CyanogenMod is coming to the OnePlus 2 – Bringing Marshmallow along

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The OnePlus One was one of the first smartphones that came with CyanogenMod out of the box. Since then the two companies have parted ways and that resulted in the OnePlus 2 being powered by the home-brewn Oxygen OS. Now, it seems that the OnePlus 2 could be receiving the official CyanogenMod OS very soon.

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Instagram now rolling out multiple account support

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Up until now, Instagram allowed users to be logged into only one account at a time.Now, Instagram is slowly rolling out an update that allows users to be logged into multiple accounts at the same time.

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Marshmallow update rolling out to LG G4 in some parts of Europe

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The LG G4 is one of the first Android smartphones outside the Nexus and Android One family to receive the update to Android 6.0 Marshmallow. The roll out began in the later half of October with G4s in Poland getting the update first. Now, the update is apparently hitting the G4 across parts of Europe.

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Samsung Galaxy On7 Camera Samples

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Samsung launched the Galaxy On7 smartphone in India earlier this month, exclusively on Flipkart for Rs. 10,999. We already brought you the unboxing and benchmarks, here we have the camera samples from the smartphone. The Galaxy On7 packs a 13-megapixel auto focus rear camera with f/2.1 aperture with single LED flash.

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Weekly Roundup: Lenovo Vibe S1, HTC One A9, Desire 828, Redmi Note 3, Obi Worldphone SF1 and more

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This week kicked off with the launch of Lenovo’s first dual-selfie camera phone – the Lenovo Vibe S1. The smartphone boasts of an 8-megapixel front-facing camera along with the secondary 2-megapixel depth-sensing camera,which according to company will be able to deliver crisp images and advanced depth of field including background blur, background swap and improved low-light results. Continue reading “Weekly Roundup: Lenovo Vibe S1, HTC One A9, Desire 828, Redmi Note 3, Obi Worldphone SF1 and more”

SMART SQ718 3G with 7-inch display, Dual SIM, voice calling launched for Rs. 8999

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Creative Peripherals has launched SMART SQ718 3G, its latest tablet with dual SIM support and voice calling capabilities. It has a 7-inch ( 1024 x 600 pixels) is powered by a 1.3 GHz quad-core processor and runs on Android 4.4 (Kitkat). It has a 5MP rear camera without flash and a 2MP front-facing camera and packs a 3000mAh battery. Continue reading “SMART SQ718 3G with 7-inch display, Dual SIM, voice calling launched for Rs. 8999”

Qiku Q Terra Photo Gallery

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QiKu, the popular Chinese smartphone manufacturer introduced the Qiku Q Terra smartphone at an event in India earlier today. The smartphone is priced at Rs. 19,999 for those who have invites and Rs. 21,999 without invites. We got our hands on the smartphone, check out the hardware walk through in this photo gallery.

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Asus ZenPad 7.0 Review

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Asus launched the ZenPad 7.0 Z370CG, a compact tablet in India back in August at the Zenfestival for Rs. 11,999, after it was introduced at the Computex back in June. It went on sale in the country last month. Is the tablet worth the price? Let us find out in this review.

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Next gen Samsung Galaxy A5 will have a 720p screen

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Samsung is planning to refresh its Galaxy A lineup of devices- namely the A3, A5 and A7. A new user agent profile leak suggests that the 2016 Samsung Galaxy A5 will retain the 720p resolution of its predecessor.

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Qiku Q Terra with 6-inch 1080p display, 3GB RAM, metal body launched in India for Rs. 19999

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Qiku has launched Q Terra smartphone in India, as it promised. It has a 6-inch 1080p display with a screen-to-body ratio of 83%, is powered by a Hexa-Core Snapdragon 808 processor, has dual 13-megapixel rear cameras, 8-megapixel front-facing camera, runs on 360 OS based on Android 5.1.1 (Lollipop), has a metal body and come with a fingerprint sensor on the back to unlock the phone in just 0.5 seconds.

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Micromax Canvas Pace 4G Q416 with Snapdragon 210 SoC now available for Rs. 6821

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Micromax Canvas Pace 4G Q416, the company’s latest 4G smartphones in the Canvas series is now available from eBay.in. It packs a 5-inch FWVGA screen, is powered by a quad-core Snapdragon 210 SoC and runs on Android Lollipop. It has a 5-megapixel rear camera with LED flash and a 2-megapixel front-facing camera. Continue reading “Micromax Canvas Pace 4G Q416 with Snapdragon 210 SoC now available for Rs. 6821”

NVIDIA SHIELD Tablet X1 with Tegra X1 SoC, 3GB RAM surfaces in benchmarks

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NVIDIA introduced the SHIELD tablet K1 last week at a cheaper price of $199. Now the SHIELD tablet X1 has surfaced in GFXBench benchmarks revealing a similar 8-inch Full HD display, but this will be powered by the latest NVIDIA Tegra X1 Octa-Core (4x ARM Cortex A57 + 4x ARM Cortex A53) 20nm processor with 256-core Maxwell GPU. The listing shows it wrongly as a quad-core SoC. Continue reading “NVIDIA SHIELD Tablet X1 with Tegra X1 SoC, 3GB RAM surfaces in benchmarks”

Lava Iris X10 with 5-inch HD display, 3GB RAM, 4G LTE listed online for Rs. 10990

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Lava Iris X10, the company’s latest top-end Iris series smartphone has been listed on HomeShop18. It has a 5-inch HD screen with Corning Gorilla Glass 3 protection, is powered by a 1.3GHz quad-core processor and runs on Android 5.1 (Lollipop). It has a 13-megapixel rear camera with dual LED flash and a 5-megapixel front-facing camera. Continue reading “Lava Iris X10 with 5-inch HD display, 3GB RAM, 4G LTE listed online for Rs. 10990”

Huawei Mate 8 with 6-inch 1080p display, Android 6.0 and fingerprint sensor announced

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Huawei has announced Mate 8, the company’s latest smartphone in the Mate series at an event in China, as it promised. It packs a 6-inch 1080p display with 2.7mm ultra narrow frame, 83% screen-to-body ratio and 2.5D glass, is powered by a Octa-Core HiSilicon Kirin 950 SoC with IntelliSense i5 sensor hub and runs on Android 6.0 (Marshmallow) with Emotion UI 4.0 on top. It has a 16-megapixel rear camera with Sony IMX298 sensor, dual-tone LED flash, phase-detection auto-focus (PDAF), optical image stabilization (OIS) and uses Huawei’s own ISP. It also has an 8-megapixel front-facing camera. Continue reading “Huawei Mate 8 with 6-inch 1080p display, Android 6.0 and fingerprint sensor announced”