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Oppo partners with Amazon India to sell its smartphones online

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Oppo Mobiles India has announced its partnership with Amazon India to sell its smartphones online. Oppo said that it would sell entire range of smartphones on Amazon that have been launched in India till date and the Oppo Find 7 that was launched last month for Rs. 37,990 would be available starting today, July 14th online. The Oppo Find 7a with a 1080p display that was launched along with the Find 7 went on sale last month. Continue reading “Oppo partners with Amazon India to sell its smartphones online”

Samsung Galaxy Core 2 expected to go on sale in India this week for Rs. 11599

Samsung Galaxy Core 2 Duos leak

Samsung unveiled the Galaxy Core 2 (SM-G355H), its latest mid-range smartphone and the successor of Galaxy Core recently. Manish Khatri from Mahesh Telecom reports that the phone would be priced at Rs. 11,599 (MOP) and the MRP would be Rs. 13,390. It packs a 4.5-inch (800 x 480 Pixels) capacitive touch screen display, powered by a 1.2 GHz quad-core processor and runs on Android 4.4 (KitKat) with Samsung TouchWiz Essence UI. Continue reading “Samsung Galaxy Core 2 expected to go on sale in India this week for Rs. 11599”

LG G3 launching in India on July 21st

LG G3 India launch teaser

LG’s first QHD phone, the G3, may be available for online pre-sale in India, but the device still hasn’t seen an official launch in the country.However, a teaser (a bad one at that) from the Korean fabricator reveals that the device will see a launch on the 21st this month, which is just over a week away from now. LG India tweeted the following picture earlier today, about which we’re talking: Continue reading “LG G3 launching in India on July 21st”

Airtel launches 4G LTE services in Amritsar, Hoshiarpur, Phagwara and Kapurthala in Punjab

Airtel 4G

Airtel has launched 4G services in Amritsar, Hoshiarpur, Phagwara and Kapurthala in Punjab. Airtel launched its 4G LTE services in Chandigarh, Mohali and Panchkula in Punjab and Haryana last March and rolled out voice services on 4G in these three cities and in Ludhiana and Jalandhar back in May. Airtel customers can access 4G on dongles, Wi-Fi CPEs (Customer Premise Equipment/ routers) and mobile phones in these cities. Continue reading “Airtel launches 4G LTE services in Amritsar, Hoshiarpur, Phagwara and Kapurthala in Punjab”

Samsung Galaxy Ace NXT now on sale in India for Rs. 7399

We talked about an upcoming Samsung phone, the Galaxy NXT, a couple of days back, and the device has apparently gone on sale in the country already. Thanks to a benchmark listing, we got some insight into the device’s specs sheet that shouted entry-level. However, Mahesh Telecom from Mumbai is claiming to have the device in stock already, and has also posted a picture as proof (see below).

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Hexa-core Micromax Canvas HD A190 goes on sale in India for Rs.13500

With MediaTek churning out chipsets night and day, costs of octa-core and hexa-core SoCs have plummeted through the past few months. Only yesterday did we see the launch of the ultra-affordable Wickedleak Wammy Neo Youth that packs an octa-core chipset with an MRP of under 10k INR, to which Micromax’s reply is the Canvas HD A190.

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Xiaomi teases more devices; Redmi series to launch in India on July 15th?

The Xiaomi Mi3 launch in India has been a revelation of sorts. Everyone’s now talking about the manufacturer, which remained unheard of by quite a section of the Indian audience until a few months back.

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LG G3 available for pre-order in India online starting at Rs. 46990

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LG G3 is available for pre-order in India from online retailer Infibeam starting at Rs. 46,990 for the 16GB version. The 32GB variant of the smartphone is also available for pre-order at Rs. 49,990. According to the listing, these are expected to be the MOP of the smartphones and the MRP would be Rs. 49,990 and Rs. 54,990, respectively. Continue reading “LG G3 available for pre-order in India online starting at Rs. 46990”

Wickedleak Wammy Neo Youth with Octa-Core processor launched for Rs. 8490

Wickedleak Wammy Neo Youth

Wickedleak has launched Wammy Neo Youth, the company’s latest smartphone with octa-core processor. It has a 5-inch (1280 x 720) HD display, powered by a 1.7 GHz octa-core MediaTek MT6592 processor and runs on Android 4.2 (Jelly Bean), which is upgradable to Android 4.4 KitKat. It has a 13-megapixel rear camera with LED flash and a 5-megapixel front-facing camera. Continue reading “Wickedleak Wammy Neo Youth with Octa-Core processor launched for Rs. 8490”

HTC Desire 616 dual SIM launched in India for Rs. 16900

HTC Desire 616 dual SIM

HTC has launched the Desire 616 dual SIM in India along with the One E8. It was announced earlier this month and packs a 5-inch (1280 x 720 pixels) HD IPS display, powered by a 1.4 GHz Octa-Core MediaTek MT6592 processor with Mali 450-MP4 GPU and runs on Android 4.2 (Jelly Bean) with HTC Sense 5.1 UI on top. It has a 8-megapixel rear camera with LED flash, 1080p video recording and a 2-megapixel front-facing camera. Continue reading “HTC Desire 616 dual SIM launched in India for Rs. 16900”

HTC One E8 launched in India for Rs. 34900

HTC One E8

HTC has launched the One E8 dual SIM, the company’s latest smartphone in the HTC One series in India. It was unveiled last month and has a 5.0-inch (1920 x 1080 pixels) Full HD display with Corning Gorilla glass protection, powered by a quad-core Qualcomm Snapdragon 801 processor and runs on Android 4.4 (KitKat). It has a polycarbonate body instead of brushed aluminium finish on the One M8. It has a 13-megapixel camera with LED flash, similar to the Desire 816 and the One mini 2, instead of Duo camera on the One M8. Continue reading “HTC One E8 launched in India for Rs. 34900”

Xolo Q700S gets Android 4.4 KitKat beta update

Xolo Q700S KitKat

Xolo released Android 4.4 update for Q1010i and Q1010 smartphone recently. Now the company has released beta version of KitKat update for Q700S. It promised to offer KitKat update for the update for the device in June, at least it got the beta version. Continue reading “Xolo Q700S gets Android 4.4 KitKat beta update”

LG L90 Dual Review

LG L90 Dual-1

LG L90 Dual, the latest dual SIM smartphone in the L Series III lineup from LG went on sale in India back in March. We brought you the unboxing and the benchmarks of the smartphone recently, here we have the complete review of the smartphone. The L90 dual has an unique compact design, powered by quad-core Snapdragon 400 SoC and runs on Android 4.4 (KitKat) out of the box. Is it worth the price? Let us find out in the review. Continue reading “LG L90 Dual Review”

Mercury Glitz with 6-inch display, Android 4.2 launched for Rs. 7799

Mercury Glitz

Kobian has launched the Mercury Glitz, the company’s latest phablet. It has a 6-inch (960 x 540 pixels) capacitive multi touch display, powered by a 1.3 GHz dual-core MediaTek processor and runs on Android 4.2 (Jelly Bean) that is upgradable to Android 4.4 (KitKat). It has a 5-megapixel rear camera with LED flash and a 0.3-megapixel front-facing camera. Continue reading “Mercury Glitz with 6-inch display, Android 4.2 launched for Rs. 7799”

Samsung Galaxy Ace NXT expected to launch in India soon for Rs. 7399

Samsung Galaxy Ace NXT

Samsung plans to launch the Galaxy Ace NXT (SM-G313H), an entry-level smartphone in the Galaxy series in India soon. Manish Khatri from Mahesh Telecom reports that the phone would be priced at Rs. 7,399 (MOP) and the MRP would be Rs. 8,550. Samsung unveiled the Galaxy Young 2 (SM-G130H) and Galaxy Star 2 (SM-G130E), entry level smartphones with 3.5-inch HVGA displays, single-core processor and Android 4.4 (KitKat). Continue reading “Samsung Galaxy Ace NXT expected to launch in India soon for Rs. 7399”