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Samsung Galaxy Grand Prime selfie-focused smartphone might launch in India this week for Rs. 15250

Samsung Galaxy Grand Prime

Samsung Galaxy Grand Prime (SM-G530H), the company’s selfie-focused smartphone surfaced earlier this month. The smartphone has not gone official yet, now Manish Khatri from Mahesh Telecom reports that the phone would be priced at Rs. 15,250 in India and would go on sale later this week. The MRP of the device would be Rs. 16,000. The main highlight of the smartphone would be the 5-megapixel front-facing camera. It has support for 14 Indian languages and dual SIM support. Continue reading “Samsung Galaxy Grand Prime selfie-focused smartphone might launch in India this week for Rs. 15250”

Huawei MediaPad Honor T1 with 8-inch HD display, 3G and voice calling launched in India for Rs. 9999

Huawei Honor Tablet

Huawei has launched the MediaPad Honor T1, the company’s latest tablet in the Honor series. It was announced recently as Honor Tablet and packs a 8-inch HD IPS display with 72% screen-to-body ratio, powered by a 1.2GHz quad-core Snapdragon 200 processor and runs on Android 4.3 (Jelly Bean) with Emotion UI 1.6 on top. It has a 5-megapixel rear camera, 0.3-megapixel front-facing camera, 3G support via SIM card slot and has voice calling capabilities. Continue reading “Huawei MediaPad Honor T1 with 8-inch HD display, 3G and voice calling launched in India for Rs. 9999”

Huawei Honor 6 with 5-inch 1080p display, Octa-Core SoC launched in India for Rs. 19999

Huawei Honor 6

Huawei has launched the Honor 6, the company’s latest smartphone in the Honor series. It was announced in China back in June and has a 5-inch 1080p display, powered by a Octa-Core HiSilicon Kirin 920 SoC and runs on Android 4.4 (KitKat) with Emotion UI 2.3 on top. It has a 13-megapixel rear camera with Sony sensor, LED flash and a 5-megapixel front-facing camera.

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Gionee CTRL V4S with 4.5-inch display, Android 4.4 launched for Rs. 9999

Gionee CTRL V4S

Gionee CTRL V4S that was listed on the official website last month during the GPad G5 launch, has been officially launched. It has the same 4.5-inch FWVA display, similar to the CTRL V4 that was launched last year, but this has a faster 1.3 GHz quad-core processor and has 1GB RAM. It has a 8-megapixel rear camera with LED flash, 2-megapixel front-facing camera and runs on Android 4.4 (KitKat). Continue reading “Gionee CTRL V4S with 4.5-inch display, Android 4.4 launched for Rs. 9999”

BlackBerry Passport launched in India for Rs. 49990

BlackBerry Passport

BlackBerry has launched the BlackBerry Passport, the company’s latest high-end smartphone in India. It was unveiled last week and packs a 4.5” diagonal (1440 x 1440 pixels) display with Corning Gorilla Glass 3 protection, quad-core Snapdragon 800 (MSM8974-AA) processor and runs on BlackBerry OS 10.3 with new BlackBerry Assistant, BlackBerry own personal assistant. Continue reading “BlackBerry Passport launched in India for Rs. 49990”

Huawei Honor Tablet with 8-inch HD display, voice calling announced

Huawei Honor Tablet

Huawei has announced the Honor Tablet, the company’s latest tablet in the Honor series. It has first announced last month in some countries like Russia as MediaPad T1 8.0. Now it’s on pre-order in Malaysia. It has a 8-inch HD IPS display, powered by a 1.2GHz quad-core Snapdragon 200 processor and runs on Android 4.3 (Jelly Bean) with Emotion UI 1.6 on top. It has a 5-megapixel rear camera, 0.3-megapixel front-facing camera and has 3G support via SIM card slot and has voice calling capabilities. Continue reading “Huawei Honor Tablet with 8-inch HD display, voice calling announced”

Opening points at OnePlus’ impending expansion into Malaysia

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OnePlus has been the center of attraction for a lot of tech followers. This has not only been the case since the company launched its first device, the OnePlus One, but quite a bit prior to that as well. The interest however, exploded once the OnePlus One was announced in April this year. Continue reading “Opening points at OnePlus’ impending expansion into Malaysia”

Latest on the OPPO N3: 5.9″ 1080p display, Snapdragon 805 SoC

OPPO seems to have learnt from its mistakes it made with the N1 last year. The smartphone was the first from the ‘N’ series, and during a time when Snapdragon 800 smartphones reigned, the N1 came with only a Snapdragon 600 to spark criticism from OPPO followers.

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MediaTek Labs: New initiative by chip maker that focuses on the Internet of Things

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How many of you have wanted to control your room’s lights via your non-IR enabled smartphones? I bet pretty much all of you have had that thought at one point. That, and a lot is now possible thanks to affordable and versatile development boards such as the Arduino. Continue reading “MediaTek Labs: New initiative by chip maker that focuses on the Internet of Things”

Microsoft CEO Nadella visits Xiaomi’s Lei Jun, What’s cooking?

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China is a market that bears a lot of resemblance to its Indian counterpart. This also means that there’s a lot of undiscovered talent in China, waiting to get the required exposure. This is what Microsoft’s CEO Satya Nadella feels. Continue reading “Microsoft CEO Nadella visits Xiaomi’s Lei Jun, What’s cooking?”

New Moto G gets a new software update, makes Google Now Launcher default

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Motorola launched the new Moto G (2nd Gen) in India earlier this month running on the latest Android 4.4.4 (KitKat). Motorola has pushed out a minor software update for the smartphone in several countries, including India. According to the official changelog, the update replaces the default launcher with the Google Now launcher and also includes some bug fixes. According to XDA users, the update also changes the Powered by Android Bootimage with a new design and the has some improvements in the auto brightness. Continue reading “New Moto G gets a new software update, makes Google Now Launcher default”

Micromax Canvas 4 Plus A315 with 5-inch HD AMOLED display now available for Rs. 16750

Micromax Canvas 4 Plus A315

Micromax Canvas 4 Plus A315, the company’s latest smartphone in the Canvas series is now available from eBay.in and Infibeam. It packs a 5-inch (1280 x 720 pixels) AMOLED display, powered by a 1.7 GHz octa-core MediaTek processor and runs on Android 4.4 (KitKat). It features a 13-megapixel auto focus rear camera with LED Flash and a 5-megapixel front-facing camera. Continue reading “Micromax Canvas 4 Plus A315 with 5-inch HD AMOLED display now available for Rs. 16750”

Intex Aqua Star and Aqua Star Power with Android 4.4 launched for Rs. 6990 and Rs. 7490

Intex technologies has launched the Aqua Star and the Aqua Star Power along with the Aqua Star HD. The Aqua Star has a 5-inch FWVGA screen, while the Aqua Star Power comes with a 4.5-inch FWVGA screen. Both these have a 1.3 GHz quad-core processor, Android 4.4 (KitKat), 8-megapixel rear camera with LED flash, 2-megapixel front-facing camera, dual SIM support and 3G connectivity. Continue reading “Intex Aqua Star and Aqua Star Power with Android 4.4 launched for Rs. 6990 and Rs. 7490”

Samsung Galaxy Alpha launched in India for Rs. 39990

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Samsung has launched the Galaxy Alpha, the company’s first smartphone with an unique metal frame and 6.7mm slim body. It was unveiled last month and packs a 4.7-inch (1280 x 720 pixels) Super AMOLED display, powered by a Octa-Core Exynos (1.8GHz Quad + 1.3GHz Quad) processor and runs on Android 4.4.4 (KitKat). It has a 12-megapixel rear camera with LED flash and a 2.1-megapixel front-facing camera. Continue reading “Samsung Galaxy Alpha launched in India for Rs. 39990”

BlackBerry reports net loss of $207 million in Q2 FY15, ships 2.4 million smartphones

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BlackBerry has reported their quarterly earnings report yesterday for their second quarter of fiscal 2015 that ended August 30, 2014. The company has posted a smaller loss of $207 million which amounts to about $0.39 loss per share. It has reported $916 million revenue, which breaks down to 46% for hardware (compared to 39% last quarter), 46% for services (compared to 54% last quarter) and 8% for software. Continue reading “BlackBerry reports net loss of $207 million in Q2 FY15, ships 2.4 million smartphones”