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Xolo has launched A1010, the company’s latest budget smartphone in the A series. It has a 5-inch (854 x 480 pixels) FWVGA IPS display, is powered by a 1GHz dual-core Mediatek MT6572 processor with Mali 400 GPU and runs on Android 4.4 (Kitkat).There is a 5MP rear camera with LED Flash and a VGA font-facing camera. It comes with dual SIM support and 3G connectivity. Continue reading “Xolo A1010 with 5-inch display, Android 4.4 launched for Rs. 5499”
Karbonn has launched Titanium Dazzle, the company’s latest smartphone in the Titanium series. It has a 5-inch FWVGA IPS display, is powered by a 1.2 GHz quad-core processor and runs on Android 4.4 (KitKat). It has a 5-megapixel autofocus rear camera with LED flash and 2-megapixel front-facing camera. It comes with dual SIM support and 3G connectivity. Continue reading “Karbonn Titanium Dazzle with 5-inch display, quad-core SoC launched for Rs. 5490”
Micromax announced the Canvas Selfie A255 smartphone last month that comes with a 13-megapixel front-facing camera with LED flash and a 13-megapixel rear camera with dual LED flash and a Sony sensor. Today the company has launched the smartphone officially. It has a 4.7-inch HD display, is powered by a 1.7 GHz True Octa-Core processor, runs on Android 4.4 (KitKat) OS and comes with dual SIM support. Continue reading “Micromax Canvas Selfie A255 with 13MP front and rear cameras launched for Rs. 15999”
Salora International has launched Arya Z3, the company’s latest budget smartphone and the successor of last year’s Arya Z2. It has a 5-inch HD display based on one-glass-solution (OGS) technology, is powered by a 1.4 GHz octa-core MediaTek MT6592 processor and runs on Android 4.4 (KitKat). It has a 8-megapixel rear camera with LED flash and a 2-megapixel front-facing camera. Continue reading “Salora Arya Z3 with 5-inch HD display, Octa-Core SoC launched for Rs. 6999”
Samsung Galaxy S Duos 3-VE (SM-G316HU), successor of last year’s Galaxy S Duos 3 (SM-G313HU) is now on sale in India from official Samsung India eStore. It has the same 4-inch (800 x 480 Pixels) display, runs on Android 4.4 (KitKat) with Samsung TouchWiz UI, 5-megapixel rear camera with LED flash, but this is powered by a slightly faster 1.2GHz dual-core processor and lacks a front-facing camera. It also has support for 14 regional languages. Continue reading “Samsung Galaxy S Duos 3-VE goes on sale for Rs. 6650”
iBall Andi 5M Xotic surfaced earlier this month revealing 2GB RAM and 16GB of internal storage. Now the smartphone is available for sale from eBay. It has a 5-inch qHD display, is powered by a 1.3GHz quad-core processor and runs on Android 4.4 (KitKat) that is upgradable to Android 5.0 (Lollipop). It has a 8-megapixel rear camera with dual LED flash and a 3.2-megapixel front-facing camera. Continue reading “iBall Andi 5M Xotic with 5-inch display, 2GB RAM now available for Rs. 8950”
Motorola introduced Moto E (2nd Gen) yesterday that starts at US$119.99 (Rs. 7,430 approx.) for the 3G variant. Even though Motorola India just confirmed that it will be available soon on Flipkart without revealing the price, a promo video that was uploaded few hours back reveals that the 3G variant of the smartphone will be priced at Rs. 6,999. The first Gen Moto E got a price cut from Rs. 6,999 to Rs. 5,999 recently. This was first spotted by Android advices. Continue reading “Motorola Moto E (2nd Gen) 3G launching in India soon for Rs. 6999”
HP launched the Stream 8 Windows 8.1 tablet in India last month. Priced at Rs 16,990, the tablet is available via HP online Store and Flipkart. Lets take a walk through at the tablet in this photo gallery. Continue reading “HP Stream 8 Photo Gallery”
Kingston introduced its 64GB Class 10 UHS-I Speed Class 3 (U3) microSD for smartphones and tablets last month. It is not available in India yet, but we manged to get one for review before it launches here. Since it is a UHS-1 U3 (Ultra High-Speed Bus, Speed Class 3) card, it is rated for a minimum 30MB/s read/write speed as recommended by the SD Association, but Kingston promises 90MB/s read and 80MB/s write speed. We reviewed Kingston’s 128GB UHS-1 Class 10 microSD card recently, which offered great speed than we expected, let us find out how the 64GB card performs. Continue reading “Kingston 64GB microSDXC UHS-I U3 memory card Review”
The Telecom Regulatory Authority of India (TRAI) had released recommendations for Pan-India Mobile Number Portability (MNP) back in September 2013. At that time it said that it would recommend 6 months for the operators to roll out full MNP across the country. Later on 3rd November it had issued amendment to implement Full MNP in the country in 6 months from the date of amendment, i.e 3rd May. Today it has made some changes to it and issued a 6th amendment to the Telecommunication Mobile Number Portability Regulations, 2009. Continue reading “Pan-India Mobile Number Portability will be available from May 3”
Xiaomi launched the Mi 4, the company’s flagship smartphone in India few weeks back for Rs. 19,999 and the 64GB variant went on sale earlier this week for Rs. 23,999. We already brought you the complete review of the Mi 4, here we have the battery life test results of the smartphone. Check out our battery test procedure before checking out the test results.
Fly Mobile has launched its Qik and Qik+ smartphones in India. Both these smartphones are powered by a 1.7GHz Octa-Core MediaTek processor, run on Android 4.4 (KitKat). The Fly Qik has a 4.5-inch FWVGA and features a 8-megapixel rear camera, while the Qik+ comes with a 5-inch HD display and a 13-megapixel rear camera. Both these have a 5-megapixel front-facing camera. Continue reading “Fly Qik and Qik+ smartphones with Octa-Core SoC launched for Rs. 5999 and Rs. 6999”
Indian smartphone market has shrinked for the first time in Q4, 2014, as per latest report from IDC. Mobile shipment stood at 64.3 million units in Q4 2014, reflecting a quarter-on-quarter drop of 11% over Q3 2014 and an annual drop of 5%.
Continue reading “India smartphone market declines for the first time in Q4, 2014: IDC”
Google has finally started rolling out Android Lollipop update for the Android One smartphones – Micromax Canvas A1, Spice Dream UNO Mi-498 and Karbonn Sparkle V in India, as it promised earlier this month. Google released new Android One smartphones running Android 5.1 Lollipop in Indonesia earlier this month, so the update could be Android 5.1 instead of Android 5.0, but we are not sure yet. Continue reading “Android One Lollipop update starts rolling out in India”
Earlier this week IDC reported that iBall is the top Indian tablet maker in India with 15.6% market share in Q4 2014 compared to Samsung that grabbed 12.9% share, based on shipments. Today Samsung has issued a statement saying that it is still the leader in Indian tablet market. It grabbed 40.6% volume market share and 49% value market share during October-December 2014 quarter, said the company. It achieved volume market share of 42.9% and value market share of 51.2% in the tablets category in 2014. Continue reading “Samsung says it still leads the Indian tablet market”
