LG G5 and Samsung Galaxy S7 were announced at the Mobile World Congress (MWC 2016). Both the flagships sport high-end specifications and most importantly support for expandable storage. However, both these devices are missing an important Android Marshmallow feature.
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Meizu launched its budget m2 smartphone and the successor of m1 in India, back in October last year, exclusively on Snapdeal, today the company has launched the smartphone on Flipkart. It was announced back in July last year, packs a 5-inch HD screen with a screen-to-body ratio of 75.6%, is powered by a 1.3 GHz quad-core 64-bit MediaTek processor, runs on Android 5.1 (Lollipop) with FlyMe OS 4.5, has a 13-megapixel rear camera with LED flash and a 5-megapixel front-facing camera. Continue reading “Meizu m2 now available from Flipkart in India for Rs. 6999”
Last week LeEco said that it got 55,000 orders for Le 1s in 9 seconds in third flash sale last week. It also announced that the smartphone will be available through open sale on 25th February on Flipkart. Now the company has announced that it will offer Rs. 8 crore worth of prizes and several offers for the buyers in the sale. So far it has received 2,20,000 sales orders and 2,028,000 registrations in first three flash sales. Continue reading “LeEco Le 1s open sale on Feb 25 on Flipkart, Rs. 8 crore worth prizes, exchange offers for buyers”
Xolo has launched Era X, the company’s latest budget 4G smartphone in the Era series. It packs a 5-inch HD screen, is powered by a quad-core Spreadtrum SC9830A processor, runs on Android 5.1 (Lollipop) OS, which is upgradable to Android 6.0 (Marshmallow), comes with a 8-megapixel rear camera with LED flash and a 5-megapixel front-facing camera that also has a LED flash. It comes with dual SIM support and has 4G LTE connectivity. Continue reading “Xolo Era X with 5-inch HD display, 2GB RAM, 4G LTE launched for Rs. 5777”
Xiaomi just announced Mi 5, the company’s latest flagship smartphone at an event in China, as it promised. It has a 5.15-inch 1080p curved glass display, is powered by a Quad-Core Snadpragon 820 processor and runs on MIUI 7 based on Android 6.0 (Marshmallow). It has a 16-megapixel rear camera with two-tone LED flash, phase-detection auto-focus (PDAF), resulting in a quick focus, DTI pixel isolation technology, Spectra image processor, 4-axis optical image stabilization (OIS), 4K video recording and a 4-megapixel front-facing camera with pixel size of 2 microns. Continue reading “Xiaomi Mi 5 with 5.15-inch 1080p display, Snapdragon 820, 4GB RAM, fingerprint sensor announced”
Xiaomi just announced Mi 4S, the company’s latest smartphone in the Mi 4 series at an event in China. It has a 5-inch 1080p display, is powered by an Hexa-Core Snadpragon 808 processor and runs on MIUI 7 based on Android 6.0 (Marshmallow). It has a 13-megapixel rear camera with two-tone LED flash, phase-detection auto-focus (PDAF) and a 5-megapixel front-facing camera. Continue reading “Xiaomi Mi 4S with 5-inch 1080p display, Snapdragon 808, 3GB RAM, fingerprint sensor announced”
In a bid to make it easier for users to try out new features on Android, WhatsApp has launched a beta program. Available on the Google Play Store, the beta program is good news for early adopters to test latest pre-release builds of the Facebook owned WhatsApp Messenger.
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Twitter has rolled out Fabric app for developers on its Android and iOS mobile apps. The mobile apps will allow developers to monitor various analytics and diagnostics about their applications.
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Microsoft continues to add new apps and tools via its Garage Project. The latest entrant is a new Hub Keyboard for Android, which gives you quick access to all important documents and contacts at your fingertips. The main aim of the app is to do multi-tasking without exiting the app.
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Google expanded its Android One program to Turkey back in May last year and introduced General Mobile 4G. Now it has introduced GM5 Plus, a high-end Android One smartphone with a 5.5-inch 1080p display with 79% screen-to-body ratio, Octa-Core Snapdragon 617 processor, Android 6.0.1 (Marshmallow), 13-megapixel rear camera with dual LED flash and a 13-megapixel auto focus front-facing camera that also has LED flash. Continue reading “General Mobile GM 5 Plus Android One smartphone with 3GB RAM, Android 6.0, 13MP front camera announced”
LeEco Le Max Pro, which was the first smartphone to be announced with the Snapdragon 820 SoC also becomes the first smartphone with the processor to go on sale in China. Founder and CEO Jia Yueting today on weibo (Via) said that 1000 units of the flagship smartphone will be available for purchase at 1999 yuan (US$ 306 / Rs. 20,995 approx.). Even though they are just engineering models and not the retail units, users can switch it for the final version when the commercial version is out. Continue reading “Le Max Pro the first smartphone with Snapdragon 820 goes on sale in China”
Adobe has added a number of new features and improvements to its Lightroom Android app. The update that bumps the app to version 2.0 brings in-app camera, supporting the capture of images in DNG RAW format.
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Skype has announced that it is killing its Qik video messaging app on March 24. Launched in October 2014 on Android, iOS and Windows Phone, the Qik app allowed users to record video upto 42 seconds long.
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Sony announced the Xperia X performance, Xperia X and Xperia XA, the company’s latest high-end and mid-range smartphones in the new Xperia X series at the MWC 2016 in Barcelona. Now, the Xperia X and Xperia XA smartphones are available for pre-orders in the Europe.
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Panasonic announced Toughpad FZ-F1 and Toughpad FZ-N1, two new rugged smartphones running Windows 10 IoT Mobile Enterprise and Android 5.1.1 (Lollipop), respectively at the MWC 2016 in Barcelona. These smartphones have a 4.7-inch HD glove enabled, multi-touch, sunlight viewable display, powered by a quad-core Snapdragon 801 processor and come with IP65, IP67 and MIL-STD-810G ratings with drop rating of 6 feet, so they can stand up to the abuse of the most demanding usage environments and also submersible, in up to 3.3 feet of water for 30 minutes. Continue reading “Panasonic Toughpad FZ-F1 and FZ-N1 rugged smartphones with Windows 10 and Android announced”
