ZTE nubia Z11 with 5.5-inch 1080p bezel-less display, Snapdragon 820, 6GB RAM announced

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ZTE has announced nubia Z11, it’s latest high-end smartphone in the nubia series in China, as it had promised. It packs a 5.5-inch 1080p 2.5D curved glass bezel-less display with 81% screen-to-body ratio, is powered by a quad-core Snapdragon 820 SoC, runs on Android 6.0 (Marshmallow) with nubia UI 4.0, has a 16-megapixel rear camera with dual-tone LED flash, phase-detection auto-focus (PDAF), Optical Image Stabilization (OIS) and a 8-megapixel front-facing camera.  Continue reading “ZTE nubia Z11 with 5.5-inch 1080p bezel-less display, Snapdragon 820, 6GB RAM announced”

LeEco hits new online sales record of Rs. 78 Crore with Le 2 and Le Max2

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LeEco has announced that it has made Rs 78.6 crore by achieving sales orders of over 61,000 units of Le 2 and Le Max2 smartphones in the first flash sale on both LeMall.com India and Flipkart, beating the industry records set by itself a few months ago. Both the phones received a total registration over 6 lakh within 8 days. “LeEco is also the first brand which released two flagship phones with Qualcomm processors in the same day,” said the company. Continue reading “LeEco hits new online sales record of Rs. 78 Crore with Le 2 and Le Max2”

LeEco Le 2 Review: A New Challenger Appears

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Rising up fast and strong, LeEco erstwhile known as LeTV is quickly becoming a brand to reckon with. Well known in their home market of China for being a huge player in the content industry, the company has been pretty successful with their phones so far. With the 2nd generation of devices, we’re seeing LeEco trying to emulate its content first model in India as well. Moreover the company is pushing the envelope forward with some very interesting design choices. Want to read more about the Le 2? Carry on for the full review. Continue reading “LeEco Le 2 Review: A New Challenger Appears”

Freecharge launches Windows 10 app with Cortana support for making payments

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Freecharge, the digital wallet and payment platform in India, has introduced its new desktop app for Microsoft’s latest operating system Windows 10. The company claims that the unified Freecharge app on Windows can complete a transaction in just less-than-10 seconds and is designed to provide seamless experience across desktop, laptops and tablets. Freecharge will also be launching the Windows 10 app for smartphones next month. Continue reading “Freecharge launches Windows 10 app with Cortana support for making payments”

Honor 8 with 5.2 inch display, 4GB RAM, dual rear cameras gets certified in China

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Huawei teased its upcoming Honor 8 smartphones last week. Now, the phone has been certified in China at TENAA. Continue reading “Honor 8 with 5.2 inch display, 4GB RAM, dual rear cameras gets certified in China”

Moto X Play OTA update adds support for Reliance Jio VoLTE in India

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Motorola has started rolling out a new over-the-air (OTA) update for the Snapdragon 615-powered Moto X Play smartphone in India that adds VoLTE (Voice Over LTE) support for Reliance Jio users. The latest Moto G4 and Moto G4 Plus smartphones have the VoLTE feature built-in. Continue reading “Moto X Play OTA update adds support for Reliance Jio VoLTE in India”

Google Expeditions VR Android app now available to everyone, coming soon to iPhone and iPad

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Google Expeditions, a virtual reality teaching tool built with Google Cardboard was introduced for educational purposes through Expeditions Pioneer Program, back in September last year. Google has now made the Expeditions app available to all the Android users. The company said that more than a million students from 11 countries have taken one of 200+ virtual reality trips. Continue reading “Google Expeditions VR Android app now available to everyone, coming soon to iPhone and iPad”

Samsung Galaxy Folder 2 Android flip phone with Snapdragon 425 surfaces in benchmarks

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Samsung introduced the Galaxy Folder, a clam-shell phone back in 2013. Last year it refreshed the series by launching a new Galaxy Folder Android flip phone in Korea. Samsung Galaxy Folder 2 (SM- G1600) appeared on zauba import listing earlier this month that showed that Samsung is testing the phone. Now the phone has appeared on GFXBench listing that reveals most of the specifications of the smartphone. Continue reading “Samsung Galaxy Folder 2 Android flip phone with Snapdragon 425 surfaces in benchmarks”

Nokia to showcase its 5G ready network at upcoming 5G World

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Nokia is all set to demonstrate a 5G network running on commercial platforms at 5G World. Following the successful launch in February of the industry-first 5G-ready AirScale Radio Access technology, Nokia will demonstrate AirScale working together with its Cloud Packet Core, running on a Nokia AirFrame data center platform. Continue reading “Nokia to showcase its 5G ready network at upcoming 5G World”

Samsung Galaxy J5 (2016) Review

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Samsung launched the Galaxy J5 (2016) smartphone in India last month for Rs. 13,990. We have already gone hands on with the phone which is a successor to last year’s J5. It comes with more RAM and bigger battery. Is the phone worth its price tag? Let’s check it out in this review.

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Facebook Slideshow lets you convert your photos into movies

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Facebook has rolled out Slideshow feature that converts your photos and videos into a small movie-like clip. The feature is similar to Apple’s Memories and Google Photo’s Movie Assistant.

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Top 5 features of Flyme that makes it one of the most unique and intuitive OS

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In this article, we will be taking a look at the latest version of Flyme and the top 5 features that make it the most unique and intuitive OS on smartphones currently. We will be testing Flyme 5.1.3.2G which is based on Android 5.1 Lollipop.

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HP Chromebook 11 G5 with 12.5 hours of battery life announced, starts at $189

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HP has announced an affordable Chromebook 11 G5 laptop that features a slimmed-down design and a narrower display bezels. It is thinner and lighter than previous generation Chromebooks.

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LeEco invests Rs. 200 million to refine the music industry by introducing CDLA standard

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LeEco, the global internet and technology conglomerate has been at the forefront of various innovations that are shaping the future and changing the technology world. This time, with its second generation Le 2 and Le Max2 smartphones launched recently in the Indian market, LeEco is leading a revolution in the audio technology space with an investment of Rs. 200 million in popularizing the pioneering CDLA standard. Patented by LeEco, Continual Digital Lossless Audio or CDLA is the world’s first technology that is all set to redefine the smartphone audio technology world with a revolutionary music experience. Continue reading “LeEco invests Rs. 200 million to refine the music industry by introducing CDLA standard”