We heard you! And, we are giving you what you asked for. One of the most requested features by our readers was the battery life test. The sheer number of appeals that we receive every single day meant that we would come up with the feature that matters most to you, our loyal readers. Continue reading “FoneArena Labs: Introducing our all new battery test”
Samsung launched the Galaxy Alpha smartphone in India last week. We brought you the unboxing of the Galaxy Alpha recently, here we have the benchmarks. The Indian variant of the Galaxy Alpha is powered by an Octa-Core Exynos 5430 processor based on ARM big.LITTLE architecture and 20nm High K Metal Gate Process technology, compared to 28nm HKMG in Exynos 5422 SoC present in Galaxy S5. Continue reading “Samsung Galaxy Alpha Benchmarks”
LG L45 Dual and F60 LTE smartphones have been listed on the official LG India website. The L45 Dual (X132) is an upgraded version of the L40 with the same 3.5-inch HVGA screen, similar size and Android 4.4 (KitKat), but this is powered by a 1GHz dual-core processor, has a 5MP rear camera with LED flash and a VGA front-facing camera. Continue reading “LG L45 Dual and F60 LTE listed on official website for Rs. 6500 and Rs. 15000”
Samsung introduced its flagship phablet, the Galaxy Note 4 about a month ago and today, the company has announced three dual-SIM variants of its Note 4 phablet in China. Continue reading “Samsung quietly announces Galaxy Note 4 duos in China”
HTC Desire 820 mini has been leaked on the company’s official website in China. The phone however, was soon taken down from the Chinese web store.
Samsung Galaxy Mega 2 went on sale in several Asian countries last month. Manish Khatri from Mahesh Telecom reports that the smartphone will launch in India later this week priced at Rs. 21,499 (MOP) and the MRP would be Rs. 24,300. It packs a 6-inch HD ( 1280 x 720 pixels) display, powered by a quad-core Cortex processor and runs on Android 4.4 (KitKat). It has a 8MP auto-focus rear camera with LED Flash and a 2.1 MP front-facing camera. Continue reading “Samsung Galaxy Mega 2 expected to launch in India soon for Rs. 21499”
Microsoft has rolled out first update to Windows 10 Technical Preview under company’s Windows Insider Program. This brings the Windows 10 Technical Preview to build 9860, an update from 9841 that was officially announced on September 30th.
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Intex Technologies has launched Aqua Amaze, the latest smartphone in the Aqua series. It has a 5-inch (1280 x 720 pixels) HD IPS display based on one-glass-solution, runs on Android 4.4 (KitKat), has a 13-megapixel rear camera with LED flash and a 5-megapixel front-facing camera. These specifications are similar to the Aqua Star HD that was launched last month, but this has a 1.4GHz Octa-Core processor, instead of a 1.3GHz quad-core processor. Continue reading “Intex Aqua Amaze with 5-inch HD display, Octa-Core processor, 13MP camera launched for Rs. 10690”
Toshiba has introduced Satellite Radius 11, a new tablet convertible laptop that sports an 11.6 inch display. Priced at $329.99, the 2-in-1 device can be converted to a tablet thanks to 2 hinges that rotates 360 degrees. 
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Motorola is rolling out new software update for its Moto 360 smartwatch. The latest Android Wear update v. 4.4W.2. brings a slew of features to the Moto 360.
Songza, the music streaming service that was acquired by Google in July has been integrated into Play Music. Songza’s key feature- contextual playlist that are pre set with activities like driving, working out or waking up are now added to Play Music.
Continue reading “Google Play Music updated with Material Design UI, integrates Songza”
Nokia has finally launched HERE Maps for Android devices running 4.1 or higher. The news comes after Nokia made maps available on select Samsung Galaxy devices.
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Lenovo has launched RocStar A319, the company’s latest music smartphone in the A series smartphones. It comes with Dolby Digital Plus technology for enhanced music listening experience, top-end earphones that offers better quality sound compared to standard earphones, Guvera Music App- Access to over 10 million songs. It has a 4-inch WVGA screen, powered by a 1.3GHz dual-core processor, runs on Android 4.4 (KitKat), has a 5-megapixel fixed focus rear camera with LED flash and a 2-megapixel front-facing camera. Continue reading “Lenovo RocStar A319 music smartphone with Android 4.4 launched in India for Rs. 6499”
Philips has unveiled Aurora i966, the company’s latest flagship smartphone in China. It has a 5.5-inch (2560×1440 pixels) Quad HD display with 2.5D arc glass, slim bezels with 63.8% screen-to-body ratio and Corning gorilla glass protection, powered by a 2.5 GHz Qualcomm Snapdragon 801 (MSM8974AC) processor with Adreno 330 GPU and runs on Alibaba’s YunOS 3.0 based on Android. Continue reading “Philips i966 Aurora with 5.5-inch Quad HD display, YunOS 3.0 and 20.7MP camera announced”
HTC has confirmed last week that Android 5.0 Lollipop update is coming to One (M7) and One (M8) “within 90 days of receiving final software”. Now, the company has extended the update to more of its devices, according to latest report from LlabTooFeR.
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