Category: Android

ZTE Blade X3, Blade X5, Blade Z7 and Blade X9 with 4G LTE, Android 5.1 announced

ZTE Blade X9

ZTE has introduced Blade X3, Blade X5, Blade Z7 and Blade X9 smartphones in Russia. These smartphones have 4G LTE connectivity, dual SIM support and run on Android 5.1 (Lollipop). The Blade X3, Blade X5 and the Blade Z7 have a 5-inch HD displays, while the Blade X9 comes with a 5.5-inch 1080p display. The Blade X5 and X9 smartphones have fingerprint sensor on the back. ZTE also introduced Axon mini smartphone in the country. Check out the complete specifications of these smartphones below. Continue reading “ZTE Blade X3, Blade X5, Blade Z7 and Blade X9 with 4G LTE, Android 5.1 announced”

Lava Iris Atom 2X with 4.5-inch display, 1GB RAM, Android 5.1 launched for Rs. 4499

Lava Iris Atom 2X

Lava has launched Iris Atom 2X, the company’s latest budget smartphone in the ‘Iris Atom’ series. It has a 4.5-inch FWVGA screen, is powered by a 1.3 GHz quad-core processor and runs on Android 5.1 (Lollipop). It has a 5-megapixel rear camera with LED flash and a VGA front-facing camera. It has dual SIM support and 3G connectivity, similar to most other Lava smartphones. Continue reading “Lava Iris Atom 2X with 4.5-inch display, 1GB RAM, Android 5.1 launched for Rs. 4499”

Samsung W2016 flip phone with dual 3.9-inch HD Super AMOLED displays, 3GB RAM announced

Samsung W2016

Samsung has introduced the W2016 (SM-W2016), the company’s latest premium flip phone in China, after it got certified on TENAA earlier this month. It packs dual 3.9-inch (1280 x 768 pixels) Super AMOLED displays, so that you can use the phone even when it’s closed. You can flip open to use the other screen with a keyboard. Continue reading “Samsung W2016 flip phone with dual 3.9-inch HD Super AMOLED displays, 3GB RAM announced”

Weekly Roundup: Pepsi Phone P1s, Canvas Xpress 4G, Galaxy J3, Gionee S6 and more

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This week started with popular soft drink company’s first phone launch. After several leaks, Pepsi Phone P1s went official in China. Notably, the standard version of the phone is called P1 and the China Unicom version with FDD-LTE support is called the P1s. Continue reading “Weekly Roundup: Pepsi Phone P1s, Canvas Xpress 4G, Galaxy J3, Gionee S6 and more”

Gionee Marathon M5 with 6020mAh battery launching in India on November 24

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Gionee is finally launching Marathon M5, its latest smartphone in the M series with whopping 6020mAh battery in India on November 24th at an event in Bangalore. It was introduced at an event in Beijing back in June, packs two 3010 battery cells that promises up to 62 hours of standby even if the phone has only 5% of power left. It has fast dual charging chips and can also be used to charge other devices.

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Samsung Galaxy J3 with 5-inch HD Super AMOLED display, 4G LTE goes official

Samsung Galaxy J3

Samsung has introduced the most rumored Galaxy J3 (SM-J3109Z) smartphone finally in China. It packs a 5-inch HD Super AMOLED display, compared to 4.7-inch qHD AMOLED screen on the Galaxy J2 that was launched in India in September. It is powered by a 1.2GHz quad-core processor, runs on Android 5.1 (Lollipop) OS with Samsung’s own UI on top, comes with a 8-megapixel auto focus rear camera and a 5-megapixel front-facing camera. Continue reading “Samsung Galaxy J3 with 5-inch HD Super AMOLED display, 4G LTE goes official”

Samsung Galaxy On7 Benchmarks

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Samsung launched the Galaxy On7 in India earlier this month, priced at Rs. 10,990 exclusively on Flipkart. We already brought you the unboxing of the smartphone, here we have its 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 most of the A and E series smartphones.  It has 1.5GB RAM, 5.5-inch HD (1280 x 720 pixels) display and runs on Android 5.1 (Lollipop). Check out the synthetic benchmark scores and also check out the gaming review, in which it scored 4/5 stars. Continue reading “Samsung Galaxy On7 Benchmarks”

Google Fit update introduces real-time stats and other new features

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Google has just announced a new update for Google Fit that will give even more emphasis on fitness. It brings quite a few changes including real time tracking of your activities.

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Huawei Mate 8 with Kirin 950 SoC, 4GB RAM surfaces in benchmarks and live images

Huawei Mate 8 leak

Huawei Mate 8 codenamed NXT-AL10 has appeared on AnTuTu revealing most of its specifications. It will be powered by Huawei’s latest Kirin 950 Octa-Core SoC that was introduced earlier this month. In AnTuTu, the 4GB RAM variant scores 79131 points, beating its competitors. It scores roughly between 76,000 and 79,000 points, according to AnTuTu. Kirin 950 has up to 2.3 GHz quad-core ARM Cortex 72 CPU + up to 1.8 GHz quad-core ARM Cortex A53 GPU and Mali T880 GPU.

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Exynos 7580 powered Samsung Galaxy A7 spotted on AnTuTu

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Up until now, the upcoming update to the Samsung Galaxy A7 was believed to be packing a Snapdragon 615 processor, similar to the first version that was launched earlier this year. Now, a new listing on AnTuTu shows that there could be another version, one that is packing an Exynos 7580 processor.

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Pepsi Phone P1s official – 5.5-inch 1080p display, 4G LTE and fingerprint sensor for $110

Pepsi Phone P1

After several leaks, Pepsi has officially introduced the the Pepsi Phone P1s in China. It features a 5.5-inch (1080 x 1920 pixels) 2.5D curved glass display, is powered by an Octa-Core MediaTek MT6592 processor and runs on dido OS based on Android 5.1 (Lollipop). It has a aluminum unibody design and even has a finger print sensor on the back. It has a 13-megapixel rear camera on the back and 5-megapixel front-facing camera. Continue reading “Pepsi Phone P1s official – 5.5-inch 1080p display, 4G LTE and fingerprint sensor for $110”

Obi Worldphone SF1 launching in India this November

Obi Worldphone SF1

Obi Mobiles, backed by John Scully got re-branded to Obi Worldphone back in August. It even introduced two new smartphones – Obi Worldphone SF1 and SJ1.5 designed by San Francisco-based product studio Ammunition. These phones were launched in Vietnam and Dubai recently, today the company said that Obi Worldphone will launch in India this month, but only the Worldphone SF1 is expected. Obi said that it has partnered with Qualcomm, Dolby, Sony, Corning Incorporated, Google, MediaTek, Japan Display, Inc. and Samsung for these smartphones. Continue reading “Obi Worldphone SF1 launching in India this November”

Google Search now includes results from other apps, lets you stream content without installing

Google Search Streaming

Google has announced that it is rolling out new feature for the Search on Android that will now show content from apps even if you don’t have them installed. Google added ability to search through applications and show them in the results back in 2013. This lets users to search for something inside their application directly from Google Search Continue reading “Google Search now includes results from other apps, lets you stream content without installing”