Category: Android

Lenovo Vibe X3 with Snapdragon 808, 21MP camera launched in India for Rs. 19999

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Lenovo has launched the Vibe X3, it’s latest flagship smartphone in India, as it had promised. It was announced back in November last year, packs a 5.5-inch 1080p display, is powered by a hexa-core Snapdragon 808 processor, runs on Android 5.1 (Lollipop), has a 21-megapixel rear camera with phase-detection auto-focus (PDAF), dual-tone LED flash, Sony IMX230 sensor, 4K video recording and a 8-megapixel front-facing camera. Continue reading “Lenovo Vibe X3 with Snapdragon 808, 21MP camera launched in India for Rs. 19999”

Lava V5 with 5.5-inch HD display, 3GB RAM, 4G LTE launched for Rs. 11499

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Lava has launched V5, the company’s latest 4G smartphone. It has a 5.5-inch HD display, is powered by a 1.3 GHz quad-core MediaTek MT6735 64-bit processor, runs on Android 5.1 (Lollipop), which is upgradable to Android 6.0 (Marshmallow), has a 13-megapixel rear camera with dual LED flash, phase-detection auto-focus (PDAF) and a 8-megapixel front-facing camera with LED flash. Continue reading “Lava V5 with 5.5-inch HD display, 3GB RAM, 4G LTE launched for Rs. 11499”

Asus announces special edition Zenfone 2 Deluxe – Intel Z3590, 4GB RAM and 256GB storage

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Asus seems to have more variants of the Zenfone 2 than it is possible to count with our fingers. They have just announced a special edition of the already Limited Edition Zenfone 2 Deluxe.

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Samsung Galaxy Tab E 7.0 specifications surface – Tab E Lite for Kids too

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Samsung is working on a 7 inch variant of their Galaxy Tab E and the specifications have surfaced online. It will also include a Tab E Lite version which will be directed specifically for kids.

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LG K4 entry-level smartphone listed online

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LG announced the K7 and K10 smartphones with special camera features during CES 2016. Now, an even lower end K4 smartphone has surfaced online through an official listing.

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Premium Android audio player FiiO X7 launched in India – Available for Rs 42,999

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Even with the adoption rates of smartphones increasing, there is a huge market for high-end DAPs (Digital Audio Players). It seems that there is a demand for such devices in India as well since the FiiO X7 Android audio player has just been launched at a price of Rs 42,999 which is as much as a high end smartphone.

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Spotify Video service rolling out to Android and iOS this week

Spotify is all set to introduce a new service on its mobile apps this week, according to a latest report from the Wall Street Journal. The US-based popular streaming service is rolling out a video service on its Android and iOS app.

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OnePlus X gets OxygenOS 2.2.0 update with manual camera mode, USSD bug fix for India

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OnePlus has finally started rolling out Oxygen OS v2.2.0 OTA update for the OnePlus X smartphone, couple of months after it rolled out the OxygenOS 2.1.3 update. This update fixes USSD issues for India finally, so that pre-paid users will now receive USSD notification after a call, SMS and for data usage. The update also adds manual mode that is already present in the OnePlus 2, option to save images in SD card directly in camera, security patches, bug fixes and optimizations. Check out the complete changelog below. Continue reading “OnePlus X gets OxygenOS 2.2.0 update with manual camera mode, USSD bug fix for India”

iBall Slide 3G Q45i with Intel Atom x3 processor and voice calling launched for Rs. 5999

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iBall has launched the Slide 3G Q45i, the company’s latest Android tablet in the Slide series. It has a 7-inch (1024×600 pixels) IPS screen, is powered by a quad-core 64-bit Intel Atom x3 processor and runs on Android 5.1 (Lollipop). It has a 2-megapixel rear camera and a VGA front-facing camera. It has dual-SIM support, 3G connectivity and voice calling capabilities.

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Lenovo K5 Note with metal body, Helio P10, fingerprint sensor, 3500mAh battery announced

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Lenovo has announced K5 Note, the successor of the K4 Note that was launched in India recently, after it got certified by TENAA. It packs a 5.5-inch 1080p display and runs on Android 5.1 (Lollipop), similar to the K4 Note, but this is powered by an Octa-Core MediaTek Helio P10 processor. It has a 13-megapixel rear camera with dual-tone LED flash, phase-detection auto-focus (PDAF) and a 8-megapixel front-facing camera. It has a aluminium unibody design and fingerprint sensor on the back that can detect fingerprints in just 0.3 seconds. Continue reading “Lenovo K5 Note with metal body, Helio P10, fingerprint sensor, 3500mAh battery announced”

Samsung seeds Android Marshmallow accidentally to yet another device – the Galaxy S5

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In the latter half of 2015, Samsung seeded an update to Android 6.0 Marshmallow for both the Galaxy Note5 as well as the Galaxy Note 4. This was accidental and both the smartphones are yet to receive a mass update to the latest Android version. However, it seems that another lucky user has gotten a similar update on his Galaxy S5.

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Samsung Galaxy S7 said to be released on March 11

We have already seen a number of reports and leaks of the Samsung Galaxy S7 over the past few months. Now a new one from popular leakster @evleaks offers fresh information about the release date of the upcoming flagship from the company.

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CyanogenMod to bring new protected interface with fingerprint authentication

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CyanogenMod has been known to release some really interesting features for Android users and this upcoming feature is one of them. The update will allow users to assign a protected status for any apps on the phone including system apps.

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Samsung might be working on a Galaxy A9 Pro

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Samsung has been expanding the Galaxy A series lineup ever since its introduction and in December 2015,t hey even introduced the Galaxy A9 as well as the 2016 refresh models of the Galaxy A3, A5 and A7. It seems that they aren’t done yet as they are working on an even higher end Galaxy A9 Pro smartphone.

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