14,000 Lenovo Vibe P1m units sold out in 10 seconds in first flash sale on Flipkart

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Lenovo launched the Vibe P1m smartphone in India last week.  It went on sale on Flipkart through flash sale at 3PM today. Today the company said that it sold 14,000 units of Vibe P1m smartphones in less than 10 seconds in the first flash sale. It received over 1, 75,000 registrations registrations for the sale, said Lenovo.  Continue reading “14,000 Lenovo Vibe P1m units sold out in 10 seconds in first flash sale on Flipkart”

Oppo Neo 7 with 5-inch display, Snapdragon 410 SoC, 4G LTE launched in India for Rs. 9990

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Oppo has launched the Neo 7, the company’s latest smartphone in India, as expected. It was announced earlier today and packs a 5-inch qHD screen, is powered by an quad-core Snapdragon 410 64-bit SoC, runs on Android 5.1 (Lollipop) OS with Color OS 2.1 on top, has a 8-megapixel rear camera with LED flash and a 5-megapixel front-facing camera. Continue reading “Oppo Neo 7 with 5-inch display, Snapdragon 410 SoC, 4G LTE launched in India for Rs. 9990”

Xolo BLACK 1X Unboxing, First Impressions and Photo Gallery

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Xolo launched the BLACK 1X, the company’s latest smartphone in the BLACK series earlier today, priced at Rs. 9999. It will go on sale on Snapdeal through flash sale starting from November 6th. We got our hands on the smartphone, here is the unboxing and first impressions of the smartphone.

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Apple adds carrier billing for iTunes and App Store in Germany

Apple has started rolling out carrier billing for iTunes and App Store in Germany with carrier O2.  Customers can now link a phone number to their iTunes account and use carrier billing for purchases, as per a report from TechCrunch.

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ZUK Z1 Photo Gallery

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ZUK is a new company that has received backing from Lenovo and the Z1 is their first smartphone. We’ve prepared a photo gallery of the device for your viewing pleasure. In case you haven’t seen our review of the smartphone yet, then do check it out here.

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OPPO R7 Plus Photo Gallery

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The OPPO R7 Plus is one of the successors to the OPPO R5. The R7 Plus is a 6 inch phablet with a great screen and premium build. We’ve already done the review of the phone, so if you haven’t seen it already, do check it out here. We’re now going to let the pictures do the talking as this is quite a beautiful phone.

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Twitter records $569 million in revenues for Q3 2015, claims 320M MAU

Twitter has announced its earnings report for the third quarter and recorded $569 million in revenues, up 58% year-over-year. It had issued guidance that it would generate $545 to $560 million in revenue.

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Xolo BLACK 1X with 5-inch 1080p display, 3GB RAM, 4G LTE launched for Rs. 9999

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Xolo just launched BLACK 1X, its second BLACK series smartphone, as it promised last week. It packs a 5-inch 1080p display with Asahi Dragon trail Glass protection, is powered by an Octa-Core 64-bit MediaTek MT6753 SoC and runs on Android 5.1 (Lollipop) with HIVE Atlas UI on top. Xolo has promised that it will be upgradable to Android 6.0 (Marshmallow) in future, but no details about the time frame yet. It has a 13-megapixel rear camera with phase-detection auto-focus (PDAF) that lets you focus in just 0.15 seconds, LED Flash and a 5-megapixel front-facing camera with LED flash. Continue reading “Xolo BLACK 1X with 5-inch 1080p display, 3GB RAM, 4G LTE launched for Rs. 9999”

Snapdeal is eyeing to secure Rs 2,000 Cr in funding for FreeCharge

Snapdeal is said to be in talks with existing and new investors to raise about Rs 2,000 crore ( $300 million) for its digital services platform FreeCharge, according to a latest report.

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Facebook replaces ‘Other Folder’ with Message Requests for Messenger

In a bid to make it easier for users to talk with other people who are not present in their friend list, Facebook has rolled out Message Requests for Messenger. The feature replaces the ‘Other Folder’ in Messenger that housed messages from strangers.

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Motorola Moto X Style Review

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The Moto X Style from Motorola is the flagship product in the X series from Motorola this year. While the Moto X Play came out earlier last month, the X Style went official in India this month. It is basically a high-end smartphone that has a design that is quite similar to the Moto X Play but has much more beefed up specifications and features. We had reviewed the Moto X Play and we found that it is a really good smartphone and that it is one of the best in its price segment. Will the Moto X Style be able to impress us as much or even more so? Let’s find out in the review.

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Huawei Honor Play 5X with 5.5-inch 1080p display, 3GB RAM, fingerprint sensor announced

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Huawei has announced the Honor Play 5X, the company’s latest smartphone in the Honor Play series in China. It has a 5.5-inch 1080p display with 72.5% screen-to-body ratio, is powered by an Octa-Core Snapdragon 615 processor and runs on Android 5.1 (Lollipop) with EMUI 3.1 on top. It has a 13-megapixel rear camera with Sony or Samsung sensor, LED flash and a 5-megapixel front-facing camera. It has unibody metal build and a fingerprint sensor 2.0 on the back that can unlock the phone in under 0.5 seconds. Continue reading “Huawei Honor Play 5X with 5.5-inch 1080p display, 3GB RAM, fingerprint sensor announced”

Apple reports record $234 billion revenue in FY 2015, 231M iPhones, 55M iPads sold

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Apple has reported revenue of $51.5 billion with a net profit of $11.1 billion in their earnings for the financial year Q4 2015 that ended September 26, 2015. Revenues were up 22% and earnings per share up 38% year-over-year. For the fiscal year 2015, Apple reported revenue of 234 billion, up 28%, and 58 billion dollars over 2014. It sold over 300 million devices in the year, including 231 million iPhones, 55 million iPads, and 21 million Macs and increased its global market share for both iPhone and Mac. In FY Q4 2015 it sold 48 million iPhones, up 22% year over year, 9.8 million iPads and 5.7 million Macs. Continue reading “Apple reports record $234 billion revenue in FY 2015, 231M iPhones, 55M iPads sold”

Google introduces second OnHub smart Wi-Fi router with Asus, pre-order for $219.99

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Google in partnership with Asus has introduced a new member in its OnHub router family. Dubbed the ASUS OnHub is company’s second smart Wi-Fi router device in the OnHub series. The first OnHub router with TP-Link was launched couple of months back in August. Continue reading “Google introduces second OnHub smart Wi-Fi router with Asus, pre-order for $219.99”