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Asus is the latest international smartphone maker that is joining the ‘Make in India’ initiative. The Taiwanese company has announced that it will start the local manufacturing of smartphones in Sri City, Andhra Pradesh.
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Micromax has launched Bolt Q339, the company’s latest entry-level smartphone with 3G connectivity. It has 4.5-inch FWVGA screen, is powered by a 1.2GHz quad-core processor, runs on Android 4.4, has a 5-megapixel fixed-focus rear camera with LED flash and a 2-megapixel front-facing camera. It also has dual SIM support, similar to most other Micromax smartphones. Continue reading “Micromax Bolt Q339 budget 3G smartphone launched for Rs. 3499”
Samsung launched the Galaxy J7 smartphone, along with the Galaxy J5 back in July at Rs. 14,999. We recently brought the review of the Galaxy J7, here we have the benchmarks of the smartphone. The Indian variant is powered by an Octa-Core Exynos 7580 64-bit processor that has eight ARM Cortex A53 cores clocked at 1.50 GHz per core, instead of Snapdragon 615 SoC in the Chinese variant. It has Mali-T720 GPU, 1.5GB of RAM, 5.5-inch 1080p screen and runs on Android 5.1.1 (Lollipop). Check out the synthetic benchmark scores below and also the gaming review video, in which the Galaxy J7 scored 3.5/5 stars. Continue reading “Samsung Galaxy J7 Benchmarks”
Huawei has released Android 5.1 (Lollipop) update for the Honor 6 Plus smartphone in India, after rolling out the update for Honor 4C and Honor 6 recently, as the company promised in August. The Android 5.1 update brings new features, functionalities and improved user experience with visual refinements along with the new Emotion UI 3.1 update. Continue reading “Huawei Honor 6 Plus gets Android 5.1 Lollipop update in India”
TP-LINK, popular for its networking peripherals introduced the TP-LINK PB50 10000mAh Power Bank earlier this year at the CES. It will go on sale in India later this week for Rs. 3,000. Is the power bank worth the price? Check out the review.
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InFocus entered into the Indian market with the launch of M2, a budget smartphone with 4.2-inch 355PPI display, 8MP front and rear cameras with LED flash, aggressively priced at Rs. 4999. Later it launched the M2 4G for Rs. 5,499. The company launched the M370, another budget 4G smartphone in India back in July at Rs. 5,999, which will go on sale soon. There are several 4G smartphones in the similar price range, including the latest YU YUNIQUE. Is the Infocus M370 worth the price? Let us find out in the review. Continue reading “InFocus M370 Review”
Lava has finally rolled out Android 5.1 (Lollipop) update for its Iris X8 smartphone. The smartphone was launched back in February earlier this year running Android 4.4 (KitKat), and the company had promised to offer Android Lollipop update for the smartphone at that time. To remind you, the Iris X8 has a 5-inch HD IPS display, 1.4 GHz Octa-Core processor, 8-megapixel auto focus rear camera with LED flash and 3-megapixel front-facing camera, 2GB RAM, 16GB internal memory with expansion slot and a 2500mAh battery. Continue reading “Lava Iris X8 gets Android 5.1 Lollipop update”
Intex Technologies has launched Aqua Ace, the company’s first smartphone with 3GB of RAM. It has a 5-inch HD Super AMOLED display with Corning Gorilla Glass 3 protection, is powered by 1.3 GHz quad-core MediaTek MT6735 64-bit 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. It also has Gorilla Glass 3 protection on the back. Continue reading “Intex Aqua Ace with 5-inch HD display, 3GB RAM, 4G LTE launched for Rs. 12999”
Samsung introduced the Galaxy J series smartphones, the Galaxy J5 and Galaxy J7 in China with 4G support and 5MP front-facing camera with selfie flash light back in June. These smartphones were launched in India in July exclusively on Flipkart. The main change in the Indian version of the Galaxy J7 (SM – J700F) is that it is powered by an Octa-Core Exynos 7580 processor, instead of Snapdragon 615 SoC in the Chinese version. Is the Galaxy J7 worth the price? Let us find out in the complete review.
Videocon has launched Infinium Z51Q Star and Infinium Z51 Punch, the company’s latest budget 3G smartphones in the Infinium series. These pack a 5-inch FWVGA display, Android 4.4 (KitKat) and 1.2GHz quad-core SoCs. The Z51Q Star has a 5-megapixel rear camera with LED flash, 2-megapixel front-facing camera and a 2000mAh battery, while the Z51 Punch comes with a 8-megapixel rear camera with LED flash, 5-megapixel front-facing camera and a 3000mAh battery. Continue reading “Videocon Infinium Z51Q Star and Infinium Z51 Punch launched for Rs. 5490 and Rs. 5999”
Intex Technologies has launched a 11000mAh power bank. It has three USB 2.0 output ports (5V 1A, 5V2A & 5V 2A). It has a power button, four battery indicator LEDs on the front and also has a built-in torch light. It turns itself on and off automatically when you plug in a device. Continue reading “Intex PB11K 11000mAh Power Bank launched for Rs. 1099”
iBall has launched Cobalt Solus 4G, the company’s latest 4G smartphone. It has a 5-inch (1280 x 720 pixels) IPS display, is powered by a 1 GHz quad-core Cortex A53 processor and runs on Android 5.1 (Lollipop). It has a 13-megapixel auto focus rear camera with LED flash and a 8-megapixel front-facing camera. It also has dual SIM support and 4G connectivity with support for 4G bands (TDD B40 2300MHz and FDD B3 1800MHz) for India. Continue reading “iBall Cobalt Solus 4G with 5-inch HD display, 2GB RAM launched for Rs. 11999”
Apple iPhone 6s and iPhone 6s Plus, the company’s latest smartphones went on sale in 12 countries last Friday, September 25th. Today the Cupertino giant announced that it has sold record-breaking 13 million iPhone 6s and 6s Plus models in just three days after the launch. Last year’s iPhone 6 and iPhone 6 Plus models saw combined sales of 10 million units in three days after the launch. Continue reading “Apple sells record 13 million iPhone 6s and iPhone 6s Plus units in 3 days”
Apple today confirmed that the iPhone 6s and iPhone 6s Plus smartphones will go on sale in India on October 16th, along with Malaysia and Turkey, as expected. It went on sale in 12 countries – Australia, Canada, China, France, Germany, Hong Kong, Japan, New Zealand, Puerto Rico, Singapore, the UK and the US on September 25th. Continue reading “Apple iPhone 6s and iPhone 6s Plus launching in India on October 16”
vivo Y27L, a 4G smartphone with slim metal body went on sale last week. Today the company has officially launched the smartphone, along vivo Y15S and vivo Y31 smartphones in the Y series. As we already know, the Y27L has a 4.7-inch HD screen and is powered by a quad-core Snapdragon 410 SoC. The vivo Y15S has a 4.5-inch FWVGA and the vivo Y31 packs a 4.7-inch HD display. Both these have 3G connectivity.
Continue reading “vivo Y15S, Y31 and Y27L launched in India, priced between Rs. 6000 and Rs. 12980”
