Microsoft Lumia 640 and Lumia 640 XL launching in India on April 7

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Microsoft has sent out invites for the launch of its new Lumia smartphone. The invite Lumia 640 with a tag line Inspiration doesn’t only work 9 to 5! Lumia 640 Dual SIM, Lumia 640 XL Dual SIM and Lumia 640 XL LTE Dual SIM are listed on the official Microsoft India website, so we can expect all these smartphones to launch next week. These smartphones were announced at the MWC last month.

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Samsung Galaxy Note 4 Android 5.0 Lollipop update starts rolling out in India

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Samsung has started rolling out Android 5.0.1 (Lollipop) update for the Galaxy Note 4 in India. The Galaxy Note 4 smartphone was launched in India running on Android 4.4 (KitKat) back in October last year. The Samsung Galaxy Note Edge and the Galaxy S5 got the Android 5.0 Lollipop update in India last month. Continue reading “Samsung Galaxy Note 4 Android 5.0 Lollipop update starts rolling out in India”

Micromax Unite 2 Android 5.0 Lollipop update to roll out starting April 7

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Micromax has announced that it will start rolling out Android 5.0 (Lollipop) update for its Unite 2 A106 smartphone starting from April 7th. It is one of the most successful smartphone from the company, which sol sold over 1.5 million units its since its launch last May. Micromax rolled out Lollipop update for its Canvas Xpress smartphone earlier this year, at that time it promised that it will roll out Lollipop update for Canvas series soon. Continue reading “Micromax Unite 2 Android 5.0 Lollipop update to roll out starting April 7”

HTC Desire 826 coming to India soon for Rs. 26200

HTC Desire 826

HTC unveiled the Desire 826 smartphone at the CES earlier this year. It is launching in India soon, according to Mumbai-based retailer Mahesh Telecom. It has a 5.5-inch (1920 x 1080 pixels) display, is powered by an octa-core Qualcomm Snapdragon 615 processor ( four Cortex A53 cores clocked at 1.7 GHz per core and four clocked at 1.0 GHz) with Adreno 405 GPU and runs on Android 5.0 Lollipop with HTC Sense UI on top.  Continue reading “HTC Desire 826 coming to India soon for Rs. 26200”

Alibaba to set up mobile and commerce start-up incubator in Bangalore

Alibaba is looking forward to set up a mobile  and commerce start-up incubator in India, according to a report from The Times of India. The Chinese e-commerce behemoth has teamed up with Bangalore based mobile & analytics solutions company Globals.

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Xiaomi Redmi 2 vs Lenovo A6000

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Lenovo entered into budget 4G smartphone segment earlier this year with the launch of A6000 smartphone in India. Xiaomi recently launched the Redmi 2 smartphone, successor of the popular Redmi 1S smartphone that was launched last year. Both these smartphones share almost similar specifications and have 4G support. We decided to compare these 4G smartphones.

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Lava Iris Fuel 50 gets Android 5.0 Lollipop update

Lava Iris Fuel 50 Lollipop

Lava has released Android 5.0 (Lollipop) update for its Iris Fuel 50 smartphone, soon after it rolled out the update for the Iris X1 Grand smartphone. It was launched back in October last year running Android 4.4 (KitKat). To remind you, the Iris Fuel 50 has a 5-inch (854 x 480 pixels) IPS display, is powered by a 1.3 GHz quad-core processor, comes with 1GB RAM, 8GB internal memory with expansion slot, has a 8MP rear camera with dual LED Flash, 2MP front-facing camera and a 3000mAh battery. Continue reading “Lava Iris Fuel 50 gets Android 5.0 Lollipop update”

YU launches contest to find a name for its Project Caesar smartphone

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YU already announced that it is planning to launch a new smartphone codenamed Project Caesar smartphone. Now it has started a new contest to find a name for the Cyanogen-powered Smartphone. Continue reading “YU launches contest to find a name for its Project Caesar smartphone”

Acer One 10-inch Windows 8.1 2-in-1 launched across retail stores in India starting at Rs. 19999

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Acer launched the Acer One S1001, the company’s latest 2-in-1 hybrid device in India on Amazon last month, now the 2-in-1 has been launched across retail stores in India. It can be used as a table or as a laptop with its latch-less keyboard dock that has a in-built 500GB HDD. It has a 10-inch HD display, is powered by a quad-core Intel Atom Z3735F processor, has a 2-megapixel rear camera and a VGA front-facing camera.  Continue reading “Acer One 10-inch Windows 8.1 2-in-1 launched across retail stores in India starting at Rs. 19999”

Intex Aqua M5 launched for Rs. 5299, Aqua Desire HD coming soon

Intex Aqua M5

Intex technologies has launched Aqua M5, the company’s latest smartphone in the Aqua series. It has a 5-inch FWVGA screen, is powered by a 1.3GHz quad-core MediaTek processor and runs on Android 4.4 (KitKat). It features an 8-megapixel rear camera with LED flash and a 2-megapixel front-facing camera. It comes with dual SIM support and 3G connectivity. Continue reading “Intex Aqua M5 launched for Rs. 5299, Aqua Desire HD coming soon”

Motorola opens India’s first Moto Care experience centre in Bengaluru

Motorola Moto Care Bengaluru

Motorola yesterday opened its first Moto Care experience center in India in Bengaluru, as it promised earlier this year. Located at No: 62, High street building, 11th Main road, 4th block, Jayanagar, the centre will provide service and support to customers and act as an experience zone that would offer the customers a hands-on feel of Motorola smartphones that includes it’s entire smartphone lineup and the Moto 360 smartwatch. Continue reading “Motorola opens India’s first Moto Care experience centre in Bengaluru”

Micromax Bolt S300 and Bolt D320 affordable 3G smartphones launched starting from Rs. 3300

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Micromax Bolt S300 went on sale online yesterday, now the the company has launched the smartphone officially along with the Bolt D320 smartphone. The Bolt S300 has a 4-inch WVGA screen, is powered by a 1GHz processor, has a 0.3-megapixel VGA rear camera with LED flash and a VGA front-facing camera. The Bolt D320 has a 4.5-inch FWVGA screen, is powered by a 1.2GHz dual-core MediaTek processor, has a 3.2-megapixel rear camera with LED flash and a VGA front-facing camera. It has leather-like back cover. Both these smartphone run on Android KiKat, have 3G connectivity and dual SIM support. Continue reading “Micromax Bolt S300 and Bolt D320 affordable 3G smartphones launched starting from Rs. 3300”

Celkon Win 400 Review

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Celkon Mobiles officially launched the Celkon Win 400, the company’s first Windows Phone 8.1 smartphone for Rs. 4,979 and currently the cheapest Windows Phone smartphone in India in December last year. Lets’ take a detailed look at the hardware and specs of the phone in this review. Continue reading “Celkon Win 400 Review”