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Xolo Era 4K Battery Life Test

Xolo launched the Era 4K, the company’s latest budget 4G smartphone in the Era series last month for Rs. 6,499. We already brought you the unboxing and first impressions, Photo Gallery and the benchmarks, here we have the battery life test results of the smartphone. It packs a 4000mAh built-in lithium-polymer battery. It has a 5-inch HD screen, is powered by a Quad-core MediaTek MT6735P processor and runs on Android 5.1 (Lollipop). Check out the battery life test results. Continue reading “Xolo Era 4K Battery Life Test”

Google in talks with Indian telecom operators to pilot Project Loon

Rajan Anandan, Google’s Managing Director for South East Asia and India has said that the company is initiating talks with telecom operators in India to pilot its Project Loon initiative, according to a latest report from the Economic Times.

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Sennheiser Momentum M2, Momentum Wireless headphones launched in India starting at Rs 15990

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Sennheiser today launched Momentum Range of headphones – Momentum M2 On Ear, Momentum M2 Over Ear, Momentum Wireless On Ear and Momentum Wireless Over Ear. These are available in both wired and wireless versions and promises uncompromising sound and peak performance. These are models compatible for both Apple and Android devices. Continue reading “Sennheiser Momentum M2, Momentum Wireless headphones launched in India starting at Rs 15990”

Samsung Galaxy S7 and Galaxy S7 edge expected to be priced at Rs. 49000 and Rs. 59000 in India

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Samsung is all set to launch the company’s flagship Galaxy S7 and Galaxy S7 edge smartphones in India at an event in Delhi tomorrow. We have got hold of the pricing for 32GB variants of both the smartphones. The Galaxy S7 is expected to be priced at Rs. 49,000 and the Galaxy S7 edge is expected to be priced at Rs. 59,000. Last year’s Galaxy S6 and Galaxy S6 edge were launched in India starting at Rs. 49,900 and Rs. 58,900, respectively. Continue reading “Samsung Galaxy S7 and Galaxy S7 edge expected to be priced at Rs. 49000 and Rs. 59000 in India”

Anker PowerPort+ 1 with Quick Charge 3.0 Unboxing

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Anker introduced its PowerPort +1 USB wall charger with support for Qualcomm Quick Charge 3.0 back in November last year. We managed to get hold of the charger, check out the unboxing.

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Amazon India eyeing to launch a digital wallet in Q2, 2016

It looks like Amazon India is the latest entrant in the effervescent digital wallet market. The e-commerce giant is gearing up to launch its own digital wallet in the country by Q2 2016, according to a latest report from the Times of India. The news comes only days after its rival Flipkart launched the Flipkart Money Wallet.

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Airtel corporate post-paid customers can now use pre-paid data packs

Airtel has introduced Prepaid on Postpaid plan for its corporate customers. Since some companies don’t allow or limits the use of mobile data under corporate plans, Airtel is now allowing those corporate customers use prepaid data packs for 3G and 4G services on top of their respective postpaid corporate plans. Continue reading “Airtel corporate post-paid customers can now use pre-paid data packs”

Adcom to sue Ringing Bells over Freedom 251 smartphone

Ringing Bells, the maker of the Freedom 251 smartphone is continuing its fall in the pool of controversies. Advantage Computers (Adcom) has announced that it is planning to take a legal action against Ringing Bells.

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Fitbit Blaze Smart Fitness Watch launched in India for Rs. 19999

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Fitbit introduced Blaze smart fitness watch at the CES 2016 earlier this year, it is now available in India, as it had promised. It has a color touchscreen with a variety of clock faces, automatic exercise recognition, tracks steps, distance, calories and floors climbed, keeps tabs on your sleep, and can wirelessly sync with your phone or computer. It also offers smartphone notifications and music controls once connected to a smartphone, similar to the Fitbit Surge. Continue reading “Fitbit Blaze Smart Fitness Watch launched in India for Rs. 19999”

Flipkart Big Shopping Days Sale: Best deals on Smartphones, Tablets and Wearables

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Flipkart is back with Big Shopping Days Sale. As a part of the sale it is offering some great deals on smartphones, tablets, wearables and mobile accessories that include, Nexus 6P, Moto X Play, Mi 4 and more. All these offers including exchange offers are available on the web, Flipkart app and Flipkart Lite.

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Samsung Galaxy A5 (2016) Review

Samsung launched the Galaxy A5 (2016), after more than a year of launching its first Galaxy A5 smartphone in its ‘A series’ in India. On paper, specifications of the new A5 smartphone are way better than its predecessor. Even the new A5 is priced at Rs. 29,400, more than launch price of the first A5. Is the Galaxy A5 (2016) worth the price? Let us find out in the complete review

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Weekly Roundup: Xiaomi Redmi Note 3, Mi Bluetooth speaker, Raspberry Pi 3 and more

This week, popular Chinese company Xiaomi finally launched its Redmi Note 3 smartphone in India. The firm also announced its Mi Bluetooth speaker and the 20000mAh power bank. The Xiaomi Mi 5 will be launched next month. Continue reading “Weekly Roundup: Xiaomi Redmi Note 3, Mi Bluetooth speaker, Raspberry Pi 3 and more”

u-Jays premium on ear headphones launched in India for Rs 15,990

Jays, a Sweden based company has launched U-Jays on ear headphones in India. The company claims that the headphones offer acoustics, comfort and quality.

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Samsung Galaxy S7 and Galaxy S7 edge launching in India on March 8

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Samsung just sent press invites for the launch of its flagship Galaxy S7 and Galaxy S7 edge smartphones in India on March 8th. Both these smartphones were announced at the Mobile World Congress in Barcelona last week, pack a 5.1-inch Quad HD and 5.5-inch Quad HD Super AMOLED always-on displays, respectively. In India the variants will likely be powered by an Octa-Core Exynos 8 Octa 8890 SoC, instead of Quad-Core Snapdragon 820 processor. Continue reading “Samsung Galaxy S7 and Galaxy S7 edge launching in India on March 8”

Xiaomi Redmi Note 3 Benchmarks – Hexa-Core Qualcomm Snapdragon 650

Xiaomi launched its Redmi Note 3 smartphone in India yesterday starting at Rs. 9999. We already brought you the benchmarks of the Helio X10 version of the Redmi Note 3, here are the benchmarks of the Snapdragon 650 version. It is powered by an Hexa-Core Snapdragon 650 28nm processor with four smaller ARM Cortex A53 core clocked at 1.4GHz per core and two bigger ARM Cortex A72 cores clocked at 1.4GHz per core. It has 600MHz Adreno 510 GPU. We have the 3GB RAM version, but the phone also comes in 2GB of RAM version. It has a 5.5-inch 1080p display and runs on Android 5.1.1 (Lollipop) with MIUI 7 on top. Check out the synthetic benchmark scores below. Continue reading “Xiaomi Redmi Note 3 Benchmarks – Hexa-Core Qualcomm Snapdragon 650”