OnePlus 2 will introduce a new invite system for purchasing the smartphone

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OnePlus has just announced that they will be introducing a new invite system for the successor of the OnePlus One. They are also introducing physical cards that can be used as invites to purchase the OnePlus 2.

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Samsung Galaxy J7 Hands On

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After launching the two Galaxy J series devices – the Samsung Galaxy J5 and the Samsung Galaxy J7 – in China last month, Samsung launched the devices in India with slightly different specifications. Here are our hands on impressions about the Galaxy J7. Continue reading “Samsung Galaxy J7 Hands On”

Samsung Galaxy J5 Hands On

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Samsung on Thursday launched two new Galaxy J series devices in India – the Samsung Galaxy J5 and the Samsung Galaxy J7. Both devices were recently launched in China last month, but Indian variants feature slightly different specifications. We went hands on with both devices at the launch event in Delhi, and here are our impressions about the Galaxy J5. Continue reading “Samsung Galaxy J5 Hands On”

Motorola schedules launch events on July 28, new Moto G and Moto X expected

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Motorola just sent out invites for the launch events in New York City, Sao Paulo, London and India on July 28th, as rumored. The teaser says Your relationship status is about to change. XGX Moto. This hints and new Moto G (2015) and Moto X (3rd Gen) smartphones. Continue reading “Motorola schedules launch events on July 28, new Moto G and Moto X expected”

Lenovo K3 Note Camera Samples

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Lenovo launched the K3 Note smartphone in India last month for Rs. 9,999. We recently brought you the unboxing, photo gallery and benchmarks of the smartphone, here we have camera samples from the smartphone. The K3 Note has a 13-megapixel rear camera with dual LED flash and f/2.0 aperture. It also features a 5-megapixel front-facing camera with f/2.4 aperture. Continue reading “Lenovo K3 Note Camera Samples”

Rovio announces Angry Birds 2, coming on July 30

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Rovio, popular for its Angry Birds game has finally announced its sequel – Angry Birds 2, after 6 years of launching the first game. The Finnish game developer says that the sequel will be bigger, badder and birdier, but other details of the game are scarce. The Angry Birds franchise has received 3 billion game downloads so far, said the company. Continue reading “Rovio announces Angry Birds 2, coming on July 30”

HTC Desire 820G+ dual sim launched in India for Rs. 19990

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HTC has launched the Desire 820G+ dual sim, the company’s latest mid-range smartphone in India. It has a 5.5-inch (1280 x 720 pixels) display, is powered by a Octa-Core MediaTek MT6592 SoC and runs on Android with Sense UI. It has a 13-megapixel rear camera and 8-megapixel front-facing camera and dual-front-facing BoomSound speakers, similar to last year’s Desire 820. Continue reading “HTC Desire 820G+ dual sim launched in India for Rs. 19990”

Samsung Galaxy J5 and J7 launched in India for Rs. 11999 and Rs. 14999

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Samsung has launched Galaxy J5 and Galaxy J7, the company’s latest selfie-focused smartphones with 5-megapixel front-facing camera with LED flash in India, as expected. The Galaxy J5 has a 5-inch HD screen and is powered by a 1.2GHz quad-core Snapdragon 410 SoC, while the Galaxy J7 comes with a 5.5-inch HD display and is powered by an Octa-Core Exynos 7580 SoC. Both these smartphones run on Android 5.1 (Lollipop) with new UI and have a 13-megapixel rear camera with LED flash. Both these have 4G connectivity with support for 1800 MHz (Band 3)  and 2300 MHz (Band 40) LTE in India. Continue reading “Samsung Galaxy J5 and J7 launched in India for Rs. 11999 and Rs. 14999”

Smartspends expense manager launched for Android

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Times Internet has launched Smartspends, an app that lets you manage your expenses. It uses intelligent algorithms on the spend feed that is saved in the text inbox of the phone and automatically organizes all the spends into different categories viz. travel, eating out, entertainment etc. This gives a complete picture of the user’s spends in one single place. Continue reading “Smartspends expense manager launched for Android”

LG G4 sales below expectations in South Korea – 240k units sold in 3 months

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A new report states that LG is having trouble selling its flagship device, the G4 in South Korea. Despite being the home market, LG has only managed to sell 240,000 units in the country since its launch 3 months ago.

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HTC One M8 will receive update to Android M

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While HTC has been facing a lot of issues financially as well as with its product sales, it sure is trying hard to keep its customers happy. Apparently the HTC One M8 is confirmed to receive the update to Android M once it releases.

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Oppo Mirror 5 with 5-inch qHD display, Snapdragon 410 SoC, 4G LTE announced

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Oppo has announced Mirror 5 smartphone, few weeks after it introduced Mirror 5s. It has a 5-inch (960 x 540 pixels) display, compared to 5-inch HD display on the Mirror 5s. Other specifications are similar, including a 1.2 GHz quad-core Snapdragon 410 64-bit SoC, Android 5.1 (Lollipop) with Color OS 2.1 ROM, 8-megapixel rear camera with LED flash and a 5-megapixel front-facing camera. It has glass back, a metal frame and is just 7.65mm thick. Continue reading “Oppo Mirror 5 with 5-inch qHD display, Snapdragon 410 SoC, 4G LTE announced”

Periscope for Android now lets you view recent broadcasts from a profile

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Twitter’s Periscope for Android has received its third update (v1.0.3) that adds option to view someone’s profile for live and recent broadcasts from the past 24 hours and also lets you share them to Twitter easily. Previously, clicking a profile just showed option to follow or unfollow a person and their follower/following count. This is already available for iPhone. This update also brings in-app notifications for live broadcasts for users running on Android Lollipop. Continue reading “Periscope for Android now lets you view recent broadcasts from a profile”

ZTE Blade D6 with 5-inch HD display, Android 5.0, 4G LTE announced

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ZTE has announced Blade D6, the company’s latest smartphone in the Blade series at the Mobile World Congress Shanghai 2015. It has a 5-inch HD IPS display, is powered by a Quad-Core 64-bit MediaTek MT6735 processor and runs on Android 5.0 (Lollipop) with MiFavor 3.2 UI on top. It features a 13-megapixel auto focus rear camera with LED Flash and a 5-megapixel front-facing camera. It has 6.95mm slim 6013 aluminum alloy body. Continue reading “ZTE Blade D6 with 5-inch HD display, Android 5.0, 4G LTE announced”