Alcatel is a name usually less related with the smartphone industry and the French company are now trying to change that fact. Alcatel has just announced their One Touch Hero phablet which competes with most other 6 inch+ devices.
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Alcatel One Touch Idol X announced, 5-inch 1080p display in a 6.9mm thin titanium alloy frame
Alcatel One Touch has announced the One Touch Idol X, the company’s latest flagship smartphone. It has a 5-inch (1920 x 1080 pixels) 2.4mm edge-to-edge capacitive touch screen IPS display with 170 degrees wide viewing angles. The display is based on one-glass solution (OGS) that reduces the phone’s thickness and has Dragontrail Glass for protection. It is powered by a 1.5 GHz quad-core processor and runs on Android 4.2 (Jelly Bean). It has a 13.1-megapixel rear camera with LED flash, 5cm macro lens, 1080p video recording and a 2-megapixel 1080p front-facing camera. Continue reading “Alcatel One Touch Idol X announced, 5-inch 1080p display in a 6.9mm thin titanium alloy frame”
Micromax Canvas Ego A113 with 4.7-inch display, quad-core processor now available for Rs. 12999
Micromax Canvas Ego A113, a new smartphone from the Canvas series is now available in India from online retailer Snapdeal. It has a 4.7-inch (960 x 540 pixels) display, powered by a 1.2 GHz quad-core Snapdragon 200 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. Micromax launched the Micromax A110Q Canvas 2 Plus recently, and this one lies between the A110Q and the A116 Canvas HD. Continue reading “Micromax Canvas Ego A113 with 4.7-inch display, quad-core processor now available for Rs. 12999”
Asus Fonepad 7 video ad surfaces ahead of IFA announcement
Asus had introduced the original Fonepad at MWC 2013 earlier this year and the Fonepad saw a slight bump in the specifications sometime during summer. Asus just posted and removed a video ad for the yet another refresh of the Fonepad.
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Sony IFA 2013 Press Conference Live Blog
FoneArena is live in Berlin , Germany for IFA which is one of the largest technology shows of the world. Sony is holding a press conference later today where the company is expected to announce the much rumored Honami / XPERIA Z1 smartphone and a couple of very interesting lenses. Much is already known about the Sony Z1 and it is said to pack in a Snapdragon 800 processor with a very interesting 20MP camera. The design is believed to be a play on that of the Xperia Z and Z Ultra.
The event starts at around 4PM Berlin time or 7:30PM India time
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FoneArena is Live from IFA 2013 in Berlin, Germany
We have been dreaming about attending IFA for several years and finally the time has come. FoneArena is at IFA 2013 in Berlin , Germany where a lot of new products are going to announced including the Samsung Galaxy Note 3 and the Sony XPERIA Z1. You are going to see a lot of content from IFA on both our main blog and the tech blog throughout this week as we are working hard to bring you the best news from Berlin. Samsung, Sony , Asus , Acer, Panasonic, Canon are some of the companies expected to launch new products at at the show.We are going to be live blogging some key product launches so do stay tuned to our blog. Also we are going to publishing a ton of video content over at our Youtube channel, do subscribe if you have not already done so.
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Intex Aqua HD with 4.7-inch HD display, quad-core processor and 13MP camera coming soon
Intex launched the Aqua i7, the company’s flagship Android smartphone at an event earlier today. Now the Aqua HD, a new smartphone has appeared on the official website. It has a 4.7-inch (1280 x 720 pixels) HD capacitive touch screen display, powered by a 1.2 GHz quad-core MediaTek 6589 processor and runs on Android 4.2.1 (Jelly Bean). It has a 13-megapixel auto focus rear camera with LED flash and a 5-megapixel front-facing camera. This would compete with the iBall Andi 4.7G Cobalt since both have similar features. Continue reading “Intex Aqua HD with 4.7-inch HD display, quad-core processor and 13MP camera coming soon”
Rockstand enters into tie up with Vodafone for operator billing
Vodafone today announced a tie up with Rockstand which is one of the leading eBook and Magazine applications from India. The tie up beings up an interesting offering which should help drive reach substantially. Rockstand will now be offering a subscription option exclusive to Vodafone wherein users can purchase books and magazined at just Rs. 7 per day. In addition to this, Vodafone customers will have access to the same wide range of eBooks and magazines including a wide variety of regional content for which users will be able to pay through their mobile balance. The partnership will prove to be critical in driving growth in the tier 2 and rural segments of the country. Rockstand has recently crossed 50,000 downloads and continues to grow at a steady clip.
Did Google just accidentally leak the LG Nexus 5?
Having announced the Google KitKat partnership for the next version of Android, the company released a video showing a celebratory installation of the new mascot in GooglePlex. This video might have looked normal at first, but keen eyes spotted a weird new device with the Nexus branding on the back. Could this be the unannounced Google Nexus 5? Also, if the logo is inspected at close, it looks to be made by LG. Unless our eyes fool us, this might actually be the upcoming Nexus 5 phone from Google, made by LG.
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New iPad casing surfaces in a video, reveals smaller frame with same screen size
Apple announced an event on September 10th few hours back. Now a new video from uploaded by Unbox Therapy shows an iPad shell or digitizer along with the rear casing compared with the iPad 4. The video claims that these are the parts of the 5th-generation iPad. According to the video, the new iPad would be narrower by 15mm and have a slim side bezel similar to the iPad mini. The edges are rounded, different from tapered design of the fourth-gen iPad. Continue reading “New iPad casing surfaces in a video, reveals smaller frame with same screen size”
Intex Aqua i7 with 5-inch 1080p display, 2GB RAM and 13MP camera launched for Rs. 21900
Intex has launched the Aqua i7, the company’s latest flagship smartphone in the Aqua series. It has a 5.0-inch (1920 x 1080 pixels) IPS display, powered by 1.5 GHz quad-core MediaTek MT6589T processor and runs on Android 4.2 (Jelly Bean). It has a 13-megapixel auto focus rear camera with LED Flash and a 5-megapixel front-facing camera. It has Matrabhasha a multi-lingual application introduced with the entry-level phones recently. It lets users operate the phone in preferred regional language supporting upto 22 regional languages. Continue reading “Intex Aqua i7 with 5-inch 1080p display, 2GB RAM and 13MP camera launched for Rs. 21900”
Lava E-Tab Velo+ with 7-inch display, Android 4.2 now available for Rs. 4699
Lava E-Tab Velo+, a new tablet in the Lava’s E-Tab range is now available in India from online retailer Snapdeal. It has a has a 7-inch (800 x 480 pixels) capactive multi-touch display, powered by a 1 GHz Cortex A8 processor and runs on Android 4.2.2 (Jelly Bean), similar to the recently launched XTRON+. It has a 0.3-megapixel (VGA) front-facing camera, but lacks a rear camera. It doesn’t have a SIM card slot or voice calling capabilities, but supports dongles. Continue reading “Lava E-Tab Velo+ with 7-inch display, Android 4.2 now available for Rs. 4699”
Apple sends out invites for a colourful September 10th event, hints at iPhone 5C
Apple has finally decided to make the yearly “new iPhone” day official. September 10th is the date, so mark your calendars if you haven’t already, because it’s been a while since Apple reporters predicted the exact launch date of the new Apple iPhone(s). With coloured flat bubbles dominating the invite, it’s quite easy to understand that the iPhone 5C might be what Apple is indicating here.
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BlackBerry Messenger for Android surfaces in the first demo video
BlackBerry announced that they would release the BlackBerry Messenger for iOS and Android devices, back in May. First images of the BlackBerry Messenger for Android surfaced in leaked images last month. Now the first video demo of the BlackBerry Messenger for Android has surfaced online, that shows off most of the features of the app. Continue reading “BlackBerry Messenger for Android surfaces in the first demo video”
Nokia Lumia 1520 “Bandit” Screenshot reveals a cluttered GDR3 start screen
EVLeaks, the guy known for most leaks these days has revealed yet another interesting bit of information today, pertaining to the future of Windows Phone. On the day of the huge Microsoft-Nokia announcement, this leak comes as something to look forward to, but then after taking a single glance at it will be quite the opposite of a reaction. Yes, what you see above in the leaked image is an indirect confirmation of the existence of Nokia Lumia 1520 codenamed “bandit” and a quick look at the cluttered look of the Windows Phone GDR3’s 1080p supported start screen.
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