Android 7.0 Nougat beta testing will begin on Galaxy S7 and S7 edge to from November 9. Last year Samsung had offered a similar beta program for Marshamallow on Galaxy S6 and S6 edge.
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Leonvo just launched PHAB 2 Plus, the company’s latest phablet in the PHAB series in India, as it had promised. It was unveiled at the Lenovo Tech World 2016 in San Francisco back in June, packs a 6.4-inch 1080p 2.5D Curved Glass display, comes with dual 13-megapixel rear cameras with Futjitsu Milbeaut ISPs, Laser AF, PDAF, dual-tone LED flash and an 8-megapixel camera on the front with LED flash. Continue reading “Lenovo PHAB 2 Plus with 6.4-inch 1080p display, Dual 13MP rear cameras, 4050mAh battery launched for Rs. 14999”
Google is out with the numbers for Android distribution for the month of November and this time Nougat has made its debut. The latest Android OS that started rolling out to Nexus devices along with variety of Android phones is now present on just 0.3 percent of devices. Continue reading “Android Nougat debuts at 0.3%, Marshmallow adoption soars to 24%”
Wileyfox, a smartphone brand based in the UK introduced Swift 2 and Swift 2 Plus, its latest budget smartphones in the new Swift series running on the Cyanogen OS 13 based on Android 6.0 (Marshmallow) last week. These have a 5-inch 720p screen with 2.5d Corning Gorilla Glass 3 protection, are powered by an Octa-Core Snapdragon 430 SoC, pack a 8-megapixel front camera, have a Aviation-grade aluminium metal back and come with hybrid dual SIM support along with 4G LTE connectivity. Continue reading “Wileyfox Swift 2 and Swift 2 Plus with 5-inch HD display, Snapdragon 430, fingerprint sensor, Cyanogen OS 13.1 announced”
LG started its preview program for G5 users in Korea on LG U+ network to offer an early beta of Android 7.0 (Nougat) back in August, in which over 2000 users took part. Today the company has announced that it has started rolling out Nougat update for all the LG G5 users in its home-ground. The company said that it has fixed several bugs based on customers’ feedback in the preview program. Continue reading “LG G5 Android 7.0 Nougat update starts rolling out in Korea, to roll out in the US, Asia and other markets soon”
Rumours have been suggesting that OnePlus is ready with a new smartphone but it’s not OnePlus 4, instead it will be a variant of the existing flagship OnePlus 3. Couple of weeks back, we reported some specifications of the alleged variant expected to be called OnePlus 3T or OnePlus 3 Turbo, courtesy Weibo. Continue reading “Qualcomm confirms new OnePlus smartphone with Snapdragon 821, could be OnePlus 3T”
BlackBerry today launched its two new Android smartphones in India – the DTEK50 and the DTEK60. The BlackBerry DTEK60 comes with high-end specifications and is priced at Rs. 46,990. BlackBerry is touting these devices for its mobile security features and claims that these are ‘World’s most secure Android smartphones’. Continue reading “BlackBerry DTEK60 Hands On Impressions and Photo Gallery”
BlackBerry today launched two new Android smartphones in India – the upper mid-range BlackBerry DTEK50 for Rs. 21,990 and the high-end BlackBerry DTEK60 for Rs. 46,990. The company has titled these two devices as ‘World’s most secure Android smartphones’. Continue reading “BlackBerry DTEK50 Hands On Impressions and Photo Gallery”
With the ever increasing importance of social media and the growing trend of self-portaits aka selfies, the demand for smartphones capturing higher quality photos has never been higher. More megapixels alone doesn’t necessarily mean better image quality. A lot also depends on the aperture value as well as the size of the sensor. Diwali has just passed, we get a chance to see how OPPO F1s’ photography performs in low-light conditions. Here is what we learnt.
Google finally launched carrier billing for Google Play Store in India, starting with Idea Cellular back in May last year, now it has started rolling out support for payments through netbanking. This lets you pay for apps, games, and books on Google Play directly from your bank account, instead of using credit or debit card. Continue reading “Google Play Store Netbanking payment support starts rolling out in India”
Smartphones have become playthings these days, however, if not handled with care, these little cute things can prove to be dangerous. Previously, a lot of instances has been reported on mobile explosion including the infamous Galaxy Note 7. Continue reading “Reliance LYF phone explodes, company says it is investigating”
South Korean tech giant Samsung is reportedly working on its next flagship smartphone dubbed as Galaxy S8. In an attempt to make difference and bounce back from Galaxy Note 7 tragedy, Samsung is planning to implement artificial intelligence digital assistant service for its upcoming S8 smartphone, according to a latest report from Reuters. Continue reading “Samsung Galaxy S8 to come with AI assistant service”
In a hyper-competitive smartphone market, Nokia is all to make a comeback in early 2017 with Android-powered D1C smartphone. Previously, this smartphone was spotted on the GFXBench, GeekBench, and AnTuTu revealing some specifications. Continue reading “Nokia D1C Android smartphone renders surface, shows gold edition with fingerprint sensor”
Xiaomi just announced Redmi 4A, its latest budget 4G smartphone in the Redmi series along with the Redmi 4. It has a 5-inch HD display, is powered by a quad-core Snapdragon 425 processor and runs on MIUI 8 based on Android 6.0 (Marshmallow). It has a 13-megapixel rear camera with PDAF, LED flash and a 5-megapixel front-facing camera. Continue reading “Xiaomi Redmi 4A with 5-inch HD display, Snapdragon 425, 4G VoLTE, 3120mAh battery announced”
Xiaomi just announced Redmi 4, its latest smartphone in the Redmi series with a unibody metal design. It comes in two variants, the standard variant has a 5-inch HD 2.5D curved glass display, is powered by an Octa-Core Snapdragon 430 SoC and has 2GB of RAM. The high-end version has a 5-inch 1080p 2.5D curved glass display, is powered by an Octa-Core Snapdragon 625 SoC. Continue reading “Xiaomi Redmi 4 with 5-inch 720p/1080p display, Snapdragon 430/625, 4G VoLTE, 4100mAh battery announced”
