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Ria Lakshman June 16th, 2016 4:09 PM 16 COMMENTS

Xiaomi Mi Max with massive 6.44-inch display, 4G VoLTE launching in India on June 30

It has been a while since we heard from Xiaomi in Indian market. Meanwhile, its competitors like LeEco and OnePlus have been making new launches. Now, the manufacturer has decided to break its silence with the launch of Xiaomi Mi Max. https://twitter.com/hbarra/status/743036659776688128 Xiaomi Mi Max will launch in India on 30 June, announced Xiaomi Global Vice President Hugo Barra on Twitter. Launched in China in May, Xiaomi Mi Max comes with... Read More

Ria Lakshman June 16th, 2016 3:58 PM 1 COMMENTS

Asus Zenfone Pegasus 3 with 5.2-inch display, 4G LTE VoLTE support, 13MP camera launched in China

After the launch of three devices Zenfone 3, Zenfone 3 Deluxe and the Zenfone 3 Ultra at the recent Computex 2016, Asus has unveiled a fourth smartphone – Asus Zenfone Pegasus 3 in China. With a price tag of CNY 1,299 (approx. Rs. 13,000) for the 2GB RAM model and CNY 1,499 (approx. Rs. 15,000) for the 3GB RAM variant, Asus targets the budget-conscious crowd for this smartphone. Similar to... Read More

Ria Lakshman June 16th, 2016 3:16 PM 30 COMMENTS

Telenor 4G services launched in Agra, starts offering data packs at Rs 11

After the launch of 4G services in Varanasi in March, Norwegian telecom firm Telenor has launched its 4G services in Agra on the spectrum of 1800 Mhz, confirmed an executive from Telenor. The operator has announced a few data packs for the location. The data packs start at Rs. 11, with which a user can avail 100MB free 4G data & 4p/20KB. There is also a Rs. 147 pack that offers... Read More

Zara Ali June 16th, 2016 12:53 PM 3 COMMENTS

OnePlus discontinues the OnePlus X series to focus on ‘true flagships’

OnePlus seems to be re-thinking on its product strategy. With the launch of its latest flagship, OnePlus 3, the company has planned to produce only flagship smartphones. As a result, OnePlus is going to discontinue it 'OnePlus X' series. The X series had just one smartphone until now and it seems to be the end of the line-up. In a conversation with Engadget, OnePlus CEO Pete Lau confirmed that the... Read More

Zara Ali June 16th, 2016 6:00 AM 2 COMMENTS

Oppo F1 Plus is sold every 1.1 seconds, 7 million units sold globally

Just when we thought that Xiaomi and LeEco are the leading Chinese brands, we get a surprise from Oppo. The Chinese brand has revealed that its F1 Plus smartphone has made a selling record. As per Oppo's claims, it has been selling a unit once every 1.1 seconds. Benefitting from these sales, Oppo has emerged as the fourth biggest smartphone manufacturer worldwide. Oppo has shipped whopping 7 million F1 Plus... Read More

Tharun G June 15th, 2016 5:35 PM 21 COMMENTS

Airtel 4G Vs Vodafone 4G in Delhi: Hunt for the fastest 4G network

After finding out the fastest 4G operator in Mumbai, we now move on to second metro city Delhi. Like Mumbai, Delhi has also got two active 4G networks from Airtel and Vodafone. Vodafone launched 4G service only few months back and became the second operator to offer 4G service in Delhi. Today we find who is the fastest of two. The tests were conducted by our reader Manu Arora on his OnePlus Two smartphone at Pitampura,... Read More

Ria Lakshman June 15th, 2016 3:25 PM 2 COMMENTS

Facebook finally adds SMS support to Android Messenger App

After a trial of few months, Facebook has finally integrated SMS into the Messenger app of Android. This means that the users can send and receive SMS to anyone via their Messenger App. This was earlier tried during 2013, but Facebook withdrew the feature after finding that not many users are using the service. Besides the text messages, people can send stickers, voice clips, emojis etc. To enable the feature in... Read More

Ria Lakshman June 15th, 2016 2:00 PM 27 COMMENTS

Samsung considers moving away from Android, Tizen to replace all devices: Report

According to a report from Korean publication Korea Times, Samsung is considering using Tizen operating software on all of its devices, reducing its dependency on Google Android platform. Korean Times has quoted an unnamed Samsung executive saying, "If you don't have your own ecosystem, then you will have no future. Tizen isn't just a platform developed for use with mobile devices.” Indian market will be ‘litmus test’ to solidify the Tizen... Read More

Rudradeep Biswas June 15th, 2016 10:18 AM 99 COMMENTS

Jio subscriber base surges to 7 lakh: Report

Jio’s subscriber base has reportedly surged to 7 lakh due to the availability of 4G SIMs through LYF smartphones in the country. The telco is currently offering 4G LTE services under the extended trial launch, even as there’s no official word on the commercial launch in the country. The total usage of these 7 lakh subscribers was at around 13 million GB, which translates into 18.57 GB per user, as... Read More

Zara Ali June 15th, 2016 1:19 AM 16 COMMENTS

OnePlus 3 launched with Snapdragon 820 and 6GB RAM for Rs. 27,999, expected to rival Xiaomi Mi 5

And it is finally here! We were talking about the OnePlus 3 since a few months and the device has finally got launched today. Alright, let's get straight to the pricing, the device is priced at Rs. 27,999 in India and will be up for sale via Amazon India. Thank god, OnePlus scrapped the 'invite-only' system. Before coming on to the specs, the reviews of the device have already started... Read More

Srikapardhi June 14th, 2016 7:30 PM 0 COMMENTS

Ericsson lands $1 bn software deal from VimpelCom

VimpelCom has entered into a software partnership with Swedish telecom gear maker Ericsson in a deal worth more than $1 billion that will radically transform VimpelCom's global IT infrastructure. The partnership encompasses a complete overhaul of VimpelCom's IT infrastructure across 11 countries and 12 time zones - on a scale that is the largest and most ambitious in the industry's history. Under the deal, VimpelCom will digitalize and globalize its Business... Read More

Rudradeep Biswas June 14th, 2016 7:10 PM 0 COMMENTS

Nokia launches new platform for fast and secure delivery of IoT services

Nokia said that it has launched the Intelligent Management Platform for All Connected Things (IMPACT), which gives operators, enterprises and governments a secure platform on which to scale new IoT services. IMPACT handles data collection, event processing, device management, data contextualisation, data analytics, end-to-end security and applications enablement for any device, any protocol and across any application. Bhaskar Gorti, president of the Applications & Analytics Business Group at Nokia, said, "Our... Read More