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Samsung Galaxy A5 (2016) Battery Life Test
Samsung launched the Galaxy A5 (2016) smartphone last month for Rs. 29,400. We recently brought you the unboxing, benchmarks and camera samples, here we have the battery life test results of the smartphone. It packs a 2900mAh built-in battery with support for Samsung’s adaptive fast charging that can charge the phone fully in about an hour. It has a 5.2-inch 1080p Super AMOLED display, is powered by 1.6GHz Octa Core Exynos 7580 processor and runs on Android 5.1 (Lollipop). Continue reading “Samsung Galaxy A5 (2016) Battery Life Test”
Google Photos revamped with easier navigation and UI tweaks
Google Photos is getting a much needed redesign along with performance enhancements. The update adds a new bar at the bottom that makes it easy to move between the Assistant, Photos, and new Albums view.
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Apple grabs number 6 spot in India’s top 30 cities: IDC
International Data Corporation (IDC) is out with its monthly city level smartphone tracker which reveals that 30 leading cities of India make up approximately for 51% of the entire smartphone market in Q4 CY 2015. Delhi and Mumbai were the top two cities that generated maximum demand for the phone. Apple has outsmarted Xiaomi and grabbed number spot in the Indian smartphone market, said the report.
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Xiaomi Mi 5 launching in India in April, 20000mAh Mi Power Bank coming soon
Xiaomi launched its mid-range Redmi Note 3 smartphone at the Mi Bluetooth speaker in India at an event earlier today. At the launch event Hugo Barra, Vice President of Xiaomi Global said that its flagship Mi 5 smartphone will launch in India in April. He said that the 20000mAh Mi Power Bank will launch in India soon and all the attendees of the event get a free Power Bank. But no details about the price yet.
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Xiaomi Mi Bluetooth speaker with aluminum body launched in India for Rs. 1999
Xiaomi launched its latest Mi Bluetooth speaker at the Redmi Note 3 launch event in India. The compact speaker was introduced back in September last year, looks like a small pencil box has a full metal body and weighs just 270 grams. It has a built-in microphone so that you can use it for calls when it is connected to your smartphone. Continue reading “Xiaomi Mi Bluetooth speaker with aluminum body launched in India for Rs. 1999”
OPPO R9 and R9 Plus with 4GB RAM, 16MP front and rear cameras get certified in China
OPPO teased its upcoming flagship R9 smartphone recently. Now both the R9 and R9 Plus smartphones have been certified on TENAA in China. These smartphones have a 5.5-inch and 6-inch 1080p AMOLED displays, respectively as rumored earlier, but doesn’t seem to have a quad-core Snapdragon 820 or Deca-Core Helio X20 SoC. Continue reading “OPPO R9 and R9 Plus with 4GB RAM, 16MP front and rear cameras get certified in China”
Xiaomi Redmi Note 3 with Snapdragon 650 Hands On
The Xiaomi Redmi Note 3 was launched today in India and will go on sale later this month. We went hands on with the device and here are our impressions of the latest Redmi Note smartphone.
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Xiaomi Redmi Note 3 with Snapdragon 650, 16MP camera launched in India starting from Rs. 9999
Xiaomi has finally launched its Redmi Note 3 smartphone in India, as it had promised last week. It packs a 5.5-inch 1080p screen, is powered by a Hexa-Core Snapdragon 650 (Snapdragon 618 previously) processor, runs on Android 5.1.1 (Lollipop) with MIUI 7 top, a 16-megapixel rear camera with f/2.0 aperture, LED flash and phase-detection auto-focus (PDAF), resulting in a quick focus of just 0.1 second and a 5-megapixel front-facing camera. At the event Hugo Barra said that the third Xiaomi smartphone to be ‘Made In India’ after the Redmi 2 Prime and the Redmi Note Prime. Continue reading “Xiaomi Redmi Note 3 with Snapdragon 650, 16MP camera launched in India starting from Rs. 9999”
Vuclip Viu OTT video on demand service launched in India
Vuclip has launched Viu, an Over-the-Top (OTT) video-on-demand (VOD) service in India. The service is built on Vuclip’s patented Dynamic Adaptive Transcoding technology. Viu is coming to India following its launches in Malaysia, Hong Kong and Singapore.
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Ola Bike Taxis launched in Bangalore to take on uberMOTO
Earlier today Uber announced the launch of uberMOTO motorbike service in Bangalore, now Ola has launched its own Ola Bike series in the city. Similar to Uber, Ola will also provide helmets for pillion riders. Continue reading “Ola Bike Taxis launched in Bangalore to take on uberMOTO”
Intex Cloud Breeze with 5-inch display, 1GB RAM launched for Rs. 3999
Intex has launched Cloud Breeze, it’s latest budget 3G smartphone with 1GB of RAM. It has a 5-inch FWVGA display with Corning Gorilla Glass 3 protection, is powered by a 1.2 GHz dual-core processor and runs on Android 4.4 (KitKat). It has a 5-megapixel rear camera with LED flash and a 2-megapixel front-facing camera. It has dual SIM support and packs a 2300mAh battery. Continue reading “Intex Cloud Breeze with 5-inch display, 1GB RAM launched for Rs. 3999”
World’s first Qualcomm Snapdragon 820 smartphone – LeEco Le Max Pro Hands On
The LeEco Le Max Pro was the world’s first smartphone to be announced powered by the Snapdragon 820. The smartphone is also the first Snapdragon 820 smartphone to go on sale and we went hands on with it at MWC. Here are our impressions.
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Google pilots Hands Free mobile payment service
Google has announced that it has piloted a new Hands Free mobile payment system in the US. The service allows users to pay for items by simply telling the cashier “Paying with Google”.
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Samsung introduces world’s largest capacity 15.36TB SSD for enterprise systems
Samsung has introduced world’s largest 15.36 terabyte (TB) solid state drive (SSD), PM1633a for use in enterprise storage systems. It comes in a 2.5-inch form factor so that you can fit twice as many of the drives in a standard 19-inch, 2U rack, compared to an equivalent 3.5-inch storage drive. Continue reading “Samsung introduces world’s largest capacity 15.36TB SSD for enterprise systems”