Amazon eyeing to team up with Android OEMs to integrate its services

It looks like Amazon is trying to get back into the smartphone business after its Fire phone failed to gain any traction. A new report from The Information has stated that Amazon is looking forward to team up with Android OEMs to integrate its services into devices.

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Hangouts v7.0 gets quick replies, conversation shortcuts and more

Google has started rolling out a new version of the Hangouts to Android users with a couple of features like quick replies, conversation shortcuts and more. The version 7.0 brings adds the ability for a user to reply to a Hangouts message without having to go into the app.

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Google Nexus 5X and Gold 6P receive 50$ price cuts in USA

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The Nexus 5X has been receiving price cut after price cut especially in India and now the 5X and the Nexus 6P have received similar price cuts in USA. The Nexus 5X and Gold Nexus 6P have received a US$ 50 price cut.

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Gionee Marathon M5 mini with 5-inch HD display, 2GB RAM, 4000mAh battery announced

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Gionee today introduced (Via) Marathon M5 mini in the Marathon M5 series in Nigeria, soon after the India launch of the Marathon M5 Lite. It packs a 4000mAh battery, full metal body, 5-inch HD display, quad-core MediaTek MT6735 64-bit processor, Android 5.1 (Lollipop) with Amigo UI 3.1, 8-megapixel rear camera with LED flash and a 5-megapixel front-facing camera, similar to the Marathon M5 Lite, but this has 2GB of RAM and 16GB of internal storage, instead of 3GB of RAM and 32GB of storage in the M5 Lite. Continue reading “Gionee Marathon M5 mini with 5-inch HD display, 2GB RAM, 4000mAh battery announced”

HTC One M10 ‘Perfume’ tipped to be similar to One A9

A rumor last week stated that HTC One M10 will be released sometime in March. Now some more information about the next flagship from the company is coming from none other than Evan Blass aka @evleaks.

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Lenovo Vibe X3 with Snapdragon 808, 21MP camera launched in India for Rs. 19999

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Lenovo has launched the Vibe X3, it’s latest flagship smartphone in India, as it had promised. It was announced back in November last year, packs a 5.5-inch 1080p display, is powered by a hexa-core Snapdragon 808 processor, runs on Android 5.1 (Lollipop), has a 21-megapixel rear camera with phase-detection auto-focus (PDAF), dual-tone LED flash, Sony IMX230 sensor, 4K video recording and a 8-megapixel front-facing camera. Continue reading “Lenovo Vibe X3 with Snapdragon 808, 21MP camera launched in India for Rs. 19999”

Reliance Jio Lyf Earth 1, Water 1 and Water 2 go official, price starts at Rs. 14, 690

Reliance Jio had announced its Lyf brand of smartphones in October last year. Today, Lyf Earth 1, Water 1 and Water 2 devices have gone official and are listed on Reliance Digital website.

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BlackBerry Music Gateways Giveaway

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Hello readers! Thank you for your amazing response for all our giveaways in the past.  FoneArena has teamed up with BlackBerry India once again for a new giveaway contest just in time for the launch of the BlackBerry Priv smartphone in the country. This time you can stand a chance to win two BlackBerry Music Gateways and one winner will get to win BlackBerry Merchandise. Continue reading “BlackBerry Music Gateways Giveaway”

Lava V5 with 5.5-inch HD display, 3GB RAM, 4G LTE launched for Rs. 11499

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Lava has launched V5, the company’s latest 4G smartphone. It has a 5.5-inch HD display, is powered by a 1.3 GHz quad-core MediaTek MT6735 64-bit processor, runs on Android 5.1 (Lollipop), which is upgradable to Android 6.0 (Marshmallow), has a 13-megapixel rear camera with dual LED flash, phase-detection auto-focus (PDAF) and a 8-megapixel front-facing camera with LED flash. Continue reading “Lava V5 with 5.5-inch HD display, 3GB RAM, 4G LTE launched for Rs. 11499”

Microsoft Lumia 950 XL Dual SIM and Display Dock Unboxing

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Microsoft launched the Lumia 950 XL Dual SIM in India back in November last year for Rs. 49,399. Here we have the unboxing of the smartphone and the display dock that will offer PC-like experience using Continuum for Phones when connected to an external monitor.

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Inbox by Gmail now offers faster search results in form of cards

Inbox by Gmail is getting a new update that will make it easy for users to find important information which is buried inside your emails. The app is getting ‘answers at glance’ and ‘streamlined search results’.

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Apple India merges its product divisions, makes leadership changes

Earlier today Apple announced $75.9 billion revenue in FY 2016. The company even restructured its India business and made some leadership changes, according to a latest report from the Economic Times.

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Microsoft Lumia 650 gets listed for pre-order, price revealed

Microsoft Lumia 650 specifications were confirmed earlier this month and now the phone is up for pre-order even before its official announcement. A UK-based online retailer MobileFun has listed the phone on its site.

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Apple reports record $75.9 billion revenue in FY Q1 2016, 74.8 million iPhones sold

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Apple has reported revenue of $75.9 billion with a net profit of $18.4 billion in their earnings for the financial year Q1 2016 that ended December 26, 2015. Revenues were up 2% and earnings per share, up 7% year-over-year driven by all-time record iPhone sales, all-time record revenue from services, the expanded availability of Apple Watch and the new Apple TV. It sold 74.8 million iPhones, an all-time high, compared to 74.5 million FY Q1 2015, but it is just 1% growth, the slowest since the introduction of the smartphone in 2007. It sold 16.1 million iPads, compared to 21.4 million compared to the same quarter a year ago and sold 5.3 million Macs. Continue reading “Apple reports record $75.9 billion revenue in FY Q1 2016, 74.8 million iPhones sold”