LeEco Le Max Pro with Snapdragon 820, 4GB RAM gets certified in China

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LeEco (formerly known as Letv) introduced the company’s flagship Le Max Pro smartphone as the first smartphone to be announced with Qualcomm’s upcoming Snapdragon 820 processor and Qualcomm Sense ID Fingerprint technology. Now the smartphone has been certified by China’s TENAA (Via). As we already know, it also has 802.11ad multi-gigabit Wi-Fi and X12 LTE with Cat. 12/13 download speeds of up to 600 Mbps. Continue reading “LeEco Le Max Pro with Snapdragon 820, 4GB RAM gets certified in China”

Samsung Galaxy J7 (2016) will have an Exynos 7870 SoC variant as well

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Just like Samsung released 2016 versions of the Galaxy A series, they are planning to update the Galaxy J series as well. The Galaxy J7 specifications surfaced online of a Snapdragon 650 variant and now we have details regarding an Exynos variant as well.

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Google said to take control over the Nexus line of devices

Google is planning to tighten its grip around the Nexus line of smartphones and tablets. The company is apparently looking forward to take Apple-like approach and control the design and build of the Nexus phones, according to a latest report from The Information.

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US Mobile brings Xiaomi and Meizu phones in the US without LTE support

Xiaomi and Meizu, two popular Chinese smartphone brands are entering the US market. Both the companies have partnered with US Mobile to bring some of their devices to the country. US Mobile is a prepaid carrier that uses T-Mobile’s network for service.

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Motorola Moto X Force Hands On and Photo Gallery

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Motorola launched its ShatterShield display device – Moto X Force – in India on Monday, which according to company is “world’s first shatterproof display smartphone”. Continue reading “Motorola Moto X Force Hands On and Photo Gallery”

Gionee P5W with 5-inch HD display launched in India for Rs. 6499

Gionee P5W

Gionee has launched P5W, the company’s latest budget smartphone. It was introduced back in December last year and packs a 5-inch HD display, is powered by a quad-core MediaTek MT6735, runs on Android 5.1 (Lollipop), has a 5-megapixel auto focus rear camera with LED flash and a 2-megapixel front-facing camera. It has dual SIM support and 3G connectivity. Continue reading “Gionee P5W with 5-inch HD display launched in India for Rs. 6499”

iBall Cobalt 5.5F Youva with 5.5-inch HD display, 2GB RAM, 4G LTE launched for Rs. 8999

iBall Cobalt 5.5F Youva

iBall has launched Cobalt 5.5F Youva, the company’s latest 4G smartphone in the Cobalt series. It packs a 5.5-inch HD display, is powered by a 1GHz quad-core 64-bit processor, runs on Android 5.1 (Lollipop), has a 8-megapixel auto focus rear camera (enhanced to 13-megapixel using software) with LED flash and a 5-megapixel front-facing camera (enhanced to 8-megapixel using software). Continue reading “iBall Cobalt 5.5F Youva with 5.5-inch HD display, 2GB RAM, 4G LTE launched for Rs. 8999”

Samsung Galaxy S7 and S7 edge get certified in China

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China has something called 3C (China Compulsory Certification) that phones have to pass through in order to be approved for sale in the country. The upcoming Samsung Galaxy S7 and S7 edge just passed through the same.

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Motorola Moto X Force with 5.4-inch QHD shatterproof display launched starting at Rs. 49999

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Motorola today launched the Moto X Force, it’s high-end smartphone with Moto ShatterShield, the world’s first shatterproof display in India, as it had promised. It was announced back in October last year as the global variant of the DROID Turbo 2  and packs a 5.4-inch Quad HD AMOLED screen, is powered by a Snapdragon 810 processor, runs on Android 5.1.1 (Lollipop) and has a 3760mAh battery. At the announcement Motorola said that the display is guaranteed not to crack or shatter for up to 4 years. Continue reading “Motorola Moto X Force with 5.4-inch QHD shatterproof display launched starting at Rs. 49999”

LeEco Le 1s receives over 5.3 lakh registrations on Flipkart in 10 days

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LeEco (formerly known as Letv) launched the Le 1s smartphone in India last month at a price tag of Rs. 10,999. Flipkart today announced that it has received over 5,30,000 lakh registrations for the Le 1s smartphone within 10 days after registration opened. Flipkart said that this broke the previous record by getting nearly 10,000 more registrations. Continue reading “LeEco Le 1s receives over 5.3 lakh registrations on Flipkart in 10 days”

Chinese smartphone shipments hit 438 million units in 2015, Xiaomi maintains lead : Report

Chinese smartphone shipments grew 3 percent annually to hit a record 438 million units in 2015, according to the latest report from Strategy Analytics. Xiaomi maintained the top spot by shipping 17.5 million smartphones and captured 15 percent market share in China in Q4 2015, up 11 percent annually.

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Honor 5X launched in the US for $199.99

Huawei launched the Honor 5X smartphone in India last week and now the phone has officially launched in the US. The phone which is the successor of the 4x smartphone sports a 5.5-inch 1080p display with 72.5% screen-to-body ratio.

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HP’s Isaac Mizrahi designed smartwatch now available for $249.99

HP has partnered with renowned fashion designer Isaac Mizrahi to create an analog smartwatch designed specially for women. The watch which is engineered by HP, comes with Swarovski crystal framed watch face around the 42mm round stainless steel casing.

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