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Airtel launches 4G LTE trials in Hyderabad and Vishakapatnam

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Airtel has launched its 4G LTE trails in Hyderabad and Vishakapatnam, after launching 4G trails Mumbai and Chennai last week. It is based on 1800MHz FDD-LTE band 3, which the company acquired last year. Hyderabad and Vishakapatnam become second and third cities in the country to get Airtel’s FDD-LTE service, after Chennai. Airtel currently offers TDD-LTE services in Mumbai, Pune, Kolkata, Bengaluru, Chandigarh and Amritsar. For existing Airtel customers, the company is offering a complimentary upgrade to Airtel 4G at same price as 3G. Continue reading “Airtel launches 4G LTE trials in Hyderabad and Vishakapatnam”

Meizu M1 Note to be available in India starting May 20th – Exclusive to Amazon

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We had earlier told you that Meizu planned to make an announcement today regarding their plans for the Indian market. Now Meizu has just announced that its M1 Note will be available from May 20th onwards exclusively on Amazon India.

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Samsung Galaxy S6 Benchmarks

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Samsung launched the Galaxy S6 smartphone in India last month starting at Rs. 49,900. We unboxed it recently, here we have the benchmarks of the smartphone. The Galaxy S6 is powered by a Octa-Core 14 nm Exynos 7420 SoC which has four ARM Cortex A57 CPUs clocked at 2.1 GHz and four ARM Cortex A53 CPUs clocked at 1.5GHz. It has 772 MHz Mali T760 MP8 GPU and 3GB RAM LPDDR4 RAM, similar to the S6 Edge. It has a 5.1-inch Quad HD (2560×1440 pixels) Super AMOLED display and runs on Android 5.0.2 (Lollipop). Continue reading “Samsung Galaxy S6 Benchmarks”

Lenovo S60 with 5-inch HD display, Snapdragon 410 SoC launched in India for Rs. 12999

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Lenovo has launched S60, the company’s latest smartphone in the S Series in India. It packs a 5-inch HD IPS display, is powered by a 1.2GHz quad-core Snapdragon 410 processor with Adreno 306 GPU and runs on Android 4.4 (KitKat) with Vibe 2.0 UI on top. It has a 13-megapixel rear camera with LED flash and a 5-megapixel front-facing camera. It has dual SIM support and 3G connectivity. Continue reading “Lenovo S60 with 5-inch HD display, Snapdragon 410 SoC launched in India for Rs. 12999”

Xiaomi supports “Make in India” initiative, hints at big plans

Prime Minister Narendra Modi met CEOs of top Chinese companies in Shanghai on his last day of three day visit to China. The top business tycoons present at the interaction included Jack Ma of Alibaba, Xiaomi president Lin Bin, Huawei chairman Sun Yafang among others.

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Huawei planning to release its own operating system for smartphones dubbed ‘Kirin OS’

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The Chinese manufacturer is apparently planning to introduce its own operating system for smartphones. The new OS is rumored to be named after their own chipsets – Kirin.

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Oppo unveils Android 5.0 Lollipop-based ColorOS 2.1.0i Beta UI for Find 7, Find 7a

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Oppo recently announced that the company will release Android 5.0 Lollipop-based ColorOS 2.1 UI update soon. Continue reading “Oppo unveils Android 5.0 Lollipop-based ColorOS 2.1.0i Beta UI for Find 7, Find 7a”

Samsung Galaxy S6 vs Apple iPhone 6 Photo Gallery

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Samsung took wraps off the Galaxy S6 at MWC 2015 in March this year. The company launched its flagship phone in India in the same month starting Rs 49,900. We have already seen the unboxing of the phone and now let’s compare the phone with other flagship phone the Apple iPhone 6 that was launched in September last year. Continue reading “Samsung Galaxy S6 vs Apple iPhone 6 Photo Gallery”

Android Wear 5.1.1 lets you control music on your smartphone from your smartwatch

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Smartwatches are meant to make life easier and that also means being able to control some functions of your smartphone from your smartwatch. That is exactly what the update to Android Wear 5.1.1 does as it now allows you to control the music on your smartphone directly from your smartwatch.

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Microsoft says that they will take control over Windows 10 firmware updates

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Microsoft has stated that they will be taking full control over the firmware updates on devices running Windows 10 including PCs, tablets and smartphones. This will be done in order to avoid fragmentation in the OS ecosystem.

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Overcart to sell refurbished units of OnePlus One for Rs 16,999

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Online retailer Overcart has just announced that it will be selling refurbished units of the OnePlus One. The device will be available for purchase from May 20th onwards at a price of Rs 16,999 for the 64GB variant.

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Sony Lavender specifications leaked

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Yesterday, we showed you the leaked photo of a selfie centric smartphone dubbed Lavender.  We didn’t have much information about the phone apart from the processor and software. Today we have received more information regarding its specifications and as promised, we are sharing them with you.

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