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Wileyfox Swift 2X with 5.2-inch 1080p display, 3GB RAM, fingerprint sensor announced

Wileyfox Swift 2X

Wileyfox, a smartphone brand based in the UK introduced Swift 2X, successor of last year’s Swift 2. It has a 5.2-inch 1080p screen, is powered by an Octa-Core Snapdragon 430 SoC, pack a 16-megapixel rear camera with PDAF and an 8-megapixel front camera. It has unibody metal design, has a fingerprint sensor with NXP NQ220 technology on the back and comes with hybrid dual SIM support along with 4G LTE connectivity. Continue reading “Wileyfox Swift 2X with 5.2-inch 1080p display, 3GB RAM, fingerprint sensor announced”

Swipe Konnect Grand with 5-inch display, 1GB RAM, Android 6.0 launched for Rs. 2799

Swipe Konnect Grand

Swipe Technologies has launched Konnect Grand, the company’s latest budget smartphone. It has a 5-inch FWVGA display, is powered by a 1.2 GHz quad-core processor and runs on Android 6.0 (Marshmallow). It has a 5-megapixel rear camera with LED flash and a 2-megapixel front-facing camera. It has dual SIM support and 3G connectivity. Continue reading “Swipe Konnect Grand with 5-inch display, 1GB RAM, Android 6.0 launched for Rs. 2799”

Samsung Galaxy S7, Galaxy S7 edge start receiving Android 7.0 Nougat update

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Samsung has started rolling out Android 7.0 Nougat update for Galaxy S7 and Galaxy S7 edge devices. The company had started Nougat beta testing on these device in November last year.
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Android Wear 2.0 is coming in February, confirms Google

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Android Wear 2.0 is finally arriving in February. The release that was scheduled for last year had further delayed till early 2017. Now, Google has confirmed that the next version of Android Wear is coming next month via an email to that was sent out to app developers. Continue reading “Android Wear 2.0 is coming in February, confirms Google”

Gionee Steel 2 with 5-inch display, 3GB RAM, 4000mAh battery, fingerprint sensor, 4G VoLTE announced

Gionee Steel 2

Gionee has introduced Steel 2, its latest budget smartphone in the Steel series in China. It ha a 5-inch HD screen, is powered by a quad-core MediaTek MT6737 and runs on Android 6.0 (Marshmallow) with Amigo 3.5 UI. It packs a huge 4000mAh battery that promises up to 45.45h of talk time, up to 7.94 hours of continuous video playback and up to 527.04h of standby. Continue reading “Gionee Steel 2 with 5-inch display, 3GB RAM, 4000mAh battery, fingerprint sensor, 4G VoLTE announced”

HTC U Play with 5.2-inch 1080p display, 4GB RAM, fingerprint sensor announced

HTC U Play

HTC today announced HTC U Play, a smaller version of the HTC U Ultra with a 5.2-inch 1080p display without a secondary screen. This has the has same glass design with a metal frame and HTC Sense Companion for AI-based suggestions. This is powered by an Octa-Core MediaTek Helio P10 processor, has 16-megapixel front and rear cameras and a fingerprint sensor on the front.

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HTC U Ultra with 5.7-inch Quad HD display, secondary display, Snapdragon 821, Android 7.0 announced

HTC U Ultra

HTC just announced U Ultra, the company’s flagship smartphone in the new ‘U series’. The main highlight of the smartphone is the 2-inch 520 PPI secondary touch-screen display above the main display, like the LG V20. It has a glass finish on the front and back, and a metal frame and the rear glass is fully curved at all four edges. HTC says that it has developed a unique process called optical spectrum hybrid deposition” to give the glass multi-layered color. Continue reading “HTC U Ultra with 5.7-inch Quad HD display, secondary display, Snapdragon 821, Android 7.0 announced”

Nokia teases more Android smartphones are coming on February 26 at MWC 2017

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HMD Global introduced the Nokia 6 smartphone earlier this week, which will go on sale exclusively in China on January 19th. It already confirmed its appearance at the Mobile World Congress (MWC) 2017 that is scheduled between February 27th and March 2nd in Barcelona. Now we have a date for the event.
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Indian Railways launches new IRCTC Rail Connect app for Android

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Indian Railways has launched new IRCTC Rail Connect app that will replace the previous IRCTC app that was launched back in 2014. Indian Railways E-ticketing System caters to over 10 lakhs passengers daily (comprising 58% of total reserved passengers), said Minister of Railways Shri Suresh Prabhakar Prabhu launching the app. Continue reading “Indian Railways launches new IRCTC Rail Connect app for Android”

Nokia 6 will go on sale in China on January 19

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HMD Global introduced the Nokia 6 smartphone exclusively for China a few days back. At the announcement, the company said that the phone will go on sale in China sometime in early 2017. Today jd.com has started taking pre-orders for the smartphone for the sale on January 19th. Continue reading “Nokia 6 will go on sale in China on January 19”

Android Nougat now on 0.7% of Android devices, Froyo finally bids adieu

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Google is out with its monthly Android distribution chart which is also the first one of 2017. Android Nougat 7.0 is still crawling at 0.5%, up just 1% from last month. However, Android Nougat 7.1 has made its debut in the chart at 0.2%. This means the Google’s latest Android OS is currently available only on 0.7% of all Android devices. Continue reading “Android Nougat now on 0.7% of Android devices, Froyo finally bids adieu”

WhatsApp for Android beta gets GIF search, media sharing limit raised to 30

WhatsApp has finally added GIF search support for Android beta. The Facebook owned messaging service first added an option to send videos as GIF in August following which it allowed sending of GIFs that are saved on your device. Now, you can will be able to search different types of GIFs right within the app itself. WhatsApp for iOS already has this feature since November last year.

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Nokia 6 with 5.5-inch 1080p display, 4GB RAM, Android 7.0, fingerprint sensor announced

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HMD Global just announced Nokia 6, the first Nokia smartphone after it was granted exclusive global license to sell Nokia phones. It packs a 5.5-inch 1080p 2.5D curved glass display, is powered by an Octa-Core Snapdragon 430 processor and runs on Android 7.0 (Nougat). It has a 16-megapixel rear camera with phase-detection auto-focus (PDAF), 1.0um sensor, dual-tone LED flash and an 8-megapixel front-facing camera. Continue reading “Nokia 6 with 5.5-inch 1080p display, 4GB RAM, Android 7.0, fingerprint sensor announced”

Google Nexus 6 finally gets Android 7.1.1 Nougat update, OTA and factory images available

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Google has finally released Android 7.1.1 (Nougat) update for the Nexus 6 smartphone, as expected. The update was released for several Nexus devices and Pixel devices last month. Continue reading “Google Nexus 6 finally gets Android 7.1.1 Nougat update, OTA and factory images available”

Android 7.0 Nougat beta test program for Honor 5C starts in India

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Huawei’s Honor has announced Android 7.0 Nougat beta test program for Honor 5C in India. The beta test program that will take place in 2 batches will offer participants to experience, collaborate, and help identify bugs in the Preview versions of Honor’s EMUI Software. Continue reading “Android 7.0 Nougat beta test program for Honor 5C starts in India”