New Moto G goes on sale on Flipkart with launch day offers for Rs. 12999

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Motorola launched the new Moto G in India yesterday priced at Rs. 12,999, it is now on sale on Flipkart, as it promised at the launch. The second generation Moto G has a larger screen, better camera, front-facing stereo speakers and a microSD expansion slot. It comes in black and white colors and only the Dual SIM 16GB variant is on sale in India. Continue reading “New Moto G goes on sale on Flipkart with launch day offers for Rs. 12999”

Sony NWZ A15 HD Audio Player Hands On

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Along with the SmartWatch 3 and SmartBand Talk, Sony also announced an audio player at IFA, Berlin 2014. Dubbed as NWZ Walkman A 15. The high resolution audio player is designed for the audiophile with support for the ALAC, WAV, AIFF and FLAC formats as well as regular MP3 and AAC files. Continue reading “Sony NWZ A15 HD Audio Player Hands On”

Sony Smartband Talk Hands on and Photo Gallery

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Sony announced the SmartBand Talk along with the SmartWatch 3 at the IFA, Berlin 2014. The latest wearable from the company sports a 1.4 inch e-ink display and comes with a built in microphone and speaker thereby allowing you to make and receive calls through the band. Continue reading “Sony Smartband Talk Hands on and Photo Gallery”

iBall Slide WQ32 Windows 8 Tablet with 3G support launched for Rs. 16999

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iBall has launched the Slide WQ32, the company’s first Windows 8 tablet. It has a 8-inch (1280×800 pixels) IPS screen and is powered by an quad-core Intel Atom Z3735D processor. It has a 5-megapixel rear camera and a 2-megapixel front-facing camera. It comes with free Microsoft Office license for one year, 1TB OneDrive cloud storage and Windows Defender Antivirus and Firewall. Continue reading “iBall Slide WQ32 Windows 8 Tablet with 3G support launched for Rs. 16999”

Nokia Lumia 730 Dual SIM and Lumia 735 Hands On and Photo Gallery

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Microsoft unveiled the Lumia 730 Dual SIM and Lumia 735 as the selfie smartphones at the IFA earlier this week. We got to check out the smartphones, check out the hands on video of the Lumia 735 and the photo gallery of the Lumia 730 Dual SIM below – Continue reading “Nokia Lumia 730 Dual SIM and Lumia 735 Hands On and Photo Gallery”

Sony Smartwatch 3 Hands On and Photo Gallery

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Sony announced the SmartWatch 3 powered by Android Wear at the IFA, Berlin 2014 yesterday. We got our hands on the SmartWatch3 SWR50 which is company’s foray into Android Wear. The device sports a 1.6-inch (320 x 320 pixels) TFT LCD capacitive touch screen display.

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Nokia Lumia 830 Hands On and Photo Gallery

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Microsoft unveiled the Lumia 830 at the IFA earlier this week, calling it their affordable flagship smartphone. We got to check out the smartphone on Nokia’s booth, check out the hands on and the photo gallery below –

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Cat S50 rugged Android smartphone announced

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Cat Phones has announced the Cat S50, the company’s latest high-end rugged smartphone for outdoors at the IFA. It is scratch-resistant, water proof, dust proof with IP67 ratings and can withstand even a drop onto concrete since it has Mil Spec 810G certification for impact resistance. It has a 4.7-inch 720p screen with Corning Gorilla Glass 3 protection and wet-finger tracking, powered by 1.2 GHz quad-core Snapdragon 400 (MSM8926) processor and runs on Android 4.4 (KitKat). It has Cat Phones app Store that has over 1000 apps relevant for work and play. Continue reading “Cat S50 rugged Android smartphone announced”

Sony Xperia Z3 Compact hands on and photo gallery

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Sony Xperia Z3 Compact along with Xperia Z3 and Xperia Z3 Tablet Compact was unveiled at the company’s press event in Berlin two days ago. We were at the show floor during the announcement and we had a chance to spend some quality time with the Xperia Z3 Compact. Continue reading “Sony Xperia Z3 Compact hands on and photo gallery”

Alcatel One Touch POP 2 smartphones and POP 8S tablet with LTE announced

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Alcatel One Touch by TCL Communication has unveiled POP 2 series, the company’s latest budget smartphones and POP 8S entry-level tablet at IFA this year. These come in 4-inch, 4.5-inch, 5-inch, and 5.5-inch screen sizes with FWVGA resolution, powered by a 1.2 quad-core Snapdragon 410 processor and run on Android 4.4 (Kitkat), have a 5-megapixel rear camera with LED flash and a 0.3-megapixel front-facing camera. Continue reading “Alcatel One Touch POP 2 smartphones and POP 8S tablet with LTE announced”

Here’s what happened at FoneArena powered OnePlus Fan meet up in Bangalore

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FoneArena and OnePlus teamed up to do something, which fans love the most – a meetup! The fun event was scheduled on September 4 in Bangalore and more than 30 OnePlus and FoneArena enthusiasts turned up even though it was a weekday.

We had Carl Pei, Ruston McLean and Andy Zhang from the OnePlus Global team along with FoneArena crew.

The fan meet up got rolling at 5PM with Varun Krishnan and Carl Pei’s introductory note. Ruston, who leads the business development at OnePlus also thanked all the fans for taking some time out on a busy weekday.

As promised, the OnePlus and the FoneArena team were ready with some goodies to giveaway. There was two OnePlus One units up for grab as well and the team decided to run a raffle to pick the lucky fans.

There was a lot of buzz with lot of tech talk and the environment was electrifying. All the fans had a chance to interact with the OnePlus and the FoneArena team. Taking selfies with Carl and Varun Krishnan was a common sight. We had some delicious food on offer as well.

After a lot of interaction and fun activities, the moment of luck finally arrived – 2 OnePlus One 64GB Standstone Black units were at one’s disposal.

There were two lucky winners – Vinu Thomas and Mohameed Vaseem left the venue with smiling faces. We wrapped up by thanking all our fans for being there and we made sure that everybody had something to win.

We thank all our readers for supporting us and we thank OnePlus team for giving us an opportunity to organize the meet up!

You can have a look at some of the photos from the meet up below (PS: The guys in the Never Settle T-shirts are from FoneArena team and the guys with the FoneArena T-shits are from OnePlus team) –

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Varun and Carl addressing the gathering!

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Ruston from OnePlus thanking the fans for turning up!

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Andy from OnePlus team interacting with fans!

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Carl from OnePlus interacting with fans!

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There was some delicious food on offer as well!

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Sunil from FoneArena team interacting with FA fans!

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The big moment – Raffle!

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The lucky winners!

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The FoneArena and the OnePlus team!

Alcatel One Touch Hero 8 tablet with full HD display, Octa-Core SoC announced

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Alcatel One Touch by TCL Communication has introduced Hero 8, the company’s latest tablet at the IFA 2014. It has a 8-inch full HD screen, powered by a MediaTek MT8392 Octa-Core processor, which is a new chip and it is has LTE support powered by MT6290 LTE modem. It runs on Android 4.4 (Kitkat), has a 5-megapixel rear camera with LED flash and a 2-megapixel front-facing camera. Continue reading “Alcatel One Touch Hero 8 tablet with full HD display, Octa-Core SoC announced”

Nokia X2 Dual SIM Android smartphone launched in India for Rs. 8699

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Microsoft has launched the Nokia X2 Dual SIM, the second generation X series smartphone in India. It was announced back in  June and packs a 4.3-inch WVGA screen, powered by a 1.2 dual-core Snapdragon 200 processor and runs on Nokia X software platform based on Android 4.3 (Jelly Bean). It recently got updated to Nokia X software platform 2.1 that brought several new features, including support for Google series. Continue reading “Nokia X2 Dual SIM Android smartphone launched in India for Rs. 8699”

New Moto X Hands On

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There was a time when Motorola phones had the smartest hardware with their sharp metallic hues and super slim flip styles (remember RAZR series). We forgot all about them after Moto moved out of India. The new Moto X brings back that stylish aura of its predecessors. It has a slim curved design that will set it apart from all other android devices, in its category. The new Moto X is slim and is perfectly curved for the palm and pocket. Here’s a first hands on feel of the device. Continue reading “New Moto X Hands On”