HTC M8’s on screen buttons revealed?

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The HTC One successor, codenamed M8, is all set to be released to the market in a couple of months, as the Taiwanese company plans to repeat its predecessor’s success. One interesting rumour that had persisted all this while was that HTC was finally going for on screen buttons instead of the weird capacitive ones on the HTC One and other devices. According to a leak from one Seina Weibo user, the HTC M8’s one screen buttons, the one you see in the image above, might just have been revealed. The Samsung Galaxy Nexus was one of the first devices to incorporate on-screen buttons after the introduction of Android 4.0 for phones and tablets and then the trend caught up with other OEMs like Sony, but HTC curiously avoided it, which might change with the M8.

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Huawei Ascend Y530 with 4.5-inch display, Android 4.3 announced

Huawei Ascend Y530

Huawei has unveiled the Ascend Y530, the latest smartphone in the Y Series in Europe. It has a 4.5-inch (854 x 480 pixels) FWVGA display, powered by a 1.2 GHz dual-core Snapdragon 200 (MSM8210) processor with Adreno 203 GPU and runs on Android 4.3 (Jelly Bean) OS with Huawei Emotion UI on top. It has a 5-megapixel rear camera with LED flash and a 0.3-megapixel (VGA) front-facing camera. Continue reading “Huawei Ascend Y530 with 4.5-inch display, Android 4.3 announced”

Micromax Bolt A24, A37B, A46 now available, Bolt A37 coming soon

Micromax Bolt A24

Micromax Canvas Turbo Mini A200, a mid-range smartphone went on sale recently. Now three new Micromax smartphones in the Bolt series, the Micromax Bolt A24, Bolt A37B and Bolt A46 are available online. The Bolt A24 has a 2.8-inch QVGAscreen, powered by a 1 GHz Spreadrtum SC6820 processor and runs on Android 2.3 (Gingerbread). It comes with support for 20 regional languages and has a VGA rear camera. Continue reading “Micromax Bolt A24, A37B, A46 now available, Bolt A37 coming soon”

Lava Iris 408e with 4-inch display now available for Rs. 3829

Lava Iris 408e

Last week Lava Iris 404e appeared online, now the Iris 408e, another budget smartphone in the Iris is available from online retailer Saholic. It has a 4-inch (480 x 800 pixels) display, powered by a 1 GHz processor and runs on Android 2.3 (Gingerbread) OS. It has a 3-megapixel rear with LED flash and VGA front-facing camera. It comes with Dual SIM support with dual standby and 2G (EDGE) connectivity. Continue reading “Lava Iris 408e with 4-inch display now available for Rs. 3829”

List of Motorola Service Centers in India leaks ahead of Moto G launch

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Motorola Moto G, the most highly awaited launch for the company here in India, just got more credibility with the leak of the list of Motorola Service Centers in India. This leak comes at a crucial time, just ahead of the February 5th launch Motorola has planned for releasing this device in India. The service center list is straight from the Motorola Mobility website, which lends a lot of credibility to the list, apart from it being Moto branded and all. A huge amount of doubt prevailed on how Moto was planning to bring back the distribution and service channels it abandoned, when it left the country years back, but now we are starting to see the details. The image above shows you just a glimpse of the list, which you can download as a PDF here –

Download the list of Motorola Mobility service centers in India (FoneArena can independently confirm that the list is real)

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Red Google Nexus 5 leaks again in a press image

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Not long ago, we saw that the UK retail box of the red Google Nexus 5 leaked out. It was an interesting colour choice for the popular smartphone, which released with only two colours – Black or White, back in October. We had compared the two colours and found that the material used for them are vastly different with each providing a different level of build quality and handling. Now, we have a new red coloured version which looks like the real deal, as the press image leaked by evleaks showcases it in bleeding red. Riding the colour wave started by Nokia with its Lumia series of devices, the Nexus 5 in red might be really tempting for people who are still holding back on the purchase because of the lack of colour choices.

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Intex Cloud X12 and Aqua N8 now available for Rs. 4290 and Rs. 8990

Intex Cloud X12

Intex launched the Aqua Curve with a 5-inch qHD screen earlier this week.  The Intex Aqua i15 and four new Cloud series phones, Cloud Y12Cloud Y11Cloud X11 and Cloud X1+ appeared online last week. Now, two new smartphone, Intex Cloud X12, and Aqua N8 are on sale on eBay.
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Lava Iris Pro 30 Review

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Lava launched Iris Pro 30, the company’s latest flagship last month after a long delay. We already brought you the Hands-on, photo gallery, unboxing, benchmarks and camera samples of the device. The Iris Pro 30, the first phone in the Iris Pro series is quite different from previous Lava smartphones in terms of design and hardware. Can it compete with other phones in the similar range? Let’s find out in the complete review. Continue reading “Lava Iris Pro 30 Review”

Samsung Galaxy S4 and S4 Mini go Black with faux leather back

Samsung Galaxy S4 was announced last year and it is all set to be replaced by the Samsung Galaxy S5 which is rumored to arrive on February 23rd. Samsung unveiled various editions of the Samsung Galaxy S4 – Gold Edition, Crystal Edition and now, we have the black edition. What the black edition does is that it comes with a faux leather back that featured in Samsung Galaxy Note 3.

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Motorola Moto G coming soon to Flipkart

Motorola may have been sold to a Chinese manufacturer – Lenovo, but Moto G is on its way to India. A few days back, Motorola teased about release details of Moto G on their Facebook page and now we have more. But this time it comes from India’s leading eCommerce portal – Flipkart. Motorola Moto G is coming soon to Flipkart and they have a separate dedicated Moto G page to keep track of the device.

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Mxit cross-platform mobile messaging app officially launched in India

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Mxit, South Africa’s giant mobile messaging app has been officially launched in India. South Africa’s cricketing icon and former Indian Cricket team coach Gary Kirsten is Mxit India’s Brand Ambassador. You get the usual images sharing, group chat with up to 50 users across platforms, apart from the text chat. It is also data light allowing users with even the most basic 2G connection. Continue reading “Mxit cross-platform mobile messaging app officially launched in India”

Archos unveils 9, 9.7 and 10.1-inch Android tablets in new Neon series

Archos 90 Neon

Archos had already launched tablets in Cobalt, Titanium, Platinum and Gen10 XS series. Now the company has unveiled three new tablets, the Archos 90 Neon, Archos 97 Neon and the Archos 101 Neon in the new Neon series. The Archos 90 Neon has a 9’” (800 x 480 pixels) display and is powered by a 1.4 GHz quad-core Cortex A9 processor. Continue reading “Archos unveils 9, 9.7 and 10.1-inch Android tablets in new Neon series”

Lenovo tablets A3500 and A3300 spotted at Bluetooth approval

Lenovo has bought Motorola, but that doesn’t mean the company has even paused for anything. Two Lenovo tablets – Lenovo A3500 and Lenovo A3300 have been spotted at the Bluetooth approval yesterday. There is no official word on their launch yet, but they will be announced very soon.

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Lava Iris 401e Review

Lava Iris 401e is an entry range smartphone from Lava and it is aimed to be one of the most affordable Android devices out there. It was released back in June and it has bare minimum specifications for an Android smartphone.

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Samsung Galaxy Note 3 Neo with 5.5-inch HD display, Hexa-Core processor official

Samsung Galaxy Note 3 Neo

After the specificationsand the press images of the smartphone got leaked this month, the Samsung Galaxy Note 3 Neo has gone official in Poland. It exactly looks like the Galaxy Note 3 with S Pen Stylus and a faux leather back cover. 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 with 5.5-inch HD display, Hexa-Core processor official”