Samsung Galaxy S6 edge+ Benchmarks

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Samsung launched the Galaxy S6 edge+ smartphone in India last month for Rs. 57,900. We unboxed it recently, here we have the benchmarks of the smartphone. The Galaxy S6 edge+ is powered by a Octa-Core 14 nm Exynos 7420 SoC which has four ARM Cortex A57 CPUs clocked at 2.1GHz per core and four ARM Cortex A53 CPUs clocked at 1.5GHz per core, similar to the Galaxy S6 and theGalaxy S6 edge. It has Mali T760 MP8 GPU and 4GB of LPDDR4 RAM. It has a 5.7-inch Quad HD (2560×1440 pixels) Super AMOLED display and runs on Android 5.1 (Lollipop) with Samsung’s own UI on the top. Continue reading “Samsung Galaxy S6 edge+ Benchmarks”

YU Yunique Review

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YU Televentures which is a subsidiary of the popular domestic player Micromax, last week launched an affordable 4G smartphone the YU Yunique in India at Rs. 4,999. The smartphone will be exclusively available on Snapdeal through flash sales staring September 15. While the device specifications appear impressive for the price, is it really worth the purchase? We find out. Continue reading “YU Yunique Review”

Samsung Galaxy J7 Unboxing

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Samsung launched the Galaxy J7 smartphone in India exclusively on Flipkart for Rs. 14,999 back in July. We brought you the hands-on impressions of the smartphone from the launch event and recently brought you its photo gallery, here is the unboxing. Continue reading “Samsung Galaxy J7 Unboxing”

LG schedules event on October 1st, “V10” expected to be announced

LG has sent out invites for an event in New York on October 1st where it is expected to announce the premium flagship phone “V10”. The phone that recently visited TENAA has a dual display.

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Meizu Pro 5 spotted on Geekbench, beats Samsung Galaxy Note 5 in scores

Meizu is expected to announce its next flagship ‘Pro 5’ at an event on September 23. Today, the phone which is code named Meizu NIUX was spotted on Geekbench.

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Worldwide wearable shipments to reach 76.1 million units in 2015: Report

Global wearable device shipments will reach 76.1 million units in 2015, up 163.6% from the 28.9 million units shipped in 2014, as per the latest report from International Data Corporation (IDC) Worldwide Quarterly Wearable Device Tracker

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Micromax Canvas Sliver 5 Review

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Micromax Canvas 4 A210 was launched back in July 2013. Even though M launched several smartphones in the Canvas series after that, the Canvas Sliver 5 that was launched back in June is considered as a successor of the Canvas 4. With the Sliver 5 Micromax enters the slimmest smartphone race. Even though Vivo X5Max is currently the slimmest smartphone with just 4.75mm thickness, the Canvas Sliver 5 is the slimmest smartphone without any bumps, even though it is 5.1mm thick.

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Qualcomm’s Snapdragon 410 processor used in over 550 mobile devices while 210 used in over 200 designs

Qualcomm Technologies has announced new milestones for its Snapdragon 410 and 210 processors. Within the first year of its commercial launch, the Snapdragon 410 processor is now available in more than 550 mobile device designs while 210 processor has been included in more than 200 designs.

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Qualcomm Quick Charge 3.0 announced, 4 times faster than conventional charging

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Qualcomm just announced Quick Charge 3.0, the next-generation fast charging technology. It will be 4X faster than conventional charging, twice as fast as Quick Charge 1.0 and 38% more efficient than Quick Charge 2.0, said the company. It will help improve fast charging up to 27% or reduces power dissipation by up to 45% when compared to Quick Charge 2.0. It is also 100% backward-compatible with Quick Charge 1.0 and Quick Charge 2.0 devices and  supports a broad range of connectors. Continue reading “Qualcomm Quick Charge 3.0 announced, 4 times faster than conventional charging”

Qualcomm Snapdragon 820 to feature new X12 LTE modem supporting 600Mbps download speeds

Qualcomm has announced the upcoming X12 LTE modem that will be part of the new Snapdragon 820 processor. Devices based on the newly announced Snapdragon 820 processor are expected to be part of flagship smartphones shipping in first half of 2016. The company made this and a number of other important announcements at the ongoing Qualcomm 3G / LTE summit here in Hong Kong.

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Qualcomm Snapdragon 617 and Snapdragon 430 Octa-Core SoCs with LTE announced

Qualcomm Snapdragon 617 and Snapdrgon 430

Qualcomm just announced Snapdragon 617 and 430 chipsets in their Snapdragon 600 and 400 lineup. Both these chips have LTE support,including Global Mode RF360 support. The Qualcomm Snapdragon 617 is an Octa-Core chip with 8 ARM Cortex A53 and CPUs clocked at 1.5GHz per core and packs Adreno 405 GPU. The Snapdragon 430 is an  Octa-Core chip with 8 ARM Cortex A53 64-bit CPUs clocked at 1.2GHz per core and packs Adreno 505 GPU. These also support Qualcomm Quick Charge 3.0, the next generation of fast-charging technology. Continue reading “Qualcomm Snapdragon 617 and Snapdragon 430 Octa-Core SoCs with LTE announced”

Microsoft schedules an event on October 6th to introduce new Windows 10 devices

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Microsoft has finally sent out invites for its October 6th event in New York City, as rumored. Even though the invite just says We have exciting news to share about Windows 10 devices, the company is expected to introduce the longtime rumored Lumia 950 and Lumia 950 XL flagship smartphone, new Surface 4 Pro tablet and Microsoft Band 2. Continue reading “Microsoft schedules an event on October 6th to introduce new Windows 10 devices”

Samsung Galaxy Tab S2 9.7 Unboxing

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Samsung launched the Galaxy Tab S2 9.7 (SM-T815Y), the company’s latest tablet in the new Tab S2 series in India for Rs. 39,400 earlier this month. We brought you the photo gallery of the tablet recently, here we have the unboxing.

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Samsung might have begun manufacturing Tizen powered Z3 in India

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We hope that you saw the recent listing for the Windows tablet that Samsung has brought into India for testing. Now, another listing on Zauba shows us that Samsung has been importing materials and components into India for what looks to be to manufacture the Tizen powered Z3 smartphone in India.

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Tamil Nadu Government to provide Internet Protocol Television (IPTV) under Centre’s BharatNet Scheme

Tamil Nadu Chief Minister J Jayalalithaa has announced a decision to provide Internet Protocol Television (IPTV) to all households in the state, making use of the Internet Service Provider (ISP) licence obtained by the Tamil Nadu Arasu Cable TV Corporation.

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