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OnePlus has announced its third open sale for India on April 1st, soon after its second open sale on March 24th. The first open sale on Amazon.in happened on February 10th to celebrate the successful completion of 10 weeks of OnePlus in India. This time OnePlus team in India is moving to new office that was finalized back in February, and the open sale is being conducted to celebrate it. Continue reading “OnePlus One will be available in India without an invite on April 1”
Intex Aqua HD 5.0, the company’s latest smartphone in the Aqua series is now available from Flipkart. It has a 5-inch (1280 x 720 pixels) HD IPS display, is powered by a 1.3 GHz quad-core processor and runs on Android 4.4 (KitKat). It has a 13-megapixel rear camera with LED flash and a 5-megapixel front-facing camera. Most of the specifications of the smartphone are similar to the Intex Aqua Star HD that was launched last year. Continue reading “Intex Aqua HD 5.0 with 13 MP camera now available for Rs. 6999, Aqua Y2 1GB coming soon”
iBall launched the Slide WQ32 Intel-powered Windows 8.1 tablet with 3G support last year. Launched at Rs. 16,999, it now retails for as low as Rs. 9999. Here we have the unboxing of the tablet. Continue reading “iBall Slide WQ32 Unboxing”
Micromax Bolt S300, the company’s latest entry-level smartphone in the Bolt series is now available from d2hshop. It has a 4-inch WVGA screen, is powered by a 1GHz processor and runs on Android 4.4 (KitKat). It has a 03-megapixel VGA rear camera with LED flash and a VGA front-facing camera. It has 3G connectivity and dual SIM support. It also becomes one of the cheapest smartphones with 4-inch display, Android Kitkat, 512MB RAM and 3G support. Continue reading “Micromax Bolt S300 with 4-inch display, Android 4.4 now available for Rs. 3300”
Asus has finally announced that the company’s most expected Zenfone 2 smartphone will be available in India in the last week of April. It has not announced if it is bringing all the Zenfone 2 variants to India. There are three variants of the Zenfone 2 – ZE500CL and ZE550ML have HD displays and 2GB RAM. while the ZE551ML model comes with 5.5-inch 1080p display and 2GB or 4GB RAM. Continue reading “Asus Zenfone 2 launching in India in the last week of April”
Asus introduced its Zenfone 2 at the CES earlier this year. We already brought you the unboxing of Zenfone 2 ZE500CL, the base variant of the Zenfone 2, here we have the unboxing of ZE551ML, the high-end variant of the the Zenfone 2 with 4GB RAM and 64-bit Intel Atom Z3580 processor. Check out the unboxing video below. Continue reading “Asus Zenfone 2 Unboxing ZE551ML with 4GB RAM”
Lava Iris 444, the latest smartphone in the Iris series is now available from Flipkart. It has a 4-inch WVGA display, is powered by a 1GHz processor and runs on Android 4.4 (KitKat). It has a 3.2-megapixel rear camera with LED flash and a VGA front-facing camera. Lava NKS 101 is a variant of the XTRON MEGA that surfaced last month with the same 10.1-inch HD display, but it has a larger 7200mAh battery. Continue reading “Lava Iris 444 now available for Rs. 3199, NKS 101 tablet coming soon”
The Telecom Regulatory Authority of India (TRAI) has finally released consultation paper on Regulatory Framework for Over-the-top (OTT) services seeking comments of all stakeholders. After reports that TRAI is planning to implement charges for over-the-top (OTT) players of apps like WhatsApp, Viber, Skype etc. it rejected the proposal of carriers to make OTT players that offer these services share part of their revenue with them or the government. Airtel announced VoIP packs for Skype, Viber and others back in December, but it decided not to implement it soon after.
LG unveiled Spirit, a mid-range smartphone ahead of MWC. The smartphone has appeared on the LG India website. The Indian 3G variant of the Spirit (LG-H422) has a 4.7-inch HD in-cell touch display, is powered by a 1.3GHz quad-core processor (probably MediaTek), has a 8-megapixel rear camera with LED flash and a 1-megapixel front-facing camera/ Continue reading “LG Spirit with 4.7-inch HD display, Android 5.0 launching in India soon for Rs. 13690”
YotaPhone with dual displays has got another price cut in India Rs. 8,999. It was launched in India on Flipkart back in October last year at a price tag of Rs. 23,499. It has got a huge price cut to Rs. 17,999 in one month after the release. Earlier this year it received a price cut to Rs. 12,999, now the smartphone is available on Flipkart for Rs. 8999. Since the release the YotaPhone’s price has dropped by Rs. 14,500. Continue reading “YotaPhone gets a price cut in India again, now available for Rs. 8999”
Xiaomi entered India last year with online-only model partnering with Flipkart to sell its smartphones and accessories. It started selling its accessories on its own website in India recently, now the company has partnered with The Mobile Store to sell its smartphones thorough their offline retail stores, according to a report from ET. Continue reading “Xiaomi partners with The Mobile Store to sell its smartphones offline”
Airtel has launched 4G services in Bathinda in Punjab. This become the 12th town in the state to get Airtel 4G services. Airtel had already launched 4G series in Chandigarh, Mohali, Panchkula, Ludhiana, Jalandhar, Amritsar, Hoshiarpur, Phagwara, Kapurthala, Patiala and Moga in Punjab and Haryana circles. Continue reading “Airtel launches 4G services in Bathinda, Punjab”
Celkon has launched Millennia Q450, the company’s latest smartphone in the Millennia series. It has a 4-inch WVGA screen, is powered by a 1.2 quad-core processor and runs on Android 4.4 (KitKat). It has a 5-megapixel rear camera with LED flash and a 2-megapixel front-facing camera. It has 3G connectivity and dual SIM support. Continue reading “Celkon Millennia Q450 with 4-inch display, quad-core processor launched for Rs. 4799”
After the Spice Dream Uno and the Micromax Canvas A1, the Karbonn Sparkle V Android One smartphone has also received Android 5.1 (Lollipop) over-the-air (OTA) update. Continue reading “Karbonn Sparkle V gets Android 5.1 Lollipop update”
The Department of Telecom (DoT) has announced the winners in the spectrum auctions in various circles that ended after 115 rounds. At the end of the auction for 800 MHz, 900 MHz, 1800 MHz and 2100 MHz government got bids worth Rs 1.098 lakh crore. Idea Cellular bid a maximum of Rs. 30,306.98 crore, Airtel bid Rs. 29,130.20 crore and Vodafone bid Rs. 29,959.74 crore to buy spectrum in the 900 MHz, 1800 MHz and 2,100 MHz bands.
