Coolpad Note 3 Lite Battery Life Test

Coolpad Note 3 Lite FA One Charge Rating

Coolpad launched the Note 3 Lite smartphone with a fingerprint sensor and 3GB of RAM at a price tag of Rs. 6,999. We already brought you the unboxing of the smartphone, here we have the battery life test results. It packs a  2500mAh built-in battery, slightly less than the 3000mAh battery on the Coolpad Note 3. It has a 5-inch HD display, is powered by a 1.3GHz Quad-Core 64-bit MediaTek MT6735 processor with Mali-T720 GPU and runs on Android 5.1 (Lollipop) with Cool UI 6.0 on top. Check out the test results below.

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Vodafone launches 4G LTE services in Delhi & NCR

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Vodafone has launched its 4G LTE services in Delhi and NCR, as it had promised last week, after launching it in Kerala, Mysore and Kolkata. It is based on 1800MHz FDD-LTE band 3, which the company acquired last year. Vodafone said that it is now available in prominent business and residential corridors of Guragon, and the the roll out will be completed in all parts of Delhi & NCR in phased manner. It is built on strong fiber back-haul, and is supported by its 3G services.  Continue reading “Vodafone launches 4G LTE services in Delhi & NCR”

Android Marshmallow adoption finally crosses 1%, Lollipop grows to 34.1%

Google is out with its Android distribution data for the month of February. Marshmallow is now finally present on 1.2% of devices, up from 0.7% since last month. The latest version of Android had debuted the distribution chart in November last year with 0.3%.

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Apple tipped to unveil iPhone 5se, iPad Air 3 and Apple Watch band updates on March 15

We have seen reports and rumors that suggest Apple’s 4-inch iPhone 5se will be announced in March and now we have a possible date of the event. According to 9to5Mac report, Apple has scheduled an event on March 15 where it will introduce the iPhone 5se, iPad Air 3 and announce Apple Watch updates.

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Microsoft said to acquire Swiftkey for $250 million

Microsoft has acquired popular third party keyboard app Swiftkey for $250 million, according to a latest report from the Financial Times. Swiftkey specializes in predictive typing which is powered by artificial intelligence.

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Samsung 360 camera, Alphabet most valuable company and more: FoneArena Daily

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Hope you are liking our new FoneArena Daily videos that gives you a quick roundup of everyday’s technology news. Here is a new video for today.

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STK explorer action camera with 19 accessories launched in India for Rs. 12499

STK Explorer camera

STK, popular for its mobile accessories today launched its first ‘explorer camera’ that can withstand extreme outdoor conditions and comes in a tough waterproof case for using it underwater. The waterproof case is water resistant up to 30m. It can record videos at 1080p full HD resolution and is just 58g including the battery. Continue reading “STK explorer action camera with 19 accessories launched in India for Rs. 12499”

India pips US to become second largest smartphone market in the world: Report

India has become the second largest smartphone market in the world, according to Counterpoint’s Market Monitor service. The country surpassed US in terms of active unique smartphone user base with over 220 million users.

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New HTC Desire 500 and Desire 800 series phones with Android 6.0 expected before One M10

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HTC is rumored to introduce it’s flagship One M10 smartphone codenamed ‘Perfume’ with Snapdragon 820 and 4GB of RAM sometime around the MWC 2016 later this month. Today, HTC ROM developer LlabTooFeR said that the company will introduce two new smartphones, one in the Desire 500 series (codenamed A16) and Desire 800 series (codenamed A56) before the One M10 is announced. Continue reading “New HTC Desire 500 and Desire 800 series phones with Android 6.0 expected before One M10”

70,000 Le 1s smartphones sold out in 2 seconds in first flash sale on Flipkart

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LeEco (formerly known as Letv) today announced that it sold 70,000 Le 1s smartphones in just 2 seconds in the first flash sale at 12 noon on Flipkart. The company said that this is a new record in India. Yesterday Flipkart announced that it received over 5,30,000 lakh registrations for the smartphone within 10 days after registration opened. Today LeEco said that the registration number had reached a record high of 605,000 before the sale. Continue reading “70,000 Le 1s smartphones sold out in 2 seconds in first flash sale on Flipkart”

Honor 5X with metal body and fingerprint sensor goes on sale in India for Rs. 12999

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Honor, Huawei’s Smartphone e-brand today announced that it has started selling it’s latest Honor 5X smartphone in India. “Since the start of sales on Flipkart and Amazon, at 12 a.m. on February 1, Honor 5X smartphone has witnessed strong demand, like its predecessor the Honor 4X. Honor 4X units were sold out within a minute of the flash sale, and the model sold over 10 million units globally,” said the company. Continue reading “Honor 5X with metal body and fingerprint sensor goes on sale in India for Rs. 12999”

Global tablet shipments decline 10.1% in 2015, only 65.9 million units shipped in Q4 2015: Report

Worldwide tablet market declined yet again in the fourth quarter of 2015 with 65.9 million units shipped, down 13.7% year over year, according to latest report from the International Data Corporation (IDC).This is the fifth straight quarter where tablets have reported a decrease year over year. In Q3, 2015 tablet shipment had declined by 12.6%

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OPPO F1 Benchmarks

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OPPO launched the F1, its first selfie-centric smartphone in the new ‘F series’ for Rs. 15,990 last week. We already brought you the unboxing and photo gallery of the smartphone, here we have the benchmarks.  It is powered by an Octa-Core Qualcomm Snapdragon 616 64-bit processor (Even though CPU-Z shows it has Snapdragon 615) that has four ARM Cortex A53 cores clocked at 1.50 GHz per core and other four Cortex A53 cores are clocked at 1.21 GHz per core. It has Adreno 405 GPU clocked at 550 MHz, 3GB RAM, 5-inch HD screen and runs on Android 5.1 (Lollipop) with Color OS 2.1 . Check out the synthetic benchmark scores below.

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Jet Airways to debut WiFi based in-flight streaming service

Jet Airways has announced that it will soon introduce a WiFi based in-flight streaming service for passengers. The domestic carrier will bring streaming of movies, TV programmes, a wide genre of music, interactive games, and children’s programmes directly to wi-fi enabled personal devices such as smartphones, tablets and personal laptops of the passengers.

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