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Micromax Canvas Sliver 5 and Knight 2 available for Rs. 9999 after exchange

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Micromax has announced a festive offer that lets you purchase the Canvas Sliver 5 or the Canvas Knight 2 smartphone with a Rs. 9000 discount in exchange for old smartphones. This offer is applicable for purchases from an Authorized dealer or retailer and is not applicable on online purchases, says Micromax. Even though MRP of the Canvas Sliver 5 and the Canvas Knight 2 are Rs. 18,999 and Rs. 17,499, respectively, these smartphones will be available for Rs. 9,999 after exchange. Continue reading “Micromax Canvas Sliver 5 and Knight 2 available for Rs. 9999 after exchange”

Karbonn Titanium MachFive Battery Life Test

Karbonn launched the Titanium MachFive, a budget smartphone last month. We already brought you the photo gallery of the smartphone recently, here we have the battery test results. It has a 2200mAh removable battery, packs a 5-inch HD display, is powered by a 1.3 GHz Quad-Core processor and runs on Android 5.0 (Lollipop). Check out the test results.

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InFocus M812 with 5.5-inch 1080p display, 3GB RAM available in India from Oct 1st for Rs. 19999

InFocus M812

InFocus introduced the M812 smartphone in India back in July and said that it will go on sale in September. Today the company has announced that registrations for the purchase of the smartphone will begin today, September 23rd exclusively on Snapdeal and it will go on sale from October 1st. The InFocus M812 has a 5.5-inch 1080p display, is powered by a 2.5 GHz quad-core Snapdragon 801 processor and runs on Android 5.0 (Lollipop) with Inlife UI. Continue reading “InFocus M812 with 5.5-inch 1080p display, 3GB RAM available in India from Oct 1st for Rs. 19999”

Gionee Pioneer P3S with 4.5-inch display, Android 5.1 launched for Rs. 5999

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Gionee has launched Pioneer P3S, the company’s latest smartphone in the P series and the successor of the Pioneer P3 in India. It has a 4.5-inch FWVGA display, is powered by a 1.3 GHz quad-core processor and runs on Android 5.1 (Lollipop). It packs a 5-megapixel rear camera with LED flash and a 0.3-megapixel (VGA) front-facing camera. It comes with dual SIM support with dual standby and 3G support. Continue reading “Gionee Pioneer P3S with 4.5-inch display, Android 5.1 launched for Rs. 5999”

Apple A10 processor details emerge

Apple just announced the iPhone 6S and the 6S Plus earlier this month, both of which run the new Apple A9 chipset with 64bit architecture. Now, we are already beginning to receive rumors about the next gen Apple A10 processor.

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Asus Zenfone Go with 5-inch HD display, 2GB RAM, Android 5.1 launched in India for Rs. 7999

Asus Zenfone Go

Asus Zenfone Go appeared on the official Asus India website and Flipkart last month. Today the company has launched the smartphone in the country. The Zenfone Go packs a 5-inch HD display, is powered by a quad-core MediaTek MT6580 SoC and runs on Android 5.1 (Lollipop). It has dual SIM support, but it has only 3G connectivity and lacks 4G LTE support. Continue reading “Asus Zenfone Go with 5-inch HD display, 2GB RAM, Android 5.1 launched in India for Rs. 7999”

Gmail for Android gets block senders and unsubscribe option

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Google has introduced two new features for Gmail. The new block feature lets you block specific email addresses and the unsubscribe option will enable you to opt out of eligible mailing lists directly from the Gmail app, which comes handy for unnecessary newsletters. Once you block someone, future emails from them will directly go to spam folder, skipping inbox, but you can unblock them anytime from the Settings. Continue reading “Gmail for Android gets block senders and unsubscribe option”

Google’s Clock app for Android gets gradually increasing volume, timer ringtone and more

Google published its Clock app for Android on Google Play Store back in June. Few hours back the app got updated to version 4.2 from version 4.0.2 that brings several new features and visual changes. Some of the visual changes that were spotted by Android police earlier this week, include accessibility of overflow menu button from all parts of the app, transparent navigation bar on compatible phones, smaller icons within the central floating action button and more. Continue reading “Google’s Clock app for Android gets gradually increasing volume, timer ringtone and more”

HTC set to release updated One M9+ and China only Butterfly 3 on September 29th

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HTC had previously teased the announcement of two devices later this month on 29th. Many believed that they would be launching the HTC A9 Hero on that date and that the device would have two versions. However, a new leak confirms that HTC will be announcing an updated One M9+ and a Butterfly 3 at the event.

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LG V10 appears online flaunting its secondary ticker display – Announcement scheduled for October 1st

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LG is expected to introduce a new smartphone called the V10 on October 1st and the phone is said to pack a secondary ticker display above the primary display. Now, we have a photo of the actual device and it seems to have a secondary ticker display as previously rumoured.

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Huawei Nexus 6P design surfaces along with box design of Nexus 6P and Nexus 5X

We’re only a few days away from the announcement of two new Nexus smartphones from Google. The first is the Nexus 6P that is built by Huawei and the second is the Nexus 5X built by LG.

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Sony Xperia C5 Ultra Dual Review

Selfies are all the rage right now and Sony seems to understand that better than most other companies. The Sony Xperia C5 Ultra is the successor to the Xperia C4 that came out earlier this year. Like the Xperia C4, the Xperia C5 Ultra is also a selfie-centric smartphone. While the Xperia C4 did have a pretty capable camera up front, the Xperia C5 Ultra makes it look like the Xperia C4 was a half-baked attempt at making a selfie smartphone due to its much higher end camera specifications. But do those specs actually translate to a better smartphone and a selfie camera? Let us find out in the review.

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ZTE ZMAX 2 with 5.5-inch HD display, Snapdragon 410, Android 5.1 announced

ZTE ZMAX 2

ZTE has announced ZMAX 2, successor of last year’s ZMAX smartphone for AT&T in the U.S. It has a 5.5-inch HD display, is powered by a 1.2 GHz quad-core Snapdragon 410 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. It also has 4G LTE connectivity. Continue reading “ZTE ZMAX 2 with 5.5-inch HD display, Snapdragon 410, Android 5.1 announced”

Google Android One expands to UAE, Infinix Hot 2 launched

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Google has expanded its Android One program to UAE. It has partnered with hardware manufacturer Infinix to launch Infinix Hot 2 Android One smartphone in the United Arab Emirates exclusively on Souq.com. Infinix Hot 2 was launched in Africa last month comes in 2GB RAM variant as well, but UAE gets only the 1GB RAM variant. Continue reading “Google Android One expands to UAE, Infinix Hot 2 launched”

Alcatel OneTouch Flash 2 with 5-inch HD display, 13MP camera, Android 5.1 announced

Alcatel OneTouch Flash 2

Alcatel OneTouch has announced OneTouch Flash 2, the company’s latest camera-centric smartphone. It has a 5-inch HD screen, is powered by an Octa-Core MediaTek MT6753 processor and runs on Android 5.1 (Lollipop). It has a 13-megapixel rear camera with dual-tone LED flash, Phase Detection Auto Focus (PDAF) that would let you focus a subject in just 0.3 seconds and a 5-megapixel front-facing camera with soft LED flash for capturing better selfies. Continue reading “Alcatel OneTouch Flash 2 with 5-inch HD display, 13MP camera, Android 5.1 announced”