Lenovo S580 Benchmarks

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Lenovo launched the S580 smartphone last month exclusively on Snapdeal for Rs. 8,999. We already brought you the unboxing and photo gallery of the smartphone recently, here we have the benchmarks. It is powered by a quad-core Snapdragon 200 Processor with four ARM Cortex A7 cores clocked at 1.19 GHz per core and has Adreno 302 GPU. But the CPU-Z and other benchmark apps show that it has a Adreno 305 GPU. It has 1GB RAM, 5-inch HD screen and runs on Android 4.3 (Jelly Bean) OS. Check out the synthetic benchmark scores. Continue reading “Lenovo S580 Benchmarks”

Sony MDR-EX31BN Bluetooth Noise Cancelling earphones launched for Rs. 5490

Sony MDR-EX31BN

Sony has launched MDR-EX31BN, the company’s latest Noise Cancelling Bluetooth earphones in India. It has 13.5mm sound driver unit that delivers high quality, powerful sound by the integration of high quality digital noise cancellation capability for crystal clear output, says Sony. It works on one-touch connectivity with NFC and is capable of drastically reducing noise disturbances since it has built-in noise cancellation.
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Oppo R5 Unboxing

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Oppo introduced the Oppo R5 (R8106) , the company’s slimmest smartphone at an event in Singapore back in October. It was launched in India last month for Rs. 29,990. We already brought you the photo gallery of the smartphone from the announcement. Here we have the unboxing of the smartphone.

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Lava EG932 with 5-inch qHD display, Dual SIM (CDMA + GSM) now available for Rs. 11989

Lava EG932

Lava EG932, the company’s latest Android smartphone with Dual SIM (CDMA + GSM) is now available for Snapdeal. It supports 3G CDMA or GSM on one slot and GSM on the other. It has a 5-inch (960 x 540 pixels) display, is powered by a 1.2 GHz quad-core processor and runs on Android 4.3 (Jelly Bean, which is upgradable to Android 4.4 (KitKat). It has a 5-megapixel rear camera with LED Flash and 0.3-megapixel front-facing camera. Continue reading “Lava EG932 with 5-inch qHD display, Dual SIM (CDMA + GSM) now available for Rs. 11989”

HP Stream 8 Windows 8.1 tablet with 3G goes on sale in India for Rs. 16990

HP Stream 8

HP announced the Stream 7 and Stream 8 Windows 8 tablets last year. Now the HP Stream 8 tablet is available in India from the official HP online Store and Flipkart. It has a 8-inch (1280×800 pixels) IPS screen, is powered by an quad-core Intel Atom Z3735G processor and runs on Windows 8.1 OS. It has a 5-megapixel rear camera and a 2-megapixel front-facing camera. It comes with free Microsoft Office license for one year and 1TB OneDrive cloud storage. Continue reading “HP Stream 8 Windows 8.1 tablet with 3G goes on sale in India for Rs. 16990”

Xolo 8X-1020 with Octa-Core SoC, 5MP front camera with flash now available for Rs. 9999

Xolo 8X-1020

Xolo 8X-1020, the latest smartphone in the Xolo 8X series is available on eBay for Rs. 9,999. It has a 5-inch HD display, is powered by a 1.4 GHz Octa-Core MediaTek SoC and runs on Android 4.4 (KitKat). It has a 8-megapixel rear camera with dual LED flash and a 5-megapixel front-facing camera with LED flash and a slightly larger 2500mAh battery, compared to Play 8X-1100 and Play 8X-1200. Continue reading “Xolo 8X-1020 with Octa-Core SoC, 5MP front camera with flash now available for Rs. 9999”

Intex Aqua V2 with 3.5-inch display, Android 4.4 launched Rs. 3090

Intex Aqua V2

Intex has launched Aqua V2, the company’s latest budget smartphone running Android 4.4 (KitKat). It has a 3.5-inch (320 x 480 pixels) capacitive touch screen display, is powered by a 1GHz processor, has a 2-megapixel rear camera with LED flash and a 0.3-megapixel front-facing camera. It has dual SIM support and also has 3G connectivity. Continue reading “Intex Aqua V2 with 3.5-inch display, Android 4.4 launched Rs. 3090”

Airtel starts Xiaomi Redmi Note 4G bookings

Book Redmi Note 4G on Airtel

At the Redmi Note 4G launch, Airtel partnered with Xiaomi to sell the smartphone through Airtel flagship stores across six cities in India. The smartphone went on sale on Flipkart on 30th December for Rs. 9,999 in the first flash sale, and 40,000 units sold out in 6 seconds. Now Airtel has started bookings for the Redmi Note 4G smartphone on the official website. The smartphone will be available across 133 stores in six cities – Mumbai, Bangalore, Hyderabad, Chennai, Delhi-NCR and Kolkata. Continue reading “Airtel starts Xiaomi Redmi Note 4G bookings”

Xolo Q700 Club with Dust and Water Resistance announced for Rs. 6999

Xolo Q700 Club

Xolo has unveiled Q700 Club, the company’s first smartphone with IP55 ratings for dust and water resistance. It has a 4.5-inch FWVGA display and is powered by a 1.3GHz quad-core processor, similar to the Q700S, but this runs on Android 4.4 (KitKat) out of the box and has a 5-megapixel rear camera. Continue reading “Xolo Q700 Club with Dust and Water Resistance announced for Rs. 6999”

Uber and others will have to install panic buttons to continue operations in Delhi

Online taxi services including Uber may make a comeback in Delhi. The Delhi Transport Department has modified Radio Taxi scheme for 2006 to allow these services to continue its operations.

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Obi Alligator S454 vs Lava Iris X1 comparison

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In recent months several Indian smartphone manufacturers have targeted low-mid range segment. Smartphones in this category are compact, offer a small screen that is less than 4.5-inches, and offer specifications usually seen in mid-range smartphones that are priced over Rs. 10,000. The Obi Alligator S454 and Lava Iris X1 belong to this category, so we decided to compare these smartphones. The Obi Alligator S454 was launched last month for Rs. 6,450 and the Lava Iris X1 was originally launched back in May for Rs. 7,999 and the company relaunched the smartphone in August in 8GB variant for the same price.

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Lenovo to announce affordable 4G LTE smartphone for India at CES 2015

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Lenovo today announced that it plans to launch new 4G LTE smartphone at an aggressive price tag in India. It will be powered by Snapdragon 410 processor. Other specifications of the smartphone are not available yet. Lenovo says that it will be showcased at CES next week and launch in India soon after. Continue reading “Lenovo to announce affordable 4G LTE smartphone for India at CES 2015”

Acer Liquid E700 Battery Test

Acer Liquid E700 Battery Test

Acer launched the Liquid E700 smartphone in India with triple SIM support earlier this month priced at Rs. 11,999, exclusively on Snapdeal. We brought you the unboxing and the photo gallery of the smartphone recently. Here we have the battery test results of the smartphone.

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40,000 Redmi Note 4G smartphones sell out in 6 seconds in India

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Xiaomi has sold 40,000 units of Redmi Note 4G smartphones in just 6 seconds in today’s (December 30th) sale in India. This is the first time Xiaomi is selling its Redmi Note 4G smartphone, and over 2 lakh people had registered for the sale. The Redmi Note 4G has support for TD-LTE 2300MHz (Band 40) and FDD-LTE 1800MHz (Band 3) for India and is powered by a 1.6GHz quad-core Snapdragon 400 SoC, instead of Octa-Core MediaTek chip in the 3G variant. It single SIM support, unlike the SIM 3G variant. Continue reading “40,000 Redmi Note 4G smartphones sell out in 6 seconds in India”