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Microsoft has announced that it will start rolling out a new Game Mode on Windows 10 for a high performance gaming experience. The Game Mode will improve the performance of games on traditional Win32 games as well as UWP (Universal Windows Platform) games from the Windows Store. Continue reading “Windows 10 will get a new Game Mode for high gaming performance”
Lenovo launched the Z2 Plus in India starting at Rs. 17,999 as the cheapest smartphone with Snapdragon 820 SoC. Now the smartphone has received up to Rs. 3,000 price cut and starts at Rs. 14,999 for the 3GB RAM and 32GB internal storage, while the 4GB RAM with 64GB version that was launched for Rs. 19,999 has received a Rs. 2,500 price cut and now costs Rs. 17,499. Now the smartphone is also available from Flipkart, in addition to Amazon.in. Continue reading “Lenovo Z2 Plus gets up to Rs. 3000 price cut in India, now starts at Rs. 14999”
Two major flagships of 2017 – Samsung Galaxy S8 and iPhone 8 are tipped to sport highest water-resistance rating, according to a latest report from The Investor.
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According to a latest report, Samsung has finalized the design for Galaxy S7 and a prototype of the upcoming flagship has been shared with company executives. The prototype shows the Galaxy S8 sans physical home button. If the design turns out to be true, this will be the first Galaxy device without the trademark home button that has been synonymous with Samsung phones.
Continue reading “Samsung Galaxy S8 prototype surfaces, dual camera said to be exclusive for Galaxy S8 Plus”
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 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 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 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 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 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.
Continue reading “HTC U Play with 5.2-inch 1080p display, 4GB RAM, fingerprint sensor announced”
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”
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.
Continue reading “Nokia teases more Android smartphones are coming on February 26 at MWC 2017”
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”
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”
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”
