Category: Android

Ulefone Armor rugged smartphone with 4.7-inch display, 3GB RAM announced

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Ulefone has announced Armor, its first rugged smartphone, which is IP68 dust and water proof, has polycarbonate-TPU double-layer body so it survive most hits on hard ground, while the material will also ensure the device to live from -20℃ to 80℃. It also has physical keys for navigation and also has SOS key. Holding it for 5 seconds, you will make a call as well as send a message with GPS information to the contact you preset. Continue reading “Ulefone Armor rugged smartphone with 4.7-inch display, 3GB RAM announced”

Fingerprint Gesture app brings some Pixel functions to Android devices

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Google’s Pixel phones come with few fingerprint gestures and now a new app has been launched that brings these gestures to other Android phones. Dubbed as ‘Fingerprint Gesture’, the app supports any Android handset running 6.0 Marshmallow, or higher.

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Samsung Galaxy On8 review

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Following the launch of Galaxy On5 and Galaxy On7, the South Korean giant Samsung launched its successor dubbed as Galaxy On8 at a price of Rs. 15,900 in Black and Gold colors exclusively on Flipkart. This mid-ranger comes packed with 5.5-inch Full HD Super AMOLED display, Octa-core Exynos 7580 processor, 3GB RAM, 13MP/5MP camera package.
At a price of Rs. 15,900, is the Galaxy On8 worth buying? Let’s check out. Continue reading “Samsung Galaxy On8 review”

SwiftKey for Android gets incognito mode, new themes and more in latest update

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Last month SwiftKey for Android beta added Incognito mode and Shortcuts / text expansion along with some bug fixes and Android N support. Now the stable build of the popular third party keyboard is getting new features including the incognito mode. Continue reading “SwiftKey for Android gets incognito mode, new themes and more in latest update”

Weekly Roundup: Lenovo PHAB 2 Plus, Moto M, BlackBerry Android Phones, Astrum Drones and more

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This week Leonvo launched its Xiaomi Mi Max competitor, a big screen smartphone PHAB 2 Plus in India. The device was first unveiled at the Lenovo Tech World 2016 in San Francisco back in June. Continue reading “Weekly Roundup: Lenovo PHAB 2 Plus, Moto M, BlackBerry Android Phones, Astrum Drones and more”

OnePlus 3 Android Nougat beta to roll out this November, stable update by 2016-end

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OnePlus 3, the company’s flagship smartphone will get Android 7.0 (Nougat) beta or “community” build by the end of this month. Brian Yoon, the company’s head of software, in an interview with Engadget also announced that it will roll out Android Noguat over-the-air update to all the OnePlus 3 users by the end of the year once all the bugs are ironed out. Continue reading “OnePlus 3 Android Nougat beta to roll out this November, stable update by 2016-end”

HTC Bolt with 5.5-inch Quad HD display, Android 7.0, water-resistant body announced

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HTC just announced Bolt, the company’s latest smartphone in the U.S. for Sprint. It packs a 5.5-inch Quad HD screen, is powered by an Octa-Core Snapdragon 810 processor and runs on Android 7.0 (Nougat). It has a water-resistant unibody aluminum design, 16MP rear camera camera with OIS (Optical Image Stabilization), 0.3s Phase Detection Auto Focus and 4k video recording. Continue reading “HTC Bolt with 5.5-inch Quad HD display, Android 7.0, water-resistant body announced”

Google DayDream app and YouTube VR Android app now available on the Play Store

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Google has officially released DayDream app which brings high quality virtual reality (VR) to Daydream-ready phones. The app lets you set up a Daydream-ready phone and controller for VR experiences.

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Lenovo PHAB 2 Plus vs Xiaomi Mi Max

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Chinese handset makers are reshaping the smartphone market, as the phablets which were quite a distinctive one before, are now growing immensely popular especially in the Indian market. Over the years, we have seen smartphones getting bigger in size with a palm-filling phablet concepts. Love ’em or hate ’em, phablets are here to stay.
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Sony’s Concept for Android Nougat build released for Xperia X

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Sony had launched the ‘Concept for Android’ initiative last year and is available on some phones in certain markets. Now, the company has released Nougat based concept build to Xperia X. Continue reading “Sony’s Concept for Android Nougat build released for Xperia X”

CyanogenMod announces CM14.1 nightly builds based on Android 7.1 for OnePlus 3, Moto G series and more

After experimental CM14 builds, CyanogenMod has finally announced CM14.1 based on Android 7.1 Nougat. Official CM14.1 nightly builds will be available for some devices that includes popular Moto G 1st and 2nd gen devices, Xiaomi Mi 4, OnePlus 3 and more in the first wave. Continue reading “CyanogenMod announces CM14.1 nightly builds based on Android 7.1 for OnePlus 3, Moto G series and more”

Moto M with 5.5-inch 1080p display, Helio P15, 4GB RAM, metal body announced

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Lenovo has announced Moto M, the latest smartphone in the new ‘M series’ in China, as it had promised. It has a 5.5-inch 1080p Super AMOLED 2.5D curved glass display, is powered by an Octa-Core MediaTek Helio P15 SoC and runs on Android 6.0.1 (Marshmallow). It has a 16-megapixel rear camera with  phase-detection auto-focus (PDAF), resulting in a quick focus and an 8-megapixel camera on the front. Continue reading “Moto M with 5.5-inch 1080p display, Helio P15, 4GB RAM, metal body announced”

Zopo Color F2 with 5.5-inch display, fingerprint sensor, 4G LTE launched for Rs. 10790

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Zopo Mobiles has launched Color F2, the company’s latest 4G smartphone in the Color series. It has a 5.5-inch HD 2.5D curved glass display, is powered by a MediaTek MT6737 SoC and runs on Android 6.0 (Marshmallow), has a 8-megapixel camera with LED flash and a 5-megapixel front-facing camera that also has an LED flash for capturing better images in low lighting conditions. Continue reading “Zopo Color F2 with 5.5-inch display, fingerprint sensor, 4G LTE launched for Rs. 10790”