Phicomm Energy 653 with 5-inch HD display, Snapdragon 210 SoC, 4G LTE launched in India for Rs. 4999

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Phicomm has launched Energy 653, the company’s latest smartphone, after its Passion 660 in India. It has a 5-inch (1280 × 720 pixels) HD display, is powered by a 1.1GHz quad-core Qualcomm Snapdragon 210 SoC and runs on Android 5.1 (Lollipop). It has a 8-megapixel auto-focus rear camera with LED flash and 2-megapixel front-facing camera. Continue reading “Phicomm Energy 653 with 5-inch HD display, Snapdragon 210 SoC, 4G LTE launched in India for Rs. 4999”

Micromax Canvas Sliver 5 Photo Gallery

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Micromax had launched the Canvas Sliver 5 in India in June for Rs. 17,999. We have already seen hands-on first impressions, unboxing and benchmarks of the smartphone. Now, let’s take a detailed look at the phone in this photo gallery. Continue reading “Micromax Canvas Sliver 5 Photo Gallery”

Apple iPhone event reportedly scheduled for September 9

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Apple is all set to unveil its next iPhone at an event on September 9th, according to BuzzFeed’s John Paczkowski. The company usually introduces its new iPhone models in September. The iPhone 6 and the iPhone 6 Plus were introduced on September 9th last year. This year Apple is expected to unveil the iPhone 6s. Continue reading “Apple iPhone event reportedly scheduled for September 9”

Xiaomi to start selling phones via retail stores in India, teams up with Redington

In a bid to further strengthen its position in the highly demanding smartphone market, Xiaomi has announced that it will start selling phones via physical retail stores in India.

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Motorola and LG to offer Stagefright security patch for their devices

Motorola and and LG have announced then they will offer Stagefright security fixes for their devices. This comes just days after Samsung and Google announced that they will roll out monthly software update for their devices to keep a tab on Stagefright security fixes.

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Weekly Roundup: New Asus ZenFone smartphones, ZenPad tablets, Waterproof Sony Xperia M5, Samsung’s Metal-Clad Galaxy A8 and more

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Asus this week launched too many devices at its grand ZenFestival in India, and the week was completely dominated by this Taiwanese multinational. Continue reading “Weekly Roundup: New Asus ZenFone smartphones, ZenPad tablets, Waterproof Sony Xperia M5, Samsung’s Metal-Clad Galaxy A8 and more”

Micromax Canvas Sliver 5 Benchmarks

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Micromax launched the Canvas Sliver 5 Q450 with just 5.1mm thickness in June for Rs. 17999. We brought you the unboxing of the smartphone recently, here we have its benchmarks. The phone is powered by a quad-core Snapdragon 410 (MSM8916) SoC that has four ARM Cortex-A53 CPUs clocked at 1.21 GHz per core and has Adreno 306 GPU clocked at 400MHz.  It has 2GB RAM, 4.8-inch HD (1280 x 720 pixels) AMOLED display and runs on Android 5.0 (Lollipop). Let’s find out the performance in a range of synthetic benchmark tests. Continue reading “Micromax Canvas Sliver 5 Benchmarks”

LG announces festive price cuts in India, G4 now starts at Rs. 40000, G4 Stylus available for Rs. 21000

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LG has announced price cuts for the festive season in India. The LG G4 that was launched for Rs. 51,000 will be available at a best buy price of Rs. 40,000 for the Ceramic white variant and the Leather back variant will be available for Rs. 45,000. The  LG G4 Stylus that was launched at a price tag of Rs. 24,990 last month is now available for Rs. 21,000. These smartphones are available at even cheaper rates from online retail websites. Continue reading “LG announces festive price cuts in India, G4 now starts at Rs. 40000, G4 Stylus available for Rs. 21000”

Google Maps for iOS receives new Night Mode feature

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Google has introduced a new feature for Google Maps on iOS. The new feature is called Night Mode and it will make navigation a whole lot less strenuous on the eyes when people are driving at night or when its dark.

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Zimperium Stagefright Detector Android App launched

Zimperium had discovered the Stagefright vulnerability which was said to affect over 95% of Android devices. The mobile security company has now launched a Stagefright Detector Android App that checks devices for the vulnerability.

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Xiaomi could announce the Redmi Note 2 with MIUI 7 on August 13

It looks like Xiaomi could announce the long rumored Redmi Note 2 next week. A fresh report from MyDrivers is stating that the Chinese smartphone maker will launch the Redmi Note 2 along with MIUI 7 on August 13th.

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Xiaomi Redmi 2 Prime with 2GB RAM, 16GB storage listed on Amazon India

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Xiaomi launched the Redmi 2 smartphone in India earlier this year, which recently got a price cut to Rs. 5,999. At the launch the company said that it is planning to bring the 2GB RAM with 16GB storage version of the smartphone to India. Now the top-end version of the Redmi 2 has been listed on Amazon.in as Redmi 2 Prime without a price tag.

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LG Nexus (2015) may come with a fingerprint sensor

Rumors and reports about the LG Nexus (2015) have been looming the online world for quite sometime now. Today, a fresh report from Korea Herald says that the next generation LG Nexus will be equipped with a fingerprint sensor.

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Flipkart: The Freedom Sale‬ – Best deals on smartphones and tablets

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Flipkart launched The Freedom Sale. As a part of the sale it is offering some great deals on smartphones and some tablets that includes Google Nexus 6, Samsung Galaxy S5, Asus Zenfone 2, Motorola Moto G (2nd Gen), Xiaomi Mi Pad and more. All these offers are available only through the Flipkart app.

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Microsoft Translator for Android, iOS, Apple Watch and Android Wear released

Microsoft Translator for Android and Android Wear

Microsoft has released Translator app for Android, Android Wear, iOS devices and Apple Watch. The app is mainly for smartwatches since the Android and iOS apps have a simple layout. It lets you translate instantly in 50 languages using voice or text. You can translate even faster by pinning your most commonly used translations and settings to your watch screen for easy access, and browse your history of recently used phrases, said the company. It has option to select English accents spoken in Australia, Canada, India, New Zealand, United Kingdom and United States. Continue reading “Microsoft Translator for Android, iOS, Apple Watch and Android Wear released”