Earlier this month, UMi teased the Hammer S and showed that it has a USB Type-C port. Now, UMi have officially announced the smartphone which is the successor to last year’s Hammer smartphone.
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Motorola has reduced the price of both the 3G and 4G variants of the Moto E (2nd Gen) by Rs. 1000, These are now available for Rs. 5,999 and Rs. 6999, respectively. Flipkart also offers Rs. 2000 off in exchange for old smartphones. Airtel users also get double data for two months on select recharge packs. It is not clear if this is a limited period price cut. Continue reading “Motorola Moto E (2nd Gen) 3G and 4G get a price cut in India, now available for Rs. 5999 and Rs. 6999”
Sony has officially launched its ‘Concept for Android’ initiative in Sweden. Under the trial, users will be able to test stripped down version of Android 5.1 with popular Sony features built directly into the OS.
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Chinese smartphone maker Vivo on Wednesday launched its flagship smartphone in India – the Vivo X5Pro. It was first launched in China in May, but that model featured an eye scanner technology. In India, the X5Pro boasts of same specifications as the Chinese variant, except that eye scanner. So what else is so great about the device? Here’s a quick look. Continue reading “Vivo X5Pro Hands On Impressions”
ZTE introduced Axon Pro smartphone in the U.S with 5.5-inch Quad HD screen, Octa-Core Snapdragon 810 64-bit SoC and 4GB of RAM. It introduced Axon Lux smartphone with similar specifications in China, but this has a 128GB of internal storage with expansion slot, a fingerprint sensor and a leather-like finish on the back. It also introduced Axon smartphone with a 5.5-inch 1080p screen, 3GB RAM and 32GB of internal storage. Continue reading “ZTE Axon Lux and Axon with fingerprint sensor, Axon Watch announced”
Skype for Android has been updated to version 5.6 that brings a refreshed look. It now lets you see more chats on the Recent tab that allows you to catch up on more conversations, especially when you have multiple chats going at the same time. You can now view friends who are online, on all the screen with unified avatars that is also now rounded. Chat bubbles now have new color. This gives chats more clarity, says Skype.
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The Lenovo S60 was announced earlier this year and was released in the Indian market during May 2015. Despite being released quite recently, the smartphone still shipped with Android 4.4 KitKat out of the box. But now, the update to Android 5.0 Lollipop has begun seeding on units of the S60 already.
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Google has just announced a new feature for Maps known as ‘Your Timeline’. The new feature will give users a glimpse into the past about places they’ve visited, trips they’ve gone on and the time they’ve spent at each location.
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WhatsApp for Android has been updated with a bunch of important and much needed features. The latest update brings custom notifications, mark as unread and others to the Android app.
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Huawei has announced Honor 4A, the company’s latest budget smartphone in the Honor series in China. It has a 5-inch HD display, is powered by 1.1 GHz quad-core Snapdragon 210 processor and runs on Android 5.1 (Lollipop) with Emotion UI 3.1 on top. It has a 8-megapixel rear camera with LED flash and a 2-megapixel front-facing camera. It has dual SIM support and comes with 4G connectivity that includes support for bands – TDD-LTE：B38/B39/B40/B41 and FDD-LTE：B1/B3. Continue reading “Huawei Honor 4A with 5-inch HD display, 2GB RAM, 4G LTE announced”
Vivo announced the V1 and V1Max smartphones for India earlier this month. Today during the Vivo X5Pro launch, the company has officially launched these smartphones in India. Both these smartphones have run on Android 5.0 (Lollipop) with Funtouch OS 2.1 on top, have 4G LTE connectivity with support for 4G LTE bands (TDD B40 2300MHz and FDD B3 1800MHz) for India and have dual SIM support. Continue reading “Vivo V1 and V1Max officially launched in India for Rs. 17890 and Rs. 21980”
Leaks and reports about the Motorola Moto G (3rd gen) continue to surface as the phone is expected to be unveiled on July 28th. This time the phone gets briefly listed on a Swiss retailer site Digitec.
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Vivo has launched X5Pro, the company’s latest high-end smartphone in the X series in India. It packs a 5.2-inch 1080p Super AMOLED display. It has 2.5D curved glasses and Corning Gorilla Glass protection on the font and back. It is powered by Octa-Core 64-bit Qualcomm Snapdragon 615 processor and runs on Funtouch OS based on Android 5.0 (Lollipop). It has a 13-megapixel rear camera with LED Flash and a 8-megapixel front-facing camera. Continue reading “Vivo X5Pro with 5.2-inch 1080p display, Android 5.0, 4G LTE launched in India for Rs. 27980”
Sony has started rolling out Android 5.1 Lollipop update to a range of Xperia devices. The firmware update is coming to Xperia Z3, Xperia Z3 Compact, Xperia Z3 Tablet Compact, Xperia Z2 and Xperia Z2 Tablet.
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Xiaomi has launched the 32GB variant of the Mi 4i smartphone in India on its first anniversary, as expected. The 16GB variant of the Mi 4i was launched in India back in April for Rs. 12,999. Apart from the storage, other specifications of the smartphone are similar to the 16GB variant. Continue reading “Xiaomi Mi 4i 32GB launched in India for Rs. 14999”
