Apple iPhone 6 Benchmarks

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Apple introduced the iPhone 6 and the iPhone 6 Plus smartphones last month with new Apple A8 chips. These were launched in India last week. We already brought you the unboxing and the photo gallery of the iPhone 6, here we have its benchmarks. The Apple A8 chip in the iPhone 6 has dual-core custom ARMv8 64-bit cores  clocked at 1.4GHz per core . It is based on 20nm HKMG process, compared to 28nm on Apple A7 chip. This has quad-core PowerVR GX6450 GPU, more powerful compared to the PowerVR G6430 on the Apple A7 chip. Check out the benchmarks below. Continue reading “Apple iPhone 6 Benchmarks”

AOC to launch 6-inch phablet and 7-inch tablet in India in November: Report

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AOC, popular for its displays and monitors entered into tablet market with the launch of two new Android tablets under the Breeze category in India back in April 2013, now the company is back with another tablet and also plans to enter into the smartphone market next month, according to a report from ET. The AOC D70V50G that has been listed on the official website has a 7-inch display, runs on Android 4.4 (KitKat), has 3G connectivity with voice calling capabilities and is powered by a 1.3GHz dual-core processor. Check out the complete specifications below. Continue reading “AOC to launch 6-inch phablet and 7-inch tablet in India in November: Report”

Philips X2566 for senior citizens launched for Rs. 3800

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Philips mobile has launched Philips Xenium X2566, the company’s latest phone for senior citizens. This has large fonts, SOS function and long lasting battery life, making it more comfortable and  accessible to the elderly. It has mellow and full design, unique crystal double colour injection moulding technology and the keypad has large keys so that elders can read or text comfortably without straining their eyes.

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Mitashi PLAY Senior Friend Android smartphone for Senior Citizens launched for Rs. 4999

 

Mitashi PLAY Senior Friend

Mitashi has launched Mitashi PLAY Senior Friend, the company’s latest Android smartphone for senior generation. It has large font dialer, large font for storing contacts and reading messages, FM radio, SOS button for emergencies and coded icons for seniors. Continue reading “Mitashi PLAY Senior Friend Android smartphone for Senior Citizens launched for Rs. 4999”

Gmail 5.0 for Android to support Yahoo, Outlook and other email accounts

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Google is planning to release Gmail v5.0 for Android with support for all other email accounts like Yahoo and Outlook, a leaked promo video reveals. You can switch between either accounts by a simple swipe or by touching the account drop down, reveals the video. The app has material design, which is obvious since the upcoming Android 5.0 (Lollipop) update with Material Design UI is around the corner.  This has rounded avatars, refreshed iconography and more. Continue reading “Gmail 5.0 for Android to support Yahoo, Outlook and other email accounts”

Oppo Find 7 and Find 7a to receive Android KitKat based ColorOS v2.0 update

Oppo is releasing an Android KitKat based ColorOS v2.0 update to Find 7 and Find 7a. This will not be an OTA update, and users will have to download the update package and move it to the root directory of the phone, then update while in recovery mode.

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BBM gets ephemeral messaging with new Timed Messages feature

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BlackBerry has introduced new Timed Messages feature in BlackBerry Messenger (BBM) that lets you set a  timer to control how long messages and pictures you share with contacts can be viewed. There have been several ephemeral messaging apps after Snapchat. Recently LINE messenger got a similar feature called Hidden Chat. Microsoft even released an app for ephemeral messaging called WindUp for Windows Phone.

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Sony Xperia Z3 vs Apple iPhone 6 Camera Comparison

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Sony’s Xperia Z3 is one of the many flagship devices out there battling it out with the iPhone. There is always this constant effort to one up Apple’s flagship every generation and the current one is no exception. The Z3 is Sony’s answer to Apple’s iPhone 6 and with both of them placing high emphasis on their cameras, we thought it’d be ideal to compare them and see how far the companies have gone, to take mobile story telling to the next level.

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Microsoft to reportedly launch fitness wearable device in coming weeks

Microsoft is planning to launch a wearable device in coming weeks, according to a new report from Forbes. The report claims that the device will be a smartwatch focusing on fitness activities that will be compatible across multiple platforms like iOS, Android and Windows Phone.

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More Motorola Droid Turbo press images leaked ahead of launch

Motorola has not yet officially announced the Droid Turbo, but the phone has been leaked in specs and photos on several occasions. The phone has once again leaked in press images over the weekend.

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Google releases Android 5.0 Lollipop SDK and Nexus preview images

Google has released official SDK for recently launched Android 5.0 Lollipop. In addition, the company has also updated developer preview images for Nexus 5 and Nexus 7 (2013).

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Here’s our Apple iPhone 6 4G LTE Indian speed test results

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Apple’s latest flagship smartphone, the iPhone 6 was announced a couple of weeks ago and is now available in India. The good news for all the folks who are planning to pick up the device is that iPhone 6 comes with 4G LTE enabled. Continue reading “Here’s our Apple iPhone 6 4G LTE Indian speed test results”

Google Nexus 9 India Prices Revealed on Play Store, coming soon

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In case you are looking forward to buying the latest Nexus tablet from Google in India, we have some good news to share. We just spotted the Google Nexus 9 as coming soon on the India Play Store and the price for the 16GB Wi-Fi only version is listed as Rs.28900 which is a good deal considering the US pricing is $399 but taxes and shipping will bring the price to roughly about Rs.27000 and duties could end up making it even costlier.  It seems like the 32GB Wi-Fi only version will not be coming to India. The Google Nexus 9 is made my HTC and packs a 8.9 inch display and is powered by a Nvidia Tegra K1 chip and runs on the latest version of Android 5.0 Lollipop.

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