September 18, 2014, 11:01 pm
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Samsung has announced that the Galaxy Note 4 will go for pre-order in the US and UK markets on September 19. The recently launched smartphone will go on the sale in the US on October 17th.
AT&T will be offering the Galaxy Note 4 in black or white for $299.99 on a 2-year contract, as low as $34.42/month with AT&T Next, and $825.99 for the off-contract full retail price. Moving on T-Mobile is starting Samsung Galaxy Note 4 pre-order from September 24 for $0 down, plus $31.24 monthly payments for the next two years for a total of $749.
Verizon contract price for the Note 4 is also $299.99 while Sprint subscribers will be able to pre-order the phone on September 26. Sprint is offering the phone through Easy Pay for 24-monthly-payments of $30. In case of the UK, Three, Carphone Warehouse and other outlets will kickstart pre-orders the following Friday, Sept. 26. However, the general release of the phone will be on October 10.
Samsung Galaxy Note 4 sports a 5.7-inch Quad HD (2560x1440) Super AMOLED display and is powered by Qualcomm Snapdragon 805 chipset with quad-core 2.5GHz Krait 450 CPU, Adreno 420 GPU and whopping 3GB of RAM. It will have 32GB of internal memory that can further ...
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September 18, 2014, 11:35 pm
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In a recent AMA (ask me anything) session on Reddit, OnePlus said that it would introduce pre-order system in October. Even though OnePlus has ramped up the production, getting an invite to order the phone is one of the main concerns. Now the company's Director Carl Pei has confirmed on the official OnePlus blog that it would introduce pre-orders system late October.
The new pre-order system that would be introduced next next month would let you place an order for the OnePlus One during a limited time window, and the item in stock would ship immediately, if it's not in stock you will get an approximate shipping time before you pay. There’s a time limit, but no limit on the amount of orders that can be made, says OnePlus.
More the pre-orders, longer the shipping estimation date. You can cancel the order any time, so that you can skip the pre-order queue and have your order shipped immediately if you get hold of an invite during the waiting time for the device to get shipped. So it is clear that the invite system is not going away.
OnePlus would reveal more details a week before the pre-orders start in late October. OnePlus One ...
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September 19, 2014, 12:10 am
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Google has improved its voice command feature on Android since its inception. Now it looks like the company is taking a new step forward and improving the voice command further. A new patent filed by Google earlier this month is said to take voice commands to a next level. Dated Spetmeber 4th, the patent is titled as "detecting the end of a user question,”. This patent includes an “active watching” technology to further enhance Google Search. Apparently, the technology records the voices, faces and even lip movement of everyone within range of the phone. In addition to voice, cameras and videos are also involved in determining where a user is and how to service him.
“The visual analyzer may determine the number of people in an area represented by the visual data, the identity of the people, the vertical and horizontal angles of the heads of the people, and lip movement of the people” reads the patent.
The phone uses multiple microphones to detect the location of voices, enabling it to ignore speech input coming from unintended sources. Moving on, the patent states that Google describes how it would store and use data related to users’ “social networks, social actions or activities, profession, ...
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September 19, 2014, 12:57 am
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Earlier this week, specs of Samsung SM-A300 were leaked in a benchmark. Today, SM-A500 has paid a visit to China's TENAA, which is the like the US FCC.
Samsung is preparing three devices - SM-A300, SM-A500 and SM-A700 under the new metal smartphone lineup.The device has been certified in China at the TENAA regulatory and the website has given us images of the phone as well as specs. The Samsung SM-A500 will come with Android 4.4 KitKat, and the handset measures 139.3mm by 69.7mm by 6.7mm and weighs in at 126g.
The TENAA information confirms previous reports that suggested that the SM-A500 will have 5 inch (1280×720) Super AMOLED display. It will be powered by 1.2GHz quad core processor, 2GB RAM and Android 4.4.4 KitKat. There is 16GB of built-in storage with a microSD card slot (up to 128GB cards are supported). It has a 13MP rear camera while earlier reports had suggested that it will have 8MP. Finally, it will have a 2,330mAh non removable battery.
Source|via
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September 19, 2014, 1:06 am
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Back in July Asus announced that the combined sales of the Zenfone series reached 40,000 in just four days after the launch. Zenfone sales crossed 1 lakh by the end of August, now the company has announced that it will surpass 2 lakh by the end of Q3 2014, which is September end.
After launching three Zenfone smartphones, Asus launched the Zenfone 4 A450CG, a budget smartphone at a competitive price tag of Rs. 6999 earlier this month. These new Asus Zenfone smartphones are giving a tough competition to other smartphones right from the budget range to mid range.
Regarding the Zenfone stocks, Asus said,
With an attainable aim to be amongst the top 10 smartphone providers this year and top 5 by 2015, the company is constantly filling in the stocks to ascertain sufficient supply. 20,000 Zenfone 5 units were brought in earlier today on Flipkart and were sold out within few hours of being available. The company is constantly acting in order to meet the demand and also to cater to all their requirements with the firmware updates.
Check out our review of the Asus Zenfone (A400CG), Zenfone 5 and the Zenfone 6, if you are planning to buy these smartphones.
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September 19, 2014, 2:20 am
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Micromax launched the Canvas A1 (AQ4501), the company first Android One smartphone exclusively on Amazon.in earlier this week priced at Rs. 6,499. It is based on the Android One reference hardware, and the specifications of all the first set of Android One smartphones are similar. We got to check out the device, check out the unboxing below.
httpv://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xpwSwkYDjwU
Box Contents
Micromax Canvas A1 in black
2-pin charger (5V-1A)
micro USB cable
Standard headset with microphone
Scratch guard
1700mAh battery
User manual and warranty card
Micromax also bundles a free 8GB microSD card with all the orders on Amazon.
The front part of the smartphone is similar in all the Android One smartphone. The 4.5-inch (854 x 480 pixels) IPS display is too glossy. It runs on Android 4.4.4 (KitKat), which is almost stock. All the Android One smartphone would get software updates directly from Google. All these smartphones get 100MB of free data for software updates per month for six months and 200MB of free data for app updates per month for six months for Airtel customers. The circular earpiece grill is also similar in all the Android One smartphones.
The back cover has smooth matte finish. Even though all these have the same 5-megapixel camera module with LED flash, these have a different design for the ...
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September 19, 2014, 3:02 am
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Google confirmed that Android L will encrypt the device data by default. The company said that data encryption will be part of the activation process on all Android devices.
The data encryption has been optional on Android smartphones and tablets system since 2011. For those unaware,data encryption means that law enforcement officials and other will not be able to access personal information from your devices.
"For over three years Android has offered encryption, and keys are not stored off of the device, so they cannot be shared with law enforcement. As part of our next Android release, encryption will be enabled by default out of the box, so you won't even have to think about turning it on."
Google official said in a statement to The Washington Post.
Apple also claims that it does not store user data and that encryption has been been default to iOS 8 also. Data encryption has garnered huge importance after the revelation of NSA surveillance.
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September 19, 2014, 3:59 am
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One of the most (impending) distinguishing features of the OnePlus One was the swappable rear covers. OnePlus called these 'StyeSwap' covers, and showed off some of those during the launch in April.
OnePlus also announced that their only phone, the One, was being sold at near-cost prices and that profits would be made on accessories that would later be introduced. Among various other styles, OnePlus One StyleSwap covers were supposed to be made available in bamboo -- made out of actual bamboo.
It was also announced that these covers would cost $49. However, owing to production and QC issues, OnePlus is now having to scrap their plans for the StyleSwap covers. In a recent forum post, it was mentioned that even though a lot of Bamboo StyleSwap covers had been produced, only a few of those passed OnePlus' quality checks which seems to have changed their minds.
READ: OnePlus One review
The initial lot of Bamboo covers that did pass the quality check will be made available to users. However, there's no clarity on when and how these will sell; we don't even know yet if they'll go for the previously mentioned $49.
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September 19, 2014, 4:09 am
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Samsung isn't particularly known for being among the timeliest update providers, but it looks like the Korea-based maker is keen on improving its image in that regard.
According to reports, Samsung will be pushing Android L updates to two of its biggest guns in the market as of now -- the Galaxy S5 and the Galaxy Note 4. Unlike previous updates, say from Android Jelly Bean to KitKat, the update to Android L (what it will be called is yet to be known) will be far more pronounced thanks to the hardware progress we've seen during the development phase.
Most importantly, Android L will bring support for native 64-bit computing which is expected to improve user experience by a fair margin. As SamMobile reports, Google is yet to publicly announce a definitive time-frame that it's going to adopt for the Android L roll-out for its Nexus devices. A lot will depend on that, since the Nexus lineup is usually the first to flaunt any Android update, major or minor.
All in all, it does look like Samsung is willing to up its game on the software front to keep a hold on its now-dwindling user-base.
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September 19, 2014, 5:19 am
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Motorola launched the new Moto G in India earlier this month for Rs 12,999. We have already seen a hands on and unboxing of the phone along with benchmarks and review. Here is a photo gallery of the New Moto G.
Motorola's New Moto G is the successor of the last year's Moto G which was a huge success. It sports a 5-inch (1280 x 720 pixels) display and comes with Corning Gorilla Glass 3 protection. It is powered by 1.2 GHz quad-core Qualcomm Snapdragon 400 processor with Adreno 305 GPU.
At the front the device has a 2MP camera for video calling and selfies. The earpiece is situated at the center that also works like a speaker. Finally, it also has the ambient light and proximity sensor right below the earpiece.
The phone has double speakers one at the top and one at the bottom and the touchscreen sports three capacitive buttons for home back and menu.
The phone measures 70.7mm in width with height 141.5mm and a curve 6.0-11.0 mm. It is 10.9 thick and weighs 149 grams.
A 8MP camera is situated at the back of the phone along with LED flash, 720p HD video recording at 30fps.
The phone comes with removable back covers that are sold separately. As the phone is ...
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September 19, 2014, 5:46 am
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Rumors about the Samsung Galaxy A series smartphones surfaced recently. Sammobile has got hold of live images of Galaxy A5 (SM-A500F). Recent rumors said that the Galaxy SM-A500 would have metallic build, but according to Sammobile's sources, the smartphone would not have a metal build, but it would use an unique material that 'feels cold in the hand'. This is to make the device look premium, even though it will be a mid-range device according to the website.
According to the leaked images, it has chrome finish on the sides, similar to Galaxy Alpha and has slots on the sides. It has also revealed the specifications of the smartphone, which coincides with the TENAA listing.
Samsung Galaxy A5 rumored specifications
5-inch (1280 x 720 pixels) HD Super AMOLED display
1.2 quad-core Snapdragon 400 processor
2GB RAM, 16GB internal memory with expansion slot
Android 4.4 (KitKat) with TouchWiz
Dimensions: 139.3mm x 69.7mm x 6.7mm; Weight 126 grams
13MP rear camera with LED flash
5MP front-facing camera
2300 mAh battery
UA Profile of the Samsung SM-A300, another smartphone in the A series has surfaced on the official website (via). This reveals qHD screen and a Snapdragon 410 SoC with Adreno 306 GPU, so the Galaxy A5 could also feature the same chip. According to earlier benchmark leak, the Samsung ...
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September 19, 2014, 7:05 am
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Samsung Galaxy S Duos 3 went on sale in India earlier this month for Rs. 8150, now the smartphone has received a minor price cut to Rs. 7,497. Revealed first by Mumbai-based retailer by Mahesh Telecom, Samsung has immediately reduced the price of the smartphone on their official eStore. The Samsung Galaxy Core 2 got a huge price cut earlier this week.
Samsung is facing a tough competition due to new Android One smartphones, Xiaomi and other companies who offer cheaper smartphones at a cheaper price tag. The Galaxy S Duos 3 (SM-G313HU) has a 4-inch (800 x 480 Pixels) capacitive touch screen display, 1 GHz quad-core processor, Android 4.4 (KitKat) with Samsung TouchWiz Essence UI, 5-megapixel rear camera with LED flash and a 0.3-megapixel (VGA) front-facing camera.
If you want to get the Galaxy S Duos 3, you can get it from the official Samsung India eStore at the new price.
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September 19, 2014, 9:48 am
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Apple iPhone 6 has just gone on sale in a few selected markets. The folks at iFixit have already managed to grab a unit and have given at a teardown treatment.
Thanks to iFixit, we can now see the innards of the iPhone 6 for the very first time. Apple’s latest flagship smartphone has managed to score 7 reparability points, which means that you don’t have to break your back to fix something internally.
Apple hasn’t shared any details about repairing the iPhone with third-party repair shops and the folks at iFixit are not happy about it. The teardown experts weren’t satisfied with the proprietary pentalobe screws the Cupertino giants use in their iPhones.
Once you remove the back panel, you get to see the 1,810mAh battery, which is one of the easiest parts to remove. You can also remove the display assembly without having to break a sweat. Apple has rerouted its fingerprint sensor cable and it is now much safer to remove that compared to the previous model.
The teardown also shows us the main logic board of the iPhone 6 that houses the Apple A8 silicon and the 1GB SK Hynix RAM. The 16GB NAND flagship chip is manufactured by ...
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September 19, 2014, 7:29 pm
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Apple revealed the pricing of both contract and contract-free pricing for the iPhone 6 and the iPhone 6 Plus on the launch day and started taking pre-orders for these smartphones on September 12th. Both these started shipping September 19th in launch countries. The contract-free version that went on pre-order on the US Apple Store was mentioned as a T-Mobile variant, so it was not clear if it is unlocked or locked to the network.
A Reddit user who purchased the contract-free version of the iPhone 6 has confirmed that it is an unlocked version, so it will work on other networks such as AT&T. The user, who has the 64GB version has posted a screenshot that shows the phone working on Cricket that uses AT&T's network. Even people in the Apple support website confirm that it unlocked. If you get it from the T-Mobile Store it will be locked, but you can get it unlocked from the store itself.
The T-Mobile 64GB Space Gray variant has the model number MG5A2LL/A. This is the GSM (A1549) model with support for LTE bands, but doesn't have support for all the LTE bands, so it might not work on all international networks such as India.
India would probably get the A1586 (iPhone 6) ...
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September 19, 2014, 9:01 pm
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Earlier this week, Google launched Android One smartphones in India. One of the phones from this ambitious initiative is Spice Dream UNO. Priced at Rs 6,299, it is the first Android One smartphone from the company. We have already brought you the unboxing and first impression of the phone and the benchmarks, now here is a photo gallery.
The Spice Dream UNO Mi-498 sports a 4.5-inch (854 x 480 pixels) IPS display and is powered by 1.3 GHz quad-core MediaTek processor with Mali-400 GPU.
At the front the phone has a 2 megapixel camera and a circular earpiece that is similar to the Nexus 5. It has the usual set of sensors and also has an LED notification light.
The phone has three on screen buttons for home, back and menu.
At the top the phone has a 3.5mm audio jack.
While the bottom has a micro USB port.
The power and volume rocker buttons are situated on the right side of the device.
The phone is 9.5mm thick and the rear back cover of the phone has the Spice branding in the middle and Android One branding at the end. It has a circular loudspeaker grill.
At the back the phone has a 5-megapixel camera with a single LED flash.
The phone comes with removable back ...
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September 19, 2014, 9:19 pm
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If you thought Samsung had forgotten about the Galaxy S5 after the unveiling of the Note 4, well, you were wrong! Startling figures reveal that Samsung has managed to sell a massive one million units of its current flagship (until the Note 4 goes on sale, of course), the Galaxy S5, in Germany alone. Considering that Germany has lesser number of people than the Indian state of Maharashtra (source: Google), these numbers are pretty darn big.
In case you forgot what the Galaxy S5 -- or GS5 as it is informally known as -- comes with, here's something:
Specifications
5.1-inch 1920 x 1080p display
2.5GHz quad-core Snapdragon 801 processor
2GB RAM
16/32GB on-board ROM
16 mega-pixel rear camera
2 mega-pixel front camera
2800mAh battery
Android v4.4 KitKat
SamMobile reports that one million is the number of actual sold devices, and should not be confused with the number of devices shipped to resellers. The millionth customer was also surprised with a 500 Euro voucher.
RELATED: Samsung Galaxy S5, Note 4 to get Android L by year-end
All eyes would now be on Apple, as the iPhone 6 along with the 6 Plus just went on sale yesterday. Do you think these numbers intimidate Apple?
Source | Via
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September 19, 2014, 10:12 pm
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Samsung is planning to launch a smartphone in India that is based on its Tizen OS, according to a latest report from The Economic Times. The South Korean tech giant will most likely bring the smartphones based on its homegrown OS in India by November this year.
Tizen is Samsung's initiative to reduce its dependence on Google and carve out a niche for itself in mobile software and services. The report further goes on saying that the Tizen smartphone would be a budget device and will co-exist with other Android devices.
"We started late, but we are very focused. We are not shooting in the wild. This is a game that has to be led by the device manufacturer and not the pipe (telecom operators).
said Tarun Malik, director of media solutions center, South West Asia to ET.
Malik and his team has been involved in boosting the Tizen based devices. No other information about the Tizen based smartphone is known as of yet. Samsung Z, the first Tizen powered smartphone was announced in June this year. It is speculated that Samsung SM-Z130E or SM-Z130H might enter India and cost around $200.
Samsung is facing a tough competition in India from homegrown makers like Micromax and Karbonn. ...
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September 20, 2014, 1:21 am
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Lenovo introduced the A7-30 tablet with voice calling back in June for Rs. 9,979. We brought you the unboxing, photo gallery and the photo gallery of the tablet recently, here are the complete review tablet. It has 2G (EDGE) connectivity and has voice calling capabilities. There are several tablets in the Indian market with similar specifications, some even offer better specifications in this price range. Is the Lenovo A7-30 tablet any better? Let us find out.
Unboxing
We unboxed the tablet recently. Check out the Lenovo A7-30 unboxing.
httpv://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OpoUQEta6Io
Box Contents
The box contents include,
Lenovo A7-30 tablet in white
micro USB cable
2-pin charger
Quick start guide
Display and Hardware
The tablet has a 7-inch capacitive multi-touch display at a resolution of 1024 x 600 pixels at a pixel density of just 169 ppi. The display is bright, but it has limited viewing angles. Since the display is shiny, it is a fingerprint magnet. It lacks an ambient light sensor, so you have to adjust the brightness manually according to the environment to view the content in the screen properly. Sunlight legibility is decent if you set the brightness is full.
Since the tablet has a huge bezel around the display, it is not easy to hold it comfortably for one-handed usage, especially ...
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September 20, 2014, 2:23 am
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Karbonn released the Sparkle V, its Android One smartphone at the Google's Android One launch event earlier this week. We unboxed the Spice Dream UNO and Micromax Canvas A1 smartphones recently. All these Android One smartphones have similar specifications, but vary only in design. We got to unbox the Sparkle V smartphone from Karbonn, check out the unboxing.
httpv://www.youtube.com/watch?v=heD8eiYtmfo
Box Contents
Karbonn Sparkle V smartphone in Grey
2-pin charger
Headset with microphone
1700 mAh battery
Warranty card and user manual
The smartphone also comes in Magnum Blue, Wild Red and Pearl White apart from Grey.
Specifications of the smartphone are listed on the back. All the Android One smartphones come with free data from Airtel for software updates and app downloads for six months.
From the front all these smartphone look similar with a round earpiece grill and black bezel around the display.
The back panel has smooth matte finish. The design of the camera cover and the speaker grill are different in Karbonn compared to other two Android One smartphones.
Srivatsan contributed to this report
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September 20, 2014, 3:38 am
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Micromax unveiled the Canvas A1 recently for Rs 6,499 when Google launched Android One smartphones in India. We have already seen the unboxing of the phone and now here is the photo gallery.
The phone has a 4.5-inch (854 x 480 pixels) IPS display and is powered by 1.3 GHz quad-core processor with Mali-400 GPU.
It has a 2MP front-facing camera and a circular earpiece next to the camera.
At the bottom the phone three on screen buttons.
The 3.5mm audio jack is situated at the top.
A micro USB port is placed at the bottom of the phone.
On the right side we have the power button and the volume rockers.
The back cover has the Micromax branding in the middle and Android One branding at the bottom.
It has a 5MP camera with LED flash at the back which is situated inside a circular patch in grey color.
A circular loud speaker similar to the earpiece on the top is seen at the lower end on the back of the phone.
The phone has a removable back cover.
Being a dual SIM phone, it has two micro SIM card slots situated next to each other along with the micro SD card slot.
The 1700 mAh battery is also removable.
The Micromax Canvas A1 runs on latest Android ...
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Samsung has announced that the Galaxy Note 4 will go for pre-order in the US and UK markets on September 19. The recently launched smartphone will go on the sale in the US on October 17th.
AT&T will be offering the Galaxy Note 4 in black or white for $299.99 on a 2-year contract, as low as $34.42/month with AT&T Next, and $825.99 for the off-contract full retail price. Moving on T-Mobile is starting Samsung Galaxy Note 4 pre-order from September 24 for $0 down, plus $31.24 monthly payments for the next two years for a total of $749.
Verizon contract price for the Note 4 is also $299.99 while Sprint subscribers will be able to pre-order the phone on September 26. Sprint is offering the phone through Easy Pay for 24-monthly-payments of $30. In case of the UK, Three, Carphone Warehouse and other outlets will kickstart pre-orders the following Friday, Sept. 26. However, the general release of the phone will be on October 10.
Samsung Galaxy Note 4 sports a 5.7-inch Quad HD (2560x1440) Super AMOLED display and is powered by Qualcomm Snapdragon 805 chipset with quad-core 2.5GHz Krait 450 CPU, Adreno 420 GPU and whopping 3GB of RAM. It will have 32GB of internal memory that can further ...
In a recent AMA (ask me anything) session on Reddit, OnePlus said that it would introduce pre-order system in October. Even though OnePlus has ramped up the production, getting an invite to order the phone is one of the main concerns. Now the company's Director Carl Pei has confirmed on the official OnePlus blog that it would introduce pre-orders system late October.
The new pre-order system that would be introduced next next month would let you place an order for the OnePlus One during a limited time window, and the item in stock would ship immediately, if it's not in stock you will get an approximate shipping time before you pay. There’s a time limit, but no limit on the amount of orders that can be made, says OnePlus.
More the pre-orders, longer the shipping estimation date. You can cancel the order any time, so that you can skip the pre-order queue and have your order shipped immediately if you get hold of an invite during the waiting time for the device to get shipped. So it is clear that the invite system is not going away.
OnePlus would reveal more details a week before the pre-orders start in late October. OnePlus One ...
Google has improved its voice command feature on Android since its inception. Now it looks like the company is taking a new step forward and improving the voice command further. A new patent filed by Google earlier this month is said to take voice commands to a next level. Dated Spetmeber 4th, the patent is titled as "detecting the end of a user question,”. This patent includes an “active watching” technology to further enhance Google Search. Apparently, the technology records the voices, faces and even lip movement of everyone within range of the phone. In addition to voice, cameras and videos are also involved in determining where a user is and how to service him.
“The visual analyzer may determine the number of people in an area represented by the visual data, the identity of the people, the vertical and horizontal angles of the heads of the people, and lip movement of the people” reads the patent.
The phone uses multiple microphones to detect the location of voices, enabling it to ignore speech input coming from unintended sources. Moving on, the patent states that Google describes how it would store and use data related to users’ “social networks, social actions or activities, profession, ...
Earlier this week, specs of Samsung SM-A300 were leaked in a benchmark. Today, SM-A500 has paid a visit to China's TENAA, which is the like the US FCC.
Samsung is preparing three devices - SM-A300, SM-A500 and SM-A700 under the new metal smartphone lineup.The device has been certified in China at the TENAA regulatory and the website has given us images of the phone as well as specs. The Samsung SM-A500 will come with Android 4.4 KitKat, and the handset measures 139.3mm by 69.7mm by 6.7mm and weighs in at 126g.
The TENAA information confirms previous reports that suggested that the SM-A500 will have 5 inch (1280×720) Super AMOLED display. It will be powered by 1.2GHz quad core processor, 2GB RAM and Android 4.4.4 KitKat. There is 16GB of built-in storage with a microSD card slot (up to 128GB cards are supported). It has a 13MP rear camera while earlier reports had suggested that it will have 8MP. Finally, it will have a 2,330mAh non removable battery.
Source|via
Back in July Asus announced that the combined sales of the Zenfone series reached 40,000 in just four days after the launch. Zenfone sales crossed 1 lakh by the end of August, now the company has announced that it will surpass 2 lakh by the end of Q3 2014, which is September end.
After launching three Zenfone smartphones, Asus launched the Zenfone 4 A450CG, a budget smartphone at a competitive price tag of Rs. 6999 earlier this month. These new Asus Zenfone smartphones are giving a tough competition to other smartphones right from the budget range to mid range.
Regarding the Zenfone stocks, Asus said,
With an attainable aim to be amongst the top 10 smartphone providers this year and top 5 by 2015, the company is constantly filling in the stocks to ascertain sufficient supply. 20,000 Zenfone 5 units were brought in earlier today on Flipkart and were sold out within few hours of being available. The company is constantly acting in order to meet the demand and also to cater to all their requirements with the firmware updates.
Check out our review of the Asus Zenfone (A400CG), Zenfone 5 and the Zenfone 6, if you are planning to buy these smartphones.
Micromax launched the Canvas A1 (AQ4501), the company first Android One smartphone exclusively on Amazon.in earlier this week priced at Rs. 6,499. It is based on the Android One reference hardware, and the specifications of all the first set of Android One smartphones are similar. We got to check out the device, check out the unboxing below.
httpv://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xpwSwkYDjwU
Box Contents
Micromax Canvas A1 in black
2-pin charger (5V-1A)
micro USB cable
Standard headset with microphone
Scratch guard
1700mAh battery
User manual and warranty card
Micromax also bundles a free 8GB microSD card with all the orders on Amazon.
The front part of the smartphone is similar in all the Android One smartphone. The 4.5-inch (854 x 480 pixels) IPS display is too glossy. It runs on Android 4.4.4 (KitKat), which is almost stock. All the Android One smartphone would get software updates directly from Google. All these smartphones get 100MB of free data for software updates per month for six months and 200MB of free data for app updates per month for six months for Airtel customers. The circular earpiece grill is also similar in all the Android One smartphones.
The back cover has smooth matte finish. Even though all these have the same 5-megapixel camera module with LED flash, these have a different design for the ...
Google confirmed that Android L will encrypt the device data by default. The company said that data encryption will be part of the activation process on all Android devices.
The data encryption has been optional on Android smartphones and tablets system since 2011. For those unaware,data encryption means that law enforcement officials and other will not be able to access personal information from your devices.
"For over three years Android has offered encryption, and keys are not stored off of the device, so they cannot be shared with law enforcement. As part of our next Android release, encryption will be enabled by default out of the box, so you won't even have to think about turning it on."
Google official said in a statement to The Washington Post.
Apple also claims that it does not store user data and that encryption has been been default to iOS 8 also. Data encryption has garnered huge importance after the revelation of NSA surveillance.
Source
One of the most (impending) distinguishing features of the OnePlus One was the swappable rear covers. OnePlus called these 'StyeSwap' covers, and showed off some of those during the launch in April.
OnePlus also announced that their only phone, the One, was being sold at near-cost prices and that profits would be made on accessories that would later be introduced. Among various other styles, OnePlus One StyleSwap covers were supposed to be made available in bamboo -- made out of actual bamboo.
It was also announced that these covers would cost $49. However, owing to production and QC issues, OnePlus is now having to scrap their plans for the StyleSwap covers. In a recent forum post, it was mentioned that even though a lot of Bamboo StyleSwap covers had been produced, only a few of those passed OnePlus' quality checks which seems to have changed their minds.
READ: OnePlus One review
The initial lot of Bamboo covers that did pass the quality check will be made available to users. However, there's no clarity on when and how these will sell; we don't even know yet if they'll go for the previously mentioned $49.
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Samsung isn't particularly known for being among the timeliest update providers, but it looks like the Korea-based maker is keen on improving its image in that regard.
According to reports, Samsung will be pushing Android L updates to two of its biggest guns in the market as of now -- the Galaxy S5 and the Galaxy Note 4. Unlike previous updates, say from Android Jelly Bean to KitKat, the update to Android L (what it will be called is yet to be known) will be far more pronounced thanks to the hardware progress we've seen during the development phase.
Most importantly, Android L will bring support for native 64-bit computing which is expected to improve user experience by a fair margin. As SamMobile reports, Google is yet to publicly announce a definitive time-frame that it's going to adopt for the Android L roll-out for its Nexus devices. A lot will depend on that, since the Nexus lineup is usually the first to flaunt any Android update, major or minor.
All in all, it does look like Samsung is willing to up its game on the software front to keep a hold on its now-dwindling user-base.
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Motorola launched the new Moto G in India earlier this month for Rs 12,999. We have already seen a hands on and unboxing of the phone along with benchmarks and review. Here is a photo gallery of the New Moto G.
Motorola's New Moto G is the successor of the last year's Moto G which was a huge success. It sports a 5-inch (1280 x 720 pixels) display and comes with Corning Gorilla Glass 3 protection. It is powered by 1.2 GHz quad-core Qualcomm Snapdragon 400 processor with Adreno 305 GPU.
At the front the device has a 2MP camera for video calling and selfies. The earpiece is situated at the center that also works like a speaker. Finally, it also has the ambient light and proximity sensor right below the earpiece.
The phone has double speakers one at the top and one at the bottom and the touchscreen sports three capacitive buttons for home back and menu.
The phone measures 70.7mm in width with height 141.5mm and a curve 6.0-11.0 mm. It is 10.9 thick and weighs 149 grams.
A 8MP camera is situated at the back of the phone along with LED flash, 720p HD video recording at 30fps.
The phone comes with removable back covers that are sold separately. As the phone is ...
Rumors about the Samsung Galaxy A series smartphones surfaced recently. Sammobile has got hold of live images of Galaxy A5 (SM-A500F). Recent rumors said that the Galaxy SM-A500 would have metallic build, but according to Sammobile's sources, the smartphone would not have a metal build, but it would use an unique material that 'feels cold in the hand'. This is to make the device look premium, even though it will be a mid-range device according to the website.
According to the leaked images, it has chrome finish on the sides, similar to Galaxy Alpha and has slots on the sides. It has also revealed the specifications of the smartphone, which coincides with the TENAA listing.
Samsung Galaxy A5 rumored specifications
5-inch (1280 x 720 pixels) HD Super AMOLED display
1.2 quad-core Snapdragon 400 processor
2GB RAM, 16GB internal memory with expansion slot
Android 4.4 (KitKat) with TouchWiz
Dimensions: 139.3mm x 69.7mm x 6.7mm; Weight 126 grams
13MP rear camera with LED flash
5MP front-facing camera
2300 mAh battery
UA Profile of the Samsung SM-A300, another smartphone in the A series has surfaced on the official website (via). This reveals qHD screen and a Snapdragon 410 SoC with Adreno 306 GPU, so the Galaxy A5 could also feature the same chip. According to earlier benchmark leak, the Samsung ...
Samsung Galaxy S Duos 3 went on sale in India earlier this month for Rs. 8150, now the smartphone has received a minor price cut to Rs. 7,497. Revealed first by Mumbai-based retailer by Mahesh Telecom, Samsung has immediately reduced the price of the smartphone on their official eStore. The Samsung Galaxy Core 2 got a huge price cut earlier this week.
Samsung is facing a tough competition due to new Android One smartphones, Xiaomi and other companies who offer cheaper smartphones at a cheaper price tag. The Galaxy S Duos 3 (SM-G313HU) has a 4-inch (800 x 480 Pixels) capacitive touch screen display, 1 GHz quad-core processor, Android 4.4 (KitKat) with Samsung TouchWiz Essence UI, 5-megapixel rear camera with LED flash and a 0.3-megapixel (VGA) front-facing camera.
If you want to get the Galaxy S Duos 3, you can get it from the official Samsung India eStore at the new price.
Apple iPhone 6 has just gone on sale in a few selected markets. The folks at iFixit have already managed to grab a unit and have given at a teardown treatment.
Thanks to iFixit, we can now see the innards of the iPhone 6 for the very first time. Apple’s latest flagship smartphone has managed to score 7 reparability points, which means that you don’t have to break your back to fix something internally.
Apple hasn’t shared any details about repairing the iPhone with third-party repair shops and the folks at iFixit are not happy about it. The teardown experts weren’t satisfied with the proprietary pentalobe screws the Cupertino giants use in their iPhones.
Once you remove the back panel, you get to see the 1,810mAh battery, which is one of the easiest parts to remove. You can also remove the display assembly without having to break a sweat. Apple has rerouted its fingerprint sensor cable and it is now much safer to remove that compared to the previous model.
The teardown also shows us the main logic board of the iPhone 6 that houses the Apple A8 silicon and the 1GB SK Hynix RAM. The 16GB NAND flagship chip is manufactured by ...
Apple revealed the pricing of both contract and contract-free pricing for the iPhone 6 and the iPhone 6 Plus on the launch day and started taking pre-orders for these smartphones on September 12th. Both these started shipping September 19th in launch countries. The contract-free version that went on pre-order on the US Apple Store was mentioned as a T-Mobile variant, so it was not clear if it is unlocked or locked to the network.
A Reddit user who purchased the contract-free version of the iPhone 6 has confirmed that it is an unlocked version, so it will work on other networks such as AT&T. The user, who has the 64GB version has posted a screenshot that shows the phone working on Cricket that uses AT&T's network. Even people in the Apple support website confirm that it unlocked. If you get it from the T-Mobile Store it will be locked, but you can get it unlocked from the store itself.
The T-Mobile 64GB Space Gray variant has the model number MG5A2LL/A. This is the GSM (A1549) model with support for LTE bands, but doesn't have support for all the LTE bands, so it might not work on all international networks such as India.
India would probably get the A1586 (iPhone 6) ...
Earlier this week, Google launched Android One smartphones in India. One of the phones from this ambitious initiative is Spice Dream UNO. Priced at Rs 6,299, it is the first Android One smartphone from the company. We have already brought you the unboxing and first impression of the phone and the benchmarks, now here is a photo gallery.
The Spice Dream UNO Mi-498 sports a 4.5-inch (854 x 480 pixels) IPS display and is powered by 1.3 GHz quad-core MediaTek processor with Mali-400 GPU.
At the front the phone has a 2 megapixel camera and a circular earpiece that is similar to the Nexus 5. It has the usual set of sensors and also has an LED notification light.
The phone has three on screen buttons for home, back and menu.
At the top the phone has a 3.5mm audio jack.
While the bottom has a micro USB port.
The power and volume rocker buttons are situated on the right side of the device.
The phone is 9.5mm thick and the rear back cover of the phone has the Spice branding in the middle and Android One branding at the end. It has a circular loudspeaker grill.
At the back the phone has a 5-megapixel camera with a single LED flash.
The phone comes with removable back ...
If you thought Samsung had forgotten about the Galaxy S5 after the unveiling of the Note 4, well, you were wrong! Startling figures reveal that Samsung has managed to sell a massive one million units of its current flagship (until the Note 4 goes on sale, of course), the Galaxy S5, in Germany alone. Considering that Germany has lesser number of people than the Indian state of Maharashtra (source: Google), these numbers are pretty darn big.
In case you forgot what the Galaxy S5 -- or GS5 as it is informally known as -- comes with, here's something:
Specifications
5.1-inch 1920 x 1080p display
2.5GHz quad-core Snapdragon 801 processor
2GB RAM
16/32GB on-board ROM
16 mega-pixel rear camera
2 mega-pixel front camera
2800mAh battery
Android v4.4 KitKat
SamMobile reports that one million is the number of actual sold devices, and should not be confused with the number of devices shipped to resellers. The millionth customer was also surprised with a 500 Euro voucher.
RELATED: Samsung Galaxy S5, Note 4 to get Android L by year-end
All eyes would now be on Apple, as the iPhone 6 along with the 6 Plus just went on sale yesterday. Do you think these numbers intimidate Apple?
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Samsung is planning to launch a smartphone in India that is based on its Tizen OS, according to a latest report from The Economic Times. The South Korean tech giant will most likely bring the smartphones based on its homegrown OS in India by November this year.
Tizen is Samsung's initiative to reduce its dependence on Google and carve out a niche for itself in mobile software and services. The report further goes on saying that the Tizen smartphone would be a budget device and will co-exist with other Android devices.
"We started late, but we are very focused. We are not shooting in the wild. This is a game that has to be led by the device manufacturer and not the pipe (telecom operators).
said Tarun Malik, director of media solutions center, South West Asia to ET.
Malik and his team has been involved in boosting the Tizen based devices. No other information about the Tizen based smartphone is known as of yet. Samsung Z, the first Tizen powered smartphone was announced in June this year. It is speculated that Samsung SM-Z130E or SM-Z130H might enter India and cost around $200.
Samsung is facing a tough competition in India from homegrown makers like Micromax and Karbonn. ...
Lenovo introduced the A7-30 tablet with voice calling back in June for Rs. 9,979. We brought you the unboxing, photo gallery and the photo gallery of the tablet recently, here are the complete review tablet. It has 2G (EDGE) connectivity and has voice calling capabilities. There are several tablets in the Indian market with similar specifications, some even offer better specifications in this price range. Is the Lenovo A7-30 tablet any better? Let us find out.
Unboxing
We unboxed the tablet recently. Check out the Lenovo A7-30 unboxing.
httpv://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OpoUQEta6Io
Box Contents
The box contents include,
Lenovo A7-30 tablet in white
micro USB cable
2-pin charger
Quick start guide
Display and Hardware
The tablet has a 7-inch capacitive multi-touch display at a resolution of 1024 x 600 pixels at a pixel density of just 169 ppi. The display is bright, but it has limited viewing angles. Since the display is shiny, it is a fingerprint magnet. It lacks an ambient light sensor, so you have to adjust the brightness manually according to the environment to view the content in the screen properly. Sunlight legibility is decent if you set the brightness is full.
Since the tablet has a huge bezel around the display, it is not easy to hold it comfortably for one-handed usage, especially ...
Karbonn released the Sparkle V, its Android One smartphone at the Google's Android One launch event earlier this week. We unboxed the Spice Dream UNO and Micromax Canvas A1 smartphones recently. All these Android One smartphones have similar specifications, but vary only in design. We got to unbox the Sparkle V smartphone from Karbonn, check out the unboxing.
httpv://www.youtube.com/watch?v=heD8eiYtmfo
Box Contents
Karbonn Sparkle V smartphone in Grey
2-pin charger
Headset with microphone
1700 mAh battery
Warranty card and user manual
The smartphone also comes in Magnum Blue, Wild Red and Pearl White apart from Grey.
Specifications of the smartphone are listed on the back. All the Android One smartphones come with free data from Airtel for software updates and app downloads for six months.
From the front all these smartphone look similar with a round earpiece grill and black bezel around the display.
The back panel has smooth matte finish. The design of the camera cover and the speaker grill are different in Karbonn compared to other two Android One smartphones.
Srivatsan contributed to this report
Micromax unveiled the Canvas A1 recently for Rs 6,499 when Google launched Android One smartphones in India. We have already seen the unboxing of the phone and now here is the photo gallery.
The phone has a 4.5-inch (854 x 480 pixels) IPS display and is powered by 1.3 GHz quad-core processor with Mali-400 GPU.
It has a 2MP front-facing camera and a circular earpiece next to the camera.
At the bottom the phone three on screen buttons.
The 3.5mm audio jack is situated at the top.
A micro USB port is placed at the bottom of the phone.
On the right side we have the power button and the volume rockers.
The back cover has the Micromax branding in the middle and Android One branding at the bottom.
It has a 5MP camera with LED flash at the back which is situated inside a circular patch in grey color.
A circular loud speaker similar to the earpiece on the top is seen at the lower end on the back of the phone.
The phone has a removable back cover.
Being a dual SIM phone, it has two micro SIM card slots situated next to each other along with the micro SD card slot.
The 1700 mAh battery is also removable.
The Micromax Canvas A1 runs on latest Android ...
