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Nokia Lumia 525 launched in India for Rs. 10399

Nokia announced the Lumia 525 in India at the 6th Annual Strategy Sharing Summit in Goa last month. The company has finally announced the price of the device. It was unveiled last year and has a 4-inch (800 x 480 pixels) IPS display at 235 ppi, super sensitive touch for finger nail and glove use and is powered by a 1 GHz dual core Snapdragon S4 processor. It has a 5-megapixel auto focus rear camera with 720p HD video recording, packs 1430 mAh battery. Continue reading “Nokia Lumia 525 launched in India for Rs. 10399”

Micromax LapTab dual boot Android and Windows 8.1 device announced

Popular budget smartphone brand, Micromax, just announced its entry into a brand new product category. At the Consumer Electronics Show, The company has announced a dual boot tablet that will join its line of products which includes smartphones, tablets and HDTVs.

Called the LapTab, the Micromax product will be powered by an Intel Atom processor. The device will run both Windows 8.1 and Android Jelly Bean so that you can switch between the two depending on your usage requirement. The rest of the specifications are fairly mid range. The processor is clocked at 1.46Ghz and is paired with 2GB of RAM. You also get 32GB of built in storage. Continue reading “Micromax LapTab dual boot Android and Windows 8.1 device announced”

BlackBerry Q5 price drops to Rs. 19990 in India

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Following the price cuts of the BlackBerry Z10 and the BlackBerry Q10 last year, BlackBerry has cut the price of the BlackBerry Q5 to Rs. 19,990 as a part of festive offer. The BlackBerry Q5 was launched in India back in July 2013 at a price tag of Rs. 24990. It packs a 3.1-inch (720 x 720 pixels) capactive touch screen IPS display at 330 PPI pixel density, powered by a 1.2 GHz dual-core processor and runs on BlackBerry 10 OS.

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Xolo becomes official mobile handset partner of Liverpool FC across Indian sub-continent

Xolo Liverpool FC

Xolo has inked three-season exclusive partnership detal with Liverpool Football Club to become the official regional marketing Partner for India, Sri Lanka, Nepal and Bangladesh. With this, the company becomes the official mobile handset partner of Liverpool FC across the Indian sub-continent until May 2016. Continue reading “Xolo becomes official mobile handset partner of Liverpool FC across Indian sub-continent”

Xolo Q1000 Opus Unboxing

Xolo Q1000 Opus Unboxing

Broadcom, a company that powers most of the WiFiac chips inside smartphones these days had been very quiet in the SoC business, but they had recently announced new chips and a partnership with Xolo for their Quad Core low end chip. The fruition of that partnership is the Xolo Q1000 Opus, yet another Q1000 that looks and performs nothing like the other one. This low-mid range device, that launched to retail in December last year, is priced at Rs. 9,990 and has modest specifications to rival the competition in the same segment. We have got this phone for testing in our labs, so as a first order of business, here is our unboxing with a quick look at the hardware and an overview of the minimally modified software –

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Nokia Lumia 1020 and Lumia 520 emerge as the favourites in #SmartFone13

2013 came to an end a few days back and so did our quest to see which two phones would emerge as the favourites in our #Smartfone13 championship for flagships as well as budget devices. Two major polls were run in parallel for about a week with several phones knocked out in the weeks before, to bring the tally to the final four. It was Sony Xperia Z1 vs the Nokia Lumia 1020 for the flagship battle and the Nokia Lumia 520 vs the Gionee Elife E6 for the budget devices battle, with the Lumias ending up as the winners. How? Go past the break to find out!

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Salora Zapper3G 14.4 Mbps USB Dongle launched for Rs. 1599

Salora Zapper 3G 14.4 Mbps

Salora International launched their Salora Zapper 3G Data Card that supports speeds up to 7.2 Mbps couple of years back. Now the company has launched Zapper3G-SIL 300B, high- speed 3G USB Dongle that offers downloading speeds of up to 14.4 Mbps. It has 3G dongle provides network / operator flexibility by supporting any operator’s SIM Card and also has micro SD card support with an expandable memory up to 32 GB. Continue reading “Salora Zapper3G 14.4 Mbps USB Dongle launched for Rs. 1599”

Lava Iris 405+ with 4-inch display, 1.3 GHz dual-core processor launched for Rs. 6999

Lava Iris 405+ that was spotted online earlier this week has been officially launched in India. It has a 4-inch (800 x 480 pixels) capacitive touch screen display, powered by a 1.3 GHz dual-core processor and runs on Android 4.2 (Jelly Bean). It comes with a 5-megapixel auto focus rear camera with LED flash and a VGA front-facing camera, similar to the Iris 405. It also has dual SIM support with dual standby similar to other Iris smartphones. It has 3G support, 512MB RAM and packs a 1400 mAh battery. Continue reading “Lava Iris 405+ with 4-inch display, 1.3 GHz dual-core processor launched for Rs. 6999”

ZTE to unveil Grand S II, BlueWatch Smartwatch and a Phablet with 5.7-inch HD display at CES 2014

ZTE has announced that it would unveil the Grand S II, the successor of Grand S that was unveiled at the CES 2013 last year. It would also launch BlueWatch, its first Smartwatch and its first phablet with a 5.7-inch HD display and dual screen functionality. It would also show off a mobile hotspot with a built-in projector and more at the event. Continue reading “ZTE to unveil Grand S II, BlueWatch Smartwatch and a Phablet with 5.7-inch HD display at CES 2014”

Micromax Bolt A59 and Bolt A28 now available for Rs. 4542 and Rs. 3674

Micromax Bolt A59

Micromax Bolt A59 and Bolt A28 that appeared online recently are now available from online retailer Snapdeal. These smartphones have a 3.5-inches (320 x 480 Pixels) capacitive touch screen display and powered by a 1 GHz processor. The Micromax Bolt A59 runs on Android 4.1 (Jelly Bean), features a 2-megapixel rear camera with LED flash and a VGA front-facing camera. The Bolt A28 runs on Android 2.3 (Gingerbread), packs a 0.3-megapixel rear camera with LED flash and a VGA front-facing camera. Both these phones have 2G (EDGE) connectivity and dual SIM support with dual standby. Continue reading “Micromax Bolt A59 and Bolt A28 now available for Rs. 4542 and Rs. 3674”

Intex Cloud Y17 with 4.5-inch display, Android 4.2 now available for Rs. 6590

Intex Cloud Y13

The Intex Cloud Y3, Cloud Y7 and the Cloud Y13 from the Cloud series were spotted online recently. Now the Intex Cloud Y17 has been spotted on the official website. It is also available from eBay. It has a 4.5-inch (480 x 854 pixels) capacitive touch screen display, powered by a 1.2 GHz dual-core MediaTek MT6572E processor and runs on Android 4.2 (Jelly Bean). It has a 5-megapixel rear camera with LED flash and a 1.3-megapixel front-facing camera. Continue reading “Intex Cloud Y17 with 4.5-inch display, Android 4.2 now available for Rs. 6590”

LG G Pro Lite Dual Benchmarks

LG launched the LG G Pro Lite Dual, the company’s latest Dual SIM smartphone with 5.5-inch qHD display in India back in October 2013. We have the device for review, and here are the benchmarks of the smartphone. It is powered by a 1 GHz dual-core Mediatek MT6577 processor based on ARM Cortex A9 CPU with PowerVR SGX 531 GPU. It runs on Android 4.1 (Jelly Bean). It also comes with a stylus pen and packs a huge 3140 mAh battery. Let’s check out how it performs in a range of synthetic benchmark tests.

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Intex Aqua Octa with 6-inch HD display, Octa-Core processor officially launched for Rs. 19999

Intex Aqua Octa

The Intex Aqua Octa went on sale in India earlier today. Now Intex has official launched the smartphone today. It was unveiled back in November 2013 and packs a 6-inch (1280 x 720 pixels) HD IPS display based on One-Glass-Solution (OGS), powered by a 1.7 GHz Octa-Core MediaTek MT6592 processor with Mali 450-MP4 GPU and runs on Android 4.2 (Jelly Bean). It packs a 13-megapixel auto focus rear camera with LED Flash and a 5-megapixel front-facing camera similar to the Aqua i7. Continue reading “Intex Aqua Octa with 6-inch HD display, Octa-Core processor officially launched for Rs. 19999”

Intex Aqua Octa with 6-inch 720p display, 1.7 GHz Octa-Core processor now available for Rs. 19999

Intex Aqua Octa

Intex Mobile unveiled the company’s first Octa-Core processor-powered smartphone phone back in November last year. As we said, i17 is not the phone’s name, but the name of the phone is Aqua Octa. It is now available in India from online retailer Snapdeal. It has a 6-inch (1280 x 720 pixels) HD IPS display based on One-Glass-Solution (OGS), powered by a 1.7 GHz Octa-Core MediaTek MT6592 processor with Mali 450-MP4 GPU and runs on Android 4.2 (Jelly Bean). It packs a 13-megapixel auto focus rear camera with LED Flash and a 5-megapixel front-facing camera similar to the Aqua i7. It comes with Dual SIM support with dual standby. Continue reading “Intex Aqua Octa with 6-inch 720p display, 1.7 GHz Octa-Core processor now available for Rs. 19999”

Xolo Q3000 with 5.7-inch 1080p display, 4000 mAh battery officially launched for Rs. 20999

Xolo has officially launched the Xolo Q3000, the company’s latest flagship smartphone. It comes with a 5.7-inch (1920 x 1080 pixels) IPS display, powered by 1.5 GHz quad-core MediaTek MT6589T processor and runs on Android 4.2 (Jelly Bean). It has a 13-megapixel auto focus rear camera with LED Flash, BSI 2 sensor, 1080p video recording and a 5-megapixel front-facing camera with a BSI sensor. It comes with 2GB RAM and a 4000 mAh battery. It went on pre-order online last week and went on sale online earlier today.
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