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75,000 Xiaomi Redmi Note smartphones to go on sale in India today

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50,000 Xiaomi Redmi Note smartphones went on sale on December 2nd, and it sold out in 6 seconds in the first flash sale. The company has announced that 75,000 Redmi Note smartphones would be available for sale on second flash sale today on Flipkart at 2PM. Xiaomi Redmi 1S smartphones went on sale again on Flipkart yesterday without registration. The company said that the the sale will last till the stocks are over. Surprisingly the stocks are still available. Continue reading “75,000 Xiaomi Redmi Note smartphones to go on sale in India today”

Google Nexus 9 16GB WiFi variant goes on sale on Amazon in India for Rs. 28900 [Updated]

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Google unveiled the Nexus 9 tablet made by HTC back in October. It got priced at Rs. 28,900 for the 16GB WiFi variant and Rs.44,900 for the 32GB LTE variant on the Google Play Store in India last month. Now the 16GB WiFi Indigo Black variant of the Nexus 9 is on sale on Amazon.in at the same price of Rs. 28,900. The LTE variant is also expected to go on sale soon. It is not clear when it will be available on the Google Play Store in India. Continue reading “Google Nexus 9 16GB WiFi variant goes on sale on Amazon in India for Rs. 28900 [Updated]”

Confirmed: OnePlus One sold in India will not receive CyanogenMod updates

Cyanogen inked an exclusive deal with the popular Indian manufacturer Micromax, a couple of days ago. The terms of the partnership did create some confusion in the minds of the potential OnePlus One buyers in the country.

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Back then a press release from Cyanogen said that their mobile operating system will not support any other device expect the Yu branded smartphones in India. The statement came at a time OnePlus launched their device in the sub-continent and this is when things started to get messy. Continue reading “Confirmed: OnePlus One sold in India will not receive CyanogenMod updates”

Lenovo Vibe X2 Camera Samples

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Lenovo launched the Vibe X2 smartphone with an unique layered design last month for Rs. 19,999. We brought you the unboxing, photo gallery and the benchmarks of the smartphone recently. Here we have the camera samples from the smartphone. The Vibe X2 has a 13-megapixel rear camera with LED flash and f/2.2 aperture. The camera UI is simple with camera, flash and HDR toggles on the screen. Apart from the normal mode, there is Panorama mode and live Instagram-like effects.

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Micromax Canvas Nitro A311 with 16GB internal storage listed on official website

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Micromax launched the Canvas Nitro A310, a mid-range Canvas series smartphone back in September, and we reviewed it soon after the launch. Now the Micromax Canvas Nitro A311 has been listed on the official website. The only difference between the Canvas Nitro 310 and the 311 is the 16GB of internal storage in the A311, compared to 8GB of storage in the A310. Otherwise all the specifications are similar, including a 5-inch HD display, 1.7 GHz octa-core MediaTek processor, Android 4.4 (KitKat), 13-megapixel rear camera with LED Flash and a 5-megapixel front-facing camera. Continue reading “Micromax Canvas Nitro A311 with 16GB internal storage listed on official website”

Intex Aqua KAT with 4-inch display, Android 4.4 now available for Rs. 2999

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Intex Aqua KAT, the company’s latest entry-level smartphone in the Aqua series is now available from eBay.in. It has a 4-inch WVGA screen, is powered by a 1GHz 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.  Continue reading “Intex Aqua KAT with 4-inch display, Android 4.4 now available for Rs. 2999”

Micromax Canvas Selfie with 13MP front and rear cameras with flash launched

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Micromax has launched Canvas Selfie, the company’s latest selfie-focused smartphone with a 13-megapixel front-facing camera with LED flash, similar to the HTC Desire Eye. It also has a 13-megapixel rear camera with LED flash and a Sony sensor. Other features include, 4.7-inch HD display, 1.7 GHz True Octa-Core processor, Android 4.4 (KitKat) OS, dual SIM support and 3G connectivity. Vineet Taneja, CEO, Micromax launched the phone with the IPTL stars Sania Mirza, Ana Ivanovic, Kristina Mladenovic and Daniela Hantuchova. Continue reading “Micromax Canvas Selfie with 13MP front and rear cameras with flash launched”

LG G3 Beat Battery Test

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LG launched the LG G3 Beat smartphone in India at Rs. 25,000 back in September. We brought you the review of LG G3 Beat recently. Here we have the battery test results of the smartphone. The LG G3 Beat  has a 2540mAh removable Lithium Polymer battery, compared to 3,000mAh battery on the LG G3. It is powered by a 1.2 GHz quad-core Snapdragon 400 processor with Adreno 305 GPU and has a 5-inch HD display. Let us check out the battery test results of the smartphone.

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Lenovo TAB S8 with 8-inch full HD display and Voice calling launched in India for Rs. 16990

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Lenovo has launched TAB S8, the company’s latest top-end tablet in the S series with voice calling capabilities exclusively on Flipkart. It was announced at the IFA 2014 back in September and packs a 8-inch (1920 x 1200 pixels) full HD display based on one-glass-solution technology , powered by a quad-core Intel Atom (Z3745) processor and runs on Android 4.4 (KitKat). It has a 8-megapixel rear camera with LED flash and a 1.6-megapixel front-facing camera. Continue reading “Lenovo TAB S8 with 8-inch full HD display and Voice calling launched in India for Rs. 16990”

Acer Liquid Jade and Triple SIM Liquid E700 launched in India for Rs. 16999 and Rs. 11999

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Acer has launched Liquid Jade and Liquid E700, the company’s latest smartphones in the Liquid series in India. The Liquid Jade has a has a 5-inch HD IPS display based on Zero Air Gap technology with Corning Gorilla Glass protection. The Liquid E700 too comes with a 5-inch HD display. Both these are powered by a quad-core processors and run on Android 4.4 (KitKat). The Liquid Jade has a 13-megapixel rear camera with 0.3s focus time, F1.8 aperture, LED flash and a 2-megapixel front-facing camera.

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Vivo X5Max with just 4.75mm thickness scheduled to launch in India on 15th December

Just a few weeks back we saw the Vivo X5Max being certified in China and now it looks like the handset is making its way to our shores. Arguably the world’s slimmest handset, the phone has a thickness of just 4.75mm. This makes it slimmer than the already wafer thin Gionee S5.1.

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OnePlus One Indian Edition Unboxing

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OnePlus launched the OnePlus One smartphone in India earlier this week exclusively on Amazon at a price tag of Rs. 21,999. Even though we unboxed the global variant of the OnePlus One and reviewed it few months back, we decided to get the Indian variant of the OnePlus One from Amazon to find out what has changed. Check out the unboxing video.

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Obi Hornbill S551 Unboxing and Photo Gallery

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Obi Hornbill S551, the company’s budget mid-range smartphone went on sale in India recently for Rs. 9,230. Here we have the unboxing and the photo gallery of the 5.5-inch phablet that comes with a 13-megapixel rear camera. Check out the unboxing below.

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Xiaomi Redmi 1S will be back on sale in India on Dec 8 without registration

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Xiaomi Redmi Note went on sale earlier this week on December 2nd, and it sold out in 6 seconds in the first flash sale. Xiaomi usually stops selling the earlier models temporarily to concentrate more on the new model. Now the company has decided to bring back the Redmi 1S, at least for a day. Xiaomi has announced that the Redmi 1S will be back on sale on December 8th, Monday. Continue reading “Xiaomi Redmi 1S will be back on sale in India on Dec 8 without registration”