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Samsung Galaxy S6 and Galaxy S6 edge Android 6.0 Marshmallow update starts rolling out globally

Samsung Galaxy S6 edge Android 6.0 Marshmallow

Samsung has announced that it has started rolling out Android 6.0 (Marshmallow) update for its smartphones, starting from Galaxy S6 and Galaxy S6 edge smartphones. It released Android 6.0 beta update for the S6 and S6 edge users in the UK and the Korean version got the update last month. The update adds enhanced edge screen and new edge screen features for the S6 edge. The Android 6.0 update concentrates on App Permissions, Web Experience, App Links and Power & Charging. Continue reading “Samsung Galaxy S6 and Galaxy S6 edge Android 6.0 Marshmallow update starts rolling out globally”

Microsoft Lumia 650 and Lumia 650 Dual SIM with 5-inch HD AMOLED display, 4G LTE announced for $199

Microsoft Lumia 650 Dual SIM

Microsoft just announced Lumia 650 and Lumia 650 Dual SIM smartphones running Windows 10. These smartphones have a 5-inch HD AMOLED ClearBlack display, powered by a 1.3GHz quad-core Snapdragon 212 processor, have a 8-megapixel auto focus camera with LED flash and a 5-megapixel front-facing camera. These have 4G LTE connectivity, have a metal frame and are just 6.9mm thick. Continue reading “Microsoft Lumia 650 and Lumia 650 Dual SIM with 5-inch HD AMOLED display, 4G LTE announced for $199”

Huawei Honor Holly 2 Plus with 5-inch HD display, 4000mAh battery goes on sale for Rs. 8499

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Huawei  Honor Holly 2 Plus, the company’s latest budget 4G smartphone is now on sale in India from Flipkart. It was launched last month, packs a 5-inch HD display, is powered by a quad-core 64-bit MediaTek MT6735 processor, runs on Android 5.1 (Lollipop) with Emotion UI 3.1 on top, has a 13-megapixel rear camera with LED flash and a 5-megapixel front-facing camera. It has dual SIM support and comes with 4G connectivity.  Continue reading “Huawei Honor Holly 2 Plus with 5-inch HD display, 4000mAh battery goes on sale for Rs. 8499”

HP Elite X3 aka HP Flacon Windows 10 phone tipped to be launched this year

Last year in December, a Windows 10 phone with the code name HP Falcon was spotted on GFXBench. Today, more information about the phone has surfaced from the popular tipster Evan Blass aka @evleaks.

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LG X cam with dual rear cameras, X screen with secondary display announced ahead of MWC

LG X cam and X screen

LG has announced X cam and X screen smartphones in the new X series, ahead of the Mobile World Congress in Barcelona next week. The X cam sports 13-megapixel and 5-megapixel, dual rear cameras and promises one of the most advanced camera experience in a mass-tier smartphone, while the X screen features 1.76-inch ‘Always-on’ second screen, in addition to 4.93-inch HD In-cell Touch display. This will allow users to easily access frequently used apps, answer calls without interrupting the current activity or just play music. Continue reading “LG X cam with dual rear cameras, X screen with secondary display announced ahead of MWC”

Sony Xperia Z5 Premium Dual Battery Life Test

Sony Xperia Z5 Premium Dual FA One Charge Rating

Sony launched the Xperia Z5 Premium Dual, its flagship smartphone in India for Rs. 62,990 back in October last year. We unboxed the smartphone recently, here we have the battery life test results from the smartphone. It  packs a 3430mAh built-in battery, slightly bigger than the Xperia Z5 Dual’s 2900mAh battery, has Qualcomm Quick Charge 2.0 support and comes bundled with Quick Charger. It has a 5.5-inch (3840×2160 pixels), is powered by an Octa-Core Snapdragon 810 processor and runs on Android 5.1 (Lollipop). Check out the battery test results. Continue reading “Sony Xperia Z5 Premium Dual Battery Life Test”

Ulefone Power Review

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Battery life in smartphones has been one of the most ignored aspects in recent years. Sure, there has been several improvements in battery technology with faster charging, wireless charging etc. but the battery life has taken a drastic hit due to the phones becoming more power-hungry. With more and more powerful processors and bigger screens, phones require larger batteries to power them. Sure, optimization will help but only to a certain extent and Ulefone is a brand that seems to understand that. The Ulefone Power as its name implies is a smartphone with a massive internal battery. It packs a 6050 mAH battery into an affordable mid-ranger handset. It even offers DualSIM 4G LTE as well as a fingerprint sensor. Let’s dive into the review to see whether the phone does manage to impress us with its battery life and other features.

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Facebook is testing SMS integration for Messenger on Android, brings support for multiple accounts

Facebook is working on bringing back an old feature to its Messenger app. The social network is currently testing SMS integration on Messenger on a limited number of Android users.

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Intex Aqua Craze with 5-inch HD display, 4G LTE launched for Rs. 6190

Intex Aqua Craze

Intex today launched Aqua Craze, the company’s latest budget 4G smartphone. It has a 5-inch HD IPS display, is powered by 1 GHz quad-core MediaTek MT6735P 64-bit processor and runs on Android 5.1 Lollipop. It has a 8-megapixel rear camera with LED flash and a 2-megapixel front-facing camera. Continue reading “Intex Aqua Craze with 5-inch HD display, 4G LTE launched for Rs. 6190”

Coolpad Note 3 Lite Teardown

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The Coolpad Note 3 Lite is currently the cheapest smartphone in India with a fingerprint sensor and also is the first “Made in India” smartphone from Coolpad. We decided to open up the device and bring to you all of the internals in full glory. Dive in to check out our full teardown.

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Pre-orders for Samsung Galaxy S7 and S7 edge tipped to begin from Feb.21, may include Gear VR

Samsung is just few days away from announcing the Galaxy S7 and S7 edge on February 21 at Barcelona before the MWC 2016. Now a report from Android World is claiming that both the flagships will be available for pre-order on the same day.

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Grand Theft Auto: Liberty City Stories released for Android

Grand Theft Auto Liberty City Stories

Rockstar games has finally launched Grand Theft Auto: Liberty City Stories game for Android, after almost couple of months of launching it on iOS. It was originally released for PlayStation Portable back in 2005 and was released on PlayStation 3 in 2013. The game has several enhancements for Android that includes updated real time lighting and shadows, upgraded textures and art, greater draw distance, performance enhancements for touch-based gaming like analog steering and rebalanced targeting, and cross-platform cloud saves via Social Club. Continue reading “Grand Theft Auto: Liberty City Stories released for Android”

Google Clock gets new animations, audio alerts for Android Wear and more

Google has updated Clock app for Android with new features and improvements. The latest update that bumps the app to version 4.3 brings a short and crisp animation to the UI and audio alerts for Android Wear.

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Alto’s Adventure endless snowboarding game finally arrives on Android for free

Altos Adventure

Alto’s Adventure, an endless snowboarding game has finally launched on Android, almost a year after launching on iOS. The game is free, but has in-app purchases for bonuses or if you want to support the developers. The core mechanic of the game centers around an easy to learn, difficult to master one button trick system that allows you to chain together increasingly more elaborate trick combos to maximize the players speed and compete for high scores and distances. Continue reading “Alto’s Adventure endless snowboarding game finally arrives on Android for free”