Samsung invests Rs. 517 crores for the expansion of Noida mobile phone plant

Samsung India Electronics Noida mobile phone plant inauguration

Samsung India today announced that it has invested INR. 517 crores for the expansion of the Noida plant under the UP Mega Policy. The plan was inaugurated by Akhilesh Yadav, Hon’ble Chief Minister of Uttar Pradesh in Lucknow today. Samsung’s latest Z1 Tizen smartphone will also be manufactured at the Noida facility with most of the phone’s software being developed at the Noida Research Centre, it said. Continue reading “Samsung invests Rs. 517 crores for the expansion of Noida mobile phone plant”

BlackBerry Classic Giveaway Winner Announcement

BlackBerry Classic Giveaway

We started our BlackBerry Classic giveaway contest couple of weeks back, and as promised, today we reveal the lucky winner. Before that, we would like to thank all the participants who took their time to participate in this giveaway, the response have been amazing on both the days. Are you the lucky winner of BlackBerry Classic? Find out below. Continue reading “BlackBerry Classic Giveaway Winner Announcement”

McAfee Mobile Security to come pre-installed in Samsung Tizen smartphones

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Samsung launched the Z1, it’s first Tizen OS smartphone in India earlier this month. Today, Intel Security has announced its partnership with Samsung and said that its McAfee Mobile Security software will come pre-installed in Samsung Tizen OS smartphones, including the Samsung Z1. Continue reading “McAfee Mobile Security to come pre-installed in Samsung Tizen smartphones”

LG Ice Cream Smart Android flip phone launched in Korea

LG Ice Cream Smart

LG has launched Ice Cream Smart (LG-F440L), the company’s latest Android flip phone in Korea. It has a 3.5-inch (320 x 480 pixels) display, is powered by a 1.2 GHz quad-core processor and runs on Android 4.4 (KitKat). It has a 8-megapixel rear camera without flash and a VGA front-facing camera. It comes with 4G connectivity with VoLTE. It released Wine Smart flip phone last year, and this comes with a similar T9 keypad, a dedicated key to launch Kakao Talk messenger and a powerful 1W speaker. Continue reading “LG Ice Cream Smart Android flip phone launched in Korea”

Motorola officially re-enters China, launches three smartphones

Motorola has officially re-entered China by launching Moto X, Moto X Pro and Moto G with 4G LTE. The company would begin taking pre-orders for the second-gen Moto G and the 2014 flagship Moto X in China, and showed off the Moto X Pro (basically a de-branded Nexus 6).

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Samsung Galaxy E7 Unboxing

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Samsung launched the Galaxy E series smartphones, the Galaxy E5 and Galaxy E7 in India earlier this month for Rs. 19,300 and Rs. 23,000, respectively. We got both the E series smartphones, now let us take a look the unboxing of Samsung Galaxy E7 that is the top-end variant in this series. The design language of the E series is similar to the A series, including uni-body design, but these don’t have all metal build. Continue reading “Samsung Galaxy E7 Unboxing”

Reverie launches Swalekh multi-lingual Android keyboard with 11 Indian languages

Swalekh

Reverie Language Technologies has launched Swalekh keypad, its first multi-lingual keyboard for Android. It has support for 11 Indian languages that includes, Assamese, Bengali, Gujarati, Hindi, Kannada, Malayalam, Marathi, Oriya, Punjabi, Tamil and Telugu, in addition to English. Continue reading “Reverie launches Swalekh multi-lingual Android keyboard with 11 Indian languages”

Xiaomi Mi 3 will go on sale for the last time in India on Jan 26 ahead of Mi 4 launch

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Xiaomi launched the Mi 3 smartphone in India back in July. It temporarily discontinued the smartphone in August, but it brought back the smartphone during Diwali in limited quantities for those who tried to buy the smartphone and failed earlier. When everyone thought the Mi 3 would not be available anymore in India since it permanently discontinued the smartphone, it is bringing back the Mi 3 for the last time on January 26th. Continue reading “Xiaomi Mi 3 will go on sale for the last time in India on Jan 26 ahead of Mi 4 launch”

Samsung Galaxy A5 Battery Test

Samsung Galaxy A5 FA Charge Rating

Samsung launched the Galaxy A5 smartphone with all metal build and 4G connectivity in India earlier this month for Rs. 25,550. We already brought you the unboxing, photo gallery and benchmarks of the smartphone, here we have the battery test results. The Galaxy A5 has a 2300 mAh built-in battery, 5-inch HD Super AMOLED display, is powered by a 1.2GHz quad-core Snapdragon 410 processor and 2GB RAM. It runs on  Android 4.4 (KitKat). Here are the battery test results.

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Google Chromecast now available from Google Play in India for Rs. 2999

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Google launched the Chromecast dongle in India exclusively on Snapdeal for Rs. 2,999 as part of its annual Great Online Shopping Festival. Now the Chromecast is available from Google Play Store. Chromecast has support for Netflix in the US, in India Google has partnered with several companies that includes, Eros Now, Spuul, YuppTV and Rdio so that you can watch movies, movie trailers, stream music and more.  Continue reading “Google Chromecast now available from Google Play in India for Rs. 2999”