Samsung Galaxy A5 (2016) Camera Samples

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Samsung launched the Galaxy A5 (2016) smartphone, along with the Galaxy A7 (2016) smartphone earlier this month for Rs. 29,400. We recently brought you the unboxing and benchmarks, here we have the camera samples from the smartphone. The Galaxy Galaxy A5 (2016) packs a 13-megapixel auto focus rear camera with f/1.9 aperture, single LED flash, Optical Image Stabilization (OIS) and a 5-megapixel front-facing camera with f/1.9 aperture. Continue reading “Samsung Galaxy A5 (2016) Camera Samples”

HTC One M10 storage options surface, officials hint at compelling camera experience

Just yesterday, HTC teased its upcoming flagship smartphone, the One M10  with the tagline Power of 10, along with an image that shows the metal edges of the phone. Now, some details about the phone’s storage and camera have surfaced from a popular tipster and a company official.

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LG G5 launching in India in Q2 2016

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LG unveiled its flagship G5 smartphone with a modular design along with Friends companion devices at the MWC in Barcelona earlier this week. Today LG has announced that the smartphone will launch in India in the next quarter, soon after the global launch in April. The G5 has a 5.3-inch (2560 x 1440 pixels) Quad HD Quantum always-on display that lets you can check the time, battery status, and notifications without waking the phone. Continue reading “LG G5 launching in India in Q2 2016”

BLU Life Mark with 5-inch HD display, 4G, fingerprint sensor launched in India for Rs. 8999

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BLU Products has launched its BLU Life Mark smartphone in India. It packs a 5-inch HD display, is powered by an Quad-Core 64-bit MediaTek 6735 processor and runs on Android 5.1 (Lollipop). It has a 13-megapixel rear camera with LED flash and a 5-megapixel front-facing camera. Continue reading “BLU Life Mark with 5-inch HD display, 4G, fingerprint sensor launched in India for Rs. 8999”

Ringing Bells announces cash on delivery for Freedom 251 orders

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Ringing Bells today announced that it will be accepting Cash on Delivery (COD) for the customers who ordered the Rs. 251 Freedom 251 smartphone last week. Earlier this week the company said that it received over 6.17 crore registrations (over 60 millions) for the smartphone in total, few days after the payment gateway crashed after 30,000 transactions in day 1. Now it said that is in the process of compiling emails and will be issuing this to first 25 lakh registrations soon.
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Samsung Galaxy A7 (2016) Benchmarks

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Samsung launched the Galaxy A7 (2016) smartphone, along with the Galaxy A5 (2016) earlier this month for Rs. 33,400. We recently brought you the unboxing, here we have the benchmarks of the smartphone. It is powered by an Octa-Core Exynos 7580 64-bit processor that has eight ARM Cortex A53 cores clocked at 1.6 GHz per core, has Mali-T720 GPU, 3GB of RAM, 5.5-inch 1080p screen and runs on Android 5.1.1 (Lollipop). Check out the synthetic benchmark scores below. Continue reading “Samsung Galaxy A7 (2016) Benchmarks”

Gmail for Android gets rich text formatting and instant RSVPs

Gmail is adding a couple of new additions to its Android app. The update that bumps the app version to 6.0 brings rich text formatting and instant RSVPs.

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Sony is retiring the Xperia Z series, could replace it by the X series

Sony is axing its beloved Xperia Z series. The company has officially confirmed that it will not release a Xperia Z6 which means, Xperia Z5 will be the last phone in the Z series.

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LG G5 and Samsung Galaxy S7 lack support for adoptable storage

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 m2 now available from Flipkart in India for Rs. 6999

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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”

LeEco Le 1s open sale on Feb 25 on Flipkart, Rs. 8 crore worth prizes, exchange offers for buyers

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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 Era X with 5-inch HD display, 2GB RAM, 4G LTE launched for Rs. 5777

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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 Mi 5 with 5.15-inch 1080p display, Snapdragon 820, 4GB RAM, fingerprint sensor announced

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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 Mi 4S with 5-inch 1080p display, Snapdragon 808, 3GB RAM, fingerprint sensor announced

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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”