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Infocus has launched Bingo 50, it’s latest budget 4G smartphone in the Bingo series India. It has a 5-inch HD display, is powered by a 1.3 GHz Quad-Core MediaTek MT6735 processor and runs on Android 6.0 (Marshmallow) with InLife UI 2.0. It has a 8-megapixel rear camera with LED flash and a 8-megapixel auto focus front-facing camera. It also has dual SIM support. Continue reading “InFocus Bingo 50 with 5-inch HD display, 3GB RAM, Android 6.0 launched for Rs. 7499”
OnePlus has finally reduced the price of its flagship OnePlus 2 smartphone in India by Rs. 2,000 on Amazon, a month after it reduced the price on its global portal OnePlus.net. To remind you, the OnePlus 2 4GB RAM with 64GB storage variant was launched in India at Rs. 24,999 last year and the 16GB variant with 3GB of RAM went on sale earlier this year in the country. Continue reading “OnePlus 2 gets a permanent Rs. 2000 price cut in India, now starts at Rs. 20999”
Lenovo has launched its Vibe K5 Plus smartphone in India, as it had promised earlier this month. It was announced at the Mobile World Congress (MWC) in Barcelona last month, packs a 5-inch 1080p display, is powered by an Octa-Core Snapdragon 616 processor, runs on Android 5.1 (Lollipop) with Lenovo’s own UI on top, has a 13-megapixel rear camera with LED flash and a 5-megapixel front-facing camera. Continue reading “Lenovo Vibe K5 Plus with 5-inch 1080p display, Snapdragon 616 launched for Rs. 8499”
Samsung launched its flagship Galaxy S7 smartphone in India last week priced at Rs. 48,900. We already brought you the hands-on impressions of the Galaxy S7 from the MWC last month, here we have the unboxing. Continue reading “Samsung Galaxy S7 Unboxing”
Bing is blending into the current fervor of the ongoing ICC T20 World Cup 2016. The Microsoft owned search engine is offering all cricket oriented search features such as Bing predictions, polls and quizzes for all the die-hard cricket fans.
Continue reading “Bing pumps up search feature for the ICC T20 World Cup 2016”
Samsung launched its flagship Galaxy S7 edge smartphone in India last week priced at Rs. 56,900. We already brought you the hands-on impressions of the S7 edge from the MWC last month, here we have the unboxing.
Qualcomm is looking to help make India a hub for design capabilities for smartphones, tablets and IoT. The company is also looking to leverage India’s engineering talent to scale innovation for both local consumption, and rest of the world. On those lines, Qualcomm is setting up an Innovation Lab in Bangalore, India to provide technical and engineering support to the home grown companies.
In the very recent past, Qualcomm had also hosted the Design in India Challenge in association with NASSCOM to accelerate the creation of a product and hardware design ecosystem in India for healthcare, education, banking, agriculture, automotive, wearables and smartcities.
We at FoneArena had a chance to speak to Sunil Lalvani, the President of Qualcomm India at the Make in India week, which took place in Mumbai last month. Here’s the transcript from our talk..
Continue reading “Sunil Lalvani – President, Qualcomm India on Make in India”
Vodafone has unveiled its SuperNet initiative. Vodafone promises seamless network experience that would allow their customers to remain confidently connected at all times, for their voice and data needs. It has also launched a new campaign that brings back the popular brand mascot, Cheeka the pug. Continue reading “Vodafone announces Vodafone SuperNet 4G”
Lenovo introduced its own virtual reality headset, ANT VR along with the Vibe K4 Note. Later it extended it to the Vibe X3. Lenovo says both these smartphones have TheaterMax technology that will offer widescreen virtual cinematic experience. What is it actually? How is the ANT VR different from other VR headsets such as Google Cardboard. Let us find out.
Continue reading “Lenovo ANT VR and Theatermax experience on Vibe K4 Note and Vibe X3”
Xiaomi is the latest international smartphone maker which is looking forward to open it’s retail stores in India. The Chinese smartphone maker has sent an application with the Department of Industrial Policy and Promotion (DIPP) to open single brand retail stores in the country, according to a latest report from PTI.
Continue reading “Xiaomi applies for single brand retail stores, Apple resubmits its proposal”
In a bid to expand its hold in the Indian smartphone market even further, Xiaomi is planning to set up two manufacturing plants in the country in 2016, according to a latest report from the Economic Times. The Chinese smartphone maker is also looking forward to launch more devices in India this year.
Continue reading “Xiaomi to set up 2 manufacturing plants and launch more devices in India in 2016”
Samsung launched the Galaxy A7 (2016) smartphone last month for Rs. 33,400. We recently brought you the unboxing and benchmarks of the smartphone, here we have the battery life test results of the smartphone. It packs a 3300mAh built-in battery with support for Samsung’s adaptive fast charging. It has a 5.5-inch 1080p Super AMOLED display, is powered by 1.6GHz Octa Core Exynos 7580 processor and runs on Android 5.1 (Lollipop).
Continue reading “Samsung Galaxy A7 (2016) Battery Life Test”
This week Samsung launched its 2016 Galaxy flagship devices in India – the Samsung Galaxy S7 and Samsung Galaxy S7 edge. The prices for Galaxy S7 starts at Rs. 48,900 and S7 edge at Rs. 56,900 for 32GB variant. Continue reading “Weekly Roundup: Samsung Galaxy S7, S7 edge India prices, Dell’s smallest 13-inch ultrabook and more”
After the launch of Xolo Era HD back in November last year, Xolo launched the Era 4K, a budget 4G smartphone in the Era series. Is the smartphone worth the price? Let is find out in the complete review.
Xiaomi launched the Redmi Note 3 smartphone in India earlier this month starting at Rs. 9999. The smartphone went on sale earlier this week in the first flash sale on Mi.com and Amazon.in. Few months back we brought you the unboxing of the Helio X10 variant of the Redmi Note 3, here we have the unboxing of the Snapdragon 650 variant.
Continue reading “Xiaomi Redmi Note 3 Unboxing – Snapdragon 650”
