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Samsung Galaxy Mega 5.8 Vs Galaxy Grand

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Samsung is known for flooding the entire market with a plethora of phones and the Galaxy series is good example. You have a phone for almost any price range right from entry level to the flagship level. Samsung’s consistency has been one of its main reasons for success and it recently launched two “huge” phones – Galaxy Mega 5.8 and Galaxy Mega 6.3.

Today we the have smaller of the Mega brothers and one of the Samsung’s most successful Galaxy phones in India this year – Galaxy Grand. The Samsung Galaxy Mega 5.8 was launched at the end of May while the Galaxy Grand was launched earlier this year in January. Both the devices are at a slightly different price point, but have almost the same internals. Lets dive right into the comparison.

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Samsung Galaxy Grand Duos Android 4.2.2 update starts rolling out

Samsung has started rolling out the Android 4.2.2 update for the Galaxy Grand Duos (GT-I9082) starting from Russia. The phone was announced in December last year running Android 4.1.2 (Jelly Bean). It was launched in India back in January. The Android 4.2.2 update for the Grand Duos was leaked recently. Continue reading “Samsung Galaxy Grand Duos Android 4.2.2 update starts rolling out”

HTC One X+ Android 4.2.2 OTA update starts rolling out

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When HTC launched its flagship, HTC One, it introduced some software features like Blinkfeed and Video Highlights along with HTC Sense 5.0. With the latest Android 4.2.2 update for HTC One X+, it seems that HTC is not going to keep its new software features exclusive to the One. In the new Android 4.2.2 OTA update for HTC One X+, gets BlinkFeed, new lock screen and more that were available for the HTC One in the latest update.

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Google Play Store for Android v4.3.10 update brings new features

Google Play Store 4.3.10

Google has updated the Play Store app to version 4.3.10 that brings new features including recently updated section, combined updated notifications and lots more. This update also includes some UI tweaks to Play Books, Movies & TV and more. These are just minor changes, but the recently updated section would be more useful if you have lot of apps. The combined update notifications would save lot of space in the notification bar. Continue reading “Google Play Store for Android v4.3.10 update brings new features”

LG Optimus L1 II with 3-inch display, 1 GHz processor and Android 4.1 announced

LG Optimus L1 II

LG has announced the Optimus L1 II, a new phone in the L Series II. It has a 3.0-inch (320 x 240 pixels) capacitive touch screen display, powered by a 1 GHz processor and runs on Android 4.1.2 (Jelly Bean). It has a 2-megapixel rear camera with VGA video recording. Apart from the screen size and the camera, other features are similar to the LG Optimus L3 II that was launched in India back in April. It has QuickMemo app to jot notes quickly and Cheese Shutter to capture images using voice. Continue reading “LG Optimus L1 II with 3-inch display, 1 GHz processor and Android 4.1 announced”

Next-gen Amazon Kindle Fire HD rumored to run on MediaTek chipsets

Amazon is getting ready to launch its third iteration of the Kindle Fire series and last week, we brought you information that Amazon is planning to use Snapdragon 800 SoCs for its Kindle Fire series this year. In complete contrast to that rumors, we have new set of rumors that Amazon is working with MediaTek to bring its MT8135 Chipset instead.

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Samsung Galaxy Mega 5.8 Vs Galaxy Mega 6.3

Samsung was the first company to push the boundaries of a smartphone beyond 5 inches with their original Galaxy Note featuring a 5.3inch display and thus creating a new brand of devices – “phablets”. The Galaxy Note was a big hit and Samsung followed it up with Galaxy Note 2 having a bigger 5.5inch display. Samsung decided to go beyond 6inches after Huawei’s Ascend Mate with their Mega series.

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We brought you the hands-on comparison of both these devices from the Samsung Galaxy Mega India launch event back in May. Here we have the two members of Samsung Galaxy Mega family – the Mega 5.8 and the Mega 6.3. The twins, if you could call them, were launched at the end of May in India at different price points. Both the devices are almost similar in terms of looks except for the size. The internals however are different in both the phablets. Let’s find out which is better.

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Huawei Ascend P1 now available for pre-order in India for Rs. 12990

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Huawei is all set to release the Ascend P1 in India. The smartphone that was announced back in January 2012 at the CES along with the Ascend P1 S, is now available for pre-order in India from online retailer Flipkart. It has a 4.3-inch qHD (960 x 540 pixels) Super AMOLED display with scratch-resistant Corning Gorilla glass protection, powered by a 1.5 GHz dual-core processor and runs on Android 4.0 (Ice Cream Sandwich). It has a 8 megapixel auto focus camera with dual LED flash, full HD video recording and a 1.3MP front-facing camera. Continue reading “Huawei Ascend P1 now available for pre-order in India for Rs. 12990”

Google Android Device Manager now available, lets you remotely locate and reset your device

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Last week, Google announced that it would be rolling out a service enabling the Android users to track their phone in realtime and keeping the data inside safe and secure. Today, Google’s Android Device Manager has started rolling out and it comes just as a web app. Continue reading “Google Android Device Manager now available, lets you remotely locate and reset your device”

Instagram v4.1 for Android and iPhone brings option to import video from library

Instagram for Android and iPhone v4.1

Instagram for Android and iPhone got a huge update back in June that brought video support. Last month Instagram for iPhone was updated with landscape mode. Now version 4.1 update for both the Android and iPhone brings option to import your videos from the phone library, just like you do for photos. You get a new library icon next to the video to import videos, however it supports only selected video formats. This update also brings video recording support for ICS devices and automatic straightening for iPhone that corrects the photo when you tap the new Straighten icon. The straightening tool also includes a slider to rotate and adjust any photo. Continue reading “Instagram v4.1 for Android and iPhone brings option to import video from library”

LG G2 Photo Gallery

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LG launched the G2 their latest flagship Android phone today in New York City in USA. Andre from our US team was there at this launch event and got us these photos of the G2 just for FoneArena readers. The design of the G2 is the worst kept secret and has been leaked a zillion times but then this is the final real device which was announced today.The display is a gorgeous 5.2 inch full HD IPS screen with a very small bezel and there are no physical keys on the front and the Android keys are on screen like on the Nexus 4. It is only the 2nd device featuring the crazy fast Qualcomm Snapdragon 800 processor. Continue reading “LG G2 Photo Gallery”

HTC Desire 500 with 4.3-inch display, quad-core processor announced for UK

HTC Desire 500

HTC announced the Desire 500 in Taiwan last month, now the company has unveiled the smartphone in UK. It has a 4.3-inch (480 × 800 pixels) display, powered by a 1.2 GHz quad-core Snapdragon 200 processor and runs on Android 4.1.2 (Jelly Bean) with Sense 5. It has an 8-megapixel auto focus rear camera with LED Flash and BSI sensor and a 1.6-megapixel front-facing camera with BSI sensor. The phone has BlinkFeed and the Video Highlight software seen first on the HTC One and also comes with Beats Audio support. HTC has also announced that it would come with Dual SIM and NFC support based on the region. Continue reading “HTC Desire 500 with 4.3-inch display, quad-core processor announced for UK”

Xolo Play T1000 Vs Samsung Galaxy Grand

Xolo is trying to target the mid-range smartphone market and their latest attempt is the gaming powerhouse – Xolo Play T1000 packing a NVidia Tegra 3 SoC. Samsung launched the Galaxy Grand (GT-I9082) way back in January and it has been a huge hit for the company.

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The Xolo Play is a quad-core device with a relatively smaller footprint than the dual-core Galaxy Grand. Let’s check out how the devices compete against each other.

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You can now send Voice Messages on WhatsApp

WhatsApp has added an interesting new feature to the service in the form of push-to-talk Voice Messaging. You can send and receive voice messages with your contacts on WhatsApp for free.Users must start seeing a microphone icon next to the text input area and you can press and record your voice message and send it. You can play the messages too once they are sent.I’m wondering how operators would react to this considering this might have an impact on traditional calls. Continue reading “You can now send Voice Messages on WhatsApp”

Apple loses marketshare as Android tablet sales surge – IDC

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What started with Kindle Fire is now the leading form factor in the tablet space. Yes, thanks to the booming small tablet market, Android is surging ahead at no. 1 spot in the tablet space too, with Apple losing marketshare and not growing along with the market. IDC had released its Smartphone marketshare analysis recently, which saw Apple growing at a slower pace than the others and that seems to be the case in tablets too.

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