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Celkon AR50 RahmanIshq smartphone with 5-inch display, Android 4.2 launched for Rs. 8499

Celkon A50

Celkon launched the A45 smartphone in the RahmanIshq series last month, now the company has launched the AR50, a new smartphones in the series. It has a 5-inch display, powered by 1.2 GHz dual-core Cortex A7 processor and runs on Android 4.2 (Jelly Bean). It also comes pre-loaded with AR Rahman’s chartbusters and a special tune created for the Rahmanishq Music Smartphones, similar to the AR45. Users can also download Rahman’s Signautre ringtone from Celkon’s website. Continue reading “Celkon AR50 RahmanIshq smartphone with 5-inch display, Android 4.2 launched for Rs. 8499”

Samsung Galaxy S4 Android 4.3 OTA update starts rolling out in India

Samsung Galaxy S4 Android 4.3 India

Samsung has started rolling out the Android 4.3 (Jelly Bean) update for the Galaxy S4 (GT-I9500) in India. The LTE variant of the Galaxy S4 (GT-I9505) got the Android 4.3 (Jelly Bean) update in Germany last week. The Samsung Galaxy S4 was launched back in April running on Android 4.2.2 (Jelly Bean). It got the first update back in May the brought stability improvements, another update in June brought option to move apps to the SD card, new Smart Pause toggle and more.

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Nokia have reportedly sold at least 8 million Lumias last quarter, claims WSJ

In a run up to the Nokia World event set to happen on the 22nd of this month, the Wall Street Journal has published a piece on Nokia, Elop and its future. The report also serves us new information that Nokia have reportedly sold at least 8 million Lumias last quarter, spanning from July to September, which is a more than double of what they had sold the same quarter, last year. This information, credited to “people familiar with the matter” is nothing surprising considering the fact that Nokia had sold 7.4 million Lumias the quarter before, with the momentum of the low cost Lumia 520 and other cheaper devices gaining marketshare all around the world. Major growth markets like India have seen a remarkably fast uptake of the Lumia 520, which is possibly the most VFM phone available, and this has naturally applied to other markets as well.

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Airtel acquires 100% stake in Qualcomm’s 4G venture

Airtel announced that they have acquired 100% stake in Qualcomm Inc’s 4G venture. Airtel increased its stake to 51% from 49% back in July, which it acquired back in May 2012 by paying US$ 165 million (Rs 927.39 crore approx). Qualcomm won BWA Spectrum in Delhi, Mumbai, Haryana and Kerala circles in 2010 by paying about US$ 1 billion (Rs. 4912.54 crore approx) in the auction by DoT in June 2010 Department of Telecom (DoT). Continue reading “Airtel acquires 100% stake in Qualcomm’s 4G venture”

Micromax Canvas Turbo – What to expect?

Micromax Canvas 4 was the company’s last flagship phone and nearly four months have passed since it was launched. Recently, Micromax roped in Hugh Jackman as the brand ambassador for their Canvas series and by the ways have been heading, it looks like he will be promoting the Canvas Turbo first.

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Sony Xperia Z1S press image surfaces, rumored for 2013 launch

Sony Xperia Z1S leak

Sony announced the Sony Xperia Z1 f (SO-02F), a variant of the Xperia Z1 in Japan for NTT Docomo in their Winter 2013 range. Now press image of Sony Xperia Z1S, a completely new device has appeared, thanks to evleaks. The leaked press image is completely different from the Z1 f, but the size of the phone is similar. Looks like Sony is planning for a Z1 mini with a different design for global users. Continue reading “Sony Xperia Z1S press image surfaces, rumored for 2013 launch”

Nokia Lumia 1520 specifications leak, 6-inch 1080p display and 20MP Pureview camera

Nokia Lumia 1520 leak

We had already seen several leaks of the Lumia 1520, Nokia’s upcoming flagship smartphone. An image of the smartphones first appeared back in August, last month the press render. Now an online store in China have posted the official price of the device along with a sheet that shows off the features of the smartphone. The phone has also appeared in Cyan color, thanks to twitter user Moroleaks. Check out the sheet below. Continue reading “Nokia Lumia 1520 specifications leak, 6-inch 1080p display and 20MP Pureview camera”

Nokia Lumia 1020: Reinventing Zoom

Much has been written and said about Nokia’s PureView technology but at the core, it all comes down to the amalgam of optics and software algorithms to create a compelling solution. We saw this first on the Nokia 808 PureView and this has been further tuned and improved on the newly launched Nokia Lumia 1020. In its quest for perfection, there have been a few questionable and some very welcome tweaks to the winning formula of the Nokia 808. Over the past few days we got to test out the photography capabilities of the device and get our queries answered by Marc Olsson, Product Manager at Nokia. Here’s our attempt to demystify the camera technology on the Nokia Lumia 1020 for you. Continue reading “Nokia Lumia 1020: Reinventing Zoom”

Nokia Lumia 1020 wins the Blind Test for the Best Smartphone Camera of 2013

It’s been a week since we started our blind test polls for the “Best Smartphone Camera of 2013” and we have decided to reveal the line up and the results today. Why today? Well there are a couple of reasons for that. One, You, the readers have unanimously voted for Lumia 1020 as the best of the lot. Two, today is 10-20-2013(MM-DD-YY), and Nokia have decided to name this the International Mobile Photography day. So, we couldn’t find it any more befitting that the results be announced today. So, here you go, the line up and the results of our “Best Smartphone Camera of 2013” polls and all the full resolution samples.

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Nokia India to offer free image prints for Lumia 1020 users starting October 20th

10.20 International Mobile Photography Day

Nokia has named October 20th as International Mobile Photography Day, and recommend mobile users to snap a photo on the first International Mobile Photography Day that is dedicated to capturing all those once-in-a-lifetime, unexpected moments. Nokia launched the Lumia 1020 in India recently, which is the world’s first smartphone to feature a 41-megapixel camera sensor along with Optical Image Stabilization (OIS). To mark the occasion, Nokia India announced a special initiative for its Indian consumers and photography enthusiasts. Continue reading “Nokia India to offer free image prints for Lumia 1020 users starting October 20th”

Facebook v10.2.2 for BlackBerry 10 brings better sharing, landscape mode and more

Facebook for BlackBerry 10 has been updated to version 10.2.2 that brings a lot of new features including option to preview links, option to share or re-post news stories and photos, based on your friend’s or page’s privacy settings and more. This update also lets you use the app and watch videos in landscape mode. All these features are already available in Facebook app for Android and iOS. Continue reading “Facebook v10.2.2 for BlackBerry 10 brings better sharing, landscape mode and more”

Microsoft Remote Desktop app comes to iOS and Android

Recently, we brought you the information that Microsoft is planning to launch an app for Android and iOS devices that will let the users remotely control their Windows machines. Today, Microsoft went ahead and launched the app for Android and iOS. A lot of third-party applications were available for the same and now Microsoft has pushed out an official app to smoothen things out.

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Intex Cloud X5 and Aqua N2 spotted on official website priced at Rs. 4800 and Rs. 7900

Intex Cloud X5

Intex launched the Aqua i4 and Aqua HD last month, now two new smartphones, Cloud X5 from the Cloud series and Aqua N2 in the Aqua series has surfaced on the official website. The Cloud X5 is the successor of the Cloud X4, but it lacks 3G support present in the Cloud X4. Other features are almost similar including a 3.5-inch (480 x 320 pixels) capacitive touch screen display, 1 GHz dual-core MediaTek MT6572 processor. The Intex Aqua N2 has a 4.0-inch (800 ×480 pixels) WVGA capacitive touch screen display and is powered by a 1.2 GHz quad-core processor. Both these run on Android 4.2 (Jelly Bean) and come with dual SIM support with dual standby. Continue reading “Intex Cloud X5 and Aqua N2 spotted on official website priced at Rs. 4800 and Rs. 7900”

Zen Ultrafone 502 with 4.5-inch qHD display, Android 4.2 now available for Rs. 7299

Zen Ultrafone 502

Zen launched the Ultrafone 501 earlier this year, now its successor, the Ultrafone 502 is available in India from online retailer Snapdeal. It comes with a with a 4.5-inch (960 x 540 pixels) capacitive touch screen IPS display, powered by a 1.2 GHz dual-core processor and runs on Android 4.2 (Jelly Bean) It has a 8-megapixel rear camera with LED flash and a 1.3-megapixel front-facing camera. It has dual SIM support with dual standby, similar to other Zen smartphones and packs a 1700 mAh battery. Continue reading “Zen Ultrafone 502 with 4.5-inch qHD display, Android 4.2 now available for Rs. 7299”

Samsung Galaxy Note 3 Review

“Too huge!”, “Impossible to use as a phone!”, “A failed experiment..” they said, and a new category of smartphones was born. Samsung is single handedly responsible for the whole big screen revolution in the smartphone market. After the success of the Note experiment, the Korean Chaebol marched ahead with the Note II, and that turned out to be an even better success story. On that note(pun intended), we are now here with the third iteration that takes things up a notch, not just with respect to its predecessor but also with respect to the company’s other flagship.

Read: How Samsung became the only company with two flagship smartphones.

Like the original, the Samsung Galaxy Note 3 too has a number of firsts. It’s the first phone with 3GB of RAM and also the first with a micro USB 3.0 port. While there are other lesser known firsts, Samsung has undeniably gone for the top end with this one. But at a steep Indian price of Rs. 49,900, is the Galaxy Note 3 with its top end specs and stylus tricks worth your money? Lets find out in our fully detailed review.

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