Samsung Galaxy S6 launched in India starting at Rs. 49,900

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Samsung has launched the Galaxy S6, the company’s flagship smartphone at an event in New Delhi, as promised. The Galaxy S6 was unveiled at the MWC earlier this month, packs a 5.1-inch Quad HD (2560×1440 pixels) 577 PPI Super AMOLED display, is powered by a Octa-Core ( Quad 2.1GHz + Quad 1.5GHz) Exynos processor, runs on Android 5.0 (Lollipop), has a 16-megapixel rear camera with LED flash, OIS and a 5-megapixel front-facing camera. Continue reading “Samsung Galaxy S6 launched in India starting at Rs. 49,900”

Motorola to release Android 5.1 Lollipop update to Moto X (2nd Gen) soon

Motorola has started testing Android 5.1 for Moto X (2nd Gen) following the soak test recently. The latest update is adding a number of new features for the Moto X.

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Google adding “On-Body detection” feature to Android

Google has started rolling out a new feature to some Android users that will make it the unlocking of a smartphone very easy. The company is adding “On-Body detection” to Smart Lock.

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Motorola Moto Turbo Unboxing

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Motorola launched the Moto Turbo smartphone in India earlier this month. It was first introduced as Droid Turbo in the US and as Moto Maxx for the global markets. We went hands-on with the smartphone at the MWC recently, here we have the unboxing.
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FoneArena’s next readers meet is happening in Delhi and will be powered by Intel

After a successful event in Bangalore, we are now hosting a reader’s meet up in the country’s capital. We received a huge number of requests from our readers in Delhi to have an event and guess what? We’ll be there on March 25.

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We have teamed up with Intel for this event and would like to give a shout out to all the folks at team Intel for making this meetup happen. Continue reading “FoneArena’s next readers meet is happening in Delhi and will be powered by Intel”

Micromax Canvas A1 gets Android 5.1 Lollipop update

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Spice Dream UNO got the Android 5.1 (Lollipop) yesterday, Micromax has announced that the Lollipop over-the-air (OTA) update is now available for the Canvas A1 smartphone.  Last month Google said that it has started rolling out Android Lollipop update for the Android One smartphones, which will be rolled out each week to more phones selected at random. Continue reading “Micromax Canvas A1 gets Android 5.1 Lollipop update”

Samsung Galaxy S6 Edge coming to Flipkart soon

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Flipkart has started teasing the arrival of the Galaxy S6 Edge smartphone ahead of the launch event on March 23rd, Monday. Flipkart is also expected to sell the Galaxy S6 smartphone. Even though the launch event is scheduled next week, the smartphone is expected to go on sale only on April 10th. Continue reading “Samsung Galaxy S6 Edge coming to Flipkart soon”

Motorola Moto E (2nd Gen) vs Moto E Photo Gallery

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Motorola announced the Moto E (2nd Gen) in February and the phone was launched in India earlier this month for Rs 6,999. The first-gen Moto E that was launched in India last year for Rs. 6,999 got a price cut to Rs. 5,999 recently. Lets’ compare Moto E (2nd gen) to the original Moto E in the form of photo gallery. Continue reading “Motorola Moto E (2nd Gen) vs Moto E Photo Gallery”

Lenovo A6000 will be available in India without registration from March 23 to 25

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Lenovo launched the A6000 smartphone in India back in January and the first flash sale happened at the end of January on Flipkart. Now the company has announced that the smartphone will be available without registrations in open sale from March 23rd till March 25th, 2015 on Flipkart. It says that the offer is valid till stocks last, but it is not clear if the stocks will be replenished every day of the sale till March 25th. Continue reading “Lenovo A6000 will be available in India without registration from March 23 to 25”

Motorola Moto E (2nd Gen) Photo Gallery

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Motorola announced the Moto E (2nd generation) in February and the phone was launched in India earlier this month for Rs. 6,999. We already brought you the unboxing of the smartphone, let’s take a detailed look at the hardware of the phone in the form of photo gallery. Continue reading “Motorola Moto E (2nd Gen) Photo Gallery”

Airtel launches 4G services in Moga, Punjab

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Airtel has launched 4G services in Moga, Punjab. Airtel had already launched 4G services in Chandigarh, Mohali, Panchkula, Ludhiana, Jalandhar, Amritsar, Hoshiarpur, Phagwara, Kapurthala and Patiala in Punjab and Haryana circles, this becomes the 11th town in the state to get Airtel 4G services. Continue reading “Airtel launches 4G services in Moga, Punjab”

Vector smartwatch with 30-day battery life announced

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Vector has introduced Vector Watch, the company’s first smartwatch at Basel even in Switzerland. It uses memory LCD that promises 30 days of battery life. It is also compatible with with iOS, Android & Windows platforms, says the company. Vector brand is a team by ex CEO of Timex Joe Santana, ex Nike Designer Steve Jarvis and Vector CTO Andrei Pitis. Continue reading “Vector smartwatch with 30-day battery life announced”

Motorola Moto E (2nd Gen) Unboxing

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Motorola launched the Moto E (2nd Gen) in India last week for Rs. 6,999. We went hands-on with the 4G variant of the Moto E (2nd Gen) at the MWC earlier this month, here we have the unboxing of the 3G variant of the smartphone.

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Gionee Elife S7 launching in India on April 4

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Gionee has sent out invites for the launch of its Elife S7 in India on April 4th. The smartphone was announced at the MWC earlier this month and packs a 5.2-inch (1920 x 1080 pixels) AMOLED display with Corning Gorilla Glass 3 protection, is powered by a 1.7 GHz Octa-core MediaTek MT6752 64-bit processor and runs on Android 5.0 Lollipop with Amigo 3.0 UI on top. Even the back is protected by Corning Gorilla Glass 3. The smartphone is just 5.5mm thick. Continue reading “Gionee Elife S7 launching in India on April 4”