Lenovo which acquired Motorola in 2014 is planning to phase out the Motorola branding from smartphones. Motorola COO Rick Osterloh revealed to CNET that the smartphones will be called as Lenovo phones.
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Polaroid introduced Power Android smartphone at CES 2016. We are live at the event and got our hands on the phone. So let’s take a quick look at the hardware and specs of the phone. Continue reading “Polaroid Power Hands-On and Photo Gallery”
Apple has been betting big on Artificial Intelligence (AI) for quite some time now. Today, the company has announced that it has acquired AI start-up Emotient for an undisclosed amount, according to a latest report from the Wall Street Journal.
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A new patent application filed by Apple suggests that the company is thinking about improving camera even further on its upcoming iPhone. The patent for a dual rear camera zoom lens system was published by the US Patent and Trademark Office and first spotted by Patently Apple.
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BLU, the US based smartphone maker has announced two entry level smartphones – Vivo 5 and Vivo XL, at CES 2016. Both the phones sport a 5.5 inch Super AMOLED display with 1280 x 720 resolution.
Facebook has revealed that its Messenger app now has more than 800 million monthly active users (MAU). The social network said that Messenger crossed this mark at the end of 2015. In comparison, WhatsApp Messenger has 900 million monthly active users.
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It looks like Nubia, the sub-brand of ZTE will announce a new smartphone this month. A bunch of live images of Nubia X8 have surfaced that shows the metal body of the phone.
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Xiaomi Redmi 3 with metal body was certified by TENAA last month. Now, the company has released a teaser which suggests that the Redmi 3 will be announced on January 12.
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Karbonn has launched K9 Smart, the company’s latest entry-level smartphone. It has a 5-inch FWVGA IPS display, is powered by a 1.2 GHz dual-core processor and runs on Android 4.4 (KitKat). It has a 3.2-megapixel rear camera with LED flash and 1.3-megapixel front-facing camera. It comes with dual SIM support and 3G connectivity. Continue reading “Karbonn K9 Smart with 5-inch display, 21 regional languages launched for Rs. 3990”
Polaroid, popular for its camera products has introduced Snap and Power, two new Android smartphones at the CES 2016. Both these smartphones run on Android 5.1.1 (Lollipop), which is upgradable to Android 6.0 (Marshmallow), 13-megapixel rear camera and have 4G LTE support. The Polaroid Snap comes in 5-inch, 5.5-inch and 6-inch HD screens and the Polaroid Power comes with a 6-inch 1080p display. These are designed and manufactured by Southern Telecom, an authorized Polaroid licensee.
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TP-LINK, popular for its networking products today introduced new smartphones C5L, C5 and C5 Max in the Neffos C5 Series, as it announced last month. All these smartphones run on Android 5.1 (Lollipop), come with dual SIM support and have 4G LTE. The entry-level Neffos C5L packs a 4.5-inch FWVGA screen, is powered by a quad-core Snapdragon 210 processor and has 1GB of RAM. Continue reading “TP-LINK Neffos 4G smartphones announced, includes C5 Max with 5.5-inch 1080p display”
Alcatel OneTouch has introduced Alcatel OneTouch Fierce XL, it’s latest Windows 10 smartphone for T-Mobile. It packs a 5-inch HD screen, is powered by a quad-core Snapdragon 210 processor, has a 8-megapixel auto focus rear camera and a 2-megapixel rear camera. Continue reading “Alcatel OneTouch Fierce XL with 5-inch HD display, 2GB RAM, Windows 10, 4G LTE announced”
Intel has introduced two new Compute Stick models with Core M and Intel Atom x5 processors at the CES this year. The core m5 and core m3 versions have 4K support, 4GB of RAM and 64GB of internal storage, while the Intel Atom version has 2GB of RAM and 32GB of internal storage. Both these have Intel 802.11ac WiFi, microSD expansion slot and a USB 3.0 port. Continue reading “Intel Compute Stick with Core M processors, 4K support announced”
Work long enough in the industry and you learn to take every new technical jargon with a heaping spoon full of salt. So when QiKu, the scrappy new upstart, briefed us about its new duoscopic camera, we were quick to believe this similar to other manufacturer’s offering and perhaps even a gimmick. Spending some more time with the device though, we noticed that this was quite not the case. While we explored the camera briefly in our review, we really wanted to stress the dual camera feature on the phone to see if it actually delivers on its promise. So what did we do? We put the camera through a test, a 3000km+ journey across India to test and see if the QiKu Q Terra’s camera can perform uniformly well across large and varied landscapes, lighting conditions. Continue reading “QiKU Q Terra Camera Review: A new take on Smartphone Imaging”
OnePlus introduced the OnePlus X in Onyx glass back and limited edition Ceramic variants back in October. The OnePlus X Onyx edition priced at Rs. 16,999 went on sale in India and several countries with an invite back in November. At the launch the company said that it will make only 10,000 units of the OnePlus X Ceramic version smartphone, now it has announced that the Limited Ceramic Edition OnePlus X will be available from French Connection (FCUK) stores in Delhi, Mumbai and Hyderabad invite-free tomorrow. Continue reading “OnePlus X Ceramic Edition available from select French Connection Stores In India starting Jan 8”
