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LG’s 5.5-inch Quad HD display gets certified, to be used in LG G3

LG 5.5-inch QHD

LG Display has just announced that their 5.5-inch Quad HD LCD smartphone panel has been certified by NEMKO, Norway-based international testing and certification organization. LG announced their first Quad HD panel back in August last year and has a resolution of 2560 by 1440 pixels at a pixel density of 538ppi. It has the same 1.2 mm thickness, but this has 1.15 mm narrow bezel, 0.05 mm less than the panel introduced last year. Continue reading “LG’s 5.5-inch Quad HD display gets certified, to be used in LG G3”

Samsung Galaxy Note Pro 12.2 Review

Samsung Note Pro 12.2 -13While Android tablets have proven to sell a fair few numbers in  the entry level segment, the upper end has so far been dominated by the iPad. Samsung has made a few attempts at making a dent in this segment but has failed. As part of it’s attempt to throw mud at the wall and see what sticks, the Korean giant has created a ginormous tablet that doesn’t really solve any specific problems. Could the Samsung Galaxy Note Pro 12.2 still be worth the small fortune it commands? We find out in our review. Continue reading “Samsung Galaxy Note Pro 12.2 Review”

Samsung launches Swarovski crystal accessories for Galaxy S5 and Gear Fit

Samsung is adding bling to its flagship phone, the Galaxy S5 and fitness tracker Gear Fit. The company has launched Swarovski Collection for both these devices on its online store.

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Samsung design chief replaced amidst lukewarm Galaxy S5 response

Dong Hoon Chang

Chang Dong-hoon, head of the mobile design team at Samsung Electronics offered to resign last week and has since been replaced according to a report published by Reuters. Lee Min-hyouk, the VP for Mobile Design at Samsung will be replacing Chang. Lee is well known for being the youngest senior executive at Samsung. Continue reading “Samsung design chief replaced amidst lukewarm Galaxy S5 response”

Lava Iris 504Q+ Benchmarks

Lava Iris 504Q Plus Benchmarks

Lava launched the Iris 504Q+ successor of the Iris 504Q last month. We already brought you the unboxing and the photo gallery of the smartphone. Here we have the benchmarks of the device. It is powered by a 1.3 GHz quad-core MediaTek MT6582 processor with ARM Cortex A7 cores and Mali 400 GPU, similar to Xolo Q1010i that was launched recently. It has a 5-inch HD display based on OGS technology, has a 10MP rear camera with Sony Exmor RS sensor and runs on Android 4.2 (Jelly Bean). Continue reading “Lava Iris 504Q+ Benchmarks”

Lava Iris 504Q+ Photo Gallery

Lava Iris 504Q Plus-6

Lava launched the Iris 504Q+ successor of the Iris 504Q last month. We already brought you the unboxing of the device. Here we have the photo gallery of the phone so that you can view the phone in all the angles. The Iris 504Q has a 5-inch HD display based on OGS technology, powered by a 1.3 GHz quad-core processor and runs on Android 4.2 (Jelly Bean). Continue reading “Lava Iris 504Q+ Photo Gallery”

LG G3 rumored to be the first smartphone with Snapdragon 805 SoC

LG is the only company that is yet to announce its flagship device and it will probably be the best of what 2014 has to offer. In addition to the rumors circulating about the removable battery, a microSD card slot and a non plastic back, LG G3 is also rumored to be coming with the latest Snapdragon 805 SoC.

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Huawei Ascend P7 with 5-inch 1080p display, 13MP camera, 4G LTE announced

Huawei Ascend P7

Huawei has finally announced the Ascend P7, the successor of last year’s Ascend P6 at an event in Paris, France. It has a 5-inch (1920 x 1080 pixels) full HD IPS  touch-sensitive display with Corning Gorilla Glass 3, powered by Huawei’s own 1.8 GHz quad-core processor with Mali-450 MP4 GPU and runs on Android 4.4 (KitKat) with Huawei own Emotion UI 2.3 on top. It has a 13-megapixel rear camera with Sony’s BSI sensor, f/2.0 aperture and Huawei’s proprietary Image Signal Processor (ISP). Continue reading “Huawei Ascend P7 with 5-inch 1080p display, 13MP camera, 4G LTE announced”

Oppo Joy with 4-inch display launched in India for Rs. 8990

Oppo has launched Oppo Joy, the company’s latest budget Android smartphone in India. It was announced last month and packs a 4-inch (800 x 480 pixels) WVGA IPS sensitive touch screen with glove mode, powered by a 1.3 GHz dual core processor and runs on Android 4.2 (Color OS). It has a 3-megapixel rear camera with LED flash and a 0.3-megapixel (VGA) front-facing camera. It also has 3G connectivity and dual SIM support. Continue reading “Oppo Joy with 4-inch display launched in India for Rs. 8990”

Microsoft’s Surface mini reportedly uses a Qualcomm processor

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Microsoft is all set to unveil the Surface mini, a 8 inch Windows tablet at an event in New York City on the 20th of May. It is just 13 more days until the announcement, and we don’t even know how it looks, but are finally starting to see some bits and pieces of information floating around the internet. Bloomberg’s Dina Bass reports that the Surface Mini will come with a Qualcomm processor, unlike its bigger brothers Surface RT and Surface 2, which run on rival Nvidia’s chips. Nokia was the only other OEM to come out with a ARM based Windows tablet in 2013, which coincidentally ran on the Qualcomm Snapdragon processor.

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Samsung Gear 2 Solo standalone smartwatch appears on India import website

Samsung Gear 2 Neo

Samsung filed for Samsung Gear Solo and Samsung Gear Now trademarks last month. Samsung Gear 2 Solo (SM-R710) has appeared on India import/export website Zauba. Only one unit of the smartwatch has been imported from Korea to Bangalore for R&D purposes. The price of the smartwatch is mentioned as Rs. 12,292. This listing was first spotted by MakTechBlog.
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Samsung rolls out Knox 2.0 globally starting from Galaxy S5

Samsung has released Knox 2.0 to all it flagship Galaxy S5 smartphone users worldwide. Announced at MWC, Knox is an enterprise-grade security suite which is built to give a strong end-to-end private system for enterprise users of the device.

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Limited Edition Captain America S.H.I.E.L.D. HTC One M8 unveiled

Captain America S.H.I.E.L.D. HTC One M8

After the Harman Kardon edition of the HTC One (M8) with bundled Harman AE-S earbuds, the company has unveiled Limited Edition Captain America S.H.I.E.L.D. HTC One M8 in the U.S. This comes in Gunmetal Gray like the original M8 and has a numbered S.H.I.E.L.D. etching on the back. It also comes bundled with Captain America wallpapers that can also be downloaded from the HTC website for other phones. Continue reading “Limited Edition Captain America S.H.I.E.L.D. HTC One M8 unveiled”

Microsoft updates OneDrive for Android with file sharing and sorting, bigger thumbnails and more

Microsoft which recently renamed its cloud storage service as OneDrive has updated the Android app with several features. The latest 2.5 version of the app allows users to share files by inviting people, sending a link, or you can even send files to another app.

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