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Xolo Q1010i with 5-inch HD display, Exmor R camera sensor launched for Rs. 13499

Xolo Q1010i

Xolo has launched Q1010i, successor of the Xolo Q1010. It appeared on the official website earlier this month and has a 8-megapixel Sony Exmor R sensor with f/2.0 aperture, 1.4 micron pixel size and a 5-element lens. Other features are similar to the Q1010, including a 5-inch (1280 x 720 pixels) HD IPS display based on One-glass-Solution (OGS) technology, 1.3 GHz quad-core MediaTek MT6582 processor and Android 4.2 (Jelly Bean), upgradable to Android 4.4 (KitKat). Continue reading “Xolo Q1010i with 5-inch HD display, Exmor R camera sensor launched for Rs. 13499”

Micromax Canvas Doodle 3 with 6-inch display launched for Rs. 8500

Micromax Canvas Doodle 3

Micromax has launched the Canvas Doodle 3, the latest smartphone in the Canvas Doodle series. It has a 6-inch FWVA display, powered by a 1.3 GHz dual-core processor and run on Android 4.2 (Jelly Bean) as rumored. It would come with a 5-megapixel rear camera with LED flash and a VGA front-facing camera. It also has dual SIM support and comes pre-loaded with Kingsoft Office, Opera Mini Browser, Getit and Games like Marble, Rope Cut, Jelly Jumper. Continue reading “Micromax Canvas Doodle 3 with 6-inch display launched for Rs. 8500”

Reliance Jio, ATC India tie up to share telecom tower infrastructure

Reliance Jio Infocomm, a subsidiary of Reliance Industries Limited (RIL) has entered into a pan-India tower infrastructure sharing agreement ATC India, an independent tower company, to use the latter’s telecom infrastructure with a footprint of over 11,000 telecom towers for their 4G roll out. Continue reading “Reliance Jio, ATC India tie up to share telecom tower infrastructure”

Sony Xperia M2 Dual launched in India for Rs. 21990

Sony Xperia M2 MWC 2014 -1

Sony Mobile has launched the Xperia M2 Dual, the successor of last year Xperia M. It was announced at the MWC 2014 and packs a 4.8-inch (960 x 540 pixels) capacitive touch screen display, powered by a 1.2 GHz quad-core Qualcomm Snapdragon 400 and runs on Android 4.3 (Jelly Bean). It has a a 8-megapixel rear camera with LED flash and a 0.3-megapixel (VGA) front-facing camera. It also comes with dual SIM support and has NFC. Continue reading “Sony Xperia M2 Dual launched in India for Rs. 21990”

HTC Desire 816 launched in India for Rs. 23990

HTC Desire 816-10

HTC has launched the Desire 816, the company’s latest phablet in India. It was announced at the MWC 2014 earlier this year. has a 5.5-inch (1280 x 720 pixels) display, powered by a 1.6 GHz quad-core Qualcomm Snapdragon 400 processor and runs on Android 4.4 (KitKat) with HTC Sense 6.0 on top. It has a 13-megapixel rear camera and a 5-megapixel front-facing camera. It has dual-front-facing BoomSound speakers and comes with dual SIM support. Continue reading “HTC Desire 816 launched in India for Rs. 23990”

HTC Desire 210 dual SIM with 4-inch display launched in India for Rs. 8700

HTC Desire 210 India launch

HTC has launched the Desire 210 dual SIM, the company’s latest budget smartphone in India. It has a 4-inch (800 x 480 pixels) capacitive touch screen display, powered by a 1GHz dual-core processor and runs on Android 4.2 (Jelly Bean). It has a 5-megapixel rear camera without flash and a 0.3-megapixel front-facing camera. It also has HTC BlinkFeed. The company launched the Desire 310 dual sim in India last month. Continue reading “HTC Desire 210 dual SIM with 4-inch display launched in India for Rs. 8700”

HTC One (M8) launched in India for Rs. 49900

HTC One M8-13

HTC has launched the HTC One (M8) successor of last year’s HTC One (M7) in India. It was announced back in February and has a 5.0-inch (1920 x 1080 pixels) Full HD display with Corning Gorilla glass protection, powered by a 2.5 GHz quad-core Qualcomm Snapdragon 801 processor and runs on Android 4.4 (KitKat) with the new HTC Sense 6.0 UI. It has Duo camera setup with a primary UltraPixel camera (1/3″ BSI sensor, f/2.0 aperture, 28mm lens, pixel size of 2.0 microns) and a secondary rear camera to capture depth information. It has dual LED flash that automatically selects the right tone and intensity based on the scene. Continue reading “HTC One (M8) launched in India for Rs. 49900”

Micromax Canvas Doodle 3 images, specifications leaked

Micromax Canvas Doodle 3 leak

Micromax started teasing their Canvas Doodle 3 smartphone last week. It just hinted at a larger-screen phone. Gadgets To Use has got hold of the images of the retail box that details the specifications of the smartphone. According to the leak the is expected to come with a 6-inch FWVA display, powered by a 1.3 GHz dual-core processor and run on Android 4.2 (Jelly Bean). It would come with a 5-megapixel rear camera with LED flash and a VGA front-facing camera. Continue reading “Micromax Canvas Doodle 3 images, specifications leaked”

Samsung Galaxy Tab 3 10.1 listed on official India eStore for Rs. 36340

GALAXY Tab 3 10.1-inch (1)

Samsung Galaxy Tab 3 10.1 (P5200) has been listed on official Samsung India eStore at Rs. 36,340. It was announced back in June last year and packs a 10.1-inch (1280×800 pixels) display, powered by a 1.6 GHz dual-core processor and runs on Android 4.2.2 (Jelly Bean). It has a SIM slot and supports 3G connectivity. Samsung launched the 7-inch and 8-inch variants last year and introduced buyback offers for these tablets recently.
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Spice Stellar Mettle Icon Mi-506 Benchmarks

Spice launched the Mettle Icon Mi-506 with Metal build recently. We brought you the unboxing earlier this week, here we have the benchmarks of the device. It is powered by a dual-core MediaTek MT6572 SoC with Mali-400 MP GPU clocked at 1.3 GHz. It has a 5-inch (480 x 854 pixels) display, runs on Android 4.2 (Jelly Bean) and has 512MB of RAM. Let us check out the synthetic benchmark tests. Continue reading “Spice Stellar Mettle Icon Mi-506 Benchmarks”

Spice Stellar Mettle Icon Mi-506 Unboxing

The Indian market is one of the fastest growing smartphone markets in the world, purely driven by the barrage of entry level Android smartphones. The market is so big that even Nokia wanted a slice of it, so it is not surprising to see the unending release schedules the companies resort to. One of them is the Indian manufacturer Spice, known for its low and mid range Android smartphones. In that line, we have here the Spice Stellar Mettle Icon for unboxing. This phone, priced at a low Rs. 6,999 in the market is one of the very few phablet sized devices in that price range. From the front, it unmistakeably looks like the HTC One, sans the loudspeakers. Watch it in action in our unboxing video here –

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Obi Mobiles backed by former Apple CEO John Scully launched in India

Obi Mobiles

Obi Mobiles has announced the launch of its operations in the India after several reports. The company is based in Gurgaon and is promoted by Inflexionpoint, popular IT supply chain company co-founded by John Sculley, Ex CEO of Apple. The OBI Mobiles team is headed by Ajay Sharma as CEO, former head of smartphone division in Micromax and HTC and Neeraj Chauhan, CEO of Inflexionpoint for IT and Telecom supply chain aggregation. Continue reading “Obi Mobiles backed by former Apple CEO John Scully launched in India”

Nokia X gets a price cut in India, now available for Rs. 7027

Nokia launched the Nokia X in India last month priced at Rs. Rs. 8599. It received a price cut recently and is available for as low as Rs. 7027. The Nokia X is the first smartphone from Nokia based on Android. It has a 4-inch (800 x 480 pixels) touch screen display, powered by a 1 GHz dual-core Qualcomm Snapdragon S4 play (MSM8225) processor and runs on Nokia X software platform based on AOSP Android 4.1 (Jelly Bean). It has dual SIM support and a 3-megapixel rear camera. Continue reading “Nokia X gets a price cut in India, now available for Rs. 7027”

Aircel launches Buddee Pack to get entrance exam info

Aircel has launched Buddee Pack, a first of its kind service aimed at students in Delhi. This enables students preparing for graduate and postgraduate entrance examinations access real time entrance news updates, availability of forms, last date of application, number of seats available, institute rankings, eligibility criteria, website links of various institutes and more. Continue reading “Aircel launches Buddee Pack to get entrance exam info”

Logitech X100 Portable Wireless Speaker launched in India for Rs. 2995

Logitech X100

Logitech India has launched Logitech X100 Wireless Speaker, a small and stylish speaker with Bluetooth connectivity and up to 5 hours back-up. It also has built-in mic for hands-free phone calls and comes in four colour combinations. Continue reading “Logitech X100 Portable Wireless Speaker launched in India for Rs. 2995”