Samsung launched their flagship Android phone the Galaxy S4 in New York City on March 14,2013 amidst a lot of hype and excitement very similar to what the iPhone has always received.The Galaxy S4 is a beast in terms of specs packing a 5inch SuperAMOLED 1080p display, 8-core processor, 13MP Camera, LTE, Android 4.2.2. Can the Galaxy S4 live up to its expectations? Watch our hands on video of the S4 we are bringing you from the launch event, below.
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Nvidia’s move into handheld gaming is one that has been met with much skepticism. Over at the Mobile World Congress, we spent some time with non final hardware to gauge for ourselves whether Project Shield was as impressive as it sounds.
The hardware itself is essentially a gamepad with a 5-inch 720p foldable screen attached to it. You get all the essential buttons which includes 2 joysticks, a D-pad, ABXY buttons, L/R bumpers, L/R analog triggers, Start/Back/Home/Volume buttons, and a multi-function NVIDIA/Power button. Continue reading “Nvidia Project Shield Hands On”
A couple of months have passed since the launch of the Karbonn Titanium S1, with its nice mid range offering. It had a 4.5 inch qHD screen, but Karbonn has felt the need for a bigger screen we guess, and now it has launched the Karbonn Titanium S5 with a bigger 5 inch screen. With it almost mimicking the specs of the Titanium S1 except for the 8 megapixel camera, the 2MP front camera and the battery, it is clear that Karbonn is really catering to demands. It has a 1.2 GHz Quad core processor, presumably the Snapdragon S4 Play, which was the first chipset that added support for dual SIM and was a Quad core processor at the same time. This is the same as the Titanium S1. The device runs on Android 4.1 JellyBean.
Remember the Salora PowerMaxx Android smartphone with a huge 3200 mAH battery? It was launched a couple of months back at a price of Rs. 15,999 and it ran Android 4.0 ICS. Just two months after release, it is receiving the Jellybean update from the company, promising to start the roll out from March 15th, which is today. So, the JellyBean update brings new features including Project Butter and Google now to the device, along with several improvements in performance and stability.
Continue reading “Salora PowerMaxx gets the Android 4.1.2 JellyBean update”
Impending announcement of availability or price? Never worry, because Flipkart’s always got you covered with them pushing out the pre order prices before the company itself tells you. They did it with the Lumia 620 and even the Xolo X1000, and now they have done the same for the Sony Xperia E and Xperia E dual(a dual SIM version of the same). They both have gone up on pre order in Flipkart for Rs. 9,990 and Rs, 10,990 respectively. It has been a long time since they were announced and we are finally seeing them land in Indian shores.
Rovio has released The Croods, a new game based on the upcoming motion picture with the same name, in partnership with DreamWorks Animation. The cavemen are breaking out of the Stone Age with the use of a new r-evolutionary tool: the IDEA! The Croods will Hunt & Gather their way through spectacular new landscapes as they tame fantastic and never-seen-before creatures. You need to help The Croods survive the wild. Continue reading “The Croods for Android, iPhone and iPad now available for Download”
Xolo X1000, the company’s latest Intel Medfield-powered Android smartphone was launched at an event in Goa, India yesterday. We brought you the hands-on photo gallery of the device from the event yesterday, here is the hands-on video of the device. The phone has good build quality, and the 4.7 inch HD Edge-to-edge curved glass display makes the device makes it stand out from other devices in the price range. It is powered by a 2 GHz Intel Atom Z2480 processor with a 400 MHz PowerVR SGX540 GPU and runs on Android 4.0 (Ice Cream Sandwich), but Xolo has promised Jelly Bean update for the device in coming months.
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Continue reading “Xolo X1000 hands-on”
Xolo launched the X1000, the company’s new Android smartphone yesterday. We brought you hands on impressions of the device after the launch, here we the benchmarks of the device. It is powered by a 2 GHz Intel Atom Z2480 processor with a 400 MHz PowerVR SGX540 GPU. The performance is not superior when compared with quad-core smartphones, but the device out performs the Xolo X900 and the Motorola Razr i. Continue reading “Xolo X1000 Benchmarks”
It has happened, and how! Yes, the Samsung Galaxy S4 launched today in full glory, with a feature packed spec sheet. Sporting all the flagship hardware features you can imagine, plus a ton of Samsung specific features added to improve the experience, it is rather easy to miss out on the most important ones. We can understand that because we felt exactly the same, too much to swallow at once. So we are going to try to explain and lay out the most important Galaxy S4 features that matter, explained with whatever information we know as of now. Read on past the break.
Continue reading “Samsung Galaxy S4 – the features that matter, explained”
Samsung just introduced the long awaited successor to the Galaxy S3 amidst a major press gathering in New York. The phone however is more of an evolution than a flat out new device which might disappoint a few. However what we do get are class leading specifications and a device which ticks all the specification requirement checkboxes. So one year down the line, what exactly has changed ? Continue reading “Samsung Galaxy S4 vs Samsung Galaxy S3 : What’s new ?”
Samsung has finally announced their next flagship smartphone, the Galaxy S4 at an event in New York. It packs a 5-inch Full HD (1920×1080 pixels) Super AMOLED display at 441ppi, powered by a 1.9 GHz Quad-Core Processor / 1.6 GHz Octa-Core Processor (depending on the markets) and runs on Android 4.2 (Jelly Bean). It has a 13MP rear camera with LED Flash, Full HD video recording and a 2MP front-facing camera. It has unique features including Smart Pause , Smart Scroll, S Translator, S Travel (Trip Advisor), S Voice Drive, S Health and lots more. It also has dual camera (Dual Shot / Dual Recording/ Dual Video Call).
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Samsung Galaxy S4 Specifications
The Samsung Galaxy S4 comes in Black Mist and White Frost colors. It would be available from 327 mobile operators in 55 countries starting from the end of April. No word on pricing yet.
Xolo launched the X1000 earlier today. We got some hands-on time with the device. This is the third device in the Xolo range powered by an Intel processor. Xolo launched the X900, the company’s first phone powered by an Intel Medfield Z2460 processor in India in May 2012. The Xolo X500, a budget phone powered Intel’s 1.2 GHz Atom Lexington Z2420 processor was launched earlier this year. Continue reading “Xolo X1000 Photo Gallery”
Xolo has launched the Xolo X1000, the company’s latest Intel Atom-powered Android Smartphone. It comes with a 4.7-inch HD (1280 x 720 pixels) capacitive touch screen display at 312 ppi, powered by 2 GHz Intel Atom Z2480 processor with a 400 MHz PowerVR SGX540 GPU and runs on Android 4.0 (Ice Cream Sandwich). It comes with a 8 MP rear camera with LED Flash, 1080p video recording and a 1.3 MP front-facing camera. It also has Full HD video playback. It doesn’t come with the Intel Atom Clover Trail+ processor as we guessed last week. This is the same processor present in the Motorola Razr i that we reviewed earlier this year. Continue reading “Xolo X1000 with 4.7-inch HD display, 2 GHz Intel Medfield processor launched for Rs. 19999”
If you are looking forward to the Samsung Galaxy S4, be prepared to stay up tonight or wake up really early tomorrow morning. Samsung is holding its Unpacked event for the next big galaxy phone in New York City and might be also live streaming it. We should be live blogging the launch of the Galaxy S4 here on FoneArena. Continue reading “Samsung Galaxy S4 Live Blog”
Spice has been introducing a range of innovative smartphones over the past few months in the entry level – mid range segment of Android devices. We’ve got the latest, Spice Stellar Pinnacle, in for review and decided to put it through its paces. Continue reading “Spice Stellar Pinnacle Mi-530 Review”
