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ZUK Z1, the first smartphone from Lenovo-backed startup ZUK has been introduced in China. It packs a 5.5-inch 1080p display, is powered by a 2.5GHz quad-core Snapdragon 801 SoC and runs on Android 5.1 (Lollipop) with ZUI. It has aircraft-grade aluminum metal frame. The main highlight is the reversible USB 3.0 Type-C port that would offer up to 10 times faster data transfer compared to USB 2.0. Continue reading “ZUK Z1 with 5.5-inch 1080p display, USB 3.0 Type-C, 4100mAh battery announced”
With Samsung’s Galaxy S6 Edge+ and Galaxy Note 5 announcement around the corner, rumours for the next generation Samsung flagship Galaxy S7 have slowly started to take over the Web. Continue reading “Samsung testing Snapdragon 820 SoC for upcoming flagship Galaxy S7?”
Intex Technologies has launched Cloud Pace, the latest budget smartphone in the Cloud series.It is the same Intex Aqua Speed smartphone that was launched earlier this year, but this runs on Android 5.0 (Lollipop) out of the box. It packs a 4.5-inch qHD display, is powered by a 1.3GHz quad-core processor and runs on Android 5.0 (Lollipop), has a 8-megapixel rear camera with LED flash and a 5-megapixel front-facing camera. Continue reading “Intex Cloud Pace with 4.5-inch qHD display, 2GB RAM, 5MP front camera launched for Rs. 6999”
A flagship is usually a company’s best product. It’s top-of-the-line, packed with a lot of new and innovative features, but is decidedly out of reach in terms of affordability. That was how things were until everything changed in the last year or so. Now we have flagship grade devices that are accessible, without many compromises that usually come with low price points. The Meizu MX5 is one of them. Announced a month back in China, the MX5 has all the features and aesthetics you’d look for in a flagship and is quite affordable, but should you buy it? The short answer is yes and the long answer for why, is called a review, read on.
Google is reportedly planning to launch an affiliate program for the Google Play, just like Apple. Continue reading “Google planning an affiliate program for Google Play, just like Apple: Report”
Online retailer Overcart has announced that it will be selling refurbished and unboxed units of the Google Nexus 6 smartphone. It will be available for purchase tomorrow, August 12th at a starting price of Rs. 25,990. It will be covered under a six-month manufacturer warranty from the manufacturer, says the company. Google Nexus 6 got a price cut in India recently and is available starting at Rs. 29,999 from Flipkart. Continue reading “Google Nexus 6 Refurbished and Unboxed units to go on sale Aug 12 on Overcart from Rs. 25990”
Google on Monday announced that it is working to bring Vulkan’s 3D graphics rendering support to future version of Android. Continue reading “Google plans to bring Vulkan 3D graphics rendering API to future Android versions”
Google has finally started rolling out Hangouts 4.0 for Android after it was leaked in June. It brings material design UI, improved message delivery speed and new features such as option to use Hangouts on Android Wear to send a Hangouts message using your smartwatch, outbound caller ID that lets you use your verified number as Caller ID so your friends know who is calling and more. It also brings back custom status messages. Continue reading “Google Hangouts 4.0 for Android brings material design UI, new features and improvements”
We brought the review of Motorola Moto G (3rd Gen) recently, here we have the battery test results of the smartphone. The latest Moto G smartphone packs a 2470 mAh built-in battery, slightly larger than the 2070 mAh battery on the first two Moto G smartphones. Check out the results.
Continue reading “Motorola Moto G (3rd Gen) Battery Life Test”
Intex technologies has launched Cloud M6 16GB, a variant of the Cloud M6 with 2GB RAM and 16GB of internal storage exclusively on Snapdeal. Intex launched the Cloud M6 with 1GB RAM and 8GB of internal storage back in May. Other specifications are similar, including a 5-inch FWVGA display, 1.2 GHz quad-core Spreadtrum SC7731 processor, Android 4.4 (KitKat), 8-megapixel rear camera with LED flash and a 5-megapixel front-facing camera. It comes with dual SIM support and 3G connectivity Continue reading “Intex Cloud M6 16GB with 2GB RAM launched for Rs. 5999”
Elephone introduced the Elephone P8000 smartphone back in May, which will launch in India soon. We already brought you the unboxing and the photo gallery of the smartphone, here we have its benchmarks. It is powered by an Octa-Core MediaTek MT6753 64-bit processor that has eight ARM Cortex A53 cores clocked at 1.30 GHz per core and 450MHz Mali-T720 MP2 GPU. It has 3GB RAM, 5.5-inch 1080p display and runs on Android 5.1 (Lollipop). Check out the synthetic benchmark scores. Continue reading “Elephone P8000 Benchmarks”
Huawei was expected to introduce a new Honor smartphone in China today, but it actually announced date for the announcement of its new Honor series smartphone. It will unveil the Honor 7i smartphone on August 20th. The invite translates to you change the vision together. Continue reading “Huawei Honor 7i to be announced on August 20, could feature sliding camera”
Oppo has launched Mirror 5 smartphone, the company’s latest smartphone in India. It was announced last month and packs a 5-inch (960 x 540 pixels) qHD display, is powered by a 1.2 GHz quad-core Snapdragon 410 64-bit SoC, runs on Android 5.1 (Lollipop) with Color OS 2.1 ROM, has a 8-megapixel rear camera with LED flash and a 5-megapixel front-facing camera. Continue reading “Oppo Mirror 5 with 5-inch qHD display, 5MP front camera, Android 5.1 launched in India for Rs. 15990”
Xiaomi’s much-anticipated Redmi Note 2 has been leaked online in purported images of the handset and the retail box. Company is expected to announce the smartphone this week on Thursday on August 13th, alongside the new MIUI 7. Continue reading “Xiaomi Redmi Note 2 with MediaTek Helio X10 SoC leaked in live images”
Xiaomi has officially launched the Redmi 2 Prime, the company’s latest budget smartphone that is Made in India. This smartphone is manufactured at Xiaomi and Foxconn facility in Andhra Pradesh. This is the enhanced version of the Redmi 2 that was launched in the country earlier this year. It has 2GB of RAM and 16GB of internal storage. Other specifications are similar, including a 4.7-inch (1280 x 720 pixels) HD display, 1.2 GHz quad-core Qualcomm Snapdragon 410 and 4G LTE with support for TD-LTE 2300MHz (Band 40) and FDD-LTE 1800MHz (Band 3) for India.
Continue reading “Xiaomi Redmi 2 Prime ‘Made in India’ smartphone launched for Rs. 6999”
