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HTC One Max with 5.9-inch display spotted in the wild

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Huge phones are becoming common these days and Huawei were the first to go big with their Ascend Mate having a 6.1inch at the start of the year, Samsung followed it up with their Mega series(5.8inch and 6.3inch) and Sony recently joined the club with the biggest of them all – Sony Xperia Z Ultra with a 6.44inch display. There have been leaks indicating that HTC has been working on a big phablet as well which is expected to be a big version of the company’s flagship – HTC One. Continue reading “HTC One Max with 5.9-inch display spotted in the wild”

LG unveils QuadBeat 2 earphones for the G2 ahead of launch

LG QuadBeat 2

LG unveiled the Quick Window accessory for the G2 last week. Now the company has revealed the QuadBeat 2 earphones, successor of the LG QuadBeat headset that was first introduced with the Optimus G. The new headset would have different nozzle structure from its predecessor that is angled, which would make you comfortable even if it’s worn for a long time. It also has urn-shaped ear tip that prevents problems of bass leaking. It has buttons for Play / Pause (On/Off Call) function and buttons for Volume Up and Volume Down. Continue reading “LG unveils QuadBeat 2 earphones for the G2 ahead of launch”

Samsung offers heavy discount as part of Friendship Day offer

To cash in on the popularity of Friendship Day amongst the youth, Samsung is offering a heavy discount on some of its most popular handsets. Starting from August 1st to 31st, the smartphone manufacturer will subsidize the Galaxy S4, Galaxy S Duos, Galaxy Core and Galaxy Mega 5.8 handsets. The discounts are on some of the most popular devices across categories.

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Samsung Galaxy S4 Zoom Review

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Samsung has been recently having an obsession to provide solutions of convergence in weird form factors. We saw that with the Mega 6.3 and the Galaxy Note 510, both being devices with a certain feature, unknown to that specific form factor, hacked in, and the S4 Zoom falls in that same category. It is basically a Smartphone with a camera slapped on its back, or a point and shoot with a smartphone slapped on its back, you get the idea. Samsung started this trend with the Galaxy Camera, a high end point and shoot running Android, which is basically a connected camera, with 3G. Expectedly, Samsung has taken it further with the S4 Zoom adding phone functionality. Priced at Rs. 29,990, is the S4 Zoom a hack job or is it actually a good enough cameraphone? Lets find out.

Video Review

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Xolo Q600 Benchmarks

Xolo launched the Q600, the company’s latest Android smartphone in the QCORE series last month at a price tag of Rs. 8999. We brought you the unboxing of the device recently. Here we have the benchmarks of the device. The Q600 is powered by a 1.2 GHz quad-core MediaTek 6589M processor with 238 MHz PowerVR SGX544 GPU and runs on Android 4.2 (Jelly Bean). It has 512 RAM, instead of 1GB RAM in other Q series devices. Let’s find out how the devices scores in several benchmark tests.

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Samsung Galaxy Mega 5.8, Galaxy Core and Galaxy S Duos get a price cut in India

Samsung Galaxy S Duos, Core and Mega 6.3 Price cut

Samsung has cut the price of the Samsung Galaxy Mega 5.8, Galaxy Core and Galaxy S Duos in India, just in time for the Friendship Day. Samsung is calling it “Samsung Galaxy Own Now” offer. The Samsung Galaxy Mega 5.8 that launched in India for Rs. 25100 is now available Rs. 23,400 from the eStore. Price of the Samsung Galaxy Core has dropped to Rs. 13,200 from its launch price Rs. 15,690. Continue reading “Samsung Galaxy Mega 5.8, Galaxy Core and Galaxy S Duos get a price cut in India”

Android 4.3 update starts rolling out for the Samsung Galaxy S4 and HTC One Google Play editions

Android 4.3 Google Play Edition HTC One and S4

Android 4.3 (Jelly Bean) update for the Google Play editions of the HTC One and the Samsung Galaxy S4 has finally started rolling out. This comes soon after both the HTC and Samsung releases the Kernel source code online. The Android 4.3 update for the Google Nexus devices started rolling out last week, soon after the announcement. Both these devices were running on Android 4.2.2 (Jelly Bean) when it released. Continue reading “Android 4.3 update starts rolling out for the Samsung Galaxy S4 and HTC One Google Play editions”

Google announces Android Device Manager, a service to find lost phones

Android Device Manager

Google has just announced the Android Device Manger, a service that would let you keep your device and the data you store inside safe and secure. This service would let you make your device ring to find it if it’s misplaced and also lets you locate it on a map in real time if you have lost it. This would also let you quickly and securely erase all of the data on your device. Continue reading “Google announces Android Device Manager, a service to find lost phones”

Lava E-Tab XTRON+ Benchmarks

Lava E-Tab XTRON Plus Benchmarks

Lava launched the XTRON+, the successor of XTRON recently. We brought you the unboxing of the device recently. Here we have the benchmarks of the tablet. In terms of display and processor it is similar to the XTRON that includes a 7-inch (1024 x 600 pixels) capacitive multi-touch IPS display and 1.5 GHz dual-core RockChip RK3066 Cortex A9 processor and Mali-400 MP GPU. However the tablet runs on Android 4.2.2 (Jelly Bean). Most of the benchmarks scores are almost similar to the first XTRON tablet that we reviewed earlier this year.

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ZTE ships 11.5 million smartphones in Q2 2013, at 5% of the total smartphone marketshare

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Amongst a number of highly competitive Chinese smartphone makers is ZTE. This company was recently revealed as one of the Top 5 Smartphone makers in the world, by IDC, pegging it at the fifth position. However, contrary to IDC’s claims, ZTE has posted its Q2 results with a total of 11.5 million(up from 10.1 in the report) shipments, pegging the company at an even more impressive fourth position. With this number, the company now owns a healthy 5% of the total smartphone marketshare. Several Android OEMs are finally starting to make substantial inroads into the market, is the Apple-Samsung duopoly fading fast?

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HTC One Dual SIM spotted on HTC India website

HTC One Dual SIM

HTC launched the HTC One, their flagship smartphone in India back in April. Now the HTC One Dual SIM has appeared on the official HTC India website. Other than the Dual SIM support, other specifications would be similar including a 4.7 inch (1920 x 1080 pixels) Full HD display, 1.7 GHz quad-core processor, Android Jelly Bean with Sense 5, UltraPixel camera with LED Flash and a 2.1MP HD front-facing camera. It also comes with Dual frontal stereo speakers with built-in amplifiers and dual microphones. Continue reading “HTC One Dual SIM spotted on HTC India website”

Xolo Q600 Unboxing

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Xolo launched the Q600, the company’s latest Android smartphone in the QCORE series last month at a price tag of Rs. 8999. Here we have the unboxing video of the device. The Xolo Q800 was the first phone in the QCORE series that was launched back in March. We reviewed the Q1000, the company’s flagship smartphone recently. The Q600 has a 4.5-inch (854 ×480 pixels) FWVGA capacitive touch screen display at 217 ppi, powered by a 1.2 GHz quad-core MediaTek 6589M processor with 238 MHz PowerVR SGX544 GPU and runs on Android 4.2 (Jelly Bean).

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Samsung boasts the world’s first TDD-FDD LTE seamless handover technology with new Galaxy S4 and S4 mini devices

Samsung Galaxy S4 LTE-A

Samsung has just announced that it has the world’s first commercially available devices(new Galaxy S4s and S4 minis) that can seamlessly do handover between two different LTE networks(based on TDD and FDD). This news comes at a time when most companies and their multimode LTE chipsets are gearing up for LTE Advanced support. Qualcomm had announced last year that they will bringing a truly global LTE chipset with support for both TDD and FDD LTE variants, with the MDM9x25 series of modems, but Samsung seems to have one-upped them, not for a dual mode TDD-FDD LTE chipset, but for this “seamless handover” technology.

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BlackBerry Q5 Review

BlackBerry has tackled the top end of the segment with its flagship Z10, Q10 handsets aimed at the die hard BlackBerry user and CEOs alike. However bringing the masses on to its next generation platform is what will help raise the bottom lines. The Canadian smartphone manufacturer has worked hard to scale down and bring a very similar experience to a smaller and more affordable handset. With an improved keyboard and a design that harks back to the BlackBerry Curves of yore, could the Q5 be exactly what the doctor ordered? Read on to find out. Continue reading “BlackBerry Q5 Review”

Samsung Galaxy Note 3 event reportedly scheduled for September 4th

Samsung Galaxy Note 3, the third Galaxy Note phablet in the series is the most expected device after the Galaxy S4. Back in March there were reports that the Galaxy Note 3 would launch at IFA next month since all the other Galaxy Note devices were unveiled at IFA. A Korean website, Daum reports that the Galaxy Note 3 would be unveiled in a event on September 4th in Germany, couple of days before the IFA starts. Continue reading “Samsung Galaxy Note 3 event reportedly scheduled for September 4th”