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Samsung launched the Galaxy A3 smartphone in India last month for Rs. 20,500. We already brought you the complete review of the smartphone, here we have its battery life test results. The Galaxy A3 packs a 1900mAh built-in battery, slightly smaller than the Galaxy A5. It has a same Snapdragon 410 SoC and runs on Android 4.4.4 KitKat, but this come with a smaller 4.5-inch qHD display. Check out the results.
Xolo has announced Xolo Win Q1000, its latest Windows Phone 8.1 smartphone. It has a 5-inch HD display, is powered by a 1.2 GHz quad-core Qualcomm Snapdragon 200 (MSM8212) processor with Adreno 302 GPU, comes with a 8-megapixel rear camera with LED flash and a 2-megapixel front-facing camera. Most of the specifications of the smartphone are similar to the Xolo Win Q900s that was introduced last year. Continue reading “Xolo Win Q1000 with 5-inch HD display, Windows Phone 8.1 announced for Rs. 8499”
The Telecom Regulatory Authority of India (TRAI) has revised interconnection usage charges (IUC) for both landline and mobile after almost six years. It reduced domestic termination charges for fixed to fixed, fixed to mobile, mobile to fixed and mobile to mobile from 30 paise to 20 paise per minute back in 2009. Now it has further reduced mobile to mobile to 14 paise per minute and removed termination charges completely for fixed to fixed, fixed to mobile, mobile to fixed line. Continue reading “TRAI cuts Interconnection Usage Charges for mobile and landline”
iBall Cobalt Oomph 4.7D, the company’s latest smartphone in the Cobalt series with sleek metallic design is now available from retail stores, according to Mumbai-based retailer Manish Khatri from Mahesh Telecom. It has a 4.7-inch (1280 x 720 pixels) IPS display, is powered by a 1.3 GHz quad-core Cortex A7 processor and runs on Android 4.4 (Kitkat) that is upgradable to Android 5.0 Lollipop. It has a 8-megapixel auto focus rear camera with LED flash and a 5-megapixel front-facing camera. Continue reading “iBall Cobalt Oomph 4.7D with metallic design now available for Rs. 7999”
The tablet market in India has reported quarter-on-quarter growth of 3.6%, according to a report by Research Firm IDC (International Data Corporation). A total of 0.96 million tablets were shipped in the Q4, 2014. iBall that was in the third spot, behind Micromax in Q3 2014 has jumped up to the first spot in Q4 2014 overtaking Samsung, to be come the leading tablet maker in the country in terms of shipments. Continue reading “Indian tablet market soars 3.6% in Q4 2014, iBall overtakes Samsung: Report”
iBall has launched its Andi 5Q Cobalt Solus smartphone and Slide Brace X1 tablet. The smartphone has a 5-inch (1280 x 720 pixels) IPS display based on one glass solution (OGS) technology, is powered by a 1.4 GHz Octa-Core processor that is upgradable to Android 5.0 (Lollipop) and runs on Android 4.4 (KitKat). The tablet has a 10.1-inch (1280 x 800 pixels) IPS display, is powered by a 1.7GHz Octa-Core processor, runs on Android 4.4 (KitKat) and comes with dual chambered speakers that promises load and clear sound. Continue reading “iBall Cobalt Solus and Slide Brace X1 with Octa-Core SoC launched for Rs. 11499 and Rs. 17999”
Samsung launched the Galaxy A3 and Galaxy A5 smartphones with all metal build in India last month. Later it launched the Galaxy A7 smartphone, the top-end smartphone in the Galaxy A series. We already brought you the review of Galaxy A5, here we have the review of Galaxy A3, which has a smaller low-resolution screen compared to the Galaxy A5. Is the Galaxy A3 worth the price of Rs. 20,500? Let us find out in the complete review.
Continue reading “Samsung Galaxy A3 Review”
Samsung launched the Samsung Z1 smartphone, the company’s latest Tizen OS smartphone in India last month. We already brought you the review of the smartphone, here we have the battery life test results of the smartphone. The Samsung Z1 has a 1,500mAh Lithium ion battery. It has a 4-inch WVGA display and is powered by a 1.2 GHz dual-core processor, which should not consume a lot of battery. The Tizen OS also has ultra power saving mode that would let you extend the battery life. Continue reading “Samsung Z1 Battery Life Test”
OnePlus just launched the 16GB Silk White variant of the OnePlus One in India, as expected. Except the internal storage and Silk White back with smooth texture, other specifications are similar to the 64GB variant of the OnePlus One smartphone that was launched in India back in December last year. Continue reading “OnePlus One 16GB Silk White launched in India for Rs. 18999”
Samsung launched the Galaxy A3 smartphone with all metal build in India last this month for Rs. 20,500. We already brought you the unboxing, photo gallery and benchmarks, here we have the camera samples. The Galaxy A3 has a 8-megapixel sensor with f/2.4 aperture. It has several modes such as HDR, panorama, Rear-cam selfie, beauty face and more. Continue reading “Samsung Galaxy A3 Camera Samples”
The Karbonn S15, the company’s latest budget Android smartphone is now available through Indiatimes Shopping . It has a 4.0-inch (480 × 800 pixels) TFT capacitive touch screen display, is powered by a 1.2 GHz quad-core 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. It comes with Dual SIM support and 3G connectivity. Continue reading “Karbonn S15 with 4-inch display, Android 4.4 now available for Rs. 3830”
Xiaomi introduced the Mi 4 smartphone back in July last year, which went on sale in India earlier this month for Rs. 19,999. The OnePlus One was announced back in April last year and it went on sale in India in December for Rs. 21,999. Both the smartphones are competitively priced and share some similar features such as processor, RAM and camera You might have already seen the photo gallery comparing the Xiaomi Mi 4 and the OnePlus One. Now let us compare both these smartphones in detail.
Micromax Bolt D321, the company’s latest smartphone in the Bolt series is listed on the official website. It has a 5-inch FWVGA screen, is powered by a 1.3GHz dual-core MediaTek MT6572 processor and runs on Android 4.4 (KitKat). It has a 5-megapixel rear camera with LED flash and a 0.3-megapixel front-facing camera. Continue reading “Micromax Bolt D321 with 5-inch display, Android 4.4 coming soon”
Gionee India has announced that they have pushed a new Over-The-Air update for the Gionee Marathon M3 and Pioneer P6 smartphones. Update for P6 fixes the green shade and hanging issue while using whatsapp. It also gets notification management system, new lock screen widget for privacy issues and more. The Marathon M3 update adds new theme, fonts, updated music player and more. Continue reading “Gionee Marathon M3 and Pioneer P6 OTA update brings new features, fixes and improvements”
Kingston introduced its 128GB Class 10 UHS-I Speed Class 1 (U1) microSD for smartphones and tablets last year. It is not available in India yet, but we manged to get one for review before it launches here. Since this is a class 10 Card, it promises a minimum data transfer rate of 10MB/s. The company doesn’t reveal maximum read and write speed, but we will test out both the read and write speed of the card. How good is the card? Let us find out in the complete review. Continue reading “Kingston 128GB microSDXC memory card Review”
