Samsung launched the Galaxy A7 (SM-A700FD) smartphone with all metal build for Rs. 30,499 in India recently. It is the top-end smartphone in the Galaxy A series and has 4G LTE support, similar to the Galaxy A5. Let us check out the unboxing of the smartphone. Continue reading “Samsung Galaxy A7 Unboxing”
HTC’s Desire series of phones have traditionally been mainstream, mid-range handsets with specs to match. Over the last few months though, the Desire series has consistently tried to punch above it’s weight. The Desire Eye is the biggest example of such a strategy change. With an innovative design, high end specifications and features that keep up with ongoing trends, it has a lot going for it. Read on our full review to get a deeper look at the handset and to gauge whether it has what it takes to earn our recommendation. Continue reading “HTC Desire Eye Review”
Xiaomi announced Mi Note, its top-end smartphone last month. We brought you unboxing and first impressions of the smartphone and also its photo gallery recently, here we have its benchmarks. It is powered by quad-core Snapdragon 801 (MSM 8274AC) 28nm HPm Krait 400 CPU clocked at 2.46 GHz power core with Adreno 330 GPU and 3GB of RAM, similar to the Mi 4. It has a 5.7-inch full HD display and runs on MIUI 6 based on Android 4.4 (KitKat). Check out the synthetic benchmark scores below. Continue reading “Xiaomi Mi Note Benchmarks”
Flipkart just teased a new Motorola device launch on their social channels. The teaser has a Motorola logo and captions Get your life Turbocharged. Accelerated Performance. Ballistic Nylon Fairing. Revving in soon. The Motorola Droid Turbo was introduced back in October last year for Verizon Wireless in the U.S. Later it was introduced as Moto Maxx for global markets. Since the Droid Turbo is only for the U.S. the device which will launch in India will be Moto Maxx. Continue reading “Motorola Droid Turbo / Moto Maxx launching on Flipkart in India soon”
It looks like HTC is working on another device that sports a 2K display. According to a latest leak from popular leakster @upleaks, HTC next high end smartphone besides the One M9 will be the Butterfly 3.
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vivo entered into the Indian market few months back with the vivo X5Max with 4.75mm thickness. The company also launched a range of smartphones along with the X5Max that includes the vivo X Shot X710. The X Shot has top-end specifications and a 8-megapixel front-facing camera with LED flash for capturing better selfies. There is a dedicated shutter button as well. It also has support for 4G LTE bands (TDD B40 2300MHz and FDD B3 1800MHz) for India. Check out the unboxing of the smartphone. Continue reading “vivo X Shot X710 Unboxing”
Xiaomi announced the Mi Note last month in China. The flagship smartphone from the company is priced at 2299 Chinese Yuan for the 16GB variant and the 64GB variant costs 2799 Chinese Yuan . We brought you unboxing and first impressions of the smartphone recently, here we have the photo gallery. Continue reading “Xiaomi Mi Note Photo Gallery”
In a bid to foray into mobile payment solutions, Samsung has acquired mobile payment platform LoopPay. The financial details of the deal which was first rumored in December were not disclosed.
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A new leak about Samsung Galaxy S6 has surfaced and this time it again focuses on the thickness of the phone. It looks like the Galaxy S6 will afterall have 6.9mm thickness.
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Qualcomm has announced Snapdragon 620, 618, 425 and 415 chipsets in their Snapdragon 600 and 400 lineup. All these chips have LTE support,including Global Mode RF360 support. The Qualcomm Snapdragon 620 is an octa-core chip with 4 ARM Cortex A72 CPUs and 4 ARM Cortex A53 and CPUs, and the Snapdragon 618 is a hexa-core chip with 2 ARM Cortex A72 CPUs and 4 ARM Cortex A53 and CPUs. Both the Qualcomm Snapdragon 425 and 415 are octa-core chips with 8 ARM Cortex A53 64-bit CPUs. Both these have Adreno 405 GPU. Continue reading “Qualcomm Snapdragon 620, 618, 425 and 415 SoCs with LTE announced”
Rather than introduce a new smartphone every six months, Sony has adopted a yearly cycle for updates and as part of this, is increasing the marketing activity around its current flagship, the Xperia Z3. One of the impressive devices introduced last year, the Xperia Z3 is being dubbed as the ultimate fitness companion and now Sony’s taken this one step further with a high-tech hamster wheel. Continue reading “Sony’s new high-tech hamster wheel aims to get you fit”
Asus has introduced Zenfone 2 ZE500CL, a smaller 5-inch variant of the 5.5-inch ZenFone 2 (ZE551ML) model that was announced at the CES last month. This was showcased at an event in Taiwan recently, but it is not listed on the official website yet, so the specifications might not be completely correct. Continue reading “Asus Zenfone 2 ZE500CL with 5-inch HD display, Android 5.0 surfaces”
Micromax has launched Canvas Pep Q371, the company’s latest budget smartphone in the Canvas series. It has a 4.5-inch FWVGA screen, is powered by a 1.3GHz quad core processor and runs on Android 4.4 (KitKat), similar to the Canvas Xpress A99 that was released couple of months back. It has a 5-megapixel fixed focus rear camera with LED flash and a 0.3-megapixel VGA front-facing camera. It has Dual SIM support similar to other Micromax smartphones and also has 3G connectivity. Continue reading “Micromax Canvas Pep Q371 with 4.5-inch display, Android 4.4 launched for Rs. 5999”
Samsung has announced that it has started developing industry’s first eMMC (embedded multimedia card memory) 5.1 flash memory. This is based on the eMMC 5.1 standard approved by JEDEC recently. Sequential reads and write speed of Samsung’s 64GB eMMC 5.0 flash memory were 250MB/s and 90MB/s respectively. Samsung’s 64GB flash memory based on eMMC 5.1 would offer sequential write speed of 125MB/s, faster than eMMC 5.0. Continue reading “Samsung introduces first eMMC 5.1 flash memory”
Huawei has announced the appointment of Zhao Ming as the new head of Honor business. He will be replacing Jeff Liu who is the President of the Huawei Honor Brand, Huawei Consumer Business Group (BG).
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