BlackBerry recently announced that it would partner with Foxconn to produce affordable BlackBerry 10 devices. According to the new leak from the BBin, the BlackBerry Z3 Jakarta would have a 5-inch qHD screen, powered by a 1.2 GHz dual-core processor and come with 1.5 GB of RAM. It would come with a 5-megapixel rear camera with LED flash and a 1.1-megapixel front-facing camera. Continue reading “BlackBerry Z3 affordable BB10 smartphone press shots, specifications leaked ahead of MWC”
Micromax is pushing out more smartphones in the Canvas and the Bolt series recently. Looks like the company is also working on their first water and dust-proof smartphone, according to new leak from the MMXNewscaster. The might be called Splash (or probably Canvas Splash ?) but the official name is not confirmed yet, according to the Twitter user. Continue reading “Micromax Splash Durable Smartphone with IP67 certification leaked”
Samsung announced the Galaxy Core Advance, successor of Galaxy Core back in December last year. The smartphone would go on sale in Korea tomorrow, February 18th. It has a 4.7-inch (800 x 480 Pixels) capacitive touch screen display, powered by a 1.2 GHz dual-core processor and runs on Android 4.2 (Jelly Bean). It has a 5-megapixel Auto Focus Camera with LED Flash and a 0.3MP (VGA) front-facing camera. Continue reading “Samsung Galaxy Core Advance goes on sale in Korea”
LG has just announced their L Series III smartphone lineup that includes, L40, L70 and L90. These smartphones run on Android 4.4 (KitKat). These have seamless layout, delicate finishing, narrow bezel and refined metallic frame to give premium looks similar to the G Series, says LG. It also has Quick Window cover. LG unveiled the Optimus L3, L5 and the L7 at the MWC 2012 and announced the L Series II smartphones at the MWC 2013 last year. Continue reading “LG L Series III smartphones L40, L70 and L90 running Android 4.4 announced”
Huawei launched the Ascend G700, the company’s latest mid-range smartphone in the G Series last month. We already brought you the benchmarks of the device, here we have the camera samples. The phone has a 8-megapixel rear camera with single LED flash, full HD video recording. The 1.3-megapixel front-facing camera can recording videos at HD resolution. Continue reading “Huawei Ascend G700 Camera Samples”
Dhingana, popular online music streaming service in India has shut down. Their official website dhingana.com doesn’t say the reason behind the shutdown. This was first reported by Medianama, which said that Dhingana CEO Rohit Bhatia told them back in December that the company was in the process of restructuring its operations, but denied that it is going to shut down. Dhingana has also pulled their mobile apps from the respective app stores. Continue reading “Dhingana music streaming service shuts down”
Lenovo launched the Lenovo Vibe Z (K910), the company’s latest flagship smartphone in the Vibe series in India earlier this week at a price tag of Rs. Rs. 35,999. We already brought you the unboxing of the smartphone, here we have the benchmarks of the device. The device is powered by a quad-core Snapdragon 800 (MSM8974) 28nm HPm Krait 400 CPU clocked at 2.15 GHz with Adreno 330 GPU. It has a 5.5-inch (1920 x 1080 pixels) IPS display and runs on Android 4.3 (Jelly Bean). Let’s check out the performance in a range of synthetic benchmark tests.
Micromax Canvas Duet II (EG111) that surfaced earlier this week is now available in India from online retailer Flipkart. It has a 5.3-inch HD display, powered by a 1.2 GHz quad-core processor and runs on Android 4.1 (Jelly Bean). It has a 8-megapixel rear camera with LED flash and a 2-megapixel front-facing camera. It has 1GB of RAM and packs 2300 mAh battery. Continue reading “Micromax Canvas Duet II EG111 with 5.3-inch HD display, Dual SIM (GSM + CDMA) available for Rs. 15990”
Sony unveiled the Xperia T2 Ultra, a mid-range phablet along with its dual SIM variant, the Xperia T2 Ultra Dual recently. Earlier this week alleged images of the Xperia G, an upcoming mid-range smartphone appeared on Twitter. This comes from ViziLeaks, popular for leaking the live image of Lumia 1020 last year. Yesterday, another image that shows the back of the phone appeared online along with specifications.
Continue reading “Sony Xperia G with 4.8-inch display images, specifications leak”
The Samsung Galaxy Grand Neo (GT-I9060), that went official earlier this month is launching in India next week, according to Mahesh Telecom . It has a 5-inch (800 x 480 pixels) display, powered by a 1.2 GHz quad-core processor and runs on Android 4.2 (Jelly Bean) OS. It has a 5-megapixel rear camera with LED flash and a 0.3-megapixel (VGA) front-facing camera. It also comes with dual SIM support and has software features such as Multi Window and Pop up Play. Continue reading “Samsung Galaxy Grand Neo launching in India soon for Rs. 19010”
In unsurprising news of this week, a lot of Korean websites and news papers are reporting that top level executives from Samsung and Apple have failed to reach an agreement in their mediation talks. Apple and Samsung have been battling it out in the courts for a long while now, and that’s not a secret. Apple had accused Samsung of various IP infringements including the hotly debated “Trade Dress”, but the Judge had decided to give both the companies the option to resolve their tussle through mediation talks. If the reports are true, those talks just failed and both the companies with be back to the courts, with Samsung defending Apple’s claims again.
Continue reading “Apple and Samsung reportedly fail to reach an agreement in mediation talks”
Motorola has finally started rolling out the Android 4.4.2 (KitKat) update for the Dual SIM Moto G users in India. Motorola promised that the India users would get the update in a few weeks, at the launch, earlier this month. The Android 4.4.2 update was first released for the single SIM US variant first, back in December and it started rolling out in Europe, again for the single SIM variant last month. It rolled out for the Dual SIM variant in Malaysia and Taiwan earlier this month. Continue reading “Motorola Moto G Dual SIM gets Android 4.4.2 KitKat update in India”
Intex launched the Aqua Octa, India’s first MediaTek Octa-Core powered smartphone last month. We already brought you the unboxing, benchmarks and the photo gallery of the Aqua Octa. Here are the camera samples. It has a 13-megapixel auto focus rear camera with LED Flash and full HD video recording, but the 5-megapixel front-facing camera can record videos only at VGA resolution. It has a 6-inch (1280 x 720 pixels) HD IPS display, powered by a 1.7 GHz Octa-Core MediaTek MT6592 processor with Mali 450-MP4 GPU and runs on Android 4.2 (Jelly Bean). Continue reading “Intex Aqua Octa Camera Samples”
The Lenovo K900 was the Chinese company’s first flagship launch in India. It had really good specifications for a high end phone and launched at a competitive price, only to then get lesser and suddenly turn into a really good value for money device. We had been waiting for its successor for quite a while now, and now it has come in the form of the Lenovo Vibe Z, which aims to fill the gap the K900 has left in the Indian market. The Vibe Z was announced in India just a couple of days back, at an event which we attended. It has been priced at Rs. 35,999, which is very close to what the K900 was launched for. We had taken a good look at the Vibe Z aka K910 at the Consumer electronics show in Vegas, but the phone was announced in China way back in October. So, what is the phone’s Indian retail version going to be like? Here’s out unboxing video –
httpv://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TfrSp6WB4GY
BlackBerry would launch a smartphone powered by a 64-bit Octa-Core chip, according to a recent report from the pocket-lint. Samsung launched the Galaxy S4 which was the Exynos 5410, its first Octa-Core chip with fours Cortex A15 chips and four Cortex A7 chips. Later it released an upgraded Exynos 5420 on the Note 3. Recent rumors from N4BB revealed that the BlackBerry phone would run on the upcoming Snapdragon 810 (MSM8994) chip. Continue reading “BlackBerry smartphone powered by 64-bit Octa-Core chip rumored to arrive in September”
