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Apple iPhone 6 and iPhone 6 Plus that were unveiled last week went on pre-order on September 12th in US, Australia, Canada, France, Germany, Hong Kong, Japan, Puerto Rico and Singapore. Apple just announced that both these smartphones received four million pre-order in the first 24 hours. The iPhone 5 that was released back in September 2012 saw only 2 million pre-orders in the first 24 hours.
Both the iPhone 6 and the iPhone 6 Plus goes on sale this Friday, September 19th in these first set of countries. It would go on sale in 20 countries that includes, Austria, Belgium, Denmark, Finland, Ireland, Isle of Man, Italy, Liechtenstein, Luxembourg, Netherlands, New Zealand, Norway, Portugal, Qatar, Russia, Saudi Arabia, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, Taiwan, Turkey and United Arab Emirates on September 26th.
Last year's iPhone 5s and iPhone 5c sold 9 million units in three days after launch, we will know about the combined sales of the iPhone 6 and the iPhone 6 Plus next Monday. The iOS 8 update will roll out on September 17th for the iPhone and iPad, couple of days before the iPhone 6 launch. We can also expect Apple to reveal the number of devices running on iOS 8 next week.
T-Mobile will offer Wi-Fi calling on the newly launched iPhone 6 and iPhone 6 Plus in the US while EE will provide the same in the UK. The popular US and UK carriers will be the first one to partner Apple for this feature that will allow users to make phone calls using a Wi-Fi network.
Wi-Fi Calling enables people to call when they have a Wi-Fi connection, regardless of whether they have a network signal. The switchover from Wi-Fi to mobile network and vice versa is automatic and free as long as it is turned on in the settings. Calls made over the Wi-Fi are not counted as talk time or even data usage.
The iPhone 6 will include 802.11ac Wi-Fi, with speeds of 433 megabits-per-second (Mbps). To translate that is at least 3 times faster than the current Wi-Fi speeds. It will support Voice over LTE, also known as VoLTE. iPhone 6 and iPhone 6 Plus will go on sale in the United States on September 19 while they will be available in India starting October 17.
Apple unveiled the Apple Watch, the company's first smartwatch at an event few hours back. Since the company announced the Apple Watch along with the new iPhone 6 and 6 Plus, it was clear that the smartwatch would support those two iPhone models, but the company surprised us by announcing that it would support iPhone 5s, iPhone 5c and even the iPhone 5 model running iOS 8. Even though the iPhone 4s supports iOS 8, sadly it is not compatible with iPhone.
The Apple Watch has built-in gyroscope, a heart rate sensor and a Taptic Engine. It has Apple Pay support for easy payments. The Apple Watch has a 38mm Stainless Steel Case with Brown Modern Buckle and it also comes in 42mm variant. It is also available in Space Black Stainless Steel Case with Space Black Stainless Steel Link Bracelet. Apple Watch Sport has Anodized aluminum cases in silver or space gray, strengthened Ion-X glass, colorful, durable bands. The Apple Watch Edition comes in 18-karat gold cases in yellow or rose and Sapphire crystal.
The Apple Watch starts at $349 and would go on sale early 2015, You can check out more details about the Apple Watch here.
Apple took wraps of the iPhone 6 and iPhone 6 Plus yesterday. In addition, the company also debuted leather and silicon rubber cases for the new iPhones.
The cases are crafted from hand-selected leather that's been treated with aniline dye, and they feature a microfiber interior to protect the phone and its new protruding lens. The leather cases are available in Black, Olive Brown, Midnight Blue, Soft Pink, and Product (RED). They are almost similar to the ones we saw for the iPhone 5s last year.
Along with the leather cases, Apple also introduced Silicon rubber case that are made to custom fit the new iPhones. The company claims that they offer protection while "maintaining their incredibly slim form." It fits comfortably around the volume and power buttons, as well as the new curved corners and there is a soft micro fiber lining inside.
Leather cases for the 4.7-inch iPhone 6 are priced at $45, while leather cases for the 5.5-inch version are priced at $49. Silicone cases for the 4.7-inch iPhone 6 are priced at $35, and 5.5-inch silicone cases are $39. These cases will most likely be available together with the iPhone 6 release on September 19.
Acer announced the Iconia Tab 8 earlier in May but we recently got our hands of it at the IFA, Berlin, 2014. Similar to other Acer tablets, this one is also equipped with zero gap technology. It measures 8.5 mm thick and weighs 360 grams.
httpv://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qBsSg1fRWu4
The tablet is encompassed in an entire plastic body and features 8-inch (1920 x 1200 pixels) full HD display. It has a 16:10 aspect ratio and the Zero gap technology makes the brightness and contrast level pretty good on the tablet. It also has no gaps between the front panel and digitizer which results into a responsive tablet. At the front we have the 1MP front facing camera.
The power button and volume rockers are present on the right side.
At the bottom end back we have the loud speaker grill.
The top back panel is made of matte aluminum like finish and has a 5MP rear facing camera.
On the left we have the microSD card slot and and as the tablet does not support 3G or GSM capabilities a sim card slot is missing.
The Acer Iconia runs on Android 4.4 (KitKat) and has 2GB RAM, 16GB /32GB internal storage and expandable memory with micro SD.The Acer Touch WakeApp let you quickly and ...
Apple introduced both the iPhone 6 and iPhone 6 Plus few hours back. Both the iPhone models look exactly similar, have the same anodized aluminum back, new curved design, Apple A8 processor with M8 motion coprocessor, Touch ID fingerprint sensor, NFC and more. These main difference it the screen size. The iPhone 6 has a 4.7-inch (1334 x 750 pixels) screen, while the iPhone 6 Plus comes with a 5.5-inch (1920 x 1080 pixels) screen. Apple is calling it as Retina HD display.
The iPhone 6 Plus also comes with optical image stabilization (OIS) and a larger battery offering better battery life compared to the iPhone 6. On the software side, both these have Reachability, a new feature that move the UI halfway down the screen to reach easily just by double tapping the home button. The iPhone 6 Plus has landscape mode that offer two-pane view for apps. Check out the detailed comparison of the specifications below.
Other difference is the price. The iPhone 6 costs $199, $299 and $399 with a two contract and $649, $749 and $849 without contract for the 16GB, 64GB and 128GB variants respectively. The iPhone 6 Plus costs $299, $399 and $499 with a two contract and $749, $849 ...
Acer launched the Tab 7 earlier in April this year and we got our hands on the device at the IFA, Berlin event. The budget tablet is 8.95mm thin and weighing 330g. The entire tablet is made of plastic but has a brushed aluminum like matte finish at the back.
httpv://www.youtube.com/watch?v=P9EKz4DJJHQ
The Acer Iconia Tab 7 A1-713HD comes with a 7-inch (1280 x 800 pixels) IPS anti-fingerprint display. Front panel of the tablet is glossy which makes it prone to finger prints and reflective viewing angels. At the front .there is a 0.3-megapixel (VGA) front-facing camera.
It has Acer logo at the bottom and three on screen buttons but no physical one.
The tablet has the power button and volume rockers on the right side.
The 5MP camera is situated at the back with no LED flash.
While loud speaker grills are seen at the bottom.
The Acer Iconia Tab 7 is powered by 1.3 GHz quad-core MediaTek MT8382 processor and runs on Android KitKat 4.4. It comes with 3G support via SIM card slot and has anodized silver finish. The The Acer Iconia Tab 7 would go on sale in Europe, Middle East and Africa in middle of May starting at 149 Euros (Rs. 12400 approx).
Sneha Bokil-Paranjape contributed to this post.
Spice Retail Limited has announced that it has partnered with online retailer Flipkart to sell its flagship smartphones exclusively on the e-commerce portal. We will have a dedicated store on Flipkart for Spice products, said the company. Spice Group has an online shopping portal called Saholic, where is sells their smartphones, apart from selling produces from other manufacturers.
Motorola and Xiaomi sell their smartphones only through Flipkart. Oppo recently tied up with Flipkart to sell its smartphones on the e-commerce portal. Some companies such as Karbonn, Asus, Samsung recently tied up with Flipkart to sells some of their smartphones exclusively. Flipkart's competitor Amazon India recently tied up with Microsoft, Samsung, Lava and several other companies for some exclusives.
The company plans to launch new flagship smartphones starting mid-September. It aims to 100,000 smartphones on Flipkart in the initial few days and aims to grab 10% market share of the overall online sales for smartphones.
Acer announced the Iconia One 7 tablet in April and it launched in India in August. We got our hands on the tablet at IFA, Berlin and here is the quick look at the tablet. The low end tablet from Acer sports a 7 inch (1280 × 800 pixels) HD display.
httpv://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0rrs_QcbJ9s
Being a low end device, the tablet does not have the Zero Gap panel unlike other Acer devices and hence has an average display. At the front can see the 0.3-megapixel (VGA) front-facing camera with wide angel.
The tablet has no physical buttons and three on screen buttons below.
It is entirely made out of plastic and does not has the matte alumimium finish to it.
On the right side the tablet has power button, volume rockers and the the micro SD card slot.
The tablet comes with a unique textured back panel which is not seen on other budget tablets. The 5 MP camera is situated at the top back without LED flash.
While, the loud speaker grills are seen below.
The Acer Iconia Tab One 7 B1 is powered by a 1.6 GHz dual-core Intel Atom Z2560 with PowerVR SGX544 GPU and runs on Android 4.2 (Jelly Bean) OS that is upgradeable to Android 4.4 (KitKat). It has 1GB ...
Apple iPhone 6 and iPhone 6 Plus that were unveiled last week went on pre-order on September 12th in US, Australia, Canada, France, Germany, Hong Kong, Japan, Puerto Rico and Singapore. Apple just announced that both these smartphones received four million pre-order in the first 24 hours. The iPhone 5 that was released back in September 2012 saw only 2 million pre-orders in the first 24 hours.
Both the iPhone 6 and the iPhone 6 Plus goes on sale this Friday, September 19th in these first set of countries. It would go on sale in 20 countries that includes, Austria, Belgium, Denmark, Finland, Ireland, Isle of Man, Italy, Liechtenstein, Luxembourg, Netherlands, New Zealand, Norway, Portugal, Qatar, Russia, Saudi Arabia, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, Taiwan, Turkey and United Arab Emirates on September 26th.
Last year's iPhone 5s and iPhone 5c sold 9 million units in three days after launch, we will know about the combined sales of the iPhone 6 and the iPhone 6 Plus next Monday. The iOS 8 update will roll out on September 17th for the iPhone and iPad, couple of days before the iPhone 6 launch. We can also expect Apple to reveal the number of devices running on iOS 8 next week.
Micromax launched the Canvas Nitro, the company's latest high-end smartphone earlier this month. We already brought you the unboxing, photogallery and benchmarks of the smartphone, here we have the camera samples of the smartphone. The Micromax Canvas Nitro has a 13-megapixel camera with Sony IMX135 CMOS sensor with f/2.2 aperture, Largan 5P 28mm lens and also has Blue Glass filter. It also has a 5-megapixel fixed focus front-facing camera with OmniVision OV5648 sensor, 22mm wide-angle lens with 75-degree viewing angle.
It has the usual MediaTek camera UI that we had seen on the Unite 2. Micromax has introduced a new widget that lets you quickly capture an image, record a video and take a selfie directly from the homescreen. Overall the camera seem pretty decent. Check out some camera samples below (click the image to view full resolution picture)
Daylight
Daylight shots were decent, but the colors are not perfect. Details could have been better for a 13MP camera.
Macro
Macro shots came out well and the focus was perfect. Again, the colors could have been better, especially in tough lighting conditions such as indoors.
HDR
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There are minor differences in exposure in ...
A lot a manufacturers schedule their events around the IFA that happens during this time of the year, but often not during the event is happening. This is a ploy that they employ so that their devices get due exposure.
The Google Nexus 5
Speaking of exposure, HTC has an event for October 8th, titled 'double exposure'. Now that could mean anything in the world, but thanks to HTC being a smart devices maker, we have a limited list to choose from. The event is believed to be coincident with the announcement of the HTC Eye smartphone, the one that's expected to feature a 5.2-inch display and a Snapdragon 801 processor. Besides that, the event is now rumoured to be a placeholder of a couple other announcements.
This includes the GoPro-like action camera that we talked about yesterday. But what should catch your fancy is the previously-leaked HTC-made Nexus 9 (Volantis?) that could feature during the event. The Nexus 9 is expected to feature an 8.9-inch display and an NVIDIA Tegra K1 CPU besides 3GB RAM and 16GB ROM. When announced, the device is also certain to flaunt Android L.
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HTC's smartphones are usually critic-babies, and don't seem ...
Google is making paid Play Newsstand content available in India. Users can now access paid content from newspapers and magazines this essentially means they can buy and subscribe for premium news sources like The New York Times, WSJ and so on.
The company has teamed up with over 30 partners including India Today, Mint, NDTV and many more. Google updated Google Currents to Newsstand last year. Compatible with smartphones and tablets the app offers contents like blogs, breaking news, research articles from a range of categories such as sports, business, cooking, entertainment, fashion and more.
Prior to this update, paid content in Newsstands was only available in the US, UK, Canada, Australia, Germany, Italy, and France. Google made this announcement yesterday along with the launch of Android One smartphones in India. The company also announced offline mode for YouTube in the country.
You can download the Play Newsstand app from the Google Play Store.
via:Android Police
Panasonic has unveiled its first Android powered camera phone. Dubbed as LUMIX Smart Camera DSC-CM1 the 'connected camera' comes with a 1-inch MOS sensor.
Scheduled to be showcased at Photokina 2014 in Germany, the device is capable of taking 4K video and images with 20MP resolution with an f2.8 28mm Leica DC lens. In addition, the CM1 has a dedicated hardware shutter button and a slider that switches between camera and smartphone modes.
The Android power smartphone features 4.7-inch full-HD screen, 2.3GHz quad-core Snapdragon 801 CPU, 2 GB RAM, 16 GB internal memory and a microSD support upto 128 GB. Backed by a 2600mAh battery, the phone also includes 4G support.
httpv://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fJiJfGY_tLA
Priced at 9oo Euro, the Lumix CM1 will be made available in France and Germany by Christmas. Samsung already has a camera focused smartphone device- Galaxy K Zoom in the market that has 20.7MP camera.
via:Android Police
Live images of Samsung Galaxy Grand Prime (SM-G530H), the company's selfie-focused smartphone has surfaced on a Vietnamese website Thegioididong. According to the leak, the mid-range smartphone would feature a 5-megapixel front-facing camera for capturing better selfies. It would also have an 8-megapixel rear camera with LED flash.
Sony launched the Xperia C3, the company's selfie-focus smartphone recently and even Microsoft introduced the Lumia 730 with a 5-megapixel wide angle front-facing camera. UA profile of the Samsung SM-G530H had already appeared on the official website that confirmed the qHD (960 x 540 pixels) screen, 1.2 GHz quad-core Snapdragon 400 SoC.
Samsung Galaxy Grand Prime rumored specifications
5-inch qHD (960 x 540 pixels) TFT capacitive touch screen display
1.2 GHz quad-core Snapdragon 400 processor
1GB RAM, 8GB internal memory, expandable memory up to 64GB with micro SD
Android 4.4 (KitKat) OS
8MP auto-focus rear camera with LED Flash, 1080p video recording
5 MP front-facing camera
Dual SIM with dual standby
Dimensions: 144.8x72.1x8.6mm; Weight: 156 grams
3G HSPA＋21Mbps, Wi-Fi b/g/n, Bluetooth 4.0, GPS＋GLONASS
2600 mAh battery
The Samsung Galaxy Grand Prime is expected to go on sale in October in Vietnam. Hope we can expect Samsung to announce the smartphone officially in a couple of weeks.
Via
Last week, reports about a possible Oppo N3 release in October had surfaced on its Facebook page. Now, the phone has been leaked in press images over the weekend.
According to the images, the successor of Oppo N1 will sport company's trademark rotating camera. It will rotate 180 degrees, allowing you to use it as either the front or back camera. The rotating camera rests in a cylindrical bulge at the top of the device which appears thinner and lighter than its predecessor.
Oppo N3 sports metallic design and has a sleek look. It also looks like it will have a dual LED flash. Unfortunately, no internal hardware specs of the device is known as of yet. The company has teased a press event in October to reveal its "One More Step" forward.
Oppo is also speculated to add LTE support to the N3.
via:GSMArena
Spice launched the Dream UNO Mi-498, the company's first Android One smartphone yesterday. We already brought you the unboxing and the first impressions of the smartphone, here we have the benchmarks of the smartphone. It is powered by a 1.3 GHz quad-core MediaTek MT6582 processor with ARM Cortex A7 cores and Mali 400 GPU, has a 4.5-inch FWVGA display and runs on Android 4.4 (KitKat). We had already seen several smartphones with the same MediaTek chip, check out the synthetic benchmark scores below.
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Quadrant Benchmark
It managed to score 4240 points in the Quadrant Benchmark.
AnTuTu Benchmark 4
In the AnTuTu Benchmark 4, the Spice Dream UNO managed to score 15909 points.
Vellamo 2 HTML5
It managed to score 1391 points in the Vellamo 2 HTML5 browser benchmark.
Vellamo 2 Metal
It scored 597 points in the Vellamo 2 Metal CPU subsystem performance test, better than the Micromax Unite 2 that is powered by the same MediaTek chip.
Linpack Single Thread
It managed to clock around 40.5 MFLOPS in the Linpack single thread benchmark.
Linpack Multi-Thread
It managed to clock around 135.2 MFLOPS in the Linpack Multi Thread benchmark.
NenaMark 2
It clocked 62.3 fps in the NenaMark 2 GPU benchmark and lies behind the Micromax Unite 2.
GFXBench 2.7 T-Rex (On screen)
It clocked 9.8 ...
Motorola introduced the new Moto X earlier this month and announced that it would go on sale on Flipkart later this month. The smartphone has been listed on Flipkart in three variant, standard Black, Bamboo White and Black Leather. The company introduced the Moto X in India earlier this year, but the Bamboo variant has was launched couple of months after these were launched.
The new has a 5.2-inch (1920 x 1080 pixels) AMOLED display with Corning Gorilla Glass 3 protection, powered by a 2.5 GHz quad-core Snapdragon 801 processor with Adreno 330 GPU and runs on Android 4.4 (KitKat). It has a 13-megapixel camera with an f/2.25 lens, dual LED flashes with a circular ring around it and a 2-megapixel front-facing camera. It has 2GB RAM, 16GB internal storage and 2300 mAh battery. This listing was spotted by AndroidOS.in.
All these new Moto X variants are expected to go on sale in India later this month. Motorola also announced that Moto 360 will be available for purchase on Flipkart later this month. Pricing for both these devices are not available yet.
Microsoft has finally broken the silence about Windows 9. The software and tech giant has sent out press invites to announce Windows 9 on September 30.
The event which will be led by Windows executives Terry Myerson and Joe Belfiore will show new features and first look at Microsoft's next desktop operating system. Windows 9 is currently codenamed as 'Threshold' and several leaks about the next OS have already been surfaced. The possibility of a 30th September launch was first reported last month. Last week, several screenshots of Windows 9 were leaked that showed the comeback of Start Menu. Other screenshots showed the ability to run Metro apps on desktop.
Windows 9 is also pegged to have support for virtual desktops, a standalone notification center and also a revamped Charms bar. Cortana is also expected to support Windows 9. In addition to add-ons and tweaks from Windows 8 and Windows 8.1, Windows 9 is expected to more deeply integrate Microsoft's various operating systems than ever before.
via: The Verge
Intex has launched the Aqua T2, the latest smartphone in the Aqua series. Intex says that this is the cheapest smartphone running Android 4.4 (KitKat) in India. The company launched the Aqua 4X last week, which is one of the cheapest smartphones in the country with 4-inch display, 3G connectivity and Android 4.2 (Jelly Bean). The Aqua T2 has a 3.5-inch HVGA screen, powered by a 1.3 GHz dual-core processor, has a 2-megapixel rear camera with LED flash and a VGA front-facing camera.
Back in June Celkon launched the Campus A35K as India's cheapest Android 4.4 smartphone. It has 3G support, but the Aqua T2 comes with 2G (EDGE) connectivity.
Intex Aqua T2 specifications
3.5-inch (320 x 480 pixels) display
1.3GHz dual-core MediaTek MT6571 processor
Android 4.4 (KitKat) OS
Dual SIM
2MP rear camera with LED Flash
0.3MP front-facing camera
3.5mm audio jack, FM Radio
256MB RAM, 512MB internal memory, expandable memory up to 32GB with microSD
2G (EDGE),WiFi 802.11 b/g/n and Bluetooth
1300mAh battery
Commenting on the launch, Sanjay Kumar Kalirona, Mobile Business Head, Intex Technologies said,
Our latest offering in the Aqua collection – The T2 is a technology front runner available at an amazing price point. Amongst all handsets offering 4.4 Kitkat OS today, this one is definitely the lowest in the price segment and it comes with ...
We started the Asus Zenfone Giveaway last month, and as promised, today we reveal the lucky winners. Before that, we would like to thank all the participants who took their time to participate in this contest, the response has been amazing. Are you the lucky winner of Zenfone 5 smartphone or Asus branded merchandise? Find out below.
Lucky winners of the Asus Zenfone 5 smartphone are
Sunny Bhogle
Priya Iyer
Luck winners of Asus branded merchandise are as follows:
T-Shirts
Krunal N Parikh
Rahul kamble
Akash Pal
Kalyani Kakumanu
Sachin Ghodekar
Caps
Anand Baburajan
Krish Jain
Gaurav Kundu
Kiran Parmar
Venkatesh Srinivasan
Vinod reddy
Dileep Pillai
Nivedit Majumdar
Sandeep Jacob
SRINATHA C S
Sipper
Ashish Dubey
Abhijit Karmakar
Mahesh jeph
Prakhar Vyas
Aditya keny
We will be getting in touch with the winners soon to dispatch the smartphones and the merchandise. Please join us in congratulating the winners. And for those you who did not win, we have more giveaways lined up ! Thanks once again for taking part and thanks to Asus India for making this giveaway possible.
