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Alcatel OneTouch Flash 2 launching in India on October 20

Alcatel OneTouch Flash 2

Alcatel OneTouch has sent invites for the India launch of the company’s latest camera-centric Flash 2 smartphone in the country on October 20th. It was introduced last month and the main highlight of the smartphone is its 13-megapixel rear camera with dual-tone LED flash and Phase Detection Auto Focus (PDAF) that would let you focus a subject in just 0.3 seconds. It also has a 5-megapixel front-facing camera with soft LED flash for capturing better selfies. Continue reading “Alcatel OneTouch Flash 2 launching in India on October 20”

Apple iPhone 6s Plus Unboxing

Apple introduced the iPhone 6s Plus smartphone at an event San Francisco last month, along with the iPhone 6s. Both the phones went on sale in India yesterday starting at Rs. 62,000 and Rs. 72,000, respectively. We managed to get the iPhone 6s Plus from the US, which was shipped to us yesterday. Check out the unboxing video. Continue reading “Apple iPhone 6s Plus Unboxing”

Motorola Moto X Style Unboxing

Motorola launched the Moto X Style (XT1572), the company’s latest high-end smartphone last week starting at a price of Rs. 29,999. We brought you the hands-on impressions and the photo gallery of the smartphone from the launch event, here we have the unboxing.

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BlackBerry Priv official video released, shows slider keyboard in action

Looks like BlackBerry is too eager to get back into game with its upcoming Android slider phone. After revealing official photos and announcing pre-registration, the company has now released an official video of BlackBerry Priv.

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Sony Xperia Z3+, Z4 Tablet and few others will get Android 6.0 directly skipping Android 5.1.1

Sony recently confirmed the list of devices that will get Android 6.0 (Marshmallow) update. It already rolled out Android 5.1.1 (Lollipop) for most of its devices after it rolled out the Android 5.0 (Lollipop) update. Still some devices are yet to receive the Android 5.1.1 update, now the Sony Mobile Support page (Via) has confirmed that these devices will get Android 6.0 Marshmallow update directly skipping Android 5.1.1. Continue reading “Sony Xperia Z3+, Z4 Tablet and few others will get Android 6.0 directly skipping Android 5.1.1”

Intel reportedly has a workforce of over 1,000 working on chips for next iPhones

Intel has more than 1,000 engineers working on the Intel 7360 LTE modem for Apple’s iPhone 7 devices, as per a latest report from Venturebeat.

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Huawei confirms Android 6.0 Marshmallow update for range of devices

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Google rolled out Android 6.0 update for Nexus devices last week. At the Honor 7 India launch last week, Huawei promised to roll out Android 6.0 (Marshmallow) update for the smartphone in beta in January and said that stable update will arrive in February 2016. Now Huawei has confirmed (Via) Android 6.0 (Marshmallow) update for other smartphones and tablets as well. Continue reading “Huawei confirms Android 6.0 Marshmallow update for range of devices”

Apple ordered to pay $234 million to University of Wisconsin over patent infringement

A US federal jury has ordered Apple to pay $234 million to University of Wisconsin over patent infringement case. The case involved Gurindar Sohi and Terani Vijaykumar, both electrical and electronics engineering graduates of Birla Institute of Technology and Science (BITS), Pilani.

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Lenovo Yoga Tab 3 Hands On

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Lenovo introduced three new products at an event in Delhi with the highlight being the Yoga Tab 3 right next to the Phab Plus. The Yoga Tab 3 is part of the company’s uniquely designed tablet range that takes a very different and unique approach towards hardware design. We go hands on with the company’s newest product launch in India. Continue reading “Lenovo Yoga Tab 3 Hands On”

Wickedleak Wammy Titan 5 launched for Rs. 14990, reminds the Elephone P8000

Wickedleak Wammy Titan 5

Wickedleak has launched Wammy Titan 5, the company’s latest smartphone in the Titan series. This reminds us of the Elephone P8000 that was launched in India by iberry as Auxus PRIME P8000 for Rs. 14990 back in August, since it features a near-identical design and similar specifications.

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Samsung Galaxy S6 edge+ Review

Conforming to market demands almost exclusively created by the Samsung Note series, Apple created two devices with two different screen sizes. So Samsung went ahead and released 4 devices with two different screen sizes and that’s mainly because of the success of the Galaxy S6 edge. It’s clear that the design is popular and rightly so, because it is still one of the best looking phones out there. For Samsung, it’d have been obvious to offer choice in screen sizes with the exact same form, so we have the S6 edge Plus, which was released alongside the Note 5. It’s bigger, but is it better? Let’s find out.

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Intex Aqua Trend Review

Intex launched Aqua Trend, the company’s second 4G smartphone back in August at a price of Rs. 9,444. There are several smartphones with 4G support in the similar price range in the Indian market. Can it compete with these phones? Is this worth the price? Let us find out in the complete review.

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Samsung Galaxy S7 said to feature USB Type-C

We have heard a bunch of reports about the Samsung Galaxy S7 over the past few weeks. Now, a fresh report is stating that the next flagship will feature a USB Type-C port.

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Motorola’s stock email app now available on Google Play Store

Motorola is bringing one of it’s native app to the Play Store. The company has added it’s stock email app that is dubbed as Moto email. The company had already made other Moto apps like Camera, Gallery and Moto Assist on the Play Store.

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Hands On: Google goes premium with the Nexus 5X and 6P

Hardware and software make the product but it is the experience that sells the idea behind it. An ideology well adopted by Apple and the iPhone and now by Google to an extent. Today’s Nexus devices are no longer developer devices, no longer showcases of how Android can scale down and certainly not a showcase of delivering high end hardware for a low low cost. No, this is a revised Nexus experience that is all about the premium and proving that Google is very capable of being competitive. At the company’s event held in New Delhi we got to spend some quality time with the two handsets, enough to get an initial idea of how good or bad the product really is. Continue reading “Hands On: Google goes premium with the Nexus 5X and 6P”