Category: Karbonn

Karbonn Sparkle V is the first Android One smartphone to launch in the UK

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Google launched the Android One series in India at an event back in September. Now the Karbonn Sparkle V, the company’s first Android One smartphone is on sale in the UK via Amazon for £129.99 or £99 as part of a Black Friday promotion. This becomes the first Android One smartphone to sell in the UK. It was launched in India for Rs. 6,399 and got a price cut to Rs. 5,999 last month. Pricing in UK is definitely a bit more compared to India. Continue reading “Karbonn Sparkle V is the first Android One smartphone to launch in the UK”

Karbonn Titanium S6, Titanium S8 and Titanium S4 Plus with quad-core processors, Android 4.4 now available

Karbonn Titanium S8

Three new Karbonn smartphones – Karbonn Titanium S6, Titanium S8, and Titanium S4 Plus are now available from online retailers Amazon, eBay and Flipkart. These Karbonn Titanium S6 has a 5-inch qHD screen, the Titanium S8 has a 5-inch FWVGA screen, and the Titanium S4 Plus has a 4-inch FWVGA screen. All these smartphones are powered by 1.3GHz quad-core processors, have 1GB RAM, run on Android 4.4 (KitKat), has 3G and dual SIM support. Continue reading “Karbonn Titanium S6, Titanium S8 and Titanium S4 Plus with quad-core processors, Android 4.4 now available”

Karbonn ST72 with 7-inch display, 3G and voice calling now available for Rs. 6800

Karbonn ST72

Karbonn ST72, the company’s latest tablet is now available from online retailer Snapdeal. It has a 7-inch (1024 x 600 pixels) display, powered by a 1.3 GHz dual-core processor and runs on Android 4.4..2 (KitKat). It has a 3.2-megapixel rear camera and a front-facing camera. It comes with dual SIM support and has 3G connectivity. Continue reading “Karbonn ST72 with 7-inch display, 3G and voice calling now available for Rs. 6800”

Karbonn Sparkle V Review

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Karbonn Sparkle V is one of the three smartphones in the Google’s Android One lineup that was launched last month. We already brought you the review of the Spice Dream UNO Mi-498 and the Micromax Canvas A1 smartphones. The Karbonn Sparkle V is available exclusively available from Snapdeal. It even got a price cut recently that makes it the cheapest of the Android One smartphone.  All the Android One smartphones have the same specifications, is the Karbonn Sparkle V any different in terms of the performance? Let us find out.

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Karbonn Sparkle V, Titanium Octane and Titanium Octane Plus get a price cut

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Karbonn has introduced festive offers for the Sparkle V, Titanium Octane and Titanium Octane Plus smartphones. All these smartphones have received price cuts for this festive season. The Karbonn Sparkle V, the company’s first Android One smartphone that was launched last month for Rs. 6,399 has received a price cut to Rs. 5,999 as a part of this festive offer. Continue reading “Karbonn Sparkle V, Titanium Octane and Titanium Octane Plus get a price cut”

Spice Dream UNO Mi-498, Micromax Canvas A1 and Karbonn Sparkle V Camera Samples

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Google introduced three Android One smartphones – Spice Dream UNO Mi-498, Micromax Canvas A1 and Karbonn Sparkle V earlier this month. All these have the same specifications and vary only in design. Since all these have a the same 5-megapixel auto-focus rear camera with single LED flash, f/2.8 aperture, 1080p video recording and a 2-megapixel fixed-focus front-facing camera with 720p video recording, we decided to post the camera samples of these smartphones together. Continue reading “Spice Dream UNO Mi-498, Micromax Canvas A1 and Karbonn Sparkle V Camera Samples”

Karbonn Titanium S20 with 4.5-inch display, Android 4.4 launched for Rs. 4999

Karbonn Titanium S20

Karbonn has launched Titanium S20, the company’s latest budget smartphone in the Titanium series in partnership with Amazon India. It has a 4.5-inch FWVGA (854 × 480 pixels) multi-touch IPS display, powered by a 1.3 GHz quad-core processor and runs on Android 4.4 (KitKat). It has Dual SIM support with dual standby, 5-megapixel autofocus Camera with LED flash  and a VGA front-facing camera. Continue reading “Karbonn Titanium S20 with 4.5-inch display, Android 4.4 launched for Rs. 4999”

Karbonn Titanium Wind W4 Windows Phone 8.1 smartphone goes on sale for Rs. 5999

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Karbonn partnered with Microsoft earlier this year to launch Windows Phone devices. Karbonn Titanium Wind W4, the company’s first Windows Phone device is now available from Amazon.in. Priced at just Rs.5,999, this is the cheapest Windows Phone 8.1 smartphone with Dual SIM support in India currently, cheaper than the Nokia Lumia 530 Dual SIM that was launched recently. Continue reading “Karbonn Titanium Wind W4 Windows Phone 8.1 smartphone goes on sale for Rs. 5999”

Karbonn Titanium S5 Ultra with 5-inch qHD display launched for Rs. 6999

Karbonn Titanium S5 Ultra

After the Titanium S5 and the Titanium S5 Plus, Karbonn has launched the Titanium S5 Ultra, the company’s latest smartphone in the Titanium series. It has a 5-inch qHD IPS screen, powered by a 1.3 GHz quad-core processor and packs an 8-megapixel rear camera with LED flash similar to the S5+, but this runs on Android 4.4 (KitKat) out of the box and has a 2-megapixel front-facing camera. Continue reading “Karbonn Titanium S5 Ultra with 5-inch qHD display launched for Rs. 6999”

Karbonn Sparkle V Benchmarks

Karbonn Sparkle V benchmarks

Karbonn launched the Sparkle V, the company’s first Android One smartphone recently. We already brought you the unboxing and the photo gallery of the smartphone, here we have the benchmarks of the smartphone. We had already seen the benchmarks of the Spice Dream UNO and the Micromax Canvas A1 smartphones that have similar specifications such as 1.3 GHz quad-core MediaTek MT6582 processor with ARM Cortex A7 cores and Mali 400 GPU, 1GB RAM, 4.5-inch FWVGA display and Android 4.4 (KitKat). so the benchmarks scores should also be almost similar in this smartphone too. Check out the synthetic benchmark scores below.

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Karbonn Sparkle V vs Micromax Canvas A1 vs Spice Dream UNO Photo Gallery

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Google launched Android One smartphones in India last week with three homegrown smartphone makers. The handsets under this ambitious program announced back in June is based on Android One reference hardware, comes with stock Android KitKat software and will get software updates directly from Google.  Continue reading “Karbonn Sparkle V vs Micromax Canvas A1 vs Spice Dream UNO Photo Gallery”

Next batch of Android One smartphones coming to India by the end of December

The next set of Android One smartphones are gearing up to hit the Indian markets by end of this year, according to a latest report from the Press Trust of India (PTI). Handset makers Karbonn, Spice and Intex will launch their Android One devices in the country by December this year.

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Karbonn Sparkle V Photo Gallery

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Along with Micromax and Spice, Karbonn launched its first Android One smartphone last week. Dubbed as Karbon Sparkle V, the phone is priced at Rs 6,399. We unboxed the smartphone recently. We had already seen photo galleries of the Spice Dream UNO and Micromax Canvas A1 smartphones, here we have the photo gallery of the Karbonn Sparkle V. Continue reading “Karbonn Sparkle V Photo Gallery”

Karbonn Sparkle V Unboxing

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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.

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Karbonn Titanium S10 with 5-inch HD display, Android 4.4 now available for Rs. 7990

Karbonn Titanium S10

Karbonn Titanium S10, the company’s latest smartphone in the Titanium series is now available from online retailer Snapdeal. It has a 5-inch (1280 x 720 pixels) HD IPS display, powered by a 1.3 GHz quad-core processor and runs on Android 4.4 (KitKat). It has a 8-megapixel rear camera with LED flash and a 2-megapixel front-facing camera.  Continue reading “Karbonn Titanium S10 with 5-inch HD display, Android 4.4 now available for Rs. 7990”