Exynos 7580 powered Samsung Galaxy A7 spotted on AnTuTu

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Up until now, the upcoming update to the Samsung Galaxy A7 was believed to be packing a Snapdragon 615 processor, similar to the first version that was launched earlier this year. Now, a new listing on AnTuTu shows that there could be another version, one that is packing an Exynos 7580 processor.

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LG Pay mobile payment service announced

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LG today announced LG Pay, its own mobile payment service, after Apple PaySamsung Pay and Android Pay. The Korean giant has partnered with Shinhan Card and KB Kookmin Card to prepare for the launch of LG Pay in South Korea soon. LG did not announce when it will roll out the mobile payment service in Korea or other markets. The company said that it will run trails of the new payment system with the credit card companies before launching it. Continue reading “LG Pay mobile payment service announced”

Ola secures $500 million in funding, now valued at over $5 billion

After last month’s report that Ola had secured an investment of an undisclosed amount from Chinese ride-hailing company Didi Kuaidi, Falcon Edge, GIC, Tiger Global Management, and SoftBank are other investors, the company yesterday confirmed $500 million in Series F funding, which now values it at over $5 billion. Continue reading “Ola secures $500 million in funding, now valued at over $5 billion”

Pepsi Phone P1s official – 5.5-inch 1080p display, 4G LTE and fingerprint sensor for $110

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After several leaks, Pepsi has officially introduced the the Pepsi Phone P1s in China. It features a 5.5-inch (1080 x 1920 pixels) 2.5D curved glass display, is powered by an Octa-Core MediaTek MT6592 processor and runs on dido OS based on Android 5.1 (Lollipop). It has a aluminum unibody design and even has a finger print sensor on the back. It has a 13-megapixel rear camera on the back and 5-megapixel front-facing camera. Continue reading “Pepsi Phone P1s official – 5.5-inch 1080p display, 4G LTE and fingerprint sensor for $110”

Obi Worldphone SF1 launching in India this November

Obi Worldphone SF1

Obi Mobiles, backed by John Scully got re-branded to Obi Worldphone back in August. It even introduced two new smartphones – Obi Worldphone SF1 and SJ1.5 designed by San Francisco-based product studio Ammunition. These phones were launched in Vietnam and Dubai recently, today the company said that Obi Worldphone will launch in India this month, but only the Worldphone SF1 is expected. Obi said that it has partnered with Qualcomm, Dolby, Sony, Corning Incorporated, Google, MediaTek, Japan Display, Inc. and Samsung for these smartphones. Continue reading “Obi Worldphone SF1 launching in India this November”

Google Search now includes results from other apps, lets you stream content without installing

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Google has announced that it is rolling out new feature for the Search on Android that will now show content from apps even if you don’t have them installed. Google added ability to search through applications and show them in the results back in 2013. This lets users to search for something inside their application directly from Google Search Continue reading “Google Search now includes results from other apps, lets you stream content without installing”

Vodafone’s new RED Family Plan lets you share data and calling minutes with up to 5 members

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Vodafone India today launched new RED Family@99, an integrated value package that lets you share data, local and STD calls and SMS with family members, thereby offering the convenience of a single telecom connection for the entire family. The RED Family@99 for postpaid, allows you to share their plan with a family member and/or add devices at an additional cost of just Rs.99 per month. Continue reading “Vodafone’s new RED Family Plan lets you share data and calling minutes with up to 5 members”

TP-LINK Archer D20 802.11ac Dual Band ADSL2+ Modem Router launched for Rs. 4999

 

TP-LINK Archer D20 Modem Router

TP-LINK has launched Archer D20 (AC750) Wireless Dual Band ADSL2+ Modem Router in India. It has a clam shell design with two external antennas, comes with Wi-Fi 802.11ac standard and has wireless data transfer rate of up to 750Mbps with 300Mbps over 2.4GHz and 433Mbps over 5GHz. It also has USB slot that lets you connect and access hard-disk or printer wirelessly. Continue reading “TP-LINK Archer D20 802.11ac Dual Band ADSL2+ Modem Router launched for Rs. 4999”

Bing v6.0 for iOS brings a new homepage and one tap feature

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Microsoft has just released v6.0 of Bing for iOS, and it brings around a new homepage layout as well as a one tap search features.

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Samsung Galaxy On5 Benchmarks

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Samsung launched the Galaxy On5, its latest ‘On series’ smartphone with 4G support in India earlier this month, priced at Rs. 8990 exclusively on Flipkart. We already brought you the unboxing of the smartphone, here we have its benchmarks. It is powered by a quad-core quad-core Exynos 3475 28nm processor with four ARM’s Cortex A7 CPUs clocked at 1.3GHz and has Mali-T720 GPU. It packs 1.5GB of RAM, has a 5-inch HD display and runs on Android 5.1.1 (Lollipop) with Samsung’s own UI on top. Check out the synthetic benchmark scores and also check out the gaming review, in which it scored 3.5/5 stars. Continue reading “Samsung Galaxy On5 Benchmarks”

Vine introduces an audio remix feature on iOS and Android

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Vines are quite a popular trend nowadays since they are able to entertain people and grab their attention in such a short time span. More often than not, people love to do their own versions of popular Vine videos and the audio remix feature helps people do it much easier.

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Meitu V4 is a smartphone with a 21 Megapixel selfie camera

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Selfie centric phones are quite the rage nowadays and perhaps there is no phone that could surpass the Meitu V4 at least in terms of sheer Megapixel count as it has a 21 Megapixel front facing camera.

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FoneArena Diwali Giveaway Winner Announcement

FoneArena Diwali Giveaway 2015

Hello readers! We started the our Diwali Giveaway last month teaming up with Opera India, to giveaway OnePlus 2, Xiaomi Mi 4i and Motorola Moto G (3rd Gen) (2GB RAM + 16GB storage) smartphones, and the giveaway ended last week. As promised, today we reveal the lucky winners. Before that, we would like to thank all the participants who took their time to participate in this giveaway. Are you the lucky winner? Find out below. Continue reading “FoneArena Diwali Giveaway Winner Announcement”

Google Camera v3.1 released – Brings Nexus 6P and 5X UI to all Marshmallow devices

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Google has just released v3.1 of its camera app that brings UI changes. Users of Marshmallow devices will now be able to have the camera UI of the Nexus 5X and 6P on their devices too.

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Skype 6.11 for Android brings share with groups, better search and more

Skype 6.11 for Android

Skype for Android has received a major update that brings several new features that includes, ability to delete conversations, save video messages, share images directly to a group conversation and enhanced search. Skype said that some of these features were added because of feedback from users, so its asks users to give feedback from the settings, inside the app. Check out the complete changelog below.

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