News | Fone Arena - Part 1818

Vivo V7 with 5.7-inch FullView display, 24MP front camera announced; launching in India on November 20

Vivo V7

Vivo launched the V7+ selfie-focused smartphone in India back in September. Today it has introduced V7 smartphone in Indonesia, ahead of India launch next week. It packs a 5.7-inch (1440 x 720 pixels) FullView display with 18:9 aspect ratio, narrow bezels and 83.6% screen-to-body ratio, compared to the 5.99-inch FullView display in the V7+. It has the same 24-megapixel front-facing camera with LED flash, Face Beauty 7.0, Face unlock and Portrait mode and a 16-megapixel rear camera with phase-detection auto-focus (PDAF) and LED flash. Continue reading “Vivo V7 with 5.7-inch FullView display, 24MP front camera announced; launching in India on November 20”

Gionee M7 Power with 6-inch FullView display, 5000mAh battery launched in India for Rs. 16999

Gionee M7 Power

Gionee has launched the M7 Power smartphone in India, as it had promised. It was introduced in China at the end of September, later it was introduced for global markets, and packs a 6-inch (1440 x 720 pixels) HD+ 18:9 FullView display with 85% screen-to-body ratio, is powered by Snapdragon 435 and packs a 5000mAh battery with intelligent power management that promises up to 2 days of battery life. Continue reading “Gionee M7 Power with 6-inch FullView display, 5000mAh battery launched in India for Rs. 16999”

Telegram 4.5 brings Album, Saved Messages, Pinned Messages in Channels and more

Telegram has updated its app to version 4.5 that brings several new features. Now when you send or receive a collection of photos or videos, they will automatically be grouped together as an album, creating a tile display within your messages. Each album can include up to 10 photos or videos. You can also control the order in which photos are sent with a sequence number. Continue reading “Telegram 4.5 brings Album, Saved Messages, Pinned Messages in Channels and more”

Timex BLINK activity tracker with OLED Display launched starting at Rs. 4495

Timex Blink

Timex today launched the BLINK activity tracker in India in association with Indian consumer technology start-up BLINK. The activity tracker combines signature elements of a traditional watch with sophisticated technology for tracking your daily activities. Continue reading “Timex BLINK activity tracker with OLED Display launched starting at Rs. 4495”

Lenovo Tab 7 with 6.98-inch display, 4G LTE, voice calling launched in India for Rs. 9999

Lenovo Tab 7

Lenovo has launched Tab 7, the company’s latest budget tablet with support for 4G LTE and voice calling in India. It has a 6.98-inch HD screen, is powered by a 1.3GHz quad-core MediaTek processor, runs on Android 7.0 (Nougat), has a 5-megapixel rear camera and a 2-megapixel front-facing camera. Continue reading “Lenovo Tab 7 with 6.98-inch display, 4G LTE, voice calling launched in India for Rs. 9999”

Airtel launches VoLTE services in Andhra Pradesh and Telangana

Airtel VoLTE

After Mumbai, Madhya Pradesh and Chhattisgarh, Maharashtra & Goa and Gujarat, Airtel has launched its 4G VoLTE services in Andhra Pradesh and Telangana officially, after testing for sometime. This lets Airtel customers enjoy HD quality voice calls along with faster call set up time compared to normal voice calls on their VoLTE-compatible 4G handsets. Continue reading “Airtel launches VoLTE services in Andhra Pradesh and Telangana”

HTC U11 Android 8.0 Oreo update begins rolling out starting from Taiwan

HTC U11 Android 8.0 Oreo

HTC was one of the first OEMs to confirm Android 8.0 (Oreo) update for some of its top-end devices and even released U11+ earlier this month with Android Oreo. Today the company has started rolling out Android 8.0 (Oreo) update for its flagship HTC U11 smartphone starting from Taiwan. The changelog is simple that mentions Android 8.0 (Oreo) update and VoWifi support for Chunghwa Telecom (CHT) customers along with enhancements and bug fixes. Continue reading “HTC U11 Android 8.0 Oreo update begins rolling out starting from Taiwan”

Sony H3213 ‘Avenger’ with 6-inch 1080p display, Snapdragon 660/630, Android 8.0 surfaces in benchmarks

Xperia XZ Premium -2

Upcoming Sony smartphone with model number H3213 and codename ‘Avenger’ has surfaced on GFXBench listing that reveals that it will be a mid-range smartphone with a 6-inch 1080p display. The model number and the display resolution is also confirmed by UAProf on the official Sony site. Continue reading “Sony H3213 ‘Avenger’ with 6-inch 1080p display, Snapdragon 660/630, Android 8.0 surfaces in benchmarks”

OnePlus acknowledges EngineerMode app Root Exploit, will fix it with software update

OnePlus 5 Midnight Black_fonearena-02

OnePlus has accidentally left behind an app called ‘EngineerMode’ made by Qualcomm which after decompiling has revealed that the app can be exploited to gain root access acting like a backdoor. This app was discovered by a OnePlus user on Twitter. Continue reading “OnePlus acknowledges EngineerMode app Root Exploit, will fix it with software update”

Apple claims the top spot in wearable market followed by Xiaomi and Fitbit in Q3 2017: Canalys

Apple Watch

Apple has regained the top spot in the wearable market in Q3 2017 with 3.9 million shipments and it is the strongest quarter for Apple in 2017, all thanks to the recently launched Apple Watch 3 with LTE support, reveals a new report from Canalys. Xiaomi and Fitbit claim the 2nd and 3rd spots with 3.6 million and 3.5 million, respectively. Continue reading “Apple claims the top spot in wearable market followed by Xiaomi and Fitbit in Q3 2017: Canalys”

Mozilla releases Firefox v57 ‘Quantum’ with faster core engine, new design and more

Mozilla

Mozilla has released a new Firefox v57 ‘Quantum’ browser after six months of release of the previous version. The new release brings tons of new additions that include a refreshed new design, overhauled core engine, a new technology to improve the speed from the previous version. Continue reading “Mozilla releases Firefox v57 ‘Quantum’ with faster core engine, new design and more”

Google Home App updated with refreshed new look, recommended content, better search and more

Google Home contols v1.26

Google has rolled an update to the Home App that brings a refreshed new look, better recommendations, meaning it is now easy to find movies, shows, music with better search and with more control over the Home device.For those on Android, can now cast movie trailers on to the connected TV while still browsing content on your phone. With advanced sound settings, you can control bass and treble on your Google Assistant supported speakers.

Continue reading “Google Home App updated with refreshed new look, recommended content, better search and more”

Apple said to be working on rear-facing 3D sensor for 2019 iPhone

iPhone X

Apple is said to be working on a rear-facing 3D sensor for 2019 iPhone which could be another milestone in leading the AR space on the mobile platform according to sources of Bloomberg. The company is said to be working on different technologies from the current TrueDepth camera which is used on the iPhone X. Continue reading “Apple said to be working on rear-facing 3D sensor for 2019 iPhone”

Infinix Zero 5 with 5.98-inch 1080p display, 6GB RAM, dual rear cameras launched in India starting at Rs. 17999

Infinix Zero 5

Hong Kong-based Infinix forayed into India back in August with Hot 4 Pro and Note 4 smartphone. Today it has launched its top-end Infinix Zero 5 smartphone in the country at an event in Dubai. It has a 5.98-inch 1080p display, is powered by MediaTek Helio P25 Octa-Core SoC with 6GB of RAM, runs Android 7.0 (Nougat), features 12-megapixel rear camera with wide-angle lens along with a 13-megapixel secondary camera with telephoto lens offering 2x optical zoom and portrait mode. It also has a 16-megapixel front-facing camera with LED flash. Continue reading “Infinix Zero 5 with 5.98-inch 1080p display, 6GB RAM, dual rear cameras launched in India starting at Rs. 17999”

Sony a7R III 42MP full-frame mirrorless camera launched in India for Rs. 2,64,990

Sony a7R III

Sony today a7R III (ILCE-7RM3), the company’s latest camera in the mirrorless camera lineup in India. It was announced last month and is the successor of a7R II that was introduced back in 2015. It has a 42.4 MP back-illuminated Exmor R CMOS image sensor with shooting speeds at up to 10 fps with full AF/AE tracking, 4K video recording, wide 15-stop dynamic range, high sensitivity with noise reduction of almost a full stop and more. It has the same compact, lightweight body as the predecessor. Continue reading “Sony a7R III 42MP full-frame mirrorless camera launched in India for Rs. 2,64,990”