Category: Android

Huawei rules out 4k smartphone displays over battery life fears

Huawei Ascend Mate 7 -6

If you’re looking for the next-generation display in your next Huawei smartphone, you may be disappointed as the Chinese manufacturer as advanced displays come with a battery life compromise that the company isn’t willing to accept. FoneArena spoke to Kevin Ho, President of the Handset Product Line at Huawei, in a special briefing at Huawei’s Shanghai campus where he explained the trade-off the company is facing with adopting next-generation displays. Continue reading “Huawei rules out 4k smartphone displays over battery life fears”

Lenovo S580 Battery Test

Lenovo S580 FA One Charge Rating

We reviewed the Lenovo S580 smartphone recently, and as promised, here are the battery test results. The S580 has a removable 2150mAh Lithium-Polymer battery. The 5-inch display and the 1.2 GHz quad-core Snapdragon 200 SoC should make the phone’s battery drain much. Let us check out the battery test graphs. Continue reading “Lenovo S580 Battery Test”

Samsung Galaxy E7 Photo Gallery

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Samsung launched the Galaxy E7 in India recently for Rs. 23,000. The phone that has a unibody design and is another device from company’s E series smartphones. We have already seen the unboxing of the phone and now lets take a look at the hardware in this photo gallery. Continue reading “Samsung Galaxy E7 Photo Gallery”

Samsung Galaxy Xcover 3 rugged smartphone live images surface

Samsung Galaxy XCover 3

Samsung is working on the Galaxy Xcover 3 (SM-G388F), the latest rugged smartphone in the Xcover series. GSMArena has got hold of the live images of the smartphone. The Galaxy Xcover 2 was introduced back in 2013. Continue reading “Samsung Galaxy Xcover 3 rugged smartphone live images surface”

Flipboard Topics now available in India and the UK

Flipboard Topics India

Flipboard for Android and iOS got a major update back in October last year that brought new features, including Flipboard Topics for readers in the U.S and Canada. Users can choose from over 30,000 topics to follow, with each topic containing stories from publishers, websites, and magazines curated on the digital magazine aggregator. Continue reading “Flipboard Topics now available in India and the UK”

iBall Andi 5Q Cobalt Solus with Octa-Core processor launching soon for Rs. 10990

iBall Andi 5Q Cobalt Solus

iBall Andi 5Q Cobalt Solus, the latest smartphone in the Cobalt series has been listed on the official website. According to Manish Khatri from Mahesh Telecom, the smartphone is priced at Rs. 10,990. It has a 5-inch (1280 x 720 pixels) IPS display based on one glass solution (OGS) technology and runs on Android 4.4 (KitKat), similar to the iBall Andi5S Cobalt3 that was launched last year, but this is powered by a slightly slower 1.4 GHz Octa-Core processor. Continue reading “iBall Andi 5Q Cobalt Solus with Octa-Core processor launching soon for Rs. 10990”

Lenovo A6000 Photo Gallery

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Lenovo launched the A6000 smartphone with 4G support in India at a price tag of Rs. 6,999 earlier this month. The budget smartphone is currently the cheapest one that offers 4G connectivity in India. We have already seen the unboxing of the phone and now lets see the hardware in detail in this photo gallery. Continue reading “Lenovo A6000 Photo Gallery”

HTC launches new Desire 816G Dual SIM with Octa-Core SoC in India for Rs. 19990

New HTC Desire 816G Dual SIM

HTC has launched a new Desire 816G dual SIM variant in India. It has the same 5.5-inch (1280 x 720 pixels) display, similar to last year’s Desire 816G Dual SIM, but this is powered by a faster 1.7GHz Octa-Core SoC and comes with 16GB of internal storage, but it has the same 1GB RAM. Continue reading “HTC launches new Desire 816G Dual SIM with Octa-Core SoC in India for Rs. 19990”

Lenovo A6000 Unboxing

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Lenovo launched the A6000 smartphone with 4G support in India at a price tag of Rs. 6,999 earlier this month. It went on sale earlier this week exclusively on Flipkart in limited numbers. It is currently the cheapest smartphone with 4G LTE support in India. We managed to get one in flash sale, here is the unboxing of the smartphone.

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ZTE Blade L3 with 5-inch qHD display, Android 5.0 announced

ZTE Blade L3

ZTE has announced Blade L3, the company’s latest smartphone in the L series. It has a 5-inch (960 x 540 pixels) display, is powered by a 1.3GHz quad-core MediaTek processor and runs on Android 5.0 (Lollipop) out of the box. It has a 8-megapixel rear camera with LED flash and a 2-megapixel front-facing camera. ZTE unveiled the Blade S6 in the S series with a Snapdragon 615 SoC, 4G LTE and a 13MP camera at just US$ 249.99 (Rs. 15,370 approx) recently. Continue reading “ZTE Blade L3 with 5-inch qHD display, Android 5.0 announced”

OnePlus names its own ROM OxygenOS, will reveal more details on Feb 12

OxygenOS

OnePlus has announced that it will call its own ROM OxygenOS. The company has zeroed in the name after receiving thousands of suggestions from the fans. The OxygenOS will be open, customizable, and free of bloat and unnecessary features, said the company. Continue reading “OnePlus names its own ROM OxygenOS, will reveal more details on Feb 12”

Videocon Infinium Z40Q Star and Z50Q Star launched for Rs. 4499 and Rs. 5999

Videocon Infinium Z40Q

Videocon has launched Infinium Z40Q Star and Infinium Z50Q Star, two new budget Android smartphones in the Infinium series. The Infinium Z40Q Star has a 4-inch WVGA, while the Infinium Z50Q Star comes with a 5-inch FWVGA display. Both these smartphones are powered by a 1.2 GHz quad-core SoC and run on Android 4.4 (KitKat). The Z50Q Star appeared on the official website earlier this month. Continue reading “Videocon Infinium Z40Q Star and Z50Q Star launched for Rs. 4499 and Rs. 5999”

Samsung Galaxy E5 Photo Gallery

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Samsung launched the Galaxy E5 smartphone in India for Rs 19,300 earlier this month. The phone has a uni-body design and is another device from company’s E series of smartphone. We have already seen the unboxing of the phone, now lets take a look at the hardware of the phone in this photo gallery. Continue reading “Samsung Galaxy E5 Photo Gallery”