Smartisan which is a Chinese startup that manufactures smartphones has just launched their second device called the U1 or JianGuo. The U1 will sell at a base price of 899 Yuan (US$140) which translates to around Rs 9,200.
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Founded by ex-Google and HTC employees, Nextbit started off as a software firm that has always had hardware aspirations. On September 1st, the company will finally unveil its plans to finally showcase their take on a modern premium smartphone. Continue reading “Nextbit all set to launch first smartphone on 1st September”
Worldwide dual-SIM smartphone sales will grow 19 percent to 514 million units in 2016, as per a latest report from Strategy Analytics. The report states that China and India are the largest country markets for dual-SIM smartphones.
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Marshall Headphones, the company that is most famously known for their audio equipment has just announced a new smartphone that focuses on high-quality audio. The smartphone is called London and it is a multimedia powerhouse that incorporates a bunch of unique audio features as well as Marshall’s signature design elements.
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OnePlus has just announced that they will be introducing a new invite system for the successor of the OnePlus One. They are also introducing physical cards that can be used as invites to purchase the OnePlus 2.
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If you were thinking that Samsung made a good decision to stick with a 1440p panel on the Note 5 instead of going for the rumored 4k display then you aren’t alone. We’ve reached ridiculously high pixel densities on our smartphones that have more than enough sharpness and detail. However, it looks like the resolution wars are far from over as Samsung have announced that they’re planning to make a mobile display with 11k resolution.
Long have Android OEMs been reprimanded by reviewers and consumers for loading up smartphones with a large number of applications as bloatware. It looks like that this might be able to change, at least in China. Continue reading “Chinese consumer rights group sues Samsung & Oppo for bloatware on handsets”
Google is all set to launch a new Android One smartphone this month in India, according to a latest report from The Economic Times. The company will unveil a Lava made Android One smartphone on July 14, priced at Rs 12,000.
Ily is a new device that is meant to allow users to stay connected to their friends and family while they are at home. It is aimed at replacing your conventional outdated home telephones with something more technologically advanced and useful. Although it functions very similar to a smartphone, it in fact is more similar to a tablet especially in terms of size.
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Details about Project Valley or Project V have popped up and it is likely to be a dual-screen foldable smartphone. While it is still in its early stages of development, it will bequite an interesting device if it manages to see the light of day.
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Samsung has just been granted a patent for a dual-OS notebook that has a built-in phablet dock. The theoretical notebook would for example allow users to use Windows 10 by default and then switch over to Android OS and control their smartphone by placing it in the dock.
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A new Sony phone under the codename of Lavender had just been leaked. The phone looks very similar to the XPERIA C3/C4 as it has a front camera with an LED flash. Continue reading “Sony Lavender – Selfie centric smartphone leaked”
China’s smartphone market has contracted by 4% YoY (Year on Year), in the first quarter of 2015 with 98.8 million units as opposed to the same time frame last year. This is the first time in six years that the Chinese market has declined YoY.
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Indian mobile handset market declined 15% in terms of overall shipments in Q1, 2015, as per a latest report from CMR. The report said that out of the total 53 million mobile handsets shipped during the quarter, 37% (19.5 mn) were smartphones.
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The Indian smartphone market has registered an year over year increase of 21% however, quarter over quarter decline of 8%, as per latest report from Counterpoint Research.
