Letv to enter India by early 2016, to bring devices and entertainment content

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Letv introduced its Letv 1s smartphone and its 120-inch 3D 4K TV at an event in Beijing earlier this week. Today the company announced that it plans to enter the Indian market by early 2016. It said that it will be looking at replicating its highly successful content-device ecosystem in the country, providing users with a whole new entertainment based experience. Continue reading “Letv to enter India by early 2016, to bring devices and entertainment content”

HP launches Ultra-thin Envy 13, Pavilion 13 x360 and 3 new Pro series Windows 10 devices

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Hewlett-Packard India on Wednesday unveiled six new computing devices in its consumer and commercial lineup. The two new consumer devices include the thinnest and lightest 13-inch notebook in Envy series dubbed the HP Envy 13, and a 13-inch convertible the HP Pavilion 13 x360. Both the devices come with latest 6th generation Intel Core-i processors and Windows 10. Company also launched the Star Wars Special Edition Notebook in the Pavilion lineup.

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HP launches Star Wars Special Edition Notebook in India starting at Rs. 73,000

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HP has launched the Star Wars Special Edition Notebook in anticipation of the release of Star Wars: “The Force Awakens”. Continue reading “HP launches Star Wars Special Edition Notebook in India starting at Rs. 73,000”

Xiaomi India announces DiwaliWithMi sales event from 3-5 November

Its festival season and it’s also that time of a year when deals flow in. After Amazon and Flipkart, Xiaomi India will be bringing you some sweet deals.

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Xiaomi’s festival sale is dubbed as DiwaliWithMi and the company is promising to bring some exclusive offers for its products. The sale will happen at Xiaomi’s online portal – Mi.com from 3-5 November and you’ll have an opportunity to save some money.
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Flipkart teams up with Spice Hotspot to showcase smartphones in retail stores

Flipkart has joined hands with smartphone retailer Spice Hotspot to showcase its smartphone portfolio in retail stores across India. Under the partnership, the duo will set up exclusive experience zones with live demo phones on display.

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14,000 Lenovo Vibe P1m units sold out in 10 seconds in first flash sale on Flipkart

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Lenovo launched the Vibe P1m smartphone in India last week.  It went on sale on Flipkart through flash sale at 3PM today. Today the company said that it sold 14,000 units of Vibe P1m smartphones in less than 10 seconds in the first flash sale. It received over 1, 75,000 registrations registrations for the sale, said Lenovo.  Continue reading “14,000 Lenovo Vibe P1m units sold out in 10 seconds in first flash sale on Flipkart”

Oppo Neo 7 with 5-inch display, Snapdragon 410 SoC, 4G LTE launched in India for Rs. 9990

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Oppo has launched the Neo 7, the company’s latest smartphone in India, as expected. It was announced earlier today and packs a 5-inch qHD screen, is powered by an quad-core Snapdragon 410 64-bit SoC, runs on Android 5.1 (Lollipop) OS with Color OS 2.1 on top, has a 8-megapixel rear camera with LED flash and a 5-megapixel front-facing camera. Continue reading “Oppo Neo 7 with 5-inch display, Snapdragon 410 SoC, 4G LTE launched in India for Rs. 9990”

Xolo BLACK 1X with 5-inch 1080p display, 3GB RAM, 4G LTE launched for Rs. 9999

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Xolo just launched BLACK 1X, its second BLACK series smartphone, as it promised last week. It packs a 5-inch 1080p display with Asahi Dragon trail Glass protection, is powered by an Octa-Core 64-bit MediaTek MT6753 SoC and runs on Android 5.1 (Lollipop) with HIVE Atlas UI on top. Xolo has promised that it will be upgradable to Android 6.0 (Marshmallow) in future, but no details about the time frame yet. It has a 13-megapixel rear camera with phase-detection auto-focus (PDAF) that lets you focus in just 0.15 seconds, LED Flash and a 5-megapixel front-facing camera with LED flash. Continue reading “Xolo BLACK 1X with 5-inch 1080p display, 3GB RAM, 4G LTE launched for Rs. 9999”

Snapdeal is eyeing to secure Rs 2,000 Cr in funding for FreeCharge

Snapdeal is said to be in talks with existing and new investors to raise about Rs 2,000 crore ( $300 million) for its digital services platform FreeCharge, according to a latest report.

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Jaybird X2 Bluetooth in-ear headset launched in India for Rs. 15999

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Jaybird has launched X2, the company’s new Bluetooth headset in India through an exclusive partnership with Indian distributor Ferrari Video and its retail brand Headphone Zone (headphonezone.in). It uses Bluetooth 2.1 to connect to other devices and promises 8 hours of play time on a single charge. It has a built-in microphone for calls and a three-button remote.

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Motorola Moto X Style Benchmarks

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Motorola launched the Moto X Style, the company’s high-end smartphone in the X series earlier this month. It went on sale couple of weeks back on Flipkart starting at Rs. 29,999. We already brought you the hands-on impressions and the unboxing of the smartphone, here we have the benchmarks. The Moto X Style is powered by an Hexa-Core Qualcomm Snapdragon 808 64-bit 20nm processor that has two bigger ARM Cortex A57 cores clocked at 1.82GHz per core and four smaller ARM Cortex A53 cores clocked at 1.44GHz per core with 600 MHz Adreno 418 GPU. It has 3GB of RAM, a 5.7-inch Quad HD display and runs Android 5.1.1 (Lollipop). Check out the synthetic benchmark scores.

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Infocus M260 with 4.5-inch display, 1GB RAM, Android 5.0 launching this week for Rs. 3999

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Infocus is all set to launch the M260, the company’s new budget smartphone on Snapdeal later this week. It has a 4.5-inch FWVGA display, is powered by a 1.3GHz quad-core processor and runs on Android 5.0 (Lollipop) with Inlife UI 2.0 on top. It has a 5-megapixel fixed-focus rear camera with LED flash and a 2-megapixel front-facing camera. It has dual SIM support and 3G connectivity. Continue reading “Infocus M260 with 4.5-inch display, 1GB RAM, Android 5.0 launching this week for Rs. 3999”

DataWind and Reliance Communications team up to bring Linux based smartphone in India for Rs 999

DataWind the maker of the budget Aakash tablets has joined hands with Reliance Communications to launch a smartphone that will be priced as low as Rs 999 and will be available by the end of 2015, according to a latest report from the Economic Times.

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Karbonn Alfa 112, Alfa A91 Power, Alfa A93 Pop and Titanium S205 2GB, launched starting at Rs. 2890

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Karbonn has launched four new Android smartphones, Alfa 112, Alfa A91 Power, Alfa A93 Pop and Titanium S205 2GB and two new feature phones K18 Jumbo and M105 ahead of the festival season. Karbonn also said that it will be offering discounts of up to 50% on Titanium Mach Five, Titanium Mach Two and Titanium S201 smartphone on e-commerce platforms. Continue reading “Karbonn Alfa 112, Alfa A91 Power, Alfa A93 Pop and Titanium S205 2GB, launched starting at Rs. 2890”