On June 15th, the first updates to Android Lollipop 5.1.1 rolled out to the T-Mobile variants of the Samsung Galaxy S6 and S6 Edge. Over the past few weeks, the update has made its way to various regions and variants of the device. Now, it’s the turn of the Indian variants of the two devices to receive the update.
Presentation and packaging are integral to the Apple experience. While the company maintains strict control over the packaging design of its own products, third party accessories in Apple stores don’t necessarily adhere to those guidelines. Continue reading “Apple to start selling third party accessories in co-designed packaging”
After coming up with a OnePlus One clone and a smartphone with 6000mAH battery, Doogee now is bringing us a new smartphone that will have a liquid metal body. The device is called F2015 and will be available in three different variants.
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Micromax has launched Bolt D303, the company’s latest budget smartphone in the Bolt series. It has Swipe keyboard from Firstouch to translate and transliterate with patented ‘Swipe’ feature that enables users to communicate in their preferred language, similar to Unite 3 that was launched recently. It comes pre-loaded with 10 regional languages that includes, Hindi, Gujarati, Punjabi, Malayalam, Tamil, Telugu, Kannada, Oriya, Bengali and Marathi. Continue reading “Micromax Bolt D303 with 4-inch display, Android 4.4 launched for Rs. 3499”
Samsung launched the Samsung Galaxy J1 in India earlier this year, and even introduced its 4G variant dubbed the Galaxy J1 4G. Now specifications of upcoming Galaxy J2 (SM-J200F) smartphone has surfaced. This comes soon after the announcement of the Galaxy J5 and Galaxy J7 selfie-focused smartphones in the J series. Looks like Samsung is looking to expand the J series. Continue reading “Samsung Galaxy J2 specifications surface – Exynos 3475 SoC, 1.5GB RAM and Android 5.1”
ICICI Bank has upgraded its mobile banking app ‘iMobile’ with an array of new features and improvements. The app gets features like dual login, Google Now integration and so on.
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Zen Mobile has launched the Sonic 1, the company’s latest budget smartphone. It has a 5-inch (800 x 480 pixels) WVGA IPS display, is powered by a 1.3 GHz quad-core processor and runs on Android 5.0 (Lollipop). It packs a a 5MP auto focus camera with LED Flash and a 2 MP front-facing camera. It comes with dual SIM support and has 3G connectivity. Continue reading “Zen Sonic 1 with 5-inch display, 2GB RAM, Android 5.0 launched for Rs. 5999”
Huawei has launched four new smartphones, three in the Y series – Y336, Y541, Y625 and G620S in the G series. The devices will be marketed through the company’s offline distributors across 1000 stores in the initial phase, said the company. The Huawei G620S also has 4G support. All these smartphones run on Android 4.4 (KitKat) with Emotion UI on top and have dual SIM support.
Sony is afterall here to stay for the long run. Hiroki Totoki, the CEO of Sony Mobile has revealed that the manufacturer is not exiting the smartphone business.
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If you remember well, a report that came out last month stated that HTC’s One M9 shipments were 43% lower than their One M8 shipments during the same timeframe last year. HTC have been having a lot of trouble recently both in terms of their devices as well as financial woes. So it is high time that they introduce a brand new device that fixes all the shortcomings of the One M9 and tries to solve their financial issues as well. That is where the HTC Aero fits in.
Continue reading “HTC Aero to have 2.5D Gorilla Glass 4 display with QHD resolution”
Airtel has launched their 4G LTE services in Panipat in Haryana, followed by the launch in Hisar, Karnal, Yamunanagar, Ambala and Rohtak recently. In the city, users can access 4G on Mi-Fi, Wi-Fi dongles and Wi-Fi CPEs (Customer Premise Equipment/ routers). Airtel acquired 100% stake in Qualcomm AP’s India BWA licenses in Delhi, Mumbai, Haryana and Kerala circles last year. Continue reading “Airtel launches 4G LTE services in Panipat, Haryana”
Panasonic has launched Eluga Z, the company’s latest smartphone in the Eluga series with a metal frame based on CNC based metal grinding technique. It has a 5-inch (1280 x 720 pixels) OnCell HD AMOLED display, is powered by a 1.4 GHz True Octa-Core processor and runs on Android 4.4 (KitKat). It has a 13-megapixel rear camera with LED flash and a 5-megapixel front-facing camera. Continue reading “Panasonic Eluga Z with 5-inch HD AMOLED display, 6.8mm slim metal frame launched for Rs. 13490”
Microsoft has given Bing Maps a makeover with a bunch of new features. The Bing Maps preview focuses more on travel planning and lets you search, view and share multiple places at one time.
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Developers of Truecaller Caller ID app has launched Truemessenger, a smart SMS app for Android. It lets you replace your standard SMS app so that you can identify the sender of the SMS and detect, block or report spam, fraud, telemarketing, sales, and unknown phone numbers. It also offers automated spam filter that is powered by 150 million Truecaller community members worldwide. It is available exclusively in India, and the company plans to launch it globally in the near future. Continue reading “Truecaller launches Truemessenger SMS app with automatic spam filtering for Android”
YU has announced that the YU YUPHORIA smartphone will be available in Golden Ticket Sale tomorrow for select customers those who have registered to buy the smartphone but were unable to get it. The sale happens on Wednesday, July 8, 2015 from 2 PM to 5 PM. Registered customers who were unable to purchase the YUPHORIA will be eligible to participate in the sale. They will receive an email from Amazon.in informing them of their access to the sale, said the company. Continue reading “YU YUPHORIA will be available on Amazon on July 8 for some who tried and failed”
