Samsung has filed a new patent application for an accessory that is dubbed as “Smart Ring”. According to the patent, the Smart Ring has the ability to control a smartphone, smart TV, or tablet. The patent was published by U.S. Patent & Trademark Office.
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Lava has launched Iris Atom and Iris Atom 3, two new budget smartphones in the Atom series, months after the launch of Iris Atom 2. The Iris Atom has a 4-inch WVGA screen, while the the Atom 3 has a 5-inch FWVGA display. Both the smartphones are powered by a 1.3GHz quad-core processor, run on Android 5.1 (Lollipop), have a 5-megapixel rear camera with LED flash, come with dual SIM support and have 3G connectivity. Continue reading “Lava Iris Atom and Iris Atom 3 launched for Rs. 4249 and Rs. 4899”
OnePlus introduced the OnePlus X Champagne Edition earlier this month, which went on sale in in Europe and Hong Kong starting December 22. Today it has launched the new white with gold variant of the OnePlus X in India. Continue reading “OnePlus X Champagne Edition launched in India for Rs. 16999”
Ulefone, one of the popular smartphone makers in China today introduced Ulefone Power, its latest smartphone with a 6050mAh battery. This also comes with a 9V/2~3A quick charger that can charge the phone fully in 90 to 120 minutes, according to the company. A 5 minute Quick Charge can offer talk time of up to 2 hours and a 30 minute Quick Charge will offer 1 day of normal use, says Ulefone. It is 9.5mm thick and weighs just 190 grams, even though it packs a huge battery and also has a metal frame and a abrasion-proof back cover. Continue reading “Ulefone Power with 6050mAh battery, fingerprint sensor announced for US$ 210”
LG had already announced its plans to launch Spirit LTE and G4 Stylus 4G smartphones with VoLTE (Voice Over LTE) and VoWiFi (Voice Over Wi-Fi) support in India in partnership with Reliance Retail. Now the company has launched the Spirit 4G LTE (LG-442) smartphone in the country. The company said that the new VoLTE and VoWiFi features will enable faster transmission of data and voice. Continue reading “LG Spirit 4G with VoLTE, 4.7-inch HD display launched in India for Rs. 11900”
Samsung is rumored to be working on Exynos 8870, a cheaper variant of its Exynos 8 Octa 8890 14nm processor with custom CPU cores and Mali–T880 MP12 GPU. According a weibo user this processor will use the same custom designed CPU cores based on 64-bit ARMv8 architecture, but the maximum clock speed will be slightly reduced compared to the 8890. Continue reading “Meizu PRO 6 rumored to be powered by upcoming Samsung Exynos 8870 Octa processor”
Samsung introduced the Galaxy A9, its top-end ‘Galaxy A’ series smartphone with a 6-inch 1080p Super AMOLED display, Octa-Core Snapdragon 652 SoC, 13-megapixel rear camera with optical image stabilization (OIS) and a fingerprint sensor in China last week, but it did not announce the pricing or the release date at the event. Now a weibo user (Via) has got hold of the pricing of the smartphone. Continue reading “Samsung Galaxy A9 pricing surfaces in China”
Airtel today launched Wynk Games, it latest OTT app for Android users. It has over 2,000 games across genres such as sports, racing adventure, kids and puzzles, including premium and paid titles at no additional cost. “Wynk Games, bundled with Airtel data packs aims to similarly stimulate consumption of this category. Aimed at providing a comprehensive range of ‘Wynk Games’, Airtel has tied up with Playphone Inc., a GungHo Subsidiaria and Softbank group company based in San Mateo, California. This alliance presents exciting opportunities for Indian developers as well,” said Airtel.
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Sony launched the Xperia Z5 Premium Dual, its flagship smartphone with 4K display in India for Rs. 62,990 back in October. We brought you the unboxing recently, here we have the benchmarks. It is powered by an Octa-Core Qualcomm Snapdragon 810 64-bit 20nm processor that has four bigger ARM Cortex A57 cores clocked at 1.96GHz per core and four smaller ARM Cortex A53 cores clocked at 1.56GHz per core with 630 MHz Adreno 430 GPU. It has 3GB of RAM, packs a 5.5-inch (3840×2160 pixels) display and runs on Android 5.1.1 (Lollipop). Check out the synthetic benchmark scores below. Continue reading “Sony Xperia Z5 Premium Dual Benchmarks”
Samsung has announced Bio-Processor, its latest all-in-one advanced system logic chip for the health-oriented wearables market. The company says that this is the industry’s first all-in-one health solution chip. It has integrated Analog Front Ends (AFE), microcontroller unit (MCU), power management integrated circuit (PMIC), digital signal processor (DSP), and eFlash memory to process the bio-signals it measures without the need of external processing parts. Continue reading “Samsung introduces Bio-Processor all-in-one health and fitness monitoring chip for wearables”
Airtel has launched a microsite airtel.in/leap so that all the customers can see the network coverage for voice, basic data services (2G) and high speed data services (3G/ 4G) in their regions. “It also includes key highlights of Airtel’s network transformation exercise at national and state level and the locality map lets you view information on the status of modernization of all the Airtel sites in that locality,” said Airtel. Continue reading “Airtel launches Project Leap microsite for customers to track the network transformation program”
Gionee F105, successor of the F103 has been certified by China’s TENAA (Via). According to the listing, the smartphone packs a 5-inch HD IPS display, is powered by a 1.3GHz quad-core processor, has a 8-megapixel rear camera with LED flash and a 5-megapixel front-facing camera, similar to the F103, but this runs on Android 5.1 (Lollipop) out of the box. Continue reading “Gionee F105 with 5-inch HD display, 2GB RAM gets certified in China”
Earlier in August, it was touted that Samsung is working on a Windows powered 12 inch tablet. Now, the tablet with a model number SM-W700 has received Bluetooth SIG and the Wi-Fi Alliance.
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Samsung has joined hands with BMW to develop intelligence for next generation autonomous cars, according to a report from Business Korea.
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iBall has officially launched the Andi 5.5H Weber smartphone. It went on sale earlier this month, packs a 5.5-inch HD screen, is powered by a 1.3GHz quad-core processor and runs on Android 5.1 (Lollipop). It has a 5-megapixel rear camera with LED flash that is enhanced to 8-megapixel using software and a 2-megapixel front-facing camera. It comes with dual SIM support and 3G connectivity, similar to most other iBall Andi smartphones. Continue reading “iBall Andi 5.5H Weber with 5.5-inch HD display officially launched for Rs. 6499”
