The next Android 5.0 Lollipop build of Cyanogen OS for the OnePlus One CM12S is on right schedule. Cyanogen Inc.has announced that the Lollipop build for the OnePlus One has entered the Quality Assurance/Quality Engineering stage.
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Samsung started changing its track from polycarbonate build, changed its usual design language and finally launched the Galaxy Alpha smartphone with metal chassis, but it still had a plastic back panel. It finally came up with the A series at the end of last year with all metal unibody design The Galaxy A3 and Galaxy A5 were launched in India last month. The Galaxy A5 is the top-end model in the A series that is currently available in India. Samsung even introduced the Galaxy A7 with a larger 1080p display, but it is not available in India yet. All metal body gives it a premium look. What about the other aspects of the smartphone? Is the Galaxy A5 worth the price of Rs. 25,500? Let us find out in the complete review.
3D-tracking tablet Project Tango is graduating from the Advanced Technology and Projects division (ATAP). The project will now be an integral part of the company.
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HTC has revealed that customers waiting for the Lollipop upgrade will not receive it in time for HTC’s self-imposed deadline of Feb. 1. The two phones from some carrier will not meet the 90 day update goal.
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Google Now has been updated with support for third party apps. The company is allowing a total of 40 third party apps to generate Google Now cards.
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Asus PadFone Mini was launched in India for Rs 15,999 in November 2014. It has a 4-inch (800 x 480 pixels) smartphone that docks into a 7-inch (1280 x 800 pixels) Padfone station. Powered by 1.6 GHz dual-core Intel Atom (Z2560) processor, it was launched running on Android 4.3 (Jelly Bean) and got the Android KitKat update later. Continue reading “Asus PadFone Mini Photo Gallery”
If you’re looking for the next-generation display in your next Huawei smartphone, you may be disappointed as the Chinese manufacturer as advanced displays come with a battery life compromise that the company isn’t willing to accept. FoneArena spoke to Kevin Ho, President of the Handset Product Line at Huawei, in a special briefing at Huawei’s Shanghai campus where he explained the trade-off the company is facing with adopting next-generation displays. Continue reading “Huawei rules out 4k smartphone displays over battery life fears”
We reviewed the Lenovo S580 smartphone recently, and as promised, here are the battery test results. The S580 has a removable 2150mAh Lithium-Polymer battery. The 5-inch display and the 1.2 GHz quad-core Snapdragon 200 SoC should make the phone’s battery drain much. Let us check out the battery test graphs. Continue reading “Lenovo S580 Battery Test”
Samsung launched the Galaxy E7 in India recently for Rs. 23,000. The phone that has a unibody design and is another device from company’s E series smartphones. We have already seen the unboxing of the phone and now lets take a look at the hardware in this photo gallery. Continue reading “Samsung Galaxy E7 Photo Gallery”
Samsung is working on the Galaxy Xcover 3 (SM-G388F), the latest rugged smartphone in the Xcover series. GSMArena has got hold of the live images of the smartphone. The Galaxy Xcover 2 was introduced back in 2013. Continue reading “Samsung Galaxy Xcover 3 rugged smartphone live images surface”
iBall Andi 5Q Cobalt Solus, the latest smartphone in the Cobalt series has been listed on the official website. According to Manish Khatri from Mahesh Telecom, the smartphone is priced at Rs. 10,990. It has a 5-inch (1280 x 720 pixels) IPS display based on one glass solution (OGS) technology and runs on Android 4.4 (KitKat), similar to the iBall Andi5S Cobalt3 that was launched last year, but this is powered by a slightly slower 1.4 GHz Octa-Core processor. Continue reading “iBall Andi 5Q Cobalt Solus with Octa-Core processor launching soon for Rs. 10990”
Lenovo launched the A6000 smartphone with 4G support in India at a price tag of Rs. 6,999 earlier this month. The budget smartphone is currently the cheapest one that offers 4G connectivity in India. We have already seen the unboxing of the phone and now lets see the hardware in detail in this photo gallery. Continue reading “Lenovo A6000 Photo Gallery”
HTC has launched a new Desire 816G dual SIM variant in India. It has the same 5.5-inch (1280 x 720 pixels) display, similar to last year’s Desire 816G Dual SIM, but this is powered by a faster 1.7GHz Octa-Core SoC and comes with 16GB of internal storage, but it has the same 1GB RAM. Continue reading “HTC launches new Desire 816G Dual SIM with Octa-Core SoC in India for Rs. 19990”
Microsoft has launched Outlook app for Android and iOS. The move comes from the company after acquiring mobile mobile email start-up Acompli last month.
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Lenovo launched the A6000 smartphone with 4G support in India at a price tag of Rs. 6,999 earlier this month. It went on sale earlier this week exclusively on Flipkart in limited numbers. It is currently the cheapest smartphone with 4G LTE support in India. We managed to get one in flash sale, here is the unboxing of the smartphone.
