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Oppo N1 mini with 13MP rotating camera coming to India soon

Oppo N1 mini

Oppo unveiled the N1 mini, a smaller variant of the Oppo N1 with a 13-megapixel rotating camera back in June. Today, OPPO Mobile India started teasing the India launch of the smartphone on its social platforms. It says “Revolutionary 24 Mega Pixels Ultra HD Camera, Coming Soon!” with caption Mini in size Max on fun. The 13-megapixel camera on the Oppo N1 mini has Sony IMX214 stacked sensor, 6-element lens, f/2.0 aperture and LED flash. It is also capable of capturing 24 megapixel photos. Continue reading “Oppo N1 mini with 13MP rotating camera coming to India soon”

Micromax overtakes Samsung to become leading mobile phone vendor in India in Q2 2014

Micromax Canvas Knight-9

Micromax is the leading mobile phone vendor in India based on shipments, according to a report from CounterPoint Research. Last week’s Canalys report revealed that Motorola overtook Nokia to become the fourth largest smartphone vendor in India in Q2 2014. According to the CounterPoint Research report, Indian mobile phone market grew 2% annually and smartphone segment grew 68% annually. Continue reading “Micromax overtakes Samsung to become leading mobile phone vendor in India in Q2 2014”

Bioshock 1 headed to the iPhone and iPad later this year

Bioshock - iOS - iPad

Mobile gamers all around have a lot to look forward to later this year. 2K Games, the studio behind the hit franchise, BioShock, today announced that the first game in the franchise will be making its way over to the iOS platform. The company says that BioShock on the iPhone and iPad will be a premium game and hence will carry a price tag that will be anywhere from $10 to $30 Continue reading “Bioshock 1 headed to the iPhone and iPad later this year”

Samsung Galaxy Note 4 launch scheduled for 3rd September ahead of IFA in Berlin

Like every year, Samsung will announce the next generation of the Galaxy Note 4 later this year. Following tradition, it was expected that the Korean giant would launch it at IFA and right on cue, Samsung has started sending out invitations for its Galaxy Note 4 launch event ahead of IFA in Berlin.

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Samsung Galaxy Alpha with metal sides surfaces in white

Samsung Galaxy Alpha leak

Live images of the Black Samsung Galaxy Alpha showed up last month. It was said to come with aluminium build on the sides, now new images of the white variant of the Samsung Galaxy Alpha has surfaced on a weibo, showing off the phone’s brushed metal frame on the sides of the phone. It also has shiny chrome rim around.

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Milagrow M2Pro 3G Call Android tablets launched, starts at Rs. 8990

Milagrow M2Pro 3G Call 8GB

Milagrow has launched M2Pro 3G Call, new range of tablets. The Milagrow M2Pro 3G Call 8GB comes with a 6.5-inch WVGA screen, powered by a 1.2 GHz dual-core MediaTek processor, has a 2-megapixel rear camera with LED flash and a VGA front-facing camera. Both the Milagrow M2Pro 3G Call 16GB and 32GB variants have 7.9-inch (1024 x 768 pixels) capacitive touch screen display, 8-megapixel rear camera with LED flash and a 2-megapixel front-facing camera. All these run on Android 4.2 (Jelly Bean).

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Nokia Networks tops LTE performance in China

Nokia Networks has topped China Mobile’s quality assessment of its commercial TD-LTE network. The company is touted to report best network performance as well as the fastest network implementation across the top 10 provincial capitals in China.

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Celkon Signature Two A500 with 5-inch display, 1GB RAM, Android 4.4 launched for Rs. 5999

Celkon Signature Two A500

Celkon has launched Signature Two A500, the company’s new budget smartphone in the Signature series in partnership with Flipkart. It has a 5-inch FWVGA screen, powered by a 1.3 GHz dual-core MediaTek processor and runs on Android 4.4 (KitKat). It has a 5-megapixel rear camera with LED flash and a 0.3-megapixel (VGA) front-facing camera. Continue reading “Celkon Signature Two A500 with 5-inch display, 1GB RAM, Android 4.4 launched for Rs. 5999”

Obi Octopus S520 Benchmarks

Obi Mobiles launched the Octopus S520, the company’s first smartphone last month. We already brought the unboxing of the Octopus S520 smartphone, here we have the benchmarks. It is powered by a 1.66 GHz Octa-Core MediaTek MT6592 processor which has 8 ARM Cortex-A7 CPUs and is based on 28nm HPM. It has a Mali 450-MP4 GPU, comes with a 5-inch HD display and runs on Android 4.4 (KitKat). We already have quite a few smartphones in India powered by the same Octa-Core chip. Check out the synthetic benchmark scores below. Continue reading “Obi Octopus S520 Benchmarks”

Cell Phone Unlocking now legal in the US, President Obama signs bill

The US President Barack Obama has signed the Unlocking Consumer Choice and Wireless Competition Act into law. This essentially means that it is now legal to unlock a cell phone in the United States.

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Rikomagic’s Rockchip RK3288 powered MK902 II Android box will ship mid-August

China’s Rikomagic announced it’s MK902 II TV box some time back, but it’s yet to see light of day with expectant buyers queuing up. However, from what we’re hearing, this is all set to change.

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HP teams up with designer Michael Bastian and Gilt for its luxury smartwatch

HP has released first images of its upcoming luxury smartwatch thereby announcing its foray into the competitive smartwatch market. The company has partnered with retailer Gilt and US designer Michael Bastian for its premium smartwatch that will be compatible with iOS and Android devices via an app.

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InFocus M810 with 5.5″ FHD display, Snapdragon 801 SoC for $334

InFocus are known for their extensive list of hardware offerings, from smartphones to projectors. The Taiwan-based maker announced their entry into the flagship race sometime back in the form of a very affordable yet powerful smartphone.

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Verizon’s LG G Pad 8.3 finally gets Android 4.4 KitKat

Slowly but surely, a lot of mid-range Android devices are getting the crucial v4.4 KitKat update. Crucial, because the KitKat update on these mid-range devices is much more required than by the higher-end ones, which don’t gain as much from the update.

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Leaked: Mini variant of the Lenovo K920 Vibe Z2 Pro

Lenovo’s K920, a Quad HD smartphone with flagship-level specs, went official about two months back after a prolonged stint with the rumour mills. According to reports, the Chinese manufacturer might be working on another variant of this powerhouse of a phone.

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