YotaPhone 2 Review – A tale of two halves

YotaPhone-2-10

With more and more smartphones released on the market each year, it becomes even more difficult for a handset to stand out from the competition. Some manufacturers have attempted to attract customers using specialist software and hardware features – like the S Pen on the Galaxy Note 4 – but for others, standing out has been difficult and we’ve seen many companies struggle to make their mark.

In the case of Russian company Yota, they saw an opportunity to show that e-ink displays – which have been present on eReaders for a while now – could also be used in a smartphone and whilst the YotaPhone was designed like a wedge, the YotaPhone 2 aims to be different by offering a Full colour display and a unique e-ink display all in one smartphone. It’s one of the most expensive handsets on the market but is it worth it and can e-ink displays be useful on a smartphone or is this just a phase? Let’s find out in our full YotaPhone 2 review. Continue reading “YotaPhone 2 Review – A tale of two halves”

Intex Aqua Star II with 5-inch display, quad-core SoC launched for Rs. 5999

Intex Aqua Star II

Intex technologies has launched Aqua Star II, successor of last year’s Aqua Star smartphone in the Aqua series. It has a 5-inch FWVGA screen, features an 8-megapixel rear camera with LED flash and runs on Android 4.4 (KitKat), similar to the Aqua Star, but this is powered by a 1.2 GHz quad-core Spreadtrum SC7731 processor instead of MediaTek MT6582M SoC. It also has a 5-megapixel front-facing camera. Continue reading “Intex Aqua Star II with 5-inch display, quad-core SoC launched for Rs. 5999”

Microsoft Lumia 532 Dual SIM launched in India for Rs. 6499

Microsoft Lumia 532 Dual SIM

Microsoft has launched the Lumia 532 Dual SIM, the company’s latest affordable Lumia smartphone in India. It has also launched the Lumia 435 Dual SIM officially in the country, few days after the smartphone went on sale on sale on the official store. The Lumia 532 has a 4-inch WVGA display, is powered by a 1.2GHz quad-core Snapdragon 200 SoC and runs on the latest Windows Phone 8.1 with Lumia Denim update. It has 5-megapixel fixed-focus rear camera without flash and VGA front-facing camera. Continue reading “Microsoft Lumia 532 Dual SIM launched in India for Rs. 6499”

Samsung Galaxy J1 4G, Core Prime 4G and Grand Prime 4G announced for India, starts at Rs. 9990

Samsung Galaxy J1

Samsung has announced the Galaxy J1 4G, Galaxy Core Prime 4G and Galaxy Grand Prime 4G, three new 4G-enabled smartphones for India at the Samsung Forum 2015 in Bangkok. All these smartphones have both TD-LTE B40 (2300) and FDD-LTE B3 (1800) for India and comes with dual SIM support. Samsung had already launched the 3G variants of these smartphones in India. Check out the complete specifications of these smartphones below. Continue reading “Samsung Galaxy J1 4G, Core Prime 4G and Grand Prime 4G announced for India, starts at Rs. 9990”

Samsung Galaxy A3 Benchmarks

Samsung Galaxy A3 Benchmarks_fonearena-01

Samsung launched the Galaxy A3 smartphone with all-metal body in India for Rs. 20,500 along with the Galaxy A5 last month. We already brought you the unboxing of the smartphone, here we have the benchmarks. It is powered by a quad-core Snapdragon 410 (MSM8916) SoC that has four ARM Cortex-A53 CPUs clocked at 1.19 GHz per core and has Adreno 306 GPU, similar to the Galaxy A5.  It has 1GB RAM, 4.5-inch qHD display and runs on Android 4.4 (KitKat). Let’s find out it in a range of synthetic benchmark tests.

Continue reading “Samsung Galaxy A3 Benchmarks”

Lenovo to bring Android 5.0 Lollipop update to a bunch of phones in Q2, 2015

Lenovo is gearing up to bring Android 5.0 Lollipop update to a bunch of its device. The company’s roadmap shows a total of seven smartphones that will receive Lollipop update in Q2, 2015.

Lenovo roadmap Continue reading “Lenovo to bring Android 5.0 Lollipop update to a bunch of phones in Q2, 2015”

Google to make data usage free on some apps for Android One devices?

It seems like Google is trying to expand its Android One initiative with more features. As per a latest report from The Information, Google will make data usage free for some apps on Android One devices.

spice-dream-uno-android-one-unboxing-4 Continue reading “Google to make data usage free on some apps for Android One devices?”

Samsung Galaxy Grand Max launched in India for Rs. 15990

Samsung Galaxy Grand Max

Samsung has launched its Galaxy Grand Max (SM-G7200) smartphone in India, as expected. It packs a 5.25-inch HD display, has a 13-megapixel rear camera and a 5-megapixel front-facing camera. It is powered by a 1.2GHz quad-core Qualcomm Snapdragon 410 processor and has 1.5GB RAM, similar to the Galaxy Mega 2 that was released last year. Continue reading “Samsung Galaxy Grand Max launched in India for Rs. 15990”

LG Watch Urbane all-metal luxury Android Wear smartwatch announced

LG Watch Urbane

LG has announced LG Watch Urbane, the company’s first luxury Android Wear smartwatch with metal build, ahead of Mobile World Congress (MWC) 2015. The LG Watch Urbane is more formal with a thinner profile and resembles a luxury timepiece, says LG. It has stainless steel body with stitched natural leather strap and the strap can be replaced with any 22mm wide band.

Continue reading “LG Watch Urbane all-metal luxury Android Wear smartwatch announced”

Samsung Galaxy A7 goes on sale in India for Rs. 30499

Samsung Galaxy A7

Samsung Galaxy A7 smartphone with all metal unibody design is now one sale in India through the official Samsung India eStore. It was officially announced last month, pacls a 5.5-inch Full HD Super AMOLED display, is powered by a Qualcomm Snapdragon 615 SoC, runs on Android 4.4 (KitKat) with Samsung’s own UI on top, comes with a 13-megapixel rear camera with LED flash and a 5-megapixel front-facing camera. It also has dual nano SIM support and 4G LTE connectivity. Continue reading “Samsung Galaxy A7 goes on sale in India for Rs. 30499”

Lava XTRON MEGA with 10.1-inch HD display, quad-core processor launching soon

Lava XTRON MEGA

Lava XTROM MEGA, the company’s upcoming tablet has been listed on the official website. It has a 10.1-inch (1280 x 800 pixels) IPS display, is powered by a 1.3 GHz quad-core processor and runs on Android 4.2 (Jelly Bean). It has a 2-megapixel rear camera and a VGA front-facing camera. Lava launched the Xtron Z704 with a 7-inch screen back in October last year. This is the company’s first Xtron tablet with a 10-inch screen Continue reading “Lava XTRON MEGA with 10.1-inch HD display, quad-core processor launching soon”

Xolo Q1200 gets Android 4.4 KitKat update

Xolo Q1200_fonearena

Xolo released beta version of KitKat update for the Q1200 smartphone last year as it promised, now the company has released stable version of KitKat update for the smartphone. The smartphone was released back in June last year running Android 4.2 (Jelly Bean). Continue reading “Xolo Q1200 gets Android 4.4 KitKat update”

Intex Aqua Star L with 5-inch display, Android 5.0 Lollipop launched for Rs. 6990

Intex Aqua Star L

Intex has launched Intex Aqua Star L, the company’s latest smartphone in the Aqua series running on Android 5.0 Lollipop. Xolo was the first company to roll out Android 5.0 (Lollipop) for its Xolo One smartphone, but Intex is the first Indian brand  to launch Android Lollipop smartphone, claims the company. Continue reading “Intex Aqua Star L with 5-inch display, Android 5.0 Lollipop launched for Rs. 6990”