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HTC One Dual SIM + launched in India on Tata Docomo for Rs. 53590

HTC One Dual SIM Plus

Last month we reported that HTC would launch the Dual SIM variant of the HTC One soon. The phone went on sale online last month, Now HTC and Tata Docomo has partnered to launch the phone in India officially, calling it HTC One Dual SIM +. The company says that this is the first Android phone launched in India which offers CDMA and UMTS dual SIM capability. It has similar features as the HTC One single-SIM variant 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. Continue reading “HTC One Dual SIM + launched in India on Tata Docomo for Rs. 53590”

HTC Butterfly S now available online in India for Rs. 52428

HTC Butterfly S appeared on the official HTC India website back in July. Now the phone is available in India from online retailer Saholic. HTC announced the Butterfly S back in June. It packs a 5.0-inch (1920 x 1080 pixels) Full HD Super LCD 3 display display with 440ppi with Corning Gorilla Glass 3 protection, powered by a 1.9 GHz quad-core Qualcomm Snapdragon 600 processor with Adreno 320 GPU and runs on Android 4.2.2 Jellybean with HTC Sense 5.0. Continue reading “HTC Butterfly S now available online in India for Rs. 52428”

Micromax Canvas Ego A113 with 4.7-inch display, quad-core processor now available for Rs. 12999

Micromax Canvas Ego A113

Micromax Canvas Ego A113, a new smartphone from the Canvas series is now available in India from online retailer Snapdeal. It has a 4.7-inch (960 x 540 pixels) display, powered by a 1.2 GHz quad-core Snapdragon 200 processor and runs on Android 4.1 (Jelly Bean). It has a 8-megapixel rear camera with LED flash and a 2-megapixel front-facing camera. Micromax launched the Micromax A110Q Canvas 2 Plus recently, and this one lies between the A110Q and the A116 Canvas HD. Continue reading “Micromax Canvas Ego A113 with 4.7-inch display, quad-core processor now available for Rs. 12999”

Intex Aqua HD with 4.7-inch HD display, quad-core processor and 13MP camera coming soon

Intex Aqua HD

Intex launched the Aqua i7, the company’s flagship Android smartphone at an event earlier today. Now the Aqua HD, a new smartphone has appeared on the official website. It has a 4.7-inch (1280 x 720 pixels) HD capacitive touch screen display, powered by a 1.2 GHz quad-core MediaTek 6589 processor and runs on Android 4.2.1 (Jelly Bean). It has a 13-megapixel auto focus rear camera with LED flash and a 5-megapixel front-facing camera. This would compete with the iBall Andi 4.7G Cobalt since both have similar features. Continue reading “Intex Aqua HD with 4.7-inch HD display, quad-core processor and 13MP camera coming soon”

Intex Aqua i7 with 5-inch 1080p display, 2GB RAM and 13MP camera launched for Rs. 21900

Intex Aqua i7

Intex has launched the Aqua i7, the company’s latest flagship smartphone in the Aqua series. It has a 5.0-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 and a 5-megapixel front-facing camera. It has Matrabhasha a multi-lingual application introduced with the entry-level phones recently. It lets users operate the phone in preferred regional language supporting upto 22 regional languages. Continue reading “Intex Aqua i7 with 5-inch 1080p display, 2GB RAM and 13MP camera launched for Rs. 21900”

Lava E-Tab Velo+ with 7-inch display, Android 4.2 now available for Rs. 4699

Lava E-Tab Velo Plus

Lava E-Tab Velo+, a new tablet in the Lava’s E-Tab range is now available in India from online retailer Snapdeal. It has a has a 7-inch (800 x 480 pixels) capactive multi-touch display, powered by a 1 GHz Cortex A8 processor and runs on Android 4.2.2 (Jelly Bean), similar to the recently launched XTRON+. It has a 0.3-megapixel (VGA) front-facing camera, but lacks a rear camera. It doesn’t have a SIM card slot or voice calling capabilities, but supports dongles. Continue reading “Lava E-Tab Velo+ with 7-inch display, Android 4.2 now available for Rs. 4699”

iBall Andi 4.7G Cobalt Review

iBall has launched a lot of Android smartphones in India for a while now and it is yet to make the mark that others like Micromax or Karbonn have been able to make. Things could change very soon for Mumbai based iBall with the launch of their recent iBall Andi 4.7G Cobalt.

The iBall Andi 4.7G Cobalt has the right mixture of specifications and pricing to make it a successful, but only if people knew of its existence. It is a typical mid-range phablet that has the specifications and pricing resembling other devices, but is different in its own way. It was launched at a hefty price tag of Rs. 19,995, but now it is available for around Rs. 15,500 in the market. Continue reading “iBall Andi 4.7G Cobalt Review”

Karbonn A8 with 4-inch display, dual-core processor, Android 4.2 now available for Rs. 6189

Karbonn A8

Karbonn A8, the latest smartphone from Karbonn is now available from online retailer Saholic. It has a 4-inch WVGA (480×800 pixels) capacitive touch screen display, powered by a 1 GHz dual-core processor and runs on Android 4.2 (Jelly Bean). It has a 5-megapixel auto focus rear camera with LED flash and a 0.3-megapixel (VGA) front-facing camera. It has Dual SIM support, 3G connectivity and packs a 1500 mAh battery. Karbonn launched the flagship S9 Titanium with a 5.5-inch HD display back in July. Continue reading “Karbonn A8 with 4-inch display, dual-core processor, Android 4.2 now available for Rs. 6189”

Micromax Canvas Fun A74 with 4.5-inch display now available for Rs. 7749, Canvas Fun A63 coming soon

Micromax A74 Canvas Fun

Micromax Canvas Fun A76, the first phone is the Canvas Fun series went on sale online couple of weeks back, now the Canvas Fun A74 is available from online retailers Snapdeal and Saholic. It has a 4.5-inch (480 x 854 pixels) TFT capacitive touch screen IPS display, powered by a 1.3 GHz dual-core MediaTek MT6572 processor and runs on Android 4.2 (Jelly Bean). It has a 5-megapixel rear camera with LED flash and a 0.3-megapixel front-facing camera. The Micromax Canvas Fun A63 has appeared on the official Micromax website. It has a 4-inch (480 x 800 pixels) TFT capacitive touch screen display and a 2-megapixel rear camera with LED flash. Other features are mostly similar to the Canvas Fun A74.

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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 –

httpv://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oTQVPQBunCY

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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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