Asus ZenPad 7.0 Review

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Asus launched the ZenPad 7.0 Z370CG, a compact tablet in India back in August at the Zenfestival for Rs. 11,999, after it was introduced at the Computex back in June. It went on sale in the country last month. Is the tablet worth the price? Let us find out in this review.

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Next gen Samsung Galaxy A5 will have a 720p screen

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Samsung is planning to refresh its Galaxy A lineup of devices- namely the A3, A5 and A7. A new user agent profile leak suggests that the 2016 Samsung Galaxy A5 will retain the 720p resolution of its predecessor.

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ZAGG Rugged Folio Review – Bluetooth Keyboard Case for iPad Air

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The ZAGG Rugged Folio is a Keyboard case that consists of two separate parts. The first is the case itself that protects the iPad from scratches as well as drops and bumps which we shall talk about later. The second part is the keyboard dock or attachment. Both the components are primarily made of plastic and then fitted with rubber on top to improve grip and ruggedness. The materials used are quite contrasting to the iPad Air itself which relies on glass and metal for majority of its construction. However, once you get used to the case you don’t really feel it being awkward especially since it still is rock solid despite having a majorly plastic build. The keyboard portion does flex a bit but only when you apply pressure and doesn’t really happen when you are just typing for example.

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Qiku Q Terra with 6-inch 1080p display, 3GB RAM, metal body launched in India for Rs. 19999

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Qiku has launched Q Terra smartphone in India, as it promised. It has a 6-inch 1080p display with a screen-to-body ratio of 83%, is powered by a Hexa-Core Snapdragon 808 processor, has dual 13-megapixel rear cameras, 8-megapixel front-facing camera, runs on 360 OS based on Android 5.1.1 (Lollipop), has a metal body and come with a fingerprint sensor on the back to unlock the phone in just 0.5 seconds.

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Micromax Canvas Pace 4G Q416 with Snapdragon 210 SoC now available for Rs. 6821

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Micromax Canvas Pace 4G Q416, the company’s latest 4G smartphones in the Canvas series is now available from eBay.in. It packs a 5-inch FWVGA screen, is powered by a quad-core Snapdragon 210 SoC and runs on Android Lollipop. It has a 5-megapixel rear camera with LED flash and a 2-megapixel front-facing camera. Continue reading “Micromax Canvas Pace 4G Q416 with Snapdragon 210 SoC now available for Rs. 6821”

Yamada Denki Every Phone with 5.5-inch HD display, Windows 10, 4G LTE announced

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Yamada Denki has introduced Every Phone, a new Windows 10 smartphone in Japan, which is just 6.9mm thin, making it the thinnest Windows Phone device till date. It packs a 5.5-inch HD screen, is powered by a quad-core Snapdragon 410 SoC, comes with 4G LTE connectivity, has a 13-megapixel rear camera with dual LED flash and a 5-megapixel front-facing camera. Continue reading “Yamada Denki Every Phone with 5.5-inch HD display, Windows 10, 4G LTE announced”

NVIDIA SHIELD Tablet X1 with Tegra X1 SoC, 3GB RAM surfaces in benchmarks

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NVIDIA introduced the SHIELD tablet K1 last week at a cheaper price of $199. Now the SHIELD tablet X1 has surfaced in GFXBench benchmarks revealing a similar 8-inch Full HD display, but this will be powered by the latest NVIDIA Tegra X1 Octa-Core (4x ARM Cortex A57 + 4x ARM Cortex A53) 20nm processor with 256-core Maxwell GPU. The listing shows it wrongly as a quad-core SoC. Continue reading “NVIDIA SHIELD Tablet X1 with Tegra X1 SoC, 3GB RAM surfaces in benchmarks”

Lava Iris X10 with 5-inch HD display, 3GB RAM, 4G LTE listed online for Rs. 10990

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Lava Iris X10, the company’s latest top-end Iris series smartphone has been listed on HomeShop18. It has a 5-inch HD screen with Corning Gorilla Glass 3 protection, is powered by a 1.3GHz quad-core processor and runs on Android 5.1 (Lollipop). It has a 13-megapixel rear camera with dual LED flash and a 5-megapixel front-facing camera. Continue reading “Lava Iris X10 with 5-inch HD display, 3GB RAM, 4G LTE listed online for Rs. 10990”

Huawei Mate 8 with 6-inch 1080p display, Android 6.0 and fingerprint sensor announced

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Huawei has announced Mate 8, the company’s latest smartphone in the Mate series at an event in China, as it promised. It packs a 6-inch 1080p display with 2.7mm ultra narrow frame, 83% screen-to-body ratio and 2.5D glass, is powered by a Octa-Core HiSilicon Kirin 950 SoC with IntelliSense i5 sensor hub and runs on Android 6.0 (Marshmallow) with Emotion UI 4.0 on top. It has a 16-megapixel rear camera with Sony IMX298 sensor, dual-tone LED flash, phase-detection auto-focus (PDAF), optical image stabilization (OIS) and uses Huawei’s own ISP. It also has an 8-megapixel front-facing camera. Continue reading “Huawei Mate 8 with 6-inch 1080p display, Android 6.0 and fingerprint sensor announced”

Telegram rolls out supergroups, admins and other features

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Telegram is probably one of the most advanced IM platforms out there and many people consider it to be better than Whatsapp even though the latter has a larger user database.

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Obi Worldphone SF1 with 5-inch 1080p display, 4G LTE launched in India starting at Rs. 11999

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Obi Worldphone, backed by John Scully has launched Obi Worldphone SF1, it’s flagship smartphone in India, as it promised. It was introduced back in August and has a 5-inch 1080p display from JDI, which is slightly raised giving a floating feel, comes with 4G LTE connectivity with support for FDD B3 1800MHz and TDD B40 2300MHz bands for India, is powered by an Octa-Core Snapdragon 615 SoC, has a 13-megapixel rear camera, 5-megapixel front-facing camera and a fiberglass body and metal accents at the top and bottom of the phone. It is designed by San Francisco-based product studio Ammunition.

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Fossil’s first Android Wear smartwatch, the Q Founder will go on sale this week in USA

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Fossil’s first smartwatch powered by Android Wear is called the Q Founder. The smartwatch will go on sale in USA starting from this week.

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New Huawei device appears on benchmark listing – Could be the Honor 5X Plus

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While the Huawei Mate 8 is just a few hours away from its November 26th announcement, we now have a new benchmark listing of a mysterious Huawei device. The listing could very well be that of the Huawei Honor 5X Plus.

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OnePlus X OxygenOS 2.1.3 update starts rolling out, now lets you move apps to SD card

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OnePlus has started rolling out Oxygen OS v2.1.3 OTA update for the OnePlus X smartphone, as it promised couple of weeks back, when it rolled out the OxygenOS 2.1.2 update. This update finally fixes SD card issues, including option to now move apps to and from the SD card, but option to save photos or videos directly to the SD card is not available yet. Continue reading “OnePlus X OxygenOS 2.1.3 update starts rolling out, now lets you move apps to SD card”