ASUS Zenfone 5 Camera Samples

Asus announced the Zenfone range in January this year that included the Zenfone 4, Zenfone 5 and Zenfone 6. We got our hands on the Zenfone 5 prior to its official release this week. Check out the hands on and unboxing video along with benchmarks of the device. The phone which has a 5inch HD display and is powered by Intel Atom Z2580 Chip clocked at 2GHz. The memory storage includes 1GB RAM and 4GB internal storage options. The Asus ZenFone 5 runs on Android 4.3 Jellybean and will get the Android 4.4 KitKat update very soon.

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Philips teases I908 as slimmest phone in the world

Philips is working on a smartphone that it is claiming to be the slimmest one in the world. The company has teased the new phone that is called as i908 and it will feature a 1.7GHz MediaTek MT6592 octa-core processor, a 5-inch, 1080p display, 2GB of RAM, and a 13-megapixel camera.

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ZTE nubia Z7, nubia Z7 Max and nubia Z7 mini with Snapdragon 801 and Android 4.4 announced

ZTE nubia Z7, Z7 Max and Z7 mini

ZTE today unveiled three new smartphones nubia Z7, nubia Z7 Max and nubia Z7 mini in the nubia series. The nubia Z7 is the company’s first smartphone with a quad HD display. It has a 5.5-inch (2560 x 1440 pixels) Quad HD CGS (Continuous Grain Silicon) IPS display. The nubia Z7 Max has a 5.5-inch 1080p display and the Z7 mini has a 5-inch 1080p display. All these smartphones are powered by a quad-core Snapdragon 801 processor with Adreno 330 GPU and run on Android 4.4 (KitKat) with nubia UI 2.0 on top. Continue reading “ZTE nubia Z7, nubia Z7 Max and nubia Z7 mini with Snapdragon 801 and Android 4.4 announced”

Xiaomi Mi3 Review: Game Changer

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Xiaomi made its name in the global scene from its home market, China. The company, initially making its own custom ROMs (MIUI) for Android devices, entered the highly competitive world of hardware with its Mi range of smartphones. After a few iterations, the company unveiled Mi3, Xiaomi’s latest flagship device, packing top end specifications, but at a very low price unmatched by the competition. This is all thanks to Xiaomi’s business model where it sells to its consumers directly, without the overhead of a distribution channel on the price. After hiring Android VP Hugo Barra, the company recently took its operations to other countries like Singapore and Malaysia, where it saw success, and is finally here in India, where its flagship Mi3 will go on sale the 15th of July, at a shockingly low price of Rs. 14,999 (Update: Now Rs. 13,999) Even just by looking at the on-paper specifications, one can say it is already worth it. In fact, it could even be perceived as undervalued, but what about the details, you ask? That’s where our in-depth review can help, read on.

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Global mobile device shipment to surpass 2.4 billion in 2015, tablets to overtake PC: Gartner

Worldwide combined shipments of devices like PCs, tablets, ultra mobiles and mobile phones are projected to reach 2.4 billion units in 2014, a 4.2 percent increase from 2013, according to Gartner. The research firm further stated that 321 million tablets and will ship worldwide, up from 256 million in 2014.

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Micromax A190 with 5-inch HD display, Hexa Core processor press image leaks out

Micromax A190 leak

Micromax launched the Canvas Turbo Mini A200 with quad-core MediaTek MT6582 processor earlier this year, now the press image of the Micromax A190 has been leaked by @MMXNewscaster along with the specifications. The smartphone is expected to be powered by a 1.5 GHz hexa-core MediaTek MT6591 processor. Karbonn was the first company to launch its Titanium Hexa with this processor and the Xolo Play 6X-1000 that was unveiled last week is also powered by the same MT6591 processor.

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Vertu and Bentley sign five-year partnership to make luxury smartphones

Smartphone manufacturer Vertu has signed a five-year exclusive partnership with luxury car manufacturer Bentley. Under the partnership the duo will launch five  “Vertu for Bentley” phones.

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Spice Smart Pulse M-9010 Smartwatch with built-in phone functionality launched for Rs. 3999

Spice Smart Pulse M-9010

Spice Retail just launched the Spice Smart Pulse M-9010, the company’s first smartwatch with built-in Dual SIM support for phone functionality. It has a 1.5-inch touch screen display that would let you easily read and write SMS and also browse web. It can also be paired with Android smartphones to receive notifications, receive calls, view call logs, read and write SMS, remote camera capture and music streaming. Spice would also offer an Android APK for Android smartphones for Bluetooth notification. Continue reading “Spice Smart Pulse M-9010 Smartwatch with built-in phone functionality launched for Rs. 3999”

Sony Xperia C3 with 5.5-inch HD display, 5MP wide-angle front camera with LED flash announced

Sony Xperia C3

Sony Mobile has just announced the Xperia C3, the company latest mid-range handset in the Xperia series. As expected, it is a selfie-focused smartphone that comes with a 5-megapixel front-facing camera with wide-angle lens along with a soft LED flash. It also has self timer,  Superior Auto mode, beatification, Portrait Retouch, option to capture images by simply double tapping the back cover, Smile Shutter, and more new features. It has a 8-megapixel rear camera with LED flash. Other specifications include, 5.5-inch HD display, 1.2 GHz quad-core Snapdragon processor and Android 4.4 (KitKat). Continue reading “Sony Xperia C3 with 5.5-inch HD display, 5MP wide-angle front camera with LED flash announced”

BBM finally lands on Windows Phone as private beta

BBM has finally found a place in the Windows Phone Store. The popular instant messenger from Blackberry is currently present in private beta after it was announced in March that it will be available for Windows Phone users.

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Gmail for feature phones get 13 new languages including Nepali and Sinhala

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Google has added support for 13 new languages for features phone and web, including new languages such as Nepali and Sinhala. Last year Gmail got support for 6 Indian languages including Bengali, Gujarati, Kannada, Marathi, Tamil, and Telugu. Continue reading “Gmail for feature phones get 13 new languages including Nepali and Sinhala”

Paid apps reportedly not working on Android Wear smartwatches

Paid Android apps from the Google Play Store are not working properly on Android Wear devices, according to a report from Android Police. Samsung Gear Live and LG G watch that run on Google’s Android Wear are facing a bug problem that is preventing these paid apps from being installed on Android Wear devices.

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Android 4.4 KitKat now on 17.9% of Android devices, Jelly Bean decreases for the first time

Google has released its monthly numbers for android distribution for July. Android KitKat is now running on 17.9% of Android devices reporting a 4.3% increase over last month when it stood at 13.6%.

 

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Xiaomi Mi3 to launch at just Rs. 14,999 in India, goes on sale July 15th

Xiaomi Mi3 India Launch

Xiaomi is known to be a success story in its native country ie China and we expected to see competitive pricing for its products here in India too. Color us surprised to see how low a price point Xiaomi has been able to hit with its Mi3. To launch at Rs. 14,999 the phone brings top of the line specifications.

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Skype 5.2 for iPhone brings Voice Messaging, view contact profiles and more

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Microsoft has updated its iPhone app to version 5.2 that brings a range of new features including support for voice messaging that lets you receive a new voice message from someone. It also brings option to view contact profiles that was removed in after the redesign and add participants to existing conversations. Skype for iPhone got a major redesign last month that brought ability to start group chat from the main hub, improved notification and more. Continue reading “Skype 5.2 for iPhone brings Voice Messaging, view contact profiles and more”