LeEco Le 1s receives over 5.3 lakh registrations on Flipkart in 10 days

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LeEco (formerly known as Letv) launched the Le 1s smartphone in India last month at a price tag of Rs. 10,999. Flipkart today announced that it has received over 5,30,000 lakh registrations for the Le 1s smartphone within 10 days after registration opened. Flipkart said that this broke the previous record by getting nearly 10,000 more registrations. Continue reading “LeEco Le 1s receives over 5.3 lakh registrations on Flipkart in 10 days”

Chinese smartphone shipments hit 438 million units in 2015, Xiaomi maintains lead : Report

Chinese smartphone shipments grew 3 percent annually to hit a record 438 million units in 2015, according to the latest report from Strategy Analytics. Xiaomi maintained the top spot by shipping 17.5 million smartphones and captured 15 percent market share in China in Q4 2015, up 11 percent annually.

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Honor 5X launched in the US for $199.99

Huawei launched the Honor 5X smartphone in India last week and now the phone has officially launched in the US. The phone which is the successor of the 4x smartphone sports a 5.5-inch 1080p display with 72.5% screen-to-body ratio.

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HP’s Isaac Mizrahi designed smartwatch now available for $249.99

HP has partnered with renowned fashion designer Isaac Mizrahi to create an analog smartwatch designed specially for women. The watch which is engineered by HP, comes with Swarovski crystal framed watch face around the 42mm round stainless steel casing.

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Samsung Galaxy S6 and S6 edge getting update to Android 6.0.1 Marshmallow in South Korea

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Samsung has started the roll out of Android 6.0.1 Marshmallow for the Galaxy S6 and S6 edge in South Korea. The Marshmallow build has leaked to the Galaxy Note5, Note 4 and S5 in the past accidentally but this is now an official update.

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Bluboo XFire2 announced – Comes with a fingerprint scanner for just US$ 59.99

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Bluboo has just announced a new smartphone known as the XFire 2 which will come with a fingerprint scanner at a very low price of US$ 59.99 (Around Rs 4,000). The device will come in 2 variants and will go on sale next month.

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Samsung Galaxy J7 (2016) specifications appear on kernel source code

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Samsung just recently updated the A series lineup and now is expected to update models of the J series including the J7 (2016). A new source code that has leaked reveals the specifications of the upcoming smartphone.

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OPPO F1 Photo Gallery

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Oppo launched F1 smartphone in India yesterday for Rs 15,990. which will be available in 8 cities in India starting from February 1st. We have already seen the unboxing of the phone so let’s take a detailed look at the hardware and specifications in this photo gallery. Continue reading “OPPO F1 Photo Gallery”

Weekly Roundup: Huawei Honor 5X, Oppo F1, Lenovo Vibe X3, BlackBerry Priv and more

 

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This week Huawei launched two new smartphones in India – the Honor 5X and Honor Holly 2 Plus. The Honor 5X is the successor of one of the most popular Honor 4X smartphone that was launched in India last year. Continue reading “Weekly Roundup: Huawei Honor 5X, Oppo F1, Lenovo Vibe X3, BlackBerry Priv and more”

Samsung Galaxy S7 and S7 edge press image surface in new leak

We have seen a number of leaks and detailed reports about the specifications of the Galaxy S7 and S7 edge. Today, popular tipseter Evan Blass aka @evleaks has shared press render of the upcoming flagship phones from Samsung.

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Huawei Honor Holly 2 Plus Photo Gallery

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Huawei launched the Honor Holly 2 Plus 4G smartphone in India yesterday for Rs. 8,499, which will go on sale through Flipkart and Amazon.in starting from February 15th. We have got our hands on the phone so let’s take a detailed look at hardware and specifications of the phone in this photo gallery. Continue reading “Huawei Honor Holly 2 Plus Photo Gallery”

SwiftKey Keyboard 6.2 brings new emojis for Android 6.0.1

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SwiftKey has added support for all the new 184 emojis for devices running on Android 6.0.1 in the latest version 6.2 update. These emojis include, volleyball, taco, middle finger, champagne bottle, as well as new faces for sickness, thinking, and rolling eyes. The update also brings currency input for several countries, improved typing behaviour when backspacing and several other fixes. Check out the complete changelog below. Continue reading “SwiftKey Keyboard 6.2 brings new emojis for Android 6.0.1”

Google paid over $6 million for security researchers, over $2 million in 2015

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Google has announced that it had paid over $6 million for security researchers through its Vulnerability Rewards Program since 2010. Last year it paid more than 300 different security researchers more than $200,000 for finding more than 750 bugs and vulnerabilities in Chrome and other Google Products, including largest single payment of $37,500 to an Android security researcher. Continue reading “Google paid over $6 million for security researchers, over $2 million in 2015”