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ZTE Blade L3 with 5-inch qHD display, Android 5.0 announced

ZTE Blade L3

ZTE has announced Blade L3, the company’s latest smartphone in the L series. It has a 5-inch (960 x 540 pixels) display, is powered by a 1.3GHz quad-core MediaTek processor and runs on Android 5.0 (Lollipop) out of the box. It has a 8-megapixel rear camera with LED flash and a 2-megapixel front-facing camera. ZTE unveiled the Blade S6 in the S series with a Snapdragon 615 SoC, 4G LTE and a 13MP camera at just US$ 249.99 (Rs. 15,370 approx) recently. Continue reading “ZTE Blade L3 with 5-inch qHD display, Android 5.0 announced”

Huawei to launch wearable devices at MWC 2015 [Updated]

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[Update: Jerry Huang, Director of Marketing Communications, confirmed that the company is looking at introducing an Android Wear smartwatch that will be different to anything else on the market. The company is looking to a fashionable design and is aiming to integrate the smartwatch into average lives as well as appealing to tech savvy customers as well. Huawei also confirmed that it will release an update to Talkband B1 and a new fitness tracker at the MWC along with the Android Wear watch.]

We’re currently in Shenzhen on a tour of Huawei’s Chinese factories and operations and the company has confirmed to us today that they plan to launch new wearable devices at MWC 2015. The company hasn’t confirmed exact details but according to a slide we’ve seen from the PR Director, the wearable plans potentially include a smartwatch running on the Android Wear operating system, a Huawei companion application and a platform to run their wearable devices. Continue reading “Huawei to launch wearable devices at MWC 2015 [Updated]”

OnePlus names its own ROM OxygenOS, will reveal more details on Feb 12

OxygenOS

OnePlus has announced that it will call its own ROM OxygenOS. The company has zeroed in the name after receiving thousands of suggestions from the fans. The OxygenOS will be open, customizable, and free of bloat and unnecessary features, said the company. Continue reading “OnePlus names its own ROM OxygenOS, will reveal more details on Feb 12”

Videocon Infinium Z40Q Star and Z50Q Star launched for Rs. 4499 and Rs. 5999

Videocon has launched Infinium Z40Q Star and Infinium Z50Q Star, two new budget Android smartphones in the Infinium series. The Infinium Z40Q Star has a 4-inch WVGA, while the Infinium Z50Q Star comes with a 5-inch FWVGA display. Both these smartphones are powered by a 1.2 GHz quad-core SoC and run on Android 4.4 (KitKat). The Z50Q Star appeared on the official website earlier this month. Continue reading “Videocon Infinium Z40Q Star and Z50Q Star launched for Rs. 4499 and Rs. 5999”

Worldwide smartphone shipments exceeds 1.3 billion units for 2014: Report

The global smartphone shipments surpassed 1.3 billion units in the year 2014, as per a latest report from IDC. The research firm had predicted in 2013 that smartphone shipments will cross the 1 billion unit milestone.

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Microsoft Office for Android tablets exits preview, available for download

Microsoft Office for Android tablet has come out of preview phase after three months. Word, Excel and Powerpoint can now be downloaded for Android tablets.

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Meizu m1 with 5-inch HD display, 64-bit quad-core SoC, 4G LTE announced

Meizu m1

Meizu has announced Meizu m1, the company’s latest budget smartphone in China. It has a 5-inch (1280 x 768 pixels) IPS display, is powered by a 1.5 GHz quad-core MediaTek MT6732 64-bit processor with ARM Cortex-A53 64-bit CPUs and Mali-T760 GPU and runs on Android 4.4 Kitkat-based Flyme OS. It has a 13-megapixel rear camera with LED flash and a 5-megapixel front-facing camera. Continue reading “Meizu m1 with 5-inch HD display, 64-bit quad-core SoC, 4G LTE announced”

Motorola smartphone sales cross 3 million in India, to open experience zones

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Motorola has announced that it has sold 3 million Motorola smartphones in India till date. This includes all the Motorola smartphones in Moto G and Moto X series and Moto E. Back in November 2014 Flipkart announced that it sold 2.5 million smartphones in India. It took about 2 months for the company to sell half a million smartphones. Continue reading “Motorola smartphone sales cross 3 million in India, to open experience zones”

10,000 units of YU YUREKA sold out in 3 seconds in 3rd sale

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YU today announced that it has sold 10,000 units of YU YURKA smartphones in just 3 seconds in the third flash sale on Amazon.in. It sold 15,000 units of Yureka smartphones in 4 seconds in its second flash sale last week. Next sale is scheduled for next Thursday, February 5th at 2PM. Registrations for the next sale will begin at 5PM today on Amazon. Users will have to register to participate in the weekly flash sale and registrations of previous sales will not be valid for future sales, said the company. Continue reading “10,000 units of YU YUREKA sold out in 3 seconds in 3rd sale”

Moto E 2nd Gen running Android 5.0 Lollipop surface in renders

Motorola Moto E 2nd Gen leak

Renders of the second generation Moto E has surfaced online. Android Police has got hold of these images that shows a smartphone with a similar design of the Moto E that runs Android 5.0 (Lollipop). This doesn’t have a front-facing speaker, but has a front-facing camera that was not present in the first generation Moto E. The rear camera doesn’t have a flash, but the phone has a secondary microphone next to the camera. Continue reading “Moto E 2nd Gen running Android 5.0 Lollipop surface in renders”

LG Q4 2014 profits up 28% YoY, 15.6 million smartphones shipped

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LG Electronics has reported revenues of 15.27 trillion won (US$ 14.06 billion) in Q4 2014 that ended December 31st, 2014, an increase of 4.9% compared to the same quarter last year with operating profit of 275.1 billion (US$ 253.31 million), an increase of 28 percent from the same period the previous year. Net profit for the fourth quarter showed a net loss of 205.7 billion won (US$ 189.41 million) primarily due to the write-off resulting from the closure of LG’s plasma TV operations, said the company. Continue reading “LG Q4 2014 profits up 28% YoY, 15.6 million smartphones shipped”

Samsung’s Q4 2014 profits down 27%, mobile revenue down 21% YoY

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Samsung has reported its earnings for Q4 2014, in which the company has managed to make operating profit of 5.29 trillion won ($4.9 billion) for the quarter ended September 30, 2014, down 27% from 8.31 trillion won compared to the same quarter last year. It has reported net profit of 5.35 trillion won ($4.9 billion) on revenues of 52.73 trillion won ($48.6 billion), down 10% compared to the same quarter last year, up 11% quarter-on-quarter (QoQ). Continue reading “Samsung’s Q4 2014 profits down 27%, mobile revenue down 21% YoY”

ZTE has announced Blade S6, the company’s latest smartphone in the Blade series. It has a 5-inch HD IPS display, is powered by a Octa-Core 64-bit Qualcomm Snapdragon 615 (4×1.5GHz + 4×1.0GHz) processor and runs on Android 5.0 (Lollipop). It features a 13-megapixel auto focus rear camera with LED Flash and a 5-megapixel front-facing camera. Continue reading “ZTE Blade S6 with 5-inch HD display, Snapdragon 615 SoC, Android 5.0 and LTE announced”

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