Uber SVP Amit Singhal resigns over non-disclosure of harassment allegation at Google

Amit Singhal, Uber’s senior vice president (SVP) has resigned from the company, according to a latest report from Recode. Singhal was asked to resign by Uber CEO Travis Kalanick, after Singhal failed to disclose that he left Google over allegations of sexual harassment.

Xiaomi Redmi 4X with 5-inch HD display, Snapdragon 435, 3GB RAM, 4100mAh battery announced

Xiaomi just announced Redmi 4X, its latest budget smartphone in the Redmi series in China. It packs a 5-inch HD 2.5D curved glass display, is powered by an Octa-Core Snapdragon 435 SoC, has a 13-megapixel rear camera with LED flash and a 5-megapixel front-facing camera.

Xiaomi Mi 5c with 5.15-inch 1080p display, 7mm slim metal body, fingerprint sensor, 4G VoLTE announced

Xiaomi just announced Mi 5c, successor of Mi 4c that was introduced back in 2015. It has the same 5.15-inch 1080p display from JDI with 1.6mm ultra narrow bezels and it is the first smartphone to be powered by Xiaomi’s own 2.2GHz Octa-Core Surge S1 processor that was introduced today.

Xiaomi Surge S1 Octa-Core 2.2GHz 64-bit SoC with Mali-T860 GPU, support for VoLTE announced

Xiaomi just announced Surge S1, its first in-house SoC at an event in China, as it had promised. It is an Octa-Core SoC with four high-performance ARM Cortex A53 cores clocked at 2.2GHz and the other four  power-efficient ARM Cortex A53 cores are clocked at 1.4GHz. It has big.LITTLE structure for efficient usage of the eight … Continue reading “Xiaomi Surge S1 Octa-Core 2.2GHz 64-bit SoC with Mali-T860 GPU, support for VoLTE announced”

How wireless storage helps you to optimize data plan and reduce cost

Our data consumption needs are ever-increasing while telecom operators aren’t necessarily making it easier or cheaper for users to access the data that we need. As a result, many of us including some of us at FoneArena often face issues with burning through our data plans much sooner than expected. Storing data on the cloud … Continue reading “How wireless storage helps you to optimize data plan and reduce cost”

ZTE Blade V8 Mini with dual rear cameras and Blade V8 Lite with Android 7.0, fingerprint sensor announced

ZTE has announced Blade V8 Mini at the MWC 2017 along with the Blade V8 Lite. The V8 Mini has a 13MP rear camera and a 2MP secondary camera for depth sensing for aperture range between f/1.0 and f/8.0 range and post-capture refocusing. Both the phones run Android 7.0 (Nougat) have a 5-megapixel front-facing camera, metal … Continue reading “ZTE Blade V8 Mini with dual rear cameras and Blade V8 Lite with Android 7.0, fingerprint sensor announced”

Airtel won’t charge for incoming calls when roaming nationally starting April

Airtel today announced that it will offer free incoming calls while roaming nationally for all its customers. Starting this April 1st, all Airtel customers, travelling anywhere in the country, can take incoming calls for free without opting for any special packs. Vodafone introduced this last year. 

Sony Xperia XZ Premium with 5.5-inch 4K display, Snapdragon 835, Water resistant body announced

Sony just announced the Xperia XZ Premium as the world’s first smartphone with Snapdragon 835 SoC and a 5.5-inch 4K HDR display. It has the same 19-megapixel Motion Eye camera with 1/ 2.3″ Exmor RS memory stacked sensor, 960 fps super slow motion videos, Predictive Capture, Anti-distortion shutter, Triple image sensing technology and 5-axis image stabilisation for … Continue reading “Sony Xperia XZ Premium with 5.5-inch 4K display, Snapdragon 835, Water resistant body announced”

MediaTek Helio X30 10nm Deca-Core SoC with support for up to 8GB LPDDR4X RAM coming to smartphones in Q2 2017

MediaTek officially introduced its flagship Helio X30 Deca-Core processor at an event in China and detailed its specifications back in September last year. Today it has revealed even more specifications of the SoC at the MWC 2017. It has 50% power savings and a 35% increase in performance from MediaTek’s previous generation chipset.

Nokia 6 with 5.5-inch 1080p display, 4GB RAM, metal body, Android 7.1 coming to global markets

HMD Global announced Nokia 6 last month in China as the first Nokia smartphone after it was granted exclusive global license to sell Nokia phones. Today it has announced the smartphone for global markets. Specifications are the same, including a 5.5-inch 1080p 2.5D curved glass display, Octa-Core Snapdragon 430 processor, 16-megapixel rear camera with phase-detection auto-focus (PDAF), 1.0um sensor, … Continue reading “Nokia 6 with 5.5-inch 1080p display, 4GB RAM, metal body, Android 7.1 coming to global markets”

Google Assistant coming to all Marshmallow and Nougat devices starting this week

Google has announced the expansion of Google Assistant to more Android smartphones starting this week. After a certain period of exclusivity to the Google Pixel smartphones, Google is planning to roll out to smartphones running Android 7.0 Nougat and Android 6.0 Marshmallow.

Sony Xperia XZ Premium and three other 2017 Xperia smartphones surface in press shots

Details about Sony Xperia XZ Premium, the company’s flagship smartphone for 2017 surfaced yesterday, now press shots of the smartphone along with three other mid-range smartphones have surfaced, thanks to @evleaks.