Xiaomi retains top market share in China

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Xiaomi has just announced the results of Q1 2015 and that it has retained its number one spot in the Chinese market. The company holds a market share of 14% and are well ahead of some of the big international players.

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Celkon Campus A518 with 5-inch display, Android 4.4 launched for Rs. 4400

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Celkon has launched Campus A518, the latest entry-level smartphone in the Campus series. It has a 5-inch FWVGA screen, is powered by a 1GHz 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 comes with dual SIM support and 3G connectivity. Continue reading “Celkon Campus A518 with 5-inch display, Android 4.4 launched for Rs. 4400”

Cyanogen part ways with OnePlus – Looking to partner with larger manufacturers

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After going through quite a shaky relationship together, Cyanogen and OnePlus are now officially parting ways. Steve Kondik and Kirt McMaster mentioned this while talking about the future of the company in Beijing during the Global Mobile Internet Conference.

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Sony Xperia Z4 could be launched as Xperia Z3+ globally

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Sony introduced the Xperia Z4 in Japan last week. Soon after the release, there were reports that said that the Xperia Z4 will be Japan-only, and the company is planning to launch another flagship for global markets. Now the white paper of Sony SCR30 Style Cover Window accessory for the Xperia Z4 shows that the smartphone is also called Xperia Z3+, which could be the name of the phone when it launches in global markets outside Japan. Continue reading “Sony Xperia Z4 could be launched as Xperia Z3+ globally”

20,000 Micromax Canvas Spark phones sold out in less than 2 minutes on Snapdeal

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Micromax just announced that it sold 20,000 units of its recently launched Canvas Spark smartphone in under 2 minutes in the first flash sale today at 12 noon. The smartphone was launched last week at a competitive price tag of Rs. 4999. Continue reading “20,000 Micromax Canvas Spark phones sold out in less than 2 minutes on Snapdeal”

Opera for Android gets Turbo mode, Tab syncing and more

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Opera Software on Tuesday updated its mobile browser for Android with a new Turbo mode that essentially is an upgrade to the previously available Off-Road mode. Continue reading “Opera for Android gets Turbo mode, Tab syncing and more”

Google Now for Android brings support for 70 new third party apps

Google Now is getting more cards as it is expanding its support to 70 new third party apps. The latest addition comes from the company after it added 40 new Android apps to Google Now in January this year.

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Lenovo A7000 vs YU YUREKA

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Lenovo launched A7000, the company’s budget 4G smartphone in India earlier this month in India. This competes with YU YUREKA that went on sale earlier this year. Both these smartphones share almost similar specifications and have 4G support. We decided to compare these two smartphones that are priced at Rs. 8,999.

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LG G4 with 5.5-inch QHD display, Snapdragon 808 processor goes official

After teasing its flagship device for quite a while, LG has officially introduced the fourth iteration of its G smartphone.

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As one can expect, LG G4 continues the trend set by the second generation G smartphone with rear-mounted volume rockers and power button. However, the overall design has been refined a bit. Continue reading “LG G4 with 5.5-inch QHD display, Snapdragon 808 processor goes official”

Lenovo A7000 Photo Gallery

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Lenovo launched the A7000 smartphone with 4G support in India at a price tag of Rs. 8,999 earlier this month. 30,000 units of the Lenovo 7000 went on sale earlier this month exclusively on Flipkart in the flash sale and sold out in just 4 seconds. We have already seen unboxing and hands on of the phone now lets take a look at the hardware in detail. Continue reading “Lenovo A7000 Photo Gallery”

Samsung rolls out Level On Wireless headphones and Level Link audio adapter

Samsung has expanded its Level series of audio products with two new accessories. The first one is Level On Wireless headphones and the second is Level Link audio adapter.

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Huawei Honor 4C with 5-inch HD display, Octa-Core SoC, 4G LTE announced

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Huawei has introduced the Honor 4C, the company’s latest Honor series smartphone in China. It is the successor of last year’s Honor 3C and the design looks similar to the Honor 4X. It has a 5-inch HD display and is powered by Huawei’s own Kirin 620 chipset 64-bit A53 Octa-core processor instead of a Quad-Core Snapdragon 410 chip, other features are similar to the Honor 4X, including Android 4.4 (Kitkat) with Emotion UI 3.0, has a 13-megapixel rear camera with LED flash and a 5-megapixel front-facing camera, 2GB RAM and 8GB internal memory with expansion slot. Continue reading “Huawei Honor 4C with 5-inch HD display, Octa-Core SoC, 4G LTE announced”

Samsung Exynos M1 will be the first chipset to use custom CPU cores from the company

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While Samsung, Qualcomm, Nvidia and MediaTek use ARM reference designs to make their chipsets, Apple is known for using custom cores for its chipsets. It has been rumoured for a while that Samsung are also working on their own next generation chipset with custom cores. Now it’s naming has been leaked in a document and apparently it will be called the Exynos M1.

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Huawei Honor 4X Review

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Honor, the global brand under Huawei launched the Honor 4X smartphone in India at a price tag of Rs. 10,499 last month. This is the company’s first budget 4G smartphone to launch in India and it competes with other 4G smartphones such as Lenovo A7000, Xiaomi Redmi Note 4G and YU YUREKA. Is the smartphone worth the price? Let us find out in the complete review. Continue reading “Huawei Honor 4X Review”