NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1070 Ti announced, price starts at Rs. 39000 in India

NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1070 Ti

NVIDIA launched GeForce GTX 1070 last year. Now it has introduced the GeForce GTX 1070 Ti and the GTX 1070 Ti Founders Edition has been priced in India. It is based on new Pascal architecture and is built on TSMC’s 16nm FinFET process, similar to the GTX 1070, but this is more powerful with 2,432 cores. NVIDIA says that it will offer double the performance of the GeForce GTX 970. Continue reading “NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1070 Ti announced, price starts at Rs. 39000 in India”

Uber now lets you add multiple stops on a trip in India

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Uber today added a new feature that lets users in India add extra stops to their trip. This feature will be useful to pick up and drop off friends anytime during your ride, and is already available in several countries. You can add up to 3 stops in India and your fares will continue to include time and distance rates on trips with multiple stops.

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India’s smartphone shipments cross 40 million in Q3 2017, becomes second largest smartphone market: Canalys

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After a slight downfall in the Q2 2017,  smartphone market in India has recovered quickly with shipments growing 23% year on year in Q3 2017. A total of 40 million units were sold in India just in Q3 2017 and for the first time, India has overtaken the U.S. to become the second largest second largest smartphone market after China, according to the latest report from Canalys.

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Best Smartphones Under 10000 in India (Updated on October 2017)

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Which is the best smartphone for Rs.10000?

Best Android smartphone for Rs.10000?

Suggest a smartphone for Rs.10000?

These are the questions, we are often asked about on social media platforms and Youtube channels. In a way of addressing these questions and to make your life more relaxed, we have researched and narrowed down 10 smartphones that you can consider, before confirming your purchase decisions. The below list is purely based on the performance and “Value For Money” factor. The smartphones below are ranked randomly and the number means nothing. Do have a look at it. Continue reading “Best Smartphones Under 10000 in India (Updated on October 2017)”

Aircel launches mobile backup solution to backup contacts and data with 2GB free storage

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Aircel has launched new Mobile backup solution which enables customers to backup contacts and other essential data like messages, images, videos, audios and other files to the cloud storage and use it on multiple devices.

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Vodafone SuperWeek pack offers unlimited calls to any network, bundled data for 7 days at Rs. 69

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Vodafone today launched a new Vodafone SuperWeek pack that offers unlimited local and STD calls to any network along with 500MB data at Rs. 69 with 7 days of validity. Vodafone said that customers can make unlimited repeat purchases of the pack. Continue reading “Vodafone SuperWeek pack offers unlimited calls to any network, bundled data for 7 days at Rs. 69”

Xiaomi schedules an event in India on November 2 to launch a new series, Redmi Note 5A expected

Xiaomi Redmi Note 5A

Xiaomi just sent out invites for the launch of a new series on November 2nd. The company has also tweeted from its Redmi India handle with “Your best self is within you!” and #YourBestSelfie hashtag so it will likely be the top-end version of the Redmi Note 5A with a 16-megapixel front-facing camera that was introduced back in August.

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Apple iPhones purchased abroad will now get warranty support in India

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Apple products are well known for the warranty support which comes along with the purchase of the product be it an iPhone, Mac, iPad or iPad. Apple will now honour the warranty for unlocked iPhones even if they have been purchased outside India. This means if you bought your iPhone in the US or any international location and something went wrong, you can approach a authorized service center and get it serviced like it was purchased in India. FoneArena can confirm that warranty for iPhones purchased abroad will be honoured in India. This is big win for consumers as service centers usually turn away consumers for out of country purchases.

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Reliance Communications may shut down 2G business by November

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Reliance Communications (RCOM) called off the merger with Maxis Communications Berhad (MCB), promoters of Aircel earlier this month. Today multiple reports say that the company will shut down its 2G business by November 30th citing “creative destruction” by Reliance Jio. The company this week confirmed that it will be shutting down its direct to home (DTH) business Reliance Digital TV from 18 November due to the expiry of its DTH licence.

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Airtel launches VoLTE services in Gujarat

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After Mumbai, Madhya Pradesh and Chhattisgarh and Maharashtra & Goa, Airtel today launched Voice over LTE (VoLTE) services in Gujarat. This lets Airtel customers enjoy HD quality voice calls along with faster call set up time compared to normal voice calls on their VoLTE-compatible 4G handsets. Continue reading “Airtel launches VoLTE services in Gujarat”

Google Pixel 2, Pixel 2 XL pre-orders begin October 26 on Flipkart – Free Sennheiser headset, buyback and cashback offers

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Google unveiled Pixel 2 and Pixel 2 XL smartphones at an event in San Francisco earlier this month. At that time is said that the phones will be available for pre-order in India from Flipkart online and over 1000 retail stores from October 26th. Today Flipkart has announced several pre-order offers and said that pre-orders will begin 26th October at 00:00 hrs and deliveries will begin November 1st for Pixel 2 and from November 2nd for Pixel 2 XL.

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Harmon Kardon launches range of audio products in India priced between Rs. 1119 and Rs. 39990

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Harmon international, a subsidiary of Samsung Electronics has launched a wide-range of audio products in India and said that all the JBL and  Harmon Kardon would be available through 350 Samsung Brand Stores across India before the end of 2017.

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Apple iPhone X pre-orders begin October 27 on Flipkart and Amazon in India

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Apple introduced the iPhone X, its flagship iPhone with several new features at an event last month. It already said that the phone will be available for pre-order from October 27 in more than 55 countries and territories including India. Now Flipkart and Amazon.in have announced that the phone will be available for pre-order on the same date. It will be available for pre-order on Flipkart from 12:31PM and Amazon.in will start taking pre-orders from mid-night. Continue reading “Apple iPhone X pre-orders begin October 27 on Flipkart and Amazon in India”

Moto X4 price tipped ahead of India launch on November 13

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Moto was supposed to launch the Moto X4 smartphone in India on October 3rd, but later it got pushed to November 13. Now the box of the Moto X4 has surfaced on Twitter that shows that India will get the 4GB RAM with 64GB storage version with dual SIM support and also reveals that it will cost Rs. 23,999.

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Amkette EVO TV 3 4K Streaming Android Media Player launched for Rs. 7999

Amkette EVO TV 3 4K

Amkette has launched EVO TV 3 4K, its latest streaming Android Media Player running customized version of Android 6.0 (Marshmallow) and with support for Ultra High Definition 4K videos. It is the successor of the EVO TV2 4K that was launched last year. It has 8GB of internal storage, which is expandable up to 128GB that lets you install more apps and store movies and TV shows. Continue reading “Amkette EVO TV 3 4K Streaming Android Media Player launched for Rs. 7999”