Reliance Jio leads feature phone market in India in Q1 2019

Jio launched its feature phone, JioPhone in June 2017 in India. The phone sported a candy bar design, came with support for 4G VoLTE and had support for 22 Indian languages.  The successor to the JioPhone i.e., JioPhone 2 with QWERTY keyboard was launched in July 2018. Jio saw great sales of both the smartphones … Continue reading “Reliance Jio leads feature phone market in India in Q1 2019”

Now is the best time to buy the Apple iPhone XR [Long term Review]

5 months have gone by since I started using the iPhone XR and time with it has convinced me that this is, by far, the best smartphone experience I’ve ever had and am not even exaggerating. Coming from a world of infinite choice, it was quite interesting to have a completely different view of the … Continue reading “Now is the best time to buy the Apple iPhone XR [Long term Review]”

April Fools’ Day 2019: OnePlus Warp Car, Ola Restrooms, Screen Cleaner in Google Files app and more

It is that time of the year, when even the tech world goes overboard with April Fools’ Day pranks. Every year geniuses at top tech companies, thanks to their creative juices, come up with the coolest and weirdest ideas and innovations. Let us dive in and see what the great minds have for us this … Continue reading “April Fools’ Day 2019: OnePlus Warp Car, Ola Restrooms, Screen Cleaner in Google Files app and more”

ASUS ROG Phone Review: Gamer’s delight despite a few caveats

Ever since the inception of mobile phones, gaming has always been an integral part of it. Be it Nokia 1100 or the recently launched ASUS ROG phone. While the term ‘Mobile Gaming’ wasn’t taken very seriously a few years back, titles like Angry Birds, Clash of Clans, and the currently trending PUBG have changed things … Continue reading “ASUS ROG Phone Review: Gamer’s delight despite a few caveats”

Xiaomi integrates Google Lens into MIUI Camera App

Google, at I/O 2017 unveiled Google Lens with the ability to identify objects and, and at I/O 2018 it announced that Lens will be available directly in the camera app on supported devices from various OEMs including LG, Motorola, Xiaomi, HMD/Nokia and OnePlus.

Xiaomi Redmi Note 7 Benchmarks – Snapdragon 660 14nm Mobile Platform

Xiaomi launched the Redmi Note 7 in India last month starting Rs 9,999, powered by an Octa-core Qualcomm Snapdragon 660 64-bit 14nm mobile platform based on FinFET technology with Adreno 512 GPU that has support for Open GL ES 3.2, Open CL 2.0, Vulkan graphics and Hexagon 680 DSP that includes Hexagon Vector extensions (HVX), designed to … Continue reading “Xiaomi Redmi Note 7 Benchmarks – Snapdragon 660 14nm Mobile Platform”

Best of MWC 2019 Awards – FoneArena

MWC 2019 got over a few days, and there were several interesting and innovative products at this year’s event. We gave out FoneArena Awards to some of the latest products and innovations. We gave these awards under several categories such as Best Product, Best Smartphone, Best Innovative Product and several Editor’s Picks of MWC 2019.

Xiaomi partners with Light for advanced computational imaging solutions for smartphones

Light and Xiaomi Corporation have announced an agreement to jointly develop and market new imaging solutions for smartphones. The partnership will see Light bring together its advanced computational imaging technology with Xiaomi’s high-end smartphone devices.

MediaTek MT6731 SoC to power 4G smart feature phones running KaiOS

KaiOS, popular mobile operating system for smart feature phones that powers the JioPhone and the Nokia 8110 4G has announced their collaboration to integrate KaiOS with a series of MediaTek chipsets to power 3G and 4G devices. As part of this cooperation, the KaiOS mobile operating system will now run on the 3G MT6572 platform, and … Continue reading “MediaTek MT6731 SoC to power 4G smart feature phones running KaiOS”

Samsung Galaxy M20 Benchmarks – Exynos 7 Series 7904 Octa-Core processor

This week Samsung launched the Galaxy M10 and Galaxy M20 smartphones in India. Even though we are already familar with the Exynos 7870 powering the M10 since it was introduced way back in 2016 and already powers the Samsung Galaxy J6, On Nxt and several smartphone, the new Exynos 7904 octa-core 14nm processor in the Galaxy M20 is new.

HONOR View20 Review – Trendiest Value Flagship

There’s a reason why this category exists – the value flagship. It’s because actual flagships have gotten so damn costly. Let’s not straight away blame the brands, as we all know how costly research and development is. But over the years we’ve seen how, as the flagship cycle progresses, there are sweet spots of opportunity … Continue reading “HONOR View20 Review – Trendiest Value Flagship”

Flipkart Republic Day Sale 2019: Best deals on smartphones, LED TVs, laptops and more

Flipkart has started its Republic Day Sale this week that offers deals on Mobiles, TVs, Appliances, Laptops and more, as it had announced recently. It offers Block Buster deals on Mobiles, Laptops, TVs and more every 8 hours, Extra 26% off everyday from 2PM to 6PM, up to 75% off on TVs and Appliances, up … Continue reading “Flipkart Republic Day Sale 2019: Best deals on smartphones, LED TVs, laptops and more”

Google reassures 2 years of guaranteed updates for Android One devices commitment

Google’s Android One program debuted with an aim to offer low-end Android phone with commendable hardware and provide timely updates. However, things changed as the company let up the hardware requirements due to smartphone OEMs were not making enough from them. To some extent, Android Go was able to fill the void with its slimmed down … Continue reading “Google reassures 2 years of guaranteed updates for Android One devices commitment”