Xiaomi has introduced two new headphones – Mi Headphones and New Mi In-ear Headphones or One More Design Piston Earphones, in India to celebrate the first anniversary of its entry into the country, along with the Mi 4i 32GB variant. The Mi wired Headphones was announced earlier this year along with the Mi Note and Mi Note Pro smartphones. Continue reading “Xiaomi Mi Headphones and New Mi In-ear Headphones launched in India for Rs. 5499 and Rs. 999”
Sony has started rolling out Android 5.1 Lollipop update to a range of Xperia devices. The firmware update is coming to Xperia Z3, Xperia Z3 Compact, Xperia Z3 Tablet Compact, Xperia Z2 and Xperia Z2 Tablet.
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Nokia is said to foray into the hot and happening virtual reality market. The Finnish company is expected to launch a new virtual reality product next week, as per a latest report from Re/Code.
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Apple announced that 47.5 million iPhones were sold in Q3 2015 that ended June 27, 2015. India contributed for Apple’s strong sales as the country recorded a whopping 93% growth in iPhone sales.
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Xiaomi has launched the 32GB variant of the Mi 4i smartphone in India on its first anniversary, as expected. The 16GB variant of the Mi 4i was launched in India back in April for Rs. 12,999. Apart from the storage, other specifications of the smartphone are similar to the 16GB variant. Continue reading “Xiaomi Mi 4i 32GB launched in India for Rs. 14999”
Apple has reported revenue of $49.6 billion with a net profit of $10.7 billion in their earnings for the financial year Q3 2015 that ended June 27, 2015. Revenues were up 33% and earnings per share up 45% year-over-year. Apple sold 47.5 million iPhones, compared to 35.2 million over last year, representing 35% year-over-year growth, 10.9 million iPads, compared to 13.3 million year-over-year and 4.8 million Macs during the quarter, up 9% year-over-year. Continue reading “Apple reports $49.6 billion revenue in FY Q3 2015, 47.5M iPhones and 10.9M iPads sold”
Micromax announced the original YU YUREKA at the end of last year as the first phone in its YU range of smartphones that are powered by CyanogenMod OS. Earlier this year in May, Micromax also announced the YU YUPHORIA which was a model that was priced below the YUREKA. The YUREKA was launched at a retail price of Rs 8999 while the YUPHORIA was launched at a retail price of Rs 6999. Now, we have another addition to the YU family of devices – the YU YUREKA PLUS at a retail price of Rs 9999.Let us take a closer look at the YUREKA PLUS and see what has changed compared to the original.
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Lenovo introduced the A7000 as the successor to the A6000 at MWC 2015 shortly after the latter’s introduction in January this year. They then introduced the A6000 Plus as an upgraded version to the A6000 and most recently they introduced the K3 Note which is an upgraded version of the A7000. The A6000, A6000 Plus, A7000 and K3 Note are all selling harmoniously at prices of Rs 6499, 7499, 8999 and 9999 respectively. That is quite a lot of choice for consumers and it caters to the needs of a wide variety of customers even though all are quite similarly priced and specc’d. As a result, Lenovo has been doing quite well recently. Micromax’s YU range of devices included the YU YUPHORIA and YUREKA priced at Rs 6999 and 8999 respectively. To up the ante, YU has launched the YUREKA PLUS which is to the YUREKA what the K3 Note is to the A7000. Like the K3 Note, the YUREKA PLUS is also priced at Rs 9999. So let’s see what is different between these two handsets that are going head to head in the market.
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Xolo launched its BLACK smartphone for Rs. 12999 couple of weeks back. We already brought you the hands-on impressions, unboxing and the photo gallery of the smartphone, here we have its benchmarks. It is powered by a second-generation Octa-Core Qualcomm Snapdragon 615 64-bit processor that has four ARM Cortex A53 cores clocked at 1.5 GHz per core and other four Cortex A53 cores are clocked at 1.1 GHz per core. It has Adreno 405 GPU clocked at 550 MHz, 2GB DDR3 RAM, 5.5-inch 1080p screen and runs on HIVE Atlas UI based on Android 5.0 (Lollipop). Check out the synthetic benchmark scores below.
vivo announced V1, a new smartphone in India earlier this month, now the smartphone is on sale in India. It has a 5-inch HD screen, is powered by a quad-core Snapdragon 410 64-bit SoC and runs on Funtouch OS 2.1 based on Android 5.0 (Lollipop). It has a 6.78mm slim frame and has magnesium alloy body, according to the company. It has dual SIM support and 4G LTE connectivity with support for 4G LTE bands (TDD B40 2300MHz and FDD B3 1800MHz) for India.
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Worldwide smartphone shipments grew 1.9% over the previous quarter to 304M units in the second quarter of 2015, as per a latest report from research firm TrendForce.
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OnePlus today announced that it has opened 9 new service centres in India ahead of the launch of OnePlus 2 smartphone. The company also sent out invites for a separate launch event in India in Delhi on July 28th, after the global VR event at 7:30 AM IST on the same day. It is likely to reveal the price and availability of the OnePlus 2 smartphone for India at the launch event. Continue reading “OnePlus opens 9 new service centres in India ahead of OnePlus 2 launch on July 28”
Ola has launched an online grocery delivery service app dubbed as ‘Ola Store’. The Android app that is initially live in Bangalore allows users to order basic daily needs.
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Uber started testing cash payment option in Hyderabad in May this year. Now the company has announced that it has started testing cash payment option in four more cities – Ahmedabad, Chandigarh, Jaipur and Kochi in India for uberGO and uberX rides. Inside the Uber app there will be an an option to select CASH as a payment option, which must be selected before the ride. You don’t need a minimum balance in your Paytm wallet to be able to book rides with cash as payment option. Continue reading “Uber starts accepting cash payments in Ahmedabad, Chandigarh, Jaipur and Kochi”
Twitter has launched Safety Center to help its users handle online harassment in a easy way. The Safety Center will educate users about online safety.
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