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LG launched the Q6 smartphone with 5.5-inch FHD+ FullVision display with 18:9 aspect ratio, facial recognition and military grade durability in India last month. Today it has launched the LG Q6+ with 4GB RAM and 64GB storage in the country. All other specifications of the phone are same as the Q6. It runs on Android 7.1.1 (Nougat) and has a 7000 series aluminum frame.
The Telecom Regulatory Authority of India (TRAI) has revised interconnection usage charges (IUC) after over 2 years. It has further reduced mobile to mobile to 6 paise per minute from 14 paise per minute from 2015. This comes after an open-house held by TRAI in July regarding interconnection usage charges (IUC) where Reliance Jio proposed to make IUC zero, while incumbents such as Airtel, Idea Cellular and Vodafone India were against it, demanding for IUC to be raised to 30-40 paise per minute. Continue reading “TRAI cuts Interconnection Usage Charges to 6 paise, will scrap charges from 2020”
Gionee has launched X1s, successor of X1 smartphone in the ‘X series’ that was launched last month. It has a 5.2-inch HD display, is powered by a quad-core MediaTek MT6737T processor, runs on Android 7.0 (Nougat) and has 13-megapixel rear camera and a 16-megapixel front camera. Continue reading “Gionee X1s with 16MP front camera, 4000mAh battery launched in India for Rs. 12999”
Huawei’s Honor brand today launched the Honor 10000mAh power bank in India, as it has announced its first Honor Big Diwali Sale that will take place between 20th September and 24th September. It has also announced offers on its Honor 8 Pro and Honor 6X smartphones as well as flat 50% discount on its accessories. Continue reading “Honor Big Diwali Sale: Honor 10000mAh power bank with fast charging launched, offers on smartphones”
[Update 2: Motorola has sent out invites for the launch event on November 13th.]
[Update: Motorola has postponed the Moto X4 India launch to a later date]
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After teasing on its social channels, Moto India has sent out invites for the the launch of Moto X4 smartphone in the Moto X series in India on October 3rd. It was unveiled IFA event recently and packs dual 12MP and 8MP rear cameras to take images with blurred background, portraits, selective black and white and has dual Autofocus Pixel technology for faster focus in low light. It has a 16MP front camera with a 4MP new adaptive low light mode.
Intex has launched Cloud C1 and Aqua S1, two new budget smartphone with 4G VoLTE support and Android 7.0 (Nougat). These have 4-inch WVGA and 5-inch FWVGA displays, respectively and have 1GB RAM. Continue reading “Intex Cloud C1 and Aqua S1 with Android 7.0, 4G VoLTE launched for Rs. 3499 and Rs. 3999”
Sony Mobile unveiled the Xperia XZ1, the company’s latest flagship smartphone at the IFA 2017 in Berlin last month. Today the company has sent out invites for the launch of the phone in the country on September 25th. It has a 5.2-inch 1080p HDR screen, is powered by an Octa-Core Qualcomm Snapdragon 835 Mobile Platform and runs Android 8.0 (Oreo). Continue reading “Sony Xperia XZ1 with Snapdragon 835, Android 8.0, 3D scanning launching in India on September 25”
Panasonic has launched Eluga Ray 500 and Eluga Ray 700, two new smartphones in the Eluga Ray series. The Eluga Ray 500 has a 5-inch HD screen and features 13-megapixel primary rear camera along with an 8-megapixel secondary camera, while the Eluga Ray comes with a 5.5-inch 1080p display and a 13-megapixel front-facing camera with LED flash. Continue reading “Panasonic Eluga Ray 500 with dual rear cameras, Eluga Ray 700 with 5000mAh battery launched starting at Rs. 8999”
Earlier this year, Saregama India launched Carvaan portable music player that came with 5000 pre-loaded retro songs. Now, the company is back with a new lighter version of the Carvaan bluetooth speaker dubbed as Carvaan Mini. Continue reading “Saregama Carvaan Mini Bluetooth speaker with 251 preloaded songs launched for Rs. 2,490”
After Andhra Pradesh, ACT Fibernet has revised its plans for its customers in Hyderabad, in just 6 months of last upgrade . It gets upgraded in both speed and FUP limit at same cost, but it is not double (that combines both upload and download) like AP, Chennai and other cities. The Beamfiber 3999 200 Mbps corporate plan has been upgraded to 300 Mbps and 750 GB FUP limit from 600GB FUP at no additional cost. Check of the complete list below. Continue reading “ACT Fibernet revises plans for Hyderabad, increases speed, data limits at no extra cost”
Xiaomi launched the Mi Max 2 smartphone in India earlier this year with 4GB RAM and 64GB storage for Rs. 16999. Today it has launched the 32GB storage version of the phone in the country. Other specifications are same, including a 6.44-inch 1080p 2.5D curved glass display with 0.7mm ultra narrow bezel on the side, Corning Gorilla Glass 3 protection, 5300mAh battery with support for Qualcomm Quick Charge 3.0 along with parallel charging and Snapdragon 625 with 4GB of RAM. Continue reading “Xiaomi Mi Max 2 4GB RAM, 32GB storage version launched in India at an introductory price of Rs. 12999”
Micromax launched Bharat 2 smartphone earlier this year and the company said that it sold 2 million units since launch. Today the company has launched Bharat 3 and Bharat 4, budget 4G VoLTE smartphones in the country. Both these are powered by MediaTek MT6737M SoCs with 1GB RAM, run Android 7.0 (Nougat) and have 5-megapixel rear camera with LED flash and a 5-megapixel front-facing camera with LED flash. These have support for 22 Indian languages support. Continue reading “Micromax Bharat 4 with 5-inch HD display, Android 7.0, 4G VoLTE and Bharat 3 launched for Rs. 4999 and Rs. 4499”
After launching across India earlier this year, Airtel Payments Bank, a subsidiary of Bharti Airtel has announced integration of Unified Payments Interface (UPI) on its digital platform, making it the first payments bank to do so. This will allow customers to make secure digital payments to online/offline merchants and make instant money transfers to any bank account in India.
Continue reading “Airtel Payments Bank integrates UPI payments”
SoundBot, popular for its audio accessories launched the SoundBot SB565 Bluetooth headset in India last month for Rs. 1990. Check out the review to find out if the headset is worth the price. Continue reading “SoundBot SB565 Bluetooth Headset Review”
After reports, Google has officially launched Tez, its latest payments app in India. It uses UPI (Unified Payments Interface) and works with all major banks and Google also has Axis Bank, HDFC Bank, ICICI Bank and soon State Bank of India as partners. You can pay directly from your bank account, so you don’t need to open a separate account recharge wallets. It has several offers such as Scratch Cards offer, Lucky Sundays Lucky Draw Offer and referral rewards for users.
Continue reading “Google launches Tez mobile payments app in India”
