
Flipkart has acquired PhonePe, a Bangalore based mobile payments start-up for an undisclosed sum.
Continue reading “Flipkart acquires mobile payment start-up PhonePe”

Flipkart has acquired PhonePe, a Bangalore based mobile payments start-up for an undisclosed sum.
Continue reading “Flipkart acquires mobile payment start-up PhonePe”

Amazon is said to be looking forward to acquire a stake in HERE digital mapping company, that was acquired by three German carmakers – Audi, BMW and Mercedes for Euro 2.8 billion ($3.1 billion) last year. Continue reading “Amazon reportedly eyes a stake in HERE maps”

Tesla, the popular US electric car maker has unveiled its upcoming Tesla Model 3 electric sedan. CEO and Co-Founder of Tesla Motors, Elon Musk has announced that the Model 3 electric car is coming to India. Continue reading “Tesla Model 3 electric sedan coming to India, pre-orders kick starts at $1000”

It is that time of the year, when even the tech world goes overboard with April Fools’ Day pranks. Every year geniuses at top tech companies, thanks to their creative juices, come up with the coolest and weirdest ideas and innovations. Let’s us dive in and see what the great minds have for us this year! Continue reading “April Fools’ Day 2016: Sony’s Proton Pack, Gmail Mic Drop, Samsung’s Smart trousers and more”

Samsung launched the Galaxy J3 (2016), it’s latest 4G smartphone with new S bike mode in India for Rs. 8,990 yesterday. We have already seen the unboxing of the phone and now let’s take a detailed look at the hardware and specifications of the phone. Continue reading “Samsung Galaxy J3 (2016) Photo Gallery”

Apple has released new iOS 9.3.1 update for iPhone, iPad and iPod touch devices. This new update to iOS 9.3 that was released last week addresses the issue in Safari, Mail, or Messages that causes the app to crash or the whole OS to hang where tapping hyperlinks. Continue reading “Apple releases iOS 9.3.1 to fix unresponsive hyperlinks in Safari and other apps”

LeEco today announced that it will be setting up in-house Content Delivery Networks (CDNs) in 10 cities across India by end of 2016. It plans to make a significant investment of over US$ 10 million to set up this CDN/cloud infrastructure. “This will provide content delivery capabilities in linear channel, live events, and video on demand serving both mobile and TV segment, giving consumers a better user experience on LeEco products,” said the company. Continue reading “LeEco to set up CDNs in 10 cities across India by 2016-end, invest over $10 million”

Check out the new FoneArena Daily video that gives you a quick roundup of today’s technology news.

vivo has announced X6S and the X6S Plus, the company’s latest flagship smartphones. The X6S has a 5.2-inch 1080p Super AMOLED display and the X6S Plus has a 5.7-inch 1080p Super AMOLED screen and both have 4GB of RAM, rear camera with phase-detection auto-focus (PDAF) that can focus in just 0.2 seconds and a 8-megapixel front-facing camera, similar to the predecessors, but the main change is the processor. This has a Qualcomm Snapdragon 652 processor, instead of MediaTek MT6752 SoC. Continue reading “vivo X6S and X6S Plus with Snapdragon 652, 4GB RAM, metal body, fingerprint sensor announced”

In a bid to lure customers away from its competitor Uber, Ola has announced that it is offering its riders an auto-connect Wi-Fi service for it’s Ola Prime riders.
Continue reading “Ola introduces auto-connect WiFi service starting with Ola Prime”

OPPO India continues its retail expansion plans for India by launching OPPO exclusive store in Chennai and Jaipur. The Chennai store was inaugurated by Indian cricketer Yusuf Pathan and the Jaipur store was inaugurated by his brother Irfan Pathan. OPPO is the official global partner of ICC in the mobile category for four years supporting ICC WT20 2016. Continue reading “OPPO exclusive stores launched in Chennai and Jaipur”

Earlier this week an unnamed Xiaomi smartphone had surfaced that suggested it could be powered by a Snapdragon 820 processor. Now, another Xiaomi device has leaked and it is touted to be the Mi Note 2. Continue reading “Xiaomi Mi Note 2 with 5.7-inch QHD display, 4GB RAM leaked”

The current flagship from LeEco in India is the Le Max. It is a high end smartphone with almost every feature and high end component in the book. We decided to teardown the device to bring to you a good look at the internals and components that make this device what it is.

Lenovo XT1700 / XT1706 have surfaced on GFXBench. Lenovo already promised that it will not discontinue the Moto E or Moto G lineup, so this could be upcoming Moto E (2016) smartphone. Looks like the Moto E series will finally have a 5-inch screen and is powered by a MediaTek SoC for the first time, according to the listing. It is also expected to come with Corning Gorilla Glass protection and water repellent coating. Continue reading “Lenovo XT1700 / XT1706 with 5-inch HD display, 2GB RAM surfaces, could be Moto E 2016”

Xiaomi has launched its flagship Mi 5 smartphone in India, as it had promised recently. The smartphone was announced at an event in China and at the MWC 2016 last month, packs a 5.15-inch 1080p display, is powered by a Quad-Core Qualcomm Snapdragon 820 processor with Adreno 530 GPU, has 3GB of RAM, runs on Android 6.0 (Marshmallow) with MIUI 7 on top, has a fingerprint sensor, 16-megapixel camera on the back with dual-tone LED flash, Sony IMX298 sensor, f/2.0 aperture, PDAF, 4-axis OIS and a 4MP front-facing camera. Continue reading “Xiaomi Mi 5 with Snapdragon 820, 3GB RAM launched in India for Rs. 24999”