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Verico forays into Indian market with Uni SHAPE 5V3 smartphone for Rs. 8999

Verico Uni SHAPE 5V3

Verico International, Taiwan-based company popular for its smartphones, tablets and memory products today announced its entry into the Indian market by launching Uni SHAPE 5V3 smartphone by partnering exclusively with Snapdeal. It has a 5-inch qHD display and is powered by a 1.3GHz quad-core processor processor, but this runs on old Android 4.2 (Jelly Bean). It has a 13-megapixel rear camera with LED flash and a 5-megapixel front-facing camera. Continue reading “Verico forays into Indian market with Uni SHAPE 5V3 smartphone for Rs. 8999”

20,000 Nokia N1 units sold out in 4 minutes

Nokia-N1

The Nokia N1 went on sale in China earlier today and revealed that the Nokia brand still has the market appeal as all 20,000 units in the first batch of Nokia N1 sold out in just 4 minutes after pre-orders opened. Continue reading “20,000 Nokia N1 units sold out in 4 minutes”

Asus Fonepad 7 FE171CG with 7-inch display, Dual SIM and Voice Calling announced

Asus Fonepad 7 FE171CG

Asus has announced Fonepad 7 (FE171CG), a refreshed variant of last year’s Fonepad 7 at the CES this year. It has a 7-inch (1024 x 600 pixels) display and is powered by a 1.2 GHz dual-core Intel Atom Z2520 processor with PowerVR SGX544 GPU, similar to the Asus Fonepad 7 FE170CG that was launched in India last year, but this runs on Android 4.4 (KitKat) out of the box, comes with a 8-megapixel or 5-megapixel rear camera, 1GB or 2GB RAM depending on the region. Continue reading “Asus Fonepad 7 FE171CG with 7-inch display, Dual SIM and Voice Calling announced”

Videocon Infinium Z50Q Star, Z40 Lite and Zest Lite listed on official website

Four new Videocon Android smartphones, Infinium Z50Q Star, Infinium Z50Q Lite, Infinium Z40 Lite and Infinium Zest Lite have been listed on the official website. These have 5-inch FWVGA, 4-inch WVGA and 3.5-inch HVGA displays, respectively. The Infinium Z50Q Star, Infinium Z50Q Lite, Infinium Z40 Lite run on Android 4.4 (KitKat), while the entry-level Infinium Zest Lite runs on Android 4.2 (Jelly Bean). These smartphones have dual SIM support, but only the Infinium Z50Q Star, Z50Q Lite and Z40 Lite have 3G connectivity. Continue reading “Videocon Infinium Z50Q Star, Z40 Lite and Zest Lite listed on official website”

Celkon Campus A400 with 4-inch display, Android 4.4 now available for Rs. 2999

Celkon Campus A400

Celkon Campus A400, the company’s latest entry-level smartphone in the Campus series is now available from HomeShop18. It has a 4-inch WVGA screen, is powered by a 1GHz processor and runs on Android 4.4 (KitKat). It has a 2-megapixel rear camera with LED flash and a VGA front-facing camera. Continue reading “Celkon Campus A400 with 4-inch display, Android 4.4 now available for Rs. 2999”

Apple UK market share hits record high

Shortly after the global launch of the iPhone 6, Apple called its latest smartphone the greatest yet and according to recent figures, this has translated into sales and a noticeable improvement in Apple’s UK market share. Kantar Worldpanel Comtech report that strong sales of the iPhone 6 and iPhone 6 Plus resulted in Apple’s market share reaching 42.5 percent in November. Continue reading “Apple UK market share hits record high”

Samsung Galaxy Grand Max launched in Korea

Samsung Galaxy Grand Max

After revealing the Galaxy Grand Max (SM-G720N0) in its brochure last month, Samsung today officially launched the smartphone in Korea. The Grand Max has a 5.25-inch HD screen, is powered by a 1.2GHz quad-core processor and runs on Android 4.4 (KitKat). It has a 13-megapixel rear camera and a 5-megapixel front-facing camera. The smartphone is just 7.9mm thick. Continue reading “Samsung Galaxy Grand Max launched in Korea”

Xolo Q700 Club Dust and Water Resistant smartphone launched for Rs. 6899

Xolo Q700 Club

Xolo has launched Q700 Club, the company’s first smartphone with IP55 ratings for dust and water resistance. It was introduced last week, packs a 4.5-inch FWVGA display, is powered by a 1.3GHz quad-core processor and runs on Android 4.4 (KitKat). It has 3G connectivity and dual SIM support. Continue reading “Xolo Q700 Club Dust and Water Resistant smartphone launched for Rs. 6899”

Kingston introduces UHS-I Class 3 microSD card with 90MB/s transfer speed

Kingston microSD UHS-I Speed Class 3

Kingston has introduced its latest UHS-I Speed Class 3 memory card. It offers 90MB/s read and 80MB/s write speed, which exceeds the SD Association’s latest specification release, UHS-1 U3 (Ultra High-Speed Bus, Speed Class 3) rated for 30MB/s read/write, says the company. Continue reading “Kingston introduces UHS-I Class 3 microSD card with 90MB/s transfer speed”

Asus Zenfone 4 and Zenfone 5 get a price cut in India

Asus Zenfone 4-1

Asus Zenfone 4 and Zenfone 5 smartphone have received a price cut in India. The Zenfone 4 (A400CG) was launched in India for Rs. 5,999 last year and the Zenfone 5 was launched for Rs. 9,999 for 8GB and Rs. 12,999 for 16GB. There is no price cut for the Zenfone 4 (A450CG), which still retails Rs. 6,999. The Zenfone series received Android 4.4 (KitKat) update last year. Check out the new pricing below. Continue reading “Asus Zenfone 4 and Zenfone 5 get a price cut in India”

MediaTek unveils MT2601 SoC for Google’s Android Wear

MediaTek has announced its MT2601 SoC for wearable devices based on Google’s Android Wear software. The chipmaker says that its new SoC features 41.5 percent fewer components and lower current consumption.

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Xiaomi to announce ultra-thin flagship device on January 15

Xiaomi flagship Jan 15

Xiaomi usually teases launch of its new devices few days ahead of its launch. It already announced that it will launch its flagship device on January 15th. Today the company has released a teaser that hints a sleek flagship smartphone.According to the translation, it will be thinner than cicada insect’s wings, as noted in the official forum. Continue reading “Xiaomi to announce ultra-thin flagship device on January 15”

Nokia N1 launches 28 Jan in China, pre-orders tomorrow

Nokia N1

Nokia’s return to the hardware market looks set to become official later this month as the N1 tablet will begin shipping in China on January 28th. Pre-orders for the Nokia N1, which is manufactured by Foxconn and sold under the Nokia brand, will begin tomorrow and the N1 tablet will cost 1599 RMB (equivalent to around $258 or £170). Continue reading “Nokia N1 launches 28 Jan in China, pre-orders tomorrow”

K Touch A20 with 3.5-inch display, Android 4.4 and 3G launched for Rs. 2999

K Touch A20

K Touch has launched A20, one of the cheapest smartphones with 3G connectivity and Android 4.4 (Kitkat) in India. It has a 3.5-inch HVGA screen, is powered by a 1GHz processor and runs on Android 4.4 (KitKat). It has a 3-megapixel rear camera with LED flash and a VGA front-facing camera. It also has dual SIM support. Continue reading “K Touch A20 with 3.5-inch display, Android 4.4 and 3G launched for Rs. 2999”

Aircel launches Grand Online Data Sale, offers discounts on data recharges and devices

Aircel has launched Grand Online Data Sale, an online shopping sale exclusively for data products and services. This offers great deals on data recharges, massive discounts on exciting WAP content of 2015 such as games, videos, mp3 music, movies and wallpapers, exciting bundled packs with exclusive data benefits from Aircel on select handsets and other internet-enabled devices. Customers can avail these an attractive discount of up to 80%. Continue reading “Aircel launches Grand Online Data Sale, offers discounts on data recharges and devices”