Sony Xperia Z5 Premium Dual Battery Life Test

Sony Xperia Z5 Premium Dual FA One Charge Rating

Sony launched the Xperia Z5 Premium Dual, its flagship smartphone in India for Rs. 62,990 back in October last year. We unboxed the smartphone recently, here we have the battery life test results from the smartphone. It  packs a 3430mAh built-in battery, slightly bigger than the Xperia Z5 Dual’s 2900mAh battery, has Qualcomm Quick Charge 2.0 support and comes bundled with Quick Charger. It has a 5.5-inch (3840×2160 pixels), is powered by an Octa-Core Snapdragon 810 processor and runs on Android 5.1 (Lollipop). Check out the battery test results. Continue reading “Sony Xperia Z5 Premium Dual Battery Life Test”

LG H840 with 5.3-inch QHD display, Snapdragon 652, 3GB RAM surfaces in benchmarks

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LG H840, an upcoming smartphone has surfaced on GFXBench, which is rumored to be a lite version of the LG G5. According to the benchmark listing it will come with a 5.3-inch (2560×1440 pixels) Quad HD display and will be powered by an Octa-Core Snapdragon processor with Adreno 510 GPU, so this will likely be the Snapdragon 652 processor (Quad 1.8GHz ARM Cortex A72 + Quad 1.2GHz A53). Continue reading “LG H840 with 5.3-inch QHD display, Snapdragon 652, 3GB RAM surfaces in benchmarks”

HTC One smartwatch reportedly launching in April

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Back in 2014 HTC confirmed that it is working on a smartwatch and said that it will be announced in early 2015, even some reports said that the smartwatch will be unveiled at the MWC 2015, but it didn’t happen. Couple of months back @evleaks reported that the HTC One smartwatch will be introduced in February 2016, now the leakster is saying that the smartwatch will be introduced before the end of April. Continue reading “HTC One smartwatch reportedly launching in April”

Apple iPhone 5se, iPad Air 3 tipped to go on sale on March 18 without pre-orders

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Earlier this month 9to5Mac reported that Apple will introduce iPhone 5se and  iPad Air 3 at an event on March 15th. Today it is reporting that it will start selling both these devices on March 18th, the same week after it launches. Launching these new devices soon after the introduction and not offering pre-orders would be a new strategy for Apple. Continue reading “Apple iPhone 5se, iPad Air 3 tipped to go on sale on March 18 without pre-orders”

Google is shutting down Picasa, asks users to move to Google Photos

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After 12 years, Google has decided to shut down its photo sharing service Picasa and focus entirely on Google Photos. The desktop application will not be supported starting from March 15, 2016 and Picasa Web Albums, a companion service will be shut down on May 1, 2016. The desktop application will still work, but it will not get any future updates. Continue reading “Google is shutting down Picasa, asks users to move to Google Photos”

Ulefone Power Review

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Battery life in smartphones has been one of the most ignored aspects in recent years. Sure, there has been several improvements in battery technology with faster charging, wireless charging etc. but the battery life has taken a drastic hit due to the phones becoming more power-hungry. With more and more powerful processors and bigger screens, phones require larger batteries to power them. Sure, optimization will help but only to a certain extent and Ulefone is a brand that seems to understand that. The Ulefone Power as its name implies is a smartphone with a massive internal battery. It packs a 6050 mAH battery into an affordable mid-ranger handset. It even offers DualSIM 4G LTE as well as a fingerprint sensor. Let’s dive into the review to see whether the phone does manage to impress us with its battery life and other features.

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Weekly Roundup: Sony Walkman, Intex fitness band, new Lava phones, Amkette Evo Gamepad Pro 2 and more

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This week, Sony finally brought its new compact NW-A25HN Walkman with Hi-Res digital noise canceling feature to India. It was introduced at the IFA last September. Continue reading “Weekly Roundup: Sony Walkman, Intex fitness band, new Lava phones, Amkette Evo Gamepad Pro 2 and more”

Qualcomm introduces new SoCs, HTC One M10 camera details and more – FoneArena Daily

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Check out the new FoneArena Daily video that gives you a quick roundup of today’s technology news.

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Ulefone Power Battery Life Test

Ulefone Power FA One Charge Rating

Ulefone introduced the Ulefone Power smartphone with a 6050mAh built-in Sony battery couple of months back at US$ 209.99. It also supports quick charging. We already brought you the photo gallery of the smartphone, here we have its battery test results. It has 5.5-inch 1080p display, is powered by a Octa-Core MediaTek MT6753 64-bit processor and runs on Android 5.1 (Lollipop). Let us check out the test results.

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Instagram to roll out video view counts

In a bid to bolster its ad revenue, Instagram has announced that it will soon roll out video view counts on its platform. Users of the Facebook owned photo sharing site will start seeing  how many times people have watched a video.

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Oppo F1 Camera Samples

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OPPO launched the F1, its first selfie-centric smartphone in the new ‘F series’ for Rs. 15,990 in India recently. We already brought you the unboxing, benchmarks and the battery life test results of the smartphone, here we have camera samples from the smartphone. It has a 13-megapixel rear camera with LED Flash, f/2.2 aperture and Phase Detection Auto Focus (PDAF). Since it is a selfie-centric smartphone, it has a 8-megapixel rear camera with f/2.0 aperture. It doesn’t have a flash on the front, but it has option to use the screen as a flash light.

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Facebook is testing SMS integration for Messenger on Android, brings support for multiple accounts

Facebook is working on bringing back an old feature to its Messenger app. The social network is currently testing SMS integration on Messenger on a limited number of Android users.

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Intex Aqua Craze with 5-inch HD display, 4G LTE launched for Rs. 6190

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Intex today launched Aqua Craze, the company’s latest budget 4G smartphone. It has a 5-inch HD IPS display, is powered by 1 GHz quad-core MediaTek MT6735P 64-bit processor and runs on Android 5.1 Lollipop. It has a 8-megapixel rear camera with LED flash and a 2-megapixel front-facing camera. Continue reading “Intex Aqua Craze with 5-inch HD display, 4G LTE launched for Rs. 6190”

OnePlus X Refurbished and Unboxed units to go on sale on Overcart starting Rs. 12799 on Feb 15

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Overcart sold refurbished and unboxed units of the OnePlus X last month.  Today it has announced that it will be selling refurbished and unboxed units of the Onyx version of the OnePlus X smartphone on February 15th starting at Rs. 12,799. It will be covered under a six-month manufacturer warranty from OnePlus, said the company. OnePlus X went invite-free last week in India and a Onyx variant costs Rs. 16,999. Continue reading “OnePlus X Refurbished and Unboxed units to go on sale on Overcart starting Rs. 12799 on Feb 15”