Category: Android

Sony Xperia Z1 Compact officially launched in India for Rs. 36990

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Earlier today we reported that the Sony Xperia Z1 Compact, now the company has official launched the smartphone in India at a price tag of Rs. 36,990 (MRP). The Z1 Compact has a 4.3-inch (1280 x 720pixels) Triluminos Display with with X-Reality engine, powered by 2.2 GHz quad-core Snapdragon 800 processor and runs on Android 4.3 (Jelly Bean). It has a 20.7-megapixel rear camera with Sony G lens, 1080p video recording and a 2.2-megapixel HD front-facing camera. Continue reading “Sony Xperia Z1 Compact officially launched in India for Rs. 36990”

Acer Liquid E3 with 4.7-inch HD display, 13MP camera announced

Acer Liquid E3

Acer has announced the Liquid E3, successor of last year’s Liquid E2 ahead of MWC 2014. It has a 4.7-inch (1280  × 720 pixels) capacitive touch screen IPS display, powered by a 1.2 GHz quad-core processor and runs on Android 4.2.2 (Jelly Bean) OS.. It has a 13-megapixel rear camera with LED flash and a 2-megapixel front-facing camera with LED flash for selfies. Continue reading “Acer Liquid E3 with 4.7-inch HD display, 13MP camera announced”

Samsung Galaxy Note 3 Neo up for pre-order in India for Rs. 38990

Samsung Galaxy Note 3 Neo Prebooking

Samsung launched the Galaxy Note 3 Neo in India at a price tag of Rs. 40,900, at the Samsung Forum Asia 2014 in Bali couple of days back. It went on pre-order on the same day at the launch price, but Samsung has suddenly reduced the price of the device, that is available for pre-order at Rs.  38,990 on the official eStore. It has a 5.5-inch HD Super AMOLED screen, powered by a 1.6 GHz quad-core or a Hexa-Core processor (1.7 GHz Dual Core Cortex A15+ 1.3 GHz Quad Core Cortex A7) and runs on Android 4.3 (Jelly Bean). Continue reading “Samsung Galaxy Note 3 Neo up for pre-order in India for Rs. 38990”

Samsung Exynos Infinity SoC coming at MWC 2014

Samsung Exynos Infinity teaser

We didn’t see any new Exnos SoC at the CES 2014 last month. Samsung has started teasing their upcoming Exynos Infinity chip that would be unveiled at the MWC 2014 next week. This Exynos Infinity is expected to be the successor of the Exynos 5 Octa and is likely to be featured in a variant of the upcoming Samsung Galaxy S5 smartphone. Continue reading “Samsung Exynos Infinity SoC coming at MWC 2014”

Sony Xperia Z1 Compact now available in India for Rs. 36990

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Sony Xperia Z1 Compact, a smaller variant of the Xperia Z1 is now available in India from online retailer Infibeam. It has a 4.3-inch (1280 x 720pixels) Triluminos Display with with X-Reality engine, powered by 2.2 GHz quad-core Snapdragon 800 processor and runs on Android 4.3 (Jelly Bean). It has a 20.7-megapixel rear camera with Sony G lens with a 27mm wide angle f/2.0 aperture custom 1/2.3″ Sony Exmor RS image sensor, BIONZ image processing engine, 1080p video recording and a 2.2-megapixel HD front-facing camera, similar to the Xperia Z1. Continue reading “Sony Xperia Z1 Compact now available in India for Rs. 36990”

Samsung Galaxy Note 3 Neo Hands On

Samsung Galaxy Note 3 Neo

Samsung launched the Galaxy Note 3 Neo in India at a price tag of Rs. 40900, at the Samsung Forum Asia 2014 in Bali yesterday. We got to check out the device at the event. The Note 3 Neo looks exactly like the Note 3 and comes with all the S Pen features such as Action Memo, Scrapbook, Write Screen, Finder, Pen Window and also has all the Samsung-specific software features. Check out the hands-on below. Continue reading “Samsung Galaxy Note 3 Neo Hands On”

The All New HTC One 2014, HTC One successor, leaked in full glory

We all know that HTC is going to announce its next flagship, the HTC One successor at an event on March 25(almost a month after the MWC 2014) and by now, almost the core specifications of the device have leaked. There were leaked pictures of the smartphone and all leaks have pointed to a build quality and design language quite similar to the original HTC One.

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Gionee Elife S5.5 with 5-inch 1080p Super AMOLED display, 5.5mm thin metal body announced

Gionee Elife S5.5

Gionee has just announced the Elife S5.5, the company’s thinnest smartphone at an event in China. It is said to be the world’s thinnest phone that has 5.5mm thin magnesium alloy frame. It has a 5-inch (1920 x 1080 pixels) Full HD Super AMOLED touch screen display with Corning Gorilla Glass 3 protection. The display module is just 0.55mm thick and the back cover is 0.40mm thick, that is also protected by Corning Gorilla Glass 3, making the phone very slim. It It is powered by a 1.7 GHz Octa-core MediaTek MT6592 processor and runs on Android 4.2 with Amigo 2.0 UI on top. Continue reading “Gionee Elife S5.5 with 5-inch 1080p Super AMOLED display, 5.5mm thin metal body announced”

LG G2 Mini with 4.7-inch qHD display, quad-core Snadpragon 400 processor, Android 4.4 announced

LG G2 Mini

LG has finally made the G2 Mini official ahead of Mobile World Congress 2014. It has a 4.7-inch (960 x 540 pixels) capacitive touch screen display, powered by a 1.2 GHz quad-core processor (Snapdragon 400 or Nvidia Tegra 4i options), and runs on Android 4.4 (KitKat). It has a 8-megapixel rear camera with LED flash and a 1.3-megapixel front-facing camera. You have rear mounted power and volume keys. Unlike the G2, the G2 Mini has matte back. Continue reading “LG G2 Mini with 4.7-inch qHD display, quad-core Snadpragon 400 processor, Android 4.4 announced”

Samsung Galaxy Note 3 Rose Gold Edition Hands On

Note 3 Rose Gold Edition

Samsung unveiled the Galaxy Note 3 in 3 new accents – Rose Gold White, Rose Gold Black and Merlot Red back in December. At the Samsung Asia Forum 2014 in Bali, we got to check out the Rose Gold Black Edition of the Note 3. It has soft leather-like back cover similar to the original Note 3 and also comes with a S Pen stylus in matching color. Check out the video below. Continue reading “Samsung Galaxy Note 3 Rose Gold Edition Hands On”

Microsoft’s SkyDrive is now OneDrive

Microsoft was involved in a Trademark fight over the name “SkyDrive” and it lost. So, they had to rebrand it and from now on, Microsoft’s SkyDrive will be called as “Microsoft OneDrive”. Microsoft’s OneDrive is one among the many cloud storage options offered by big companies of the Internet – Google offers Google Drive, Dropbox, Box and many others.

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HTC One family starts getting Android 4.4 KitKat update in India

HTC One family is a series of three similar looking smartphones that come at different sizes, different specifications and definitely different price points. HTC One, the company’s current flagship, was launched more than a year ago and is still the company’s flagship. In the interim, HTC has managed to push two HTC One lookalike devices in the form of HTC One Mini and HTC One Max.

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BBM for Android now compatible with Gingerbread(Android 2.3) devices

When BlackBerry announced that it is making its popular messaging service, BBM, into a cross platform service, the entire tech industry erupted in euphoria. And when BlackBerry finally released their BBM Chat for Android, there was so much rush that a lot of people had to wait to try out BBM and that indicated a clear interest of the crowd in BBM.

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Samsung confirms Android 4.4.2 KitKat update for 14 Galaxy devices for US

Android 4.4 KitKat

Samsung has finally announced the list of devices that would receive the Android 4.4 (KitKat) update, but this list is only for the U.S. variants. Samsung started rolling out the KitKat update for the Galaxy Note 3 last month. The Indian Exynos variant of the Note 3 got the KitKat update by the end of January. It is yet to roll out the KitKat update for other devices. Continue reading “Samsung confirms Android 4.4.2 KitKat update for 14 Galaxy devices for US”

LG G Pad 8.3 Google Play Edition Review

LG was responsible for the Nexus 4 and more recently the Nexus 5, and their association with Google continues with the LG G Pad 8.3. The G Pad was originally launched as a premium 8 inch tablet from LG, fully packed with special features added through software but the one we have here is the first tablet to be blessed by Google with a Play Edition, meaning the device will run stock Android without any modifications. Google and OEMs have been pushing out Play Edition devices since last year, for people who want Android, pure. With no bloatware and the latest version of Android, the GPE of the GPad is, in many ways, the Nexus 8 that was never announced. Priced at $349, should one prefer this over the Nexus 7 2013? Or is it the mini tablet to get? Lets find out in our review.

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