Category: Android

Lava A79 with 5.5-inch display, front camera with LED flash launched for Rs. 5699

Lava A79

Lava International has launched A79, the company’s latest smartphone in the ‘A Series’ It has a 5.5-inch FWVGA screen, is powered by a 1.2GHz quad-core processor and runs on Android 5.1 (Lollipop). It has a 5-megapixel rear camera with LED flash and a 2-megapixel front-facing camera that also has LED flash for capturing brighter images even in low lighting conditions. It has dual SIM support and 3G connectivity. Continue reading “Lava A79 with 5.5-inch display, front camera with LED flash launched for Rs. 5699”

Reliance Lyf Flame 3 with 4G VoLTE launched for Rs. 3999

Reliance Lyf Flame 3

Reliance Retail has launched Lyf Flame 3, the company’s latest 4G smartphone with VoLTE exclusively on HomeShop18. It has a 4-inch WVGA screen, is powered by a 1.5GHz quad-core processor, runs on Android 5.1 (Lollipop), has a 5-megapixel rear camera with LED flash and a 2-megapixel front-facing camera. It has dual SIM support, similar to most other Lyf smartphones. Continue reading “Reliance Lyf Flame 3 with 4G VoLTE launched for Rs. 3999”

Nextbit Robin cloud-first smartphone launched in India for Rs. 19999

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Nextbit has launched Robin, the company’s cloud-first smartphone in India, as it had promised. By merging cloud and on-board storage, the Robin backs up apps and photos and intelligently archives the stuff that are not frequently used and easily restores items when you need them. It packs a 5.2-inch 1080p display, is powered by Snapdragon 808 chip with 3GB RAM and runs on Android 6.0.1 (Marshmallow). Continue reading “Nextbit Robin cloud-first smartphone launched in India for Rs. 19999”

Micromax Canvas Selfie 4 with 5-inch HD display, 8MP front camera, Android 6.0 announced

Micromax new logo

Micromax has announced Canvas Selfie 4, the company’s latest selfie-focused smartphone, along with the Canvas Bolt Selfie, a budget selfie smartphone. It packs a 5-inch HD screen, is powered by a 1.3GHz quad-core processor and runs on Android 6.0 (Marshmallow). It has a 8-megapixel rear camera with LED flash and a 8-megapixel front-facing camera. The company didn’t share a image of the phone. Continue reading “Micromax Canvas Selfie 4 with 5-inch HD display, 8MP front camera, Android 6.0 announced”

Sony Xperia E5 confirmed, expected to be announced soon

Sony Xperia E5

Sony Mobile has accidentally revealed the image of its upcoming Xperia E5 smartphone on its social media channels before pulling them down. This shows the smartphone in black and white colors and the phone is expected to feature a metal frame. It will also have NFC support. Sony F3311 already surfaced in GFXBench listing, confirming most of the specifications of the phone. It is also expected to come in dual SIM variant, Xperia E5 dual, similar to the Xperia E4 series. Continue reading “Sony Xperia E5 confirmed, expected to be announced soon”

Twitter is testing Night Mode for Android app

twitter night mode

Twitter is testing a new automatic night mode for its Android app, according to an image posted by Taylor Wimberly on Google+.  The new UI is currently being tested on bunch of selected alpha testers of the app.

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Hyve Mobility to launch flagship Android smartphone in India on June 15 (Update)

Hyve Mobility launch invite

Update (June 7):  The event has been postponed to June 15th.

Hyve Mobility, a new smartphone company based in New Delhi is all set to launch its flagship smartphone on June 2nd. The company is headed by Sharad Mehrotra, who was previously Apple India’s enterprise mobility head. He quit Apple in December 2015, after working there for almost 8 years and started Hyve Mobility in January 2016 to develop Android smartphones. Continue reading “Hyve Mobility to launch flagship Android smartphone in India on June 15 (Update)”

Micromax Bolt Selfie with 5MP front camera, 4G LTE launched for Rs. 4999

Micromax Bolt Selfie

Micromax has launched Bolt Selfie Q424, the company’s latest budget selfie-focused 4G smartphone. It has a 4.5-inch FWVGA screen, is powered by a quad-core MT6735M SoC, runs on Android 5.1 (Lollipop), comes with a 5-megapixel front-facing camera and a 5-megapixel auto focus rear camera with LED flash. It has dual SIM support similar to most other Micromax smartphones. Continue reading “Micromax Bolt Selfie with 5MP front camera, 4G LTE launched for Rs. 4999”

LeEco schedules an event in India on June 8, Le 2, Le 2 Pro and Le Max 2 expected

LeEco Le 2 India launch teaser

[Update: The latest teaser reveals that it will launch the Le 2 smartphone in India on June 8]

LeEco India just sent an invite for an event on June 8th. The company is expected to launch the  Le 2, Le 2 Pro and Le Max smartphones at the event. These phones were unveiled in China last month, come with a unibody metal design, fingerprint sensor and have new Continual Digital Lossless Audio (CDLA) audio standard for loss-less audio through USB Type-C port and doesn’t have 3.5mm audio jack.

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ZTE nubia Z11 Max with 6-inch 1080p display, 4000mAh battery to be announced on June 7

ZTE nubia Z11 Max launch invite

ZTE is all set to introduce the nubia Z11 Max, the high-end version of the nubia Z11 mini that was introduced last month. The company has sent invite for the launch event on June 7th in China and the invite features its latest brand ambassador Cristiano Ronaldo. We already know the specifications of the smartphone since it recently got certified by TENAA.

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YU YUNIQUE, YUPHORIA, YUREKA Plus to receive Android 6.0.1 Marshmallow update next month

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YU Televentures has announced that its four devices – YUNIQUE, YUPHORIA, YUREKA, YUREKA Plus – will receive stable Android 6.0.1 Marshmallow OTA update in next 30 days. Continue reading “YU YUNIQUE, YUPHORIA, YUREKA Plus to receive Android 6.0.1 Marshmallow update next month”

Alcatel Pop Star with 5-inch HD display, 4G LTE launched in India for Rs. 6999

Alcatel Pop Star

Alcatel has launched Pop Star, the company’s latest budget 4G smartphone in India. It has a 5-inch HD display, is powered by 1GHz quad-core 64-bit MediaTek processor and runs on Android 5.1 Lollipop. It has a 8-megapixel rear camera with LED flash and a 5-megapixel front-facing camera.  It has dual SIM support and comes with 4G LTE connectivity. Continue reading “Alcatel Pop Star with 5-inch HD display, 4G LTE launched in India for Rs. 6999”

Asus launches new Zenfone Max with Snapdragon 615, Android 6.0 starting at Rs. 9999

Asus Zenfone Max

Asus has launched new variants of Zenfone Max that was launched earlier this year. This is powered by an Octa-Core Snapdragon 615 SoC, comes in 2GB and 3GB RAM variant and runs Android 6.0 (Marshmallow). The internal storage has also been increased to 32GB. Other specifications such as the 5000mAh battery, 5.5-inch HD display and 13-megapixel rear camera with dual-tone flash and Laser auto focus for quick focus, are the same. Continue reading “Asus launches new Zenfone Max with Snapdragon 615, Android 6.0 starting at Rs. 9999”