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Apple alongside iPhone 6s launched the new iPhone 6s Plus at its ‘Hey Siri’ Keynote today. The iPhone 6s Plus retains the 5.5-inch Retina display from iPhone 6 Plus, but uses a new 3D Touch technology and the glass on top is more toughened which Apple claims to be the “strongest glass cover” for an iPhone till date. Continue reading “Apple iPhone 6s Plus with 5.5-inch 3D Touch display, 64-bit A9 SoC, 4K video camera announced”
Apple announced the iOS 9, the next iteration of iOS at WWDC back in June. Today it announced that iOS 9 will be released to the public on Wednesday, September 16, four days after the new iPhones go on pre-order. The iOS 9 update brings powerful search and improved Siri features, new multitasking features that two apps at once, side by side on iPad, Picture-in-Picture, detailed transit information in Maps, News app and new capabilities in Apple Pay.
It’s that time of a year where will Apple unveils the S version of the iPhone and the tradition has continued with the introduction of iPhone 6s. The Cupertino based company has announced the successor of the iPhone 6 at its special event in San Francisco.
The Apple iPhone 6s carries the same design language as that of its predecessor, but the company has used entirely new aluminium, custom Apple alloy in the constructions. The newest iPhone has the same 4.7-inch LED-backlit IPS LCD display and has the same resolution of 750 x 1334 pixels as that of the iPhone 6. However, the new model has the Force Touch technology underneath, which offers a whole new of interaction just like on Apple Watch. Continue reading “Apple introduces iPhone 6s with 3D force touch display and 12MP iSight camera”
Apple’s special event in San Francisco saw the unveiling of the company’s newest Apple TV. The latest model gets a hardware refresh and is now being powered by Apple A8 chip.
The new Apple TV is now integrated with Siri and has a revamped App Store along a brand new operating system. Apple is also included a new remote, which also has a touchscreen, mic and Wii-like motion control built in. Continue reading “New Apple TV brings Siri and a touchscreen remote”
Apple introduced the iPad mini 4 along with the iPad Air Pro at its event in California. It has the same 7.9 inch Retina Display with 2048×1536 resolution seen on last year’s iPad mini 3 with Retina Display, but this has Apple A8X chip with M8 motion co-processor, compared to old A7 chip in the mini 2 and mini 3, Touch ID fingerprint sensor and other internals similar to the iPad Air 2.
Continue reading “Apple iPad mini 4 announced, starts at $399”
Apple just announced the iPad Pro, a huge tablet with a 12.9-inch display with a resolution of 2732 x 2048 pixels at its event. It has a new A9X, Apple’s 3rd generation 64-bit chip with 2x memory bandwidth, 2x storage performance and 1.8x faster performance than the A8X in the Air 2. It is just 6.9mm thick, which is just 0.8mm thicker compared to the iPad Air 2. It weighs 712 grams, slightly heavier than the first iPad. Continue reading “Apple iPad Pro with 12.9-inch (2732 x 2048) display, A9X chip official, starts at $799”
Xiaomi today announced that it has sold over 3 million smartphones in India since its launch. It crossed one million sales mark in the country back in December 2014 with just three smartphones, Mi 3, Redmi 1S and Redmi Note. It said that it crossed 2 million mark in March this year, and it took just 6 months to sell one million smartphones to reach the 3 million milestone. Continue reading “Xiaomi has sold over 3 million smartphones in India”
Jawbone has launched its UP range of activity trackers in India that includes, UP MOVE, UP2 and UP3 exclusively on Amazon.in. These connect wirelessly to iOS and Android devices via Bluetooth to offer real-time progress reports. The UP app encourages and motivates you to make minor improvements that can turn into long-term-progress – all based on your unique data from Jawbone’s hardware, said the company. Check out the features of these trackers.
Pantel Technologies has launched WS704Q 3G, its new Android Tablet with dual SIM support. It has a 7-inch (1024 x 600 pixels) display, is powered by a 1.3 GHz quad-core processor and runs on Android 4.4 (KitKat). It has a 8-megapixel rear camera with LED flash and a 5-megapixel front-facing camera. It also comes with voice calling support. Continue reading “Penta T-Pad WS704Q 3G with 7-inch display, 8MP camera launched for Rs. 5999”
With an aim to make it easier for small business to enhance its mobile presence, Facebook has redesigned Pages by introducing new tools for better communication with customers.
Continue reading “Facebook revamps Pages for mobile with new action button, sections and more”
Instagram has introduced video ads of up to 30 seconds in length. Previous ads were capped at 15 seconds, same length of video that users can post. Instagram also announced that ads will now be available in more than 30 additional countries, followed by full global availability at the end of the month. Continue reading “Instagram debuts 30-second video ads, expands ads to over 30 new countries including India”
Samsung Lucky-LTE the company’s upcoming 4G smartphone has surfaced on Geekbench (Via). According to the listing, the smartphone packs an Octa-Core Exynos 8890 SoC clocked at 1.38 GHz and the chip is based on ARMv8 architecture. Since this has new ARM implementer 83 architecture, it could be Exynos M1 with custom CPU cores, as rumored earlier. Continue reading “Samsung Exynos 8890 Octa-Core SoC surfaces in benchmarks, could be Exynos M1”
Alcatel OneTouch recently announced that it will unveil OneTouch Flash 2, successor of last year’s OneTouch Flash at an event on September 22nd. Now the company has released a new teaser video, showing the back of the smartphone. The teaser also shows a new Alcatel Flash’s brand color in Green color, relating to a Green key iconic feature of the new model. Continue reading “Alcatel OneTouch Flash 2 teaser video revealed, to be unveiled on September 22”
OPPO has launched FC Barcelona edition of the OPPO R7 Plus to celebrate OPPO’s three-year partnership with FC Barcelona. This is the company’s first smartphone as a part of the partnership and is dubbed as Smartphone of Champions. It will come with club’s logo, an FC Barcelona-themed wallpaper, a fan kit that includes an FC Barcelona protective case and more. Specifications of the smartphone are similar to the original R7 Plus. Continue reading “OPPO R7 Plus FC Barcelona Edition launched”
Sony has launched the Xperia M5 Dual, the company’s latest smartphone in the M series in India, as expected. It was announced last month and packs a 5-inch 1080p display, is powered by MediaTek Helio X10 Octa-Core SoC and runs on Android 5.0 (Lollipop). It has a 21.5-megapixel rear camera with 0.25-second Hybrid Autofocus, LED flash, 4K video recording and a 13-megapixel front-facing camera. It is also water and dust-proof (IP65/IP68) and comes with 4G LTE support. Continue reading “Sony Xperia M5 Dual launched in India for Rs. 37990”
