Huawei targets innovation in wearables, commits to Android OS

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At the beginning of a crucial year for Huawei – as they face new challenges from Chinese rivals Xioami and Gionee – the company has outlined a vision for the future that includes innovative products, an array of wearables and a commitment to using the Android OS.

In a special briefing at Huawei’s Shenzhen campus in China, Chief Marketing Officer at Huawei, Shao Yang, told us the company is looking to innovate to become noticed in the market, is committed to the Android OS and sees a lot of growth opportunities in the wearables market. Continue reading “Huawei targets innovation in wearables, commits to Android OS”

Huawei plans consumer focus, is considering curved displays

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The modern smartphone is trending toward 4K displays and curved screens and Huawei has ruled out the former but is considering using curved displays on future Huawei smartphones. In a special briefing, Huawei President of Handsets Kevin Ho, confirmed that 4K displays have a negative trade-off with battery life but the wraparound Edge Screen on the Galaxy Note Edge was a feature they’re looking into. Continue reading “Huawei plans consumer focus, is considering curved displays”

Samsung Galaxy A3 Camera Samples

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Samsung launched the Galaxy A3 smartphone with all metal build in India last this month for Rs. 20,500. We already brought you the unboxing, photo gallery and benchmarks, here we have the camera samples. The Galaxy A3 has a 8-megapixel sensor with f/2.4 aperture.  It has several modes such as HDR, panorama, Rear-cam selfie, beauty face and more. Continue reading “Samsung Galaxy A3 Camera Samples”

Karbonn S15 with 4-inch display, Android 4.4 now available for Rs. 3830

Karbonn S15

The Karbonn S15, the company’s latest budget Android smartphone is now available through Indiatimes Shopping . It has a 4.0-inch (480 × 800 pixels) TFT capacitive touch screen display, is powered by a 1.2 GHz quad-core processor and runs on Android 4.4 (KitKat). It has a 3.2-megapixel rear camera with LED flash and a VGA front-facing camera. It comes with Dual SIM support and 3G connectivity. Continue reading “Karbonn S15 with 4-inch display, Android 4.4 now available for Rs. 3830”

Samsung releases new Galaxy S6 teaser image and video

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Few days after releasing couple of video teasers for its next flagship Galaxy smartphone, Samsung has released a image teaser and a new video teaser that shows the side profile of the Galaxy S6 smartphone. This shows its sleek profile and its curved corners. Check out the short video.

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How to enable WhatsApp Voice Calling

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WhatsApp started rolling out its most expected voice calling feature for Android users few weeks back. We managed to get an invite for this feature. How to enable it? Let us find out. Before that check out the video demo of the WhatApp voice calling feature. Continue reading “How to enable WhatsApp Voice Calling”

Xiaomi Mi 4 vs OnePlus One

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Xiaomi introduced the Mi 4 smartphone back in July last year, which went on sale in India earlier this month for Rs. 19,999. The OnePlus One was announced back in April last year and it went on sale in India in December for Rs. 21,999. Both the smartphones are competitively priced and share some similar features such as processor, RAM and camera  You might have already seen the photo gallery comparing the Xiaomi Mi 4 and the OnePlus One. Now let us compare both these smartphones in detail.

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HTC Desire EYE Submarine Blue Photo Gallery

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HTC announced the Desire EYE in October last year, which went on sale in December. The selfie focused smartphone has a 13MP front facing camera. We already brought you the photo gallery of Matt White variant, let’s take a look at the photo gallery of Submarine Blue. Check out the review of the phone here. Continue reading “HTC Desire EYE Submarine Blue Photo Gallery”

Micromax Bolt D321 with 5-inch display, Android 4.4 coming soon

Micromax Bolt D321

Micromax Bolt D321, the company’s latest smartphone in the Bolt series is listed on the official website. It has a 5-inch FWVGA screen, is powered by a 1.3GHz dual-core MediaTek MT6572 processor and runs on Android 4.4 (KitKat). It has a 5-megapixel rear camera with LED flash and a 0.3-megapixel front-facing camera. Continue reading “Micromax Bolt D321 with 5-inch display, Android 4.4 coming soon”

Gionee Marathon M3 and Pioneer P6 OTA update brings new features, fixes and improvements

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Gionee India has announced that they have pushed a new Over-The-Air update for the Gionee Marathon M3 and Pioneer P6 smartphones. Update for P6 fixes the green shade and hanging issue while using whatsapp. It also gets notification management system, new lock screen widget for privacy issues and more. The Marathon M3 update adds new theme, fonts, updated music player and more. Continue reading “Gionee Marathon M3 and Pioneer P6 OTA update brings new features, fixes and improvements”

Kingston 128GB microSDXC memory card Review

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Kingston introduced its 128GB Class 10 UHS-I Speed Class 1 (U1) microSD for smartphones and tablets last year. It is not available in India yet, but we manged to get one for review before it launches here. Since this is a class 10 Card, it promises a minimum data transfer rate of 10MB/s. The company doesn’t reveal maximum read and write speed, but we will test out both the read and write speed of the card. How good is the card? Let us find out in the complete review. Continue reading “Kingston 128GB microSDXC memory card Review”