Xolo launched the Omega 5.0, company’s latest budget smartphone with HIVE UI earlier this month at Rs. 8,999. It is also one of the few budget smartphones in the price range to be powered by an Octa-Core processor. Is this one of the best budget smartphones in the price range? Let us find out in the complete review.
Google Nexus 6 smartphone made by Motorola was officially launched in India last week, priced at Rs. 43,999 for the 32GB variant and the 64GB variant is priced at Rs. 48,999. We brought you the unboxing and the photo gallery recently, here we have the benchmarks of the smartphone. It is powered by an Quad-Core Snapdragon 805 (APQ8084) 28nm HPm Krait 450 CPU clocked at 2.65 GHz with Adreno 420 GPU clocked at 600 MHz. It has 3GB RAM, a 5.96-inch (1440 x 2560 pixels) Quad HD display and runs on Android 5.0. We did not add Quadrant and Linpack benchmarks since the scores were very low compared to other Snapdragon 805-powered devices. Check out the synthetic benchmark scores below.
OnePlus has launched the OnePlus Power Bank, a 10,000mAh portable power bank. OnePlus is celebrating its first anniversary. To mark it, the company is hosting an open sale of the OnePlus One, both 64GB Sandstone Black and 16GB Silk White on the official website. It is also running a Vine contest and OnePlus ROM contest that lets you stand a chance to win a OnePlus smartphone. Continue reading “OnePlus introduces 10,000 mAh Power Bank for $14.99”
Spice and Google have launched Spice Dream Uno H Android One smartphone with complete Hindi language support, including complete Hindi keyboard, voice input and Hindi versions of popular Google products such as Android OS, Chrome, Search, YouTube and Google Maps. It has exclusive Hindi applications such as Aajtak, Sony live and Hungama.
Last week Micromax announced that it will launched the first YU branded smartphone running CyanogenMod OS in India on December 18th. It will be available for sale exclusively on Amazon.in. One of our readers has spotted the Micromax YU smartphone in Zauba import/export database that shows the pricing for a single unit as Rs. 8,301. With tax it might cost around Rs. 10,000, which is would be competitive in the range for its specifications. Continue reading “Micromax YU smartphone could be priced aggressively at under Rs. 10000”
Canada is backing the continued growth and existence of BlackBerry with a large 5-year $850 million loan to British communications giant Vodafone Group. Under the terms of the agreement, Vodafone will use $750 million to purchase equipment and services produced by BlackBerry and the other $100 million with smaller Canadian companies. Continue reading “Canada loans Vodafone $850 million to boost BlackBerry sales”
The continuous weakening of the Russian Ruble over the past few days has taken a major casualty in the world of technology with Apple being forced to shut down its Russian Online Store after confirming the constant conditions mean it doesn’t know which to charge customers. Continue reading “Apple shuts down Online Sales in Russia”
The Honor 6 may have only just begun launching in several markets around Europe but it’s bigger brother has already been announced. The Honor 6 Plus brings the Honor brand to the larger display market but as we can confirm, it won’t be available to customers in Europe or other Western Markets. Continue reading “Huawei Honor 6 Plus will not launch in Europe”
Huawei just announced the Honor 6 Plus at an event in China. It has a 5.5-inch 1080p screen with 72.8% screen-to-body ratio and 2.8mm slim bezels on the sides, is powered by a Octa-Core (4×1.8GHz + 4×1.3GHz) Hisilicon Kirin 925 processor with i3 low-power sensor and runs on Android 4.4 with Huawei’s own Emotion UI 3.0 on top. The main highlight is its dual 8-megapixel cameras on the back with dual LED flashes for effective pixel size to 1.98 microns resulting in sharper images, and an adjustable aperture that can be set between f/0.95 and f/16. It also promises ultra-fast auto focus speed of 0.1 seconds. Continue reading “Huawei Honor 6 Plus with 5.5-inch 1080p display, Dual 8MP rear cameras announced”
Xolo launched the Omega 5.0 smartphone for Rs. 8,999 earlier this month. We already brought you the unboxing, benchmarks, photo gallery and the camera samples of the smartphone, here we have the battery test results of the smartphone. Continue reading “Xolo Omega 5.0 Battery Test”
OnePlus just announced that they have partnered with Waves to bring their innovative MaxxAudio technology to the OnePlus One smartphone. The sound enhancement technology enables deeper bass, clearer highs, louder volume levels and more immersive sound from speakers, headphones and connected Bluetooth devices for detailed and clearly defined listening experience. MaxxAudio from Waves is present in Oppo Find 7 smartphone, select Asus and Dell devices. Continue reading “OnePlus One to get MaxxAudio integration with major CyanogenMod update next month”
Sony has introduced a SmartBand in collaboration with lifestyle brand ROXY . The limited edition SmartBand measure your day-to-day activity including sleep cycle.
Continue reading “Sony launches limited edition lifestyle SmartBand with ROXY”
BlackBerry has updated its popular messenger on Windows Phone with new features and enhancements. The version 2.0 of BBM includes stickers and other additions that enhances your chatting experience.
Continue reading “BBM 2.0 for Windows Phone brings stickers, timed messages and more”
LAVA, the well known indigenous smartphone manufacturer, today revealed its new handset ie the Iris Fuel 60. The phone’s USP as the name suggests is the large battery that it packs. But does that it make it sufficiently interesting? We spent some time with the phone. Here’s what we thought about it. Continue reading “Lava Iris Fuel 60 Hands On”
