Apple iPhone 6 vs iPhone 6 Plus: What’s the difference?

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Apple introduced both the iPhone 6 and iPhone 6 Plus few hours back. Both the iPhone models look exactly similar, have the same anodized aluminum back, new curved design, Apple A8 processor with M8 motion coprocessor,  Touch ID fingerprint sensor, NFC and more. These main difference it the screen size. The iPhone 6 has a 4.7-inch (1334 x 750 pixels) screen, while the iPhone 6 Plus comes with a 5.5-inch (1920 x 1080 pixels) screen. Apple is calling it as Retina HD display.  Continue reading “Apple iPhone 6 vs iPhone 6 Plus: What’s the difference?”

Acer Iconia Tab 8 Hands On and Photo Gallery

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Acer announced the Iconia Tab 8 earlier in May but we recently got our hands of it at the IFA, Berlin, 2014. Similar to other Acer tablets, this one is also equipped with zero gap technology. It measures 8.5 mm thick and weighs 360 grams.

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Apple Watch will be compatible with iPhone 5 onwards

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Apple unveiled the Apple Watch, the company’s first smartwatch at an event few hours back. Since the company announced the Apple Watch along with the new iPhone 6 and 6 Plus, it was clear that the smartwatch would support those two iPhone models, but the company surprised us by announcing that it would support iPhone 5s, iPhone 5c and even the iPhone 5 model running iOS 8. Even though the iPhone 4s supports iOS 8, sadly it is not compatible with iPhone. Continue reading “Apple Watch will be compatible with iPhone 5 onwards”

Apple teams up with T-Mobile in the US and EE in the UK for Wi-Fi calling

T-Mobile will offer Wi-Fi calling on the newly launched iPhone 6 and iPhone 6 Plus in the US while EE will provide the same in the UK. The popular US and UK carriers will be the first one to partner Apple for this feature that will allow users to make phone calls using a Wi-Fi network.

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Qualcomm Snapdragon 210 quad-core and Snapdragon 208 dual-core processors announced

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Qualcomm has announced two new processor in the Snapdragon 200 series. The Snapdragon 210, the company’s latest quad-core processor has multimode 3G/4G LTE Advanced and LTE Dual SIM aimed at entry-level smartphones and tablets. The Snapdragon 208 dual-core processor has multimode 3G and can supports entry-level devices with displays up to qHD resolution. Both these have ARM Cortex A7 CPUs, based on 28nm LP process and have Adreno 304 GPU. Continue reading “Qualcomm Snapdragon 210 quad-core and Snapdragon 208 dual-core processors announced”

Apple iPhone 5s price drops to $549 for 16GB SIM-free version $599 for 32GB

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The Apple iPhone 5s, the previous flagship device, gives way to the iPhone 6 and the iPhone 6 Plus today, so naturally, it has received a price cut. During the keynote, Apple was careful enough to place the iPhone 5s on its slides, a nod to the fact that it will continue being one of the two 4″ iPhones you can still get. The device gets a 100$ price cut to 549$ for the 16 GB version while it’s 150$ lesser for the 32 GB variant, at 599$. The pricing has already been updated in the Apple store.

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Apple iPhone 5c price drops to $450 for 8GB unlocked version

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The tradition continues, with Apple announcing price cuts for the older iPhones that precede the brand new ones that launched today. The 5c, when it launched, had an unlocked price of 549$, while the 4S at the same time had its price cut to 450$. Now it’s the iPhone 5c’s turn, with it getting the same price cut to 450$ for the unlocked 8 GB version. Long rumoured to be a cheaper version of the iPhone, the 5c launched to poor reception last year. Apple was constantly pushing 5c through incessant marketing in several markets, especially in the past few months. This price cut will hence be the last stretch of shelf time for the iPhone 5c.

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Apple iPhone 6 LTE Bands

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Apple announced the iPhone 6 and iPhone 6 Plus today and there is something good about LTE support on these new phones. The company mentioned that iPhone 6 will support upto 20 LTE bands and for the first time might support LTE roaming on compatible networks. The 2 new iPhone 6 models supporting these new LTE bands are A1586  -iPhone 6 and A1524 – iPhone 6 Plus.Also worth mentioning is that it supports download speeds up to 150 Mbps and also Voice-over-LTE or VoLTE for the first time on an iPhone.

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Apple announces iCloud storage pricing with 1TB costing you $20 a month

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Apple has announced the new pricing details for its iCloud service. Back at the company’s World Wide Developers Conference, Apple did mention that 20GB storage would be priced at $1 per month and all the consumers enrolling to its service would get 5GB of free storage. Continue reading “Apple announces iCloud storage pricing with 1TB costing you $20 a month”

Apple iPhone 6 Plus contract-free prices are out, $949 for 128GB

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Apple just unveiled the iPhone 6 and the iPhone 6 Plus, two new smartphones at an event in California. The company has announced the unlocked pricing for the iPhone 6 Plus as well along with the iPhone 6. The iPhone 6 Plus will be available for $749 for the 16GB variant, $849 for the 64GB variant and the 128GB variant would cost whopping $949.  Continue reading “Apple iPhone 6 Plus contract-free prices are out, $949 for 128GB”

Apple iPhone 6 Contract-free Price starts at $649 for 16GB version at T-Mobile

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Apple just announced the iPhone 6 and iPhone 6 Plus at an event and we have some interesting information regarding the prices of the iPhone 6 in case you are looking to buy them in the US. While the contract prices start at $199 for the 16GB model , $299 for 64GB version and $399 for the 128GB version, there is a mention of a Contract-free T-Mobile version of the devices as well. We are not sure if these devices are still locked to the operator or unlocked. Still this information gives us a fair idea about how the unlocked versions might be priced. The Contract-free prices start from $649 for the 16GB base version of the iPhone 6.

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Apple officially unveils iPhone 6 with 4.7-inch display, coming September 19

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Apple iPhone 6 is probably one of the worst kept secrets in the tech industry with the device appearing on numerous occasions. Finally, today, Apple has officially unveiled its latest flagship smartphone – the iPhone 6. Continue reading “Apple officially unveils iPhone 6 with 4.7-inch display, coming September 19”