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Xolo A500S with 4-inch display, 1.2 GHz dual-core processor, Android 4.2 launched for Rs. 6999

Xolo A500S

Xolo has launched the A500S, the company’s new smartphone in the A Series. It has a 4-inch WVGA display, powered by the latest 1.3 GHz dual-core MediaTek MT6572 chip that has integrated Wi-Fi, FM, GPS and Bluetooth and runs on Android 4.2 (Jelly Bean). It has 5-megapixel rear camera with LED flash, 720p video recording and has a 0.3-megapixel front-facing camera. The phone comes with dual SIM support with dual standby. The phones has sleek and stylish look that differs from the A500 and the X500 that were launched earlier this year. It also comes pre-loaded with Xolo Secure Anti-theft app. Continue reading “Xolo A500S with 4-inch display, 1.2 GHz dual-core processor, Android 4.2 launched for Rs. 6999”

Xolo Play T1000 Vs Micromax Canvas 4

Xolo was the one of the first companies to launch an Android smartphone powered by Intel processor and now they have launched a gaming smartphone with NVIDIA’s Tegra 3 SoC – Xolo Play T1000. Micromax is one of the leading manufacturers in India right now and its Canvas series is one of the most expected ones in India and they have recently launched their Canvas 4.

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Xolo Play and the Micromax Canvas 4 were launched at the starting of July. Coming at almost similar price points, these two devices are more different than similar. Xolo Play is targeted at the gamers looking for a mid-range Android smartphone while the Canvas 4 looks to continue Micromax’s domination of the mid-range smartphone market.

Lets see how both of them compete against each other.

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HTC Big Things Ahead teaser hints at upcoming One Max

HTC Big things ahead One Max Teaser

HTC has started teasing their upcoming One Max smartphone. The company has posted a new Vine video on the official Twitter page with a tag line Big Things Ahead. Even though this doesn’t feature any device, their Instagram video clearly shows a large device, as you can see in the image above. The company has also shared a video on their YouTube Channel that shows a device similar to the HTC One. Continue reading “HTC Big Things Ahead teaser hints at upcoming One Max”

New Nexus 7 2013 Unboxing

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The all the new Nexus 7 2013 edition just landed at FoneArena and we thought we will bring you one of the first unboxings from India.The new Nexus 7 is priced at $229 and has gone on sale in the US and is expected to come soon to India but not in the immediate future.Like the previous Nexus 7 , this tablet is also manufactured by Asus for Google and sold by Google directly.The main highlights of the 2013 Nexus 7 are the design including the massive Full HD display and the change from a Nvidia Tegra 3 processor to a Qualcomm Snapdragon S4 Pro processor. This Nexus 7 is the first Android device to ship with Android 4.3 JellyBean out of the box which is now also available for several other devices.

Here is the video of the unboxing below

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Fly F40+ with 4.0-inch display, 1 GHz processor launched for Rs. 4999

Fly F40 Plus

Fly has launched the F40+, the company’s latest entry-level smartphones in the F series. The Fly F351 with 3.5-inch display, 1 GHz processor launched last month. This one has a 4-inch WVGA display, powered by a 1 GHz processor and runs on Android 2.3 (Gingerbread). It has a 3-megapixel rear camera and a 0.3-megapixel front-facing camera. It comes with dual SIM with dual standby and has 2G (EDGE) support similar to the F351, however this one has 512MB of RAM and packs a 1400 mAh battery. Continue reading “Fly F40+ with 4.0-inch display, 1 GHz processor launched for Rs. 4999”

Samsung Galaxy Note 3 event confirmed for September 4th in Berlin

Samsung Unpacked 2013 Episode 2 Galaxy Note 3

Samsung has just announced the Samsung Unpacked 2013 Episode 2, where the company is expected to unveil the new flagship smartphone, the Galaxy Note 3. Samsung unveiled the Galaxy S4 at the first Unpacked event on March 14th in New York. The Episode 2 would happen in Berlin on September 4th ahead of the IFA. Continue reading “Samsung Galaxy Note 3 event confirmed for September 4th in Berlin”

Samsung Galaxy Mega 5.8 Vs Huawei Ascend Mate

Huawei was the first company to step into the 6inch + phablet category with Ascend Mate. The Huawei Ascend Mate was announced way back in January during the CES 2013, but the phablet has been available in India only since June. Samsung’s biggest phablet until the Mega series arrived was their Galaxy Note 2 with a 5.5inch display that we compared with the Ascend Mate recently. To expand the phablet portfolio and to compete in the larger phablet race, Samsung launched two new phablets – Mega 5.8 and Mega 6.3 .

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Let’s check out how the Galaxy Mega 5.8 fares against the Huawei Ascend Mate.

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Acer Liquid Z3 with 3.5-inch display, dual-core processor and Android 4.2 announced

Acer Liquid Z3

Acer has unveiled the Liquid Z3, successor of the Liquid Z2 that was launched earlier this year. It has a 3.5-inch (480 x 320 pixels) capacitive touch screen display, powered by a dual-core 1GHz processor and comes with dual SIM support depending on the region. It runs on Android 4.2 (Jelly Bean) and comes with a 3-megapixel rear camera without flash.

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Micromax A34 with 3.95-inch display, 1 GHz processor now available for Rs. 4399

Micromax A34

Micromax A34, a new entry-level Android smartphone is now available in India from online retailer Flipkart. It has a 3.95-inch (320 x 480 Pixels) capacitive touch screen display, powered by a 1 GHz processor and runs on Android 2.3 (Gingerbread). It has Dual SIM support with dual standy similar to other Micromax smartphones. It has a 2-megapixel rear camera with LED flash. Earlier this year Micromax launched the A35 Blot with a 4-inch WVGA display and a front-facing camera. Continue reading “Micromax A34 with 3.95-inch display, 1 GHz processor now available for Rs. 4399”

HTC One Max with 5.9-inch display spotted in the wild

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Huge phones are becoming common these days and Huawei were the first to go big with their Ascend Mate having a 6.1inch at the start of the year, Samsung followed it up with their Mega series(5.8inch and 6.3inch) and Sony recently joined the club with the biggest of them all – Sony Xperia Z Ultra with a 6.44inch display. There have been leaks indicating that HTC has been working on a big phablet as well which is expected to be a big version of the company’s flagship – HTC One. Continue reading “HTC One Max with 5.9-inch display spotted in the wild”

Samsung Galaxy S4 Zoom Review

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Samsung has been recently having an obsession to provide solutions of convergence in weird form factors. We saw that with the Mega 6.3 and the Galaxy Note 510, both being devices with a certain feature, unknown to that specific form factor, hacked in, and the S4 Zoom falls in that same category. It is basically a Smartphone with a camera slapped on its back, or a point and shoot with a smartphone slapped on its back, you get the idea. Samsung started this trend with the Galaxy Camera, a high end point and shoot running Android, which is basically a connected camera, with 3G. Expectedly, Samsung has taken it further with the S4 Zoom adding phone functionality. Priced at Rs. 29,990, is the S4 Zoom a hack job or is it actually a good enough cameraphone? Lets find out.

Video Review

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Xolo Q600 Benchmarks

Xolo launched the Q600, the company’s latest Android smartphone in the QCORE series last month at a price tag of Rs. 8999. We brought you the unboxing of the device recently. Here we have the benchmarks of the device. The Q600 is powered by a 1.2 GHz quad-core MediaTek 6589M processor with 238 MHz PowerVR SGX544 GPU and runs on Android 4.2 (Jelly Bean). It has 512 RAM, instead of 1GB RAM in other Q series devices. Let’s find out how the devices scores in several benchmark tests.

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Android 4.3 update starts rolling out for the Samsung Galaxy S4 and HTC One Google Play editions

Android 4.3 Google Play Edition HTC One and S4

Android 4.3 (Jelly Bean) update for the Google Play editions of the HTC One and the Samsung Galaxy S4 has finally started rolling out. This comes soon after both the HTC and Samsung releases the Kernel source code online. The Android 4.3 update for the Google Nexus devices started rolling out last week, soon after the announcement. Both these devices were running on Android 4.2.2 (Jelly Bean) when it released. Continue reading “Android 4.3 update starts rolling out for the Samsung Galaxy S4 and HTC One Google Play editions”

Google announces Android Device Manager, a service to find lost phones

Android Device Manager

Google has just announced the Android Device Manger, a service that would let you keep your device and the data you store inside safe and secure. This service would let you make your device ring to find it if it’s misplaced and also lets you locate it on a map in real time if you have lost it. This would also let you quickly and securely erase all of the data on your device. Continue reading “Google announces Android Device Manager, a service to find lost phones”

Lava E-Tab XTRON+ Benchmarks

Lava E-Tab XTRON Plus Benchmarks

Lava launched the XTRON+, the successor of XTRON recently. We brought you the unboxing of the device recently. Here we have the benchmarks of the tablet. In terms of display and processor it is similar to the XTRON that includes a 7-inch (1024 x 600 pixels) capacitive multi-touch IPS display and 1.5 GHz dual-core RockChip RK3066 Cortex A9 processor and Mali-400 MP GPU. However the tablet runs on Android 4.2.2 (Jelly Bean). Most of the benchmarks scores are almost similar to the first XTRON tablet that we reviewed earlier this year.

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