India’s mobile phone subscriber base crosses 1 billion mark

India’s total mobile phone subscriber base has surpassed the 1 billion milestone in October this year, according to the data released by the Telecom Regulatory Authority of India (TRAI). The country is now only second to China that has over a billion mobile phone subscribers.

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Top 15 Smartphones of 2015

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In 2015 we saw way too many smartphones being launched and more competitive smartphone market overall. Some lived up to our expectations, and some majorly failed even after their initial overwhelming response. It is understandable that a perfect smartphone doesn’t exist, so whichever one comes more close to that definition is always worth putting your money in. We have also tried to pick best of the best in our top 15 list of smartphones for this year, so do check it out below. Continue reading “Top 15 Smartphones of 2015”

Lava Ivory M4 with 8-inch HD display, 2GB RAM, 8MP camera launched for Rs. 9299

Lava Ivory M4

Lava today launched Ivory M4, the company’s latest tablet in the Ivory series. It has a 8-inch (1280 x 800 pixels) HD display, is powered by a 1.3GHz quad-core processor and runs on Android 5.1 (Lollipop). It has an 8-megapixel auto focus rear camera with LED flash and a 3.2-megapixel front-facing camera. It has single SIM support and has 3G connectivity. Continue reading “Lava Ivory M4 with 8-inch HD display, 2GB RAM, 8MP camera launched for Rs. 9299”

Swipe F-Band fitness and sleep tracker launched for Rs. 1499

Swipe F-Band

Swipe has launched FBand, its first health and sleep tracker that can track your steps, calculate calories burned and monitor your sleep. It can connect to your smartphone via Bluetooth so that you can view all the data. It also has silent vibration alarm and also vibrates to notify you when you receive a call. It has a small display that shows all the important data. Continue reading “Swipe F-Band fitness and sleep tracker launched for Rs. 1499”

Asus Pegasus X005 with 5.5-inch 1080p display, 2GB RAM gets certified in China

Asus Pegasus X005

Asus introduced the Pegasus X002 smartphone back in December last year, later it introduced Pegasus X003 and also unveiled the Pegasus 2 Plus X550 smartphone back in July. Now the Pegasus X005 has been certified by TENAA in China. It has a 5.5-inch full-HD (1080×1920 pixels) display, similar to the Pegasus 2 Plus, but this is powered by a 1.3GHz Octa-Core processor (MediaTek MT6753 likely). Continue reading “Asus Pegasus X005 with 5.5-inch 1080p display, 2GB RAM gets certified in China”

LG G3 Android 6.0 Marshmallow update starts rolling out

LG G3 Android 6.0 Marshmallow

LG started rolling out Android 6.0 (Marshmallow) update for its flagship LG G4 smartphone starting from Poland back in October. Now the Korean giant has started rolling out (Via) Android Marshmallow update for the LG G3 smartphone starting from Poland. It is currently available only via PC Suite, and the OTA update is expected soon. The smartphone got the official CM13 nightly builds based on Android 6.0 last month. Continue reading “LG G3 Android 6.0 Marshmallow update starts rolling out”

OPPO R7 Plus FC Barcelona Edition Photo Gallery

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OPPO launched the R7 Plus FC Barcelona Edition smartphone back in September to celebrate its three-year partnership with FC Barcelona. We have already seen the unboxing of the phone and now lets us take a looks at the hardware and specifications of the smartphone in this photo gallery. Continue reading “OPPO R7 Plus FC Barcelona Edition Photo Gallery”

HTC One A9 Battery Life Test

HTC One A9 FA One Charge Rating

HTC launched the One A9 smartphone in India earlier this month for Rs. 29,990. We brought you the benchmarks of the smartphone recently, here we have its battery test results. The HTC One A9 packs a 2150mAh built-in battery, which is less than 2840mAh battery on the One M9 and the One M9+ smartphones. It has a 5-inch 1080p AMOLED display, is powered by an Octa-Core Snapdragon 617 processor and runs on Android 6.0 (Marshmallow) with HTC Sense UI. Check out the test results below. Continue reading “HTC One A9 Battery Life Test”

Lenovo rumored to release Exynos 8870 powered device next year

Just yesterday, a rumor stated that Meizu Pro 6 will be powered by an upcoming Samsung Exynos 8870 processor. Now, another one is suggesting that Lenovo will also release a new phone that will also be powered by the Exynos 8870 processor which is a cheaper variant of its Exynos 8 Octa 8890 14nm processor with custom CPU cores and Mali–T880 MP12 GPU.

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LG G5 tipped to sport dual displays, dual cameras and hardware expansion

We have heard a bunch of rumors about the LG G5 in past few months. Today, popular leakster Evan Blass a.k.a @evleaks has revealed some of the important specifications of the upcoming flagship phone from LG.

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LG and Samsung said to supply flexible OLED screens for future iPhones

Earlier this month, it was reported that JDI is in talks with Apple to provide OLED displays for iPhones in 2018. Now, a fresh report from Electronic Times citing some unnamed sources (via Reuters) is saying that LG and Samsung will supply organic light emitting diode (OLED) screens for Apple Inc’s iPhones.

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Samsung 2016 Smart TVs to get over 400 streaming and 100 downloadable games

Samsung will bring a wide range of more than 400 streaming games and 100 downloadable games to 2016 Samsung Smart TVs. The company will showcase the upgraded game service at CES 2016, enabling download and streaming games through 2016 Samsung Smart TVs.

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