Sections | Fone Arena

Xiaomi Mi 4c Benchmarks

Xiaomi introduced the Mi 4c, a variant of the Mi 4 smartphone for the Chinese market last month. We brought you the unboxing and the photo gallery of the smartphone recently, here we have its benchmarks. The Mi 4c is powered by an Hexa-Core Qualcomm Snapdragon 808 64-bit 20nm processor that has two bigger ARM Cortex A57 cores clocked at 1.82GHz per core and four smaller ARM Cortex A53 cores clocked at 1.44GHz per core with 600 MHz Adreno 418 GPU. It has 2GB / 3GB of RAM depending on the variant, we have the 2GB RAM variant. It has a 5-inch (1920 x 1080 pixels) display and runs on Android 5.1.1 (Lollipop)-based MIUI 7 on top. Check out the synthetic benchmark scores. Continue reading “Xiaomi Mi 4c Benchmarks”

Overcart to offer phones starting at Rs. 99 in Festive OTT Sale from Oct 29

Overcart Festive OTT sale

Online retailer Overcart has announced that it will sell mobile phones starting as low as Rs 99 and refurbished laptops starting at Rs 6499 and host multiple mini-flash sales of unboxed and refurbished products from brands including Asus, Xiaomi, and Motorola in its 3-day sale festival OTT (Over the Top) sale between 29th and 31st October 2015. Continue reading “Overcart to offer phones starting at Rs. 99 in Festive OTT Sale from Oct 29”

Asus Zenfone 2 Laser 5.5 with 3GB RAM, Snapdragon 615 goes on sale in India for Rs. 13999

Asus started taking pre-orders for the Zenfone 2 Laser 5.5 on Flipkart in India from August 19th and the Zenfone 2 Laser 5.5 with 2GB RAM and Snapdragon 410 SoC went on sale last month for Rs. 9999. Today it has started selling the Zenfone 2 Laser 5.5 (ZE550KL-1B122IN) version with 3GB of RAM and Octa-Core Snapdragon 615 SoC on Flipkart. Continue reading “Asus Zenfone 2 Laser 5.5 with 3GB RAM, Snapdragon 615 goes on sale in India for Rs. 13999”

Meizu MX5 Flyme OS 5.0 update starts rolling out

Meizu MX5_fonearena-18

Meizu introduced the MX5 smartphone running Flyme OS 4.5 based on Android 5.0 (Lollipop) in China back in June. It was launched in India in August priced at Rs. 19,999. Now the company has started rolling out the Flyme OS 5.0.0.1A stable update based on Android 5.1 (Lollipop) for the Chinese users. Continue reading “Meizu MX5 Flyme OS 5.0 update starts rolling out”

iFrogz Carbide On-Ear Headphones Review

If you are looking for a decent pair of headphones that’s suitable for both indoor and outdoor at an affordable price then you know that you are in for a tough decision. There are loads of options on the market already that users can go for and the iFrogz Carbide on-ear headphones is another addition to that. Let’s take a look at the review to see whether this headphone manages to stand out and whether it gives enough reason for someone to buy it instead of the other alternatives available on the market today.

Continue reading “iFrogz Carbide On-Ear Headphones Review”

Apple faces $5M lawsuit over WiFi Assist feature that eats cellular data

Apple is yet again facing a class action lawsuit and this time it is over one of its new iOS 9 feature. A California based couple has sued Apple for not warning its users that the new Wi-Fi assist feature eats huge chunk of cellular data.

Apple iPhone 6s Plus_fonearena-001 Continue reading “Apple faces $5M lawsuit over WiFi Assist feature that eats cellular data”

Google Nexus 5X Benchmarks

Google launched the Nexus 5X smartphone made by LG in India earlier this month, which went on sale last week starting at Rs. 31,990. We had already brought you the hands on impressions and the unboxing of the smartphone, here we have the benchmarks. The Nexus 5X is powered by an Hexa-Core Qualcomm Snapdragon 808 64-bit 20nm processor that has two bigger ARM Cortex A57 cores clocked at 1.82GHz per core and four smaller ARM Cortex A53 cores clocked at 1.44GHz per core with 600 MHz Adreno 418 GPU. It has 2GB of RAM, 5.2-inch (1920 x 1080 pixels) Full HD display and runs on Android 6.0 (Marshmallow). Check out the synthetic benchmark scores. Continue reading “Google Nexus 5X Benchmarks”

Oppo Neo 7 with 5-inch display, Snapdragon 410 SoC, 4G LTE announced

Oppo Neo 7

Oppo has announced Neo 7, the company’s latest smartphone in the Neo series, as we exclusively reported last week. The successor of the new Neo 5 smartphone has a similar back with mirror finish, but this also has micro-arc frame with curved finish. Most of the specifications are similar to the Oppo Mirror 5 that includes a 5-inch qHD screen, Snapdragon 410 SoC, Android 5.1 (Lollipop) OS with Color OS 2.1 on top, 8-megapixel rear camera with LED flash and a 5-megapixel front-facing camera, but this has 1GB of RAM instead of 2GB of RAM in the Mirror 5. Continue reading “Oppo Neo 7 with 5-inch display, Snapdragon 410 SoC, 4G LTE announced”

SoundPEATS A1 Bluetooth Headset Review

There are tons of headphones in the market right now that fit the need of almost every user. However, there is a limited number of headphones in the market that support both Bluetooth as well as wireless connectivity in one product and that’s where the SoundPEATS A1 comes in. In this review, we’ll take a look at the features and performance of the headset in details to see whether it is worth the money you are spending.

Continue reading “SoundPEATS A1 Bluetooth Headset Review”

Xiaomi Mi 4c Photo Gallery

Xiaomi Mi 4c_fonearena-015

Xiaomi announced Mi 4c, the company’s latest smartphone in the Mi 4 series in September. We have got our hands on the phone that is only available in China as of now. We already brought you the unboxing of the smartphone, now let us take a look at the hardware and specs of the phone in the photo gallery.

Continue reading “Xiaomi Mi 4c Photo Gallery”

5 reasons to use Opera Max on your smartphone

Opera Max is a smart data management app from Opera that allows you to save the amount of data consumed on your smartphone be it over Wi-Fi or cellular connections. We have compiled a list of 5 reasons why we think you should use Opera Max on your smartphone.

Continue reading “5 reasons to use Opera Max on your smartphone”

Huawei outshines Xiaomi to become No.1 smartphone maker in China: Report

Huawei has dethroned Xiaomi to become the No.1 smartphone maker in China in Q3, 2015, as per a latest report from Canalys. This is the first time Huawei has taken the top position in China.

huawei_mate_s_luxury_edition_1 Continue reading “Huawei outshines Xiaomi to become No.1 smartphone maker in China: Report”

Motorola DROID Turbo 2 and DROID Maxx 2 leak in press renders

Press renders of the Motorola DROID Turbo 2 and DROID Maxx 2 have surfaced online in a new leak. The upcoming phones are set to be announced on October 27th.

Motorola-Droid-Turbo-2-Maxx-2 press render Continue reading “Motorola DROID Turbo 2 and DROID Maxx 2 leak in press renders”

Xiaomi Mi 4c Unboxing

Xiaomi introduced the Mi 4c, a variant of the Mi 4 smartphone for the Chinese market last month. As you can see, we managed to get the smartphone from iBuygou for about US$ 245. Here we have the unboxing of the smartphone.

Continue reading “Xiaomi Mi 4c Unboxing”

Asus ZenWatch 2 Unboxing

Asus introduced the ZenWatch 2 at the Computex 2015 back in June. It went on sale in the U.S. through Google Store earlier this month for $149.99. It comes in two models, W1501Q with a 1.63″ (320×320 pixels) 278ppi AMOLED display and WI502Q with a 1.45″ (280×280 pixels) 273ppi AMOLED display.We had already seen hands-on impression of the Android Wear Smartwatch, here we have the unboxing of the W1501Q version.

Continue reading “Asus ZenWatch 2 Unboxing”