Earlier this year both O2 and EE expanded their mobile services to offer 2G and 3G network coverage to travellers headed to Europe via the Channel Tunnel but what about those super-fast speeds we were initially promised? The wait is now over as both EE and O2 have begun rolling out 4G coverage inside the Channel Tunnel. Continue reading “O2 and EE now offering 4G inside Channel Tunnel”
The Galaxy Note Edge will NOT go on sale in the UK on November 28 as originally planned with Samsung confirming the handset’s launch has been delayed until December 12. Alongside the delay in the launch, Samsung have pushed back the pre-order period and shortened it to a week meaning you won’t be able to order it from Samsung or Carphone Warehouse before December 5th. Continue reading “Galaxy Note Edge UK launch delayed until December 12”
Google announced the Nexus Player, a media player based on Android TV built in collaboration with ASUS last month. The Nexus Player went on sale on Google Play Store in the U.S. earlier this month priced at $99. We bought one from the U.S. Here is the unboxing.
One of the biggest changes in Apple’s device portfolio of recent years was the introduction of the iPhone 6 Plus earlier this year; whilst Apple have previously made flagship handsets bigger, the iPhone 6 Plus is the first time the company has entered into the phablet arena but here they also face stiff competition. Apple are one of the last companies to enter the big-screen devices market and existing competition include handsets from LG, Nokia, Sony, HTC, Samsung and Huawei. So how does the iPhone 6 Plus compare to Huawei’s flagship phablet, the Ascend Mate 7? Continue reading “Apple iPhone 6 Plus vs Huawei Ascend Mate 7 Photo Gallery”
British Telecom is allegedly already in talks with UK network operator EE following the alleged approach by Telefonica to form a “strategic partnership” that would see BT buy the company’s UK operator O2. According to sources cited by Reuters, BT is currently in “early stage” talks with EE over a major deal which may yet present a challenge to Telefonica’s master plan. Continue reading “BT in talks with O2 and EE over own mobile network”
Uber has announced that it has expanded its service to Kochi in India. Uber is growing rapidly in India by adding new cities every few months. It was initially launched in India starting from Bangalore back in August 2013 and later expanded to New Delhi, Hyderabad, Chennai, Mumbai and Pune. It was launched in Jaipur, Ahmedabad, Chandigarh and Kolkata in India simultaneously back in August, earlier this year. Continue reading “Uber expands to Kochi making it the 11th city in India with Uber service”
UK operator BT is rumoured to be in talks to buy O2 UK with O2’s parent company Telefonica seeking a strategic partnership with BT that would see it sell its mobile network in return for a 20% stake. According to a report on El Confidencial, Telefonica’s CEO César Alierta is exploring the partnership with BT to create a European Giant and whilst talks are at an advanced stage, “there is nothing concrete yet”. Continue reading “BT to buy O2 UK from Telefonica?”
Asus has launched the PadFone mini (PF400CG) in India. It has a 4-inch (800 x 480 pixels) smartphone that docks into a 7-inch (1280 x 800 pixels) Padfone station. It is powered by 1.6 GHz dual-core Intel Atom (Z2560) processor and runs on Android 4.3 (Jelly Bean). It has a 8-megapixel rear camera without flash and a 2-megapixel front-facing camera. It comes with dual SIM support as well. Continue reading “Asus PadFone mini launched in India for Rs. 15999”
Xiaomi’s play in the large screen phablet segment has been highly anticipated. With the launch of the Redmi Note, the company now has a formidable product that at least on paper can challenge much higher priced devices. Let’s take a closer at the Xiaomi Redmi Note and it’s 4G equipped variant.
Continue reading “Xiaomi Redmi Note Hands On and Photo Gallery”
Google announced the Nexus 9 tablet made by HTC last month, and it is expected to launch in India soon, starting at Rs. 28,990. We brought you the photo galley and the unboxing of the tablet recently. Here we have the benchmarks of the tablet. The Nexus 9 has is powered by a 64-bit NVIDIA Tegra K1 processor with two Denver CPUs clocked at 2.5GHz per core, rather than the traditional 4+1 Cortex A15 setup. The Kepler GPU has single SMX/GPC design, which amounts to 192 CUDA cores. Even though it has the same Kepler graphics architecture found in its latest generation of PC GPUs such as NVIDIA GeForce Titan, this consumes less than 2W of power. The Nexus 9 has 2GB of RAM and 8.9″ (2048×1536 pixels) IPS display. Check out the synthetic benchmark scores below.
At the Xiaomi Redmi Note launch event, the company has announced that the Redmi Note 4G would be launching in India soon. This has support for TD-LTE 2300MHz (Band 40) and FDD-LTE 1800MHz (Band 3) for India and is powered by a 1.6GHz quad-core Snapdragon 400 SoC, instead of Octa-Core MediaTek chip in the 3G variant. This has single SIM support, unlike the dual SIM 3G variant. It comes pre-loaded with Fleksy and SwiftKey keyboards. Continue reading “Xiaomi Redmi Note 4G with Snapdragon 400 SoC announced in India for Rs. 9999, available late December”
Mi India announced the Redmi Note smartphone in India at the Mi 3 launch event back in July. Today at an event in Delhi, the company has announced that the smartphone would go on sale at Rs. 8999 on Flipkart starting December 2nd. It would be a flash sale similar to the Mi 3 and the Redmi 1S, and the registrations for the sale would begin tomorrow, November 25th at 6PM. This is Rs. 1,000 lesser than the price Xiaomi announced last month, just like it did for the Mi3 and the Redmi 1S smartphones. There is a separate chartered plane to bring Redmi Note units later this week. This is the fourth time the company is bringing units from China to India using a chartered plane. Continue reading “Xiaomi Redmi Note to go on sale on Flipkart on December 2nd for Rs. 8999”
Panasonic Eluga I, the latest smartphone in Panasonic’s Eluga series is now available from online retailer Flipkart. It has a 5-inch (1280 x 720 pixels) HD IPS display, is powered by a 1.3 GHz Quad-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. Continue reading “Panasonic Eluga I with 5-inch HD display, Android 4.4 now available for Rs. 9490”
Samsung has launched a WiFi only variant of the Gear S in Japan for ¥38,880 ($330). The WiFi-only version of the Gear S is currently offered by Japanese carrier KDDI au while the and NTT DoCoMo is selling the SIM card slot equipped Gear S.
Continue reading “Samsung Gear S WiFi only variant hits Japan”
Huawei launched the Honor Holly smartphone in India last month for Rs. 6999. With its 5-inch HD screen, 8-megapixel rear camera and a quad-core processor, the Honor Holly directly competes with the Xiaomi Redmi 1S. The specifications of the smartphone looks good on paper. How good is the performance and other aspects of the smartphone? Let us find out in the complete review.
