Panasonic India has entered into feature phone market with two new phones- EZ180 and EZ240. The company entered into the smartphone market with P51 last year. Later it expanded its smartphone segment with new mid-range smartphones. These new affordable feature phones are the only devices in the Indian feature phone market which are CE certified, says the company. Continue reading “Panasonic launches its first feature phones EZ180 and EZ240 in India starting at Rs. 1350”
LG unveiled Optimus L1 II Tri (E475) with triple SIM support last week. Now the Samsung Galaxy Trios has been spotted on the official Samsung Brazil website. It has a 3.14-inch (320 x 240 pixels) TFT screen, powered by a 1 GHz single-core Qualcommm Snapdragon MSM7225A processor and runs on Android 4.1 (Jelly Bean) with Samsung’s own Touchwiz UI on top. It has a 2-megapixel rear camera without flash. Most of the specifications are similar to the Galaxy Star, but this has 3G connectivity and also has Samsung’s Always ON triple SIM support. Continue reading “Samsung Galaxy Star Trios Android smartphone with triple SIM support unveiled”
The Intex Aqua Octa is one of the first phones in the Indian market to feature the first “True Octa” processor from the MediaTek, the MT6592. It is also Intex’s first 6 inch phone in the mid range category, priced at Rs. 19,999. With new innards, a big screen and a decently built body, the Aqua Octa is an interesting device to enter this market. We have got hold of the retail version of this device, so if you are looking to pick one up, here’s an unboxing video that will show you the box contents, a quick overview of the device and more –
httpv://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qBhPTmapqOE
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Huawei launched the Ascend G700, the company’s latest mid-range smartphone in the G Series last month, here we have the benchmarks. It has a 5-inch (1280 x 720 pixels) HD IPS display, powered by a 1.2 GHz quad-core MediaTek 6589 processor with PowerVR SGX 544MP GPU and runs on Android 4.2 (Jelly Bean) with Huawei’s own Emotion UI on top. We had already seen several smartphones with similar specifications. Let’s find out how this competes with other devices in a range of synthetic benchmark tests. Continue reading “Huawei Ascend G700 Benchmarks”
Lenovo has launched the Lenovo Vibe Z (K910), the company’s latest flagship smartphone, few months after it launched the Vibe X. It was showcased at the CES 2014 last month and packs a 5.5-inch (1920 x 1080 pixels) IPS display at 400 PPI, powered by a 2.2 GHz quad-core Snapdragon 800 processor and runs on Android 4.3 (Jelly Bean) with Vibe ROM on top. It has a 13-megapixel rear camera with Sony Exmor RS sensor, dual LED flash f/1.8 aperture, BSI sensor and has a 5-megapixel front-facing camera with 84 degree wide viewing angle and f/ 2.2 aperture. Continue reading “Lenovo Vibe Z launched in India for Rs. 35999”
Zen Ultrafone 504, the company’s latest budget smartphone with 3G support is now available from Saholic. It has a 5-inch WVGA screen, powered by a 1.3 GHz dual-core processor and runs on Android 4.2 (Jelly Bean). It has a 5-megapixel rear camera with LED flash and a 1.3-megapixel front-facing camera. It has dual SIM support with dual standby. The Zen Ultrafone 502 with a 4.5-inch qHD display was launched last year. Continue reading “Zen Ultrafone 504 with 5-inch display, Android 4.2 now available for Rs. 7299”
TSMC or the Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company is responsible for manufacturing Touch ID sensors for the Apple iPhone. Apple had previously contracted TSMC to produce fingerprint sensors at their 12 inch processing facility using a 65nm process. Due to risks associated with the 12 inch Wafer Level Packaging (WLP) process, the production yield has so far been limited to between 70-80%. This is set to change. Continue reading “TSMC switching to 8 inch processing for TouchID sensors”
MediaTek has just announced MT6595, the world’s First 4G LTE Octa-Core Smartphone SOC with ARM Cortex-A17 CPU that was announced today. This uses PowerVR Series6 GPU and not the Mali-T720 GPU that was announced along with the Cortex-A17. This has H.265 H.265 Ultra HD (4K2K) video record & playback. It uses ARM’s big.LITTLE architecture along with MediaTek’s CorePilot technology for Heterogeneous Multi-Processing (HMP) that uses all the eight cores. Continue reading “MediaTek MT6595 Octa-Core chip with built-in 4G LTE announced”
ARM today announced the Cortex-A17, the company’s latest processor that would offer 60% more performance than the ARM Cortex-A9 processor. It is paired with ARM Mali-T720 GPU that has Open GL ES 3.0 support. The Cortex-A17 is based on 28nm process technology and ARMv7-A architecture. It can go up to 2GHz per CPU and supports ARM big.LITTLE processing using the CoreLink CCI-400 Cache Coherent Interconnect. Continue reading “ARM announces Cortex-A17 processor with Mali T720 GPU aimed at mid-range smartphones and tablets”
Last year Broadcom announced the BCM23550 quad-core SoC aimed at entry-level smartphone, that is seen on the Xolo Q1000 Opus. The company has announced dual-core M320 LTE SoC aimed at sub $300 (Rs. 18,000 approx.) smartphones. The company has introduced a turnkey reference platform for OEMs. These chips might cover most LTE bands, including Band 40 that is available in India. Continue reading “Broadcom announces new dual-core LTE chips aimed at sub $300 LTE smartphones”
The Moto G Flip Shell is Motorola’s take on the flip cover that is oh-so-popular in the Indian market. After unboxing the Indian retail version of the dual SIM Moto G, we took the normal shell for a spin and also tried out the new Flip Shell. The white flip shell we bought has a really cool texture on its back and even has magnets to close the front cover, which will offer protection. We found it to be of really high quality, so take a look at how it fits on the Moto G in this video –
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Rumoured to be a successor to the Asha series of devices, Nokia is apparently preparing to launch its Android-based low cost devices at the Mobile World Congress event this year, according to the Wall Street Journal. The phone had repeatedly leaked out, with images of hardware and images of software, which point to a phone with a Windows Phone-like UI and Android underneath, enabling it to run Android apps. The “forked” Android OS, developed by Nokia, will feature Microsoft’s services prominently, not Google services or Play, which means that there will still be a distinct lack of Google apps on the platform. Previously brushed off as a improbable launch, especially after the Microsoft acquisition, it seems like the Nokia X aka Normandy will possibly be making a N9-style debut at MWC this year.
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Couple of months back Micromax and MTS partnered to launch the Micromax Canvas Blaze MT500 Dual SIM (CDMA+GSM) smartphone. The Micromax Canvas Duet 2 would be the company’s first smartphone in the Canvas series with dual SIM GSM and CDMA support. According to Manish Khatri from Mahesh Telecom, the smartphone would be priced at Rs. 15,790 and would go on sale later in a couple of days. Recently an unofficial Micromax blog leaked the retail box of the smartphone, which revealed the specifications of the smartphone. Continue reading “Micromax Canvas Duet 2 with 5.3-inch HD display, Dual SIM (GSM + CDMA) launching soon for Rs. 15790”
Having just unboxed the Motorola Moto G, the Indian retail version that supports two SIMs, we also got to try the new Moto G shells. We had ordered them separately from Flipkart, the normal coloured replacement shell for the back and the Flip shell that protects the back AND the front. But first, lets talk about the normal shell. We have got a bright lime yellow shell that looks dashing on the otherwise boring black Moto G we bought. Check how it looks, on video, skip past it for pictures and thoughts –
httpv://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ezJqz-YtU_A
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Samsung launched their first smart watch – Samsung Galaxy Gear back in IFA 2013 alongside their current flagship – Galaxy Note 3. A couple of weeks remain for MWC 2014 and there are clear indications that Samsung will unveil their next generation Galaxy S series flagship – Galaxy S5 at MWC 2014. Apart from the obvious fact, Samsung is also rumored to be launching their next version of smart watch – Galaxy Gear 2 at MWC 2014.
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