Micromax has launched Bolt Q339, the company’s latest entry-level smartphone with 3G connectivity. It has 4.5-inch FWVGA screen, is powered by a 1.2GHz quad-core processor, runs on Android 4.4, has a 5-megapixel fixed-focus rear camera with LED flash and a 2-megapixel front-facing camera. It also has dual SIM support, similar to most other Micromax smartphones. Continue reading “Micromax Bolt Q339 budget 3G smartphone launched for Rs. 3499”
Samsung launched the Galaxy J7 smartphone, along with the Galaxy J5 back in July at Rs. 14,999. We recently brought the review of the Galaxy J7, here we have the benchmarks of the smartphone. The Indian variant is powered by an Octa-Core Exynos 7580 64-bit processor that has eight ARM Cortex A53 cores clocked at 1.50 GHz per core, instead of Snapdragon 615 SoC in the Chinese variant. It has Mali-T720 GPU, 1.5GB of RAM, 5.5-inch 1080p screen and runs on Android 5.1.1 (Lollipop). Check out the synthetic benchmark scores below and also the gaming review video, in which the Galaxy J7 scored 3.5/5 stars. Continue reading “Samsung Galaxy J7 Benchmarks”
Sharp introduced AQUOS ZETA SH-01H and AQUOS Compact SH-02H in NTT DoCoMo’s 2015 winter/ 2016 spring lineup yesterday. The AQUOS ZETA has a 5.3-inch 1080p IGZO display at 416 PPI and minimal bezels. Even the 8-megapixel camera is present below the display since there is no space on the top. It also has a fingerprint sensor on the back, below the camera.
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Huawei has released Android 5.1 (Lollipop) update for the Honor 6 Plus smartphone in India, after rolling out the update for Honor 4C and Honor 6 recently, as the company promised in August. The Android 5.1 update brings new features, functionalities and improved user experience with visual refinements along with the new Emotion UI 3.1 update. Continue reading “Huawei Honor 6 Plus gets Android 5.1 Lollipop update in India”
Apple has released Mac OS X 10.11 El Capitan, as it promised. It was announced back in June at the WWDC 2015 and brings several new features, including a new Split View option for side-by-side multitasking, improved Spotlight and Mission Control functionality, an updated Notes app, updated Safari with Pinned Sites, a universal mute button and more. Continue reading “Apple releases Mac OS X El Capitan”
There are a few common misconceptions or myths regarding smartphones that many people believe to be true. We take 5 of such cases and explain in detail about what they actually mean.
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Apple has released minor iOS 9.0.2 update (Build 13A452) for the iPhone, iPad and iPod Touch devices, a week after releasing iOS 9.0.1 update and two weeks after releasing major iOS 9.0 update for these devices. The 72.5MB update includes several bug fixes and improvements for these devices that are related to app cellular data usage, iMessage activation, iCloud backup, notifications and Podcasts app. Check out the complete changelog. Continue reading “Apple releases iOS 9.0.2 update with bug fixes and improvements, iOS 9.1 beta 3”
LG has announced LG Watch Urbane 2nd Edition, the company’s latest Android Wear smartwatch with stainless steel body. It has a better 1.38-inch 348 PPI display, compared to the 245ppi display on the first Watch Urbane. It also has built-in 4G LTE connectivity and GPS, making it the first Android Wear smartwatch to support LTE. The new Android Wear Watch from LG works with iOS too, but LG says that cellular enabled features will vary across Android and iOS. Continue reading “LG Watch Urbane 2nd Edition Android Wear smartwatch with LTE announced”
LG has officially announced V10, the company’s latest high-end smartphone in the V series that packs a second screen and dual front-facing cameras. It has a 5.7-inch (2560 x 1440 pixels) Quad HD Quantum display, a second 2.1-inch (160 x 1040 pixels) screen, is powered by a 1.8 GHz hexa-core Qualcomm Snapdragon 808 processor and runs on Android 5.1.1 (Lollipop) with LG UX. It has a 16-megapixel rear camera with LED flash, OIS 2.0, Laser auto focus, manual mode for video to adjust options such as shutter speed, frame rate, ISO, white balance and focus while recording and dual 5-megapixel front-facing camera cameras that has two separate lenses to capture standard 80 degree selfies or wide-angle selfies of 120 degrees. Continue reading “LG V10 with 5.7-inch QHD display, 2.1-inch second screen, 4GB RAM, 5MP dual front cameras announced”
Samsung announced its Gear S2 and Gear S2 classic watches running on Tizen-based wearable platform ahead of IFA. Today Samsung has announced that the Gear S2 and Gear S2 Classic smartwatches will go on sale in the U.S. on October 2nd. Continue reading “Samsung Gear S2 and S2 Classic go on sale in the US on Oct 2 for $299 and $349”
Microsoft Lumia 950 and Lumia 950 XL smartphones were briefly listed on official Microsoft Store (Via) in the UK before it was removed. This confirms the name of upcoming high-end smartphones. The listing also confirms 5.2-inch and 5.7 Quad HD (1440×2560 pixels) displays for the phones, 20-megapixel rear camera with ZEISS optics, 32GB of internal storage with expandable memory up to 2TB with microSD and Windows 10. It doesn’t reveal the price of the smartphones. Continue reading “Microsoft Lumia 950 and Lumia 950 XL briefly listed on official UK store ahead of launch”
TP-LINK, popular for its networking peripherals introduced the TP-LINK PB50 10000mAh Power Bank earlier this year at the CES. It will go on sale in India later this week for Rs. 3,000. Is the power bank worth the price? Check out the review.
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InFocus entered into the Indian market with the launch of M2, a budget smartphone with 4.2-inch 355PPI display, 8MP front and rear cameras with LED flash, aggressively priced at Rs. 4999. Later it launched the M2 4G for Rs. 5,499. The company launched the M370, another budget 4G smartphone in India back in July at Rs. 5,999, which will go on sale soon. There are several 4G smartphones in the similar price range, including the latest YU YUNIQUE. Is the Infocus M370 worth the price? Let us find out in the review. Continue reading “InFocus M370 Review”
Earlier this year during MWC, we had met the folks from Sikur who told us that they were working on a smartphone called GranitePhone. The smartphone as the name suggests is aimed at protecting the users data and maintaining privacy.
Lava has finally rolled out Android 5.1 (Lollipop) update for its Iris X8 smartphone. The smartphone was launched back in February earlier this year running Android 4.4 (KitKat), and the company had promised to offer Android Lollipop update for the smartphone at that time. To remind you, the Iris X8 has a 5-inch HD IPS display, 1.4 GHz Octa-Core processor, 8-megapixel auto focus rear camera with LED flash and 3-megapixel front-facing camera, 2GB RAM, 16GB internal memory with expansion slot and a 2500mAh battery. Continue reading “Lava Iris X8 gets Android 5.1 Lollipop update”
