Allview X2 Xtreme announced in Romania, a rebranded Gionee Elife E8

Allview, a Romanian company has unveiled its latest smartphone – X2 Xtreme. The device however is a rebranded Gionee Elife E8 or one can call it a Romanian version of the upcoming smartphone.

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If you weren’t aware, Allview is known for integrating Chinese hardware into Romania. Meanwhile, Gionee will be officially introducing its Elife E8 smartphone later today. Continue reading “Allview X2 Xtreme announced in Romania, a rebranded Gionee Elife E8”

Coolpad Dazen X7 Benchmarks

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Coolpad launched the Dazen X7 smartphone in India last month. We brought you the hands-on impressions and its unboxing recently, here we have the benchmarks. It is powered by a Octa-Core MediaTek MT6595M processor which as four ARM Cortex-A17 cores clocked at 2GHz per core and four ARM Cortex-A7 cores clocked at 1.69GHz per core, based on ARM big.LITTLE and 28nm HPM process. It has PowerVR 6200 GPU, 2GB RAM comes with a 5.2-inch 1080p display and runs on Android 4.4 (Kitkat) with Cool UI 6 on top.

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Huawei Watch delayed till September or October

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The Huawei Watch was announced in Barcelona during MWC in March this year and so far hasn’t made its way to markets yet. Apparently the release of the smartwatch has been delayed further till around September or even October.

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Samsung Galaxy Tab E 9.6 said to support Wi-Fi or 3G

Just yesterday, it was reported that Samsung is working on E series of tablets. Today, more information about the connectivity support of the tablet has surfaced in a new leak.

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Aircel launches ‘Five States, One Rate’ offer with free roaming in South

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Aircel has launched a new Five States, One Rate offer that lets customers in South enjoy free incoming calls and 1p/s for all outgoing ( local and STD) calls when roaming in Aircel network in five states – Tamil Nadu, Karnataka, Andhra Pradesh, Telangana and Kerala. It will be useful for Aircel customers in the south, travelling between these states. Continue reading “Aircel launches ‘Five States, One Rate’ offer with free roaming in South”

Google Maps update lets you send directions from desktop to your iPhone

Google Maps for iOS have received an update that allows users to send any place you search for with Google Maps on your desktop browser right to an iPhone or iPad.

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Anand Chandrasekaran joins Snapdeal as Chief Product Officer from Airtel

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Last month there were reports that Anand Chandrasekaran, Chief Product Officer at Bharti Airtel has put his papers. Today Snapdeal has announced that it has appointed Anand Chandrasekaran as Chief Product Officer. He has over 15 years’ experience in delivering products and revenue in mobile, search content and big data. Continue reading “Anand Chandrasekaran joins Snapdeal as Chief Product Officer from Airtel”

Smartfren Andromax Q with Cyanogen OS 12, 4G LTE launched in Indonesia

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Smartfren Telecom Tbk, a popular mobile operator and device maker based in Jakarta has partnered with Cyanogen Inc. to launch the Andromax Q smartphone running on Cyanogen OS 12 based on Android 5.0 (Lollipop). It has a 4.5-inch FWVGA screen, is powered by a 1.2GHz quad-core Snapdragon 410 64-bit SoC, has a 5-megapixel rear camera and a 2-megapixel front-facing camera. It has dual SIM support with 4G support on one SIM and CDMA or GSM support on the other. Continue reading “Smartfren Andromax Q with Cyanogen OS 12, 4G LTE launched in Indonesia”

Motorola Moto X 2013 to get Android Lollipop 5.1 soon

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Users of the Motorola Moto X 2013 variant are in luck as the update to Lollipop for their smartphones should be available pretty soon according to David Schuster who is a Motorola employee.

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Facebook Messenger crosses 1 Billion downloads on Android

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David Marcus who is the VP of product Messaging at Facebook has posted a photo on Facebook that shows that the Messenger app for Android devices has crossed 1 billion downloads.

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OnePlus announces new contests in preparation for the OnePlus 2

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The folks over at OnePlus have setup two new contests that offer fans a chance to get their hands on an early preview of the OnePlus 2. There are two contests namely Photo Mania 2015 and ‘Your OnePlus Story’.

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Oxygen OS with Android Lollipop 5.1 will launch along with OnePlus 2

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As we all know, OnePlus is readying the successor to the OnePlus One and have just made it official that the Oxygen OS running on Android Lollipop 5.1 will debut alongside the OnePlus 2.

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Xiaomi Mi 5000mAh Slim Power Bank goes on sale in India on June 16 for Rs. 699

 

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Xiaomi introduced the 5000mAh Slim Power Bank along with the Mi 16000mAh Power Bank in India recently. The Mi 16000mAh Power Bank went on sale in India in the first flash today. Xiaomi said that it sold out in 4 minutes and 5 seconds. It also announced that the 5000mAh Power Bank will go on sale in the country next week. Continue reading “Xiaomi Mi 5000mAh Slim Power Bank goes on sale in India on June 16 for Rs. 699”