Logitech X50 portable Bluetooth speaker launched in India for Rs. 2495

Logitech X50

Logitech India has launched the X50, a portable Bluetooth speaker in India. It is compact and weighs just 142 grams, making it easy to carry. It has a 750mAh rechargeable battery that can be charged through micro-USB and promises up to 5 hours of continuous playback on a single charge. Apart from Bluetooth with A2DP, it also has a 3.5mm auxiliary input. Continue reading “Logitech X50 portable Bluetooth speaker launched in India for Rs. 2495”

Vivo V1 and V1Max officially launched in India for Rs. 17890 and Rs. 21980

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Vivo announced the V1 and V1Max smartphones for India earlier this month. Today during the Vivo X5Pro launch, the company has officially launched these smartphones in India. Both these smartphones have run on Android 5.0 (Lollipop) with Funtouch OS 2.1 on top, have 4G LTE connectivity with support for 4G LTE bands (TDD B40 2300MHz and FDD B3 1800MHz) for India and have dual SIM support. Continue reading “Vivo V1 and V1Max officially launched in India for Rs. 17890 and Rs. 21980”

Vivo X5Pro with 5.2-inch 1080p display, Android 5.0, 4G LTE launched in India for Rs. 27980

Vivo X5Pro

Vivo has launched X5Pro, the company’s latest high-end smartphone in the X series in India. It packs a 5.2-inch 1080p Super AMOLED display. It has 2.5D curved glasses and Corning Gorilla Glass protection on the font and back.  It is powered by Octa-Core 64-bit Qualcomm Snapdragon 615 processor and runs on Funtouch OS based on Android 5.0 (Lollipop). It has a 13-megapixel rear camera with LED Flash and a 8-megapixel front-facing camera. Continue reading “Vivo X5Pro with 5.2-inch 1080p display, Android 5.0, 4G LTE launched in India for Rs. 27980”

Xiaomi Mi Headphones and New Mi In-ear Headphones launched in India for Rs. 5499 and Rs. 999

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Xiaomi has introduced two new headphones – Mi Headphones and New Mi In-ear Headphones or One More Design Piston Earphones, in India to celebrate the first anniversary of its entry into the country, along with the Mi 4i 32GB variant. The Mi wired Headphones was announced earlier this year along with the Mi Note and Mi Note Pro smartphones. Continue reading “Xiaomi Mi Headphones and New Mi In-ear Headphones launched in India for Rs. 5499 and Rs. 999”

Apple records 93% growth in iPhone sales in India in Q3

Apple announced that 47.5 million iPhones were sold in Q3 2015 that ended June 27, 2015. India contributed for Apple’s strong sales as the country recorded a whopping 93% growth in iPhone sales.

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Xiaomi Mi 4i 32GB launched in India for Rs. 14999

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Xiaomi has launched the 32GB variant of the Mi 4i smartphone in India on its first anniversary, as expected. The 16GB variant of the Mi 4i was launched in India back in April for Rs. 12,999. Apart from the storage, other specifications of the smartphone are similar to the 16GB variant. Continue reading “Xiaomi Mi 4i 32GB launched in India for Rs. 14999”

YU YUREKA Plus vs YUREKA – What’s different?

YU YUREKA Plus

Micromax announced the original YU YUREKA at the end of last year as the first phone in its YU range of smartphones that are powered by CyanogenMod OS. Earlier this year in May, Micromax also announced the YU YUPHORIA which was a model that was priced below the YUREKA. The YUREKA was launched at a retail price of Rs 8999 while the YUPHORIA was launched at a retail price of Rs 6999. Now, we have another addition to the YU family of devices – the YU YUREKA PLUS at a retail price of Rs 9999.Let us take a closer look at the YUREKA PLUS and see what has changed compared to the original.

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Xolo BLACK Benchmarks

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Xolo launched its BLACK smartphone for Rs. 12999 couple of weeks back. We already brought you the hands-on impressions, unboxing and the photo gallery of the smartphone, here we have its benchmarks. It is powered by a second-generation Octa-Core Qualcomm Snapdragon 615 64-bit processor that has four ARM Cortex A53 cores clocked at 1.5 GHz per core and other four Cortex A53 cores are clocked at 1.1 GHz per core. It has Adreno 405 GPU clocked at 550 MHz, 2GB DDR3 RAM, 5.5-inch 1080p screen and runs on HIVE Atlas UI based on Android 5.0 (Lollipop). Check out the synthetic benchmark scores below.

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vivo V1 with 6.7mm slim frame, 4G LTE now available in India for Rs. 16000

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vivo announced V1, a new smartphone in India earlier this month, now the smartphone is on sale in India. It has a 5-inch HD screen, is powered by a quad-core Snapdragon 410 64-bit SoC and runs on Funtouch OS 2.1 based on Android 5.0 (Lollipop). It has a 6.78mm slim frame and has magnesium alloy body, according to the company. It has dual SIM support and 4G LTE connectivity with support for 4G LTE bands (TDD B40 2300MHz and FDD B3 1800MHz) for India.

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OnePlus opens 9 new service centres in India ahead of OnePlus 2 launch on July 28

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OnePlus today announced that it has opened 9 new service centres in India ahead of the launch of OnePlus 2 smartphone. The company also sent out invites for a separate launch event in India in Delhi on July 28th, after the global VR event at 7:30 AM IST on the same day. It is likely to reveal the price and availability of the OnePlus 2 smartphone for India at the launch event. Continue reading “OnePlus opens 9 new service centres in India ahead of OnePlus 2 launch on July 28”

Uber starts accepting cash payments in Ahmedabad, Chandigarh, Jaipur and Kochi

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Uber started testing cash payment option in Hyderabad in May this year. Now the company has announced that it has started testing cash payment option in four more cities – Ahmedabad, Chandigarh, Jaipur and Kochi in India for uberGO and uberX rides. Inside the Uber app there will be an an option to select CASH as a payment option, which must be selected before the ride. You don’t need a minimum balance in your Paytm wallet to be able to book rides with cash as payment option. Continue reading “Uber starts accepting cash payments in Ahmedabad, Chandigarh, Jaipur and Kochi”

Airtel launches 4G LTE trials in Bhubaneswar and Cuttack

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Airtel has launched its 4G LTE trails in Bhubaneswar and Cuttack in Odisha. It already launched 4G trails in Hubli, Dharwad, Delhi, Hyderabad, Vizag, Madurai, Chennai, Coimbatore and Mumbai. For existing Airtel customers, the company is offering a complimentary upgrade to Airtel 4G at same price as 3G. Continue reading “Airtel launches 4G LTE trials in Bhubaneswar and Cuttack”

iBall Slide O900-C with 7.85-inch display, Octa-Core SoC, 2GB RAM launched for Rs. 12999

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iBall has launched  Slide O900-C, the company’s latest tablet in the Slide series. It has a 7.85-inch (1024 x 768 pixels) 4:3 IPS display, is powered by an Octa-Core processor and runs on Android 4.4 (KitKat). It has a 5-megapixel auto focus rear camera and with LED flash and a 5-megapixel front-facing camera. It has dual SIM support, 3G connectivity and voice calling capabilities using hands-free. Continue reading “iBall Slide O900-C with 7.85-inch display, Octa-Core SoC, 2GB RAM launched for Rs. 12999”

Xiaomi Mi 4i 32GB variant expected to launch in India on July 22

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Xiaomi launched its first smartphone, the Mi 3 in India back in July last year, which went on sale on July 22nd, 2014. To celebrate its first anniversary of its entry into India, Xiaomi is launching something new. The teaser says Move 4 to double along with a puzzle in a matchstick. This could be the 32GB variant of the Mi 4i smartphone, which was imported to India recently, according to Zauba listing. Continue reading “Xiaomi Mi 4i 32GB variant expected to launch in India on July 22”

Worldwide dual SIM smartphone sales to reach 514 million units in 2016: Report

Worldwide dual-SIM smartphone sales will grow 19 percent to 514 million units in 2016, as per a latest report from Strategy Analytics. The report states that China and India are the largest country markets for dual-SIM smartphones.

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