HP Elite X3 with Windows 10, Snapdragon 820, 4GB RAM announced

HP has officially announced its first Windows 10 phone Elite X3, as expected. The Elite X3 sports a 5.96-inch AMOLED display with quad HD 2560 x 1440 pixel resolution with Gorilla Glass on top.

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HTC Vive VR headset will cost $799, shipping in April

HTC has officially announced the consumer edition of Vive VR, its first virtual reality headset at MWC 2016. The company has teamed up with video game developer Valve for the VR headset which uses Valve’s Steam VR technology.

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ZTE Spro Plus Android powered portable projector announced

ZTE has announced a portable smart projector called as Spro Plus, its newest device in the Spro line. The Spro Plus offers voice conference, projection, touch-screen and improved visual design features. The external USB camera enables multi-party video communication via applications like Skype

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LG G5 Hands On and Photo Gallery

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LG has announced its 2016 flagship the LG G5 ahead of MWC in Barcelona. As the name suggests, it is the fifth generation of the flagship G series smartphone. We went hands on with the LG G5 in Barcelona, check our first impressions. Continue reading “LG G5 Hands On and Photo Gallery”

Huawei MateBook 2-in-1 with Windows 10, stylus, fingerprint sensor announced starting at $699

 

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Huawei just announced MateBook, it’s latest 2-in-1 running Windows 10. It has a 12-inch (2160×1440 pixels) IPS display with screen-to-body ratio of 84%, is powered by 6th Gen Intel Core M processor, has 4GB or 8GB of RAM, 128/256/512GB SSD, 5-megapixel front-facing camera and also has a fingerprint sensor that supports 360-degree sensitive identification. It offers the fastest fingerprint recognition in the industry, claims Huawei. Continue reading “Huawei MateBook 2-in-1 with Windows 10, stylus, fingerprint sensor announced starting at $699”

LG G5 with 5.3-inch Quad HD always-on display, 4GB RAM, hardware expansion slot announced

LG G5

LG has officially announced G5, the company’s latest flagship smartphone in the G series that packs a dual rear cameras and a hardware expansion slot. It has a 5.3-inch (2560 x 1440 pixels) Quad HD Quantum always-on display that lets you can check the time, battery status, and notifications without waking the phone. The display’s backlight only illuminates one small part of the overall display, so only 0.8% of the phone’s battery drains in a hour, according to LG. It is powered by a quad-core Qualcomm Snapdragon 820 processor and runs on Android 6.0 (Marshmallow) with LG UX.

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Mobile World Congress 2016 Coverage

The biggest platform, the biggest trade show in the mobile industry is upon us. This year’s iteration of Mobile World Congress has kick started today and just like every year, the Fira Gran Via in Barcelona, Spain will be hosting the event.

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The MWC is one of our main schedules in our calendar and this is perhaps the only time of a year we don’t grant leaves to any of our crew member. This event is that important mainly because all the key players in the mobile industry will showcase their new innovations. Continue reading “Mobile World Congress 2016 Coverage”

Airtel rolls out first commercial LTE-A 4G+ network in India, offers speed of up to 135Mbps

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Airtel has announced that it has started rolling out India’s first LTE-Advanced (4G+) technology (carrier aggregation across TD LTE and LTE FDD) on a live 4G network starting from Kerala. It has partnered with Nokia Networks for deploying the carrier aggregation technology in the state. Continue reading “Airtel rolls out first commercial LTE-A 4G+ network in India, offers speed of up to 135Mbps”

Huawei Honor 7 Android 6.0 Marshmallow stable update rolling out in India

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Huawei started rolling out beta version of Android 6.0 (Marshmallow) update for the Honor 7 users in India back in December last year. Today the company has announced that it has started rolling out the stable Android 6.0 OTA update to Honor 7 users in the country. Continue reading “Huawei Honor 7 Android 6.0 Marshmallow stable update rolling out in India”

Alcatel Plus 10 2-in-1 with Windows 10, 4G LTE keyboard announced

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Alcatel has introduced Plus 10, its first 2-in-1 device running Windows 10, ahead of MWC. It has a 10.1-inch HD IPS display, is powered by a Quad-Core Intel Cherry Trail T3 Z8350 processor, has a 5-megapixel rear camera without flash, 2-megapixel front-facing camera and comes bundled with a keyboard that has a built-in SIM slot for 4G LTE connectivity, so that you can use it as a Wi-Fi hotspot for up to 15 users.

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Alcatel Idol 4 with 5.2″ 1080p display and Idol 4S with 5.5″ QHD display, Snapdragon 652 announced

Alcatel Idol 4 and Idol 4S

Alcatel has introduced Idol 4 and Idol 4S smartphones in the Idol series, ahead of MWC next week. The company also announced that it is dropping the ONETOUCH branding and will be operating under the name ALCATEL. As expected, the IDOL 4s comes with an innovative packaging design that transforms into a pair of virtual reality goggles offering an immersive 360-degree viewing and gaming. It has Onetouch VR Store app to to download virtual reality content or stream realtime content via LittlStar.

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Samsung Connect Auto connected car solution with LTE, KNOX security and Tizen OS announced

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Google has Android Auto and Apple has Apple CarPlay for newer cars offering in-car connectivity solution, but Samsung is targeting older or existing cars with its new Connect Auto dongle that will be introduced at the Mobile World Congress (MWC) 2016 in Barcelona next week. Continue reading “Samsung Connect Auto connected car solution with LTE, KNOX security and Tizen OS announced”

Sony Smart Ear headset, new Xperia smartphone surface ahead of MWC announcement

Sony Xperia PP10 and Smart Ear leak

Sony will introduce a new smartphone, codenamed Xperia PP10 and a smart Bluetooth headset dubbed Smart Ear at the Mobile World Congress (MWC) 2016 in Barcelona next week. According the leaked image from @evleaks, the Xperia smartphone will have a curved design, a large power button, similar to Xperia Z5 smartphones and a dedicated camera shutter button, below the volume rockers. It also has front-facing speakers and the bezels are huge. Continue reading “Sony Smart Ear headset, new Xperia smartphone surface ahead of MWC announcement”

HTC Desire 530 (A16) with 5-inch HD display, Snapdragon 210 surfaces ahead of MWC launch

HTC Desire 530 A16 leak

Earlier this month there were rumors about HTC releasing Desire 500 series (codenamed A16) and Desire 800 series (codenamed A56) smartphones at the MWC next week, ahead of the launch of M10 in April. Now @evleaks has posted a press images of the Desire 500 series smartphone, which could be the Desire 530. The design of the smartphone is completely different from its earlier Desire series smartphones, including the Desire 526 that was introduced last year. Continue reading “HTC Desire 530 (A16) with 5-inch HD display, Snapdragon 210 surfaces ahead of MWC launch”