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Motorola launched the new Moto G in India yesterday priced at Rs. 12,999, it is now on sale on Flipkart, as it promised at the launch. The second generation Moto G has a larger screen, better camera, front-facing stereo speakers and a microSD expansion slot. It comes in black and white colors and only the Dual SIM 16GB variant is on sale in India. Continue reading “New Moto G goes on sale on Flipkart with launch day offers for Rs. 12999”
iBall has launched the Slide WQ32, the company’s first Windows 8 tablet. It has a 8-inch (1280×800 pixels) IPS screen and is powered by an quad-core Intel Atom Z3735D processor. It has a 5-megapixel rear camera and a 2-megapixel front-facing camera. It comes with free Microsoft Office license for one year, 1TB OneDrive cloud storage and Windows Defender Antivirus and Firewall. Continue reading “iBall Slide WQ32 Windows 8 Tablet with 3G support launched for Rs. 16999”
FoneArena and OnePlus teamed up to do something, which fans love the most – a meetup! The fun event was scheduled on September 4 in Bangalore and more than 30 OnePlus and FoneArena enthusiasts turned up even though it was a weekday.
We had Carl Pei, Ruston McLean and Andy Zhang from the OnePlus Global team along with FoneArena crew.
The fan meet up got rolling at 5PM with Varun Krishnan and Carl Pei’s introductory note. Ruston, who leads the business development at OnePlus also thanked all the fans for taking some time out on a busy weekday.
As promised, the OnePlus and the FoneArena team were ready with some goodies to giveaway. There was two OnePlus One units up for grab as well and the team decided to run a raffle to pick the lucky fans.
There was a lot of buzz with lot of tech talk and the environment was electrifying. All the fans had a chance to interact with the OnePlus and the FoneArena team. Taking selfies with Carl and Varun Krishnan was a common sight. We had some delicious food on offer as well.
After a lot of interaction and fun activities, the moment of luck finally arrived – 2 OnePlus One 64GB Standstone Black units were at one’s disposal.
There were two lucky winners – Vinu Thomas and Mohameed Vaseem left the venue with smiling faces. We wrapped up by thanking all our fans for being there and we made sure that everybody had something to win.
We thank all our readers for supporting us and we thank OnePlus team for giving us an opportunity to organize the meet up!
You can have a look at some of the photos from the meet up below (PS: The guys in the Never Settle T-shirts are from FoneArena team and the guys with the FoneArena T-shits are from OnePlus team) –
Varun and Carl addressing the gathering!
Ruston from OnePlus thanking the fans for turning up!
Andy from OnePlus team interacting with fans!
Carl from OnePlus interacting with fans!
There was some delicious food on offer as well!
Sunil from FoneArena team interacting with FA fans!
The big moment – Raffle!
The lucky winners!
The FoneArena and the OnePlus team!
Microsoft has launched the Nokia X2 Dual SIM, the second generation X series smartphone in India. It was announced back in June and packs a 4.3-inch WVGA screen, powered by a 1.2 dual-core Snapdragon 200 processor and runs on Nokia X software platform based on Android 4.3 (Jelly Bean). It recently got updated to Nokia X software platform 2.1 that brought several new features, including support for Google series. Continue reading “Nokia X2 Dual SIM Android smartphone launched in India for Rs. 8699”
There was a time when Motorola phones had the smartest hardware with their sharp metallic hues and super slim flip styles (remember RAZR series). We forgot all about them after Moto moved out of India. The new Moto X brings back that stylish aura of its predecessors. It has a slim curved design that will set it apart from all other android devices, in its category. The new Moto X is slim and is perfectly curved for the palm and pocket. Here’s a first hands on feel of the device. Continue reading “New Moto X Hands On”
Intex has launched the Aqua Style Mini after launching its Aqua Style and Aqua Style Pro smartphones. It has a 4-inch WVGA AMOLED display, powered by a 1GHz dual-core processor and runs on Android 4.4.2 (KitKat). It has a 5-megapixel rear camera with LED flash and a 0.3-megapixel front-facing camera. Intex has been signed as an exclusive mobile brand partner of the upcoming biopic movie based on Mary Kom, starring Priyanka Chopra. Continue reading “Intex Aqua Style Mini with 4-inch AMOLED display launched for Rs. 4990”
Xiaomi has announced that 40,000 Redmi 1S units will be available for sale in India on Flipkart on September 9th. Over 2 lakh people have already registered for the sale. In September 2nd sale, less than 40,000 units of Remi 1s units have been sold on Flipkart in just 4.2 seconds, however these are expected to ship only on September 16th. So smartphones ordered in next week’s sale are likely to ship later this month. The company recently announced that it has halted the sales of Mi 3 temporarily in India to concentrate on Redmi 1S. Continue reading “40,000 Redmi 1S units to go on sale in India on September 9”
Motorola has launched the new Moto G Dual SIM in India. It has a 5-inch (1280 x 720 pixels) display with Corning Gorilla Glass protection, powered by a 1.2 GHz quad-core Snapdragon 400 processor and run on Android 4.4 (KitKat). It has a 8-megapixel rear camera with 720p HD video recording and a 2-megapixel front-facing camera. It has dual front-facing speakers. Continue reading “New Moto G Dual SIM launched in India for Rs. 12999”
Xiaomi Mi in-ear headset is now available for purchase from Flipkart in India. Priced at Rs. 999, it actually went on sale earlier this week, but it went out of stock in few hours. It is not clear how long the new stocks would last, so better hurry if you want to purchase it. Continue reading “Xiaomi Mi In-Ear Headset goes on sale on Flipkart for Rs. 999”
Lava has officially launched the Iris 460. It was spotted on the official website back in July and packs a 4.5-inch FWVGA screen based on one-glass-solution (OGS) technology, 1.3 GHz dual-core processor, 5-megapixel auto focus rear camera with LED flash and 0.3-megapixel front-facing camera. It has leather-like back cover.
Continue reading “Lava Iris 460 with 4.5-inch OGS display, Android 4.4 launched for Rs. 6699”
OnePlus One, one of the most anticipated Chinese smartphone might hit Indian markets before December this year. The 5.5 inch Full HD display phone that was announced in April this year wants to sell its 64GB variant under Rs. 25,000 in India.
Continue reading “OnePlus One ready for India launch before December 2014”
We had a chance to sit down with Carl Pei – Director, OnePlus Global and talk to him about the company’s vision ahead of their launch in India. Continue reading “Exclusive: an interview with Carl Pei – Director, OnePlus Global”
Micromax has sent out press invites to launch a new smartphone on September in New Delhi. The event was supposed to happen on September 1st, but it got postponed. The invitation doesn’t reveal anything apart from the time, date and location, but the company today teased a new smartphone on their Facebook page back that reveal few details about the smartphone. It also says that it would launch exclusively on Snapdeal.
Continue reading “Micromax sends invite to launch a new smartphone on September 8”
Vodafone India has launched Vodafone R206Z, that company’s latest 3G Mobile Wi-Fi dongle that offers data transfer speed of up to 21.1 Mbps. It lets you share the connection with up to 10 users through Wi-Fi, has microSD card support up to 32GB. Continue reading “Vodafone R206Z 3G Mobile Wi-Fi dongle launched for Rs. 2399”
Aircel has launched new packs that offers free data for Facebook and Whatsapp access. In Delhi it costs Rs.26, offers 100MB of free data to access Facebook & WhatsApp, 10 MB of normal internet usage, 50 free SMS (Local and National) and comes with a validity of 28 days. Cost of the pack, free data and validity varies depending on the circle. Continue reading “Aircel launches Facebook and WhatsApp pack, new customers get 2 months free access”
