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Google Nexus 6P launching in India soon on Flipkart

Google unveiled the Nexus 5X and Nexus 6P smartphones at an event earlier this week. Flipkart has started teasing the launch of the Huawei-made Nexus 6P smartphone in India. This time Flipkart doesn’t have a ticker to show the pre-order date of the latest Nexus smartphone, like it did for last year’s Nexus 6 launch. Since the smartphone is shipping for pre-ordered customers later this month in some countries, we can expect the pre-order to start in India later this month and it might go on sale next month. Continue reading “Google Nexus 6P launching in India soon on Flipkart”

Microsoft and Asus expand their patent licensing agreement

Asus Transformer Book T200

Microsoft and Asus have announced their plans to expand their earlier patent licensing agreement which will include a broad cross-licensing covering.

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2nd Gen Moto X 2014 receives Android 6.0 Marshmallow Certification – Update imminent

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The 2nd generation Motorola Moto X that was released in 2014 was released running on Android 4.4.4 KitKat but eventually got the update to Android 5.1 Lollipop via an OTA update. Now, we have good news as the device has now been certified to get Android 6.0 Marshmallow.

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Samsung to use Qualcomm Snapdragon 820 for some Galaxy S7 units

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It has been rumoured for quite a while that Samsung might use a Qualcomm processor for some of the Galaxy S7 units ie the Snapdragon 820. While it has been somewhat uncertain so far, now it seems more than likely considering the reliability of the source.

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HTC One E9s dual sim with 5.5-inch HD display, 4G LTE now available in India for Rs. 20497

HTC One E9s

HTC One E9s dual sim, the company’s latest mid-range smartphone is now available in India from eBay. It got certified in China back in June and packs a 5.5-inch HD display, is powered by an Octa-Core MediaTek MT6752M 64-bit processor and runs on Android 5.0 (Lollipop) with HTC’s own Sense UI. It has a 13-megapixel rear camera with LED flash and an UltraPixel front-facing camera.

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Micromax Bolt Q339 budget 3G smartphone launched for Rs. 3499

Micromax Bolt Q339

Micromax has launched Bolt Q339, the company’s latest entry-level smartphone with 3G connectivity. It has 4.5-inch FWVGA screen, is powered by a 1.2GHz quad-core processor, runs on Android 4.4, has a 5-megapixel fixed-focus rear camera with LED flash and a 2-megapixel front-facing camera. It also has dual SIM support, similar to most other Micromax smartphones. Continue reading “Micromax Bolt Q339 budget 3G smartphone launched for Rs. 3499”

Samsung Galaxy J7 Benchmarks

Samsung launched the Galaxy J7 smartphone, along with the Galaxy J5 back in July at Rs. 14,999. We recently brought the review of the Galaxy J7, here we have the benchmarks of the smartphone. The Indian variant is powered by an Octa-Core Exynos 7580 64-bit processor that has eight ARM Cortex A53 cores clocked at 1.50 GHz per core, instead of Snapdragon 615 SoC in the Chinese variant. It has Mali-T720 GPU, 1.5GB of RAM, 5.5-inch 1080p screen and runs on Android 5.1.1 (Lollipop). Check out the synthetic benchmark scores below and also the gaming review video, in which the Galaxy J7 scored 3.5/5 stars. Continue reading “Samsung Galaxy J7 Benchmarks”

Sharp AQUOS ZETA and AQUOS Compact with Snapdragon 808 and 3GB RAM announced

Sharp AQUOS ZETA SH-01H

Sharp introduced AQUOS ZETA SH-01H and AQUOS Compact SH-02H in NTT DoCoMo’s 2015 winter/ 2016 spring lineup yesterday. The AQUOS ZETA has a 5.3-inch 1080p IGZO display at 416 PPI and minimal bezels. Even the 8-megapixel camera is present below the display since there is no space on the top. It also has a fingerprint sensor on the back, below the camera.

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Huawei Honor 6 Plus gets Android 5.1 Lollipop update in India

Honor 6 Lollipop

Huawei has released Android 5.1 (Lollipop) update for the Honor 6 Plus smartphone in India, after rolling out the update for Honor 4C and Honor 6 recently, as the company promised in August. The Android 5.1 update brings new features, functionalities and improved user experience with visual refinements along with the new Emotion UI 3.1 update. Continue reading “Huawei Honor 6 Plus gets Android 5.1 Lollipop update in India”

LG Watch Urbane 2nd Edition Android Wear smartwatch with LTE announced

LG Watch Urbane 2nd Edition

LG has announced LG Watch Urbane 2nd Edition, the company’s latest Android Wear smartwatch with stainless steel body. It has a better 1.38-inch 348 PPI display, compared to the 245ppi display on the first Watch Urbane. It also has built-in 4G LTE connectivity and GPS, making it the first Android Wear smartwatch to support LTE. The new Android Wear Watch from LG works with iOS too, but LG says that cellular enabled features will vary across Android and iOS. Continue reading “LG Watch Urbane 2nd Edition Android Wear smartwatch with LTE announced”

LG V10 with 5.7-inch QHD display, 2.1-inch second screen, 4GB RAM, 5MP dual front cameras announced

LG V10

LG has officially announced V10, the company’s latest high-end smartphone in the V series that packs a second screen and dual front-facing cameras. It has a 5.7-inch (2560 x 1440 pixels) Quad HD Quantum display, a second 2.1-inch (160 x 1040 pixels) screen, is powered by a 1.8 GHz hexa-core Qualcomm Snapdragon 808 processor and runs on Android 5.1.1 (Lollipop) with LG UX. It has a 16-megapixel rear camera with LED flash, OIS 2.0, Laser auto focus, manual mode for video to adjust options such as shutter speed, frame rate, ISO, white balance and focus while recording and dual 5-megapixel front-facing camera cameras that has two separate lenses to capture standard 80 degree selfies or wide-angle selfies of 120 degrees. Continue reading “LG V10 with 5.7-inch QHD display, 2.1-inch second screen, 4GB RAM, 5MP dual front cameras announced”

Lava Iris X8 gets Android 5.1 Lollipop update

Lava Iris X8 Android Lollipop

Lava has finally rolled out Android 5.1 (Lollipop) update for its Iris X8 smartphone. The smartphone was launched back in February earlier this year running Android 4.4 (KitKat), and the company had promised to offer Android Lollipop update for the smartphone at that time. To remind you, the Iris X8 has a 5-inch HD IPS display, 1.4 GHz Octa-Core processor, 8-megapixel auto focus rear camera with LED flash and 3-megapixel front-facing camera, 2GB RAM, 16GB internal memory with expansion slot and a 2500mAh battery. Continue reading “Lava Iris X8 gets Android 5.1 Lollipop update”

Need for Speed No Limits released for Android, iPhone and iPad

Need for Speed No Limits

Electronic Arts has finally released Need for Speed No Limits, its latest mobile game in the Need for Speed franchise. It is the successor of the Need for Speed Most Wanted game that was launched back in October 2012. The game is developed by Firemonkeys, the studio behind Real Racing 3 and was announced back in November last year. It promises fast driving, incredible graphics, new range of cars and customizations.

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Intex Aqua Ace with 5-inch HD display, 3GB RAM, 4G LTE launched for Rs. 12999

Intex Aqua Ace

Intex Technologies has launched Aqua Ace, the company’s first smartphone with 3GB of RAM. It has a 5-inch HD Super AMOLED display with Corning Gorilla Glass 3 protection, is powered by 1.3 GHz quad-core MediaTek MT6735 64-bit processor and runs on Android 5.1 Lollipop. It has a 13-megapixel rear camera with LED flash and a 5-megapixel front-facing camera. It also has Gorilla Glass 3 protection on the back. Continue reading “Intex Aqua Ace with 5-inch HD display, 3GB RAM, 4G LTE launched for Rs. 12999”

LG G4 Pro with 5.7 inch QHD display and 4GB RAM spotted on GFXBench

There has been a lot of to and fro rumors about the LG G4 Pro since past few months. Now, the device has been spotted on GFXBench revealing specifications of the phone.

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