Android Lollipop 5.1.1 for Samsung Galaxy S6 and S6 Edge is now rolling out

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Last month, we told you that the update to Android Lollipop 5.1 for the Samsung Galaxy S6 and S6 Edge is rumoured to come out sometime in June. Looks like the information was spot on and now the wait is finally over as the update is now rolling out to devices worldwide.

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Infocus M350 launching in India on June 18 for Rs. 7999

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Infocus started teasing the launch of M350 smartphone in India last week. Today the company has sent out press invites for the launch event on June 18th, Thursday. Infocus already said that registrations for the sale will begin June 17th and it will exclusively be available from Snapdeal. Now the smartphone has been listed on Snapdeal for Rs. 7999, which is definitely a competitive price tag for a 4G smartphone. Continue reading “Infocus M350 launching in India on June 18 for Rs. 7999”

LG G4 apparently facing touchscreen issues on some units

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Apparently, a lot of users are facing issues with the touchscreen on the LG G4. Users of the device on the xda forums have created threads and posts where they explain the issues they are facing in detail.

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Google Web Light will load pages faster on mobile, coming to India soon

Google announced last week that it will improve users mobile search experience in India by faster loading of pages. Today, a video released shows the new Google Web Light feature in action.

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Xolo teams up with Flipkart to launch new ‘Black’ phone every quarter

Xolo, the homegrown smartphone maker had announced ‘Black’, online-only sub-brand for India last month. Now, the company is planning to bring a new phone from the Black brand every quarter.

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Motorola might launch Moto Maker in India on June 15th

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Motorola might be launching the Moto Maker service in India on June 15th. If you do not know what Moto Maker is, then it is basically a tool that allows you to customize devices online such as Moto X and moto 360.

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Coolpad Dazen 1 Benchmarks

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Coolpad launched Dazen 1 smartphone in India last month at Rs. 6999. We brought you the hands-on impressions and photo gallery of the smartphone from the launch event and the unboxing recently, 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. It has Adreno 306 GPU clocked at 400 MHz.  It has a 2GB RAM, 5-inch HD (1280 x 720 pixels) display and runs on Android 4.4 (KitKat) with Cool UI 6. Let’s find out how the smartphone performs in a range of synthetic benchmark tests. Continue reading “Coolpad Dazen 1 Benchmarks”

Live photo of metal clad Meizu MX5 surfaces online

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A new photo of the Meizu MX5 has been leaked online that shows its metal design in real life. The device seems to be a prototype as it does look a bit unfinished, particularly the region around the main camera.

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OnePlus offers 3 months extended warranty in India to compensate users with service issues

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OnePlus has announced that all service related issues on smartphones till date and henceforth pending for more than 15 working days at service centres will automatically get a 3 months extended warranty in India. This will be applicable on the OnePlus One and all future smartphones and is also applicable for all Indian users who had purchased the One from oneplus.net prior to the India launch. Continue reading “OnePlus offers 3 months extended warranty in India to compensate users with service issues”

YU YUREKA and YUPHORIA Cyanogen OS 12.1 update in final stages of testing

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Cyanogen OS 12 update based on Android 5.0 (Lollipop) rolled out for YU YUREKA back in April. It even got an incremental update to improve the battery life last month. YU YUPHORIA was launched running on Cyanogen OS 12 out of the box. Today Rahul Sharma, Co-founder and CEO of YU has announced that Cyanogen OS 12.1 update based on Android 5.1 (Lollipop) is in the final phase of testing. Continue reading “YU YUREKA and YUPHORIA Cyanogen OS 12.1 update in final stages of testing”

Samsung files a trademark for Galaxy S6 Note

Samsung is said to have filed an application to trademark Galaxy S6 Note. The company has registered this trademark in Korea and there is a possibility that this could be a larger version of the Galaxy S6 smartphone.

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Micromax Canvas Hue 2 A316 with 5-inch HD display, 13MP camera now available for Rs. 11736

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Micromax Canvas Hue 2 A316, a new smartphone in the Canvas series is now available from eBay.in. It has a 5-inch (1280 x 720 pixels) AMOLED display and runs on Android 4.4 (KitKat), similar to the Canvas Hue AQ5000 that was launched earlier this year, but other specifications have been updated. This is powered by a 1.7 GHz octa-core processor, has a 13-megapixel auto focus rear camera with LED Flash and a 5-megapixel front-facing camera. Continue reading “Micromax Canvas Hue 2 A316 with 5-inch HD display, 13MP camera now available for Rs. 11736”