Marshall Headphones announces new smartphone focusing on high-quality audio

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Marshall Headphones, the company that is most famously known for their audio equipment has just announced a new smartphone that focuses on high-quality audio. The smartphone is called London and it is a multimedia powerhouse that incorporates a bunch of unique audio features as well as Marshall’s signature design elements.

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Apple made 92% of the profits in the smartphone industry during Q1 2015 – Samsung follows behind with 15%

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While Apple had managed to rake in 65% of the smartphone industry’s operating income last year, this year it seems to have done even better as it has managed to take in 92% of all the profits made in the smartphone industry.

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Geeksphone has decided to quit the smartphone business – Company will still continue to innovate on other products

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Geeksphone which was the world’s first Spanish smartphone maker has decided that it will stop making smartphones. After developing six devices over a span of six years, they have stated that their company has reached the “end of a cycle”.

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Samsung is developing a 11k resolution mobile display – Partnering with South Korean Government

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If you were thinking that Samsung made a good decision to stick with a 1440p panel on the Note 5 instead of going for the rumored 4k display then you aren’t alone. We’ve reached ridiculously high pixel densities on our smartphones that have more than enough sharpness and detail. However, it looks like the resolution wars are far from over as Samsung have announced that they’re planning to make a mobile display with 11k resolution.

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Microsoft to streamline their smartphone lineup – Will release only 6 smartphones a year

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Microsoft’s recent job cutting has been a hot topic of discussion online for all the wrong reasons. However CEO Satya Nadella also mentioned that they are planning to streamline their devices into 3 categories from now on.

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Vivo announces new V1 and V1 Max smartphones in India

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Chinese manufacturer Vivo has introduced a new ‘V’ series of smartphones in India. The company announced two smartphones – Vivo V1 and Vivo V1 Max – on Tuesday saying that these will be priced between Rs. 15,000 to Rs. 20,000, and will hit stores later this month. Continue reading “Vivo announces new V1 and V1 Max smartphones in India”

Samsung expects a drop in operating profit despite factoring in Galaxy S6 and S6 Edge sales

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Samsung have just announced that they’re expecting a drop in operating profit compared to the same quarter last year. This is the first report that factors in the sales of the Galaxy S6 and S6 Edge and yet Samsung say that they’re expecting a drop in profits.

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ARCHOS announces the 50d Helium – Android 5.1 and 13 Megapixel camera for US$129

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ARCHOS has just announced a brand new smartphone called the 50d Helium. Like their other products, the 50d Helium aims to provide high quality hardware at a budget friendly price point.

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Samsung announces the LEVEL U Bluetooth Headset

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Samsung has just announced a new bluetooth headset in their LEVEL series of audio accessories. Dubbed LEVEL U, the new headset incorporates an adjustable neck band design.

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Google Hangouts for iOS updated to v4.0 – Brings Material Design and performance improvements

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Google has just released a new version of Hangouts for iOS devices. The Hangouts v4.0 brings in a new design that follows Google’s Material Design along with several bug fixes and performance improvements.

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Samsung has sold over 1 million units of their Tizen powered Z1 smartphone

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The Samsung Z1 which is powered by Samsung’s own Tizen OS was launched in January 2015 and since then, the company has managed to sell over 1 million units of the smartphone.

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LG Chemical develops world’s first hexagonal battery

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LG Chemical has come up with the world’s first hexagonal battery and are already shipping it to globally to different brands to help them in their smartwatch businesses.

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Blackberry planning to release a bacteria-free phone that is aimed at hospitals

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We hope that you have read our recent article regarding the importance of phone hygiene. Well it seems that Blackberry agrees with us too as they are said to be preparing to release a smartphone that is ‘bacteria-free’ and is aimed for use in hospitals.

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Homelane announces Kaleido – A VR headset for the home décor market

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Homelane has just announced a new VR headset that is aimed at enriching the user experience for the home décor market. The headset is called Kaleido and was launched today in Bangalore and we went ‘eyes-on’ with the device to see how they have implemented it.

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Amazon Echo now available without an invite for US$179.99

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Amazon Echo is a smart speaker that doubles up as a virtual assistant. It was announced by Amazon late last year in November. It was a pretty neat piece of tech but the issue is that hardly anyone had access to it since it was based on an invite only system of purchase. Now happily that invite system has been removed and everyone can get their hands on the device.

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