All the latest devices which are coming to the market
LG’s first QHD phone, the G3, may be available for online pre-sale in India, but the device still hasn’t seen an official launch in the country.However, a teaser (a bad one at that) from the Korean fabricator reveals that the device will see a launch on the 21st this month, which is just over a week away from now. LG India tweeted the following picture earlier today, about which we’re talking: Continue reading “LG G3 launching in India on July 21st”
With MediaTek churning out chipsets night and day, costs of octa-core and hexa-core SoCs have plummeted through the past few months. Only yesterday did we see the launch of the ultra-affordable Wickedleak Wammy Neo Youth that packs an octa-core chipset with an MRP of under 10k INR, to which Micromax’s reply is the Canvas HD A190.
Continue reading “Hexa-core Micromax Canvas HD A190 goes on sale in India for Rs.13500”
If you haven’t heard of the OnePlus One yet, its time you get out of the cave you’ve been living in. The insanely popular device has proven extremely tough to get hold of, but that hasn’t stopped folks at OnePlus to go about their usual business.
Continue reading “OnePlus One StyleSwap covers to go on sale later this month”
Kyocera is developing a smartphone that is equipped with sapphire crystal display, according to a report from Cnet. A leaked video of the lab testing shows Kyocera testing out the displays in various tough tests.
Continue reading “Kyocera reportedly developing smartphone with sapphire crystal display”
Worldwide combined shipments of devices like PCs, tablets, ultra mobiles and mobile phones are projected to reach 2.4 billion units in 2014, a 4.2 percent increase from 2013, according to Gartner. The research firm further stated that 321 million tablets and will ship worldwide, up from 256 million in 2014.
Smartphone manufacturer Vertu has signed a five-year exclusive partnership with luxury car manufacturer Bentley. Under the partnership the duo will launch five “Vertu for Bentley” phones.
Continue reading “Vertu and Bentley sign five-year partnership to make luxury smartphones”
Google announced Android One at the recent Google I/O developers conference. The new program targeted at the emerging markets like India, Brazil and others will let OEMs create low cost handsets. Now, according to a report by Digitimes, Google is collaborating with chip maker MediaTek for this initiative which aims to reach the next 5 billion users.
Continue reading “Google reportedly teams up with MediaTek for Android One devices”
The Samsung Android Wear device which was leaked before Google I/O was officially announced today during the keynote as the Samsung Gear Live which is the company’s first Android wear device. Unlike other Samsung smartwatches which work only with select Samsung Android phones, this watch will work on any Android phone running Android 4.3 and up which is interesting.It is also water and dust resistant.
Continue reading “Samsung Gear Live goes up or Pre-Order on Play Store in US, ships July 9th”
ZTE has announced its plans to expand operations in India by launching six new smartphones this year. The Chinese telecom maker made its debut in India last year in July by launching smartphones and 3G data cards.
Continue reading “ZTE to roll out six smartphones including 4G handsets in India in 2014”
Audience has joined hands with leading SoC provider MediaTek to deliver the Audience eS700 series smart audio codec products as a pre-configured option on the new MediaTek MT6592 Octa-core AP with MT6290 LTE baseband reference platform for smartphones.
We are here at Taipei , Taiwan for Computex 2014 and today is the day 1 of the Ford Superfan Contest . Ford is showing off something really cool for the very first time in Asia at Computex this year and this is something which makes cars talk to each other and this works beyond just Ford cars and will surely make our roads safer in the near future.
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Microsoft had some strategic announcements during the Mobile World Congress, in which they announced the addition of new OEM partners that had signed up for making Windows Phone devices. Some of the new additions were Indian manufacturers like Lava, Xolo, Karbonn and later Micromax. In that lineup, we have two more OEMs added to the lineup today, and they are BLU and K-Touch. BLU is possibly the Micromax of the US while K-Touch is known for being an OEM as well as a ODM, which does contract manufacturing for other companies. The addition of these two new OEMs means a wider range of Windows Phone 8.1 devices that are all set to be released in the coming months. Will the third ecosystem finally pick up some steam?
Today, the markets are filled with low and high end smartphones from various companies. While the competition in high end models is becoming scarce, the lower and mid range market is becoming crowded with budget handsets.
Sony had announced the XPERIA Z2 back in February at MWC 2014 in Barcelona, Spain along with Samsung’s Galaxy S5. However due to certain production issues, the phone’s availability has been very scarce. It’s available in Singapore currently and it’s availability has been announced around Europe as well. Other countries worldwide are yet to receive the device so we thought we’ll bring you this unboxing.
Samsung and Apple are still the leading smartphone vendors by shipments in Q1 2014, according to a report by Research Firm IDC (International Data Corporation). The worldwide smartphone market grew 28.6% year-over-year in the Q1 2014, with shipments of 281.5 million units in the quarter, down 2.8% compared to last quarter. Continue reading “More than 280 million smartphones shipped in Q1 2014, up 28.6% YoY: IDC”
