Elephone G7 with 5.5-inch HD display, Octa-Core processor launched in India for Rs. 8888

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Elephone has finally entered India with the launch of Elephone G7 smartphone in partnership with Snapdeal. It has a 5.5-inch HD display, is powered by an Octa-Core MediaTek processor and runs on Android 4.4 (KitKat). It has a 13-megapixel rear camera with LED flash and a 8-megapixel front-facing camera. It has a metal frame and is just 5.5mm thick. Continue reading “Elephone G7 with 5.5-inch HD display, Octa-Core processor launched in India for Rs. 8888”

A week with the “beautiful” Meizu MX5

Meizu MX5_fonearena-15Meizu, creators of the popular MX series of devices in China, unveiled their latest premium flagship device a week back in China. At the tightly well-presented event, equipped with high resolution projectors, we were shown beautiful images of the MX5. Usually, the real deal is underwhelming compared to its more-than-perfect renders, but this time it was different. The Meizu MX5 was as beautiful as its renders, and consistently stands out from other slabs with its beautifully crafted design which is familiar, yet unique in execution. After a week with the MX5, here are our initial impressions of this beautiful device.

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Is Google Play Music bug silently wiping your downloaded music too?

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Google’s Play Music app reportedly has a bug that apparently deletes your downloaded and cached music stored on the microSD card whenever your device gets reboot. Continue reading “Is Google Play Music bug silently wiping your downloaded music too?”

47,440 Lenovo K3 Note smartphones sold out in 5.2 seconds in first sale

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Lenovo sold 47,440 units of K3 Note smartphones in just 5.2 seconds in the first flash sale today on Flipkart at 3PM. It received over 538,096 lakh registrations for the sale, said the company. Even though the company sells only the Onyx Black variant of the smartphone now, it plans to bring Pearl White and Laser Yellow color variants soon. Continue reading “47,440 Lenovo K3 Note smartphones sold out in 5.2 seconds in first sale”

Xiaomi Mi 5 and Mi 5 Plus specifications surface – Powered by Snapdragon 810 and 820

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The specifications of the upcoming two flagship grade smartphones from Xiaomi; the Mi 5 and Mi 5 Plus have been leaked. As the name suggests, the Plus is a larger and more powerful phablet t while the Mi 5 itself caters to a wider market.

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Motorola Moto X Sport and new Moto G appears online – Might be announced next month

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Motorola might be readying the launch of two new models for next month – namely the Moto X Sport and the new Moto G (2015). Both the handsets have been leaked in new images which aslo give us a glimpse into their specifications.

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Samsung Galaxy Note 5 might not have a micro SD card slot

A number of rumors and reports about the Galaxy Note 5 have already surfaced since past few weeks. A latest report from SamMobile suggests that the Note 5 will not come with a micro SD card slot.

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Google removes rogue BatteryBot Pro app from Play Store

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Google has removed a malicious application from the Play Store that had disguised itself as another app. The application that was removed is a rogue version of the app called BatteryBot Pro.

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Sony Xperia M4 Aqua Dual Battery Life Test

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We brought you the review of Sony Xperia M4 Aqua Dual recently, here we have its battery life test results. The Xperia M4 Aqua Dual packs a 2400mAh built-in battery. It has a 5-inch HD screen, is powered by a Octa-Core Snapdragon 615 SoC and runs on Android 5.0 (Lollipop). In our review we said that the smartphone should last even most heavy users a day of use. Check out the test results.

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Samsung SM-G9198 surfaces online – Flip phone powered by Snapdragon 808

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Ever since touchscreens came along, innovative form factors have died down and most handsets have a candybar form factor. Samsung however is trying its best to keep the clamshell (flip) form factor alive as was seen with the Samsung Galaxy Golden phones. Now we have yet another new smartphone from Samsung with the model number SM-G9198 that not just revives the diminishing form factor but also packs in high end specifications.

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Vivo announces new V1 and V1 Max smartphones in India

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Chinese manufacturer Vivo has introduced a new ‘V’ series of smartphones in India. The company announced two smartphones – Vivo V1 and Vivo V1 Max – on Tuesday saying that these will be priced between Rs. 15,000 to Rs. 20,000, and will hit stores later this month. Continue reading “Vivo announces new V1 and V1 Max smartphones in India”

Indian variants of Samsung Galaxy S6 and S6 Edge now receiving update to Android Lollipop 5.1.1

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On June 15th, the first updates to Android Lollipop 5.1.1 rolled out to the T-Mobile variants of the Samsung Galaxy S6 and S6 Edge. Over the past few weeks, the update has made its way to various regions and variants of the device. Now, it’s the turn of the Indian variants of the two devices to receive the update.

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Doogee F2015 smartphone to feature a liquid metal body

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After coming up with a OnePlus One clone and a smartphone with 6000mAH battery, Doogee now is bringing us a new smartphone that will have a liquid metal body. The device is called F2015 and will be available in three different variants.

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Micromax Bolt D303 with 4-inch display, Android 4.4 launched for Rs. 3499

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Micromax has launched Bolt D303, the company’s latest budget smartphone in the Bolt series. It has Swipe keyboard from Firstouch to translate and transliterate with patented ‘Swipe’ feature that enables users to communicate in their preferred language, similar to Unite 3 that was launched recently.  It comes pre-loaded with 10 regional languages that includes, Hindi, Gujarati, Punjabi, Malayalam, Tamil, Telugu, Kannada, Oriya, Bengali and Marathi. Continue reading “Micromax Bolt D303 with 4-inch display, Android 4.4 launched for Rs. 3499”

Samsung Galaxy J2 specifications surface – Exynos 3475 SoC, 1.5GB RAM and Android 5.1

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Samsung launched the Samsung Galaxy J1 in India earlier this year, and even introduced its 4G variant dubbed the Galaxy J1 4G. Now specifications of upcoming Galaxy J2 (SM-J200F) smartphone has surfaced. This comes soon after the announcement of the Galaxy J5 and Galaxy J7 selfie-focused smartphones in the J series. Looks like Samsung is looking to expand the J series. Continue reading “Samsung Galaxy J2 specifications surface – Exynos 3475 SoC, 1.5GB RAM and Android 5.1”