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Xolo Q600s Benchmarks

Xolo Q600s the company’s first budget smartphone running Android 4.4 (Kitkat) was launched last month. We brought you the unboxing of the smartphone recently, here we have the benchmarks of the device. It is powered by a quad-core Broadcom BCM 23550 processor clocked at 1.2 GHz per core with 312 MHz Videocore IV GPU. It has a 4.5-inch (960 ×540 pixels) qHD screen and 1GB of RAM. Xolo released Q1000 Opus last year with a similar Broadcom BCM 23550 processor. Let us find out how this one performs in a range of synthetic benchmark tests. Continue reading “Xolo Q600s Benchmarks”

Oppo R1 Camera Samples

Oppo R1

Oppo launched the Oppo R1 (R829), successor of last year’s Oppo R819 in India April in India priced at Rs. 26990. We brought you the unboxing and the benchmarks of the device recently, here we have the camera samples from the smartphone. It has a 8-megapixel rear camera with Fujitsu ISP, 1/3.2″ Sony IMX179 sensor with pixel size of 1.4 microns, f/2.0 aperture, 5-element lens and blue glass filter. It also has a single LED flash. It has a 5-megapixel front-facing camera. Both the rear and front cameras support 720p HD video recording. Continue reading “Oppo R1 Camera Samples”

Xiaomi Mi3 Benchmarks

Xiaomi announced Mi3, its high-end smartphone back in September last year. We brought you unboxing of the smartphone recently, here we have its benchmarks. It is powered by quad-core Snapdragon 800 (MSM 8274AB) 28nm HPm Krait 400 CPU clocked at 2.3 GHz power core and has Adreno 330 GPU. 5-inch full HD display and runs on MIUI V5 based on Android 4.3 (Jelly Bean). Check out the synthetic benchmark scores below. Continue reading “Xiaomi Mi3 Benchmarks”

Path launches Path Talk Messenger for Android and iPhone

Path Talk Messenger

Path, Inc., the company behind the Path social network has launched Path Talk, its first messaging app for Android and iPhone. After introducing messaging feature in the Path app that was successful, it decided to launch a separate app for messaging. This has unique features including Ambient Status that automatically tells your friends when you are in transit, nearby, or low on battery and Quick Replies to nudge a friend, acknowledge a message, or start a call without ever using a keyboard. Continue reading “Path launches Path Talk Messenger for Android and iPhone”

Xolo Q600s Unboxing

Xolo Q600s-1

Xolo launched the Q600s, the company’s first budget smartphone running on Android 4.4 (KitKat) out of the box last month, priced at Rs. 8,499. It has a 4.5-inch qHD display based on One Glass Solution (OGS), powered by a 1.2 GHz quad-core Broadcom processor and has 1GB of RAM. It has a 5-megapixel rear camera with LED flash and a 0.3-megapixel (VGA) front-facing camera. This competes with Moto E, Micromax Unite 2 A106 and the Lava Iris X1. Check out the unboxing below. Continue reading “Xolo Q600s Unboxing”

Samsung to reportedly announce its Android Wear smartwatch at Google I/O

Samsung Gear 2 Neo

Google announced Android Wear, its wearable platform back in March and also announced that it is working with several manufacturers, including Asus, HTC, LG, Motorola and Samsung to introduce watches powered by Android Wear this year. CNET is reporting that Samsung would unveil its first Android Wear watche at Google I/O next week. Samsung is working on both Exynos-powered and Qualcomm-powered Android smartwatch, according to the report. Continue reading “Samsung to reportedly announce its Android Wear smartwatch at Google I/O”

iberry Auxus Linea L1 and Auxus AX04 with Android 4.4 launched for Rs. 6990 and Rs. 5990

iberry Auxus Linea L1-

iberry has launched two new devices running Android 4.4 (KitKat). The iberry Auxus Linea L1 is a smartphone with a 4.5-inch display based on one-glass-solution technology, Corning Gorilla Glass protection and the Auxus AX04 phablet has a 7-inch IPS display with 16:9 aspect ratio. The phablet also comes with voice calling capabilities. Continue reading “iberry Auxus Linea L1 and Auxus AX04 with Android 4.4 launched for Rs. 6990 and Rs. 5990”

BlackBerry Giveaway Contest Day 2 – #BeOnBB

BlackBerry BeOnBB Contest

Today is the second day of the BlackBerry contest that will run till June 24th (Tuesday). We will ask you one question every day, and you need to Tweet your answers with the hashtag #BeOnBB, follow @BlackBerryIN and @FoneArena and include both Twitter handles in the tweet. Continue reading “BlackBerry Giveaway Contest Day 2 – #BeOnBB”

BlackBerry announces 2.6 million smartphones sold as part of Q1 2015 earnings report

Canadian smartphone manufacturer, BlackBerry, announced its financial results for Q1 2015 earlier today. The results while not entirely positive, prove to be marginally encouraging.

BlackBerry has managed to stem its losses for the most part. Revenues were $966 million which is a 1% drop Quarter on Quarter. The revenue breakdown can be explained as 39% towards hardware, 54% towards services and 7% for software. The company has a cash and investments balance equivalent to $3.1 billion which is up from $2.7 billion in the previous fiscal. The company has managed to reduce operating expenses by 57% year on year. Continue reading “BlackBerry announces 2.6 million smartphones sold as part of Q1 2015 earnings report”

Samsung Galaxy Note 4 Snapdragon and Exynos variants surface in Benchmarks

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Samsung usually upgrades their Galaxy Note series once a year, usually in September at the IFA. Rumors about the Galaxy Note 4 started soon after the Note 3 launch. Today the Snapdragon (SM-N910S) and the Exynos (N910C) variants of the Note 4 have surfaced on the AnTuTu benchmarks reveals details specifications of the smartphone. Continue reading “Samsung Galaxy Note 4 Snapdragon and Exynos variants surface in Benchmarks”

BlackBerry Z30 available for Rs. 29990 in India under exchange offer

BlackBerry Z30

BlackBerry India has launched a new exchange offer for BlackBerry Z30 in India. Under this offer, customers can get the smartphone for Rs. 29,990 after a minimum cashback of Rs. 5,000 in exchange of an old working smartphone. The company reduced the price of BlackBerry Z30 to Rs. 34,990 back in March celebrating its 10th anniversary of its foray into the Indian market from the launch price of Rs. 39,990. Continue reading “BlackBerry Z30 available for Rs. 29990 in India under exchange offer”

Asus Zenfone series reportedly launching in India on July 9th

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Asus is planning to launch the Zenfone series – Zenfone 4, Zenfone 5 and Zenfone 6 in India on July 9th, according to a report from The Times of India. These are the first smartphones from Asus that were announced at the CES 2014 earlier this year have 4, 5 and 6-inch displays. The Zenfone 4 has a 4-inch WVGA screen and the Zenfone 5 and Zenfone 6 have 5-inch and 6-inch HD displays, respectively. All these run on Android JellyBean 4.3 with ASUS ZenUI on top and are upgradable to Android 4.4 KitKat. Continue reading “Asus Zenfone series reportedly launching in India on July 9th”

Nokia’s teaser hints at Nokia X2 launch on June 24th

Nokia June 24th Teaser

Nokia has posted a new teaser image on their conversations blog with tagline “GREEN WITH ENVY”. The company teased an image in green color with the letter X ahead of Nokia X launch at the MWC, so this green teaser hints at Nokia X2 launch next week. It has also posted a countdown timer that counts till 24th June 12:30 PM IST. Continue reading “Nokia’s teaser hints at Nokia X2 launch on June 24th”

Samsung SM-G510F and Huawei G621 with 64-bit Snapdragon 410 SoC show up in Benchmarks

Samsung SM-G510F GFXBench

Qualcomm announced the Snapdragon 410 SoC based on ARM Cortex A53 CPU. Recently Samsung SM-G510F and Huawei G621, upcoming smartphones with 1.2 GHz quad-core Snapdragon 410 processor with Adreno 306 GPU has been spotted in benchmarks. The Samsung SM-G510F spotted in GFXBench listing (via) would come with a 4.8-inch (960 x 540 pixels) qHD screen, runs on Android 4.4.2 (KitKat), has a 8-megapixel rear camera with LED flash and a 5-megapixel front-facing camera. Continue reading “Samsung SM-G510F and Huawei G621 with 64-bit Snapdragon 410 SoC show up in Benchmarks”

Micromax Unite A092 with quad-core processor, Android 4.3 now available for Rs. 6499

Micromax Unite A092

Micromax Unite A092 that surfaced on the official website last week is now available from online retailer Flipkart. It has a 4-inch WVGA screen, powered by a 1.2 GHz quad-core Qualcomm Snapdragon 200 (MSM8212) processor and runs on Android 4.3 (Jelly Bean). It has a 5-megapixel rear camera with LED flash and a 0.3-megapixel front-facing camera. Continue reading “Micromax Unite A092 with quad-core processor, Android 4.3 now available for Rs. 6499”