Sony Xperia Z5 Dual Unboxing

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Sony launched the Xperia Z5 Dual (E6683), its flagship smartphone at an event in India yesterday, priced at Rs. 52,990. We unboxed the smartphone few hours back, here is the video. Continue reading “Sony Xperia Z5 Dual Unboxing”

Next gen Samsung Galaxy A3 and A5 Imported into India for testing

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A new import listing reveals that the successors of the Samsung Galaxy A3 and the A5 have been imported into India for testing purposes.

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Meru teams up with Europe’s eCab to provide cab service globally

Meru, the radio taxi aggregator has partnered with eCab, the global mobile app by Europe’s leading taxi service provider Taxis G7. With this partnership, international travelers can now enjoy Meru Cabs services through their eCab mobile app when travelling to India and vice versa.

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Samsung Galaxy On5 with 5-inch HD display, 4G LTE listed on official India website

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Samsung Galaxy On series smartphone that recently got certified on TENAA in China has been listed on the official Samsung India website as Galaxy On5 (SM-G550F). It has a 5-inch HD screen, is powered by a 1.3GHz quad-core processor and runs on Android 5.1 (Lollipop). It has a 8-megapixel rear camera with LED flash and a 5-megapixel front-facing camera. Continue reading “Samsung Galaxy On5 with 5-inch HD display, 4G LTE listed on official India website”

Sony Xperia Z5 Premium Dual launched in India for Rs. 62990

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Sony has launched its flagship Xperia Z5 Premium Dual smartphone in India, as it promised. It was announced at the IFA last month in Berlin last month and packs a 5.5-inch (3840×2160 pixels) Triluminos Display at 806 PPI, is powered by an Octa-Core Qualcomm Snapdragon 810 processor and runs on Android 5.1 (Lollipop). It has a 23-megapixel rear camera with 1/2.3″ Sony Exmor RS image sensor, f/2.0 aperture, Sony G lens, Hybrid AF speed of 0.03s, 4K video recording and a 5-megapixel 1080p front-facing camera with EXMOR R sensor. It also has IPX5 / IPX8 ratings for dust and water resistance with cap-less USB.  Continue reading “Sony Xperia Z5 Premium Dual launched in India for Rs. 62990”

Sony Xperia Z5 Dual launched in India for Rs. 52990

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Sony has launched its flagship Xperia Z5 Dual smartphone in India, as it promised. It was announced at the IFA last month in Berlin last month and packs a 5.2-inch 1080p display, is powered by an Octa-Core Qualcomm Snapdragon 810 processor and runs on Android 5.1 (Lollipop). It has a 23-megapixel rear camera with 1/2.3″ Sony Exmor RS image sensor, f/2.0 aperture, Sony G lens, Hybrid AF speed of 0.03s, 4K video recording and a 5-megapixel 1080p front-facing camera with EXMOR R sensor. It also has IPX5 / IPX8 ratings for dust and water resistance with cap-less USB. Continue reading “Sony Xperia Z5 Dual launched in India for Rs. 52990”

Lenovo Vibe P1 and Vibe P1m launched in India for Rs. 15999 and Rs. 7999

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Lenovo has launched Vibe P1 and P1m smartphones with huge 5,000mAh and 4,000mAh batteries in India, as it promised. These smartphones were announced at the IFA last month, run on Android 5.1 (Lollipop), have dual SIM support and come with 4G connectivity with support for LTE bands for India. The Vibe P1 has aluminum frame, comes with 5.5-inch 1080p display, is powered by an Octa-Core Snapdragon 615 SoC, 2GB of RAM, has a fingerprint scanner embedded on the Home button and the P1m has a polycarbonate body with splash-proof nano coating, comes with a 5-inch HD display, is powered by a Quad-core MediaTek MT6735P and 2GB of RAM.

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Alcatel Flash 2 Hands On Impressions and Photo Gallery

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Alcatel on Monday launched its latest camera-centric smartphone in India – the Alcatel Flash 2, which many of you might remember as the Alcatel OneTouch Flash 2 from last month and we had exclusively reported that the smartphone will also make it to India soon on Flipkart. Continue reading “Alcatel Flash 2 Hands On Impressions and Photo Gallery”

JBL updates portable speaker lineup – Launches the Xtreme, Pulse 2, Flip 3, Charge 2+

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We just saw that Bose updated its lineup of SoundTouch wireless speaker systems. Harman India has now announced an updated lineup for its portable speakers as well which includes the JBL Xtreme, Pulse 2, Flip 3 and Charge 2+.

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Huawei Honor 4X gets Android 5.1 Lollipop update in India [Update: It’s back]

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Huawei has released Android 5.1 (Lollipop) update for the Honor 4X smartphone, as it promised last month. The Android 5.1 update brings new features, functionalities and improved user experience with visual refinements along with the new Emotion UI 3.1 update. It released Android 5.1 update for the Honor 4C and Honor 6 smartphones last month and released the update Honor 6 Plus few weeks back. Continue reading “Huawei Honor 4X gets Android 5.1 Lollipop update in India [Update: It’s back]”

15,000 Coolpad Note 3 units sold out in under 5 minutes in first flash sale on Amazon.in

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Coolpad launched the Note 3 smartphone in India earlier this month for Rs. 8,999. It went on sale on Amazon.in through flash sale at 2PM today. It received over 5 lakh registrations for the sale in just 2 days, said Coolpad. Today the company said that it sold 15,000 units of Note 3 smartphones in less than 5 minutes.  Continue reading “15,000 Coolpad Note 3 units sold out in under 5 minutes in first flash sale on Amazon.in”

ACT Fibernet revises tariffs in Chennai, 100Mbps plan now at Rs. 1999

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ACT (Atria Convergence Technologies Pvt. Ltd.), popular for its Fiber Optic broadband has revised their tariffs for their ACT Fibernet customers in Chennai. It revised tariffs and introduced new plans for Fibernet customers in Hyderabad recently. In Chennai 100Mbps plan now costs Rs. 1,999. Previously 100Mbps plan was only available for SOHO (Small office / Home Office) customers. The base ACT Blaze plan for Rs. 999 now offers 40Mbps speed with 50GB FUP and there is new 75Mbps ACT Thunder plan for Rs. 1,499 with 125GB FUP limit.  There is no change in speed post the FUP limit in retail plans, now all SOHO plan customers now get 2Mbps speed post FUP. Continue reading “ACT Fibernet revises tariffs in Chennai, 100Mbps plan now at Rs. 1999”

OnePlus sends invites for the OnePlus X launch in India on October 29th

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We already know that OnePlus is holding simultaneous launch events for the OnePlus X launch in New Delhi, New York, San Fransico, London, Beijing, and Jakarta on October 29th. Today the company has started sending out invites for the launch of the OnePlus X smartphone in New Delhi on October 29th at 1:30 PM. The invite is similar to the global invite with letter ‘X’ created by two lights.

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YU confirms metal body for its flagship YUTOPIA smartphone

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YU is expected to launch its flagship YU YUTOPIA smartphone later this month. Rahul Sharma, Co-founder and CEO of YU recently confirmed the YU YUTOPIA smartphone and the Cyanogen Inc. recently confirmed that the smartphone will come with Cyagnogen OS 12.1 based on Android 5.1.1 (Lollipop). Now YU has confirmed that the smartphone will come with a metal body, as rumored earlier. It also shows with chamfered edge. The caption says R.I.P Plastic & Sandstone. True Power Lies in Metal. The tweet reads “The Real Beast is metal. “Flagship” rivals may now become immaterial.” taking a dig at the Xiaomi Mi 4, OnePlus 2 and others.

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iBall Slide Avonte 7 tablet with 13MP rotating camera launched for Rs. 10999

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iBall has launched Slide Avonte 7, the company’s first tablet with a 13-megapixel rotating auto focus camera with LED flash. It has a 7-inch HD display, is powered by a 1.3 GHz quad-core processor and runs on Android 4.4 (KitKat). iBall launched Andi Avonte 5 Android smartphone with 8MP rotating camera back in June. Continue reading “iBall Slide Avonte 7 tablet with 13MP rotating camera launched for Rs. 10999”