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OPPO F1 camera-centric smartphone launching this January

OPPO F series

OPPO today announced that it will launch camera-centric ‘F series’ smartphones this year. F1 will be the first phone in the series, which will launch later this January. “The F series is rooted in a growing global demand for premium-quality mobile photography experiences, and in research that has indicated a strong consumer recognition that OPPO shoots great photos. The F series will be a core product series for OPPO in 2016,” said the company. Continue reading “OPPO F1 camera-centric smartphone launching this January”

Lenovo ThinkPad X1 modular tablet announced, lets you add projector, 3D camera and more

Lenovo ThinkPad X1 tablet

Lenovo has announced ThinkPad X1, a modular tablet at the CES. This tablet lets you add a presenter module that includes a pico projector and HDMI port, ThinkPad keyboard, including trackpoint, which can snap onto the tablet, additional battery and even a 3D imaging module with its rear-facing Intel RealSense camera. The tablet packs a 12-inch (2160×1440 pixels) display, Intel Core m7 Processor and even has optional 4G LTE-A support. It also has a built-in kick stand like the Microsoft Surface tablets. Continue reading “Lenovo ThinkPad X1 modular tablet announced, lets you add projector, 3D camera and more”

LG V10 Battery Life Test

LG introduced V10, the company’s flagship smartphone in the new V series back in October. We already brought you the unboxing and the benchmarks of the smartphone, here we have the battery test results. The LG V10 packs a 3,000mAh removable battery with Quick Charge 2.0 support and Fast Charging. It has a 5.7-inch Quad HD In-cell Touch Quantum display along with a 2.1-inch (160 x 1040 pixels) IPS Quantum display, is powered by a hexa-core Snapdragon 808 processor and runs on Android 5.1.1 (Lollipop). Check out the test results below.

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Kult 10 Review

Kult, a new entrant in the Indian smartphone market launched the Kult 10 smartphone last month at a competitive price tag of Rs. 7,999. It has 3GB of RAM, which is the main highlight of the smartphone. Is the smartphone worth the price? Let is find out in the complete review.

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Weekly Roundup: 70-inch 4K Mi TV 3, massive 6050mAh battery smartphone, Asus Zenfone Go 4.5 and more

The last week of 2015, Xiaomi announced a new Mi TV 3 with a massive 70-inch 4K (3840 x 2160 pixels) display from Sharp. It introduced the 60-inch Mi TV 3 with a 11.6mm metal frame back in October, the new 70-inch version has a slightly thicker 12.9mm aluminum alloy frame and it is 38.6mm at its thickest. Continue reading “Weekly Roundup: 70-inch 4K Mi TV 3, massive 6050mAh battery smartphone, Asus Zenfone Go 4.5 and more”

Top 15 Smartphones of 2015

In 2015 we saw way too many smartphones being launched and more competitive smartphone market overall. Some lived up to our expectations, and some majorly failed even after their initial overwhelming response. It is understandable that a perfect smartphone doesn’t exist, so whichever one comes more close to that definition is always worth putting your money in. We have also tried to pick best of the best in our top 15 list of smartphones for this year, so do check it out below. Continue reading “Top 15 Smartphones of 2015”

Lava Ivory M4 with 8-inch HD display, 2GB RAM, 8MP camera launched for Rs. 9299

Lava Ivory M4

Lava today launched Ivory M4, the company’s latest tablet in the Ivory series. It has a 8-inch (1280 x 800 pixels) HD display, is powered by a 1.3GHz quad-core processor and runs on Android 5.1 (Lollipop). It has an 8-megapixel auto focus rear camera with LED flash and a 3.2-megapixel front-facing camera. It has single SIM support and has 3G connectivity. Continue reading “Lava Ivory M4 with 8-inch HD display, 2GB RAM, 8MP camera launched for Rs. 9299”

LG G3 Android 6.0 Marshmallow update starts rolling out

LG G3 Android 6.0 Marshmallow

LG started rolling out Android 6.0 (Marshmallow) update for its flagship LG G4 smartphone starting from Poland back in October. Now the Korean giant has started rolling out (Via) Android Marshmallow update for the LG G3 smartphone starting from Poland. It is currently available only via PC Suite, and the OTA update is expected soon. The smartphone got the official CM13 nightly builds based on Android 6.0 last month. Continue reading “LG G3 Android 6.0 Marshmallow update starts rolling out”

OPPO R7 Plus FC Barcelona Edition Photo Gallery

OPPO launched the R7 Plus FC Barcelona Edition smartphone back in September to celebrate its three-year partnership with FC Barcelona. We have already seen the unboxing of the phone and now lets us take a looks at the hardware and specifications of the smartphone in this photo gallery. Continue reading “OPPO R7 Plus FC Barcelona Edition Photo Gallery”

HTC One A9 Battery Life Test

HTC launched the One A9 smartphone in India earlier this month for Rs. 29,990. We brought you the benchmarks of the smartphone recently, here we have its battery test results. The HTC One A9 packs a 2150mAh built-in battery, which is less than 2840mAh battery on the One M9 and the One M9+ smartphones. It has a 5-inch 1080p AMOLED display, is powered by an Octa-Core Snapdragon 617 processor and runs on Android 6.0 (Marshmallow) with HTC Sense UI. Check out the test results below. Continue reading “HTC One A9 Battery Life Test”

Microsoft rolls out Selfie app for iOS

Microsoft rolls out various apps for time to time for Android as well as iOS devices. Today, the company has launched a new app called Selfie, which as the name suggests focuses on enhancing your selfies.

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LG G5 tipped to sport dual displays, dual cameras and hardware expansion

We have heard a bunch of rumors about the LG G5 in past few months. Today, popular leakster Evan Blass a.k.a @evleaks has revealed some of the important specifications of the upcoming flagship phone from LG.

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LG and Samsung said to supply flexible OLED screens for future iPhones

Earlier this month, it was reported that JDI is in talks with Apple to provide OLED displays for iPhones in 2018. Now, a fresh report from Electronic Times citing some unnamed sources (via Reuters) is saying that LG and Samsung will supply organic light emitting diode (OLED) screens for Apple Inc’s iPhones.

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Google will switch to OpenJDK from Oracle’s Java APIs in Android N

Google has confirmed that it is biding adieu to Oracle’s proprietary Java application programming interfaces (APIs) for its next iteration of Android. The company is switching over to OpenJDK for Android N which was first spotted by users on Y Combinator’s Hacker News and confirmed by Venturebeat later.

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Xolo 8X-1000i with 5-inch HD display, 2GB RAM launched for Rs. 6999

Xolo 8X-1000 HIVE UI

Xolo has launched the 8X-1000i, the company’s latest smartphone. Even though this looks like the successor of 8X-1000 that was launched last year, most of the specifications of the smartphone are similar to the 8X-1000, including a 5-inch (1280 x 720 pixels) HD IPS display, 1.4 GHz Octa-Core MediaTek MT6592M processor with Mali 450 GPU, Android 4.4 (KitKat)-based HIVE UI, 8-megapixel rear camera with LED flash and a 2-megapixel front-facing camera. Continue reading “Xolo 8X-1000i with 5-inch HD display, 2GB RAM launched for Rs. 6999”