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Panasonic Eluga U officially launched in India for Rs. 18990

Panasonic Eluga U

Panasonic has officially launched the Eluga U, the company’s latest smartphone in the Eluga series in India. It was spotted online yesterday and packs a 5-inch (1280 x 720 pixels) HD IPS display based on one-glass-solution with Corning Gorilla Glass 3 protection, powered by a 1.2 GHz quad-core Snapdragon 400 processor and runs on Android 4.4 (KitKat). It has a 13-megapixel rear camera with LED flash and a 2-megapixel front-facing camera. Continue reading “Panasonic Eluga U officially launched in India for Rs. 18990”

Maxx MSD7 Smarty AXD21 with 4-inch display, Android 4.4 launched for Rs. 4020

Maxx MSD7 Smarty AXD21

Maxx Mobile has launched MSD7 Smarty AXD21, the company’s first smartphone running Android 4.4 (KitKat). It has a 4-inch WVGA screen, powered by a 1GHz dual-core MediaTek processor, has a 3.2-megapixel rear camera with LED flash and VGA front-facing camera. It has dual SIM support, 3G connectivity and comes pre-loaded with MAXX World, MAXX life Box, MAXX Care, MAXX New Launch, Getit, OLX, Flipkart, Hungama, Opera Mini, Wechat, Gameloft games and more apps. Continue reading “Maxx MSD7 Smarty AXD21 with 4-inch display, Android 4.4 launched for Rs. 4020”

Xiaomi sold 20,000 Mi3 units on Flipkart since launch

Xiaomi Mi3-2

Second batch of Mi3 units went on sale on Flipkart yesterday at 2 PM. Flipkart and Xiaomi has announced that the week’s stock sold out in 5 seconds. Last week’s Mi3 stock sold out in 38 minutes and 50 seconds, mainly due to server issues on Flipkart. In first sale, Xiaomi reportedly sold 10,000 units of Mi3s. Today the company confirmed that 20,000 Mi3 units have been sold on Flipkart since launch. Continue reading “Xiaomi sold 20,000 Mi3 units on Flipkart since launch”

Asus Zenfone 4 benchmarks

Asus Zenfone 4 Benchmarks

Asus launched the Zenfone series in India that includes the Zenfone 4 that starts at Rs. 5,999 for the Asus Zenfone 4 (A400CG) variant. The Zenfone 4 (A400CG) is the base variant in the Zenfone lineup. It is powered by a 1.2 GHz dual-core Intel Atom Z2520 processor with PowerVR SGX544 GPU and has 1GB RAM. It comes with 4-inch (800 x 480 pixels) display and runs on Android 4.3 (Jelly Bean) with Zen UI. Check out the synthetic benchmark scores below. Continue reading “Asus Zenfone 4 benchmarks”

Panasonic Eluga U with 5-inch HD display, Android 4.4, 13MP camera now available for Rs. 17490

Panasonic Eluga U

Panasonic Eluga U, the company’s latest smartphone in the Eluga series is available on eBay for Rs. 17,490, ahead of tomorrow’s launch. It has a 5-inch (1280 x 720 pixels) HD IPS display based on one-glass-solution with Corning Gorilla Glass 3 protection, powered by a 1.2 GHz quad-core Snapdragon 400 processor and runs on Android 4.4 (KitKat). It has a 13-megapixel rear camera with LED flash and a 2-megapixel front-facing camera. Continue reading “Panasonic Eluga U with 5-inch HD display, Android 4.4, 13MP camera now available for Rs. 17490”

Xolo Play 8X-1000 with HIVE UI launching in the first week of August

Xolo-HIVE-UI

Xolo started teasing about their Hive UI last month. Today the company has announced on their Facebook page that it would launch a new smartphone called 8X-1000 with HIVE UI in the first the first week of August, when answering queries about the HIVE UI. Xolo launched the Play 6X-1000 with Hexa-Core MediaTek MT6591 Soc. The 8X-1000 would be the first smartphone to feature its HIVE UI, but it would be ported to other Xolo devices in future, says the company. Continue reading “Xolo Play 8X-1000 with HIVE UI launching in the first week of August”

Micromax Canvas L A108 with 5.5-inch qHD display, Android 4.4 listed on official website

Micromax Canvas L A108

Micromax Canvas L A108, the company’s latest phablet has been listed on the official website. It has a 5.5-inch qHD screen, powered by a 1.3 GHz quad-core MediaTek processor and runs on Android 4.4 (KitKat). It has a 8-megapixel autofocus rear camera with LED flash and a 2-megapixel fixed focus front-facing camera. It has Dual SIM support similar to other Micromax smartphones. Continue reading “Micromax Canvas L A108 with 5.5-inch qHD display, Android 4.4 listed on official website”

Asus Zenfone 6 Camera Samples

Asus Zenfone 6-12

Asus launched the Zenfone 6, top-end smartphone in the Zenfone series in India recently. We already brought you the unboxing, benchmarks and the photo gallery of the smartphone, here we have the camera samples of the smartphone. It has a 13-megapixel rear camera with LED flash, BSI sensor, five-element lenses, f/2.0 aperture and comes with optical image stabilization. The whole package is called the “pixelmaster” by ASUS. Continue reading “Asus Zenfone 6 Camera Samples”

Obi Octopus S520 Unboxing

Obi Octopus S520-1

Obi Mobiles, based in Gurgaon announced the launch of India operations back in April. The company is promoted by Inflexionpoint, popular IT supply chain company co-founded by John Sculley, Ex CEO of Apple. The Obi Octopus S520 that was launched earlier this month is the company’s first smartphone. Priced at Rs. 11,990, it is one of the cheapest smartphones powered by a Octa-Core MediaTek processor in India. Check out the unboxing below.

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Samsung Galaxy Tab S 10.5 Review

Samsung Galaxy Tab S 10.5-1

Samsung launched the Galaxy Tab S 10.5, the company’s latest flagship tablet in the Tab S range in India earlier this month. Even though the Samsung Galaxy Note 10.1 2014 Edition and the Galaxy NotePRO 12.2 had 2560×1600 WQXGA resolution screens, this is the first time Samsung has used WQXGA Super AMOLED display on a tablet. The main USP of the tablet is its display, and Samsung has implemented new technologies to improve the display. Is this the best high-end Android tablet? Let us find out in the complete review. Continue reading “Samsung Galaxy Tab S 10.5 Review”

Second batch of Xiaomi Mi3 India units to go on sale today

The duo of China’s Xiaomi and India’s Flipkart is all set to open sale for the Xiaomi Mi3 smartphone later today.

This will now be the second time that the device goes on sale in the country on Flipkart. Earlier, the Mi3 went on sale on the 22nd this month when stocks vanished in a matter of under 40 minutes. Flipkart and Xiaomi would hope to repeat the successful sale sans the server crash that Flipkart had to face.

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Samsung Galaxy K zoom Auto PoP Cover Unboxing

Samsung Galaxy K zoom Auto Pop Cover-5

Samsung launched the Galaxy K zoom in India earlier this month, exclusively on Amazon.in. As a launch offer, it offers Auto PoP cover worth Rs. 1,999 free with the smartphone . We already unboxed the camera-centric K zoom smartphone, here we have the unboxing of the Auto Pop Cover for the K zoom. Check out the unboxing below. Continue reading “Samsung Galaxy K zoom Auto PoP Cover Unboxing”

Samsung Galaxy Star 2 Plus with Android 4.4 listed on official India eStore

Samsung Galaxy Star 2 Plus (SM-G350E), an entry-level smartphone has been listed on the official Samsung India eStore. It is the same Samsung Galaxy Star Advance smartphone that was said to be launching in India. It has a 4.3-inch (800 x 480 Pixels) display, powered by a 1.2 GHz dual-core processor and runs on Android 4.4 (KitKat). It has a 3-megapixel rear camera with LED flash. Continue reading “Samsung Galaxy Star 2 Plus with Android 4.4 listed on official India eStore”

ACT Broadband is now ACT Fibernet , launches new 60Mbps plan at Rs.1999 in Bangalore

act-fibernet-60mbps

ACT (Atria Convergence Technologies Pvt. Ltd.), popular for its Fiber Optic home broadband has launched its new broadband brand called ACT Fibernet. It has also updated its plans for Bangalore. Customers who are currently in older plans would be automatically upgraded to new plans automatically without extra cost.

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Amazon to open five new fulfillment centers in India

Amazon has announced that it plans to open five more Fulfillment Centers (FCs) in Delhi, Chennai, Jaipur, Ahmedabad and Tauru (outskirts of Gurgaon). The move comes from the e-commerce giant to enhance its services to its customers.

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