Samsung Galaxy J1 with 4.3-inch display, Dual Core processor official

Samsung Galaxy J1

Samsung Galaxy J1 (SM-J100H), the company’s latest entry-level smartphone in its new J series has gone official in Malaysia. It has a 4.3-inch WVGA display, is powered by a 1.2GHz 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. Continue reading “Samsung Galaxy J1 with 4.3-inch display, Dual Core processor official”

Xiaomi Mi 4 will be automatically added to cart for first 2500 Flipkart First subscribers who register

Xiaomi Mi 4 Flipkart First

Xiaomi launched the Mi 4 smartphone in India earlier today for Rs. 19,999, which goes on sale from February 10th. Xiaomi usually offers limited number of units for the Flipkart First subscribers, before the smartphone goes on sale for the first time on Flipkart. Today, Xiaomi and Flipkart have announced that the first 2500 Flipkart First subscribers who register to buy the Mi 4, will get the smartphone added to their cart automatically when it goes on sale on February 10th. Continue reading “Xiaomi Mi 4 will be automatically added to cart for first 2500 Flipkart First subscribers who register”

HTC Desire 526G+ Dual Sim with 4.7-inch display, Octa-Core SoC launched for Rs. 10400

HTC Desire 526G Plus Dual Sim

HTC has launched Desire 526G+ Dual Sim, the company’s latest smartphone in the Desire series. It has a 4.7-inch (960 x 540 pixels) display, is powered by a 1.7 GHz Octa-Core processor and runs on Android 4.4 (KitKat) with HTC Sense UI. It has a 8-megapixel rear camera with LED flash and a 2-megapixel front-facing camera. HTC has partnered with Snapdeal to sell the smartphone. Continue reading “HTC Desire 526G+ Dual Sim with 4.7-inch display, Octa-Core SoC launched for Rs. 10400”

Xiaomi Mi 4 launched in India for Rs. 19999

Xiaomi Mi 4-3

Xiaomi just launched the Mi 4 smartphone in India, as expected. It was announced back in July last year, packs a 5-inch (1920 x 1080 pixels) IPS display with 441 PPI, based one-glass solution (OGS), is powered by a 2.5 GHz quad-core Snapdragon 801 processor and runs on MIUI 6 on top of Android 4.4 (KitKat). Xiaomi plans to roll out MIUI 6 for Mi 3 and Redmi Note 4G in February, Redmi 1S and Redmi Note late March in India. Continue reading “Xiaomi Mi 4 launched in India for Rs. 19999”

Asus Zenfone C with 4.5-inch display, dual-core Intel Atom SoC announced

Asus Zenfone C

Asus has announced Zenfone C (ZC451CG), the company’s latest budget smartphone in the Zenfone series in Malaysia. It has almost similar specifications as the Asus Zenfone 4 (A450CG) that was launched last year, but the camera has been downgraded to 5-megapixel and the battery has been upgraded to 2100mAh. This was leaked through several certification websites last month. Continue reading “Asus Zenfone C with 4.5-inch display, dual-core Intel Atom SoC announced”

Xolo Q520s with 4-inch display, 1820mAh battery now available for Rs. 5699

Xolo Q520

Xolo Q520s, the company’s latest smartphone in the Q CORE series is now available from eBay.in. It has also been listed on the official website. It has a 4-inch (480×800 pixels) capacitive touch screen display based on One Glass Solution (OGS) technology, is powered by a 1.3 GHz quad-core MediaTek MT 6582M processor and runs on Android 4.4 (KitKat). The main highlight of the smartphone is the 1820mAh battery that promises up to 11 hours of talk time and 527 hours of standby on 3G, 19 hours of talk time and 610 hours of standby on 2G. Continue reading “Xolo Q520s with 4-inch display, 1820mAh battery now available for Rs. 5699”

Lava Iris X1 Mini and Iris X1 Grand launched for Rs. 4348 and Rs. 7326

Lava Iris X1 Mini

Lava has launched Iris X1 Mini and Iris X1 Grand, the company’s latest budget smartphones in the Iris X1 Series. It Iris X1 mini has a 4-inch WVGA screen and is powered by a 1.2GHz quad-core processor, while the Iris X1 Grand has a 5-inch FWVGA IPS screen and is powered by a 1.3 GHz quad-core MediaTek processor. Both the smartphones run on Android 4.4.2 (KitKat). It promises Android 5.0 (Lollipop) update for the Iris X1 Grand. Both these smartphones have the same design of last year’s Iris X1. Continue reading “Lava Iris X1 Mini and Iris X1 Grand launched for Rs. 4348 and Rs. 7326”

Lava Iris 470 with 4.5-inch display, dual-core processor now available for Rs. 4399

Lava Iris 470

Lava Iris 470, the company’s new smartphone in the Iris series is now available from Indiatimes Shopping and eBay. It has a 4.5-inch (854 ×480 pixels) FWVGA IPS display, is powered by a 1.3 GHz dual-core processor and runs on Android 4.2 (Jelly Bean). It has a 5-megapixel auto focus camera with LED flash and a 0.3MP (VGA) front-facing camera.  Continue reading “Lava Iris 470 with 4.5-inch display, dual-core processor now available for Rs. 4399”

LG Ice Cream Smart Android flip phone launched in Korea

LG Ice Cream Smart

LG has launched Ice Cream Smart (LG-F440L), the company’s latest Android flip phone in Korea. It has a 3.5-inch (320 x 480 pixels) display, is powered by a 1.2 GHz quad-core processor and runs on Android 4.4 (KitKat). It has a 8-megapixel rear camera without flash and a VGA front-facing camera. It comes with 4G connectivity with VoLTE. It released Wine Smart flip phone last year, and this comes with a similar T9 keypad, a dedicated key to launch Kakao Talk messenger and a powerful 1W speaker. Continue reading “LG Ice Cream Smart Android flip phone launched in Korea”

Reverie launches Swalekh multi-lingual Android keyboard with 11 Indian languages

Swalekh

Reverie Language Technologies has launched Swalekh keypad, its first multi-lingual keyboard for Android. It has support for 11 Indian languages that includes, Assamese, Bengali, Gujarati, Hindi, Kannada, Malayalam, Marathi, Oriya, Punjabi, Tamil and Telugu, in addition to English. Continue reading “Reverie launches Swalekh multi-lingual Android keyboard with 11 Indian languages”

Xiaomi Mi 3 will go on sale for the last time in India on Jan 26 ahead of Mi 4 launch

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Xiaomi launched the Mi 3 smartphone in India back in July. It temporarily discontinued the smartphone in August, but it brought back the smartphone during Diwali in limited quantities for those who tried to buy the smartphone and failed earlier. When everyone thought the Mi 3 would not be available anymore in India since it permanently discontinued the smartphone, it is bringing back the Mi 3 for the last time on January 26th. Continue reading “Xiaomi Mi 3 will go on sale for the last time in India on Jan 26 ahead of Mi 4 launch”

Samsung Galaxy A5 Battery Test

Samsung Galaxy A5 FA Charge Rating

Samsung launched the Galaxy A5 smartphone with all metal build and 4G connectivity in India earlier this month for Rs. 25,550. We already brought you the unboxing, photo gallery and benchmarks of the smartphone, here we have the battery test results. The Galaxy A5 has a 2300 mAh built-in battery, 5-inch HD Super AMOLED display, is powered by a 1.2GHz quad-core Snapdragon 410 processor and 2GB RAM. It runs on  Android 4.4 (KitKat). Here are the battery test results.

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Xiaomi Redmi Note 4G Benchmarks

Xiaomi Redmi Note 4G Benchmarks_fonearena

Xiaomi Redmi Note 4G went on sale in India last month for Rs. 9.999. We brought you the battery test results of the smartphone recently, here are the benchmarks. It is powered by a quad-core Snapdragon 400 (MSM8228) processor clocked at 1.59 GHz per core and has Adreno 305 GPU, similar to the Redmi 1S. It has a 5.5-inch (1280 x 720 pixels) HD IPS display, 2GB RAM and runs on Android 4.4 (KitKat) with MIUI v5 on top. Check out the synthetic benchmark scores below.

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Motorola Moto G (1st and 2nd Gen) Android 5.0 Lollipop update starts rolling out in India

Moto G Lollipop India

Motorola has announced that it has started rolling out Android 5.0.2 Lollipop update for the first and second generation Moto G smartphones in India. It is also rolling out Lollipop update for the Moto G (2nd Gen) in the US and for both the Moto G variants in Brazil. The Lollipop update brings all-new material design, better touch screen interactions, quick notifications on the lock screen and more. Motorola Moto X (2nd Gen) got the Lollipop update in India last month. Continue reading “Motorola Moto G (1st and 2nd Gen) Android 5.0 Lollipop update starts rolling out in India”