News | Fone Arena - Part 2183

Acer Iconia One 8 B1-820 and Iconia Tab 10 A3-A30 with quad core Intel Atom SoC, Android 5.0 announced

Acer has announced Iconia One 8 B1-820 and Iconia Tab 10 A3-A30, two new tablets powered by powered by a quad-core Intel Atom processor, Android 5.0 (Lollipop) and a 5-megapixel rear camera. The Iconia One 8 B1-820 has a 8-inch HD IPS display based on Zero Air Gap technology. The Iconia Tab 10 A3-A30 for Education, which will join the Google Education ecosystem features a 10.1-inch full HD screen based on Zero Air Gap technology. Both these tablet’s displays have Acer Precision Plus technology offering highly accurate touch and writing experience Continue reading “Acer Iconia One 8 B1-820 and Iconia Tab 10 A3-A30 with quad core Intel Atom SoC, Android 5.0 announced”

Lava Iris Alfa L with 5.5-inch qHD display, Android 5.0, 3000mAh battery launched for Rs. 8000

Lava Iris Alfa L

Lava has launched Iris Alfa L, the company’s latest smartphone in the Iris series and the successor of Iris Alfa that was launched earlier this year. It has a 5.5-inch qHD IPS display, is powered by a 1.3 GHz quad-core MediaTek processor and runs on Android 5.0 (Lollipop). It has a 8-megapixel autofocus rear camera with LED flash and VGA front-facing camera. It comes with dual SIM support and 3G connectivity. Continue reading “Lava Iris Alfa L with 5.5-inch qHD display, Android 5.0, 3000mAh battery launched for Rs. 8000”

OnePlus One Cyanogen OS 12 roll out resumes, adds OK OnePlus

OnePlus One Cyanogen OS 12 YNG1TAS17L

OnePlus has started rolling out Cyanogen OS 12 update based on Android 5.0.2 (Lollipop) last week. The company’s director Carl Pei recently said that the company has paused the roll out to add Ok OnePlus feature, today it started rolling out a new update, YNG1TAS17L that adds this feature along with improvements and security enhancements. Continue reading “OnePlus One Cyanogen OS 12 roll out resumes, adds OK OnePlus”

Facebook generated $3.5 Billion in revenue during Q1 2015

Facebook has released its financial results for the first quarter of 2015 that ended on March 31st and has also included some statistics regarding the usage of Facebook. The revenue Facebook earned in this period was US $3.54 Billion.

Continue reading “Facebook generated $3.5 Billion in revenue during Q1 2015”

Xiaomi Mi Band launched in India for Rs. 999

Xiaomi Mi Band_fonearena-007

Xiaomi has launched the Mi Band, the company’s first fitness band and sleep tracker. It connects to your Android smartphones running Android via Bluetooth 4.0 low energy (BLE), has a set of sensors that monitors your fitness and tracks your sleep. The data can be share to social networks easily with the companion app that would also offer you health advice. It has aluminum surface and skin-friendly wristband.

Continue reading “Xiaomi Mi Band launched in India for Rs. 999”

Xiaomi Mi 4i with 5-inch 1080p display, Snapdragon 615 SoC, 4G LTE launched in India for Rs. 12999

Xiaomi Mi 4i

Xiaomi has launched Mi 4i, the company’s latest smartphone in the Mi series. It has a 5-inch 1080p fully laminated display from JDI or Sharp with 178-degree viewing angle, is powered by an 2nd generation Octa-Core Snadpragon 615 processor and runs on MIUI v6 on top of Android 5.0 (Lollipop) with visual interactive voice response (IVR) feature built for India. It has a 13-megapixel rear camera from Samsung or Sony with 5-element lens, f/2.0 aperture and two-tone LED flash and a 5-megapixel front-facing camera with 80-degree wide-angle lens. Continue reading “Xiaomi Mi 4i with 5-inch 1080p display, Snapdragon 615 SoC, 4G LTE launched in India for Rs. 12999”

ARMs 10nm and 16nm FinFET Cortex designs leaked

ARMs designs for the 10nm and 16nm FinFET Cortex have been leaked in a new roadmap. ARM is planning to introduce 5 new CPU cores for the 10nm and 16nm processes.

Continue reading “ARMs 10nm and 16nm FinFET Cortex designs leaked”

Outlook for Android exits preview stage

Microsoft released Outlook for iOS in January along with a preview of Outlook for Android. Today Microsoft are announcing that the application has now exited the preview stage for Android and brings a lot of improvements and features to the table.

Continue reading “Outlook for Android exits preview stage”

Asus ZenPower 10050mAh power bank and Lolliflash launched in India for Rs. 1499 and Rs. 799

ASUS ZenPower

Asus has launched ZenPower, a 10050mAh portable power bank in India, which competes with Xiaomi’s 10400mAh power bank in the country. It also launched Lolliflash, a small Dual-color LED flash accessory that connects to the phone’s 3.5mm jack. Continue reading “Asus ZenPower 10050mAh power bank and Lolliflash launched in India for Rs. 1499 and Rs. 799”

Bug causes iOS devices to go into an endless boot cycle

A bug in iOS 8 allows other users to send apps that in some cases causes your iPhone or iPad to go into an endless boot cycle. This flaw was demonstrated by researches working for Skycure, who demoed the attack on Tuesday.

Continue reading “Bug causes iOS devices to go into an endless boot cycle”

Samsung patents super-slim Fitness Band

Samsung had filed a patent for a super-slim fitness band which seems to be quite interesting. The patent was filed in March 2014 and just got approved on 21st of this month. It is described as “the ornamental design for a mobile communication device”.

Continue reading “Samsung patents super-slim Fitness Band”

Asus Zenfone 2 with 5.5-inch 1080p display, 4GB RAM launched in India starting at Rs. 19999, 2GB for Rs. 14999

Asus Zenfone 2 ZE551ML_fonearena-01

Asus has launched the Zenfone 2 (ZE551ML) smartphone in India, as it promised. It has a 5.5-inch (1920 x 1080 pixels) display with Corning gorilla glass 3 protection, comes with 13-megapixel rear PixelMaster camera with Real Tone flash, 5-megapixel front-facing camera and runs on Android 5.0 (Lollipop). It comes in three variants, one with 1.8GHz quad-core Intel Atom Z3560 processor, 2GB RAM and 16GB storage, 2.3GHz quad-core Intel Atom Z3580 processor with 4GB RAM, 32GB or 64GB storage. Continue reading “Asus Zenfone 2 with 5.5-inch 1080p display, 4GB RAM launched in India starting at Rs. 19999, 2GB for Rs. 14999”

Asus Zenfone 2 with 5.5-inch HD display launched in India for Rs. 12999

zenfone-2-photos-3

Asus has launched the Zenfone 2 (ZE550ML) smartphone in India along with the ZE551ML variant. It has a 5.5-inch (1280 x 720 pixels) display with Corning gorilla glass 3 protection, is powered by a 1.8GHz quad-core Intel Atom Z3560 processor, 2GB RAM, comes with 13-megapixel PixelMaster camera with Real Tone flash, 5-megapixel front-facing camera and runs on Android 5.0 (Lollipop). Continue reading “Asus Zenfone 2 with 5.5-inch HD display launched in India for Rs. 12999”

Lenovo A5000 with 5-inch HD display, 4000mAh battery launching in India soon for Rs. 10250

Lenovo A5000, the latest smartphone in the A series is now available in India through retail stores, according to Mumbai-based retailer Mahesh Telecom. It has a 5-inch (1280 x 720 pixels) HD display, features an 8-megapixel rear camera with LED flash and a 2-megapixel front-facing camera, similar to the A6000, but this is powered by a 1.3GHz quad-core MediaTek processor and packs 4000mAh battery that promises up to 35 hours talk time and up to 33.5 days standby. Continue reading “Lenovo A5000 with 5-inch HD display, 4000mAh battery launching in India soon for Rs. 10250”

OnePlus offers 50% discount on accessories today globally including India

OnePlus JBL E1 Plus Earphones

OnePlus One is celebrating its first birthday by offering 50% discount on its accessories globally, including India. It is also reducing the price of the OnePlus One smartphone by $1 or Re. 1 (or one unit in home market’s currency) from today as a symbolic gesture to show that the One is still an amazing value without any promotions or discounts. Continue reading “OnePlus offers 50% discount on accessories today globally including India”