Samsung Galaxy Tab E Unboxing

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Samsung launched the Galaxy Tab E (SM-T561) in India last month Rs. 16,900, along with the Galaxy Tab A. We brought you the hands-on impressions and the photo gallery of the tablet from the launch event. Here is the unboxing of the tablet.
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Lenovo K3 Note Benchmarks

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Lenovo launched the K3 Note smartphone in India last month for Rs. 9,999. We recently brought you the unboxing and photo gallery of the smartphone, here we have its benchmarks. It is powered by a Octa-Core MediaTek MT6752 processor with eight ARM Cortex A53 CPUs clocked at 1.69GHz per core and has Mali-T760 MP2 GPU. It also has 2GB of RAM. The Lenovo A7000 had a under locked MT6752M CPU. It has 5.5-inch Full HD screen and runs on Android 5.0 (Lollipop) with Lenovo’s own Vibe UI on top. Let us check out the synthetic benchmark scores below. Continue reading “Lenovo K3 Note Benchmarks”

Uber starts accepting credit card payments in India from today

Commuters in India can now pay for their Uber rides with their international and Indian credit cards starting today. The taxi hailing company has resumed to this payment option which it had to do away with owing to RBI’s mandatory regulation of 2 factor authentication.

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Mediatek powered HTC D728w appears on TENAA – Should be the upcoming Desire 728

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Another day and yet another handset shows up on Chinese certification agency TENAA. This time is the turn of HTC’s Mediatek powered smartphone codenamed D728w.

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Samsung Galaxy S7 might be codenamed Jungfrau and powered by Snapdragon SoC

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Samsung has seen a lot of demand with the Galaxy S6 and S6 Edge and while it hasn’t fully turned their fortunes around, it is taking them in the right direction. Now apparently the next generation Galaxy S7 rumours have started showing up. It seems that the Galaxy S7 will be codenamed Jungfrau which is named after the mountain summit in Switzerland.

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Lenovo Vibe P1 shows up again courtesy of TENAA

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The Lenovo P1 was one of the many handsets that leaked online earlier this year prior to MWC. Now the handset has resurfaced in new photos online thanks to the certification agency TENAA.

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Google Maps now lets you send directions from desktop to Android

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Google Maps for iOS got updated to version 4.7 last month that brought option to send direction from Google Maps desktop to iOS devices. Google Maps for Android now has this feature in the latest update (v9.11.0), as noted by Android Police. This lets you send directions to a place directly to your Android smartphone or a tablet from the desktop. Back in April Google introduced a feature that lets users send directions to their phones from desktop search.  Continue reading “Google Maps now lets you send directions from desktop to Android”

Weekly Roundup: Xolo BLACK, Intel Compute Stick, LG G4 Beat, Asus Pegasus 2 Plus and more

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This week Xolo introduced its first BLACK smartphone with dual rear cameras at an event in Delhi, Intel launched its Compute Stick, a compact PC in India, Micromax launched new budget Bolt series smartphones, LG announced the G4 Beat, Asus showcased Pegasus 2 Plus, the successor of Pegasus. Check out all the launches in India and announcements worldwide from this week. Continue reading “Weekly Roundup: Xolo BLACK, Intel Compute Stick, LG G4 Beat, Asus Pegasus 2 Plus and more”

LG G4 Dual SIM Ceramic White Photo Gallery

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LG launched the G4 Dual SIM phone in India last month for Rs 49,999. We have already seen the unboxing of the phone and now lets take a detailed look at the phone in this photo gallery. Previously we brought you the photo gallery of the single SIM variant of the LG G4 with Brown leather back along with its benchmarks. Continue reading “LG G4 Dual SIM Ceramic White Photo Gallery”

Xolo BLACK Hands On and Photo Gallery

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After teasing for quite some time, Xolo finally launched its first smartphone under BLACK sub-brand at an event in Delhi on Friday. We spent some time with the device and here are our first impressions. Continue reading “Xolo BLACK Hands On and Photo Gallery”

Samsung to release the Galaxy Note 5 earlier to combat upcoming iPhones

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In May, we heard rumors that the Samsung Galaxy Note 5 would be released early as July. A few days later, Samsung Mobile President J.K Shin denied of any such plans to announce the phone in July. Now the rumor has been re-ignited and sources state that the Galaxy Note 5 could be launched possible in the month of August.

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ZTE nubia My Prague with 5.2-inch 1080p display, 5.5mm slim metal frame announced

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ZTE has announced nubia My Prague, the company’s latest smartphone in the nubia series in Europe that has a thickness of just 5.5mm. It has a 5.2-inch (1920 x 1080 pixels) Full HD OGS Super AMOLED display, is powered by an Octa-Core Snapdragon 615 SoC and runs on Android 5.0 (Lollipop) with nubia UI 3.0. It has 13-megapixel rear camera with LED flash and a 8-megapixel front-facing camera with 78-degree wide-angle lens with NeoVision 5.1 Camera UI.

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Oppo offers discounts on Neo 3, Yoyo, Find 5 mini and Mirror 3 in India

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Oppo has launched Big Monsoon Offer in India. Under this offer, it is offering upto 40% on select models like Neo 3, Yoyo, Find 5 mini and Mirror 3 smartphones.The Oppo Mirror 3 that was launched at Rs. 16,990 earlier this year is now available for Rs. 12,990 and the price of Find 5 mini is down from Rs. 14,990 to Rs. 9, 990.  This offer starts today across India, but the company did not say if this is a limited period offer. Continue reading “Oppo offers discounts on Neo 3, Yoyo, Find 5 mini and Mirror 3 in India”

Xolo BLACK with 5.5-inch 1080p display, Snapdragon 615 SoC, 4G LTE launched for Rs. 12999

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Xolo just launched its first smartphone under BLACK sub-brand. It packs a 5.5-inch 1080p display with Corning Gorilla Glass 3 protection, is powered by a 2nd-gen Octa-Core Snapdragon 615 SoC and runs on Android 5.0 (Lollipop) with HIVE Atlas UI on top. It has a 13-megapixel rear camera along with a secondary 2-megapixel camera for depth mapping that lets you click the image first and adjust the focus later. Xolo is calling this UbiFocus. It can focus in 0.15 seconds and the ChromaFlash lets you retain original color and skin tone even in low-lighting conditions, says the company. It also has a 5-megapixel front-facing camera with LED flash.

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