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Sony Xperia Z5 Dual Benchmarks

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Sony launched its flagship Xperia Z5 Dual smartphone in India last month for Rs. 52,990. We brought you the unboxing recently, here we have the benchmarks. It is powered by an Octa-Core Qualcomm Snapdragon 810 64-bit 20nm processor that has four bigger ARM Cortex A57 cores clocked at 1.96GHz per core and four smaller ARM Cortex A53 cores clocked at 1.56GHz per core with 630 MHz Adreno 430 GPU. It has 3GB RAM, packs 5.2-inch (1920 x 1080 pixels) display and runs on Android 5.1.1 (Lollipop). Check out the synthetic benchmark scores below, and also the gaming review in which it scored 5/5 stars. Continue reading “Sony Xperia Z5 Dual Benchmarks”

Micromax Canvas Blaze 4G+ Q414 with 4.5-inch display, Android 5.1 now available for Rs. 6199

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Micromax launched the Canvas Blaze 4G Q400 smartphone last month for Rs. 6999. Now the Canvas Blaze 4G+ Q414, it’s successor is available from eBay.in. Specs in the eBay listing doesn’t match the specifications of the official site. It has the same 4.5-inch FWVGA display present in the Canvas Blaze 4G and runs on Android 5.1 Lollipop, but this is powered by a quad-core MediaTek MT6735M SoC, instead of Snapdragon 210 SoC. Continue reading “Micromax Canvas Blaze 4G+ Q414 with 4.5-inch display, Android 5.1 now available for Rs. 6199”

Google updates Play Books for better comic book reading experience, offers free comics for limited period

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Google has updated Google Play Books app with vertical scrolling experience for comics in landscape mode, offering better comic book reading experience on phone or tablet. You can just use your device in the landscape mode and easily scroll through the story with quick vertical swipes. Continue reading “Google updates Play Books for better comic book reading experience, offers free comics for limited period”

Xiaomi Redmi Note 2 Pro gets certified in China – Features a metal body and fingerprint sensor

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The upcoming Xiaomi Redmi Note 2 Pro has just been certified in China and we have images of the smartphone courtesy of TENAA which is their official certification authority. The images show that the smartphone has a metal body and fingerprint sensor at the back.

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Gionee Elife E8 Unboxing

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Gionee introduced Elife E8, the company’s latest flagship smartphone in the E series back in June at an event in China. It was launched in India last month at a price tag of Rs. 34999. We already brought you the hands-on impressions of the smartphone from the China event in June, and recently brought you the unboxing, here is the video.

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Micromax Canvas 5 Unboxing

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Micromax launched the Canvas 5 smartphone, the company’s latest top-end smartphone in Canvas series earlier this month for Rs. 11,999. We already brought you the hands-on impressions of the smartphone from the launch event. We unboxed it recently, here is the unboxing video.

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Apple to shut down Beats Music on November 30, asks users to move to Apple Music

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Beats Music, a subscription-based online music streaming service from Beats Electronics was launched in the US back in January 2014. Apple acquired Beats Music and Beats Electronics for $3 billion in May last year. It launched Apple Music service in June, which went live on iOS, Mac and PC on June 30th in over 100 countries, including India.. The Android app went live earlier this week. Continue reading “Apple to shut down Beats Music on November 30, asks users to move to Apple Music”

Xiaomi Mi Pad 2 with Intel chipset and 2GB RAM spotted on Geekbench

Xiaomi Mi Pad 2 has surfaced on Geekbench and some of the information about the specs of the successor of the Mi Pad from the company have been revealed.

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Xiaomi Gemini with Snapdragon 820 leaks on Geekbench, could be the Mi5

Rumors about Mi5, the next flagship from Xiaomi has been surfacing the online world for quite sometime now. Today, a device codenamed Xiaomi Gemini has been spotted on Geekbench and it is stated that this could be the Mi5.

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Motorola Moto X Style starts receiving Android 6.0 Marshmallow update in India

Motorola had launched the Moto X Style with Android 5.1.1 (Lollipop) in India last month and today the company has started rolling out Android 6.0 Marshmallow update to the phone in India and Brazil.

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Microsoft’s optimized Office apps for iPad Pro now available

Microsoft had previewed Office apps update for iPad Pro in September and now the company is making these apps available for download. The Office apps include Word, Excel, PowerPoint, Outlook and OneNote.

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Google Nexus 6P Unboxing

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Google announced the Huawei-made Nexus 6P smartphone in September, and it was launched in India in October, priced at Rs. 39,999 for 32GB and Rs. 42,999 for the 64GB variant. It went on pre-order across India through retail stores and Flipkart from October 14th and it was shipped to customers starting from last week. It is the successor of the Motorola-made Nexus 6 that was introduced last year. We already brought you the photo gallery and hands-on impressions of the Nexus 6P, here we have its unboxing.

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Acer Predator 8 gaming tablet now available for pre-order for $299.99

Acer had announced the Predator 8 GT-810 Android gaming tablet at IFA 2015 in September and now the tablet is available for pre-order.

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Meizu m2 Review

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Ever since Meizu started operations in India, they’ve fast become a player to watch out for. While a significant market share still eludes the brand, they certainly have managed to carve out a niche for themselves by offering fantastic quality and overall experience. Indeed, the small but vocal fan following echoes exactly what we found out in our reviews. Meizu makes good phones that balance specifications versus price surprisingly well. With the launch of the Meizu m2, we really wanted to see if the company could continue it’s streak. Here’s the FoneArena review of the Meizu m2 and let’s take a look at how it fares. Continue reading “Meizu m2 Review”