LG had announced NUCLUN Octa-Core processor with four 1.5GHz cores ARM Cortex-A15 cores and four 1.2GHz ARM Cortex-A7 cores in October last year. Now, it looks like the company is working on next generation NUCLUN chip that can compete with Samsung’s Exynos 7420.
Continue reading “LG NUCLUN 2 processor spotted on GeekBench, beats Samsung’s Exynos 7420 SoC”
LG has introduced new Tone Ultra (HBS-810), successor of last year’s Tone Ultra (HBS-800). LG recently announced that it sold 10 million LG TONE Series Bluetooth headset globally since the launch of the series in October 2010. LG has partnered with JBL, one of the leading audio equipment maker once again to offer an enhanced audio quality. Continue reading “LG introduces new Tone Ultra HBS-810 Bluetooth Headset”
Asus launched its new smartphones in the Zenfone series, the Zenfone 2 Deluxe, Zenfone 2 Laser 5.5 and the Zenfone Selfie at the ZenFestival in India earlier this month. Asus already announced that these smartphones will be available exclusively on Flipkart and also thorough ASUS Exclusive stores and authorized retailers starting from this month. Today the Taiwanese company has announced that pre-orders for these smartphones will begin tomorrow, August 19th on Flipkart. Continue reading “Asus Zenfone 2 Deluxe, Zenfone 2 Laser 5.5 and Zenfone Selfie pre-orders begin Aug 19 on Flipkart”
LG is reportedly working on a new Android Wear smartwatch that will offer the best resolution in a smartwatch till date. The watch is said to be codenamed ‘Nemo’, and is also rumored to end up being the first Nexus smartwatch too. Continue reading “Rumour: LG’s upcoming ‘Nemo’ Android Wear could be first Nexus smartwatch?”
Lenovo and Motorola are the latest smartphone makers that have started manufacturing smartphones in India. The Chinese smartphone maker who owns Motorola Mobility, has teamed up with contract manufacturer Flextronics for the same.
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iberry’s Auxus has launched Auxus PRIME P8000 in partnership with Chinese smartphone maker Elephone exclusively on Snapdeal, as it announced yesterday. It has a 5.5-inch 1080p screen, is powered by a 1.3 GHz octa-core MediaTek MT6753 processor and runs on Android 5.1 (Lollipop). It supports Elephone ROMs and customized ROMs. It has 4G LTE connectivity with support for 4G LTE bands (TDD B40 2300MHz and FDD B3 1800MHz) for India.
Looks like we will have to wait a bit longer to check out Google’s modular smartphone concept, Project Ara. The company has announced that Project Ara is getting delayed till 2016.
Apple’s next event is lined up for 9th September and it looks like we might finally get a glimpse of the next generation Apple TV. A device that has long been in need for a refresh, the next generation variant will run an iOS 9 core which will facilitate some much needed improvements. Continue reading “New Apple TV to pack iOS 9 core, Expected in September”
We reviewed the Meizu MX5, the company’s latest flagship smartphone last week, and here we have its battery test results. The MX5 packs a 3150mAh built-in battery with mCharge fast charging technology that charges the MX5 from 0 to 25% in 10 minutes and to 60% in 40 minutes with its supported charger. It has a 5.5-inch 1080p Super AMOLED display and is powered by a 2.2 GHz MediaTek Helio X10 (MT6795T) Octa-Core SoC.
Google last month launched its latest Android One smartphone with Lava dubbed the Pixel V1 at Rs. 11,350. After devices from three OEM partners – Micromax, Karbonn and Spice – last year, this is company’s first large-screen (5.5-inch) Android One smartphone above Rs. 10,000 in India. Continue reading “Lava Pixel V1 (Android One) Review”
Google has finally launched a dedicated website for Hangouts. With the latest web client, users will not have to depend on Google+ or Gmail to access the messaging and video chat service.
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Samsung has already added the Galaxy A, E and J series to its extensive portfolio of smartphones. However it seems that Samsung isn’t stopping yet as they are said to be planning the launch of yet another series in the Galaxy lineup called ‘O’.
Continue reading “Samsung set to introduce new Galaxy O series of smartphones”
Samsung unveiled the Galaxy Note5 and Galaxy S6 edge+ smartphones at the Galaxy Unpacked last week. Now the Galaxy Note5 Duos (SM-G9198) has been revealed by ePrice in Taiwan (Via). It shows two nano SIM card slots, but these are not hybrid SIM card slots like the Galaxy A series, so you can’t use the secondary SIM slot as a microSD expansion slot. This confirms earlier rumors and puts an end to rumors that said that dual SIM variant will have a microSD card slot. Continue reading “Samsung Galaxy Note5 Duos revealed, but it doesn’t have a microSD card slot”
Micromax has launched Canvas Selfie 2 Q340 and Canvas Selfie 3 Q348, the company’s latest selfie-focused smartphones. The Canvas Selfie 2 has a 5-megapixel front-facing camera with OmniVision OV5670 sensor and 4P lens. The Canvas Selfie 3 has a 8-megapixel front camera with Sony MX179 sensor and LED Flash. Both these are powered by a 1.3GHz quad-core processor, 1GB RAM, 8GB of internal storage with expansion slot, dual SIM support and 3G connectivity. Continue reading “Micromax Canvas Selfie 2 Q340 and Canvas Selfie 3 Q348 launched, starts at Rs. 5999”
OnePlus released a minor Oxygen OS 1.0.2 update to fix Stagefright security exploit last week. But this doesn’t fix the latest vulnerability in the Stagefright library (CVE-2015-3864) that was reported last week. As you can see from the screenshot, this is confirmed by the Zimperium’s Stagefright Detector App that got updated to add detection of the latest vulnerability. Continue reading “OnePlus One gets OxygenOS 1.0.2 update with Stagefright security patches, latest vulnerability not fixed yet [Update: Fixed in OxygenOS 1.0.3]”
