Samsung Galaxy E7 Benchmarks

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Samsung launched the Galaxy E7 smartphone in the E series in India last month for Rs. 23,000.  We brought you the unboxing and the photo gallery of the smartphone recently, here we have the benchmarks. It powered by a quad-core Snapdragon 410 (MSM8916) SoC that has four ARM Cortex-A53 CPUs clocked at 1.19 GHz per core and Adreno 306 GPU clocked at 400 MHz, similar to other A and E series smartphones.  It has a 2GB RAM, 5.5-inch HD (1280 x 720 pixels) display and runs on Android 4.4 (KitKat). Let’s find out the performance of the smartphone in a range of synthetic benchmark tests. Continue reading “Samsung Galaxy E7 Benchmarks”

Acer One 10-inch Windows 8.1 2-in-1 launched in India for Rs. 19999

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Acer has launched Acer One S1001, the company’s latest 2-in-1 hybrid device in India that can be used as a table or as a laptop with its  latch-less keyboard dock that has a in-built 500GB HDD. It has a 10-inch HD display, is powered by a quad-core Intel Atom Z3735F processor, has a 2-megapixel rear camera and a VGA front-facing camera. Acer has partnered with Amazon.in to sell it India. Continue reading “Acer One 10-inch Windows 8.1 2-in-1 launched in India for Rs. 19999”

LG F60 Dual SIM LTE smartphone now available in India for Rs. 14200

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The LG F60 (D392) LTE smartphone was unveiled back in October last year and appeared on the official LG India website later that month for Rs. 15,000 (MRP). Now Manish Khatri from Mahesh Telecom reports that the smartphone is available from retail stores in India for Rs. 14200. The F60 packs a 4.5-inch WVGA display, powered by a 1.2 GHz quad-core Qualcomm Snapdragon 400 processor and runs on Android 4.4 (KitKat). Continue reading “LG F60 Dual SIM LTE smartphone now available in India for Rs. 14200”

HTC One M8 gets Android 5.0 Lollipop update in India

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HTC has finally started rolling out Android 5.0.1 (Lollipop) update for the HTC One (M8) users in India. It started rolling out to the update for unlocked smartphones in several countries few weeks back. Recently HTC said the One M7 and One M8 will miss its 90 day Android Lollipop promise since their carrier versions of the One (M8) and One (M7) will not meet 90 day goal, which is February 1st. Continue reading “HTC One M8 gets Android 5.0 Lollipop update in India”

Motorola sold record 10 million smartphones in Q4 2014

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Lenovo today reported $14.1 billion revenue for the financial year that ended December 31, 2014. Since Motorola Mobility is now a part of Lenovo, it announced that Motorola sold over 10 million smartphones in the quarter for the first time. This is a 118% increase compared to the same quarter the previous year. Motorola added US$1.9 billion to the total Mobile Business Group’s revenues that includes products from the Motorola investment, Lenovo-branded mobile phone business, Android tablets and TVs, said Lenovo. Continue reading “Motorola sold record 10 million smartphones in Q4 2014”

HTC One M9 to have dual 20MP rear cameras, UltraPixel front sensor?

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HTC’s next flagship is expected to be announced at an event at MWC 2015 in Barcelona next month and the latest rumour suggest that the camera could be a standout feature. A trustworthy LaptopMedia source close to HTC revealed that the Taiwanese manufacturer is planning to add two 20MP camera sensors to the rear of the One (M9) in a dual setup akin to the one found on the HTC One (M8). Continue reading “HTC One M9 to have dual 20MP rear cameras, UltraPixel front sensor?”

Goodbye Orange and T-Mobile In The UK

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As expected for quite some time, EE have today confirmed that the Orange and T-Mobile brands are now officially closing in the UK. In an interview with Mobile News, EE Chief Commercial Officer Marc Allera confirmed that EE will no longer sell Orange and T-Mobile contracts directly and indirect channels will stop sales in a months’ time on March 2nd. Continue reading “Goodbye Orange and T-Mobile In The UK”

Samsung sends invites for March 1 MWC event, hints at curved design

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Samsung has finally started sending out press invites to an Unpacked event being held in a months’ time on Sunday 1st March 2015 in Barcelona.

The event, which takes place on the Sunday before MWC 2015 officially begins, is likely to see the launch of the Galaxy S6 and the invite points to a Curved Design suggesting we’ll also see a curved edge smartphone announced. Continue reading “Samsung sends invites for March 1 MWC event, hints at curved design”

Snapdragon 810 to power new devices releasing in coming weeks and months: Qualcomm

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Qualcomm Snapdragon 810 SoC was announced back in April last year. We had seen some devices such as LG G Flex 2 and Xiaomi Mi Note Pro with the Snapdragon SoC. Today Qualcomm has announced that the Snapdragon 810 will power devices that will launch in coming weeks and months. Several partners such as Motorola Mobility, Sony Mobile, OPPO, Microsoft, LG and Xiaomi have praised Qualcomm. Continue reading “Snapdragon 810 to power new devices releasing in coming weeks and months: Qualcomm”