Lenovo on Wednesday launched its big battery smartphones in India – the Lenovo Vibe P1 and the Vibe P1m, priced at Rs. 15,999 and Rs. 7,999 respectively. Apart from carrying a huge battery inside, the two Lenovo smartphones are very different in every other aspect. Continue reading “Lenovo Vibe P1 vs Vibe P1m – What’s Different?”
BlackBerry Priv Android Slider now available for pre-order in the US at $699 and UK at £559

BlackBerry Priv, the company’s first Android smartphone with a slide-out Keyboard is now available for pre-order in the US, Canada and UK, as expected. It packs a 5.4-inch Quad HD AMOLED display, is powered by an Hexa-core Snapdragon 808 processor and runs on Android 5.1.1 (Lollipop) with BlackBerry’s own features and apps, including DTEK by BlackBerry for Android that lets you know when your privacy could be at risk so you can take action to improve it. It has an 18-megapixel rear camera with dual tone LED flash, OIS, phase-detection auto-focus (PDAF) and a 2-megapixel front-facing camera. Continue reading “BlackBerry Priv Android Slider now available for pre-order in the US at $699 and UK at £559”
Creative Sound Blaster FRee splash proof Portable Bluetooth Speaker launched for Rs. 7999

Creative has launched Sound Blaster FRee, it’s latest portable Bluetooth speaker in India. The main highlight of the speaker is that it has IPX4-certified splash proof design. When placed the speaker upright, it offers 360-degree sound, even though it is compact. It uses Bluetooth 4.0 to connect to devices, has Multi-point Bluetooth that allows up to two connections at once.
Google Chrome for iOS gets Split View multitasking feature
Google Chrome has updated its iOS app with new iOS 9 multi tasking feature. The latest update that bumps the app to version 46.0 brings Split View multitasking feature to iPad Air 2 or mini 4.
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Samsung Galaxy On5 and Galaxy On7 4G smartphones go official in China

Samsung Galaxy On5 (SM-G550F) briefly appeared on the Samsung India website earlier this week. Now the Galaxy On7 (SM-G600) has been listed on Samsung China website (Via) that also confirms the Galaxy On5. The Galaxy On5 and Galaxy On7 smartphones have 5-inch and 5.5-inch HD displays, respectively. The Galaxy On5 is powered by a quad-core Exynos 3475 processor and has a 8-megapixel rear camera, but the Galaxy On7’s quad-core processor is clocked at 1.2GHz (could be Snapdragon 410) and it has a 13-megapixel rear camera.
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Samsung India said to slash 5% of workforce
Samsung is said to reduce its workforce by 5% in India over the next few months according to the latest report. The lay offs will mainly affect the managerial-level executives and factory and blue-collar workers.
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SwiftKey 6.0 Beta for Android brings double-word prediction, new emoji panel and more

SwiftKey has released a new version 6.0 update for its Beta version that brings a lot of new features. New Double-Word Prediction feature will now predict the next two words you’re likely to type at the same time. It just shows two words in your usual prediction bar, instead on one and will offer 2x better input performance, says the company. Continue reading “SwiftKey 6.0 Beta for Android brings double-word prediction, new emoji panel and more”
Xolo BLACK 1X launching on October 28

Xolo has sent out invite for the launch its new BLACK series smartphone that will called the BLACK 1X. The invite doesn’t reveal any details about the new BLACK series smartphone. The company will unveil the smartphone on Twitter (@MyXOLO) on October 28th from 12PM to 1PM, similar to what it did for the Omega series smartphones back in December last year. Continue reading “Xolo BLACK 1X launching on October 28”
Sony to open new smartphone factory in Thailand
Sony has announced its plans to open a new smartphone factory in Pathum Thani Province in Thailand. This will be the first smartphone manufacturing plant in 20 years from the struggling smartphone maker.
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Apple Watch launching in India on November 6

There were reports of Apple launching the Apple Watch in India in September, but it didn’t happen. Apple launched its flagship iPhone 6s and iPhone 6s Plus smartphones in India last week. Today Apple Watch page on Apple India website has been updated from “coming soon” tag to “Available 6/11”, which is November 6th. Continue reading “Apple Watch launching in India on November 6”
Facebook iOS app updated to fix battery drain issue
iPhone users were facing battery drain issues due to Facebook’s iOS app. Ari Grant, Engineer Manager at Facebook has admitted to the issue and released an update to fix it.
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Microsoft records $20.4B in revenue, $4.6B in net income for Q1 FY 2016, Phone sales down 54%
Microsoft has released financial results covering for the first quarter of its 2016 fiscal year. The company reported $20.4 billion in revenue, which is down 12 per cent year over year.
Exclusive: Oppo to announce Neo 7 on October 28
Oppo will be announcing their newest smartphone, the Neo 7 on October 28. The device will be the successor of the mirror-backed Neo 5 and will first launch in the Indian market. However, we have learnt that the device will be offered in 17 other oversea markets.
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OPPO announces AOSP ROMs for their devices

As we’ve said in the past, one of the main issues with OPPO is their software or rather the slow rate at which they release updates for their smartphones. Most OPPO smartphones run on older versions of Android and with ColorOS on top. While some users may be fine with the ColorOS UI, not many are fine with being stuck on an older Android version. Thus, OPPO’s announcement for AOSP (Android Open Source Project) ROMs for their devices will come as a big joy to many users and prospective buyers alike.
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Google Nexus 5X Unboxing

Google announced the LG-made Nexus 5X smartphone last month, which was launched in India last week, priced at Rs. 31990 for 16GB and Rs. 35,900 for the 32GB variant. It went on sale across India through retail storage andAmazon.in from October 21st. It is the successor of the LG-made Nexus 5 that was introduced back in 2013. We already brought you the photo gallery and hands-on impressions of the smartphone, here we have its unboxing.
