OnePlus launched the OnePlus One smartphone in India earlier this week exclusively on Amazon at a price tag of Rs. 21,999. Even though we unboxed the global variant of the OnePlus One and reviewed it few months back, we decided to get the Indian variant of the OnePlus One from Amazon to find out what has changed. Check out the unboxing video.
Obi Hornbill S551, the company’s budget mid-range smartphone went on sale in India recently for Rs. 9,230. Here we have the unboxing and the photo gallery of the 5.5-inch phablet that comes with a 13-megapixel rear camera. Check out the unboxing below.
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Xiaomi Redmi Note went on sale earlier this week on December 2nd, and it sold out in 6 seconds in the first flash sale. Xiaomi usually stops selling the earlier models temporarily to concentrate more on the new model. Now the company has decided to bring back the Redmi 1S, at least for a day. Xiaomi has announced that the Redmi 1S will be back on sale on December 8th, Monday. Continue reading “Xiaomi Redmi 1S will be back on sale in India on Dec 8 without registration”
Three UK have revealed that their superfast 4G network is now available to 48% of the UK population with 3.1 million of their customers are now using the next-generation network. Three was the last network to roll out 4G ten months ago and despite the 48% coverage, they are still behind EE (78%), O2 and Vodafone (51%). Continue reading “Three UK 4G – 3m customers, 48% coverage”
Apple looks set to open its first retail store in Belgium following years of speculation if postings on its jobs page are to be believed. Belgian blog Apple Nieuws Vlaanderen reports that yesterday Apple posted six job listings for positions in an upcoming Retail location in Brussels. The move follows similar listings for stores in Turkey (which opened earlier this year) and the United Arab Emirates. Continue reading “Apple set to open its first store in Belgium”
The Oppo Find 7 may have been introduced in March this year but the handset has finally made it’s way to the UK and is available to pre-order from Amazon UK. The handset starts at £319 for the 16GB version whilst those wanting more storage will have to fork out £379 for the 32GB version. Amazon are offering both of these storage variants in Black and White with a release date set for December 17th. Continue reading “Oppo Find 7 up for pre-order in the UK”
O2 have stolen a march on its rivals by launching the new Google Nexus 6 in the UK a few days ahead of Carphone Warehouse. The handset is available on O2’s Refresh tariff and is available to both new and existing customers. The retailer is offering a special deal on the handset, offering unlimited minutes and texts with 2GB data each month for £38 per month. For those wanting it on Pay As You Go, it will cost £479.99 which is less than Google’s own retail price. Continue reading “Nexus 6 lands in the UK at O2”
BT is expected to decide whether to make a bid for mobile networks O2 or EE by Christmas according to the Chief Executive of one half of EE’s parent company. Orange SA CEO Stephane Richard said that he expected the British company to decide on which network to bid for by Christmas. Continue reading “BT to decide on EE and O2 bids by Christmas”
Huawei launched the Honor Holly smartphone exclusively on Flipkart back in October at a competitive price tag of Rs. 6,999. We reviewed the smartphone recently and found it a decent package in the price range. Today Huawei has announced that it will sell 12,000 units of Honor Holly smartphone on December 8th on Flipkart. The company said that it sold 10,000 units of Holly smartphones in 10 hours when it went on sale yesterday (December 4th). Continue reading “12,000 Huawei Honor Holly smartphones to go on sale on Flipkart on Dec 8th”
Intex Technologies has launched Aqua i5 Octa, the latest smartphone in the Aqua series few days after launching the Aqua Power with an Octa-Core processor. It has a 5-inch (960 x 540 pixels) qHD IPS display, is powered by a 1.4 GHz Octa-Core processor and runs on Android 4.4 (KitKat). It has a 13-megapixel rear camera with LED flash and a 5-megapixel front-facing camera. It comes pre-loaded with pera, OLX, Paytm, Intex care, Newshunt and more apps. Continue reading “Intex Aqua i5 Octa with 5-inch qHD display, 13MP camera launched for Rs. 7499”
Micromax has launched Canvas Xpress, the company’s latest budget smartphone in the Canvas series exclusively on Flipkart. It has a 4.5-inch FWVGA screen, is powered by a 1.3GHz quad core processor and runs on Android 4.4 (KitKat). It has a 5-megapixel autofocus rear camera with LED flash and a 0.3-megapixel VGA front-facing camera. It has Dual SIM support similar to other Micromax smartphones and also has 3G connectivity. Continue reading “Micromax Canvas Xpress with 4.5-inch display, Android 4.4 launched for Rs. 6999”
iberry has launched Auxus ONE, the company’s latest smartphone with a 15.5-megapixel swivel camera that can rotate 207 degrees. It has a 5.7-inch HD OGS display with Corning Gorilla Glass protection, powered by a 1.7 GHz Octa-Core with MediaTek MT6592 processor and runs on Android 4.4 (KitKat) OS. It has a touch panel on the back that lets users scroll up/down and capture the images on camera touching the back panel of the phone. Continue reading “iberry Auxus ONE with 5.7-inch display, 15.5MP rotating camera and Auxus RIST Smartwatch launched for Rs. 15990 and Rs. 9990”
Xolo launched the Omega 5.0 smartphone for Rs. 8,999 earlier today. We already brought you the unboxing of the smartphone. Here we have the benchmarks. It is powered by a Octa-Core MediaTek MT6592M processor with 8 ARM Cortex-A7 CPUs clocked at 1.36 GHz per core. It has a Mali 450-MP4 GPU, comes with a 5-inch HD display and runs on Android 4.4 (KitKat) with HIVE UI on top. The CPU supports Heterogeneous Multi-Processing (HMP), where all the core can be turned on at the same time. Check out the synthetic benchmark results below. Continue reading “Xolo Omega 5.0 Benchmarks”
Xolo has launched the Omega 5.5 smartphone along with the Omega 5.0 with new HIVE UI . It has a 5-inch (1280 x 720 pixels) HD IPS display, is powered by a 1.4 GHz Octa-Core MediaTek MT6592M processor with Mali 450 GPU and runs on Android 4.4 (KitKat)-based HIVE UI. Xolo has promised Android 5.0 (Lollipop) update for all HIVE UI devices. Continue reading “Xolo Omega 5.5 with 5.5-inch HD display, 13MP camera and HIVE UI launched for Rs. 9999”
