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Not too long back, the concept of a phone that you could upgrade and configure based on your whims and fantasies only looked like a sci-fi movie scene. However, thanks to the tremendous technological advancements that we’ve seen in the recent years, the modular phone idea is on the verge of being reality.
Continue reading “Google announces support for Rockchip SoCs for modular Project Ara”
Asus launched the Zenfone 4 (A400CG) with a 4-inch WVGA display last month for Rs. 5,999. It also launched the Zenfone 4 (A450CG) with slightly better specifications at Rs. 6,999. Today the company has announced that the the Zenfone 4 – A450CG will be up for pre-booking, exclusively on Flipkart from Sunday, August 24th midnight. Continue reading “Asus Zenfone 4 A450CG pre-booking starts August 24 midnight on Flipkart”
HTC device codenamed flounder appeared twice in May. Rumors about the HTC-made Nexus tablet condemned Volantis surfaced in June. Recently a HTC tablet running Android L has been spotted at Wi-Fi Alliance website that is believed to be the upcoming Nexus tablet. According to the certification, it has Broadcom BCM4345 WiFi Chip with dual-band WiFi. It also shows 3 separate model numbers: 0P8210000, 0P8220000, and 0P823000. Continue reading “HTC-built Nexus Tablet passes WiFi Certification?”
Gionee has announced that it will roll out the Android 4.4 (KitKat) update for its M2 smartphone on September 5th in India. It was launched back in February running Android 4.2 (Jelly Bean). The company released Android KitKat update for the Pioneer P4 in India earlier this week. It rolled out KitKat update for the Elife E7 mini and Elife S5.5 smartphones in India few weeks back. Continue reading “Gionee M2 to get Android 4.4 KitKat update on September 5 in India”
The Chinese smartphone giant, Xiaomi, has already seen mainstream success with its wildly popular handset ie the Mi3. Having the announced the Redmi series of phones for India, the company has now issued invites for two separate events to be held in Bangalore and Delhi to introduce the Redmi 1S. Continue reading “Xiaomi Redmi 1S launch events scheduled on August 25th and 26th in Bangalore and Delhi”
If productivity on the go is your thing, you’d probably be well aware of the potential and value of any hybrid Asus Transformer Pad. However, not many come with specs that lie on the high-end of the spectrum.
Keen to make a mark on the world map, Chinese phone makers are giving it their all to expand in to as many markets as possible. Xiaomi, and now OPPO are showing the very intent to make their presence felt.
Celkon has launched Campus A15K, successor of last year’s Campus A15 smartphone. This has the same 3.5-inch HVGA screen and is powered by a 1GHz dual-core processor, but this runs on Android 4.4 (KitKat), comes with a 3.2-megapixel rear camera with LED flash and a VGA front-facing camera. Continue reading “Celkon Campus A15K with Android 4.4 launched”
Spice Retail has launched the first Firefox OS-powered smartphone, Spice Fire One Mi-FX 1 as it promised earlier this year. It has a 3.5-inch HVGA screen, powered by a 1GHz processor, 1.3-megapixel rear camera, 0.3-megapixel front-facing camera, 2G (EDGE) connectivity and dual SIM support. This is targeted at the masses looking for a larger than life phone statement but are deterred due to price sensitivity, says the company. Continue reading “Spice Fire One Mi – FX 1 running Firefox OS launched for Rs. 2299”
Sony’s mystery device that appeared earlier this week has gone official in China. It is called Cyber-shot DSC-KW11 and looks like a perfume bottle. It has a 19.2-megapixel swivel camera with f/2.0 wide-angle lens, 1/2.3-inch Exmor RS CMOS sensor and a focal length of 21mm and LED flash on the top. This can rotate 180-degrees. It has Swarovski elements and silky pearl finish. Continue reading “Sony Cyber-shot DSC-KW11 19.2MP selfie camera official”
BlackBerry revealed BlackBerry Passport, the company’s upcoming QWERTY smartphone with unique form factor during its earnings back in June. We already know that it would come with 4.5” inch square screen with (1,440 x 1,440 pixels) resolution, touch sensitive physical QWERTY keyboard, quad-core Snapdragon 800 SoC and 3GB of RAM. Now N4BB has revealed entire specifications of the smartphone. Continue reading “BlackBerry Passport complete specifications leaked”
The Apple iPhone 6 is practically guaranteed to be announced at Apple’s upcoming September 9th event. That said, while it was widely believed that Cupertino would make the handset available on launch day itself, a fresh report suggests that this might not be the case. Continue reading “Apple iPhone 6 display faces production issues, may constrain supplies at launch: Report”
Lava launched the Iris X1, the first smartphone in the X series back in May. Today Lava has announced that it would launch a new smartphone with a wide-angle front camera with LED flash in the X series soon. Sony launched the Xperia C3, a similar selfie-focused smartphone with a 5-megapixel front camera with LED flash recently. Lava did not reveal the resolution of the rear camera yet. Continue reading “Lava to launch selfie-focused X series smartphone”
Earlier today there were reports that the Xiaomi Mi Power Banks would go on sale on Flipkart next week, now both the 10400mAh and 5200mAh variants of the power banks are available for pre-order on Flipkart for Rs. 999 and Rs. 799, respectively. These power banks were showcased at the Mi 3 launch event in India last month. These power banks would ship next week. Continue reading “Xiaomi Mi Power Banks up for pre-order on Flipkart [Update]”
Xiaomi Mi Power Banks will go on sale in India next week, Xiaomi India head Manu Jain said to IBN Live. He also said that it will directly go on sale without any registration. The official Xiaomi flip covers and the screen protector for the Mi 3 that went on pre-order earlier this week, would go on sale next week on Flipkart. These power banks were showcased at the Mi 3 launch event in India last month. These power banks recently got priced at Rs. 799 and Rs. 999 on Flipkart for the 5200mAh and 10400mAh variants respectively. Continue reading “Xiaomi Mi Power Banks to go on sale next week on Flipkart”
