Asif Iqbal

About the author: Computer science engineer turned technology blogger. Following consumer electronics industry closely from 2006, he can now predict pretty much where the market is heading. He has a dream to own Android, Windows Phone and iOS smartphones all at the same time.

February 9th, 2015 6:26 PM 4 COMMENTS

Motorola slashes price of the Moto E to Rs. 5,990, bundles Moto Deck Bluetooth speaker for free with the Moto X

Motorola has slashed the price of the Moto E by Rs. 1,000, reducing it to Rs. 5,999, to mark the one year anniversary of it’s partnership with Flipkart. The company is continuing with the buyback offers that were launched last month. Under this buyback scheme, customers can exchange their old smartphones for discounts of up to Rs. 4,000 and up to Rs. 6,000 on the Moto G (2nd. Gen) and... Read More

February 9th, 2015 6:01 PM 1 COMMENTS

Corning is developing a tougher Gorilla Glass to compete with Sapphire Glass

Since Gorilla Glass' introduction by Steve Jobs during the unveiling of the Apple iPhone 4, we've associated Gorilla Glass with strong screen protection. Corning, the company behind Gorilla Glass, went on to release its successors, the Gorilla Glass 2, the Gorilla Glass 3, and the Gorilla Glass 4. However, it is now facing some serious threat from Sapphire Glass, which is said to be much better at scratch resistance than... Read More

February 9th, 2015 3:31 PM 1 COMMENTS

You don’t need invites to participate in the OnePlus One open sale on Amazon India tomorrow

If you've been unlucky so far in terms of grabbing a OnePlus One invite, you can get lucky now. OnePlus has announced that it will be conducting an open sale of the One on Amazon India tomorrow (February 10, 2015) for celebrating their successful completion of 10 weeks in India. The customers won't require any invite to buy the OnePlus One, however, the stocks are limited so you might still... Read More

February 8th, 2015 5:10 PM 0 COMMENTS

Xiaomi allowed to sell Snapdragon powered devices till March 18

Back in December last year, the Delhi High Court had banned Xiaomi from selling smartphones in India after Ericsson complained that the Chinese smartphone brand infringed upon several of its patents. However, Xiaomi was allowed to sell Qualcomm Snapdragon powered devices till the court takes a final decision on the case, and now the Delhi High Court has extended this period till March 18. Earlier this month, Ericsson had complained... Read More

February 6th, 2015 9:11 PM 0 COMMENTS

Qualcomm Snapdragon 618 and Snapdragon 620 SoCs leaked with Cortex-A72 cores

Two new unannounced mobile processors from Qualcomm have been leaked; the Snapdragon 618 and the Snapdragon 620. Both these mobile SoCs (system-on-a-chip) feature recently announced 64-bit ARM Cortex-A72 CPU cores. According to the leaked image, the Qualcomm Snapdragon 618 (MSM8956) is a hexa-core SoC featuring two ARM Cortex-A72 CPU cores in combination with four ARM Cortex-A53 CPU cores. On the other hand, the Qualcomm Snapdragon 620, which is an octa-core SoC, features... Read More

February 6th, 2015 8:42 PM 6 COMMENTS

Asus announces a 9,600 mAh power bank with a design quite similar to Xiaomi’s

Asus has become quite popular since it released the Zenfone lineup of value-for-money smartphones. Now, it has taken this chance to announce a power bank with a capacity of 9,600 mAh, which means that it can charge most smartphones for at least 3-4 times. On the inside, it is powered by three batteries, each with a capacity of 3,220 mAh, unlike Xiaomi's 10,400 mAH power bank, which has 4 2,600... Read More

February 6th, 2015 7:42 PM 1 COMMENTS

Leaked image shows the alleged design of the Samsung Galaxy S6 and its curved screen variant

MWC (Mobile World Congress) 2015 is nearing and a lot of information about smartphones, which are expected to be announced at the event, has been leaked. Almost all the details about the most anticipated upcoming smartphones – Samsung Galaxy S6 and HTC One M9 has been leaked. The latest leaked images show us the probable design of the Samsung Galaxy S6, further reaffirming the rumour that it will feature a... Read More

February 6th, 2015 5:43 PM 1 COMMENTS

OnePlus’ Android 5.0 Lollipop based OxygenOS will be launched on February 12, CEO confirms

After the whole Cyanogen-OnePlus fiasco, the Chinese smartphone brand had announced that it was developing its own ROM for the One, which will be based on Android 5.0 Lollipop. A few days back, OnePlus announced the name of its Android 5.0 Lollipop based ROM; OxygenOS. Now, the company's CEO Peter Lau has confirmed through social media (Weibo) that OxygenOS will be launched on February 12. OnePlus had also published a teaser... Read More

February 4th, 2015 2:48 PM 3 COMMENTS

Canalys Report: Micromax beats Samsung to become the largest smartphone brand in India

According to a new report from the research firm Canalys, Samsung is no longer the biggest smartphone brand in India. According to the report, Micromax captured around 22 percent of the smartphone market share in India, beating Samsung, which was able to capture just 20 percent of the smartphone sales in the country during Q4 2014. This is the first time that an Indian mobile phone brand has been able to... Read More

February 4th, 2015 1:07 PM 0 COMMENTS

ARM announces 64-bit Cortex-A72 CPU cores and Mali-T880 GPU

Android and Windows Phone based smartphones equipped with first-generation 64-bit processors are yet to become mainstream, but ARM has already announced successors to those chips. Today, ARM has announced three new high-end mobile chips; Cortex-A72 CPU, Mali-T880 GPU, and CoreLink CCI-500. All these chipsets will be a part of flagship mobile products which will be released in 2016. The ARM Cortex-A72, which is a successor to the high-end Cortex-A57 CPU,... Read More

February 4th, 2015 11:58 AM 1 COMMENTS

Motorola starts sending out invites in India to beta test Android 5.0.2 Lollipop on the Moto E

After releasing Android 5.0 Lollipop updates to the Moto X (2nd gen.) and the Moto G in India, Motorola has started sending out invites to the Moto E owners in the country, who volunteered in take part in the soak test program, to beta test Android 5.0 Lollipop update. According to a tweet from Motorola India Fans, the soak test for the Moto E is based on Android 5.0.2 Lollipop.... Read More

February 2nd, 2015 6:56 PM 136 COMMENTS

Airtel asks customers in Hyderabad to upgrade to 4G SIM cards, official launch evident?

Earlier today, a number of Airtel customers in Hyderabad (including me), have received a message from Airtel requesting to upgrade their SIM cards to avail 4G services on their devices. This means that Airtel is officially stating that it has launched 4G services in Hyderabad? Last month, we had reported that Airtel might soon launch 4G LTE services in Andhra Pradesh and Telangana circles. The report also stated that Airtel's 4G... Read More

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