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Oppo R5 with 5.2-inch 1080p AMOLED display, 4.85mm thin body announced

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Oppo unveiled the Oppo R5 along with the Oppo N3 at the event in Singapore. The Oppo R5 becomes the slimmest smartphone in the world, beating the 5.1mm Gionee Elife S5.1. It has a 5.2-inch 1080p AMOLED screen, powered by an octa-core Qualcomm Snapdragon 615 processor with Adreno 405 GPU and runs on Color OS 2.0 based on Android 4.4 (KitKat). It has a 13-megapixel rear camera with LED flash and a 5-megapixel front-facing camera. Continue reading “Oppo R5 with 5.2-inch 1080p AMOLED display, 4.85mm thin body announced”

Oppo N3 with 5.5-inch 1080p display, 16MP auto rotating camera announced

Oppo N3

Oppo just announced the Oppo N3, the latest smartphone in the N series at an event in Singapore. It a 5.5-inch 1080p display, features a 16-megapixel 206-degree rotating camera, dual LED flash, 1/2.3″ sensor, pixel size of 1.34 microns and f/2.2 aperture. It has motorized rotating camera that can rotate to 0.012 degrees accurately to capture selfies easily. It is powered by a quad-core Snapdragon 801 processor and runs on Color OS 2.0 based on Android 4.4 (KitKat). Continue reading “Oppo N3 with 5.5-inch 1080p display, 16MP auto rotating camera announced”

Facebook Q3 revenue soars by 59%, 1.35 billion monthly active users

Facebook reported $3.2 billion in revenue in the third quarter of 2014 that is 59% up from $2.02 billion in 2013. Net income increased to $806 million in the third quarter, compared to $425 million in the year-ago period.

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Nokia Lumia 530 run over by a Car

The Nokia Lumia 530 – available for under £100 with a stellar specs list, this Windows Phone smartphone can do a lot but surviving our stress test is not one of them.

Having been subjected to both ends of our friendly hammer followed by a few chance meetings with a concrete floor, the Lumia 530 arrives at the scene of the third test damaged and bruised. Continue reading “Nokia Lumia 530 run over by a Car”

Motorola DROID Turbo with 5.2-inch Quad HD display, Snapdragon 805 and 21MP camera announced

Motorola DROID Turbo

Motorola has announced the DROID Turbo, the latest flagship smartphone in the DROID for Verizon Wireless in the U.S. as expected. It has a 5.2 (1440×2560 pixels) AMOLED display with Corning Gorilla Glass 3 protection, powered by a 2.7GHz quad-core Qualcomm Snapdragon 805 processor and runs on Android 4.4 (KitKat). It has a 21-megapixel rear camera with dual LED flash, 4K video recording and a 2-megapixel front-facing camera. Continue reading “Motorola DROID Turbo with 5.2-inch Quad HD display, Snapdragon 805 and 21MP camera announced”

Sony releases PS4 Remote Play app for Remote Play capabilities on Xperia Z3 series

Sony PS4 Remote Play

Sony introduced the Xperia Z3 series that includes, Sony Xperia Z3, Xperia Z3 Compact and the Z3 Tablet Compact devices at the IFA 2014 last month. At that time the company announced PS4 Remote Play capabilities for these devices that lets you use the phone as a remote screen to connect to and control your games on PS4. Today it has officially released the PS4 Remote Play app on Google Play. Continue reading “Sony releases PS4 Remote Play app for Remote Play capabilities on Xperia Z3 series”

Microsoft offers free data, shopping discounts and more with Nokia Lumia 830 in India

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Microsoft devices launched the Nokia Lumia 830 smartphone in India earlier this month. Today the company has introduced new offers on purchase of the smartphone. This includes, Free data offers for Vodafone users, shopping bonanza on Snapdeal and free Box TV subscription. Continue reading “Microsoft offers free data, shopping discounts and more with Nokia Lumia 830 in India”

Samsung Galaxy Note 4 Exynos 5 Octa Benchmarks

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Samsung launched the Snapdragon 805 variant of the Galaxy Note 4 smartphone in India earlier this month instead of Exynos version. We already brought you the benchmarks of the Snapdragon 805 variant, here we have the benchmarks for the Exynos version. We brought you the unboxing of the Exynos version few weeks back. This has a Octa-Core Exynos 5433 SoC with four Cortex-A57 clocked at 1.9GHz and four Cortex-A53 running at 1.3GHz and Mali-T760 GPU. Continue reading “Samsung Galaxy Note 4 Exynos 5 Octa Benchmarks”

Logitech Type+ Case with Keyboard for iPad Air 2 announced for Rs. 6495

Logitech Type Plus Case for iPad Air 2

Logitech has announced Logitech Type+, a protective case with an integrated keyboard for the iPad Air 2 in India. Even though the iPad Air 2 is yet to go on sale in India, the company has announced the accessory in advance. The case is thin, light and offer two-sided protection for the iPad from accidental bumps, scratches and spills. Continue reading “Logitech Type+ Case with Keyboard for iPad Air 2 announced for Rs. 6495”

Fitbit introduces Surge smartwatch, Charge and Charge HR fitness bands

Fitbit Surge

Fitbit has introduced three new fitness products, the Fitbit Surge smartwatch with a large LCD Touch screen display, new Charge and Charge HR fitness bands. All these offer wireless syncing, automatic sleep tracking, silent alarm and of course, activity tracking. The Fitbit Surge and Charge HR devices offer continuous and automatic wrist-based PurePulse heart rate monitoring. The PurePulse uses safe LED lights to detect blood volume changes right on the wrist to deliver heart rate monitoring 24/7. Continue reading “Fitbit introduces Surge smartwatch, Charge and Charge HR fitness bands”

AOC India appoints Atul Jasra as Business Head for Tablets and Smartphones

Atul Jasra AOC

AOC, popular for its LED and LCD displays globally, has appointed Atul Jasra as Business Head for tablets and smartphones in India & other SAARC Countries. Last week there were reports that the company plans to enter the Indian smartphone market with a 6-inch phablet and launch a new tablet in the country in November. As mentioned on the official website, the AOC D70V50G tablet has a 7-inch (1024 x 600 pixels) display, has Dual SIM support, 3G connectivity and voice calling capabilities. Continue reading “AOC India appoints Atul Jasra as Business Head for Tablets and Smartphones”

Snapdeal secures $627 mn in funding from SoftBank

Snapdeal has raised a whopping $627 mn in funding from Japan SoftBank. The news follows a report that came in two weeks back. Snapdeal plans to use this capital to ramp up technology and supply chain management.
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PCMark benchmark released for Android

PCMark for Android

Futuremark has released PCMark benchmarking tool for Android. It has Work benchmark that lets you measure both performance and battery life. It also shows you how your device’s CPU clock frequency, CPU average usage, temperature and battery charge level changed while the benchmark was running. The app is 23 MB, and the Work benchmark is a 400 MB download, installed when you first run the app. More benchmarks will be added over time, says the company.

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Lava QPAD R704 with 7-inch display, quad-core Snapdragon processor launched for Rs. 8499

Lava QPAD R704

Lava has launched QPAD R704, the company’s latest tablet in the QPAD series. It has a 7-inch (1024 x 600 pixels) display, similar to the QPAD e704 tablet that was launched earlier this year, but this is powered by a 1.2GHz quad-core Snapdragon processor instead of a Broadcom processor. It runs on Android 4.3 (Jelly Bean) that is upgradable to Android 4.4 (KitKat), has a 2-megapixel rear camera and a VGA front-facing camera. It has 3G connectivity via SIM and has voice calling capabilities. Continue reading “Lava QPAD R704 with 7-inch display, quad-core Snapdragon processor launched for Rs. 8499”

Celkon XION S CT695 with 6.95-inch display, Android 4.4 launched for Rs. 7499

Celkon XION S CT695

Celkon has launched XION S CT6595, the company’s latest phablet. It has a 6.95-inch (1024 x 600 pixels) display, powered by a 1.2 GHz dual-core processor and runs on Android 4.4..2 (KitKat). It has a 5-megapixel rear camera and a front-facing camera. We had seen several top-end phablets from several Indian OEMs, but this is one of the few phablets priced less than Rs. 10,000. Continue reading “Celkon XION S CT695 with 6.95-inch display, Android 4.4 launched for Rs. 7499”