Alcatel OneTouch has unveiled three new LTE smartphones in the Pop series, the Pop S3, Pop S7 and the Pop S9. It has also unveiled the Pixi 7, a 7-inch WiFi-only tablet. The Pop S3 has a 4-inch WVGA screen, S7 has a 5-inch qHD IPS screen and the Pop S9 comes with a 5.9-inch HD IPS screen. All these are powered by quad-core processors. Continue reading “Alcatel OneTouch Pop S3, Pop S7, Pop S9 LTE smartphones and Pixi 7 tablet announced”
Sony launched the Xperia Z2 at the Mobile World Congress event here in Barcelona, Spain. The Z2 is an evolutionary upgrade over the Z1 and fixes every complaint people had with the Z1, like it has a better display, a way better build with a stunningly thin and premium design and overall a better package for a flagship. This also includes the new software work that Sony has done, because the Z2 is the first Android 4.4 device from the company and it brings a lot of new improvements to the looks as well as features that previously didn’t exist. While there are a lot of under the hood improvements, we took a look at some of the user facing features of the new skin on the Xperia Z2 –
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Motorola has started rolling out a minor Android KitKat update for the single SIM variant of the Moto G in Europe. This update brings back the USB on-the-go (OTG) support for the users with USB drivers and also fixes mobile network loss for some users. Some Moto G users in India have reported SIM related issues in the dual SIM version recently, after the KitKat update. This update might fix those issues. Continue reading “Moto G gets a minor firmware update in Europe, brings back OTG, fixes mobile network issues”
Samsung has unveiled its new Exynos 5 Octa chip, 5422 and its first Hexa-Core chip, Exynos 5 Hexa 5260 at the Mobile World Congress 2014 in Barcelona. These chips are based on ARM big.LITTLE technology, similar to the Exynos 5410 and 5420 chips unveiled the last year, these also include Heterogeneous Multi-Processing that can run combination of up to eight or six cores, respectively, to provide optimum performance. Continue reading “Samsung unveils Exynos 5 Octa 5422 and Exynos 5 Hexa 5260 chips”
LG had announced its third iteration of the budget friendly L series just prior to the MWC 2014. At the MWC 2014, LG had showcased these products and among the recently announced devices was the LG L65. LG L65 is a typical midrange offering keeping in mind the budget buyers. It comes with a layer of LG UI features over midrange specifications.
Vodafone launched the Opera Web Pass for their users in India earlier this week. Today, Idea Cellular has tied-up with Opera Software to launch Idea Web Pass, that lets users enjoy customized, time-based mobile internet packages within the Opera Mini browser. Idea and Opera joined hands to launch a Co-branded version of Opera Mini for Idea Customers, back in 2012. Continue reading “Idea Cellular ties up with Opera to launch Idea Web Pass”
Just before the MWC 2014, LG had announced three smartphones in the LG L series – LG L40, LG L70 and LG L90. As you can see, the LG L70 is the mid-range offering among the three, in terms of features, size and pricing. At MWC 2014, LG showcased its recently announced devices and we managed to spend sometime with the LG L70 smartphone.
Wickedleak has launched Wammy Passion X, the company’s first water resistant smartphone. It uses AquaProtect waterproof technology, that protects the smartphone from inside-out from any water or water-based liquid damage. It has a 5-inch full HD display based on OGS technology, powered by a 1.7 GHz octa-core MediaTek MT6592 processor and runs on Android 4.2 (Jelly Bean).It has a 13-megapixel rear camera with LED flash and a 5-megapixel front-facing camera. Continue reading “Wickedleak Wammy Passion X water resistant phone with 5-inch 1080p display launched for Rs. 22499”
The GSM Association has announced the winners for the 19th annual Global Mobile Awards at the GSMA Mobile World Congress in Barcelona. Last year the Galaxy S3 bagged the award, this year HTC One was awarded the best smartphone of the year, even though it had tough contenders such as Samsung Galaxy Note 3, iPhone 5S, Nokia Lumia 1020 and the LG G2. Nokia bagged two awards, the Lumia 520 bagged the award for the best low-cost smartphone of the year, competing with phones like Sony Xperia E and Samsung Galaxy Young. Nokia 105 won for the best entry-level or feature phone of the year. Continue reading “GSMA Global Mobile Awards 2014 Winners announced, HTC, Nokia win awards”
S Mobility has launched Spice Smart Flo Poise Mi-451, the company’s latest entry-level smartphone in the Smart Flo series. It has a 4.5-inch (854 x 480 pixels) capacitive touch screen IPS display, powered by a 1.3 GHz dual-core processor and runs on Android 4.2 (Jelly Bean). It has a 3.2-megapixel rear camera with LED flash and a 1.3-megapixel front-facing camera. It has dual SIM support and 2G (EDGE) connectivity. Continue reading “Spice Smart Flo Poise Mi-451 with 4.5-inch display, Android 4.2 launched for Rs. 5499”
Lenovo introduced a range of products here at the Mobile World Congress. Some interesting, some decidedly less so. The Lenovo S850 falls in the first category because of its interesting mix of hardware design and generally decent performance. We spent some time with the handset and here’s what we thought about it. Continue reading “Lenovo S850 Hands On, Photo Gallery”
Just ahead of the MWC 2014, Acer announced a couple of smartphones that it would showcase at the MWC 2014 show floor. Among the Android smartphones that it announced,the Acer Liquid Z4 is an interesting budget smartphone with entry range specifications. As a typical entry range device, it is powered by a MediaTek processor.
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FoneArena was live at the Samsung Unpacked 5 event here in beautiful Barcelona and we were live blogging the keynote for you guys. We also managed to get our hands on the newly announced Samsung Galaxy S5.Check out our video below where we show you the cool new features on the Galaxy S5.
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Here at the Mobile World Congress we’ve seen a wide range of products being introduced by all major brands. Indeed Lenovo was no exception as it brought out its range of mid range products with a focus on build quality and hitting the right price point in exchange for super charged internals. This is the Lenovo S860 and here are our first impressions of the device. Continue reading “Lenovo S860 Hands On, Photo Gallery”
Just ahead of the MWC 2014, Acer announced a couple of Android smartphones and it is showcasing them at the MWC 2014 show floor. Among the smartphones that it announced, the Acer Liquid E3 is one and it fits quite well in the range of mid-range Android smartphones quite well. It is powered by the very familiar MediaTek processor and comes with the same hardware specs that most mid-range phones have along with a few tricks up its sleeve.
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