Weekly Roundup: Meizu MX5 and 10,000mAh power bank, new Microsoft Surface Pro 3 variant, Huawei Honor 7 and more

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This week we saw Meizu’s latest flagship smartphone MX5, new variant of Microsoft Surface Pro 3 with a faster processor, Huawei Honor 7 with fingerprint sensor and many more. Continue reading “Weekly Roundup: Meizu MX5 and 10,000mAh power bank, new Microsoft Surface Pro 3 variant, Huawei Honor 7 and more”

Leaked iPhone 6S Logic board hints at, improved NFC and 16GB storage

More and more leaks of the iPhone 6s are surfacing everyday and the latest one suggests that Apple will continue to offer 16GB storage on the iPhone 6 S along with an updated NFC Chip.

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Coolpad Dazen X7 Review

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Coolpad entered the Indian market late last month with the Dazen X7 and the Dazen 1. In this review, we’ll be focusing on the Dazen X7. At a price of Rs 17,999, the phone is going head to head with two very reputed smartphones, the Xiaomi Mi4 and the OnePlus One. We will be letting you know our detailed impressions during our time with the phone and let you know whether or not it puts up a good fight with the other two.

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ZTE Blade Qlux 4G Photo Gallery

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ZTE launched the Blade Qlux 4G smartphone in India last month for Rs. 4,999. We have already seen unboxing and benchmarks of the phone, and now lets take a detailed look at the device in this photo gallery. Continue reading “ZTE Blade Qlux 4G Photo Gallery”

Leaked BlackBerry Venice render gives us a glimpse at upcoming Android running slider

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It is no surprise that BlackBerry is working on a slider device that packs a dual edged display. This is the same great display that we’ve seen on the Samsung Galaxy S6 and for obvious reasons, it immediately piqued our interest in the device. More importantly, it is believed that this will be the first Android running handset from the company that has historically stuck to their roots and marched on with various iterations of the not so stunning BlackBerry OS.  Continue reading “Leaked BlackBerry Venice render gives us a glimpse at upcoming Android running slider”

Google’s GG1 shows up on FCC – Could be the new Google Glass

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A new product has shown up on the FCC listing under the ID A4R-GG1. We are inclined to think that the device is the upcoming Google Glass successor and that is what GG stands for.

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ZTE Blade Qlux 4G Benchmarks

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ZTE launched the Blade Qlux 4G last month for Rs. 4,999. We brought you the unboxing of the smartphone recently, here we have its benchmarks. It is powered by a Quad-Core MediaTek MT6732M processor with four ARM Cortex A53 CPUs clocked at 1.29GHz per core and has ARM Mali-T760 GPU. The CPU-Z doesn’t detect the SoC properly and says it’s MT6752. It has 1GB of RAM and runs on Android 4.4 (KitKat). Check out the synthetic benchmark scores. Continue reading “ZTE Blade Qlux 4G Benchmarks”

Coolpad Dazen 1 Review

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Coolpad launched the Dazen 1 smartphone in India back in May, which got a price cut to Rs. 5999 last month. It is currently one of the cheapest Android smartphones with 4G support in the country, which competes with other budget 4G handsets. Is this the best budget 4G smartphone? Let us find out in the review.
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MasterCard testing new payment method that considers selfie as authentication

Not that we need one, but MasterCard is giving us a reason to take a selfie. The company is working on a new payment method that will let you pay by simply taking a selfie.

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Airtel launches 4G LTE services in Rohtak, Haryana

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Airtel has launched their 4G LTE services in Rohtak in Haryana, followed by the launch in Hisar, Karnal, Yamunanagar and Ambala last month. Airtel acquired 100% stake in Qualcomm AP’s India BWA licenses in Delhi, Mumbai, Haryana and Kerala circles last year. In the city, users can access 4G on Mi-Fi, Wi-Fi dongles and Wi-Fi CPEs (Customer Premise Equipment/ routers). Continue reading “Airtel launches 4G LTE services in Rohtak, Haryana”

Sony patents new technology that detects facial expressions from selfies

Sony already makes a selfie focused Xperia C3 and now it seems like it wants to further tap the ongoing ‘selfie’ phenomenon. A new report from Venturebeat states that the company has filed patent for a unique selfie technology.

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