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Coolpad India has started ‘Catch The 6’ and also said that it will launch a flagship device on August 20th, which will likely be the Cool Play 6 that was introduced in China recently. It has 13-megapixel dual rear cameras, packs 6GB of RAM and has a 4060mAh battery. Continue reading “Coolpad Cool Play 6 with 6GB RAM, Dual rear cameras launching in India on August 20”
ZOPO Mobile is celebrating 2 years of its presence in India with discounts of up to 60% on nine of its smartphone models. It’s budget Color C1 smartphone gets Rs. 1000 price cut and the popular Speed 7+ has received Rs. 4000 price cut. The phones are available from Amazon.in and Flipkart at new rates. Check out the complete list below. Continue reading “ZOPO 2nd Anniversary Sale – Up to Rs. 4300 off on smartphones”
After last year’s report, Hike Messenger today confirmed that it has acquired CREO, a Bangalore-based technology start up that was founded by ex Hikers Sai Srinivas Kiran G, and Shubham Malhotra. The company did not reveal the amount of the deal. Continue reading “Hike Messenger acquires CREO”
Reliance Jio launched its MyJio app back in May last year before it started offering Jio Preview Offer for consumers. Earlier this week it crossed 100 million or 10 Crore installs on the Google Play Store. It crossed 50 million installs back in December last year after it hit 10 million in September last year. Continue reading “MyJio app clocks 100 million installs on the Google Play Store”
Update – August, 16: Micromax has sent out invites confirming the launch of Canvas Infinity on August 22nd.
Every company is now keen on launching phones with bezel-less display. Micromax has sent out invite for the launch of its new phone with minimal bezels and more screen on August 22nd. The invite just says ”Let’s put a number to infinity” along with the launch date and the image of the phone. Continue reading “Micromax to launch a smartphone with narrow bezel screen on August 22, Canvas Infinity expected”
Samsung has launched several audio devices including Bluetooth speakers – Level Box Slim, Bottle speaker and Scoop speaker, Bluetooth headset – Level Active and in-ear headphones in India. Continue reading “Samsung wireless speakers, Level Active Bluetooth headset, In-ear headphones launched in India”
Lenovo launched the PHAB 2 Plus in India last year, later it launched the PHAB 2 in the country in December. It even launched the PHAB 2 Pro, the world’s first Google tango-enabled smartphone for consumers earlier this year. All these phones were launched running Android 6.0 (Marshmallow). The company’s roadmap has revealed that the phones will not get updated to Android Nougat since it says that it doesn’t have any upgrades planned for the series. Continue reading “Lenovo PHAB 2 series including Tango-enabled Phab 2 Pro will not get Android 7.0 Nougat update”
Aircel today launched a new First Recharge Coupon (FRC) 449 and 229 for its new customers in J&K that offer unlimited (Local & STD) calls with 84 days validity. The 449 pack offers 168GB 3G data at 2GB per day and the 229 pack offers 84GB 3G data at 1GB 3G data per day All Aircel customers with 2G, 3G or 4G handsets can avail the offer, said the company. It says that FUP is applicable for the 449 pack, but no details about the terms. Continue reading “Aircel launches FRC 449 and FRC 229 with unlimited calls, 84 days validity in J&K”
Flipkart has raised a latest round of funding from SoftBank
Vision Fund. This is said to be the biggest ever private investment in an Indian technology company and will make the Vision Fund one of the largest shareholders in Flipkart. Continue reading “SoftBank Vision Fund invests in Flipkart to become one of its largest shareholders”
Xiaomi launched the Redmi Note 4 with Snapdragon 625 in India running MIUI 8 based on Android 6.0 (Marshmallow) back in January earlier this year starting at Rs. 9999. Now the company has finally started rolling out Android 7.0 (Nougat) update for the smartphone along with the MIUI 8.5.4.0.NCFMIED OTA update as nightly build, which Xiaomi calls Beta Stable release before the final update. Check out the changelog below. Continue reading “Xiaomi Redmi Note 4 MIUI 8.5.4.0 Android 7.0 Nougat update starts rolling out in India”
Paytm has announced that it now supports third party Quick Response QR codes. Users will now be able to scan non- Paytm codes as well using the Scan button on the Paytm app.
Continue reading “Paytm expands business by adding support for third party QR codes”
Nokia 6 was announced in India back in June for Rs. 14,999 and the registrations for the phone started exclusively on Amazon.in on July 14th, as the company had promised. Today Amazon India has announced that the phone has over 1 million or 10 lakh registrations ahead of the first sale on August 23rd. Continue reading “Nokia 6 gets over 1 million registrations on Amazon India ahead of sale on August 23”
Micromax launched the Evok Note smartphone in the Evok series back in April this year. Today the company has started teasing the Evok Dual Note smartphone. It has stared a video on its social channels along with a caption “Do you measure your moments in pixels? #EvokDualNote, coming soon.” Continue reading “Micromax Evok Dual Note teased, could come with dual rear cameras”
Amazon started Great Indian Sale, its latest 4-day sale yesterday that offered good deals on smartphones, accessories, wearables and more. On the second day it is offering good deals on speakers, both wired and wireless, Bluetooth and wired headphones, hard disks, chargers and more. Continue reading “Amazon Great Indian Sale: up to 50% off on speakers, up to 62% off on portable hard disks and more”
Panasonic today launched Eluga A3 and A3 Pro smartphones in the ‘A Series’ in India. These have a 5.2-inch HD screen, runs Android 7.0 (Nougat), come with a 13-megapixel rear camera, 8-megapixel front camera, fingerprint sensor on the front and pack a 4000mAh battery, but the A3 comes with quad-core MediaTek MT6737 SoC, while the A3 Pro is powered by Mediatek MT6753 SoC. These phones also come with ARBO virtual assistant.
Continue reading “Panasonic Eluga A3 and A3 Pro with Android 7.0, 4000mAh battery launched starting at Rs. 11290”
