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Android One smartphones in India will get Lollipop update in the “next few weeks”: Google

Android Lollipop

Google today released three new Android One smartphones with three new partners in Indonesia running Android 5.1 (Lollipop) out of the box when users in India with Android One smartphones are eagerly waiting for the Lollipop update. Today Google India announced that it will be rolling out the Lollipop update for the Android One smartphones in the next few weeks. Google already promised to offer software updates for Android One devices for two years after its release. Continue reading “Android One smartphones in India will get Lollipop update in the “next few weeks”: Google”

AOC E40 with 4-inch display, Android 4.4 announced for Rs. 5299

AOC E40

AOC has announced E40, the company’s latest entry-level Android smartphone. It has a 4-inch WVGA display, is powered by a 1.2GHz dual-core processor and runs on Android 4.4 (KitKat). It has a 2-megapixel rear camera with LED flash and a VGA front-facing camera. It has a dual SIM support and come with 3G connectivity. Continue reading “AOC E40 with 4-inch display, Android 4.4 announced for Rs. 5299”

Vodafone applies for Indian banking permit

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Vodafone India has announced it has applied to the country’s central bank for a permit to operate a payments bank as the world’s largest network looks to bring basic banking service to its millions of Indian customers. In the statement sent to Reuters, the firm said it was exploring options for a partnership for the mobile banking deal. Continue reading “Vodafone applies for Indian banking permit”

Intex Aqua Power HD with 5-inch HD display, 2GB RAM, 4000mAh battery launched for Rs. 9444

Intex Aqua Power HD

After the successful Aqua Power smartphone, Intex has launched Intex Aqua Power HD, the company’s latest smartphone in the Aqua series. It packs a 5-inch HD screen, instead of FWVGA screen, but it is powered by the same 1.4 GHz octa-core MediaTek MT6592M processor, runs on Android 4.4 (KitKat) and comes with a 4000mAh battery. It has a 13-megapixel rear camera with LED flash, 5-megapixel front-facing camera, dual SIM support and 3G connectivity. Continue reading “Intex Aqua Power HD with 5-inch HD display, 2GB RAM, 4000mAh battery launched for Rs. 9444”

Samsung Galaxy E7 Benchmarks

Samsung launched the Galaxy E7 smartphone in the E series in India last month for Rs. 23,000. We brought you the unboxing and the photo gallery of the smartphone recently, here we have the benchmarks. It powered by a quad-core Snapdragon 410 (MSM8916) SoC that has four ARM Cortex-A53 CPUs clocked at 1.19 GHz per core and Adreno 306 GPU clocked at 400 MHz, similar to other A and E series smartphones. It has a 2GB RAM, 5.5-inch HD (1280 x 720 pixels) display and runs on Android 4.4 (KitKat). Let’s find out the performance of the smartphone in a range of synthetic benchmark tests. Continue reading “Samsung Galaxy E7 Benchmarks”

Acer One 10-inch Windows 8.1 2-in-1 launched in India for Rs. 19999

Acer One

Acer has launched Acer One S1001, the company’s latest 2-in-1 hybrid device in India that 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. Acer has partnered with Amazon.in to sell it India. Continue reading “Acer One 10-inch Windows 8.1 2-in-1 launched in India for Rs. 19999”

LG F60 Dual SIM LTE smartphone now available in India for Rs. 14200

LG F60

The LG F60 (D392) LTE smartphone was unveiled back in October last year and appeared on the official LG India website later that month for Rs. 15,000 (MRP). Now Manish Khatri from Mahesh Telecom reports that the smartphone is available from retail stores in India for Rs. 14200. The F60 packs a 4.5-inch WVGA display, powered by a 1.2 GHz quad-core Qualcomm Snapdragon 400 processor and runs on Android 4.4 (KitKat). Continue reading “LG F60 Dual SIM LTE smartphone now available in India for Rs. 14200”

HTC One M8 gets Android 5.0 Lollipop update in India

HTC One M8 4.18.720.8 Android 5.0 India

HTC has finally started rolling out Android 5.0.1 (Lollipop) update for the HTC One (M8) users in India. It started rolling out to the update for unlocked smartphones in several countries few weeks back. Recently HTC said the One M7 and One M8 will miss its 90 day Android Lollipop promise since their carrier versions of the One (M8) and One (M7) will not meet 90 day goal, which is February 1st. Continue reading “HTC One M8 gets Android 5.0 Lollipop update in India”

Meru Cabs adds Google Now integration

Meru Google Now

Meru Cabs has introduced that it has added Google Now integration to its app. Google updated the Google Search app to support Google Now cards from third party apps recently. Meru Cabs becomes the first cab service in India to integrate with the Google app. The Google Now integration will send passengers reminders for cab pickups, alerting them in case they wish to avail of a cab depending on their location, as well as other such information through Now cards within the Google app for Android, says the company. Continue reading “Meru Cabs adds Google Now integration”

Samsung Galaxy A5 Review

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Samsung started changing its track from polycarbonate build, changed its usual design language and finally launched the Galaxy Alpha smartphone with metal chassis, but it still had a plastic back panel. It finally came up with the A series at the end of last year with all metal unibody design The Galaxy A3 and Galaxy A5 were launched in India last month. The Galaxy A5 is the top-end model in the A series that is currently available in India. Samsung even introduced the Galaxy A7 with a larger 1080p display, but it is not available in India yet. All metal body gives it a premium look. What about the other aspects of the smartphone? Is the Galaxy A5 worth the price of Rs. 25,500? Let us find out in the complete review.

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Lenovo S580 Battery Test

We reviewed the Lenovo S580 smartphone recently, and as promised, here are the battery test results. The S580 has a removable 2150mAh Lithium-Polymer battery. The 5-inch display and the 1.2 GHz quad-core Snapdragon 200 SoC should make the phone’s battery drain much. Let us check out the battery test graphs. Continue reading “Lenovo S580 Battery Test”

iBall Andi 5Q Cobalt Solus with Octa-Core processor launching soon for Rs. 10990

iBall Andi 5Q Cobalt Solus

iBall Andi 5Q Cobalt Solus, the latest smartphone in the Cobalt series has been listed on the official website. According to Manish Khatri from Mahesh Telecom, the smartphone is priced at Rs. 10,990. It has a 5-inch (1280 x 720 pixels) IPS display based on one glass solution (OGS) technology and runs on Android 4.4 (KitKat), similar to the iBall Andi5S Cobalt3 that was launched last year, but this is powered by a slightly slower 1.4 GHz Octa-Core processor. Continue reading “iBall Andi 5Q Cobalt Solus with Octa-Core processor launching soon for Rs. 10990”

HTC launches new Desire 816G Dual SIM with Octa-Core SoC in India for Rs. 19990

New HTC Desire 816G Dual SIM

HTC has launched a new Desire 816G dual SIM variant in India. It has the same 5.5-inch (1280 x 720 pixels) display, similar to last year’s Desire 816G Dual SIM, but this is powered by a faster 1.7GHz Octa-Core SoC and comes with 16GB of internal storage, but it has the same 1GB RAM. Continue reading “HTC launches new Desire 816G Dual SIM with Octa-Core SoC in India for Rs. 19990”

Lenovo A6000 Unboxing

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Lenovo launched the A6000 smartphone with 4G support in India at a price tag of Rs. 6,999 earlier this month. It went on sale earlier this week exclusively on Flipkart in limited numbers. It is currently the cheapest smartphone with 4G LTE support in India. We managed to get one in flash sale, here is the unboxing of the smartphone.

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