Meizu m2 Review

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Ever since Meizu started operations in India, they’ve fast become a player to watch out for. While a significant market share still eludes the brand, they certainly have managed to carve out a niche for themselves by offering fantastic quality and overall experience. Indeed, the small but vocal fan following echoes exactly what we found out in our reviews. Meizu makes good phones that balance specifications versus price surprisingly well. With the launch of the Meizu m2, we really wanted to see if the company could continue it’s streak. Here’s the FoneArena review of the Meizu m2 and let’s take a look at how it fares. Continue reading “Meizu m2 Review”

Lenovo reports $714 million net loss in Q2 FY 2015-16, 18.8 million phones sold

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Lenovo has reported revenue of US$ 12.2 billion for its second fiscal quarter 2015-16 that ended September 30, 2015.  Revenue increased 16% YoY from $10.5 billion. It reported net loss of US$ 714 million, compared to net profit of $262 million a year earlier. Continue reading “Lenovo reports $714 million net loss in Q2 FY 2015-16, 18.8 million phones sold”

Firefox OS 2.5 developer preview launched – Lets you try Firefox OS on Android phones

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People are quite hesitant to make changes in their lives and changing your smartphone’s OS is one such change that many people prefer not to risk. Firefox has come up with a new developer preview for Android devices which will make it easier for you to decide whether to change your OS or not.

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Windows 10 update now rolling out for Xbox One

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The day that many Xbox One users have been waiting for is finally here. Microsoft has now started rolling out Windows 10 for the console through a staged roll-out.

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Lenovo Lemon X3 / Vibe X3 launch event set for November 16 in China

Lenovo Vibe X3 leak

Lenovo Vibe X3 surfaced back in February and got certified on TENAA back in September. It was recently shown off by China Mobile during the EXPO COMM China 2015 event, now the company has announced (Via) that the smartphone will be announced as Lemon X3 in China on November 16th. Lenovo highlighted the enhanced audio features of the smartphone in several teaser images featuring legendary musicians, including Mozart. The smartphone will have dual front-facing speakers and will come with Hi-Fi audio features.

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Xiaomi pulls $196 million in sales in 24 hours on Single’s Day 2015 in China

Xiaomi Single’s Day 2015 sales

Xiaomi conducts China’s marathon 24-hour online sales event on Singles Day that falls on November 11th every year in cooperation with Tmall, the largest online marketplace in China. Last year it made $163 million (RMB 1 billion) by selling 720,000 phones in 24 hours. This year Xiaomi has announced that it made $196 (RMB 1.25 billion) on Tmall in 24 hours. This time it sold its products through several online stores including Alibaba, JD, Tmall, mi.com and Suning and became top seller of phones. Continue reading “Xiaomi pulls $196 million in sales in 24 hours on Single’s Day 2015 in China”

Apple iPad Pro teardown reveals 10,307 mAH battery – Scores 3 out of 10 in repairability

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The folks over at iFixit have gotten their hands on the latest tablet from Apple, the iPad Pro and they have done a teardown of the device. The teardown has revealed a few interesting facts including the large 10,307 mAH battery powering the device.

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Logitech Logi CREATE backlit Keyboard Case and Protective Case for iPad Pro released

Logitech CREATE backlit Keyboard Case

Logitech introduced its own keyboard case for the iPad Pro called CREATE, compatible with iPad Pro’s new Smart Connector back in September when the huge iPad was introduced. Now the iPad Pro is out, the company has released the Logi CREATE backlit Keyboard Case along with CREATE protective case with AnyAngle Stand for the iPad Pro. Continue reading “Logitech Logi CREATE backlit Keyboard Case and Protective Case for iPad Pro released”

Ola Money app released, offers money transfer, bill payments, mobile recharge and more

OLA Money for Android

Ola recently released Ola Money App for Android that lets you make prepaid mobile recharges and pay your postpaid bills with just one click. It also offers deals on merchants who have partnered with OLA. With the app it aims to compete with the likes of Paytm, FreeCharge and others. OLA Money is used for payments across all of Ola’s services such as taxis, auto rickshaws, food delivery venture (Ola Café) and grocery delivery service Ola Store. Back in August Ola said that is has nearly 20 million customers. Continue reading “Ola Money app released, offers money transfer, bill payments, mobile recharge and more”

Blackberry Vienna Android smartphone renders surface – Features a physical keyboard

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Renders of the upcoming Blackberry Vienna smartphone have just surfaced and the phone seems to be packing a physical keyboard just like the Priv. However, the keyboard isn’t hidden and instead it has a candybar form factor much like the classic Blackberry. Continue reading “Blackberry Vienna Android smartphone renders surface – Features a physical keyboard”

Samsung Exynos 8 Octa 8890 14nm 64-bit processor with custom CPU cores, Mali T880 GPU official

Samsung Exynos 8 Octa 8890

After several leaks Samsung has made the Exynos 8 Octa 8890 official. It is based on 14nm FinFET process technology, similar to the Exynos 7 Octa that was introduced earlier this year, but this uses the company’s first custom designed CPU cores based on 64-bit ARMv8 architecture. Instead of ARM Cortex-A57 cores and Cortex-A53 cores in the Exynos 7 Octa, this uses four custom cores and four ARM Cortex-A53 cores. It also uses heterogeneous big.LITTLE structure for efficient usage of the eight cores, similar to its earlier Exynos Octa processors. Continue reading “Samsung Exynos 8 Octa 8890 14nm 64-bit processor with custom CPU cores, Mali T880 GPU official”

Samsung Galaxy S7 might be announced on February 21st 2016

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Recently, there have been rumors going around that Samsung Galaxy S7 might be released ahead of schedule but we haven’t had any dates until now. Apparently, the smartphone will be launched at the Samsung Unpacked event in Barcelona which is happening on February 21st.

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LG Watch Urbane 2nd Edition with LTE global roll out starting this November

LG Watch Urbane 2nd Edition

LG introduced LG Watch Urbane 2nd Edition, the world’s first Android Wear smartwatch with LTE support last month. Today, the Korean company has announced that the smartwatch will roll out worldwide starting from this month. It packs a 1.38-inch 348 PPI display, has GPS and it works with iOS too, but LG says that cellular enabled features will vary across Android and iOS. Continue reading “LG Watch Urbane 2nd Edition with LTE global roll out starting this November”

BQ Aquaris X5 with Cyanogen OS 12.1, Snapdragon 412, 2GB RAM and 4G LTE announced

BQ Aquaris X5 Cyanogen Edition

Telefónica has partnered with BQ and Cyanogen Inc. to introduce Aquaris X5 smartphone running Cyanogen OS 12.1 in Europe. It packs a 5-inch HD screen, is powered by a quad-core Snapdragon 412 SoC, comes with a 13-megapixel rear camera with dual LED flash and a 5-megapixel front-facing camera that also has a LED flash for capturing better images in low lighting conditions. It has dual SIM support and 4G LTE connectivity with support for FDD LTE B20, B3,B1 and B7. Continue reading “BQ Aquaris X5 with Cyanogen OS 12.1, Snapdragon 412, 2GB RAM and 4G LTE announced”

Microsoft’s Project Oxford tool can now read your emotions

Microsoft has updated Project Oxford tool that is company’s machine learning and artificial intelligence research. It has received a new update that will detect your emotions.

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