Category: Android

HTC One M9 launching in India on April 14

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HTC has sent invites for its Unveiling Brilliance event on April 14th in India. The  invite says “Brace yourselves as we get ready to showcase the most exciting revelation in the history of smartphones”, which makes it clear that it is launching the One M9 smartphone in India. The One M9 that was announced at the MWC last month has unibody build similar to the One M8, but this comes with a faster Snapdragon 810 Octa-Core SoC with 3GB RAM, 20-megapixel rear camera and an UltraPixel front-facing camera.

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YU YUPHORIA is the name of YU’s Project Caesar smartphone

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YU started a contest last week to find a name for its upcoming Cyanogen-powered YU series smartphone . Today it has revealed that Project Caesar will be called YUPHORIA that has been selected through its crowd-sourcing campaign #YUNameIt. It received 1,00,000 entries, out of which 5 names (YUPHORIA, YUKNIGHT, YUNICORN, YUNITY, YOUTH) made it to the voting stage from 4th to 6th April. Continue reading “YU YUPHORIA is the name of YU’s Project Caesar smartphone”

HTC Desire 626G+ dual sim with 5-inch HD display, Octa-Core SoC launched in India for Rs. 16900

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HTC has launched Desire 626G+ dual sim, the company’s latest smartphone in the Desire series in India. It has a 5-inch HD IPS display, powered by a 1.7 GHz Octa-Core processor and runs on Android 4.4 (KitKat) with HTC Sense on top. It has a 13-megapixel rear camera with LED flash, 1080p video recording and a 5-megapixel front-facing camera. Continue reading “HTC Desire 626G+ dual sim with 5-inch HD display, Octa-Core SoC launched in India for Rs. 16900”

Reliance Jio launches Jio Chat with messaging, voice and video calling for Android and iOS

Jio Chat for Android and iPhone

Reliance Jio, a subsidiary of Reliance Industries Limited (RIL) has launched Jio Chat, a new chat apple for Android and iOS platforms. In addition to instant messaging, the app also offers voice & video calling, one-to-one & group chats, conference calling, stickers and Channels that lets you follow your favorite brands. Continue reading “Reliance Jio launches Jio Chat with messaging, voice and video calling for Android and iOS”

OPPO N3 launched in India for Rs. 42990

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OPPO has finally launched the OPPO N3 smartphone in India. It was unveiled last year at an event in Singapore and packs a 5.5-inch 1080p display, features a 16-megapixel 206-degree motorized rotating camera that can rotate to 0.012 degrees accurately to capture selfies easily. It is powered by a quad-core Snapdragon 801 processor and runs on Color OS 2.0 based on Android 4.4 (KitKat).  Continue reading “OPPO N3 launched in India for Rs. 42990”

Google app for Android brings wider release for nicknames feature

Google Search app for Android is expanding its nicknames feature to more users. As the name suggests, Nickname  allows users to add a nickname to people in your contact list.

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Huawei SnapTo with 5-inch HD display, 4G LTE available for pre-order in the US for $179.99

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Huawei SnapTo, a new budget smartphone is now available order in the US from Amazon. It has a 5-inch HD screen, is powered by a Snapdragon 400 processor and runs on Android 4.4 (KitKat). It has a 5-megapixel rear camera with LED and a 2-megapixel front-facing camera. It doesn’t have dual SIM support, but it comes with 4G connectivity. Continue reading “Huawei SnapTo with 5-inch HD display, 4G LTE available for pre-order in the US for $179.99”

OnePlus will not increase the price of OnePlus One in India

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OnePlus today announced that it has decided not to increase the price of OnePlus One in India even after the Indian government has increased the excise duty on mobile phones imported into India. The company recently increased the price of both the 16GB and 64GB models in European countries that uses euro as currency as a result of falling value of the Euro. Continue reading “OnePlus will not increase the price of OnePlus One in India”

HTC One M9+ with 5.2-inch Quad HD display, Fingerprint reader announced

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HTC has finally made the One M9+ official at the launch event in Beijing, China. It has the same unibody metal build similar to the One M9, but this comes with a better 5.2-inch Quad HD screen and has a fingerprint sensor below the display for secure lock and payments. It has multi-directional sensors that lets you place your finger on the sensor in any direction to unlock your phone, says HTC. Instead of Snapdragon 810, this has a 2.2GHz Octa-Core MediaTek Helio X10 (MT6795T) Octa-Core 64-bit processor. It runs on Android 5.0 Lollipop with HTC Sense UI on top. It also has China Sense for Chinese customers that lets you set different themes and also create themes. Continue reading “HTC One M9+ with 5.2-inch Quad HD display, Fingerprint reader announced”

Asus Zenfone 2 launching in India on April 23

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Asus already announced that it will be launching the Zenfone 2 smartphone in India in the last week of April. It also announced that it is launching all the three variants – ZE500CL, ZE550ML and ZE551ML in India. Today the company has sent out invites for the launch of the Zenfone 2 in India, which is scheduled for April 23rd.

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Sony Xperia Z2 and Z2 Tablet Android 5.0 update now rolling out, coming to Z1, Z1 Compact and Z Ultra next week

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Sony has started rolling out Android 5.0 (Lollipop) update (v23.1.A.0.690) for both the Sony Xperia Z2 and Z2 Tablet. The update is also available in India, according to the official Sony India support page. It started rolling out for the Xperia Z3 and Xperia Z3 Compact last month, but the update is yet to roll out for Indian units.  Continue reading “Sony Xperia Z2 and Z2 Tablet Android 5.0 update now rolling out, coming to Z1, Z1 Compact and Z Ultra next week”

Motorola Moto Turbo Review

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Introduction

When Google announced the Nexus 6, there were two main issues that customers complained about. One was the pricing which was unusually high for a Nexus phone and secondly its size. The device housed a 6 inch display and made it one of the biggest phones on the market. While phablets are getting more and more in demand these days, 6 inch is still considered to be quite big unless you’ve bezels as slim as LG has managed on their G2/G3 and the Sharp Crystal series. That is why most manufacturers such as Samsung haven’t gone beyond 5.5” or 5.7” for their phablets fearing it may be deemed too large.

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Instagram adds Color and Fade photo editing tools to Android app

Instagram is bringing couple of photo editing tools for its Android app. The latest creative tools- Color and Fade, will let users customize their photos by adjusting the color tones.

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Meizu M1 Note Photo gallery

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As we reported earlier, Meizu is set to enter the Indian smartphone market soon. Although an exact date is not known yet, we will be sure to let you know as soon as we hear any info. For now, we have some images of the M1 Note that we took during our hands on with the device recently. The M1 Note is reported to be one of the devices that will be introduced to the Indian market initially. We hope the images help you get a better understanding of the device.

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Lenovo A6000 is not discontinued in India, will be back in stock soon

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Lenovo A6000 went out of stock recently, and the Lenovo A6000 page on Flipkart said that the product has permanently been discontinued. Lenovo has clarified to NDTV Gadgets that it has not discontinued the smartphone in India and the stocks will be back soon, but the time frame of the availability is not known yet. Continue reading “Lenovo A6000 is not discontinued in India, will be back in stock soon”