HTC One M8 and M7 GPE devices receiving Android 5.0.1 update

HTC, as promised has started rolling out Lollipop update for One M8 and M7 Google Play Edition (GPE). However, the company is skipping the Android 5.0 and jumping directly to Android 5.0.1.

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HTC Desire 820 Review: Pocket Cinema

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HTC, as a company, was going the wrong way for a while. For example, in May 2013, the company released a Snapdragon 200-powered Desire 600 with a 4.5 inch qHD display that cost people 27k rupees. The company had vowed to fix these things and bring its products back in line with consumer expectations, after which the Desire 816 happened. It was a mid range phablet with an affordable price tag and solid specifications. The Desire 820 (Rs. 24,999) is its spiritual successor, carrying forward all the positives of the 816, trying to add more value and keep up with the times. Does it succeed? Lets find out.

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HTC One M7 and M8 GPE devices to get approval for Android 5.0 Lollipop update today

HTC One M7 and One M8 Google Play Edition devices are ready to receive the Android 5.0 Lollipop update. The devices are in the final stage of getting the technical approval for Android 5.0 update.

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HTC Desire 620 dual SIM and Desire 620G dual SIM with 5-inch HD display, 5MP front camera official

HTC Desire 620 dual SIM

HTC has announced two new Dual SIM smartphones – Desire 620 dual SIM and Desire 620G dual SIM for Taiwan after the Desire 620 leaked recently. Both these have a 5-inch HD IPS display, run on Android 4.4 Kitkat with HTC Sense 6 UI on top, comes with a 8-megapixel rear camera with LED flash, 1080p video recording, HTC EYE experience and a 5-megapixel front-facing camera with a BSI sensor. Continue reading “HTC Desire 620 dual SIM and Desire 620G dual SIM with 5-inch HD display, 5MP front camera official”

Apple iPhone 6 Plus vs HTC One M8 Photo Gallery

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Apple launched the iPhone 6 Plus, the company’s first large screen smartphone in October. We have already seen the unboxing, photo gallery, benchmarks,battery test and review of the iPhone 6 Plus. Now lets compare the iPhone 6 Plus with HTC One M8 that was launched in India back in April. Continue reading “Apple iPhone 6 Plus vs HTC One M8 Photo Gallery”

Nexus 9 Keyboard Folio case hits Google Play Store for $129.99

Nexus 9 is getting a cool accessory. Google has released a keyboard folio case for the recently launched tablet. Priced at $129.99, the keyboard folio case is available on the  U.S. Google Play Store.

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Google Nexus 9 Benchmarks

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Google announced the Nexus 9 tablet made by HTC last month, and it is expected to launch in India soon, starting at Rs. 28,990. We brought you the photo galley and the unboxing of the tablet recently. Here we have the benchmarks of the tablet. The Nexus 9 has is powered by a 64-bit NVIDIA Tegra K1 processor with two Denver CPUs clocked at 2.5GHz per core, rather than the traditional 4+1 Cortex A15 setup. The Kepler GPU has single SMX/GPC design, which amounts to 192 CUDA cores. Even though it has the same Kepler graphics architecture found in its latest generation of PC GPUs such as NVIDIA GeForce Titan, this consumes less than 2W of power. The Nexus 9 has 2GB of RAM and  8.9″ (2048×1536 pixels) IPS display. Check out the synthetic benchmark scores below.

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Google Nexus 9 vs Google Nexus 7 2013 Photo Gallery

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Google announced the Nexus 9 tablet made by HTC last month. We brought you the hand-on and the photo galley of the Nexus 9 followed by the unboxing. Now let’s compare the Nexus 9 with its predecessor Nexus 7 2013. Continue reading “Google Nexus 9 vs Google Nexus 7 2013 Photo Gallery”

HTC Desire Eye – A live Q&A with Three UK

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HTC may have produced some of the nicest-looking Android smartphones on the market to date but the one area where many felt handsets like the One M8 were let down by the Ultrapixel camera that has a 4MP sensor. HTC showed they listen and the new HTC Desire Eye comes with a 13MP camera both on the back and on the front. Interested in learning more about the HTC Desire Eye? Join us for a Live Q&A. Continue reading “HTC Desire Eye – A live Q&A with Three UK”

Google Nexus 9 Unboxing

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Google announced the Nexus 9 tablet made by HTC last month. We brought you the hand-on and the photo galley of the Nexus 9 few weeks back. Here we have the unboxing of the tablet. It has a 8.9-inch display, similar to iPad mini. Check out the unboxing below.

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HTC One M8 EYE vs One M8 Photo Gallery

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HTC announced the One M8 Eye in China last month and it soon was launched in India for Rs 38,990. We have already seen the photo gallery of the One M8 Eye and now lets compare the phone with HTC One M8 that was announced back in February and launched in India in April for Rs 49,990. Continue reading “HTC One M8 EYE vs One M8 Photo Gallery”

HTC One M8 EYE Photo Gallery

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HTC announced the One M8 Eye in China last month and it soon was launched in India for Rs 38,990. The phone sports a 5.0-inch (1920 x 1080 pixels) Full HD display and is powered by a 2.5 GHz quad-core Qualcomm Snapdragon 801 processor with Adreno 330 GPU. Lets take a look at the photo gallery of the phone in this post.

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HTC One M7 and M8 Google Play Edition to receive Android 5.0 Lollipop this week

HTC One M8 and M7 Google Play Edition users get ready to rejoice. The company is planning to bring Android 5.0 update to these devices this week.

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HTC Desire 820 Benchmarks

HTC Desire 820 Benchmarks

HTC launched the Desire 820 smartphone in India last month for Rs. 24990. We already brought you the unboxing of the smartphone, here we have the benchmarks of the device. The Desire 820 is powered by an Octa-Core Qualcomm Snapdragon 615 64-bit processor that has four ARM Cortex A53 cores clocked at 1.54 GHz per core and other four Cortex A53 cores clocked at 1.0 GHz per core. It has Adreno 405 GPU. The Desire 820 has a 5.5-inch HD display and runs on Android 4.4 (KitKat), similar to the Desire 816 that has a Snapdragon 400 processor. Continue reading “HTC Desire 820 Benchmarks”