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Category: Handsets
All the latest devices which are coming to the market
Nokia Shuts Down Last Factory in Finland
Nokia has confirmed that it’s shutting down it’s last factory in Salo, Finland. This would result in a loss of 780 jobs instead of the previously speculated 850 jobs.
Qualcomm Snapdragon S4 Pro Preview
At the Mobile Benchmarking Workshop here in San Francisco , Qualcomm showed off it’s next generation Quadcore mobile processor – the Snapdragon S4 Pro (APQ 8064) . And guess what Qualcomm just did not make just a boring announcement about a chipset and that the devices using the chip will be in the market later this year. But , Qualcomm let us use a tablet (prototype obviously ) which uses the new quadcore chip with 4 Krait cores along with the new Adreno 320 GPU. We ran a lot of tests on this device and this device hit the ball out of the park in most cases.Interesting numbers are reported below. Continue reading “Qualcomm Snapdragon S4 Pro Preview”
Exclusive : LG Optimus Vu coming to India later this year
LG India today confirmed to FoneArena at the LG Bloggers Meet today that the Optimus Vu is indeed coming to India later this year. The Optimus Vu is a 5-inch phone from LG which puts it in the same league as the Samsung Galaxy Note. The screen is one of the main highlights of the device and it packs a 1024x768px resolution. The phone packs 32GB of inbuilt storage and utilizes a microSIM card slot. It also comes with a capacitive stylus.
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Hands-on with LG Optimus L5 In India
LG Mobile is being quite aggressive this year when it comes to launching attractive Android smartphones running on Android 4.0 Ice Cream Sandwich. LG Mobile has announced three international models running on ICS apart from a few Gingerbread running devices at MWC 2012. These three devices are the Optimus L5, L7 and Optimus 4X HD which run Android 4.0.3 out of the box. Continue reading “Hands-on with LG Optimus L5 In India”
Nokia Lumia 900 in Pink for AT&T
Starting from July 15 , AT&T customers can get hold of the Nokia Lumia 900 in pink ! The first LTE device from Nokia for USA is already available in 3 colors – Cyan , Black and White. Continue reading “Nokia Lumia 900 in Pink for AT&T”
HTC reports 58% drop in profit for Q2 2012
Things don’t look very good for smartphone maker HTC which has declared a pretty steep drop in profit compared to the same period last year when it posted record profit. Profit for Q2 2012 stood at NT$7.4 billion versus NT$17.5 billion profit in Q2 2011. That is a drop of about 57.7% in profit – ouch ! Although we are a big fan of the HTC One series mainly the One X and One S, looks like it’s not doing so well in the market. Seems like Samsung is dominating the Android phone market.
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Motorola RAZR MAXX Unboxing
Is battery life a problem on your android phone ? Well it’s a problem with most smartphones today and Android phones are the worst affected. What’s awesome about the Motorola RAZR MAXX is that it packs a massive 3300 mAh battery. Moto promises about 17.6 hours of talk time on this handset which is almost twice the talk time on the RAZR. Check out our unboxing video of the Moto RAZR MAXX below. There is a brief comparison with the Motorola RAZR as well.
httpv://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kQyfysr9mLo
XAGE M198 EKA launched for Rs. 1349
XAGE Mobile has launched a new Dual SIM phone, XAGE M198 EKA in India. It has 2.8-inch display and 1.3MP camera. It has a memory card slot that supports expandable memory up to 8 GB and Big loudspeaker. It has dedicated keys for Music and Torch. Continue reading “XAGE M198 EKA launched for Rs. 1349”
LG Optimus 3D Max Unboxing
Here is the FoneArena unboxing of the LG Optimus 3D Max which has been launched in India recently . The Optimus 3D Max is a much improved version of the original Optimus 3D phone which was bulky. The Optimus 3D Max was launched at MWC 2012 this year and feels a lot lighter and slimmer compared to the previous 3D handset from the Korean handset maker. Watch the unboxing video below.
httpv://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bIDYUBT3RXQ
Android 4.1 Jelly Bean release date set for mid July for Galaxy Nexus , Nexus S and Motorola Xoom
Google has announced the next version of Android known as Jelly Bean with the version number 4.1. The first devices to get this update will the the Samsung Galaxy Nexus , Samsung Nexus S and the Motorola Xoom WiFi Tablet. Continue reading “Android 4.1 Jelly Bean release date set for mid July for Galaxy Nexus , Nexus S and Motorola Xoom”
LG Optimus 4X HD Unboxing
Here we have the first quad core phone from LG and it is the LG Optimus 4X HD which is powered by a 1.5 GHz Quadcore NVIDIA Tegra 3 processor and packs an 4.7 inch IPS display. The phone has been launched in some countries in Europe . We have managed to get our hands on the White edition.The first thing you notice once your power on the phone is the awesome IPS screen which produces crisp images.
Check out the unboxing video below.
httpv://www.youtube.com/watch?v=A3eWzqq2lVo
LG Optimus Vu Unboxing Video
Here is a quick unboxing and quick look at the LG Optimus Vu which has been launched in South Korea by LG and SKT. It’s a 5 inch Android phone powered by a Dual-core Qualcomm Snapdragon CPU running on Android 2.3.6 and getting an update to ICS soon. Watch the unboxing video below for a glimpse at a rather nice retail package from LG
httpv://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SM4OKDHv-SE
Idea ID-918 Dual SIM 3G Smartphone Hands-on and Unboxing
Last week we were at the Idea Cellular’s Mumbai office for the launch of Idea 3G Dual Sim smartphone iD-918 priced at Rs. 5994. This is Idea’s 3rd Android smartphone launched in India and it runs on Android 2.3 (Gingerbread). We managed to get the first unboxing of Idea iD-918 and also played with this nice looking device. Continue reading “Idea ID-918 Dual SIM 3G Smartphone Hands-on and Unboxing”
Nokia Lumia 610 review
When Nokia announced the Lumia 610 back at Barcelona, it was promised that the handset and Windows Phone Tango will usher in a new era of smartphone. Here was a smartphone that was cheap and still performed well, in theory at least. It was a sound idea, but the compromises were just too big. Read on to find out why. Continue reading “Nokia Lumia 610 review”