Vodafone is set to ask the UK watchdog and regulators to ensure BT doesn’t discriminate against its rivals once the latter acquires UK mobile leader EE. As revealed this week, BT is in talks over a possible £12.5 billion takeover of telecoms giant EE and Vodafone, who will be its closest rival following the acquisition, will require assistance to ensure that BT continues to play fair. Continue reading “Vodafone could seek protection over BT’s EE buyout”
The Honor 6 may have only just begun launching in several markets around Europe but it’s bigger brother has already been announced. The Honor 6 Plus brings the Honor brand to the larger display market but as we can confirm, it won’t be available to customers in Europe or other Western Markets. Continue reading “Huawei Honor 6 Plus will not launch in Europe”
Huawei just announced the Honor 6 Plus at an event in China. It has a 5.5-inch 1080p screen with 72.8% screen-to-body ratio and 2.8mm slim bezels on the sides, is powered by a Octa-Core (4×1.8GHz + 4×1.3GHz) Hisilicon Kirin 925 processor with i3 low-power sensor and runs on Android 4.4 with Huawei’s own Emotion UI 3.0 on top. The main highlight is its dual 8-megapixel cameras on the back with dual LED flashes for effective pixel size to 1.98 microns resulting in sharper images, and an adjustable aperture that can be set between f/0.95 and f/16. It also promises ultra-fast auto focus speed of 0.1 seconds. Continue reading “Huawei Honor 6 Plus with 5.5-inch 1080p display, Dual 8MP rear cameras announced”
Xolo launched the Omega 5.0 smartphone for Rs. 8,999 earlier this month. We already brought you the unboxing, benchmarks, photo gallery and the camera samples of the smartphone, here we have the battery test results of the smartphone. Continue reading “Xolo Omega 5.0 Battery Test”
OnePlus just announced that they have partnered with Waves to bring their innovative MaxxAudio technology to the OnePlus One smartphone. The sound enhancement technology enables deeper bass, clearer highs, louder volume levels and more immersive sound from speakers, headphones and connected Bluetooth devices for detailed and clearly defined listening experience. MaxxAudio from Waves is present in Oppo Find 7 smartphone, select Asus and Dell devices. Continue reading “OnePlus One to get MaxxAudio integration with major CyanogenMod update next month”
Yesterday evening BT confirmed it was in exclusive talks to acquire EE thus bringing an end to the deliberation over whether the firm would make a bid for market leader EE or smaller rival O2. Now that BT has confirmed it is going after EE, the question is raised – why did the firm choose EE over O2 when the latter would have cost significantly less and presented less regulatory hurdles? Here’s 5 possible reasons they picked EE. Continue reading “4 Reasons BT Chose EE over O2”
Sony has introduced a SmartBand in collaboration with lifestyle brand ROXY . The limited edition SmartBand measure your day-to-day activity including sleep cycle.
Continue reading “Sony launches limited edition lifestyle SmartBand with ROXY”
BlackBerry has updated its popular messenger on Windows Phone with new features and enhancements. The version 2.0 of BBM includes stickers and other additions that enhances your chatting experience.
Continue reading “BBM 2.0 for Windows Phone brings stickers, timed messages and more”
Sennheiser has launched Sennheiser MOMENTUM In-Ear earphones in India. It has an all-new acoustic design that delivers the acclaimed MOMENTUM sound performance in the smallest, most compact form, says the company. Sennheiser launched MOMENTUM On-Ear headphones in India last year. Continue reading “Sennheiser MOMENTUM In-Ear earphones launched in India for Rs. 6990”
LAVA, the well known indigenous smartphone manufacturer, today revealed its new handset ie the Iris Fuel 60. The phone’s USP as the name suggests is the large battery that it packs. But does that it make it sufficiently interesting? We spent some time with the phone. Here’s what we thought about it. Continue reading “Lava Iris Fuel 60 Hands On”
Microsoft just launched the Nokia Lumia 638, the company’s most affordable 4G smartphone in India. It was originally introduced in China back in June and has a 4.5-inch FWVGA screen, is powered by a 1.2GHz quad-core Qualcomm Snapdragon 400 and runs Windows Phone 8.1 with Lumia Cyan. It has a 5-megapixel auto focus rear camera without flash and also lacks a front-facing camera. It has 1GB RAM and comes with single micro SIM support. Continue reading “Nokia Lumia 638 with quad-core Snapdragon 400 SoC and 4G LTE launched in India for Rs. 8299”
Skype today announced that Indian users can call any mobile or landline in the US and Canada for free using Skype. To call a number, you just need to open the dial pad in Skype and type the number. This limited period offer is available for both existing and new skype users and is valid till March 1st 2015. Continue reading “Skype offers unlimited free calls to mobiles and landlines in US and Canada for users in India”
Microsoft has unveiled a new app that allow users to interact with devices without actually touching the display. Dubbed as Gesture Beta, the app is exclusively available for Lumia Windows Phone.
Continue reading “Microsoft rolls out Gesture beta app for Lumia Windows Phone”
Xiaomi has got itself a breather as the Delhi Court has partially lifted the ban from selling smartphones in India. The Chinese smartphone maker was banned last week from importing and selling handsets in the country owing to a patent infringement Ericsson’s Standard Essential Patents (SEPs).
Continue reading “Delhi High Court partially lifts Xiaomi ban in India till January 8”
Last week Micromax scheduled an event on December 18th to launch their first YU branded smartphone that will run CyanogenMod OS as a part of their exclusive partnership in India. Today Amazon India has announced that the smartphone will be available exclusively available on Amazon.
Continue reading “Micromax YU Cyanogen OS smartphone launching exclusively on Amazon on Dec 18”
