapdragon 412 quad-core processors announced”

Panasonic Eluga Icon with 5.5-inch HD display, 4G LTE, 3500 mAh battery launched for Rs. 10999

Panasonic has launched Eluga Icon, the company’s latest smartphone with 4G support in India. It has a 5.5-inch (1280 x 720 pixels) HD IPS OGS display, is powered by a 1.5 GHz Octa-Core 64-bit processor and runs on Android 4.4 (KitKat) with with ICON UI. It has a 13-megapixel rear camera with LED flash and a 8-megapixel front-facing camera. It has dual SIM support and support for 4G TD-LTE 2300MHz (Band 40) and FDD-LTE 1800MHz (Band 3) for India. It is just 7.9mm thick and has Uni-body design. Continue reading “Panasonic Eluga Icon with 5.5-inch HD display, 4G LTE, 3500 mAh battery launched for Rs. 10999”

Ola secures $100 million in funding from Falcon Edge, valuation hits $5 billion

Ola has secured $100 million (Rs. 630 Cr) in latest round of funding from Falcon Edge, as per a TOI report. The online taxi aggregator has now reached a valuation of $5 billion.

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OnePlus 2 Review

OnePlus is quickly turning out to be a household name. It just took OnePlus about 12 months to become a hero from a zero. The company’s marketing strategy with all the social media hype and of course, the invite system made sure that the demand was always soaring through the roof.

With their first device, OnePlus set out on a mission – to offer great performance, while still keeping the price tag very affordable. It sounded similar to Google’s Nexus program, but as turns out OnePlus managed to beat the Nexus pricing hands down. It’s still quite hard to figure out how the company is doing that. Continue reading “OnePlus 2 Review”

Phicomm Energy 653 with 5-inch HD display, Snapdragon 210 SoC, 4G LTE launched in India for Rs. 4999

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Phicomm has launched Energy 653, the company’s latest smartphone, after its Passion 660 in India. It has a 5-inch (1280 × 720 pixels) HD display, is powered by a 1.1GHz quad-core Qualcomm Snapdragon 210 SoC and runs on Android 5.1 (Lollipop). It has a 8-megapixel auto-focus rear camera with LED flash and 2-megapixel front-facing camera. Continue reading “Phicomm Energy 653 with 5-inch HD display, Snapdragon 210 SoC, 4G LTE launched in India for Rs. 4999”

Micromax Canvas Sliver 5 Photo Gallery

Micromax had launched the Canvas Sliver 5 in India in June for Rs. 17,999. We have already seen hands-on first impressions, unboxing and benchmarks of the smartphone. Now, let’s take a detailed look at the phone in this photo gallery. Continue reading “Micromax Canvas Sliver 5 Photo Gallery”

Vodafone brings back Double Data offer for pre-paid customers

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Vodafone offered double data on 1GB or 2GB 3G packs last month for a limited period. Now the company has brought back the offer for its customers pre-paid customers as VodafoneDoubles‬ for a limited period. The company has launched the Double Data offer in Mumbai and Kerala circles, but it will roll out for pre-paid subscribers across all its circles in a phased manner. Continue reading “Vodafone brings back Double Data offer for pre-paid customers”

Apple iPhone event reportedly scheduled for September 9

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Apple is all set to unveil its next iPhone at an event on September 9th, according to BuzzFeed’s John Paczkowski. The company usually introduces its new iPhone models in September. The iPhone 6 and the iPhone 6 Plus were introduced on September 9th last year. This year Apple is expected to unveil the iPhone 6s. Continue reading “Apple iPhone event reportedly scheduled for September 9”

Motorola Moto G (3rd Gen) Review

Motorola launched the Moto G (3rd Gen) in India last month. Compared to last year’s Moto G (2nd Gen), the third-generation Moto G retains the same display, but it comes with a better camera, faster processor and 4G support. It is also the first smartphone in the Moto G series that is water resistant, since the other two just have water repellent nano-coating. Is the smartphone worth the price? Let us find out in the complete review.

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Xiaomi to start selling phones via retail stores in India, teams up with Redington

In a bid to further strengthen its position in the highly demanding smartphone market, Xiaomi has announced that it will start selling phones via physical retail stores in India.

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Motorola and LG to offer Stagefright security patch for their devices

Motorola and and LG have announced then they will offer Stagefright security fixes for their devices. This comes just days after Samsung and Google announced that they will roll out monthly software update for their devices to keep a tab on Stagefright security fixes.

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Weekly Roundup: New Asus ZenFone smartphones, ZenPad tablets, Waterproof Sony Xperia M5, Samsung’s Metal-Clad Galaxy A8 and more

Asus this week launched too many devices at its grand ZenFestival in India, and the week was completely dominated by this Taiwanese multinational. Continue reading “Weekly Roundup: New Asus ZenFone smartphones, ZenPad tablets, Waterproof Sony Xperia M5, Samsung’s Metal-Clad Galaxy A8 and more”

Xolo BLACK Camera Samples

Xolo launched its BLACK smartphone for Rs. 12,999 last month. We already brought you the hands-on impressions, unboxing and the benchmarks of the smartphone, here we have the camera samples. The Xolo BLACK has a 13-megapixel rear camera with LED flash, 5-element lens, f/2.0 aperture and an additional 2-megapixel secondary camera with 3-element lens and f/2.4 aperture for capturing depth information. It also has a 5-megapixel front-facing camera with LED flash, 5-element lens and f/2.0 aperture. Continue reading “Xolo BLACK Camera Samples”

Asus Zenfone Selfie Review

Success begets success seems to be the mantra adopted by Asus as it dramatically ramps up the Zenfone range of handsets on offer. The successful launch of the Zenfone 2 has led to a spate of hardware reveals including the Zenfone 2 Deluxe, Selfie, Laser and Max variants. Invariably, we expect the company to have a couple more up their sleeve before the launch of the Zenfone 3 next year. Today though, we are going to talk about the Zenfone Selfie. A device that strives to succeed in a category where the competition is limited and generally priced much higher. A device that capitalizes on the latest social trends, a trend that certainly isn’t showing any signs of waning. A device focused on photography both from the rear camera and more importantly in this context, the front camera. This is the FoneArena review of the Zenfone 2 Selfie. Continue reading “Asus Zenfone Selfie Review”

Micromax Canvas Sliver 5 Benchmarks

Micromax launched the Canvas Sliver 5 Q450 with just 5.1mm thickness in June for Rs. 17999. We brought you the unboxing of the smartphone recently, here we have its benchmarks. The phone is powered by a quad-core Snapdragon 410 (MSM8916) SoC that has four ARM Cortex-A53 CPUs clocked at 1.21 GHz per core and has Adreno 306 GPU clocked at 400MHz. It has 2GB RAM, 4.8-inch HD (1280 x 720 pixels) AMOLED display and runs on Android 5.0 (Lollipop). Let’s find out the performance in a range of synthetic benchmark tests. Continue reading “Micromax Canvas Sliver 5 Benchmarks”