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Spice Mi-502 Smart Flo Pace 2 with 5-inch display, 1 GHz dual-core processor now available for Rs. 6999

Spice Mi-502 Smart Flo Pace 2

Spice Mi-502 Smart Flo Pace 2, the company’s latest Android smartphone is now available from online retailer Saholic. It has a 5-inch (480 x 800 Pixels) capacitive touch screen display, 1 GHz dual-core processor and runs on Android 4.0 (Ice Cream Sandwich). It has a 5-megapixel rear camera with dual LED flash and a 1.3-megapixel front-facing camera. This has better specifications than the Micromax A72 Canvas Viva that was recently launched at a price tag of Rs. 6,499. It has 2G (EDGE) and dual SIM support similar to the Micromax A72. Continue reading “Spice Mi-502 Smart Flo Pace 2 with 5-inch display, 1 GHz dual-core processor now available for Rs. 6999”

Intex i-Buddy Connect 3G with 7-inch display and Dual SIM support launched for Rs. 9990

Intex i-Buddy Connect 3G

Intex has launched the i-Buddy Connect 3G, successor of i-Buddy Connect tablet that was launched last year. It has a 7-inch capacitive touch screen display, powered by a 1 GHz dual-core processor and runs on Android 4.0.4 (Ice Cream Sandwich). It comes with a 3.2MP rear camera and a 1.3MP front-facing camera. It also comes with pre-loaded Educlass: a smart school application with NCERT text books from class 1- 12 , large repository of question banks and interactive content for various subjects. Continue reading “Intex i-Buddy Connect 3G with 7-inch display and Dual SIM support launched for Rs. 9990”

Micromax A115 Canvas 3D with 5-inch display, Android 4.1 launched for Rs. 9999

Micromax A115 Canvas 3D

Micromax A115 Canvas 3D that leaked earlier this month has gone official. It has a 5-inch (480 x 800 pixels) capacitive touch screen display, powered by a 1 GHz dual-core MediaTek MT6577 processor and runs on Android 4.1.2 Jelly Bean, similar to the A116 Canvas HD. It has a 5-megapixel rear camera with dual LED Flash and a 0.3MP (VGA) front-facing camera. This is the first 3D smartphone from Micromax that doesn’t require 3D glasses to watch 3D content. Micromax announced last week that they have sold over 1 million units of Canvas smartphones. Continue reading “Micromax A115 Canvas 3D with 5-inch display, Android 4.1 launched for Rs. 9999”

Nokia unveils the Lumia range in Chennai with new EMI and wireless charging plate offers

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Chennai, April 30, 2013: Nokia has unveiled their latest Lumia range of smartphone including the Lumia 920, Lumia 820, Lumia 720, Lumia 620 and the Lumia 520. All these phones run on the latest Windows Phone 8 OS and are available at different price points, starting from Rs. 10,499. Nokia has also unveiled new Easy EMI offers at 0% Interest, No down payment and no processing fee for these Lumia devices. Continue reading “Nokia unveils the Lumia range in Chennai with new EMI and wireless charging plate offers”

Samsung Galaxy Note 510 goes on sale in India for Rs. 30900

Samsung started taking pre-orders for the Galaxy Note 510 (GT-N51000) last week. The tablet is now available from their official eStore for Rs. 30900. The Galaxy Note 510 was announced in India at the Samsung India Forum 2013 in Hyderabad last month. It has a 8.0-inch (1280 × 800 pixels) TFT display, powered by a 1.6 GHz quad-core processor and runs on Android 4.1.2 (Jelly Bean). It has S Pen support with Air View, S Note, S Planner, Email with hand-writing integration and more. It also comes with 3G support and voice calling. Continue reading “Samsung Galaxy Note 510 goes on sale in India for Rs. 30900”

Xolo B700 Review

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Xolo launched the Xolo B700 with a last month for Rs. 8,999. We brought you the Xolo B700 unboxing earlier this month, here we have the complete review of the device. It has a 4.3-inch (960 x 540 pixels) 16M color IPS display with 256 ppi pixel density, powered by a 1 GHz dual-core Mediatek MT6577 processor and runs on Android 4.0 (Ice Cream Sandwich). It has a humongous 3450 mAh battery. Even the Salora PowerMaxx that was launched earlier this year had a 3200 mAh battery. Let’s get into the review. Continue reading “Xolo B700 Review”

Spice Stellar Slatepad with 7-inch display, Android 4.1, 3G and voice calling launching soon for Rs. 9999

Spice Slatepad

Spice is all set to release the Stellar Slatepad, the company’s first tablet with 3G and voice calling support in the Stellar series. It has a 7-inch (1024 x 600 pixels) capacitive touch screen display, powered by a 1 GHz processor and runs on Android 4.1 (Jelly Bean) OS. It comes with a 3.2-megapixel auto focus rear camera and has a 1.3-megapixel front-facing camera. It has a SIM card slot that supports 3G and voice calling. Celkon CT888 Tablet that went on sale recently has similar features, but the Spice tablet runs on Android 4.1 and has a better camera. Continue reading “Spice Stellar Slatepad with 7-inch display, Android 4.1, 3G and voice calling launching soon for Rs. 9999”

Samsung Galaxy S4 India Launch Photos and Video

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We were at the Samsung Galaxy S4 India launch event held at a pretty interesting location , the Kingdom of Dreams in Gurgaon near Delhi. Here are some photos and a short video we put together from the launch event for your viewing pleasure.Samsung called the event “Galaxy S3 World Tour 2013 India”. The presentation was not as crazy as the unpacked event in New York but close enough with a Bollywood style dance performance with a couple of dancers coming out from the ceiling ! Watch the video for a quick look into the launch event and a short hands on the Samsung Galaxy S4

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Samsung Galaxy Win and Galaxy Fame get priced in India at Rs. 18300 and Rs. 10999

Samsung Galaxy Win (GT-I8552) and the Galaxy Fame (S6812) have been priced at Rs. 18300 and Rs. 10999 and now available in India according to our friends at Mahesh Telecom. The Samsung Galaxy Win was announced earlier this month and packs a 4.7-inch (800 x 480 Pixels) TFT display, 1.2 GHz quad-core processor and runs on Android 4.1 (Jelly Bean). The Samsung Galaxy Fame was announced earlier this year along with the Galaxy Young. It 3.5-inch ( 480 × 320 pixels) capacitive touch screen display, powered by a 1 GHz processor and runs on Android 4.1 (Jelly Bean). Continue reading “Samsung Galaxy Win and Galaxy Fame get priced in India at Rs. 18300 and Rs. 10999”

Samsung readying its India plant for manufacturing the Galaxy S4

Not too long ago, Samsung proclaimed in their REX series launch event that they had started to manufacture those range of devices at their manufacturing facility in India. They also proudly touted that the R&D was completely done in-house as well. While the R&D might still take longer for higher end devices, Samsung has announced that their Noida facility will undertake the manufacturing of the Samsung Galaxy S4 real soon, in order to meet demand. The Samsung Galaxy S4 was launched a couple of days back in India and you can see the unboxing of the Exynos 5 Octa Indian version here.

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Samsung Galaxy Note 8.0 Benchmarks

Samsung unveiled the Galaxy Note 8.0 at the MWC 2013 earlier this year. Samsung announced at the Samsung India Forum 2013 in Hyderabad last month that the tablet would launch in India as Galaxy Note 510. Samsung put the Note 510 for pre-order last week at a price tag of Rs. 30,990. Here we have the benchmarks of the Samsung Galaxy Note 8.0 (GT-N5110), Wi-Fi variant of the tablet. Even though the tablet which we tested didn’t have 3G support, the benchmarks are likely to be similar since these are powered by a Exynos 4 Quad (4412) CPU clocked at 1.6 GHz and a Mali-400 MP4 GPU. Same had used this processor in the Galaxy Note 2 that was launched last year.

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Idea Whiz with 4-inch display, 1 GHz dual-core processor coming soon for Rs. 7850

Idea Whiz

Idea Cellular is all set to launched a new Android Smartphone, Idea Whiz with a 4-inch WVGA display and a 1 GHz dual-core processor. The company launched the AURUS 2, successor of the first AURUS phone recently. Even though this has a larger display and a faster processor, the phone runs on Android 4.0 (Ice Cream Sandwich) instead of Android 4.1. It has a 5MP auto focus camera with LED flash and a VGA front-facing camera for video calling. It would come with Dual SIM support similar to other Idea smartphones. Continue reading “Idea Whiz with 4-inch display, 1 GHz dual-core processor coming soon for Rs. 7850”

Lenovo K900 Intel Clover Trail+ powered smartphone expected to launch in India on May 10

Lenovo K900, the first Intel Clover Trail+ powered smartphone that was unveiled at the CES 2013 would be launched in India on May 10th for a price tag of less than Rs. 25,000, according to a report from NDTV Gadgets. This is the first smartphone to be powered by a dual-core Intel Atom Clover Trail+ CPU. The ZTE GEEK with a similar processor was announced earlier this month. The Xolo X1000 that was launched last month was expected to come with the Clover Trail+ CPU, but it had a 2 GHz Intel Atom Z2480 processor. The Lenovo K900 has a 5.5-inch (1920 x 1080 pixels) Full HD IPS display with at 419 PPI pixel density and Gorilla Glass 2 protection and runs on Android 4.2 (Jelly Bean). Continue reading “Lenovo K900 Intel Clover Trail+ powered smartphone expected to launch in India on May 10”

Lava to launch a new tablet running Android 4.2 next month

Lava Mobiles has announced that it would launch their first tablet running on the latest Android 4.2 (Jelly Bean). The company launched the E-Tab XTRON, Lava’s first Android tablet running Android 4.1 back in February, which topped most of the benchmarks when compared to other 7-inch tablets. Lava launched the E-Tab Connect with 3G support and voice calling last month. Continue reading “Lava to launch a new tablet running Android 4.2 next month”

Samsung Galaxy S4 Unboxing

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The Samsung Galaxy S4 was announced for the Indian market yesterday and priced at Rs.41500. Here is our unboxing video of the retail package which will go on sale in India today at several stores across India mainly in Delhi , Mumbai , Bangalore and Hyderabad.The Indian version packs Samsung’s Octa-core processor which is a combination of a 1.6GHz quad-core processor and a 1.2 GHz quad-core processor.

Here is the unboxing video below

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