Weekly Roundup: HP Chromebook 13, HTC One S9, Meizu M3, Samsung Gear 360 and more

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This week, Google and HP announced a high-end Chromebook 13 which is ultra thin and features an anodized aluminum chassis.

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Huawei Honor 5X Stress Tests

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Having a high end design isn’t enough, you have to make sure that the design is able to withstand daily use cases and also fringe cases that involve users dropping the phone or damaging it in a countless number of different ways. Through these tests, we wanted to see just how tough the phone was and what kind of situations the phone can survive under.

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Huawei Honor 5X Teardown

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The Honor 5X is one of the best devices in the sub 15k range in India thanks to the specs and premium build quality. We wanted to take a look at the internals to see what exactly makes it tick and this teardown is a result of that. We have included images and an accurate description of the steps involved.

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Huawei Honor 5X – Premium Flagship Design at an Affordable Price

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The design of a smartphone is as important as any other aspect of smartphones these days since they have become such a large part of our lives and we spent an ample amount of time with them on a daily basis. However, there are several important characteristics to take into consideration when designing a smartphone and in most cases, smartphone designs often fall short of what is expected at a particular price range or from a brand. The Honor 5X does the exact opposite, let us find out how.

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5 Reasons to buy the Honor 5X

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The sub-15,000 rupee category is a segment where there is a lot of competition between brands to capture the attention of the public. While there is plenty of choices available, we feel that the Honor 5X is probably the best one in the lot and here are 5 reasons why you should buy the device.

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Honor Holly 2 Plus Review: Big battery, Solid Performance

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The Honor brand has stood for well priced, solid hardware ever since its inception. A while back, the company introduced two handsets that made their mark felt in the ever competitive entry level  segment. We brought you the review of the Honor 5X but now here’s the review of the Holly 2 Plus, a device which is priced even more aggressively and is still potentially a very competitive product. With that said, let’s dive straight into the review. Continue reading “Honor Holly 2 Plus Review: Big battery, Solid Performance”

3 Things to watch out for on Honor 5X – Camera, Fingerprint Sensor and Metallic Body

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The Honor 5X is touted as being one of the best value smartphones on the market and there are several different features that make it more desirable than its counterparts that are priced at the same point. Let us examine these particular features in detail to see why the Honor 5X has the edge compared to its competitors.

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Weekly Roundup: Huawei Honor 5X, Oppo F1, Lenovo Vibe X3, BlackBerry Priv and more

 

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This week Huawei launched two new smartphones in India – the Honor 5X and Honor Holly 2 Plus. The Honor 5X is the successor of one of the most popular Honor 4X smartphone that was launched in India last year. Continue reading “Weekly Roundup: Huawei Honor 5X, Oppo F1, Lenovo Vibe X3, BlackBerry Priv and more”

Huawei to seed beta Marshmallow builds for the Honor 6, 6 Plus and 4X in UK

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Huawei had announced that it will be releasing a beta build of Android 6.0 Marshmallow for the Ascend Mate7. Now, it has announced that the Honor 6, Honor 6 Plus and Honor 4X will also be getting beta builds of Marshmallow in the UK.

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Weekly Roundup: Lenovo Vibe S1, HTC One A9, Desire 828, Redmi Note 3, Obi Worldphone SF1 and more

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This week kicked off with the launch of Lenovo’s first dual-selfie camera phone – the Lenovo Vibe S1. The smartphone boasts of an 8-megapixel front-facing camera along with the secondary 2-megapixel depth-sensing camera,which according to company will be able to deliver crisp images and advanced depth of field including background blur, background swap and improved low-light results. Continue reading “Weekly Roundup: Lenovo Vibe S1, HTC One A9, Desire 828, Redmi Note 3, Obi Worldphone SF1 and more”

Huawei Honor 7 variants leaked – One with 4GB RAM and Fingerprint Sensor

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Details of the upcoming Huawei Honor 7 smartphone have just been leaked. The device will apparently come in two versions – one regular and one high end. Both the devices are expected to pack fingerprint sensors on the back.

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