Last year at CES 2013, ZTE announced their ZTE Grand S smartphone and exactly a year later, at the CES 2014, they are showing off the successor – ZTE Grand S II. The ZTE Grand S II has all the makings and specifications of a typical flagship with a Full HD display, Snapdragon 800 SoC and everything else. We go hands on with the device and you can check out the video right below. Continue reading “ZTE Grand S II Hands On”
Back in December, Vivo, yet another Chinese Manufacturer announced the world’s first 2k Display Android smartphone. The smartphone, Vivo Xplay 3S is the successor of Vivo Xplay and comes with a 6inch display sporting a 2K resolution of 2560×1440 and hence a pixel density of 490ppi. We go hands on with the device and you can check out the video right below. Continue reading “Vivo XPLAY 3S Hands On”
S Mobility launched the Spice Smart Flo Mettle 5X (Mi-504) with metal body last month. The Spice Smart Flo Mettle 4X (Mi-426), a budget smartphone went on sale few weeks back, now the Spice Smart Flo Mettle 3.5X (Mi-356) is available from Saholic. It has a 3.5-inch (480 x 320 pixels) capacitive touch screen display, powered by a 1 GHz dual-core processor and runs on Android 4.2 (Jelly Bean). Continue reading “Spice Smart Flo Mettle 3.5X Mi-356 with metal body, Android 4.2 now available for Rs. 3549”
Samsung announced a lot of products at the CES 2014 and among them is the new Samsung Galaxy TabPRO series which introduced three new models of Android tablets. As per the name, these new tablets are equipped with latest and greatest features and Samsung is giving these tablets the top of the line specifications. We go hands on with the Samsung Galaxy TabPRO 10.1 and you can check out the video right below. Continue reading “Samsung Galaxy TabPRO 10.1 Hands On”
Lenovo IdeaPad A10, the company’s first Android based dual-mode notebook in India. It has first introduced last year and packs a 10.1-inch (1366 x 768 pixels) 10-point multi-touch display. It has laptop and stand modes and can flip 300 degrees. It weighs about 1 kilograms, powered by a 1.6GHz quad-core ARM Cortex A9 processor and runs on customized Android 4.2 (Jelly Bean) OS. Lenovo promises 10 hours battery life with mixed use. Continue reading “Lenovo IdeaPad A10 Android-based notebook launched in India for Rs. 19990”
OPlus has partnered with Snapdeal to launch a new 7 inch tablet called the XonPad7. The tablet is powered by a 1.2Ghz Quad Core Processor built on the 28nm process which should help increase battery longevity a bit. The specifications include 1GB of RAM as well as a 3G capabilities which means that you’ll be able to pop in a SIM card and surf the internet without having to rely on WiFI connectivity. The tablet is capable of voice calling.
You also the standard WiFi and Bluetooth connectivity. The XonPad7 has a 5MP rear facing camera and a 2MP front facing shooter. Users get Android 4.2 onboard the tablet. There’s 16GB of storage that can be expanded thanks to the microSD card slot. The battery rated at 3,500 mAh should be good enough for over a day of usage. The display has a resolution of 1280 x 800 which is just about sufficient for a 7 inch panel. Being an IPS display, viewing angles are quite decent. OPlus has partnered with Snapdeal for online distribution. The tablet is priced at Rs. 9,990.
Among the many products that Samsung is announcing and showcasing at the CES 2014, there are a couple of Android tablets belonging to the Galaxy Tab Pro series. As the name suggests, the new series of Tab Pro tablets means that Samsung is bringing the top of the line specifications and features to its tablet series. We go hands on with the Samsung Galaxy TabPRO 8.4 which is the smallest and relatively lower specifications wise. You can check out the video right below. Continue reading “Samsung Galaxy TabPRO 8.4 Hands On”
Samsung was the first company to introduce a 5inch + device in the form of Samsung Galaxy Note and now, at CES 2014, Samsung are introducing the Samsung Galaxy Tab Pro 12.2 inch tablet. The Samsung Galaxy Tab Pro is the new series of high end tablets with top of the shelf specifications. We go hands on with the largest among them – Samsung Galaxy TabPRO 12.2 and you can check out the video right below. Continue reading “Samsung Galaxy TabPRO 12.2 Hands On”
iBall Slide 3G 7271 HD7, successor of the iBall 3G 7271 is now available from eBay India. It has a 7-inch (1024 x 600 pixels) capacitive touch screen display, powered by a 1.3 GHz dual-core Cortex A7 processor and runs on Android 4.2 (Jelly Bean). It comes with a 2-megapixel rear camera with LED flash and a VGA front-facing camera. It has dual SIM support, voice calling and wireless FM Radio. Continue reading “iBall Slide 3G 7271 HD7 tablet with Dual SIM support, voice calling now available for Rs. 8290”
After the Asha 500 and Asha 502 Dual SIM smartphones, the Asha 503 is now on sale in India from official Nokia Shop. It has a 3.0-inch QVGA (320 x 240 pixels) display and runs on the latest Nokia Asha software platform v1.1 with Swipe UI. It packs a 5-megapixel camera with LED flash, has Dual SIM support and 3G connectivity. We went hands on with the phone at the Nokia World back in October, where it was announced. Check out the hands-on below. Continue reading “Nokia Asha 503 Dual SIM phone with 3G goes on sale in India for Rs. 6683”
We have seen Samsung use the Neo branding for many of its mid range phones but it seems like they will be affixing it to popular high end models too. The Samsung Galaxy Note 3 Neo, which looks like a cheaper Note 3 in the making has just been revealed, with full specifications in tow thanks to leaked internal documents acquired by GSMArena. Samsung has a habit of refreshing older models with new names and slightly refreshed specs and that seems to be exactly what’s happening here. The Galaxy Note 3 Neo is basically a Note 2 with some modifications underneath, with one of the major changes being the processor. According to the leak, the Note 3 neo will have the first Hexa Core big.LITTLE Exynos processor inside, which might make things interesting.
The Nokia Android phone might be like the unobtanium from Pandora but we keep seeing more and more of it these days. Purported images of the Nokia Android Phone have leaked out in the form of UI screenshots, pasted on the infamous Normandy device. Looking very much like a recent Asha phone, the Nokia Normandy shows off its calling UI Viber, the lockscreen and the Skype app, which is very similar to the one on Android. The project is supposedly shelved, as this was rumoured to be a skunkworks thing inside Nokia headed by designer Peter Skillman, who now heads Here, the part that was not bought out by Microsoft during the acquisition. So yet again, we are left wanting for this unattainable device.
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Samsung announced the Galaxy Camera 2, successor of the first Galaxy Camera ahead of CES last week. We got some hands on time with the Galaxy Camera 2 at the CES this week. The Galaxy Camera 2 has a 16.3 Megapixel 1/2.3″ BSI CMOS sensor and has the same 21x Optical Zoom Lens along with Xenon Flash and OIS support. This has a leather texture on its body that is completely different from the plastic body in the first Galaxy camera. It also weighs a bit lesser than its predecessor.
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Coolpad, popular Chinese smartphone manufacturer has showcased the Coolpad Halo, the world’s first smartphone to feature a 7-inch full HD display and a Octa-Core processor at the International CES 2014 in Las Vegas. It has a 7-inch (1920 x 1200 pixels) capacitive touch screen display, powered by a 1.7 GHz Octa-Core MediaTek MT6592 processor with Mali 450-MP4 GPU and runs on Android 4.2 (Jelly Bean). It packs a 13-megapixel auto focus rear camera with dual LED Flash and a 5-megapixel front-facing camera. Continue reading “Coolpad Halo with 7-inch Full HD display, Octa-Core processor announced”
Micromax, the popular Android smartphone manufacturer in India, has stepped into a much bigger and broader category of products in CES 2014. Micromax announced their arrival into the Laptop niche with a very interesting product. At CES 2014, Micromax unveiled the Micromax Canvas LapTab which can be used both as a laptop and a tablet and runs both Android and Windows 8.1 Pro. We went hands on with the device and you can check out the video right below. Continue reading “Micromax Canvas LapTab Hands On”
