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Oppo R819 Hands on First Impressions

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Only yesterday we saw Oppo reveal its latest smartphone, the curiously named R819. After a critical success of the Oppo Find 5, which we think is one of the best Android hardware available on the market, the company has sought to reach lower price points with a smaller and a more mid-range device. We see the R819 as Oppo's effort to claim volume as encouraging market results have cropped up at home. And surprise! We've already got the R819 here in our labs and here are our first impressions of the device in detail, read on! Note: This is a pre-production device, not the final retail unit. Thin and Light. These two words are probably the most used adjectives in the world of smartphones, but they totally belong with the Oppo R819. Measuring just 7.3mm in thickness, the device is among the thinnest in the world, only bested by the company's own Finder and a few other devices. It also weighs a lot less, at 110g, which, we think is almost perfect for a good handling of the device because it's neither too less to make it seem hollow nor too heavy to make it uncomfortable. The iPhone 5 is less heavy, ...

Videocon A42 with 4.5-inch display, dual-core processor and Android 4.2 launched for Rs. 7490

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Videocon Mobiles has launched the A42, a new smartphone in the A Series. The company launched the A24, an affordable Android smartphone last month. It has a 4.5-inch (854 ×480 pixels) FWVGA capacitive touch sceen display, powered by a 1.2GHz dual-core processor and runs on Android 4.2.2 (Jelly Bean).  It comes with a 5-megapixel rear camera with LED flash and a 1.3-megapixel front-facing camera. It has dual SIM support with dual standby and 3G. It  comes with preloaded app like Saavn, Hungama & Fun Zone and the one-of-its-kind ‘V-Store’ lets you download more apps, games. Videocon A42 specifications 4.5-inch (854 ×480 pixels) FWVGA capacitive touch sceen display Dual SIM (GSM + GSM) with Dual Standby Android 4.2.2 (Jelly Bean) OS 1.2GHz dual-core processor 5MP Auto Focus Camera with LED flash 1.3MP front-facing camera 3.5mm audio jack, FM Radio with Recording 3G, Wi-Fi 802.11 b/g/n, Bluetooth 4.0, GPS 512MB RAM, 4GB of internal memory, Expandable memory up to 32GB with micro SD 1700 mAh battery The Videocon A42 has a sleek contoured body and comes in White Chrome and Black colors. It is priced at  Rs. 7,490.

Micromax A111 Canvas Doodle Benchmarks

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Micromax launched the A111 Canvas Doodle back in May. It has a 5.3-inch (854 x 480 pixels) capacitive touch screen display, powered by a 1.2 GHz quad-core Qualcomm Snapdragon 200 MSM8625Q processor with Adreno 203 GPU similar to the Karbonn S5 Titanium and the Samsung Galaxy Grand Quattro, but this one has 512MB of RAM. It runs on Android 4.1.2 (Jelly Bean) and also comes with a free Stylus pen. We brought you the unboxing of the device last week, here we have the benchmarks of the device. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=35orP9rCCTw Quadrant Benchmark The Canvas Doodle scores 4591 points and grabs the second spot, just behind the Grand Quattro. AnTuTu Benchmark 3.3 It lies on the bottom of the AnTuTu Benchmark 3.3 with just 10806 points, below both the Snapdragon 200-powered devices. Linpack (Single Thread) It scores around 50 points in the Linpack single thread benchmark. Linpack (Multi-Thread) But it manages to scores just 80 points in the Linpack multi-thread benchmark. This might be due to RAM. Vellamo 2 (HTML5) It scores 1174 points in the Vellamo 2 HTML5 browser benchmark. Vellamo 2 (Metal) It scored 376 points in the Vellamo 2 Metal subsystem performance test. NenaMark 2 It manages to clock 36.1 fps in the NenaMark 2 GPU benchmark. GFXBench 2.7 T-Rex HD (On Screen) It clocked ...

HTC Zara with 4.5-inch qHD display, Android 4.3 rumored for Q4 2013 launch

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HTC has launched several mid-range devices in the Desire series including the Desire 600 dual SIM that we reviewed recently. HTC would launch another mid-rage device called Zara with a 4.5-inch qHD (960 x 540 pixels) capacitive touch screen IPS display, powered by a 1.2 GHz dual-core Snapdragon S4 Plus MSM8930 processor with Adreno 305 GPU and Androud 4.3 (Jelly Bean) with Sense 5.5 later this year, according to @evleaks. It would have a 8-megapixel rear camera with LED Flash and a front-facing camera. As you can see in the leaked press image, the phone looks like HTC One on the front with dual speakers, so it is likely to come with HTC Boom Sound similar to the One. It also has a secondary microphone on the back along with Beats audio support. We might see the HTC One Max running on the latest Android 4.3 and Sense 5.5 which is expected to launch in September. HTC Zara rumored Specifications 4.5-inch (960 x 540 pixels) capacitive touch screen display at 245 ppi 1.2 GHz Snapdragon S4 Plus MSM8930 processor  with Adreno 305 GPU Android 4.3 (Jelly Bean) with HTC Sense 5.5 8MP rear camera with LED Flash front-facing camera 1GB RAM, 8GB internal memory, expandable memory with MicroSD 3G, WiFi 802.11 b/g/n, Bluetooth 3.0, GPS 2100 mAh ...

Oppo N1 to launch in September, rumoured specs leak out

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Just hours after we posted our first impressions of the newly launched Oppo R819, another leak has graced us with some exciting information. We'd already seen Oppo acknowledge the existence of their new range of flagship camera-centric devices dubbed the N-lens and that the first device will be named N1(of which we saw some leaked renders). And now we've got a leaked image from a Weibo user which says that the device will be launching late September this year. Rumoured to have a 13 megapixel sensor with a professional-grade Fujitsu camera ISP, the N1 will be Oppo's first real cameraphone flagship. Here is the leaked image that presents the supposed Oppo roadmap - The Weibo user Panjiutang has also revealed some of the Oppo N1's specifications. Take it with a pinch of salt because it might be non-final for all we know. Here is a literal translation - Rumored N1 Qualcomm 8064pro processor (quad-core 1.9GHz) professional camera ISP + Fujitsu chips, 5.5FHD screen (Visual is 6 inch), 13 million camera (after is was before?) very Holy and astonishing camera, late in September! As you can see above, the N1 is rumoured to sport a Snapdragon APQ8064Pro chipset with a 1.9 GHz Quad Core processor, ...

Samsung offers a free Sennheiser headset with Galaxy Grand and Grand Quattro‬ in India

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Samsung has announced a new promotional offer for users in India. Anyone who purchases Galaxy Grand (GT-I9082)and Grand Quattro‬ (GT-I8552) till 14th September 2013 will get a free Sennheiser headset. Worth and model of the Sennheiser headsets differs. For the Samsung Galaxy Grand you get Sennheiser headset (HD 202 Or HD 203) worth Rs. Rs. 2,290 and for the Grand Quattro you get Sennheiser (PX-80) or JBL (Tempo J03B) headsets worth Rs. 1,990. Samsung launched a similar offer for the Galaxy Note in India last year, which had an option to choose Sennheiser headphones from different models, but for this offer Samsung chooses one based on the availability. Samsung is keen on improving the sales of their Galaxy smartphones in India. Samsung introduced buy back offers for the Galaxy S4 last month. It launched the Galaxy Grand in Brown and Red colors in India recently. It also reduced the price of the Galaxy Mega 5.8, Galaxy Core and Galaxy S Duos recently. If you have purchased the Galaxy Grand or the Galaxy Grand Quattro‬ in India, on or after 14th August, you can redeem the offer by entering your IMEI number in the respective Galaxy Grand and Grand Quattro offer Redemption pages by clicking the Avail Now buttons. Gifts can be redeemed only till 25th September, 2013.

iBall Andi 4.7G Cobalt Unboxing

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There are lot of 5-inch HD devices in the Indian market, but the iBall Andi 4.7G Cobalt has a 4.7-inch HD display. It was launched last month at an MRP of Rs. 19995 and currently sells at a price tag of Rs. 17,990. Here we have the device. A 4.7-inch display with a resolution of 1280 by 720 pixels means it has a pixel density of 312 PPI, better than its competitors. Apart from the display other things are similar to most of the other smartphones in the similar range such as 1.2 GHz quad-core MediaTek 6589 processor and Android 4.2 (Jelly Bean). It  a 12-megapixel auto focus rear camera with dual LED Flash and large 5-mgepixel front-facing auto focus camera. The box is huge as you can see in the unboxing video below. httpv://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Z85yzqsdoDE Box Contents The box contents include, iBall Andi 4.7G handset 2200 mAh battery 2-pin charger micro USB cable in-ear earphone Screen guard User manual Flip cover USB OTG Cable The phone has curved glass. It comes with 1GB of RAM, 16GB of internal memory and also has a micro SD card slot. It has dual SIM support with dual standby. The connectivity features include, 3G (HSDPA: 42 Mbps, HSUPA:  11 Mbps), WiFi 802.11 b/g/n, Bluetooth 4.0 and GPS. The phone ...

Google Maps for Android, iPhone and iPad gets real time incident reports from Waze

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Google acquired Waze, popular crowd-sourced navigation app back in June. Now Google has announced that they have started rolling out real time incident reports from Waze users. So when Wazer users report accidents, construction, road closures and more on Waze, these updates will also appear on the Google Maps app for Android, iPhone and iPad in select countries. Google says that these features are currently available only in Argentina, Brazil, Chile, Colombia, Ecuador, France, Germany, Mexico, Panama, Peru, Switzerland, UK and the US. Even though Google has acquired Waze, those apps are still active on Android and iOS. These apps have been updated with Google Search, in addition to Foursquare, Yelp and more that would let you search your favorite businesses, home addresses and more in several countries. The Waze Map Editor has also been updated to include Google Maps Street View and satellite imagery to help users to fill in house numbers, street names, turn restrictions and other missing data easily. Even though the Google Maps mobile apps show incident reports, it will not include Wazer profile information, but the contributors will still earn points on Waze, says Waze on their official blog.

Sony Wireless NFC Speaker SRS-BTV5 Unboxing

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Sony has always been known for making audio accessories for its TVs and home entertainment systems, and to an extent, even for its yesteryear Walkman series of phones but it gradually reduced until recently when they released smartphone focused accessories. These devices were launched to complement the new Xperia smartphones that come with the built-in NFC functionality. One of those accessories launched is the Sony Wireless NFC speaker codenamed SRS-BTV5(priced at Rs. 3,990) that works with any smartphone with Bluetooth A2DP. We got the cyan version of this spherically shaped wireless speaker and unboxed it for a video demo, watch it - httpv://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qTUEO-pDXkY The ball-shaped speaker is a weird looking speaker, but works really well. The speaker has a 360 degrees circle sound technology, something similar to the Nokia Play 360 speaker that boasted of surround sound. The speaker though actually faces upwards and is located below the NFC tag on the top of the sphere. The NFC tag works with any NFC device and can instantly pair the device with the other over bluetooth. Sony promises around 5 hours of continuous music playback, which is quite decent for a speaker this size. There are ports on the back of the sphere, which are ...

LG announces 5.5-inch 2560×1440 pixels Quad HD smartphone display

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LG Display, the display arm of LG Electronics has announced the world’s first Quad HD AH-IPS LCD panel for smartphones. The LCD panel is of size 5.5-inches diagonally with a resolution of 2560 by 1440 pixels at a pixel density of 538ppi. It has the highest resolution and ppi (pixel per inch) mobile panel to date. Last month LG Display introduced the world’s slimmest 5.2-inch Full HD LCD panel for smartphones which is used in the LG G2. LG introduced the world’s first Full HD smartphone panel in 2012 This display has 4 times more pixels than 1,280x 720 720p HD display that offers more delicate colors, better contrast and vividness compared to current mobile displays. This would result in life-like and crisp images, and even Blu-ray equivalent video, on their smartphones, says LG.  It would also let users enjoy undistorted and sharper text. The 5.2-inch display in the LG G2  was 2.2mm thin with a 2.3mm bezel. Now the new 5.5-inch Quad HD display is just 1.21mm thin with a 1.2mm bezel. So this becomes the world’s slimmest and narrowest panel, with 12% reduced thickness compared to LG's 5.2-inch Full HD panel released last month. It offers superior brightness of 430 nits and consumes less power at the same time. LG Display ...

Google Mobile Search for Android gets support for Hindi Handwrite input

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Google has a introduced a new feature in Google Search for Android, where users will be able to write on their screen in India's most common language - Hindi. Handwrite has been an option that has been there for quite sometime now, but Hindi was not an option until now. Handwrite enables users to Google search by handwriting on the screen instead of using the on-screen keyboard. From today, users will be able to write Hindi words on the screen and get search results based on that. To enable handwrite, users must open their mobile browser and go to google.co.in . Once the page loads, there is a settings options on the bottom of the screen. On tablets, Search settings is present behind the gear icon. Now go to Settings, Search Settings and enable Handwrite from the options. Also to get Hindi results, one must add Hindi as another language of search results. This can be done from the same settings menu. Once done, when the user wants to input values in the search box, the usual on-screen keyboard is missing and you get a small "g" icon at the bottom right corner of the screen. Tapping that lets you write anywhere on ...

Samsung Galaxy Golden flip phone with dual 3.7-inch displays, Android 4.2 launched in Korea

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Samsung has officially announced the Galaxy Golden (SHV-E400) with dual 3.7 inch (800 x 480 pixels) Super AMOLED displays. Since there is a display on the front of the smartphone, you can also used it when it's closed. You can flip open to use the other screen with a keyboard. Samsung aims to target the mid-aged or older demographic segments with this phone. It is powered by a 1.7 GHz dual-core processor and runs on Android 4.2 (Jelly Bean). It has a 8-megapixel rear camera with LED flash and a 1.9-megapixel camera.  It also comes with S health, business card recognition, easy mode and more features. Samsung unveiled the SCH-W789 Hennessy, a flip phone with 3.3-inch dual displays in China recently. Samsung Galaxy Golden specifications 3.7-inch (480 x 800 pixels) dual touch screen Super AMOLED displays 1.7 GHz dual-core processor Android 4.2 (Jelly Bean) OS 8MP rear camera with LED Flash 1.9MP front-facing camera Dimensions: 118 x 59.5 x 15.8 (mm), Weight 179 grams 3.5mm audio jack, FM radio 4G LTE /3G, WiFi, Bluetooth, GPS 1,820 mAh battery The Samsung Galaxy Golden would go on sale in Korea starting 21st August from major mobile carriers, SK Telecom (SKT) and Korea Telecom (KT). It comes in Champagne Gold color and is priced at 799,700 South Korean Won.

Gameloft announces Asphalt 8, Dungeon Hunter 4 and more games for Windows Phone 8 devices

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Gameloft have officially announced that they will be joining hands with Microsoft to bring some of their gaming titles to Microsoft's Windows 8 and Windows Phone 8 platform. The lack of popular titles in the Games section of Windows Store has been of concern, but now Microsoft seem to have brought some life. Despite a few Gameloft titles already in the WP store, there hasn't been much talk about gaming on WP and Microsoft hopes to change that by roping in around 15 Gameloft titles including the yet to be released Asphalt 8:Airborne and already popular Dungeon Hunter 4. In addition to those high-end games, the users of Windows and Windows Phone 8 will be treated with some casual games like Minion Rush, Six Guns, UNO & Friends and Total Conquest before the end of 2013. Microsoft have provided a sneak peek of the Asphalt 8 in their blog. httpv://youtu.be/uCkNyS3cDQ8 Asphalt 8 will be one of the first among the list of 15 games to come to the Windows platform this fall. The game will be on par with its Android and iOS counter part and will have all the features intact. The various features will include 8 seasons and 180 events in the ...

Spice Smart Flo Space and Stellar Glamour with Android 4.2 launched for Rs. 3799 and Rs. 5999

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S Mobility has launched two new affordable devices, the Smart Flo Space (Mi-354) and the Stellar Glamour (Mi-436).  The entry-level Smart Flo Space has a 3.5-inch (480 x 320 pixels) capacitive touch screen display and is powered by a 1 GHz dual-core processor , while the Stellar Glamour comes with a 4-inch (480 x 800 pixels) display and is powered by a 1.2 GHz dual-core processor . Both these smartphones run on Android 4.2 (Jelly Bean), have dual cameras and dual SIM support. Both these phones come with WhatsApp, Facebook, Spice Gang and TOI pre-loaded apps. These also have support for Spice Cloud with Cloud Backup of 2GB free Data storage and seamless access to user data across the devices along with advanced security and anti-theft features. Spice Smart Flo Space Mi-354 specifications 3.5-inch (480 x 320 pixels) capacitive touch screen display 1 GHz dual-core processor Dual SIM (GSM + GSM) with Dual Standby Android 4.2 (Jelly Bean) OS 3MP rear camera 1.3MP front-facing camera 3.5mm audio jack, FM Radio 2G(EDGE), Bluetooth, Wi-Fi 256 MB RAM, 512 Internal memory, Expandable memory up to 32GB with micro SD 1450 mAh  battery with up to 5 hours talk time and up to 200 hours standby Spice Stellar Glamor Mi-436 specifications 4-inch (480 x 800 pixels) capacitive touch screen display 1.2 GHz dual-core processor Dual SIM (3G + 3G) with Dual Standby Android ...

YouTube for iPhone and iPad v2.0 update brings watch while you search and play all button in playlist

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Google has released an update for iOS and Android YouTube apps that lets the users size down a video so that they can continue to search YouTube for more content. We reported about the YouTube app update for Android recently rolling out widely. The latest YouTube update comes for both iOS and Android users together and aims to make users hooked into YouTube. The card based UI is much more noticeable now and while the users are watching videos either in small mode or full-screen mode, they have an option to make it small and running at the bottom right corner. This feature resembles Samsung's pop-out video,but here the video works only within the YouTube app. The main motivation behind this feature is to let users browse for more videos while they watching their videos.The video can be shrunk down either by pressing the down arrow on the top left corner or shrink icon on the bottom-right corner. Both these options scale down the video and push it down to bottom-right where it continues to run. To bring back the full screen back, a single tap on the video or swiping up from the video would do. A swipe left or a ...

Samsung Galaxy Tab 311 Review

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Samsung's Galaxy Tab range of products have been immensely popular due to their successful marriage of price and specifications. While Samsung's 7 inch tablet has been the highlight, 8 inches is fast becoming the sweet spot in terms of screen size. With that in mind, Samsung introduced their 8 inch tablet, the Galaxy Tab 3 311 in India sometime back. We've already brought you our first impressions. Check out the complete review of the Samsug Galaxy Tab 311, below. Design With dimensions that come in at 209.8 x 123.8 x 7.4 mm, the Samsung Tab 311 is a very svelte tablet. Weighing just 314grams, holding the tablet for long durations is a cinch. The front of the tablet is dominated by the large 8inch IPS LCD display. Above the display you'll find the earpiece, 1.3 megapixel front facing camera and proximity sensors. Samsung has done an admirable job at keeping the bezels to a minimum. While this has helped to bring down the size of the tablet and looks very good, some users might find it hard to actually hold up the tablet. Given the light weight of the tablet, we found holding it up at the bottom to be the best solution. ...

Apple third-party USB charger trade-in program to start in India this month

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Apple announced a take back program for iPhone, iPad and iPod Touch USB power Adapters earlier this month since there were reports of safety issues with the counterfeit and third party adapters. The program started on 16th August in several countries, now BGR.in has reported that Apple India has confirmed them that the program will begin in India too, later this month. Some Apple premium retailers in Delhi are yet to confirm such offers since they might waiting for some formalities and the parts to ship, says the report. The new USB adapter takeback program was started by Apple after several reports of users getting electric shocks due to fake third party USB adapter. This would let users drop such chargers at an Apple stores or resellers so that it could be disposed in an environmentally friendly way. Apple also offers original USB power adapter at about 50% discount when you dispose off a fake USB power adapter for a limited period. The program runs till October 18, 2013. Some reports revealed details about the special discounted pricing for official Apple USB charging adapters for several countries recently. Apple has not revealed the discounted price for the USB adapter under this trade-in program.

Intex Cloud X3 Unboxing

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Intex was the first company to launch an affordable Android smartphone, the Cloud X3 running on Android 4.2 (Jelly Bean). We have the device for unboxing and review. It is powered by the latest MediaTek MT6572 chip with Mali-400 MP GPU that has integrated Wi-Fi, FM, GPS and Bluetooth. Both the Cloud X1 and the Cloud X2 had a single-core processor. Sadly the Cloud X3 doesn't have 3G support, but for the affordable price tag of Rs. 3790, it is acceptable. Intex has also launched the the Cloud X4 recently, which has a 3.2MP rear camera and 3G support. httpv://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iLRlTasweo8 Box Contents The box contents include: Intex Cloud X3 smartphone 1450 mAh battery micro USB Cable 2-pin charger adapter in-ear Headset Warranty card User Manual   It has a 3.5-inch (320 x 480 pixels) capacitive multi-touch display and has a curved design. The phone comes with dual SIM support with dual standby, has a 2-megapixel fixed focus rear camera and a 0.3-megapixel (VGA) front-facing camera. It has 256MB of RAM and 165MB of user memory. It also has a microSD card slot that accept memory cards up to 32GB. We will bring you the benchmarks and the complete review of the device soon, in the mean time check out more unboxing images below. [gallery ids="79118,79117,79116,79115,79114" link="file"]

Nokia 106 and Nokia 107 Dual SIM announced in China

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The just announced Nokia 106 and Nokia 107 Dual SIM join the Finnish company's feature phone portfolio. Both phones support quad band GSM networks but the Nokia 107 also brings dual SIM support to the mix. The phones have a 1.8" 56k TFT display and measure 112.9 x 47.5 x 4.8mm. Internally you'll also find an FM Radio, LED light that can be used as a flashlight. The weight of the Nokia 106 is 74.2 grams while the 107 weighs slightly higher at 75.8 grams because of the larger battery. The battery on the Nokia 107 is rated at 1020 mAh which gives it 36 days of autonomy meanwhile the Nokia 106 has a 800 mAh battery pack allowing it to last 35 days on a charge. The Nokia 107 also gets a micro SD card slot which supports cards up to 16GB in size. The phones have been priced at $23 for the Nokia 106 and $25 for the Nokia 107 and will be available in Q3 in China. [Via - Nokia]

Samsung Galaxy Tab 311 Benchmarks

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Samsung launched the Galaxy Tab 311 last month in India. We've brought you the review and here are the complete benchmarks of the device. The tablet is powered by a 1.5Ghz dual core Exynos 4212 processor that is paired with 1.5GB of RAM. About 442 MB of free RAM is available at launch. Let's check out how the tablet performs in various benchmark tests. Vellamo 2 Metal   In the Vellamo 2.0 Metal benchmark, the tablet scores well and is ranked just below the new Nexus 7 with a score of 527. Vellamo 2 HTML5 However in the Vellamo 2.0 HTML5 benchmark, it falls down to the 3rd position with a score of 1491. The new Nexus 7 and Galaxy Note 8.0 handily surpass it. Quadrant The tablet scores 4705 points in the Quadrant benchmark and is once again left behind the competition like the Nexus 7 and Galaxy Note 8.0. Nenamark 2 In the GPU centric Nenamark 2 test, the tablet managed to attain 58.4 FPS which again places it in third position. AntTuTu 3.3 The Galaxy Tab 3 311 performed poorly in the AnTuTu benchmark and scored 9975 points. The competition easily surpassed it with the new Nexus 7 scoring almost 19963 points. GFXBench 2.5 Egypt HD The Tab 311 scores 16FPS ...
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