Samsung Galaxy A5 (2016) Benchmarks

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Samsung launched the Galaxy A5 (2016) smartphone, along with the Galaxy A7 (2016) smartphone earlier this month for Rs. 29,400. We recently brought you the unboxing, here we have the benchmarks of the smartphone. It is powered by an Octa-Core Exynos 7580 64-bit processor that has eight ARM Cortex A53 cores clocked at 1.6 GHz per core. It has Mali-T720 GPU, 2GB of RAM, 5.2-inch 1080p screen and runs on Android 5.1.1 (Lollipop). Check out the synthetic benchmark scores below.

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Samsung Galaxy S7 Launch Details, LG G5 B&O Play 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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Xolo Era 4K Unboxing and First Impressions

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Xolo launched the Era 4K, the company’s latest budget 4G smartphone in the Era series earlier this week at a price tag of Rs. 6,499. Here we have the unboxing and the first impressions of the smartphone.

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Worldwide mobile shipment soars 9.7% in Q4 2015: Report

Worldwide smartphone sales hit 403 million units in the fourth quarter of 2015, a 9.7 percent increase over the same period in 2014, according to latest report from Gartner, Inc. However, the research firm said that this was their slowest growth rate since 2008.

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Facebook said to bring ads inside Messenger soon

Facebook is eyeing to bring advertisements to Messenger in Q2 2016, as per a leaked document that was obtained by Tech Crunch. As per the documents, ads will only appear in message threads with businesses and businesses being able to serve ads to people who previously initiated a chat with them via Messenger.

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Freedom 251 is definitely a great buy, but we smell something else here!

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Just to clarify in advance, we are not passing any judgement about the phone and whether it’s scam or not. What we are referring to is that it seems more of a ‘Publicity Stunt’ and nothing else. Continue reading “Freedom 251 is definitely a great buy, but we smell something else here!”

Samsung Galaxy S7 launch event on Feb 21 will be presented in 360-degrees

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Samsung today announced that it will offer 360 live streaming for its Galaxy Unpacked 2016 event for the first time. This will be available through PC, Android and iOS devices using Unpacked 360 View app and also through the latest Samsung Gear VR. Continue reading “Samsung Galaxy S7 launch event on Feb 21 will be presented in 360-degrees”

Qualcomm and Lenovo ink 3G and 4G China Patent License deal

Qualcomm and Lenovo have entered into a new 3G and 4G patent license agreement for China, which covers devices marketed by both Motorola and Lenovo. As per the agreement, Qualcomm has granted Lenovo a royalty-bearing patent license to develop, manufacture and sell 3G (WCDMA and CDMA2000) and 4G, including 3-mode (LTE-TDD, TD-SCDMA and GSM), complete devices.

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Volvo Cars in 2017 will use Bluetooth-enabled keyless technology

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Volvo today announced that it plans to become the world’s first car manufacturer to offer cars without keys from 2017. These cars will use Bluetooth-enabled digital key technology that would allow owners to do everything a physical key currently does, such as locking or unlocking the doors or the boot and allowing the engine to be started using the new Volvo app. Continue reading “Volvo Cars in 2017 will use Bluetooth-enabled keyless technology”

OnePlus 10000mAh Power Bank now available from Flipkart for Rs. 1799

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OnePlus launched its 10,000mAh power bank in India back in May last year at a competitive price of Rs. 1399, exclusively on Amazon.in. After it went out of stock, it came back in stock in December last year. Today, OnePlus has partnered with Flipkart to sell the power bank at a new price of Rs. 1,799, which is Rs. 400 more than the launch price. Continue reading “OnePlus 10000mAh Power Bank now available from Flipkart for Rs. 1799”

Microsoft Lumia 650 Windows 10 smartphone goes on sale in UK and Europe

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Microsoft announced the Lumia 650 smartphone running Windows 10 earlier this week, now it has officially started selling the smartphone, as it had promised. To remind you, the Lumia 650 packs a 5-inch HD AMOLED ClearBlack display, is powered by a 1.3GHz quad-core Snapdragon 212 processor, has a 8-megapixel auto focus camera with LED flash, 5-megapixel front-facing camera, 4G LTE connectivity and a 6.9mm slim metal frame.

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