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Honor Holly 2 Plus Battery Life Test

Huawei Honor Holly 2 Plus that was launched in India last month, went on sale last week at Rs. 8,499 through Flipkart and Amazon.in. Here we have its battery test results of the smartphone. The Holly 2 Plus packs a 4000mAh built-in battery, which is twice the 2000mAh battery on the first Holly smartphone. It has a 5-inch HD display, is powered by a Quad-Core MediaTek MT6735 processor and runs on Android 5.1 (Lollipop) with Emotion UI 3.1 Lite on top. Check out the test results below. Continue reading “Honor Holly 2 Plus Battery Life Test”

Reliance Retail launches LYF Wind 6 with 5-inch display, 4G LTE for Rs. 7090

Reliance LYF Wind 6

After launching the LYF Flame 1 earlier this month, Reliance Retail has launched LYF Wind 6, a new 4G smartphone. It has a 5-inch FWVGA display, is powered by a quad-core Snapdragon 210, SoC, has a 5-megapixel front and rear cameras and dual SIM support. It runs on Android 5.1 (Lollipop). Continue reading “Reliance Retail launches LYF Wind 6 with 5-inch display, 4G LTE for Rs. 7090”

‘Make in India’ has nothing to do with Freedom 251: Amitabh Kant

It looks like Ringing Bells is not able to catch a break with new allegations and controversies arising almost every day. The maker of the cheapest smartphone in India, the Freedom 251 has been touted as being a part of Digital India and the ‘Make in India’ initiative. However, it seems that this is not the case.

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LG G5 launching in India in Q2 2016

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LG unveiled its flagship G5 smartphone with a modular design along with Friends companion devices at the MWC in Barcelona earlier this week. Today LG has announced that the smartphone will launch in India in the next quarter, soon after the global launch in April. The G5 has a 5.3-inch (2560 x 1440 pixels) Quad HD Quantum always-on display that lets you can check the time, battery status, and notifications without waking the phone. Continue reading “LG G5 launching in India in Q2 2016”

Ringing Bells accused of alleged fraud by Cyfuture call center

Ringing Bells, the maker of the world’s cheapest smartphone Freedom 251, is being accused of fraud and non-payment of dues and abrupt termination of contract by call center service provider Cyfuture.

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BLU Life Mark with 5-inch HD display, 4G, fingerprint sensor launched in India for Rs. 8999

BLU Life Mark

BLU Products has launched its BLU Life Mark smartphone in India. It packs a 5-inch HD display, is powered by an Quad-Core 64-bit MediaTek 6735 processor and runs on Android 5.1 (Lollipop). It has a 13-megapixel rear camera with LED flash and a 5-megapixel front-facing camera. Continue reading “BLU Life Mark with 5-inch HD display, 4G, fingerprint sensor launched in India for Rs. 8999”

Indian Railways with Google will offer Wi-Fi at 400 stations in 2 years

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Today, Union Railways Minister Suresh Prabhakar Prabhu while presenting Railway Budget 2016-17 in Parliament said that the Indian Railways in partnership with Google offer Wi-Fi services at 400 stations across India in the next 2 years. Indian Railways, RailTel and Google launched free Wi-Fi service at the Mumbai Central station last month. Continue reading “Indian Railways with Google will offer Wi-Fi at 400 stations in 2 years”

Ringing Bells announces cash on delivery for Freedom 251 orders

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Ringing Bells today announced that it will be accepting Cash on Delivery (COD) for the customers who ordered the Rs. 251 Freedom 251 smartphone last week. Earlier this week the company said that it received over 6.17 crore registrations (over 60 millions) for the smartphone in total, few days after the payment gateway crashed after 30,000 transactions in day 1. Now it said that is in the process of compiling emails and will be issuing this to first 25 lakh registrations soon.
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TP-LINK Archer MR200 802.11ac Dual Band router with 4G SIM support launched for Rs. 8999

TP-LINK Archer MR200

TP-LINK has launched Archer MR200 (AC750) Wireless Dual Band Wireless Router in India. It also has a 4G SIM slot, in addition to Ethernet port, so that you can also share 4G LTE/3G connection with other devices. Continue reading “TP-LINK Archer MR200 802.11ac Dual Band router with 4G SIM support launched for Rs. 8999”

Moto X Force now available from over 400 retail stores across India

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Motorola launched the Moto X Force, it’s flagship smartphone swith a 5.4-inch Quad HD AMOLED screen with Moto ShatterShield display technology, which is essentially made of an integrated system of five layers that absorbs shock from impact and is guaranteed not to shatter. It went on sale through online retailers Flipkart, Amazon.in and Snapdeal stating at Rs. 49,999, earlier this month. Continue reading “Moto X Force now available from over 400 retail stores across India”

Google’s Accelerated Mobile Pages for search launched in India

Google has announced that it is launching Accelerated Mobile Pages (AMP) for search in India. Unveiled in October last year, AMP is an open source HTML initiative which improves the performance of the mobile web and is Google’s answer to Facebook’s Instant Articles.

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Meizu m2 now available from Flipkart in India for Rs. 6999

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Meizu launched its budget m2 smartphone and the successor of m1 in India, back in October last year, exclusively on Snapdeal, today the company has launched the smartphone on Flipkart. It was announced back in July last year, packs a 5-inch HD screen with a screen-to-body ratio of 75.6%, is powered by a 1.3 GHz quad-core 64-bit MediaTek processor, runs on Android 5.1 (Lollipop) with FlyMe OS 4.5, has a 13-megapixel rear camera with LED flash and a 5-megapixel front-facing camera. Continue reading “Meizu m2 now available from Flipkart in India for Rs. 6999”

LeEco Le 1s open sale on Feb 25 on Flipkart, Rs. 8 crore worth prizes, exchange offers for buyers

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Last week LeEco said that it got 55,000 orders for Le 1s in 9 seconds in third flash sale last week. It also announced that the smartphone will be available through open sale on 25th February on Flipkart. Now the company has announced that it will offer Rs. 8 crore worth of prizes and several offers for the buyers in the sale. So far it has received 2,20,000 sales orders and 2,028,000 registrations in first three flash sales. Continue reading “LeEco Le 1s open sale on Feb 25 on Flipkart, Rs. 8 crore worth prizes, exchange offers for buyers”

Xolo Era X with 5-inch HD display, 2GB RAM, 4G LTE launched for Rs. 5777

Xolo Era X

Xolo has launched Era X, the company’s latest budget 4G smartphone in the Era series. It packs a 5-inch HD screen, is powered by a quad-core Spreadtrum SC9830A processor, runs on Android 5.1 (Lollipop) OS, which is upgradable to Android 6.0 (Marshmallow), comes with a 8-megapixel rear camera with LED flash and a 5-megapixel front-facing camera that also has a LED flash. It comes with dual SIM support and has 4G LTE connectivity. Continue reading “Xolo Era X with 5-inch HD display, 2GB RAM, 4G LTE launched for Rs. 5777”

Ather Energy S340 India’s first electric scooter announced

Ather Energy has introduced S340, a smart electric scooter that is ‘Made in India’. It is powered by a Lithium Ion battery and offers a top speed of 72 kmph and a range upto 60 kms.

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