Coolpad to bring affordable online ‘Dazen’ brand of devices in India this month

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Coolpad, the Chinese smartphone maker, is set to launch an affordable Dazen brand of devices in India this month. The company has appointed Varun Sharma as the India head, who joins from Flipkart where he was the Director of Strategic Alliance. Continue reading “Coolpad to bring affordable online ‘Dazen’ brand of devices in India this month”

Lenovo A7000 Camera Samples

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Lenovo launched the A7000 smartphone in India last month for Rs. 8,999. We recently brought you the unboxing and benchmarks of the smartphone, here we have its camera samples from the smartphone. The A7000 has a 8-megapixel rear camera with dual LED flash and f/2.2 aperture. It also features a 5-megapixel front-facing camera with f/2.2 aperture. Continue reading “Lenovo A7000 Camera Samples”

Android 5.1.1 update for Samsung Galaxy S6, S6 Edge to bring RAW image support and more: Report

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Samsung Galaxy S6 and Galaxy S6 Edge will reportedly get camera improvements like RAW image support, shutter speed controls, and more with Android 5.1.1 Lollipop update. Continue reading “Android 5.1.1 update for Samsung Galaxy S6, S6 Edge to bring RAW image support and more: Report”

Honor 4C and Honor Bee launching in India on May 8

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Honor, the global brand under Huawei announced the Honor 4C smartphone in China last week. Today the company has sent invite for the launch event on May 8th, where it is expected to launch the Honor 4C and Honor Bee smartphones. We already know that Honor 4C has a 5-inch HD display and is powered by 1.2 GHz 64-bit A53 Octa-core Kirin 620 processor. The Honor Bee is a budget smartphone with a 4.5-inch FWVGA screen and a 1.2 GHz quad-core Spreadtrum processor, according to Flipkart listing.

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Snapchat brings first Discover update that focuses on content sharing

Snapchat unveiled its Discover feature in January this year and now the popular ephemeral messaging service is bringing first update to the Discover feature that makes its easy for users to share content.

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Sony Xperia C4 with 5.5-inch 1080p display, Octa-Core SoC, 5MP front camera with flash announced

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Sony Mobile just announced the Xperia C4, the company latest mid-range handset in the Xperia series. It is a selfie-focused smartphone that comes with a 5-megapixel front-facing camera with 25mm wide-angle lens along with a soft LED flash, similar to the Xperia C3. It has a 13-megapixel rear camera with LED flash. Other specifications include, 5.5-inch 1080 display, 1.7 GHz Octa-Core MediaTek processor and Android 5.0 (Lollipop). Continue reading “Sony Xperia C4 with 5.5-inch 1080p display, Octa-Core SoC, 5MP front camera with flash announced”

Motorola Set to Roll out latest Android 5.1 Lollipop updates for Moto line-up

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Motorola is all set to roll out latest Android 5.1 Lollipop updates to its popular Moto smartphone line-up. Continue reading “Motorola Set to Roll out latest Android 5.1 Lollipop updates for Moto line-up”

Motorola Moto X 3rd Gen with Quad-HD display, 4GB RAM, Snapdragon 808 tipped

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Motorola’s expected next flagship, the third generation of the Moto X’s purported specifications has been leaked online for the first time. Continue reading “Motorola Moto X 3rd Gen with Quad-HD display, 4GB RAM, Snapdragon 808 tipped”

Xiaomi launches Mi Note Pro in China, says it has solved heating issues in Snapdragon 810

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Xiaomi announced the Mi Note Pro, the top-end variant of the Mi Note smartphone back in January. Today the company launched the smartphone at an event in China. As we already know, the Mi Note Pro has a 5.7-inch (2560 x 1440 pixels) Quad HD display with Corning Gorilla Glass 3 Protection, is powered by a 64-bit Octa-Core Snapdragon 810 processor with Adreno 430 GPU and has 4GB DDR4 RAM.  It has 64GB of internal storage and 4G LTE support. Continue reading “Xiaomi launches Mi Note Pro in China, says it has solved heating issues in Snapdragon 810”

Newer batches of Samsung Galaxy S6 and S6 Edge use ISOCELL camera sensor instead of Sony sensor

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Earlier today, we reported that Sony was having trouble supplying its sensors to the Chinese manufacturers due to high demand from Apple for their iPhone 6C. Apparently Chinese manufacturers aren’t the only ones affected as even Samsung has been forced to use its own sensors in place of Sony ones. This has been witnessed on the newer units of the Samsung Galaxy S6 and S6 Edge.

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Oppo users will get update to Android Lollipop 5.0 soon

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Oppo is one of the few Chinese manufacturers that still haven’t gotten the update to Lollipop on their phones. While smaller Chinese brands have already received updates to Lollipop, Oppo is only now receiving the update along with the release of ColorOS 2.1.

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Spice Stellar 405 with quad-core Snapdragon 200 SoC, Android 4.4 now available for Rs. 3299

Spice Stellar 405

Spice Stellar 405, the company’s latest budget smartphone is now available from Saholic. It packs a 4-inch WVGA screen, is powered by a 1.2GHz quad-core Snapdragon 200 processor and runs on Android 4.4 (KitKat). It has a 3.2-megapixel rear camera with LED flash and a 1.3-megapixel front-facing camera. It has dual SIM support and even has 3G support. Continue reading “Spice Stellar 405 with quad-core Snapdragon 200 SoC, Android 4.4 now available for Rs. 3299”

Lenovo A5000 and P70 officially launched in India for Rs. 9999 and Rs. 15999

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Lenovo A5000 and P70 smartphones that went on sale in India recently have been officially launched in the country. Both the A5000 and P70 have a a 5-inch (1280 x 720 pixels) HD display, run on Android 4.4 (KitKat) and have a 4000mAh battery. The A5000 is powered by a 1.3GHz quad-core MediaTek processor, while the P70 is powered by a 1.7 GHz Octa-Core MediaTek MT6752 Processor processor and comes with 4G LTE connectivity.

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Gionee Elife E8 with 6-inch Quad HD AMOLED display, 3GB RAM gets certified in China

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Gionee Elife E8 (GN9008), the company’s upcoming E series flagship has been certified in China on TENAA. The company already confirmed that the it will launch the camera-centric Elife E8 later this year during the launch of its Elife S7 smartphone in India in April. According to the listing, the smartphone will feature a 6-inch Quad HD AMOLED screen, will be powered by a 2GHz Octa-Core processor, 3GB RAM, Android 5.0 OS with Amigo UI on top and 4G support. Continue reading “Gionee Elife E8 with 6-inch Quad HD AMOLED display, 3GB RAM gets certified in China”