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Xiaomi has expanded to Brazil on Tuesday, as expected, which is the company’s first expansion outside Asia. Hugo Barra launched the Redmi 2 smartphone in the country. Xiaomi has partnered with Foxconn International Holdings to locally manufacture all handsets sold in Brazil to avoid import duties. Continue reading “Xiaomi expands to Brazil, partners with Foxconn to manufacture smartphones locally”
Xiaomi has appointed Shou Zi Chew as the Chief Financial Officer (CFO). He was a former partner at DST Investment Management Ltd, which has invested in several companies, including Xiaomi. Before joining DST in 2010, he worked at Goldman Sachs. Shou Zi will support tech innovation, ecosystem development and global expansion plans, said the company. Continue reading “Xiaomi appoints DST partner Shou Zi Chew as CFO”
Gionee, one of the popular global smartphone manufactures has announced that it has expanded its retail footprint in India by partnering with Spice, The Mobile Store, Mobiliti World, Jumbo Electronics, Croma Retail and Planet M. “Gionee handsets will now be available across 1000+ stores and the brand aims to sell 35000+ additional devices every month immediately and scale it up at a constant pace in the coming future”, said the company.
LG is all set to launch the G4 Stylus, the company’s latest smartphone with a stylus pen in India. It was introduced as G Stylo in Korea and was announced for global markets last month. The G4 Stylus has a 5.7-inch HD display, is powered by a quad-core Snapdragon 410 SoC and runs on Android 5.0 (Lollipop). It has a 13-megapixel camera with LED flash, laser auto focus, a 5-megapixel front-facing camera and also comes with 4G support. Continue reading “LG G4 Stylus launching in India soon for Rs. 24990”
Celkon has launched Campus A35K Remote with universal remote option that would let you control TV, AC, Set Top Boxes, DVD Players and more using IR transmitter present on the top of the smartphone. It uses Peel Smart Remote software that lets you set reminders, favorites and TV channel guide. Other specifications are similar to last year’s Campus A35K, including a 3.5-inch (320 x 480 pixels) display, Android 4.4 (KitKat), 1 GHz processor, 3.2-megapixel rear camera with LED flash, a 0.3-megapixel front-facing camera, dual SIM support and 3G connectivity. Continue reading “Celkon Campus A35K Remote with Android 4.4, Universal Remote launched for Rs. 3199”
Apple has finally bit the bullet and is about to enter the very competitive music streaming business. We’ve already brought you the nitty gritty of the service. In a gist, Apple Music is essentially Cupertino’s version of Spotify or Rdio with some decidedly Apple twists. Continue reading “PSA: Apple Music goes live tonight in India at 8:30pm”
Nokia Networks has announced that it has grabbed a 3G contract from Airtel to roll out 3G network in 5 new circles and network expansion in 3 existing circles. Under the 4-year contract, the company will provide its radio elements and services expertise to power Bharti Airtel’s infrastructure.
Continue reading “Nokia Networks bags 4-year 3G contract from Airtel for 5 new circles”
Huawei has announced Honor 7, the company’s latest smartphone in the Honor series, as expected. It packs a 5-inch 1080p display, powered by a Octa-Core HiSilicon Kirin 935 SoC based on big.LITTLE configuration and runs on Android 5.0 (Lollipop) with Emotion UI 3.1 on top. It has a 20-megapixel rear camera with Sony sensor, LED flash, Phase Detection Auto Focus that would let you focus a subject in just 0.1 second and a 8-megapixel front-facing camera with LED flash for capturing better selfies. It has a uni-body metal finish. Continue reading “Huawei Honor 7 with 5.2-inch 1080p display, 20MP camera, fingerprint sensor announced”
Xolo launched the Cube 5.0 earlier this month. Now the company has launched a variant of the smartphone with 2GB RAM, instead of 1GB RAM and a 5MP front-facing camera, instead of 2MP camera. Other specifications are the same, including a 5-inch HD OGS display with 85% NTSC color gamut that promises ultra-high color contrasts and vivid colors, Dragontrail Glass protection,1.3GHz quad-core MediaTek MT6582M processor and runs on Android 5.0 (Lollipop). Continue reading “Xolo Cube 5.0 2GB RAM variant launched for Rs. 8888”
Meizu has introduced a new 10,000mAh power bank at the MX5 launch event in China. This simple and elegant design and promises 93% charging conversion rate. It also has two-way fast charging so that you can charge the power bank quickly and also charge the MX5 smartphone with mCharge faster-charging support, up to 58% in 30 minutes and 100% in just 83 minutes. Continue reading “Meizu introduces 10000mAh power bank with two-way fast charging and Depth-VR”
Ola is all set to roll out a pickup and delivery service similar to Uber’s UberRush. The ride hailing service jas started testing the new delivery service, as per a report from Hindu Business Line.
Continue reading “Ola geared up to launch delivery service like UberRUSH next month”
Meizu just announced the MX5, the company’s latest flagship smartphone at an event in China. It has a 5.5-inch (1920 x 1080 pixels) Super AMOLED display with 100% increase in NTSC color gamut, 10000:1 contrast ratio and a brightness of up to 500 nits. It is powered by a 2.2 GHz octa-core MediaTek Helio X10 processor and runs on Flyme OS 4.5 based on Android 5.0 (Lollipop). Continue reading “Meizu MX5 with 5.5-inch 1080p display, Full metal body, Helio X10 SoC announced”
Google has just released a new version of Hangouts for iOS devices. The Hangouts v4.0 brings in a new design that follows Google’s Material Design along with several bug fixes and performance improvements.
Airtel has announced that it has become third largest mobile operator in the world in terms on subscribers, based on the latest ranking from World Cellular Information Service (WCIS). China Mobile is the top mobile operator in the world with over 626 million customers followed by Vodafone Group with over 403 million customers. Continue reading “Airtel becomes world’s third largest mobile operator with over 303 million customers”
Microsoft has released the latest Windows 10 Insider Preview Build 10158 for PCs. The build 10158 comes with new improvements and UI redesigns and especially puts more focus on Microsoft Edge browser.
Continue reading “Microsoft releases Windows 10 Insider Preview Build 10158 for PCs”
