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iBall Andi 5K Panther with Octa Core processor, Android 4.4 now available for Rs. 10499

iBall Andi 5K Panther

iBall Andi 5K Panther, the company’s latest smartphone in the Andi series is now available from eBay.in. It has a 5-inch qHD (960 × 540 pixels) capacitive touch screen display, powered by a 1.4 GHz octa-core processor and runs on Android 4.4 (KitKat). It has a 8-megapixel rear camera with LED flash and a 2-megapixel front-facing camera. It comes with dual SIM support with dual standby and has 3G connectivity. Continue reading “iBall Andi 5K Panther with Octa Core processor, Android 4.4 now available for Rs. 10499”

Nokia 130 and 130 Dual SIM affordable phones with video player announced for 19 Euros

Nokia 130 Dual SIM

Microsoft just announced the Nokia 130 and 130 Dual SIM, most affordable Nokia phones with built-in video and music player. These have 1.8″ (160 x 128 pixels) TFT displays, run on Series 30+ OS and features FM Radio, similar to the Nokia 108 Dual SIM that was launched back in October in India. These have Bluetooth 3.0 with SLAM that enables multimedia content sharing between phones equipped with Bluetooth, but lacks a rear camera. These are ‎13.9mm thick and weighs just 68 grams. Continue reading “Nokia 130 and 130 Dual SIM affordable phones with video player announced for 19 Euros”

Samsung SM-G739F with 5.5-inch display spotted on GFXBench

As usual, quite a lot seems to be happening at the Samsung camps of late. We’re saying this because another Samsung phone (phablet? You decide) just got spotted thanks to a benchmark tool.

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In the wake of privacy concerns, Xiaomi makes cloud messaging optional

Xiaomi managed to get some bad press of late, when a report from Taiwan claimed that the Chinese maker was gathering sensitive user data through its phones. The report said that Xiaomi Redmi Note was found to be sending information to Chinese servers without any such requests from the user.

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Celkon Millennium Ultra Q500 with 5-inch HD display, 2GB RAM, Android 4.4 launching this month

Celkon Millennium Ultra Q500

Celkon launched its Millennium series last month that includes, Millennium Elite Q470, Millennium Power Q3000 and Millennium Vogue Q455 smartphones running Android KitKat. The company is all set to launch the Millennium Ultra Q500, a new smartphone in the Millennium  series later this month.
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Meizu MX4 could have some seriously slim bezel, and perhaps even a fingerprint reader

Meizu’s always been lauded for their design, right from the M9 to the soon-to-be-replaced MX3. I would’ve mentioned the M8 there as well, but the device bore too much of a resemblance to the iPhone to make it an original design.

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Beast from the East: IUNI U3 to launch 26th August!

IUNI is far from a household name in countries other than China, but the wily maker has been making a lot of noise since late last year.

The company launched the IUNI U2 earlier this year amidst huge fanfare. Why the anticipation for a virtually unknown maker, you wonder? Well, that’s because the U2 promised to be an HTC M8 killer with the VFM proposition it brought on board.

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Motorola to be sales arm of Lenovo to improve global sales: Report

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Lenovo bought Motorola from Google for $2.91 billion earlier this year. Motorola will help Lenovo to expand its sales in the global market by becoming its sales arm, when the two companies are merged officially, according to a report from DigiTimes. Motorola shipped 6.5 million smartphones globally in the first quarter of 2014 and it became the fourth largest smartphone vendor in India in the second quarter of 2014 replacing Nokia. Continue reading “Motorola to be sales arm of Lenovo to improve global sales: Report”

LG L60 with 4.3-inch display, 1.3 GHz dual-core processor and Android 4.4 goes official

LG L60

LG L60, the company’s latest smartphone in the LG Series III Lineup has been listed on its official website in Russia, where it’s called L60 X145. It has a 4.3-inch WVGA screen, runs on Android 4.4 (KitKat), has a 5-megapixel rear camera with LED flash and a VGA front-facing camera, similar to the LG L65 Dual that went on sale in Russia back in April. But this is powered by a 1.3 GHz dual-core processor, comes with 512MB RAM and packs a 1,540 mAh battery.

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Samsung Gear Solo expected to be unveiled at IFA next month

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Samsung Gear 2 Neo

Samsung is expected to announce the rumored Gear Solo at the IFA 2014 on September 3rd, along with the Galaxy Note 4, according to Korean publication Yonhap News. The official invite for the IFA 2014 from Samsung did not hint anything else other than the Note 4, but the company released all its Gear watches along with the Galaxy S5 at the MWC 2014 earlier this year, so we can expect anything. Continue reading “Samsung Gear Solo expected to be unveiled at IFA next month”

10,000 units of Asus Zenfone 5 smartphones to be available on Flipkart from August 9th

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Asus launched the Zenfone 5 smartphone in India last month along with the other smartphones in the Zenfone series. It went on sale on Flipkart and authorised Asus channels soon after the launch starting at just Rs. 9,999, but it went out of stock on Flipkart in just four days after the launch. Today, the company has announced that the Zenfone 5 would be back on stock on Flipkart with 10,000 units available for sale starting tomorrow, August 9th. Continue reading “10,000 units of Asus Zenfone 5 smartphones to be available on Flipkart from August 9th”

Sony Xperia E1 and E1 Dual Android 4.4 KitKat update starts rolling out

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Sony has started rolling out Android 4.4 (KitKat) update (v20.1.B.0.64) for their Xperia E1 and Xperia E1 Dual budget smartphones, as it promised last month when it rolled out KitKat update for T2 Ultra and T2 Ultra Dual. Along with the KitKat update that adds emojis, printing and more, the update also brings performance tweaks, new features such as option to move apps to the SD card and some UI changes. Continue reading “Sony Xperia E1 and E1 Dual Android 4.4 KitKat update starts rolling out”

Nokia Lumia 530 Dual SIM pre-booking begins in India, launching August 3rd week

Nokia Lumia 530 Dual SIM

Microsoft unveiled the Lumia 530 Dual SIM, the latest budget Windows Phone 8 handset last month. Snapdeal has started taking pre-orders for the smartphone in India exclusively. The Lumia 530 has a  4-inch FWVGA display, powered by a 1.2 GHz quad-core Snapdragon 200 processor, runs on Windows Phone 8.1 and has a 5-megapixel fixed focus rear camera, but lacks a front-facing camera. It has Dual SIM support that offers call waiting and call forwarding between two SIM cards. Continue reading “Nokia Lumia 530 Dual SIM pre-booking begins in India, launching August 3rd week”

Ice Age Adventures released for Android, iPhone, iPad and Windows Phone

Ice Age Adventures

Gameloft has released its new Ice Age Adventures for Android, iOS and Windows Phone platforms. In this game need to explore new worlds, battle memorable bosses, solve puzzles and take on exciting challenges in an effort to rescue the entire herd. You can play as Sid, Manny and Diego, characters from the Ice Age movies. These characters are voiced by the official actors from the films. Gameloft showcased the game at the E3 2014 back in June along with upcoming games like Asphalt Overdrive and Cars: Fast As Lightning. Continue reading “Ice Age Adventures released for Android, iPhone, iPad and Windows Phone”