Nexus 6 lands in the UK at O2

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O2 have stolen a march on its rivals by launching the new Google Nexus 6 in the UK a few days ahead of Carphone Warehouse. The handset is available on O2’s Refresh tariff and is available to both new and existing customers. The retailer is offering a special deal on the handset, offering unlimited minutes and texts with 2GB data each month for £38 per month. For those wanting it on Pay As You Go, it will cost £479.99 which is less than Google’s own retail price. Continue reading “Nexus 6 lands in the UK at O2”

BT to decide on EE and O2 bids by Christmas

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BT is expected to decide whether to make a bid for mobile networks O2 or EE by Christmas according to the Chief Executive of one half of EE’s parent company. Orange SA CEO Stephane Richard said that he expected the British company to decide on which network to bid for by Christmas. Continue reading “BT to decide on EE and O2 bids by Christmas”

12,000 Huawei Honor Holly smartphones to go on sale on Flipkart on Dec 8th

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Huawei launched the Honor Holly smartphone exclusively on Flipkart back in October at a competitive price tag of Rs. 6,999. We reviewed the smartphone recently and found it a decent package in the price range. Today Huawei has announced that it will sell 12,000 units of Honor Holly smartphone on December 8th on Flipkart. The company said that it sold 10,000 units of Holly smartphones  in 10 hours when it went on sale yesterday (December 4th). Continue reading “12,000 Huawei Honor Holly smartphones to go on sale on Flipkart on Dec 8th”

Intex Aqua i5 Octa with 5-inch qHD display, 13MP camera launched for Rs. 7499

Intex Aqua i5 Octa

Intex Technologies has launched Aqua i5 Octa, the latest smartphone in the Aqua series few days after launching the Aqua Power with an Octa-Core processor. It has a 5-inch (960 x 540 pixels) qHD IPS display, is powered by a 1.4 GHz Octa-Core processor and runs on Android 4.4 (KitKat). It has a 13-megapixel rear camera with LED flash and a 5-megapixel front-facing camera. It comes pre-loaded with pera, OLX, Paytm, Intex care, Newshunt and more apps. Continue reading “Intex Aqua i5 Octa with 5-inch qHD display, 13MP camera launched for Rs. 7499”

Micromax Canvas Xpress with 4.5-inch display, Android 4.4 launched for Rs. 6999

Micromax Canvas Xpress

Micromax has launched Canvas Xpress, the company’s latest budget smartphone in the Canvas series exclusively on Flipkart. It has a 4.5-inch FWVGA screen, is powered by a 1.3GHz quad core processor and runs on Android 4.4 (KitKat). It has a 5-megapixel autofocus rear camera with LED flash and a 0.3-megapixel VGA front-facing camera. It has Dual SIM support similar to other Micromax smartphones and also has 3G connectivity. Continue reading “Micromax Canvas Xpress with 4.5-inch display, Android 4.4 launched for Rs. 6999”

iberry Auxus ONE with 5.7-inch display, 15.5MP rotating camera and Auxus RIST Smartwatch launched for Rs. 15990 and Rs. 9990

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iberry has launched Auxus ONE, the company’s latest smartphone with a 15.5-megapixel swivel camera that can rotate 207 degrees. It has a 5.7-inch HD OGS display with Corning Gorilla Glass protection, powered by a 1.7 GHz Octa-Core with MediaTek MT6592 processor and runs on Android 4.4 (KitKat) OS. It has a touch panel on the back that lets users scroll up/down and capture the images on camera touching the back panel of the phone. Continue reading “iberry Auxus ONE with 5.7-inch display, 15.5MP rotating camera and Auxus RIST Smartwatch launched for Rs. 15990 and Rs. 9990”

Xolo Omega 5.0 Benchmarks

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Xolo launched the Omega 5.0 smartphone for Rs. 8,999 earlier today. We already brought you the unboxing of the smartphone. Here we have the benchmarks. It is powered by a  Octa-Core MediaTek MT6592M processor with 8 ARM Cortex-A7 CPUs clocked at 1.36 GHz per core. It has a Mali 450-MP4 GPU, comes with a 5-inch HD display and runs on Android 4.4 (KitKat) with HIVE UI on top. The CPU supports Heterogeneous Multi-Processing (HMP), where all the core can be turned on at the same time. Check out the synthetic benchmark results below. Continue reading “Xolo Omega 5.0 Benchmarks”

Xolo Omega 5.5 with 5.5-inch HD display, 13MP camera and HIVE UI launched for Rs. 9999

Xolo Omega 5.5

Xolo has launched the Omega 5.5 smartphone along with the Omega 5.0 with new HIVE UI . It has a 5-inch (1280 x 720 pixels) HD IPS display, is powered by a 1.4 GHz Octa-Core MediaTek MT6592M processor with Mali 450 GPU and runs on Android 4.4 (KitKat)-based HIVE UI. Xolo has promised Android 5.0 (Lollipop) update for all HIVE UI devices. Continue reading “Xolo Omega 5.5 with 5.5-inch HD display, 13MP camera and HIVE UI launched for Rs. 9999”

Xolo Omega 5.0 with 5-inch HD display, Octa-Core processor and HIVE UI launched for Rs. 8999

Xolo Omega 5.0

Xolo has launched Omega 5.0, the company’s latest smartphone with its new HIVE UI . It has a 5-inch (1280 x 720 pixels) HD IPS display, is powered by a 1.4 GHz Octa-Core MediaTek MT6592M processor with Mali 450 GPU and runs on Android 4.4 (KitKat)-based HIVE UI. Xolo has promised Android 5.0 (Lollipop) update for all HIVE UI devices. Continue reading “Xolo Omega 5.0 with 5-inch HD display, Octa-Core processor and HIVE UI launched for Rs. 8999”

Microsoft rolls out digital gift cards for Windows and Xbox stores

Microsoft has launched digital gift cards for Windows and Xbox Stores. People can gift their friends and family gift cards for apps, games, music, movies, and TV shows on their Windows PC, tablet, smartphone or Xbox.

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Sony launches underwater ‘Xperia Aquatech’ store in Dubai

Sony has opened first underwater store at the World Islands off the coast of Dubai. Dubbed as ‘Xperia Aquatech’, it is a concept store located 4 meters under the sea.

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Cyanogen will continue delivering updates to OnePlus One globally

Cyanogen has cleared that it will continue updating OnePlus One  globally, including India. The company has cleared off rumors that were looming over the internet about OnePlus One not receiving any Cyanogenmod updates.

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