HTC teases its flagship One M10 smartphone

HTC One M10 teaser

HTC unveiled only its Desire series of smartphones at the Mobile World Congress (MWC) 2016 in Barcelona earlier this week and it’s flagship One M10 smartphone is not expected to arrive until April. Now the Taiwanese company has started teasing the upcoming flagship smartphone with the tagline Power of 10, along with an image that shows the metal edges of the phone. Continue reading “HTC teases its flagship One M10 smartphone”

Samsung begins mass production of 256GB UFS 2.0 flash memory for high-end mobile devices

Samsung 256GB UFS 2.0

Samsung today announced that it has started mass producing world’s first 256GB ultra-fast embedded flash memory based on Universal Flash Storage (UFS) 2.0 standard for next-generation high-end mobile devices, including smartphones. The company introduced the first 128GB UFS 2.0 flash memory back in February last year. UFS 2.0 promises better sequential read and write performance, closer to SSD and 50% decrease in energy consumption. Continue reading “Samsung begins mass production of 256GB UFS 2.0 flash memory for high-end mobile devices”

OnePlus 3 with a new design launching by June 2016

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OnePlus will finally launch its flagship OnePlus 3 smartphone, successor of the current OnePlus 2 by the end of Q2 2016, which is probably late May or June, according to CNET. In an interview with the CNET en Español, OnePlus co-founder Carl Pei said that the upcoming flagship will feature a ‘new design,’ and he hopes it will ‘captivate’ users as much as the OnePlus One, but he did not reveal any specifications. Continue reading “OnePlus 3 with a new design launching by June 2016”

Zopo Speed 7C with 5-inch HD display, 4G, wooden back covers announced

Zopo Speed 7C

Zopo has announced Speed 7C, it’s latest smartphone in the Speed 7 series at the Mobile World Congress (MWC) 2016 in Barcelona. The main highlight of the smartphone is its swappable back cover that comes in wooden finishes. It has a 5-inch HD screen, is powered by a MT6735 quad-core 64-bit processor, runs on Android 5.1 (Lollipop), has a 13.2-megapixel rear camera with LED flash and a 5-megapixel front-facing camera. It has dual SIM support. Continue reading “Zopo Speed 7C with 5-inch HD display, 4G, wooden back covers announced”

Samsung Galaxy A9 Hands On and Photo Gallery

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Samsung had announced the Galaxy A9,  top-end smartphone in the ‘Galaxy A’ series in December last year. We are live at the MWC 2016 in Barcelona and got to check out the phone, so let’s take a quick look at the hardware and specifications of the phone.

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Xiaomi Mi 5 and Mi 5 Pro Hands On

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Xiaomi unveiled its flagship Mi 5 and Mi 5 Pro smartphones earlier today in China. We got to check out both the smartphones at the Mobile World Congress (MWC) 2016 in Barcelona. We already brought you the photo gallery of the Mi 5, here is our hands-on impressions.

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ZOPO Speed 8 with 5.5-inch 1080p display, 10-Core Helio X20, 4GB RAM announced for $299.99

ZOPO Speed 8

ZOPO has finally announced its most expected Speed 8 smartphone at the Mobile World Congress (MWC) 2016 in Barcelona. It is the first first smartphone to be introduced with the Deca-Core MediaTek Helio X20 processor. It has a 5.5-inch 1080p screen, has 4GB of RAM, runs on Android 6.0 (Marshmallow), features a 21-megapixel rear camera with Sony IMX230 sensor, PDAF for fast focus in just 0.2 seconds and a 8-megapixel front-facing camera that also has LED flash. Continue reading “ZOPO Speed 8 with 5.5-inch 1080p display, 10-Core Helio X20, 4GB RAM announced for $299.99”

Xiaomi Mi 5 Photo Gallery

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Earlier today at an event in China, Xiaomi unveiled its flagship Mi 5 smartphone, later Hugo Barra introduced the smartphone at the Mobile World Congress (MWC) 2016 in Barcelona. We got to check out the smartphone at the MWC, here is the photo gallery to give you a quick look at the hardware of the smartphone.

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LG G5 and Samsung Galaxy S7 lack support for adoptable storage

LG G5 and Samsung Galaxy S7 were announced at the Mobile World Congress (MWC 2016). Both the flagships sport high-end specifications and most importantly support for expandable storage. However, both these devices are missing an important Android Marshmallow feature.

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Meizu m2 now available from Flipkart in India for Rs. 6999

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Meizu launched its budget m2 smartphone and the successor of m1 in India, back in October last year, exclusively on Snapdeal, today the company has launched the smartphone on Flipkart. It was announced back in July last year, packs a 5-inch HD screen with a screen-to-body ratio of 75.6%, is powered by a 1.3 GHz quad-core 64-bit MediaTek processor, runs on Android 5.1 (Lollipop) with FlyMe OS 4.5, has a 13-megapixel rear camera with LED flash and a 5-megapixel front-facing camera. Continue reading “Meizu m2 now available from Flipkart in India for Rs. 6999”

LeEco Le 1s open sale on Feb 25 on Flipkart, Rs. 8 crore worth prizes, exchange offers for buyers

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Last week LeEco said that it got 55,000 orders for Le 1s in 9 seconds in third flash sale last week. It also announced that the smartphone will be available through open sale on 25th February on Flipkart. Now the company has announced that it will offer Rs. 8 crore worth of prizes and several offers for the buyers in the sale. So far it has received 2,20,000 sales orders and 2,028,000 registrations in first three flash sales. Continue reading “LeEco Le 1s open sale on Feb 25 on Flipkart, Rs. 8 crore worth prizes, exchange offers for buyers”

Xolo Era X with 5-inch HD display, 2GB RAM, 4G LTE launched for Rs. 5777

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Xolo has launched Era X, the company’s latest budget 4G smartphone in the Era series. It packs a 5-inch HD screen, is powered by a quad-core Spreadtrum SC9830A processor, runs on Android 5.1 (Lollipop) OS, which is upgradable to Android 6.0 (Marshmallow), comes with a 8-megapixel rear camera with LED flash and a 5-megapixel front-facing camera that also has a LED flash. It comes with dual SIM support and has 4G LTE connectivity. Continue reading “Xolo Era X with 5-inch HD display, 2GB RAM, 4G LTE launched for Rs. 5777”

Xiaomi Mi 5 with 5.15-inch 1080p display, Snapdragon 820, 4GB RAM, fingerprint sensor announced

Xiaomi Mi 5

Xiaomi just announced Mi 5, the company’s latest flagship smartphone at an event in China, as it promised. It has a 5.15-inch 1080p curved glass display, is powered by a Quad-Core Snadpragon 820 processor and runs on MIUI 7 based on Android 6.0 (Marshmallow). It has a 16-megapixel rear camera with two-tone LED flash, phase-detection auto-focus (PDAF), resulting in a quick focus, DTI pixel isolation technology, Spectra image processor, 4-axis optical image stabilization (OIS), 4K video recording and a 4-megapixel front-facing camera with pixel size of 2 microns. Continue reading “Xiaomi Mi 5 with 5.15-inch 1080p display, Snapdragon 820, 4GB RAM, fingerprint sensor announced”

Xiaomi Mi 4S with 5-inch 1080p display, Snapdragon 808, 3GB RAM, fingerprint sensor announced

Xiaomi Mi 4S

Xiaomi just announced Mi 4S, the company’s latest smartphone in the Mi 4 series at an event in China. It has a 5-inch 1080p display, is powered by an Hexa-Core Snadpragon 808 processor and runs on MIUI 7 based on Android 6.0 (Marshmallow). It has a 13-megapixel rear camera with two-tone LED flash, phase-detection auto-focus (PDAF) and a 5-megapixel front-facing camera. Continue reading “Xiaomi Mi 4S with 5-inch 1080p display, Snapdragon 808, 3GB RAM, fingerprint sensor announced”