Moto E3 Power Hands On Impressions and Photo Gallery

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Lenovo-owned Motorola launched its Moto E (2nd Gen) successor dubbed the Moto E3 Power in India today at Rs. 7999, exclusively on Flipkart. As the name suggests, the company is touting it to be long lasting battery device, which can also quick charge for 5 hours of power in just 15 minutes. We went hands on with the device and here are our first impressions. Continue reading “Moto E3 Power Hands On Impressions and Photo Gallery”

Google Pixel and Pixel XL get certified by GCF, TPU cases surface

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Google is expected to ditch the Nexus branding for its smartphone this year in favor of Pixel. Now, both the phones have been certified by Global Certification Forum (GCF).

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Google Allo launch expected on September 21

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Google had announced Duo video calling app and Allo chatting app at its I/O developer conference in May this year. The company launched Duo which has crossed 10 million downloads in just one month. Now it looks like Allo is about to go official.

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Weekly Roundup: Samsung Galaxy A9 Pro, Lenovo’s three new 4G VoLTE smartphones, new 4K TVs and more

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This week Samsung, as we had exclusively reported, launched Galaxy A9 Pro (SM-A9100), the company’s latest top-end smartphone in the ‘Galaxy A’ series in India. Continue reading “Weekly Roundup: Samsung Galaxy A9 Pro, Lenovo’s three new 4G VoLTE smartphones, new 4K TVs and more”

How Huawei has refined the smartphone display with the P9

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A lot of people talk about the display type, the brightness, contrast ratio and several aspects of a display. However, one thing that most people often ignore when talking about a smartphone display is the screen’s color reproduction and the customization it offers. Luckily, Huawei have paid special attention to their display especially in terms of color.

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Samsung Galaxy Note7 Review

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There was always a confusion among the general public about which Galaxy Note or Galaxy S device was the latest since the Note series was always a number behind on the latest version. This time around, Samsung decided to skip the number 6 and went with Note7 branding in order to bring it in line with the Galaxy S series lineup as well the iPhone 7 and 7 Plus which are now available.

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Why the Huawei P9 is an engineering marvel – Packing high-end specs into a svelte body

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Perhaps the most important thing about the Huawei P9 is its design and how compact it is. While there are several other smartphones too that come with compact bodies, most of them compromise on what is inside. The Huawei P9 on the other hand tells a different story.

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Android Marshmallow adoption hits 18.7%, Nougat yet to enter the chart

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Google has updated Android’s Platform Distribution chart for the month of September. Android Marshmallow adoption has soared to 18.7%, up from 15.2% in August.

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OPPO F1s “Selfie Expert” vs Huawei Nexus 6P: the big selfie camera comparison

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In the recent times, we have seen many smartphone manufacturers focusing a lot on camera performance, especially front-facing camera and that’s mainly because of the increasing selfie craze among youngsters around the world. OPPO with its latest offering – the OPPO F1s – has managed to create a good piece of hardware for selfie lovers, and the company has termed it as the “Selfie Expert” as well. Continue reading “OPPO F1s “Selfie Expert” vs Huawei Nexus 6P: the big selfie camera comparison”

OnePlus 2 to get VoLTE support via OTA in next quarter

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OnePlus is known to be a brand that listens to their users especially through their active forum. One of the most requested features has been VoLTE for their older handsets in light of the recent surge of Reliance Jio 4G users.

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Huawei Mate 9 shows up sporting Dual 20 Megapixel cameras and a Kirin 960 processor

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Huawei seems to be taking its dual camera game very seriously and that can be seen in the Mate 9 teaser image that has just been leaked.

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Samsung might not remotely deactivate Galaxy Note7 units after all

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Earlier, we had received reports that the Samsung will be remotely deactivating units of the Galaxy Note7 that haven’t been returned by 30th September in certain regions at least. However, that doesn’t seem like its true.

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Lenovo A6600, A6600 Plus and A7700 with 4G VoLTE launched in India starting at Rs. 6999

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Lenovo has launched three new smartphones – A6600, A6600 Plus and A7700 with 4G VoLTE support. These smartphones run Android 6.0 (Marshmallow) are powered by quad-core MediaTek SoCs and have a 8-megapixel rear camera. Continue reading “Lenovo A6600, A6600 Plus and A7700 with 4G VoLTE launched in India starting at Rs. 6999”

Android 7.0 Nougat update starts rolling out for Android One devices

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Google has started rolling out Android 7.0 Nougat update for Android One devices. The move comes from Google more than two weeks after it started rolling out Android 7.0 Nougat update for Nexus devices.

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