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Honor 7A and 7C with 5.7-inch and 5.99-inch FullView displays, dual rear cameras, Android Oreo launched in India starting at Rs. 8999

Huawei’s Honor brand just launched the Honor 7A and Honor 7C , the company’s latest budget smartphones in the ‘7 series’ in India, as it had promised. Both the phones have a 5.7-inch and 5.99-inch 18:9 FullView 2.5D curved glass displays, respectively, come with a 13-megapixel rear camera along with a 2-megapixel secondary camera to capture depth information in portrait shots. There is also an 8-megapixel front camera with LED flash on both the phones. Continue reading “Honor 7A and 7C with 5.7-inch and 5.99-inch FullView displays, dual rear cameras, Android Oreo launched in India starting at Rs. 8999”

Vodafone launches VoLTE services in Kolkata

After Delhi-NCR, Mumbai, Gujarat, Maharashtra and Goa and Rajasthan,Haryana, Uttar Pradesh (UP) west, Karnataka, Uttar Pradesh (UP) East, Punjab, Chennai and Kerala, Vodafone has finally launched VoLTE (Voice Over LTE) services in Kolkata. Continue reading “Vodafone launches VoLTE services in Kolkata”

Vivo X21 with in-display fingerprint sensor launching in India on May 29 exclusively on Flipkart

Update: Flipkart has confirmed that Vivo is indeed launching the in-display fingerprint sensor version of the X21 in India on May 29th exclusively with them.

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Samsung Galaxy A6 and Galaxy A6+ with Super AMOLED Infinity displays launched in India starting at Rs. 21990

Samsung along with the new J series smartphones, also introduced its Galaxy A6 smartphones that were introduced earlier this month. Both the phones come with Super AMOLED Infinity displays with 18.5:9 screen ratio, but the A6 comes with a 5.6-inch HD+ screen while the A6+ features a 6-inch FHD+ screen. Continue reading “Samsung Galaxy A6 and Galaxy A6+ with Super AMOLED Infinity displays launched in India starting at Rs. 21990”

Samsung Galaxy J6 and Galaxy J8 with Super AMOLED Infinity displays launched in India starting at Rs. 13990

Samsung just launched the Galaxy J6 and Galaxy J8, the company’s latest smartphone in the ‘J Series’ in India, as expected. The J6 and J8 have 5.6-inch and 6-inch HD+ Super AMOLED 18.5: 9 Infinity 2.5D curved glass displays. The J6 is powered by an Octa-Core Exynos 7870 14nm SoC, while the J8 comes with Snapdragon 450 with up to 4GB of RAM. Both the phones run Android 8.0 (Oreo) with Samsung’s own UI on top. Continue reading “Samsung Galaxy J6 and Galaxy J8 with Super AMOLED Infinity displays launched in India starting at Rs. 13990”

Moto G6 with 5.7-inch FHD+ display, dual rear cameras and Moto G6 Play with 4000mAh battery launching in India on June 4

Update: Motorola India has just sent out invites for the launch of G6 and G6 Play on June 6th. It also confirmed that the G6 will be launched exclusively on Amazon India and the G6 Play will be available exclusively on Flipkart online. Both these will also be available through Moto Hub Stores.

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Honor 7C with 5.99-inch 18:9 FullView display, Snapdragon 450, dual rear cameras launching in India on May 22 [Update: Honor 7A as well exclusively on Flipkart]

Flipkart has confirmed that Honor 7A will also launch in India alongside the Honor 7C next Tuesday. It was introduced in China last month at 799 yuan (US$ 126 / Rs. 8,250 approx.) for the 2GB RAM with 32GB storage version with single rear camera and 999 yuan (US$ 158 / Rs. 10,315 approx.) for the 3GB RAM with 32GB version with dual rear cameras. We should know the pricing for India in a couple of days. Check out the specifications below. Continue reading “Honor 7C with 5.99-inch 18:9 FullView display, Snapdragon 450, dual rear cameras launching in India on May 22 [Update: Honor 7A as well exclusively on Flipkart]”

Samsung Galaxy J6 and Galaxy A6+ with Infinity display pricing surface ahead of India launch on May 21

Samsung has confirmed that it will launch Galaxy J6 smartphone in the ‘J series’ in India on May 21st. India will be one of the first countries to get the smartphone, and the company has confirmed that it will feature an Infinity display with 18:9 aspect ratio. The company will also launch the Galaxy A6+ (SM-A605F) alongside, which was introduced earlier this month.

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Google opines that India’s anti-trust ruling could cause irreparable harm

Alphabet Inc’s Google says that an India anti-trust ruling that found it to be guilty of search bias could cause “irreparable” harm and reputational loss to the company. To refresh your memory, Indian Antitrust watchdog has fined Google Rs.135.86 crores back in February. Continue reading “Google opines that India’s anti-trust ruling could cause irreparable harm”

Airtel, Amazon team-up to offer 4G smartphones at an effective starting price of Rs. 3399

Airtel and Amazon India today announced that they are partnering to jointly drive smartphone adoption across the country. Both the companies will now launch 4G smartphones at an affordable price for a wide range of smartphone starting at Rs. 3,999. Continue reading “Airtel, Amazon team-up to offer 4G smartphones at an effective starting price of Rs. 3399”

Xiaomi Mi MIX 2 gets another permanent price cut in India, now available for Rs. 29999

Mi Mix 2

Xiaomi after slashing the price of Mi MIX 2 by Rs. 3,000 in January, has again announced a permanent price cut in India, bringing the price down to Rs. 29,999. The phone was initially launched back in October Rs. 35999 and this permanent price drop is applicable on mi.com, Mi Home, and official partners like Flipkart. Continue reading “Xiaomi Mi MIX 2 gets another permanent price cut in India, now available for Rs. 29999”

OnePlus 6 Marvel Avengers Limited Edition with 8GB RAM, 256GB storage launched in India for Rs. 44999

OnePlus has launched the OnePlus 6 Marvel Avengers Limited Edition smartphone in India, as it had promised. It was introduced in China earlier, has a custom 3D Kevelar-textured glass back with Corning Gorilla 5 protection, features 6 layers of optical coating, and comes with Avengers logo on the back in gold, in addition to OnePlus logo. It also has 5 Avengers wallpapers. Continue reading “OnePlus 6 Marvel Avengers Limited Edition with 8GB RAM, 256GB storage launched in India for Rs. 44999”

OnePlus 6 launched in India starting at Rs. 34999

OnePlus announced its flagship OnePlus 6 smartphone at an event in London yesterday, now the company has launched it in India, as it had promised. It has a 6.29-inch Optic AMOLED display with a notch, about 84% screen-to-body ratio and is protected by Corning Gorilla Glass 5. It is powered by Snapdragon 845 Mobile Platform with up to 8GB of RAM. It runs Android 8.1 (Oreo) with OxygenOS 5.1, and the company already promised that it will get Android P beta starting this week

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OnePlus Bullets Wireless water-resistant headphones launched in India for Rs. 3990

OnePlus yesterday at its OnePlus 6 launch event in London introduced its new Bullets Wireless Bluetooth headphones with aptX technology. Today it has launched it in India. It has a magnetic resume that lets you turn it off just by attaching the headphones together and resume when you remove it.

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Nokia 7 Plus gets Dual 4G VoLTE support via OTA update in India

HMD Global launched the Nokia 7 Plus Android One smartphone in India last month, but it had support for 4G VoLTE in one SIM, while the other SIM supports only 3G, as we had mentioned in the review. As the company had promised earlier this month, the phone has received support for 4G VoLTE on both the SIMs via the latest V2.22A update. Continue reading “Nokia 7 Plus gets Dual 4G VoLTE support via OTA update in India”