Meizu MX5 Flyme OS 5.1.3 update starts rolling out in India

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Meizu launched the MX5 smartphone running Flyme OS 4.5 based on Android 5.0 (Lollipop) in India back in August last year, priced at Rs. 19,999. Today the company has released Flyme OS 5.1.3 stable update based on Android 5.1 (Lollipop) for the Indian users finally. The Flyme OS 5.0.0.1A stable update for the Chinese users was released in October last year. Continue reading “Meizu MX5 Flyme OS 5.1.3 update starts rolling out in India”

Android Marshmallow adoption finally crosses 1%, Lollipop grows to 34.1%

Google is out with its Android distribution data for the month of February. Marshmallow is now finally present on 1.2% of devices, up from 0.7% since last month. The latest version of Android had debuted the distribution chart in November last year with 0.3%.

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Apple tipped to unveil iPhone 5se, iPad Air 3 and Apple Watch band updates on March 15

We have seen reports and rumors that suggest Apple’s 4-inch iPhone 5se will be announced in March and now we have a possible date of the event. According to 9to5Mac report, Apple has scheduled an event on March 15 where it will introduce the iPhone 5se, iPad Air 3 and announce Apple Watch updates.

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Honor 5X with metal body and fingerprint sensor goes on sale in India for Rs. 12999

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Honor, Huawei’s Smartphone e-brand today announced that it has started selling it’s latest Honor 5X smartphone in India. “Since the start of sales on Flipkart and Amazon, at 12 a.m. on February 1, Honor 5X smartphone has witnessed strong demand, like its predecessor the Honor 4X. Honor 4X units were sold out within a minute of the flash sale, and the model sold over 10 million units globally,” said the company. Continue reading “Honor 5X with metal body and fingerprint sensor goes on sale in India for Rs. 12999”

Nexus devices are now receiving February security update for Android

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Google has announced that the February security update for Android has already started rolling out to Nexus devices. The update brings about several bug fixes to 8 Nexus devices.

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Asus Transformer Book T100HA 2-in-1 with Windows 10, USB Type-C launched for Rs. 23990

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Asus today launched its latest Transformer Book T100HA 2-in-1 in India. It was introduced at  the Computex 2015, come with Windows 10 out of the box, has USB 3.1 type C port, 10.1-inch (1280 x 800 pixels) HD display, is powered by Intel Atom X5 Cherry Trail processor, is just 8.45mm thick and weighs 580 grams. As usual you get a keyboard dock with a trackpad. Continue reading “Asus Transformer Book T100HA 2-in-1 with Windows 10, USB Type-C launched for Rs. 23990”

Original NVIDIA Shield Tablet gets updated to Android 6.0 Marshmallow

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NVIDIA was quick on its heels to roll out the Android 6.0 Marshmallow update for the K1 Shield tablet. However, the original Shield tablet didn’t get any Marshmallow goodness until now.

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LeEco Le Max Pro with Snapdragon 820, 4GB RAM gets certified in China

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LeEco (formerly known as Letv) introduced the company’s flagship Le Max Pro smartphone as the first smartphone to be announced with Qualcomm’s upcoming Snapdragon 820 processor and Qualcomm Sense ID Fingerprint technology. Now the smartphone has been certified by China’s TENAA (Via). As we already know, it also has 802.11ad multi-gigabit Wi-Fi and X12 LTE with Cat. 12/13 download speeds of up to 600 Mbps. Continue reading “LeEco Le Max Pro with Snapdragon 820, 4GB RAM gets certified in China”

Samsung Galaxy J7 (2016) will have an Exynos 7870 SoC variant as well

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Just like Samsung released 2016 versions of the Galaxy A series, they are planning to update the Galaxy J series as well. The Galaxy J7 specifications surfaced online of a Snapdragon 650 variant and now we have details regarding an Exynos variant as well.

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Apple iPad Air 3 drawing reveals an iPad Pro like design

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The Apple iPad Air 3 is expected for a launch in March alongside the iPhone 5SE and the new Apple Watch models. A new drawing has surfaced that gives us an insight about the update iPad’s design.

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Google said to take control over the Nexus line of devices

Google is planning to tighten its grip around the Nexus line of smartphones and tablets. The company is apparently looking forward to take Apple-like approach and control the design and build of the Nexus phones, according to a latest report from The Information.

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US Mobile brings Xiaomi and Meizu phones in the US without LTE support

Xiaomi and Meizu, two popular Chinese smartphone brands are entering the US market. Both the companies have partnered with US Mobile to bring some of their devices to the country. US Mobile is a prepaid carrier that uses T-Mobile’s network for service.

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Motorola Moto X Force Hands On and Photo Gallery

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Motorola launched its ShatterShield display device – Moto X Force – in India on Monday, which according to company is “world’s first shatterproof display smartphone”. Continue reading “Motorola Moto X Force Hands On and Photo Gallery”

Gionee P5W with 5-inch HD display launched in India for Rs. 6499

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Gionee has launched P5W, the company’s latest budget smartphone. It was introduced back in December last year and packs a 5-inch HD display, is powered by a quad-core MediaTek MT6735, runs on Android 5.1 (Lollipop), has a 5-megapixel auto focus rear camera with LED flash and a 2-megapixel front-facing camera. It has dual SIM support and 3G connectivity. Continue reading “Gionee P5W with 5-inch HD display launched in India for Rs. 6499”

iBall Cobalt 5.5F Youva with 5.5-inch HD display, 2GB RAM, 4G LTE launched for Rs. 8999

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iBall has launched Cobalt 5.5F Youva, the company’s latest 4G smartphone in the Cobalt series. It packs a 5.5-inch HD display, is powered by a 1GHz quad-core 64-bit processor, runs on Android 5.1 (Lollipop), has a 8-megapixel auto focus rear camera (enhanced to 13-megapixel using software) with LED flash and a 5-megapixel front-facing camera (enhanced to 8-megapixel using software). Continue reading “iBall Cobalt 5.5F Youva with 5.5-inch HD display, 2GB RAM, 4G LTE launched for Rs. 8999”