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Asus Zenfone Go 5.0 LTE with 5-inch HD display, 2GB RAM launched in India for Rs. 7999

Asus Zenfone Go 5.0 LTE

Asus launched the Zenfone Go 4.5 back in December last year and launched the Zenfone Go 5.0 (ZC500TG) couple of months back, now it has launched the Asus Zenfone Go 5.0 LTE (T500) in the country. It has a 5-inch HD screen, is powered by a quad-core Snapdragon 410 64-bit SoC, has a 8-megapixel rear camera with LED flash and a 5-megapixel front-facing camera, but this runs on Android 4.4 (KitKat). Hope Asus will offer update at least to Android 5.1 (Lollipop). Continue reading “Asus Zenfone Go 5.0 LTE with 5-inch HD display, 2GB RAM launched in India for Rs. 7999”

Xiaomi Mi 5 Battery Life Test

Xiaomi launched its flagship Mi 5 smartphone in India earlier this week at Rs. 24,999. We already brought you the unboxing, benchmarks and the camera samples from the smartphone, here we have the battery life test results of the smartphone. The Mi 5 has a 3000mAh (typ) / 2910mAh (min) lithium-ion polymer battery with support for Qualcomm Quick Charge 3.0. It has a 5.15-inch 1080p display, is powered by a quad-core Snapdragon 820 SoC and runs on Android 6.0 (Marshmallow) with MIUI 7 on top. Check out the test results. Continue reading “Xiaomi Mi 5 Battery Life Test”

Huawei Honor 5X – Premium Flagship Design at an Affordable Price

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The design of a smartphone is as important as any other aspect of smartphones these days since they have become such a large part of our lives and we spent an ample amount of time with them on a daily basis. However, there are several important characteristics to take into consideration when designing a smartphone and in most cases, smartphone designs often fall short of what is expected at a particular price range or from a brand. The Honor 5X does the exact opposite, let us find out how.

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Datamini Janunnati Pad Windows 10 tablet with Aadhaar-certified fingerprint scanner launched

Datamini Janunnati Pad

MAIT, India’s ICT hardware industry association, Intel, and Datamini have launched TPOS7 Janunnati Pad, to support the government’s ongoing flagship programs such as Digital India and Make in India. It is India’s first touch-enabled mobile device with integrated STQC-certified fingerprint scanner for Aadhaar authentication. Continue reading “Datamini Janunnati Pad Windows 10 tablet with Aadhaar-certified fingerprint scanner launched”

WhatsApp for Android gets built-in camera UI makeover

WhatsApp has rolled out another update for its Android app and this time it is related to the in-app camera UI. The built-in camera UI is getting a new look which is more sleek and clean.

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New Action Center in Windows 10 will display Android notifications on PC

Microsoft is bringing important updates to Windows 10 Action Center for notifications and settings. The update will bring all your Android phone notifications directly to Windows 10 PCs. Continue reading “New Action Center in Windows 10 will display Android notifications on PC”

Xiaomi Mi 5 Camera Samples

Xiaomi launched its flagship Mi 5 smartphone in India yesterday at Rs. 24,999. We already brought you the unboxing and benchmarks of the smartphone, here we have the camera samples from the smartphone. The Mi 5 has a 16-megapixel rear camera with dual-tone LED flash, Sony IMX298 sensor, f/2.0 aperture, PDAF, 4-axis OIS and a 4-megapixel front-facing camera with 2um pixel size, f/2.0 aperture, 80-degree wide-angle lens. Continue reading “Xiaomi Mi 5 Camera Samples”

vivo X6S and X6S Plus with Snapdragon 652, 4GB RAM, metal body, fingerprint sensor announced

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vivo has announced X6S and the X6S Plus, the company’s latest flagship smartphones. The X6S has a 5.2-inch 1080p Super AMOLED display and the X6S Plus has a 5.7-inch 1080p Super AMOLED screen and both have 4GB of RAM, rear camera with phase-detection auto-focus (PDAF) that can focus in just 0.2 seconds and a 8-megapixel front-facing camera, similar to the predecessors, but the main change is the processor. This has a Qualcomm Snapdragon 652 processor, instead of MediaTek MT6752 SoC. Continue reading “vivo X6S and X6S Plus with Snapdragon 652, 4GB RAM, metal body, fingerprint sensor announced”

Ola introduces auto-connect WiFi service starting with Ola Prime

Ola Wifi

In a bid to lure customers away from its competitor Uber, Ola has announced that it is offering its riders an auto-connect Wi-Fi service for it’s Ola Prime riders.
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Xiaomi Mi Note 2 with 5.7-inch QHD display, 4GB RAM leaked

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Earlier this week an unnamed Xiaomi smartphone had surfaced that suggested it could be powered by a Snapdragon 820 processor. Now, another Xiaomi device has leaked and it is touted to be the Mi Note 2. Continue reading “Xiaomi Mi Note 2 with 5.7-inch QHD display, 4GB RAM leaked”

Lenovo XT1700 / XT1706 with 5-inch HD display, 2GB RAM surfaces, could be Moto E 2016

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Lenovo XT1700 / XT1706 have surfaced on GFXBench. Lenovo already promised that it will not discontinue the Moto E or Moto G lineup, so this could be upcoming Moto E (2016) smartphone. Looks like the Moto E series will finally have a 5-inch screen and is powered by a MediaTek SoC for the first time, according to the listing. It is also expected to come with Corning Gorilla Glass protection and water repellent coating. Continue reading “Lenovo XT1700 / XT1706 with 5-inch HD display, 2GB RAM surfaces, could be Moto E 2016”

Xiaomi Mi 5 with Snapdragon 820, 3GB RAM launched in India for Rs. 24999

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Xiaomi has launched its flagship Mi 5 smartphone in India, as it had promised recently. The smartphone was announced at an event in China and at the MWC 2016 last month, packs a 5.15-inch 1080p display, is powered by a Quad-Core Qualcomm Snapdragon 820 processor with Adreno 530 GPU, has 3GB of RAM, runs on Android 6.0 (Marshmallow) with MIUI 7 on top, has a fingerprint sensor, 16-megapixel camera on the back with dual-tone LED flash, Sony IMX298 sensor, f/2.0 aperture, PDAF, 4-axis OIS and a 4MP front-facing camera. Continue reading “Xiaomi Mi 5 with Snapdragon 820, 3GB RAM launched in India for Rs. 24999”

Samsung Galaxy J3 (2016) with 5-inch HD display, S bike mode, 4G LTE launched for Rs. 8990

Samsung Galaxy J3 2016

Samsung has launched Galaxy J3 (2016), the company’s latest 4G smartphone in the J series and the successor of last year’s Galaxy J3. The main highlight of the smartphone is the new S bike mode for bikers that lets them activate pre-recorded message for all callers, motion lock feature to ensure rider comes to a halt before answering, urgent calls filter and more just by activate the mode by tapping on the NFC tag. It also has Ultra data saving (UDS) mode powered by Opera Max that compresses cellular data across all contents. Continue reading “Samsung Galaxy J3 (2016) with 5-inch HD display, S bike mode, 4G LTE launched for Rs. 8990”

Microsoft previews Cortana Intelligence Suit and Cognitive Services with Seeing API

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Microsoft has introduced the ‘Cortana Intelligence Suite’, formerly known as the Cortana Analytics Suite at the // Build 2016 conference. The Suite is powered by research into big data, machine learning, perception, analytics and intelligent bots.
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CREO Mark 1 with custom Android-based OS launching on April 13

CREO Mark 1 launch invite

Teewe creator CREO (formerly Mango Man) introduced Mark 1, its first flagship smartphone with its own OS based on Android, couple of weeks back. Today the company has announced that it will launch the smartphone on April 13th. The company aims to keep the phone running like brand new for months together, and more significantly deliver a breakthrough feature every month. Continue reading “CREO Mark 1 with custom Android-based OS launching on April 13”