A day before, we reported some concerns about India’s cheapest Android smartphone Freedom 251 and why it seems like more of a ‘Publicity Stunt’. We reached out to Ringing Bells with some of your FAQ’s (frequently asked questions) and company’s President Ashok Chaddha has replied to many of them in an email statement. Continue reading “Over 60 million Freedom 251 registrations in 2 days, Company denies ‘Scam’ again and answers FAQ’s”
Sony Xperia VR headset launching at MWC next week?

Last month Sony announced its MWC 2016 event for February 22nd, Monday, but the company did not give any hints of what it plans to launch. It is already working on PlayStation VR, now the company has updated its Privilege Plus entertainment app that adds VR Theater, which hints that company might launch its own VR headset as early as next week, at the MWC. Continue reading “Sony Xperia VR headset launching at MWC next week?”
Samsung Galaxy S7 and S7 edge detailed specifications surface in promotional poster

Samsung will unveil the Galaxy S7 and S7 edge smartphones at an event tomorrow. Now the specifications of the smartphone have been detailed in a Samsung Pay promotional poster from a Spanish bank La Caixa. Sammobile who got hold of this poster, also reveals that both the smartphones will come with a 12MP rear camera with 1/2.5-inch sensor, at least 1.4-microns, 8-megapixel front-facing camera and powerful 1.5W loudspeaker.
LG G5’s removable battery surfaces in new leak

A design render of the LG G5 smartphone already revealed that the flagship will have a removable battery that can be accessed from the bottom. Today a new leak from China(Via) has revealed the removable slot, which houses its battery. Even though earlier leaks revealed that the phone will have a 2800mAh battery, the latest leak claims that the G5 will have a 4000mAh battery, larger than all the earlier G series smartphones.
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Xolo Era 4K Photo Gallery

Xolo launched the Era 4K, the company’s latest budget 4G smartphone in the Era series earlier this week. We have already seen the unboxing and first impressions of the phone so now let’s take a detailed look at the hardware and specifications of the phone in this photo gallery.
Weekly Roundup: Cheapest Android smartphone Freedom 251, LG X cam, Meizu PRO 5 Ubuntu and more
This week was all about cheapest Android smartphone launched in India for Rs. 251. Ringing Bells – a Noida-based company – launched the Freedom 251 and the world went crazy. The company doesn’t have any history in making smartphones and anything else. All we know about the Ringing Bells is that it launched a very cheap 4G smartphone earlier this month, Smart 101 at Rs. 2,999.
Facebook Messenger for Android gets support for multiple accounts

After testing multiple accounts feature, Facebook has officially started rolling out the feature for Android users. Instagram got multiple account support recently. This will let you share your device with other friends and family members so that they can log in using their account, and your messages will be completely private. “Anyone else who shares the device will just see the number of notifications of messages that you have, but they will never be able to see the content of your messages,” said Facebook. Continue reading “Facebook Messenger for Android gets support for multiple accounts”
LG G5 press render surfaces ahead of launch

First press render of the LG’s flagship G5 smartphone has surfaced online, thanks to @evleaks. Even though the phone doesn’t look impressive in an image posted earlier, the new render reveals a different design. It shows the phone’s curved screen, minimal bezels on the sides of the display and the metal body. Continue reading “LG G5 press render surfaces ahead of launch”
Samsung Galaxy A5 (2016) Benchmarks

Samsung launched the Galaxy A5 (2016) smartphone, along with the Galaxy A7 (2016) smartphone earlier this month for Rs. 29,400. We recently brought you the unboxing, here we have the benchmarks of the smartphone. It is powered by an Octa-Core Exynos 7580 64-bit processor that has eight ARM Cortex A53 cores clocked at 1.6 GHz per core. It has Mali-T720 GPU, 2GB of RAM, 5.2-inch 1080p screen and runs on Android 5.1.1 (Lollipop). Check out the synthetic benchmark scores below.
Samsung Galaxy S7 Launch Details, LG G5 B&O Play and more – FoneArena Daily

Check out the new FoneArena Daily video that gives you a quick roundup of today’s technology news.
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Xolo Era 4K Unboxing and First Impressions

Xolo launched the Era 4K, the company’s latest budget 4G smartphone in the Era series earlier this week at a price tag of Rs. 6,499. Here we have the unboxing and the first impressions of the smartphone.
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Worldwide mobile shipment soars 9.7% in Q4 2015: Report
Worldwide smartphone sales hit 403 million units in the fourth quarter of 2015, a 9.7 percent increase over the same period in 2014, according to latest report from Gartner, Inc. However, the research firm said that this was their slowest growth rate since 2008.
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Facebook said to bring ads inside Messenger soon
Facebook is eyeing to bring advertisements to Messenger in Q2 2016, as per a leaked document that was obtained by Tech Crunch. As per the documents, ads will only appear in message threads with businesses and businesses being able to serve ads to people who previously initiated a chat with them via Messenger.
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Freedom 251 is definitely a great buy, but we smell something else here!
Just to clarify in advance, we are not passing any judgement about the phone and whether it’s scam or not. What we are referring to is that it seems more of a ‘Publicity Stunt’ and nothing else. Continue reading “Freedom 251 is definitely a great buy, but we smell something else here!”
Google rolls out custom Gamer ID profiles for Play Games
Google has introduced Gamer IDs, a new way for the gamers to create an identity while playing. At present, while playing a game via Play Games, you have to use your name and boy there is no fun in that.
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