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Elephone P8000 with 3GB RAM, 4G LTE listed on Flipkart, could launch at Rs. 12999

Elephone P8000

Elephone announced the P8000 smartphone last month. Now the smartphone has been listed on Flipkart. There is a Elephone India Facebook page, which says that the smartphone will be launched in the country by the end of this month, if the page is legit. The Elephone P8000 has a 5.5-inch 1080p screen, is powered by a 1.3 GHz octa-core MediaTek MT6753 processor, runs on Android 5.1 (Lollipop) and has 3GB RAM. Continue reading “Elephone P8000 with 3GB RAM, 4G LTE listed on Flipkart, could launch at Rs. 12999”

Micromax Canvas Selfie Lens Q345 with 5-inch HD display, Clip on wide-angle lens launched for Rs. 8299

Micromax Canvas Selfie Lens Q345

Micromax has launched Canvas Selfie Lens Q345, the company’s latest selfie-focused smartphone in the Canvas series that comes with a Clip on 0.4X wide-angle lens to capture images and videos in wide-angle. This lens can be used on front and rear cameras, says the company. It has a 5-inch (1280 x 720 pixels) HD IPS display, is powered by a 1.3 GHz quad-core processor and runs on Android 5.0 (Lollipop). Continue reading “Micromax Canvas Selfie Lens Q345 with 5-inch HD display, Clip on wide-angle lens launched for Rs. 8299”

Sony imports four smartphones into India for testing – Could be the XPERIA Z3+

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Sony has apparently shipped four new smartphone prototypes into India for the purpose of testing and debugging. The shipment was brought into India last Friday from China into Bangalore.

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Foursquare brings back Mayorship to Swarm

Foursquare is bringing an old but important feature back to its Swarm app. The Swarm app is getting the mayorship feature that was popular on Foursquare before it got split up with Swarm in May last year.

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Periscope for Android updated with Vibrate notification, personal broadcast history and more

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Twitter’s Periscope for Android has received its second update (v1.0.2) that adds several features including, option to enable sound and vibrate notification, sound alone or silent, option to edit your profile photo, name and description, watch your personal broadcast history and more new features. Continue reading “Periscope for Android updated with Vibrate notification, personal broadcast history and more”

Sony releases Android M Developer Preview images for 12 Xperia devices

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Sony on its developer page has already released the preview images of the next version of Android – codenamed Android M – for the list of Xperia devices under its Open Device program. Continue reading “Sony releases Android M Developer Preview images for 12 Xperia devices”

Elephone set to announce P9000 in October – World’s first deca-core smartphone powered by Mediatek MT6797

Elephone is apparently working on a new phone called the P9000 which is set to become the first smartphone that is powered by a deca-core processor, namely the Mediatek Helios X20 MT6797 and it will be released later this year.

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Samsung Galaxy S5 on T-Mobile now receiving update to Android 5.1.1 Lollipop

Users of T-Mobile handsets have a lot to cheer about lately. After being the first to roll out the Android 5.1.1 Lollipop update for the Galaxy S6 and S6 Edge, now T-Mobile has begun rolling out the update for the Galaxy S5 as well.

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YU YUPHORIA incremental update for improvements and fixes starts rolling out

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YU YUREKA got the Cyanogen OS 12 update (YNG1TAS1K0) last month for battery life improvements. Now YU YUPHORIA has started receiving a new incremental update (YNG1TBS2P2) that is said to improve camera, keyboard, offer better thermal management, fix proximity sensor issues and more. Continue reading “YU YUPHORIA incremental update for improvements and fixes starts rolling out”

Lava Iris X1 Atom S with 4-inch display, Android 4.4 launched for Rs. 4149

Lava Iris X1 Atom S

Lava has launched Iris X1 Atom S, the latest smartphone in the Iris X1 series. This budget smartphone has a 4-inch WVGA screen, is powered by a 1GHz processor and runs on Android 4.4 (KitKat). It has a 5-megapixel rear camera with LED flash and a VGA front-facing camera. It has similar design as other Iris X1 series smartphones, comes with dual SIM support and 3G connectivity. Continue reading “Lava Iris X1 Atom S with 4-inch display, Android 4.4 launched for Rs. 4149”

iBall Andi 4P Class X with 4-inch display, 1GB RAM launched for Rs. 3999

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iBall has launched Andi 4P Class X, the company’s latest budget smartphone in the Andi series. It has a 4-inch FWVGA screen, is powered by a 1.3GHz dual-core processor and runs on Android 4.4 (KitKat). It has a 5-megapixel rear camera with LED flash and a 2-megapixel front-facing camera. It comes with dual SIM support and 3G connectivity, similar to most other iBall Andi smartphones. Continue reading “iBall Andi 4P Class X with 4-inch display, 1GB RAM launched for Rs. 3999”

Flipkart Big App Shopping Days: Best deals on Android smartphones

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Flipkart launched its Big App Shopping Days today. OnePlus launched the OnePlus One smartphone on Flipkart today. To celebrate the launch, the 64GB Sandstone Black version has received Rs. 2000 discount and is available for Rs. 19,998. Xiaomi also launched the Mi Band on Flipkart today, which is available for all without registrations. Xiaomi Mi 4 16GB got a price cut to Rs. 14,999 last week. Now the smartphone is available for Rs. 13,999 on Flipkart app as a part of this promotion. Continue reading “Flipkart Big App Shopping Days: Best deals on Android smartphones”

Samsung Galaxy A8 with 5.9mm thickness gets certified in China

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Live images of Samsung Galaxy A8 (SM-A8000) surfaced last week, now the smartphone has been certified by TENAA (via) in China. It confirms most of the specifications of the smartphone and also reveals that it will have a 5.7-inch Full HD Super AMOLED display, and not a 5.5-inch display as rumored earlier. This confirms that the smartphone will be just 5.94mm thick, making it the thinnest Samsung smartphone till date. Continue reading “Samsung Galaxy A8 with 5.9mm thickness gets certified in China”

Micromax Unite 3 Unboxing

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Micromax launched the Unite 3 Q372, the third smartphone in the Unite series with support for regional languages, similar to earlier Unite series smartphones. Check out the unboxing of the smartphone and also a demo of new ‘Swipe’ feature in the keyboard developed by Firstouch that lets users translate and transliterate in 10 regional languages that includes, Hindi, Gujarati, Punjabi, Malayalam, Tamil, Telugu, Kannada, Oriya, Bengali and Marathi with just a swipe.

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