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Gionee Elife S7 launching in India on April 4

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Gionee has sent out invites for the launch of its Elife S7 in India on April 4th. The smartphone was announced at the MWC earlier this month and packs a 5.2-inch (1920 x 1080 pixels) AMOLED display with Corning Gorilla Glass 3 protection, is powered by a 1.7 GHz Octa-core MediaTek MT6752 64-bit processor and runs on Android 5.0 Lollipop with Amigo 3.0 UI on top. Even the back is protected by Corning Gorilla Glass 3. The smartphone is just 5.5mm thick. Continue reading “Gionee Elife S7 launching in India on April 4”

LG rumored to be making the next Nexus smartphone

LG is rumored to be working on a new Nexus smartphone, as per a report from Korean media eToday. Google engineers are said to have met with LG executives earlier this month to describe the deal, said the report.

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Samsung Galaxy S6 Duos pricing revealed

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Samsung has revealed the pricing for its Galaxy S6 Duos. Samsung is releasing the dual SIM variant of the Galaxy S6 smartphone in select markets such as Dubai. Pricing for the Galaxy S6 and Galaxy S6 Edge smartphones for several countries were revealed recently. Continue reading “Samsung Galaxy S6 Duos pricing revealed”

Ola Cabs debuts 20 minute online food delivery service in four Indian cities

Ola Cabs has launched an online food delivery service in four Indian cities. Dubbed as Ola Cafe, the online delivery service promises to deliver food within 20 minutes.

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Galaxy S6 and S6 Edge UK – how much will it cost?

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After many rumours, Samsung unveiled both the new Galaxy S6 and the dual-sided Galaxy S6 Edge back at Mobile World Congress 2015 and at the time, the Korean manufacturer confirmed that both handsets will go on sale on April 10th with pre-orders opening today (March 20th). With most networks and retailers now listing both of Samsung’s new handsets, let’s take a look at how much the Galaxy S6 and Galaxy S6 Edge will cost on pay monthly contracts in the UK. Continue reading “Galaxy S6 and S6 Edge UK – how much will it cost?”

OnePlus One will be available in India without an invite on March 24

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OnePlus has announced its second open sale for India on March 24th. The first open sale on Amazon.in happened on February 10th to celebrate the successful completion of 10 weeks of OnePlus in India, and it was a huge success. Continue reading “OnePlus One will be available in India without an invite on March 24”

Lenovo CEO accidentally teases next Moto 360

Lenovo CEO Yang Yuanqing might have accidentally posted a photo of what looks like the next generation Moto 360 smartwatch on the Chinese site Weibo.

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Spice Dream UNO gets Android 5.1 Lollipop update

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Spice has announced that Android 5.1 (Lollipop) update is now rolling out for the Spice Dream UNO (Mi-498) smartphone. Last month Google said that it has started rolling out Android Lollipop update for the Android One smartphones, which will be rolled out each week to more phones selected at random. Continue reading “Spice Dream UNO gets Android 5.1 Lollipop update”

HTC appoints Cher Wang as CEO replacing Peter Chou

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HTC just announced that it has appointed the company’s Chairwoman Cher Wang as the company’s CEO effective immediately, replacing Peter Chou. He will now head HTC Future Development Lab andwill be instrumental in identifying future growth opportunities for the company, said HTC. Continue reading “HTC appoints Cher Wang as CEO replacing Peter Chou”

Samsung Galaxy S6 and Galaxy S6 Edge launching in India on March 23

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Samsung is all set to launch the Galaxy S6 and the Galaxy S6 Edge smartphones in India at an event in New Delhi on March 23rd. These new S series smartphones were unveiled at the MWC 2015 earlier this month and have a completely different design from the earlier S series smartphones. Continue reading “Samsung Galaxy S6 and Galaxy S6 Edge launching in India on March 23”

TAG Heuer partners with Google and Intel for its Android Wear-powered luxury smartwatch

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TAG Heuer, Swiss luxury watch maker today announced its partnership with Google and Intel for a luxury smartwatch with Intel technology powered by Android Wear platform, as expected. This was announced at the Baselworld 2015 conference in Switzerland. Continue reading “TAG Heuer partners with Google and Intel for its Android Wear-powered luxury smartwatch”

Garmin vivosmart fitness band launched in India for Rs. 10990

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Garmin India has launched its vivosmart activity tracker in India. In addition to activity tracking, this also offers smart notifications such as vibration alerts for calls, texts, calendar reminders, emails and more when connected to a smartphone. It offers personalized daily goals and has a touch screen display that show time of day, steps, distance, calories, move bar, goal countdown and more. The company has partnered with Snapdeal to sell it. Continue reading “Garmin vivosmart fitness band launched in India for Rs. 10990”

Here’s what happened at Intel powered FoneArena Readers meet up in Bangalore

FoneArena teamed up with Intel to bring something special for the fans in Bangalore. That’s right, we organised a fan meetup in Bangalore on the 18th of March and it turned out to be a great success.

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Amazon celebrates Appstore’s Birthday with $105 worth free apps and games

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Amazon Appstore is back with another free apps offer, this time for the Appstore’s 4th birthday. The company offers 34 paid Android apps and games worth $105 for free on the Amazon AppStore starting today, March 19th for a limited period. These apps are usually priced between US$ 0.99 and US$ 9.99. All you need to do is just get the Amazon App Store from here and side load it on your Android device. Continue reading “Amazon celebrates Appstore’s Birthday with $105 worth free apps and games”

Meizu to enter Indian smartphone market soon

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Meizu, one of the popular Chinese smartphone makers has announced that it is all set to enter the Indian market. On Twitter the company said Greetings to all the #Meizu fans in India. We are coming! It has also linked its Facebook page in the tweet. The company doesn’t have a dedicated webpage for India yet. Continue reading “Meizu to enter Indian smartphone market soon”