Coolpad receives $300 million funding, plans for Silicon Valley expansion with AI focus

Coolpad Group has received $300 million in funding from Power Sun Ventures after separating from LeEco in 2017. Coolpad with the new funding is aiming to expand its capabilities in artificial intelligence. Chinese property mogul Chen Hua, Founder, and Head, Kingkey Group, will be leading the new investment through Power Sun Ventures. Continue reading “Coolpad receives $300 million funding, plans for Silicon Valley expansion with AI focus”

Coolpad Note 5 Lite 32GB storage version launched in India for Rs. 8199

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Coolpad launched Note 5 Lite smartphone in India back in March with 16GB storage. Now it has launched 32GB storage version in the country. Other specifications are similar, including the 5-inch HD 2.5D curved glass display with 70.6% screen-to-body ratio, Quad-Core MediaTek MT6735 processor with 3GB RAM,Android 6.0 (Marshmallow) with Cool UI on top, 13-megapixel rear camera with LED flash and a 8-megapixel front-facing camera. Continue reading “Coolpad Note 5 Lite 32GB storage version launched in India for Rs. 8199”

Coolpad Cool Play 6 Sheen Black color variant launched in India for Rs. 14999

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Coolpad launched Cool Play 6 smartphone back in India in August in Gentle Gold and Sheen Black colors variants. The Gold version of the phone went on sale last month, now the Black version of the phone is finally on sale in the country.

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CoolPad Cool Play 6 Review

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After a period of hibernation, CoolPad caught up with the dual camera trend and launched a mid-ranger dubbed as Cool Play 6. Another selling point of this smartphone is its 6GB RAM. As of now, CoolPad Cool Play 6 is the cheapest 6GB RAM smartphone in the market retailing at Rs. 14,999 exclusively on Amazon India. The company has also promised to offer Android 8.0 update by December 2017. So is this mid-ranger worth investing? Let’s find it out. Continue reading “CoolPad Cool Play 6 Review”

Coolpad Cool Play 6 Unboxing

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Coolpad launched the Cool Play 6 smartphone with 6GB RAM and dual rear cameras earlier this week. We already brought you the hands-on and photo gallery of the smartphone from the event. Here we have the unboxing of the phone.

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Coolpad Cool Play 6 Hands On and Photo Gallery

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Coolpad just launched the Cool Play 6 smartphone at an event in Dubai. We got to check out the phone. Here is the hands-on and the photo gallery of the phone. Continue reading “Coolpad Cool Play 6 Hands On and Photo Gallery”

Coolpad Cool Play 6 with 5.5-inch 1080p display, 6GB RAM, dual rear cameras launched in India for Rs. 14999

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Coolpad just launched Cool Play 6, the company’s latest smartphone at an event in Dubai, as it had promised. It has a 5.5-inch 1080p display, is powered by an Octa-Core Snapdragon 653 with 6GB RAM and runs on Android 7.1 (Nougat). The company has promised to offer Android 8.0 update by December 2017. It has dual 13-megapixel rear cameras with dual-tone LED flash, phase-detection auto-focus (PDAF) and has an 8-megapixel front-facing camera. Continue reading “Coolpad Cool Play 6 with 5.5-inch 1080p display, 6GB RAM, dual rear cameras launched in India for Rs. 14999”

Coolpad Cool M7 with 5.5-inch 1080p display, Snapdragon 625, 6.9mm slim metal body announced

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Coolpad has announced Cool M7, the company’s latest mid-range smartphone in China. It packs a 5.5-inch 1080p screen, is powered by an Octa-Core Snapdragon 625 Mobile Platform, runs on Android 7.1 (Nougat) with new JUI that has a dock that , has a 12-megapixel rear camera with f/1.8 aperture, phase-detection auto-focus (PDAF) for quick focus in 0.03 seconds, dual-tone LED flash and a 13-megapixel front-facing camera.

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Coolpad Cool Play 6 with 6GB RAM, Dual rear cameras launching in India on August 20

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Coolpad India has started ‘Catch The 6’ and also said that it will launch a flagship device on August 20th, which will likely be the Cool Play 6 that was introduced in China recently. It has 13-megapixel dual rear cameras, packs 6GB of RAM and has a 4060mAh battery. Continue reading “Coolpad Cool Play 6 with 6GB RAM, Dual rear cameras launching in India on August 20”

Coolpad Note 5 Lite C with Android 7.1, fingerprint sensor, 4G VoLTE launched in India for Rs. 7777

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Coolpad has launched Note 5 Lite C, the company’s latest budget smartphone for the offline market.  It has a 5-inch HD 2.5D curved glass display, is powered by a Quad-Core Snapdragon 210 Mobile Platform and runs on Android 7.1 (Nougat) with Cool UI on top. Continue reading “Coolpad Note 5 Lite C with Android 7.1, fingerprint sensor, 4G VoLTE launched in India for Rs. 7777”

Coolpad Cool 1 variant with 13MP dual rear cameras, 3GB RAM, Snapdragon 652 launched for Rs. 10999

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Coolpad launched Cool 1 with dual 13-megapixel rear cameras last year. Today it has launched 3GB RAM version of the phone, compared to 4GB RAM version. Other specifications are same, including a 5.5-inch 1080p display, Octa-Core Snapdragon 652 SoC, Android 6.0 (Marshmallow) and a 8-megapixel front-facing camera.

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Coolpad Note 5 Lite with 5-inch HD display, 3GB RAM, fingerprint sensor, 4G VoLTE launched for Rs. 8199

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Coolpad just launched Note 5 Lite, the company’s latest mid-range smartphone in the ‘Coolpad Note’ series in India.It’s same Coolpad Conjr that was introduced earlier this year at the CES 2017. It has a 5-inch HD 2.5D curved glass display with 70.6% screen-to-body ratio, is powered by a Quad-Core MediaTek MT6735 processor and runs on Android 6.0 (Marshmallow) with Cool UI on top. Continue reading “Coolpad Note 5 Lite with 5-inch HD display, 3GB RAM, fingerprint sensor, 4G VoLTE launched for Rs. 8199”

Honor 6X vs Coolpad Cool 1

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Huawei’s brand Honor launched the Honor 6X smartphone with dual camera setup in India a few weeks back. The Honor 6X sports a 12-megapixel camera with LED flash and a secondary 2-megapixel for achieving the depth of field and background blur. It comes in gold, silver and gray colors and starts at Rs. 12,999.
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Coolpad 3632 with Snapdragon 425, Android 7.1.1 Nougat surfaces in benchmarks

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The latest smartphone to get spotted on the GFXBench benchmarking website, is none other than Coolpad smartphone codenames as Coolpad 3632. Continue reading “Coolpad 3632 with Snapdragon 425, Android 7.1.1 Nougat surfaces in benchmarks”

Coolpad in 2016 : A Retrospective

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While the Cool 1 represents the latest and greatest by the Coolpad, the brand launched an enviable line up over the last year. From category leading budget devices to the very unique triple SIM Mega 3, we also saw the emergence of a new design language. Here’s a quick retrospective on everything we saw from the brand in 2016.   Continue reading “Coolpad in 2016 : A Retrospective”