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Vivo V7+ Energetic Blue color variant launched in India

Vivo V7 Plus Energetic Blue

Vivo launched V7+ mid-range selfie-focused smartphone in India in September in Champagne Gold and Matte Black colors. Today it has launched new Energetic Blue color variant in the country. Specifications are similar, including a 5.99-inch (1440 x 720 pixels) FullView display with 18:9 aspect ratio, 16-megapixel rear camera with phase-detection auto-focus (PDAF) and LED flash, Octa-Core Snapdragon 450 14nm Mobile Platform, Android 7.1 (Nougat) based on FuntouchOS 3.2, fingerprint sensor on the back and a 3225mAh built-in battery. Continue reading “Vivo V7+ Energetic Blue color variant launched in India”

Vodafone launches new RED Postpaid Plans with unlimited calls, Data rollover and more starting at Rs. 499

Vodafone has launched new set of RED postpaid plans – RED Traveler, RED International and RED Signature. All the plans come with free unlimited local and STD calling and free National Roaming. These plans offer data quotas starting from 20GB up to 200GB and Data rollover feature that allows consumers to carry forward up to 200GB of unused data. Some of these plans also come with up to 12 months free Netflix subscription. Continue reading “Vodafone launches new RED Postpaid Plans with unlimited calls, Data rollover and more starting at Rs. 499”

Samsung Galaxy C9 Pro Android 7.1.1 Nougat update starts rolling out in India

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Samsung is rolling out Android 7.1.1 Nougat update for the Galaxy C9 Pro in India. The Nougat update brings Experience 8.5 galaxy interface and all the functionalities that Android Nougat features. Continue reading “Samsung Galaxy C9 Pro Android 7.1.1 Nougat update starts rolling out in India”

Panasonic Eluga I5 with 5-inch display, fingerprint sensor, 4G VoLTE launched for Rs. 6499

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Panasonic has launched Eluga I5, successor of Eluga I4 smartphone in the Eluga series with support for 4G VoLTE. It has a 5-inch HD 2.5D curved glass screen with Asahi Dragon Trail Glass, is powered by a quad-core MediaTek MT6737 processor, runs on Android 7.0 (Nougat), has a 13-megapixel rear camera with LED Flash and a 5-megapixel front-facing camera. Continue reading “Panasonic Eluga I5 with 5-inch display, fingerprint sensor, 4G VoLTE launched for Rs. 6499”

Beyerdynamic DT 240 PRO professional monitor headphones launched in India for Rs. 7500

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Beyerdynamic has launched DT 240 professional monitor headphones in India. The DT 240 professional headphones are aimed towards musicians, podcasters, and filmmakers. The company characterizes the headphones as clean, deep bass, lively mids, and clearly defined highs.

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Xiaomi sold over 150000 Redmi Y1 and Redmi Y1 Lite smartphones in 3 minutes in first sale

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Xiaomi launched the Redmi Y1 and Redmi Y1 Lite smartphones in India last week. The phones went on sale in the country today exclusively on Amazon.in as well as Mi.com today. After the sale Manu Jain, Group Vice President and Managing Director of Xiaomi India said that the company sold over 1,50,000 units of both the phones across the platforms in the sale in just 3 minutes. Second sale is scheduled for November 15, next Wednesday. Continue reading “Xiaomi sold over 150000 Redmi Y1 and Redmi Y1 Lite smartphones in 3 minutes in first sale”

Apple India supplier planning on expanding its iPhone assembly facility

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Apple.Inc primary assembler in India is said to be planning on expanding its facilities in Bengaluru and is scouting for land in about 100 acres according to the people who are familiar with the matter. Wistron Corp. executives have shortlisted few spots including one that is very close to the airport.

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PayPal launches domestic payments in India

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A year after demonetisation, Digital payments company Paypal today launched its domestic operations in India that would allow Indian consumers use Paypal to shop online with select Indian merchants such as BookMyShow , Yatra, PVR , MakeMyTrip, Thomas Cook and more. From January 2018 it will be open to all merchants. It has been offering cross border payments in India for close to a decade and claims to control a third of India’s B2C export payments. Continue reading “PayPal launches domestic payments in India”

Moto X4 with dual rear cameras launching in India exclusively on Flipkart on November 13

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Motorola India recently sent out invites for the launch of Moto X4 smartphone in India on November 13th. Today Flipkart has announced that the phone will be available exclusively with them. The smartphone was unveiled IFA event recently and packs dual 12MP and 8MP rear cameras to take images with blurred background, portraits, selective black and white and has dual Autofocus Pixel technology for faster focus in low light.

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Honor Gala from Nov 7 to 11: Rs. 3000 off on Honor 8 Pro, discounts on MediaPad T3 and more

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Huawei’s Honor brand today started Honor Gala sale across Amazon, Flipkart, Official Honor Online Store & Offline Retail from today, November 7th till November 11th. The Honor 8 Pro is available at a discount of Rs 3000 and the Honor 6X (both variants 3+32GB and 4+64GB) get a Rs. 2000 discount. O fficial Honor online store offers Rs. 500 discount on Honor Power Banks and offers on accessories and Flipkart is offering Rs. 1000 discount on Honor MediaPad T3 tablet.

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Airtel Broadband customers get ‘data roll over’ to carry forward unused data

Airtel introduced ‘Data Roll over’ feature to carry forward their unused monthly data quota to the next billing cycle for post-paid customers so data is not wasted. Now this feature is available for Airtel Broadband customers, making it first to introduce the feature in the fixed home broadband segment in India. Continue reading “Airtel Broadband customers get ‘data roll over’ to carry forward unused data”

Ola partners with Microsoft for connected vehicle platform

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Ola has partnered with Microsoft to build a new connected vehicle platform for future. Microsoft will be the cloud partner as Ola said to use Microsoft Azure to power Ola Play its existing connected car platform.

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Huawei Band 2 and Band 2 Pro fitness trackers, Huawei Fit watch launched in India starting at Rs. 4599

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Huawei today launched Band 2 and Band 2 Pro fitness track and Huawei Fit fitness watch in India. The Band 2 series come with 24X7 heart rate monitoring and Band 2 Pro features VO2 Max which measures the amount of oxygen your body can take in and also has GPS. These also come with 5ATM water-proofing technology which protects it for up to 50 meters inside the water The Huawei Fit fitness watch has heart rate monitoring, automatic step counting, sleep tracking and support for multi-sport activities. Continue reading “Huawei Band 2 and Band 2 Pro fitness trackers, Huawei Fit watch launched in India starting at Rs. 4599”

Paytm integrates BHIM UPI payments on its platform

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Paytm has integrated BHIM UPI payments system on its app. BHIM is the Indian Government’s digital payment service, and it is the largest issuer and acquirer of UPI. Paytm has recently introduced Inbox native chat service on their platform.

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Xiaomi to open its first Mi Home Store in Pune on November 10

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After Bengaluru, Delhi-NCR, Chennai, Hyderabad and Mumbai, Xiaomi is all set to open its first Mi Home Store in Pune on November 10th. It will be located at First Floor, Seasons Mall, Magarpatta City. This will be the 10th Mi Home Store in the country after four stores in Bengaluru, one in Gurugram, Noida, Chennai, Hyderabad and Mumbai. Continue reading “Xiaomi to open its first Mi Home Store in Pune on November 10”