Google last month launched its latest Android One smartphone with Lava dubbed the Pixel V1 at Rs. 11,350. After devices from three OEM partners – Micromax, Karbonn and Spice – last year, this is company’s first large-screen (5.5-inch) Android One smartphone above Rs. 10,000 in India. Continue reading “Lava Pixel V1 (Android One) Review”
Samsung has already added the Galaxy A, E and J series to its extensive portfolio of smartphones. However it seems that Samsung isn’t stopping yet as they are said to be planning the launch of yet another series in the Galaxy lineup called ‘O’.
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Google introduced the newest version of Android at its annual developer summit. The preview was known as ‘Android M’ and the company did not reveal what M stands for. Today, Google has announced that the latest iteration of Android will be called as ‘Marshmallow’.
The Android Marshmallow will be the 6th major version of the mobile OS and will not be called Android 5.2 as rumored before. Continue reading “Android ‘M’ is officially known as Marshmallow”
Micromax has launched Canvas Selfie 2 Q340 and Canvas Selfie 3 Q348, the company’s latest selfie-focused smartphones. The Canvas Selfie 2 has a 5-megapixel front-facing camera with OmniVision OV5670 sensor and 4P lens. The Canvas Selfie 3 has a 8-megapixel front camera with Sony MX179 sensor and LED Flash. Both these are powered by a 1.3GHz quad-core processor, 1GB RAM, 8GB of internal storage with expansion slot, dual SIM support and 3G connectivity. Continue reading “Micromax Canvas Selfie 2 Q340 and Canvas Selfie 3 Q348 launched, starts at Rs. 5999”
OnePlus released a minor Oxygen OS 1.0.2 update to fix Stagefright security exploit last week. But this doesn’t fix the latest vulnerability in the Stagefright library (CVE-2015-3864) that was reported last week. As you can see from the screenshot, this is confirmed by the Zimperium’s Stagefright Detector App that got updated to add detection of the latest vulnerability. Continue reading “OnePlus One gets OxygenOS 1.0.2 update with Stagefright security patches, latest vulnerability not fixed yet [Update: Fixed in OxygenOS 1.0.3]”
Google announced Android M in May this year at the I/O conference. There has been a number of guesses and speculation about what will Google name its latest Android OS. Now, the company has released a new video that hints at possible names for Android M.
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Samsung introduced G9098, an Android flip phone with dual displays in China last year. This year the company has introduced (Via) G9198, an upgraded version with dual 3.9-inch (768 x 1280 pixels) WXGA Super AMOLED screens, one on the front and the the other on the inside along with a T9 keypad. It is powered by a hexa-core Snapdragon 808, has a 16-megapixel rear camera with LED flash and a 5-megapixel front-facing camera. Continue reading “Samsung G9198 dual-screen Android flip phone with Snapdragon 808 announced”
A mid-range unannounced Gionee handset has appeared on Geekbench and TENAA. The mysterious device that has a model model number ‘GN9007’ is said to be the Elife S7 Mini.
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Leaks and rumors about the upcoming LG made Nexus 5 (2015) are looming the internet for past few weeks. Today, an alleged live image of the Nexus 5 (2015) has surfaced that shows the back of the handset.
Last week, a leak revealed that the upcoming LG made Nexus (2015) will come with a fingerprint scanner. Now, fresh renders of Huawei Nexus 6 (2015) has surfaced suggesting that it will also have a fingerprint scanner.
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Lenovo launched A2010, a budget smartphone with 4G support in Vietnam earlier this month. Now the company is planning to launch it in India as the most affordable 4G smartphone, according to a report from The Economic Times. The ZTE Blade Qlux 4G was launched back in June at Rs. 4999 as India’s cheapest 4G smartphone. Phicomm launched the Energy 653 with better specifications at the same price in India last week. Continue reading “Lenovo A2010 could be India’s most affordable 4G smartphone”
Xiaomi launched the Redmi 2 Prime smartphone in India last week for Rs. 6,999. We already brought you the unboxing of the smartphone, here we have the benchmarks. It is powered by a quad-core Snapdragon 410 (MSM8916) SoC that has four ARM Cortex-A53 CPUs clocked at 1.21GHz per core, similar to the Redmi 2, but this has 2GB of RAM. It has a 4.7-inch HD (1280 x 720 pixels) display and runs on Android 4.4 (KitKat) with MIUI 6 on top. Let’s find out how the smartphone performs in a range of synthetic benchmark tests.
Karbonn launched the Titanium MachFive in India for Rs. 5,999 earlier this month exclusively on Amazon.in. Let’s take a detailed look at the phone in this photo gallery post. Continue reading “Karbonn Titanium MachFive Photo Gallery”
Gionee launched Marathon M4 smartphone in India earlier this month for Rs. 15,499. We have already seen the unboxing of the phone and now let’s take a detailed look at the phone in this photo gallery. Continue reading “Gionee Marathon M4 Photo Gallery”
Asus launched the Zenfone 2 Laser in India in three variants earlier this month. We have already seen the unboxing of the Zenfone 2 Laser 5.5 (ZE550KL) and now let’s take a detailed look at the 5.5 inch variant of the Zenfone 2 Laser in this photo gallery. Continue reading “Asus Zenfone 2 Laser 5.5 (ZE550KL) Photo Gallery”
