Just yesterday, the Commerce Ministry rejected Apple’s proposal of selling refurbished iPhones in India. Now, the government has turned down Foxconn’s plans to import refurbished phones in India.
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YU launched the most expected YU YUNICORN smartphone finally at an event earlier today. We managed to get hold of the smartphone, here is the unboxing video.
Lenovo’s ZUK has announced Z2, the company’s latest high-end smartphone at an event in China, as it had promised. It has a 5-inch 1080p LTPS 2.5D curved glass display, is powered by a quad-core Snapdragon 820 processor and runs on Android 6.0 (Marshmallow) with ZUI 2.0 on top. It has a 13-megapixel rear camera with LED flash, phase-detection auto-focus (PDAF) with quick focus in just 0.1 seconds and a 8-megapixel front-facing camera. Continue reading “ZUK Z2 with 5-inch 1080p display, Snapdragon 820, 4GB RAM, fingerprint sensor announced”
YU just launched YUNICORN, it’s latest smartphone, as it had promised earlier this month. It has a 5.5-inch 1080p 2.5D curved glass display with ultra-thin bezels, is powered by an Octa-Core MediaTek Helio P10 SoC and runs on Android 5.1 (Lollipop), which the company is calling Android on steroids since it has several features, including monochrome mode. It has a 13-megapixel rear camera with dual-tone LED flash, phase-detection auto-focus (PDAF) and a 5-megapixel front-facing camera. Continue reading “YU YUNICORN with 5.5-inch 1080p display, 4GB RAM, fingerprint sensor launched for Rs. 12999”
In a bid to give Uber a tough competition, ride hailing service Ola might launch a new subscription-based model in the country. According to a new report from Tech in Asia, the service is dubbed as Ola Exclusive and will allow consumers to avail post-paid billing services.
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Samsung has announced that it has begun mass production of industry’s first NVMe PCIe solid state drive (SSD) for next-generation PCs and ultra-slim notebook PCs. “Configuring the PM971-NVMe SSD in a single BGA package was enabled by combining 16 of Samsung’s 48-layer 256-gigabit (Gb) V-NAND flash chips, one 20-nanometer 4Gb LPDDR4 mobile DRAM chip and a high-performance Samsung controller,” said Samsung. Continue reading “Samsung starts mass production of first 512GB NVMe SSD for ultra-slim notebooks”
Qualcomm has announced a new QCA4012 chip that brings dual band Wi-Fi, enhanced security and low power for connected devices. The QCA4012 brings dual-band Wi-Fi connectivity as compared to the single-band solution for QCA4010 single-band solution.
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Analysts have already predicted a number of specifications and features for the iPhone 7 and iPhone 7 Plus. Now an IHS Technology analyst has revealed that the upcoming iPhone 7 will have a base model of 32GB storage.
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Qualcomm has announced a new Snapdragon Wear 1100 SoC for wearable devices at the ongoing Computex 2016. The Snapdragon Wear 1100 SoC is aimed at wearables such as connected kid and elderly watches, fitness trackers, smart headsets, and wearable accessories.
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OnePlus has announced ‘The Lab’, its community review program so that people can provide fair, honest, crowd-sourced feedback on the OnePlus 3 before the release. To get selected as one of the 30 lucky people to get a review unit of the OnePlus 3, you need to fill a form with your personal details and also describe why you believe you should be selected to review the OnePlus 3 in more than 500 words. Continue reading “OnePlus 3 community review program announced”
Check out the new FoneArena Daily video that gives you a quick roundup of today’s technology news.
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Micromax has launched Canvas tab P701, the company’s latest tablet with 4G connectivity and voice calling capabilities, few months after launching the Canvas Tab P702. It has a 7-inch (1024 x 600 pixels) IPS display, is powered by a quad-core MediaTek processor, runs on Android 5.1 (Lollipop), has a 5-megapixel auto focus rear camera with LED flash and a 2-megapixel front-facing camera. Continue reading “Micromax Canvas Tab P701 with 7-inch display, Dual SIM, 4G LTE launched for Rs. 7250”
OPPO has introduced FC Barcelona edition of the F1 Plus Plus smartphone, few months after introducing the R7 Plus FC Barcelona Edition. It features a blue-and-red color scheme and an 18K gold-plated club insignia on the back of the smartphone It also has FC Barcelona-themed UI and an exclusive case sporting laser-printed signatures from Barcelona’s top players, namely: Lionel Messi, Luis Suarez, Neymar, Andres Iniesta and Ivan Rakitić. Specifications of the smartphone are similar to the original F1 Plus. Continue reading “OPPO F1 Plus FC Barcelona Edition announced”
The Indian Government has officially rejected Apple’s proposal to sell refurbished iPhones in India, as per a latest PTI report. A report earlier this month had cited a telecom ministry official over the rejection of Apple’s plan on refurbished phones. However, this time the Commerce Ministery has revealed that it is not in favour of Apple’s plans.
Xiaomi launched the Mi 5 smartphone in India for Rs. 24,999 back in March, which went on sale through flash sale starting from April 6th. Today the company has announced that the phone will be available through open sale starting from June 1st starting from 10AM through the Mi India website. Both the variants of the Redmi Note 3 will also go on open sale in India through Amazon, Flipkart and Snapdeal at the same time. Continue reading “Xiaomi Mi 5 and Redmi Note 3 will go on open sale in India from June 1”
