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Samsung Galaxy Tab 3 210 now available in India for Rs. 12399

Samsung Galaxy Tab 3 210

Samsung launched the Tab 3 211 with 3G support and voice calling last month, along with the Tab 3 310 and 311. Now the Galaxy Tab 3 210, Wi-Fi variant of the tablet is available from online retailer Snapdeal. It has a 7-inch (1024×600) TFT LCD display, powered by a 1.2 GHz dual-core processor and runs on Android 4.1 (Jelly Bean). It has a 3-megapixel fixed focus rear-facing camera and 1.3-megapixel front-facing camera. It doesn’t have a SIM card slot or voice calling capabilities like the Tab 3 211. Continue reading “Samsung Galaxy Tab 3 210 now available in India for Rs. 12399”

iBall Andi 4a Projector phone with 4-inch display, Android 4.1 launched for Rs. 17999

iBall Andi 4a Projector Phone
iBall had launched the Andi 4a Projector phone that appeared on the official website last week. It has a 4.0-inch (480×800 pixels) display, powered by 1 GHz Dual-Core Cortex A9 Processor and runs on Android 4.1 (Jelly Bean). It has a 8-megapixel Auto focus camera with flash and a front-facing camera for video calling. It has 35 lumens projector that allows users to project instantly up to 10 feet by 8 feet in VGA (480 x 640 pixels) resolution. The projector has a contrast ratio of 1200:1. Continue reading “iBall Andi 4a Projector phone with 4-inch display, Android 4.1 launched for Rs. 17999”

Nokia Lumia 625 Unboxing

It might be really hard to believe, but the Nokia Lumia 625, that launched recently, is the company’s largest phone till date, with respect to screen size. The UK Retail box of the 4.7 inch device just landed in our labs and naturally, we were bothered enough to unbox it and take a overview of the device on video, watch –

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Intex to launch a new smartphone next week, hints at next-gen Wonder series phone

Intex Smartphone launch Invite

Intex has just sent out a media invite for the launch of next-gen premium smartphone. The phone would be launched by their brand ambassador, director and actor Farhan Akthar. The press invite says “Gorge your eyes on the newest wonder in town” which hints at a new smartphone in the Wonder series. The Intex Aqua Wonder smartphone was launched earlier this year, the successor Aqua Wonder Quadcore with a quad-core processor was launched in April. So this phone might be the third-gen Aqua Wonder smartphone. Continue reading “Intex to launch a new smartphone next week, hints at next-gen Wonder series phone”

Micromax and Karbonn take top positions as the Indian Smartphone market surges ahead with the Phablet revolution

You might have seen us reporting on various marketshare reports each month coming from a company called IDC. Usually, the company provides a wider perspective of the global market for mobile phones as well as smartphones, but this time, they have focused on the second fastest growing mobile phone market in the world, India. We saw in June that the overall shipments of Smartphones in India was at just 6.1 million devices, but in a quarter, it has risen to 9.3 million shipments, according to IDC. And over half of the shipments were from local players like Micromax, Karbonn and the others, with the former taking the no. 2 and 3 positions of the Top 5 Smartphone vendors in the Indian market respectively.

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Micromax Canvas Doodle 2 Unboxing

Micromax Canvas Doodle 2-1

Micromax launched the Canvas Doodle 2 A240, the successor of the Canvas Doodle earlier this week at a price tag of Rs. 19,990. Here we have the device for the review. Let’s take a look at the unboxing first. The phone has a huge 5.7-inch (1280 x 720 pixels) HD IPS display, powered by a 1.2 GHz quad-core MediaTek MT6589 processor with PowerVR SGX 544MP GPU and runs on Android 4.2.1 (Jelly Bean). The Canvas 4 had a aluminium rim on the sides, but this one has aluminium body.

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Nokia Lumia 925 Blind Test – Flagship Shoot Out

The Nokia Lumia 925 launched just six days back in India with a price tag of Rs. 33,499. It was announced back in May, as a refreshed alternative to people who didn’t like the bulk and design of the good old Nokia Lumia 920. The camera was supposedly improved, along with the build and design, with a six element lens and all new algorithms, while retaining all the PureView OIS goodness that the 920 was known for. While the Lumia 920 was good, it had problems with defocused softer photos and overall unreliable performance, making it a tougher buy when compared to other flagships. But, does the Lumia 925 fix that? Can it produce better pictures than competing flagship devices? Exactly what we are going to see today.

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iBall Andi 4a Projector a new projector phone with 4-inch display, dual-core processor coming soon

iBall Andi 4a Projector

iBall had been teasing their projector phone for over a week. The iBall Andi 4a Projector has appeared on the official website. It has a 4.0-inch (480×800 pixels) display, powered by 1 GHz Dual-Core Cortex A9 Processor and runs on Android 4.1 (Jelly Bean). It has a 8-megapixel Auto focus camera with flash and a front-facing camera for video calling. It has 35 lumens projector that allows users to project digital media instantly up to 10 feet or 120-inch wide at a distance of 8 feet in VGA (480 x 640 pixels) resolution. The projector has a contrast ratio of 1200:1. Continue reading “iBall Andi 4a Projector a new projector phone with 4-inch display, dual-core processor coming soon”

MTV Slate with 7.85-inch display, quad-core processor, Android 4.2 launched for Rs. 14999

MTV Slate

MTV India and Swipe Telecom has partnered once again to launch the MTV Slate, a 7.85-inch device in Swipe’s Tablet series. It has a 7.85-inch IPS display, powered by a 1.2 GHz quad-core Cortex A7 processor and runs on Android 4.2.2 (Jelly Bean). It comes with a 5-megapixel rear camera, 0.3-megapixel (VGA) front-facing camera and packs a 3200 mAh battery. It has SIM card slot that lets you make voice calls.

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Sony Xperia Z Ultra gets a major update, brings X-Reality for mobile finally

Sony Xperia Z Ultra 14.1.B.1.510 Update

Sony Mobile has started rolling out a new software update (v 14.1.B.1.510) for the Xperia Z Ultra (C6802) that brings lot of new features including the most expected X-Reality for mobile, support for one-handed text input in the international Xperia keyboard and lots more. The Sony Xperia Z Ultra got the first minor update from version 14.1.B.0.461 to 14.1.B.0.471 earlier this month. Continue reading “Sony Xperia Z Ultra gets a major update, brings X-Reality for mobile finally”

Micromax Canvas Doodle Review

Micromax A111 Canvas Doodle-4

Micromax launched the A111 Canvas Doodle, the first Micromax phone with a large 5.3-inch display back in May. It is also the first Micromax phone to be powered by a quad-core Qualcomm Snapdragon 200 MSM8625Q processor. We had already seen some devices such as Karbonn S5 Titanium and the Samsung Galaxy Grand Quattro with a similar quad-core Snapdragon chip. We brought you the unboxing and the benchmarks of the device recently. Here we have the complete review of the device. Continue reading “Micromax Canvas Doodle Review”

Micromax Canvas Doodle 2 with 5.7-inch HD display officially launched for Rs. 19990

Micromax Canvas Doodle 2 A240

Micromax Canvas Doodle 2 A240, successor of the Canvas Doodle A111 that went on sale last week, has been officially launched . It has a 5.7-inch (1280 x 720 pixels) HD IPS display, powered by a 1.2 GHz quad-core processor and runs on Android 4.2 (Jelly Bean). It has 12-megapixel rear camera with dual LED flash and a 5-megapixel front-facing camera. It comes with Dual SIM support, packs a 2600 mAh battery and has aluminum build. Continue reading “Micromax Canvas Doodle 2 with 5.7-inch HD display officially launched for Rs. 19990”

Mercury mTAB Star with dual-core processor, 3G and voice calling launched

Kobian has launched the mTAB Star, a new 7-inch tablet. It has a 7-inch ( 1024 x 600 pixels) capacitive touch screen, powered by a 1 GHz dual-core processor and runs on Android 4.1 (Jelly Bean). It has a 2-megapixel pixel rear camera with LED flash and a 0.3-megapixel front-facing camera. It has 3G data connectivity and voice calling through a SIM card slot and packs a 3000 mAh battery. It has Adobe Flash 11.1 and a built-in speaker. Continue reading “Mercury mTAB Star with dual-core processor, 3G and voice calling launched”

Gionee P2 with 4-inch display, dual-core processor, Android 4.2 launched for Rs. 6499

Gionee P2

Gionee has launched P2, a new Android smartphone and the successor of the P1 in India. The Gionee P1 that was launched back in April had a 3.5-inch capacitive touch screen display. This has 4-inch WVGA display, powered by a 1.3 GHz dual-coreMediaTek MT6572 processor with Mali 400 GPU and runs on Android 4.2 (Jelly Bean). It has a 5-megapixel rear camera with LED flash and a 0.3-megapixel (VGA) front-facing camera. Continue reading “Gionee P2 with 4-inch display, dual-core processor, Android 4.2 launched for Rs. 6499”