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Micromax appoints Shubhajit Sen as CMO

Micromax new logo

Micromax has announced that it has appointed Shubhajit Sen as its Chief Marketing Officer. He will replace Shubhodip Pal who was the company’s CMO since December 2012. Shubhajit Sen previously served as Executive Vice President – Marketing of Glaxo Smith Kline Consumer Health Limited for 21 years. He is an Economics graduate from SRCC, Delhi University and an MBA from IIM-Ahmedabad. He will focus on leading all marketing efforts for the company across markets while strengthening the overall brand communication, said Micromax. Continue reading “Micromax appoints Shubhajit Sen as CMO”

JBL Go portable Bluetooth speaker launched in India for Rs. 1999

JBL Go

Sahil International has launched JBL Go, a new portable wireless speaker with Bluetooth connectivity in India. It was announced at the CES 2015 last month and offers 5 hours of playback time from a single charge with its built-in 600mAh rechargeable battery. It has a built-in microphone so that you can use it as a speaker phone once your phone is connected. Continue reading “JBL Go portable Bluetooth speaker launched in India for Rs. 1999”

Microsoft Lumia 435 Dual SIM goes on sale in India for Rs. 5999

Microsoft Lumia 435 Dual SIM

Microsoft Lumia 435 Dual SIM, the company’s most affordable Dual SIM Lumia smartphone is now on sale in India though the official Nokia Shop. It was announced last month and packs a 4-inch WVGA display, is powered by a 1.2GHz dual-core Snapdragon 200 SoC and runs on the latest Windows Phone 8.1 with Lumia Denim update. It has a 2-megapixel fixed-focus rear camera without flash and VGA front-facing camera. Continue reading “Microsoft Lumia 435 Dual SIM goes on sale in India for Rs. 5999”

Lava Iris X8 with Octa-Core processor, 2GB RAM officially launched for Rs. 8999

Lava Iris X8

Lava has launched the Iris X8, the company’s latest smartphone in officially, a day after it was revealed on Flipkart. It has 5-inch HD screen, is powered by a 1.4 GHz Octa-Core MediaTek processor and runs on Android 4.4 (KitKat). Lava promises Android 5.0 (Lollipop) update for the smartphone It has a 8-megapixel rear camera with dual LED flash and a 3-megapixel front-facing camera.  Continue reading “Lava Iris X8 with Octa-Core processor, 2GB RAM officially launched for Rs. 8999”

Micromax Joy X1800 and Joy X1850 with unique pouch packaging launched for Rs. 699 and Rs. 749

Micromax Joy X1800 and Joy X1850

Micromax has launched two new feature phones, Joy X1800 and Joy X1850. The main highlight is that these Joy series of smartphones come in pouch packaging rather than box. This is the first ever pouch packaging phones in the Indian market claims Micromax. Both these smartphone have a 1.77-inch (128 x 160 pixels) QQVGA colored screen, dual SIM support, a rear camera, Bluetooth 3.0, expandable memory up to 4GB, FM Radio, Flashlight and more. Continue reading “Micromax Joy X1800 and Joy X1850 with unique pouch packaging launched for Rs. 699 and Rs. 749”

Samsung Galaxy A3 Photo Gallery

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Samsung launched the Galaxy A3 smartphone in India last month for Rs 20,500 along with the Galaxy A5. The phone sports a full metallic unibody design. We have seen the unboxing of the phone now lets take a look at the hardware in this photo gallery. Continue reading “Samsung Galaxy A3 Photo Gallery”

Lava Iris X8 with 5-inch HD display, Octa-Core SoC, 2GB RAM launching soon for Rs. 8999

Lava Iris X8

Lava Iris X8, the company’s upcoming smartphone in the Iris X series has been listed on Flipkart. It has 5-inch HD screen, is powered by a 1.4 GHz Octa-Core MediaTek processor and runs on Android 4.4 (KitKat). It has a 8-megapixel rear camera with dual LED flash and a 3-megapixel front-facing camera. The front camera doesn’t have LED flash like the Iris X5 that was launched last year. The design of the smartphone is similar to earlier Iris X series smartphones. Continue reading “Lava Iris X8 with 5-inch HD display, Octa-Core SoC, 2GB RAM launching soon for Rs. 8999”

Celkon Millennia ME Q54 with 5-inch display, 5MP front camera launched for Rs. 5555

Celkon Millennia ME Q54

Celkon has launched Millennia ME Q54, the company’s latest smartphone in the Millennia series with a 5-megapixel front-facing camera, targeted at selfie market. It has a 5-inch FWVGA screen, powered by a 1.2 GHz quad-core processor and runs on Android 4.4 (KitKat). It has a 5-megapixel rear camera with LED flash as well. It comes with dual SIM support and 3G connectivity. Continue reading “Celkon Millennia ME Q54 with 5-inch display, 5MP front camera launched for Rs. 5555”

Opera offers free mobile internet sponsored by FreeCharge for Vodafone and Idea users

Opera sponsored web pass FreeCharge

Last year Opera introduced Sponsored Web Pass that lets operators team up with advertisers to sponsor mobile internet access for a limited time, free of cost. Few months back Opera and Idea Cellular teamed up with Quikr who sponsored for mobile data for Opera customers using Idea connection in India. Now Opera has teamed up with FreeCharge, an e-commerce player who has sponsored free data for Vodafone and Idea subscribers using Opera Mini web browser. Continue reading “Opera offers free mobile internet sponsored by FreeCharge for Vodafone and Idea users”

Huawei opens new R&D center in Bangalore by investing over US$ 170 million

Huawei R&D facility Whitefield Bangalore

Huawei today announced that it has launched its new Research & Development center in Whitefield, Bangalore. The one million sq. ft. campus built on a 20 acre land will accommodate up to 5,000 engineers and includes an R&D Block, customer experience center, large cafeteria, multilevel car park and residential block for expat employees, said the company. Huawei has invested over US$ 170 million (Rs. 1051 crores approx.) in building the new campus in Bangalore. Continue reading “Huawei opens new R&D center in Bangalore by investing over US$ 170 million”

Lenovo S90 with 5-inch HD display, Snapdragon 410, 2GB RAM goes on sale in India for Rs. 19900

Lenovo S90

Lenovo S90, the company’s latest smartphone in the S Series is now available in India from the official Lenovo Store. It has announced back in November last year as Sisley S90 in China and packs a  5-inch HD Super AMOLED display, is powered by a 1.2GHz quad-core Snapdragon 410 processor with Adreno 306 GPU and runs on Android 4.4 (KitKat) with Vibe 2.0 UI on top. It looks similar to the iPhone 6. Continue reading “Lenovo S90 with 5-inch HD display, Snapdragon 410, 2GB RAM goes on sale in India for Rs. 19900”

YU YUREKA gets first Cyanogen OS bug-fix OTA update

YU YUREKA XNPH05Q Cyanogen OS update

YU has rolled out the first Cyanogen OS update, XNPH05Q for the YUREKA smartphone in about three weeks after the smartphone went on sale, as it promised at the launch. As you can see from the screenshot, the incremental update brings security fixes and improvements for the proximity sensor and dual SIM functionality. Continue reading “YU YUREKA gets first Cyanogen OS bug-fix OTA update”

Samsung Galaxy E5 Benchmarks

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Samsung launched the Galaxy E5 smartphone in the E series in India last month for Rs. 19,300.  We brought you the unboxing and the photo gallery of the smartphone recently, here we have the benchmarks. It powered by a quad-core Snapdragon 410 (MSM8916) SoC that has four ARM Cortex-A53 CPUs clocked at 1.19 GHz per core and Adreno 306 GPU clocked at 400 MHz, similar to other A and E series smartphones.  It has 1.5GB RAM, 5-inch HD (1280 x 720 pixels) display and runs on Android 4.4 (KitKat). Let’s check out the performance of the smartphone in a range of synthetic benchmark tests. Continue reading “Samsung Galaxy E5 Benchmarks”