TRAI cuts Interconnection Usage Charges for mobile and landline

The Telecom Regulatory Authority of India (TRAI) has revised interconnection usage charges (IUC) for both landline and mobile after almost six years. It reduced domestic termination charges for fixed to fixed, fixed to mobile, mobile to fixed and mobile to mobile from 30 paise to 20 paise per minute back in 2009. Now it has further reduced mobile to mobile to 14 paise per minute and removed termination charges completely for  fixed to fixed, fixed to mobile, mobile to fixed line. Continue reading “TRAI cuts Interconnection Usage Charges for mobile and landline”

Xiaomi Mi 4 Review

Xiaomi, the Chinese manufacturer entered the Indian market with its Mi 3 smartphone and the smartphone turned out to be a huge success in the country. The unbelievable price tag it carried helped the device sell like hot cakes.

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Now, the stakes are quite high for its successor and Xiaomi will hoping that its latest introduction, the Mi 4 will be able to replicate the sales performance of its predecessor. We had a chance to spend some quality time with the Mi 4 and here’s what we think about the smartphone. Continue reading “Xiaomi Mi 4 Review”

‎iBall‬ Cobalt Oomph 4.7D with metallic design now available for Rs. 7999

‎iBall‬ Cobalt Oomph 4.7D

‎iBall‬ Cobalt Oomph 4.7D, the company’s latest smartphone in the Cobalt series with sleek metallic design is now available from retail stores, according to Mumbai-based retailer Manish Khatri from Mahesh Telecom. It has a 4.7-inch (1280 x 720 pixels) IPS display, is powered by a 1.3 GHz quad-core Cortex A7 processor and runs on Android 4.4 (Kitkat) that is upgradable to Android 5.0 Lollipop. It has a 8-megapixel auto focus rear camera with LED flash and a 5-megapixel front-facing camera. Continue reading “‎iBall‬ Cobalt Oomph 4.7D with metallic design now available for Rs. 7999”

Indian tablet market soars 3.6% in Q4 2014, iBall overtakes Samsung: Report

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The tablet market in India has reported quarter-on-quarter growth of 3.6%, according to a report by Research Firm IDC (International Data Corporation). A total of 0.96 million tablets were shipped in the Q4, 2014. iBall that was in the third spot, behind Micromax in Q3 2014 has jumped up to the first spot in Q4 2014 overtaking Samsung, to be come the leading tablet maker in the country in terms of shipments. Continue reading “Indian tablet market soars 3.6% in Q4 2014, iBall overtakes Samsung: Report”

Samsung Galaxy S6 new image and video teasers show up

Samsung Galaxy S6 teaser

Samsung has been teasing its upcoming Galaxy S6 smartphone for the past few days in videos and images. Recently the Galaxy S6 smartphone has been teased by T-Mobile’s CEO John Legere on the official website. It has a caption SIX APPEAL, which hints at the Galaxy S6 name. It also says The Next Big Thing is Almost Here. The CEO also confirmed that T-Mobile will sell the smartphone. Continue reading “Samsung Galaxy S6 new image and video teasers show up”

Apple to reportedly launch public beta for iOS 8.3 and iOS 9 in March

Apple is planning to launch its first-ever public beta program for both iOS  this year. The company will be releasing first ever public beta for iOS 8.3 and iOS 9 in March.

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Samsung Galaxy A7 Benchmarks

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Samsung Galaxy A7 with all-metal build went on sale in India earlier this month for Rs. 30,499. We already brought you the hands-on impressions, unboxing and photo gallery recently, here we have the benchmarks of the smartphone.  It is powered by an Octa-Core Qualcomm Snapdragon 615 64-bit processor that has four ARM Cortex A53 cores clocked at 1.50 GHz per core and other four Cortex A53 cores are clocked at 1.0 GHz per core. It has Adreno 405 GPU clocked at 550 MHz. It has 2GB RAM, 5.5-inch 1080p screen and runs on Android 4.4.4 (KitKat) with Samsung’s own Touchwiz UI on top. Check out the synthetic benchmark scores below.

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iBall Cobalt Solus and Slide Brace X1 with Octa-Core SoC launched for Rs. 11499 and Rs. 17999

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iBall has launched its Andi 5Q Cobalt Solus smartphone and Slide Brace X1 tablet. The smartphone has a  5-inch (1280 x 720 pixels) IPS display based on one glass solution (OGS) technology, is powered by a 1.4 GHz Octa-Core processor that is upgradable to Android 5.0 (Lollipop) and runs on Android 4.4 (KitKat). The tablet has a 10.1-inch (1280 x 800 pixels) IPS display,  is powered by a 1.7GHz Octa-Core processor, runs on Android 4.4 (KitKat) and comes with dual chambered speakers that promises load and clear sound. Continue reading “iBall Cobalt Solus and Slide Brace X1 with Octa-Core SoC launched for Rs. 11499 and Rs. 17999”

Samsung Galaxy A3 Review

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Samsung launched the Galaxy A3 and Galaxy A5 smartphones with all metal build in India last month. Later it launched the Galaxy A7 smartphone, the top-end smartphone in the Galaxy A series. We already brought you the review of Galaxy A5, here we have the review of Galaxy A3, which has a smaller low-resolution screen compared to the Galaxy A5. Is the Galaxy A3 worth the price of Rs. 20,500? Let us find out in the complete review.
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Samsung Z1 Battery Life Test

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Samsung launched the Samsung Z1 smartphone, the company’s latest Tizen OS smartphone in India last month. We already brought you the review of the smartphone, here we have the battery life test results of the smartphone. The Samsung Z1 has a 1,500mAh Lithium ion battery. It has a 4-inch WVGA display and is powered by a 1.2 GHz dual-core processor, which should not consume a lot of battery. The Tizen OS also has ultra power saving mode that would let you extend the battery life. Continue reading “Samsung Z1 Battery Life Test”