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Motorola Moto E (2nd Gen) with 4.5-inch qHD display, Android 5.0 announced

Moto E 2nd Gen

Motorola has announced Moto E (2nd Gen), successor of the first generation Moto E that was introduced last year. The new Moto E has a slightly larger 4.5-inch display, but has the same qHD resolution. It is powered by a 1.2 GHz quad-core Snapdragon 410 SoC, comes with 4G LTE connectivity and runs on Android 5.0 Lollipop out of the box. It has a 5-megapixel rear camera without flash and a VGA front-facing camera. It also comes with 3G variant (XT1505) that has a 1.2GHz quad-core Snapdragon 200 SoC. Continue reading “Motorola Moto E (2nd Gen) with 4.5-inch qHD display, Android 5.0 announced”

Xiaomi Mi 4 Battery Life Test

Xiaomi Mi 4 One Charge Rating

Xiaomi launched the Mi 4, the company’s flagship smartphone in India few weeks back for Rs. 19,999 and the 64GB variant went on sale earlier this week for Rs. 23,999. We already brought you the complete review of the Mi 4, here we have the battery life test results of the smartphone. Check out our battery test procedure before checking out the test results.

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Fly Qik and Qik+ smartphones with Octa-Core SoC launched for Rs. 5999 and Rs. 6999

Fly Qik India launch

Fly Mobile has launched its Qik and Qik+ smartphones in India. Both these smartphones are powered by a 1.7GHz Octa-Core MediaTek processor, run on Android 4.4 (KitKat). The Fly Qik has a 4.5-inch FWVGA and features a 8-megapixel rear camera, while the Qik+ comes with a 5-inch HD display and a 13-megapixel rear camera. Both these have a 5-megapixel front-facing camera. Continue reading “Fly Qik and Qik+ smartphones with Octa-Core SoC launched for Rs. 5999 and Rs. 6999”

LG G Flex 2 global roll out begins

LG G Flex 2

LG has announced that it has started rolling out its LG G Flex 2, the second generation G Flex smartphone globally. It went on sale in Korea at the end of January. The G Flex 2 was announced at the CES 2015 in January and packs a 5.5-inch 1080p curved P-OLED display that can bend ranging from a radius of 400mm to 700mm across the front, back, sides and top-to-bottom edges. Continue reading “LG G Flex 2 global roll out begins”

Android One Lollipop update starts rolling out in India

Android Lollipop

Google has finally started rolling out Android Lollipop update for the Android One smartphones – Micromax Canvas A1, Spice Dream UNO Mi-498 and Karbonn Sparkle V in India, as it promised earlier this month. Google released new Android One smartphones running Android 5.1 Lollipop in Indonesia earlier this month, so the update could be Android 5.1 instead of Android 5.0, but we are not sure yet. Continue reading “Android One Lollipop update starts rolling out in India”

Sony Xperia E4g and E4g Dual with 4G LTE and 1.5GHz quad-core SoC announced

Sony Xperia E4g dual

Sony has announced the Xperia E4g and E4g Dual, two new budget smartphones with 4G connectivity ahead of MWC 2015, soon after it unveiled the Xperia E4 and E4 dual 3G smartphones. These have a slightly smaller 4.7-inch qHD IPS display and are powered by a faster 1.5 GHz quad-core MediaTek MT6732 64-bit SoC, compared to 5-inch qHD display and 1.3GHz quad-core MT6582 SoC in the 3G variants. Continue reading “Sony Xperia E4g and E4g Dual with 4G LTE and 1.5GHz quad-core SoC announced”

Lenovo Tab 2 A7-30 launched in India starting at Rs. 8500

Lenovo Tab 2 A7-30

Lenovo has launched the Tab 2 A7-30 tablet in the A-series in India. It has a 7-inch (1024 x 600) IPS displays, is powered by a 1.3GHz Quad-Core MediaTek MT8382M SoCs and runs on Android 4.4 KitKat. Lenovo launched the Tab 2 A7-10 tablet in India for Rs. 4,999, but this comes in 2G and 3G variants with voice calling capabilities. Continue reading “Lenovo Tab 2 A7-30 launched in India starting at Rs. 8500”

Xolo Win Q1000 with 5-inch HD display, Windows Phone 8.1 announced for Rs. 8499

Xolo Win Q1000

Xolo has announced Xolo Win Q1000, its latest Windows Phone 8.1 smartphone. It has a 5-inch HD display, is powered by a 1.2 GHz quad-core Qualcomm Snapdragon 200 (MSM8212) processor with Adreno 302 GPU, comes with a 8-megapixel rear camera with LED flash and a 2-megapixel front-facing camera. Most of the specifications of the smartphone are similar to the Xolo Win Q900s that was introduced last year. Continue reading “Xolo Win Q1000 with 5-inch HD display, Windows Phone 8.1 announced for Rs. 8499”

Samsung Galaxy S6 expected to launch in April second week in India

Samsung Galaxy S6 teaser

Samsung is all set to introduce Galaxy S6, the company’s flagship smartphone at its Unpacked 2015 event on March 1st at Mobile World Congress (MWC) in Barcelona. U.S. carrier T-Mobile already confirmed that it will offer the smartphone for its customers. Even Sprint recently confirmed that it will launch the smartphone. U.S. carriers are planning to sell the smartphone starting from this Spring, which begins late March. Continue reading “Samsung Galaxy S6 expected to launch in April second week in India”

Xiaomi Mi 4 Review

Xiaomi, the Chinese manufacturer entered the Indian market with its Mi 3 smartphone and the smartphone turned out to be a huge success in the country. The unbelievable price tag it carried helped the device sell like hot cakes.

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Now, the stakes are quite high for its successor and Xiaomi will hoping that its latest introduction, the Mi 4 will be able to replicate the sales performance of its predecessor. We had a chance to spend some quality time with the Mi 4 and here’s what we think about the smartphone. Continue reading “Xiaomi Mi 4 Review”

‎iBall‬ Cobalt Oomph 4.7D with metallic design now available for Rs. 7999

‎iBall‬ Cobalt Oomph 4.7D

‎iBall‬ Cobalt Oomph 4.7D, the company’s latest smartphone in the Cobalt series with sleek metallic design is now available from retail stores, according to Mumbai-based retailer Manish Khatri from Mahesh Telecom. It has a 4.7-inch (1280 x 720 pixels) IPS display, is powered by a 1.3 GHz quad-core Cortex A7 processor and runs on Android 4.4 (Kitkat) that is upgradable to Android 5.0 Lollipop. It has a 8-megapixel auto focus rear camera with LED flash and a 5-megapixel front-facing camera. Continue reading “‎iBall‬ Cobalt Oomph 4.7D with metallic design now available for Rs. 7999”

iBall Cobalt Solus and Slide Brace X1 with Octa-Core SoC launched for Rs. 11499 and Rs. 17999

iBall Andi 5Q Cobalt Solus

iBall has launched its Andi 5Q Cobalt Solus smartphone and Slide Brace X1 tablet. The smartphone has a  5-inch (1280 x 720 pixels) IPS display based on one glass solution (OGS) technology, is powered by a 1.4 GHz Octa-Core processor that is upgradable to Android 5.0 (Lollipop) and runs on Android 4.4 (KitKat). The tablet has a 10.1-inch (1280 x 800 pixels) IPS display,  is powered by a 1.7GHz Octa-Core processor, runs on Android 4.4 (KitKat) and comes with dual chambered speakers that promises load and clear sound. Continue reading “iBall Cobalt Solus and Slide Brace X1 with Octa-Core SoC launched for Rs. 11499 and Rs. 17999”