Samsung is all set to unveil its flagship Galaxy Note8 smartphone at Galaxy Unpacked event on August 23. We had seen several render sketches of the phone, now we have the first press render of the phone, thanks to @evleaks. It shows a similar design as the Galaxy S8 with Infinity display with minimal bezels. All the … Continue reading “Samsung Galaxy Note8 in Midnight Black surfaces in press render”
Acer has launched Nitro 5 gaming laptop in India. It is powered by Intel’s 7th generation Core i7 and i5 processors and comes with Nvidia GTX 1050/1050Ti graphics card coupled with 4GB DDR5 RAM and 16GB RAM.
Micromax has launched Selife 2, the company’s latest selfie-focused smartphone in the country. It has a 5.5-inch HD 2.5D curved glass display, is powered by a quad-core MediaTek Mt6737 processor, runs on Android 7.0 (Nougat), has a 13-megapixel rear camera with flash and a 8-megapixel front-facing camera with flash for capturing selfie even in low-lighting … Continue reading “Micromax Selfie 2 with Android 7.0, 3GB RAM, fingerprint sensor launched for Rs. 9999”
This week Xiaomi introduced the most expected Mi 5X and also unveiled its new Mi AI Speaker. Lenovo-owned Moto introduced Moto Z2 Force, Samsung launched the Galaxy J7 Nxt, HTC launched the Sapphire Blue version of the U11, YU launched YUNIQUE 2, and more launches and announcements in our roundup.
Chinese ODM Topwise Communication will launch its Comio range of smartphones in India on August 18th. The invite says You will feel the Power along with the launch date. The company has several smartphones including phones with dual rear cameras, and it plans to bring 3 or 4 smartphones to India first, but it is not clear … Continue reading “Comio smartphones launching in India on August 18”
China’s Tencent is in talks with homegrown cab aggregator Ola for a fresh round of funding worth $400 million, according to a latest report from the Economic Times. Citing four people aware of the development, ET stated that Tencent executives met with Ola’s management team to discuss funding.
Twitter has revealed financial earnings for Q2 2017. The micro-blogging site recorded $574 million in revenue, down 5% YoY. Twitter’s monthly active user base remained unchanged at 328 million in Q2 2017. This means, Twitter reported 0% user growth this quarter.
Xiaomi has secured a whopping $1 billion loan to expand globally and increase its retail footprint. The Chinese smartphone maker has revealed that it has secured a three-year syndicated loan agreement from 18 banks across Europe, Middle East, India, China, Hong Kong and Taiwan. Deutsche Bank and Morgan Stanley served as joint global coordinator, with Bank of China (Hong Kong) … Continue reading “Xiaomi secures $1 billion loan for global retail expansion”
Earlier this month, a report said that the iPhone 8 will come in four colors, one of which will feature a mirror-like finish. Now a new report from Japan’s Macotakara says that it will come in different colors, but it will not come in White. It also says that it will not ship until Q4 2017, … Continue reading “Apple iPhone 8 might not ship until late 2017, Face ID 3D facial recognition details surface”
India’s LTE installed base of handsets crossed 150 million units and is only behind China and USA now and is estimated to surpass the USA in next one year, according to a latest report from Counterpoint’s Market Monitor service. Xiaomi toppled Samsung in the best-seller slot for smartphone models in the under Rs 10,000 segment in the second quarter of 2017.
The Indian smartphone market contracted for the first time in its history, as shipments to the country fell 4% year on year to just under 27 million units in Q2 2017, according to the latest report from Canalys.
When Xiaomi announced the Mi Max last year, nobody expected it to be particularly popular. The gigantic size was expected to be a deterrent but as it turns out, the phablet saw massive uptake amongst users. Serving as a good mid way ground between carrying smartphones and a tablet, the Mi Max delivered battery life, a … Continue reading “Xiaomi Mi Max 2 Review”
Vodafone this week launched a new First Recharge Coupon (FRC) 244 for its new 4G pre-paid customers that offers unlimited (Local & STD) on-net calls, 70GB 4G data at 1GB 4G data per day with 70 days validity.
Xiaomi launched its Mi Max 2 phablet in India last week for Rs. 16999 and the phone went on sale through Mi.com and Mi Home during Mi 3rd anniversary sale last week. Today from 10AM, the smartphone went on sale on Flipkart, Amazon, Tata CLiQ and Paytm mall online as well offline stores – Poorvika, BigC, Sangeetha, Croma, Lot, Vijay Sales, eZone … Continue reading “Xiaomi Mi Max 2 now available from Amazon, Flipkart, Paytm Mall, Tata CLiQ and offline retailers in India”
HTC at the ChinaJoy 2017 announced its first Vive Standalone VR headset for the China market. It will be a premium headset and promises outstanding standalone VR experience and doesn’t require PC to use it, unlike the HTC VIVE headset that was launched recently. HTC says that it will be simple, light-weight and portable.
