Samsung Gear S2 and S2 Classic go on sale in the US on Oct 2 for $299 and $349

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Samsung announced its Gear S2 and Gear S2 classic watches running on Tizen-based wearable platform ahead of IFA. Today Samsung has announced that the Gear S2 and Gear S2 Classic smartwatches will go on sale in the U.S. on October 2nd. Continue reading “Samsung Gear S2 and S2 Classic go on sale in the US on Oct 2 for $299 and $349”

Weekly Roundup: Meizu PRO 5, Xiaomi Mi 4c, new Micromax 4G LTE smartphones, Pebble Time Round and more

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This week at an event in Beijing, Meizu announced its a new flagship handset dubbed the Meizu PRO 5. The phone is powered by a 2.5 GHz Samsung Exynos 7420 processor and comes with either 3GB or 4GB RAM variants. Continue reading “Weekly Roundup: Meizu PRO 5, Xiaomi Mi 4c, new Micromax 4G LTE smartphones, Pebble Time Round and more”

Alibaba announces Pay Watch smartwatch running YunOS, starts at $110

Alibaba has announced Pay Watch smartwatch that is designed and manufactured by Shenzhen-based company FiiSmart. The smartwatch from the company operates on the new “YunOS for Wear”.

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WorldSIM Neuvo smartwatch with 3G SIM card announced for $84

WorldSIM has announced the Neuvo Smart Watch that comes with a 3G SIM card slot and enables users to make and receive calls, send SMS messages, get email notifications and browse the web.

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Pebble Time Round smartwatch with color e-ink display launched for $249.99

Pebble has launched Pebble Time Round, it’s first circular smartwatch. The new Pebble Time Round is slimmer, smaller and thinner smartwatch that continues to sport a color e-ink display.

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Apple releases watchOS 2 with new watch faces, enhanced communication options and more

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Apple announced the watchOS 2 at the WWDC back in June. At the iPhone event earlier this month, Apple said that it will release watchOS 2 on September 16th, along with the iOS 9, but it got delayed due to bugs that was discovered at the last moment. Now it has rolled out the update for the Apple Watch that brings new features such as native support for third-party apps such as News, Weather, Facebook Messenger, GoPro with viewfinder support on Watch, new ‘Time Travel’ feature lets you rotate the digital crown to move forward or backwards in your appointments, Transit option in maps for finding public transportation and several improvements. Continue reading “Apple releases watchOS 2 with new watch faces, enhanced communication options and more”

Weekly Roundup: Apple iPhone 6s, 6s Plus, TV, iPad Pro, iPad mini 4, new Apple Watch colours and more

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This week was all about Apple. The Cupertino giant announced next-generation Apple TV, all new iPad Pro, iPad mini 4, some Apple Watch updates, upgraded flagship smartphones – the iPhone 6s and iPhone 6s Plus. Continue reading “Weekly Roundup: Apple iPhone 6s, 6s Plus, TV, iPad Pro, iPad mini 4, new Apple Watch colours and more”

Alcatel OneTouch Watch Android and iOS compatible Smartwatch launched in India for Rs. 7999

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Alcatel OneTouch has launched OneTouch Watch, the company’s smartwatch in India on Flipkart. It was introduced at the CES 2015 earlier this year and has a 1.22 inch (240 x 240 pixels) touchscreen display, is powered by a STM429 chipset, runs on proprietary OS and uses a companion app installed on the phone to connect from either iOS or Android. The app allows you to choose the notifications that appear on your watch, adjust your watch face and see health data collected by the watch. Continue reading “Alcatel OneTouch Watch Android and iOS compatible Smartwatch launched in India for Rs. 7999”

Apple Watch gets more colour options, watchOS 2.0, native third-party apps and more

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Apple announced quite a few updates for the Apple Watch at its Keynote event in San Francisco, alongside the new Apple TV, iPad Pro, iPhone 6s and iPhone 6s Plus. Continue reading “Apple Watch gets more colour options, watchOS 2.0, native third-party apps and more”

Weekly Roundup: World’s first 4K smartphone, new Moto 360, Gear S2, and more IFA 2015 announcements

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This week was all about announcements from world’s leading trade show IFA (Internationale Funkausstellung) in Berlin. Team FoneArena brought all the exclusive images and videos from the Ground Zero (Messe Berlin). Do checkout our YouTube channel for IFA 2015 videos and more. Continue reading “Weekly Roundup: World’s first 4K smartphone, new Moto 360, Gear S2, and more IFA 2015 announcements”

TomTom announces Spark fitness tracker with music player

TomTom has officially announced Spark, its latest fitness tracker. The wearable is also focused on music and you can store some of your favourite tracks on the device.

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The company was one of first to get into the wearable segment, but the likes of Apple and others have made life difficult for the firm. TomTom is looking to bounce back with its newest products and is hopeful of gaining back the lost momentum. Continue reading “TomTom announces Spark fitness tracker with music player”

Huawei Watch Photo Gallery

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Huawei showed off its Android Wear powered smartwatch at MWC earlier this year in March. We got our hands on the watch at the ongoing IFA 2015, so let’s take a detailed look at the specs and hardware of the Huawei Watch in this photo gallery. Continue reading “Huawei Watch Photo Gallery”

Samsung Gear S2 and Gear S2 Classic pricing revealed, will roll out starting from October

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Samsung announced its Gear S2 and Gear S2 classic watches running on Tizen based wearable platform earlier this week, ahead of IFA. At the official event yesterday, Samsung confirmed that the new Gear S2 series will work with Android devices running on Android 4.4 (Kitkat) or later with 1.5GB RAM and above. The first Gear S smartwatch worked only with some Samsung devices. Continue reading “Samsung Gear S2 and Gear S2 Classic pricing revealed, will roll out starting from October”

Samsung Gear S2 Photo Gallery

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Samsung previewed its new Tizen –based Gear S2 smartwatch at IFA 2015 in Berlin and we have spent some time with the device – so do checkout our first impressions and see what all has changed. Continue reading “Samsung Gear S2 Photo Gallery”

Samsung Gear S2 Classic Photo Gallery

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Samsung announced its Tizen-based Gear S2 and Gear S2 Classic smartwatches couple of days back and our team in Berlin got a chance to spend some time with both smartwatches at firm’s preview event at IFA 2015. Let’s give you a closer look and quick run through of the hardware specifications of Gear S2 Classic. Continue reading “Samsung Gear S2 Classic Photo Gallery”