Saturday 30 January 2016

Google Calendar Updated with Smart Suggestions

Google has updated its Google calender with Smart Suggestion for event titles, places and people. Now you can quickly create events in Google Calendar with smart suggestions for event titles, places and people, in more than 30 new languages.


Getting Started
  • When you begin typing an event title, you’ll see matching suggestions―choose one or keep typing. 
  • Tap “at...” to add a location to your event and later get directions.
  • Tap “with...” to add people to your event, so you can easily call or message them from the event. This won’t send them an invite.
  • English only: Tap “on…” to easily specify the date, time and duration of the event
The newly supported languages are:

Arabic (ar), Chinese (Simplified) (zh-CN), Chinese (Traditional) (zh-TW), Dutch (nl), English (UK) (en-GB), French (fr), German (de), Italian (it), Japanese (ja), Korean (ko), Polish (pl), Portuguese (Brazil) (pt-BR), Russian (ru), Spanish (es), Spanish (Latin America) (es-419), Thai (th), Turkish (tr), Bulgarian (bg), Catalan (ca), Croatian (hr), Czech (cs), Danish (da), Farsi (fa), Filipino (fil), Finnish (fi), Greek (el), Hebrew (iw), Hindi (hi), Hungarian (hu), Indonesian (id), Latvian (lv), Lithuanian (lt), Norwegian (Bokmal) (no), Portuguese (Portugal) (pt-PT), Romanian (ro), Serbian (sr), Slovak (sk), Slovenian (sl), Swedish (sv), Ukrainian (uk), Vietnamese (vi)

The update is available for both Android and iOS. The update is rolled out world wide, so it might take some time to reach your devices



SwiftKey for Android Update Brings New Emojis

SwiftKey for Android has started receiving an update that adds support for the 184 new and updated emoji introduced with Android 6.0.1 Marshmallow. The new update includes upside-down face, crab, burrito, bottle with popping cork, and reversed with middle finger extended. Apart from the new emojis, the app also brings changes to 48 existing emoji.


The SwiftKey team in a blog post said, "They've been available on the beta for a bit now, but we're excited to officially bring these new Android emoji to the market version of SwiftKey." The support for new emojis will be available for the devices running Android 6.0.1 Marshmallow.

Apart from the new emojis, the SwiftKey Keyboard app gets new input currencies for Russia, Argentina, Lithuania, Latvia, Estonia, Slovakia, Germany, Canada, and Australia. The update also brings improvements to typing behaviour when backspacing. It fixes some issues reported by users including auto space which now works with Japanese enabled and Evernote personalisation will now not cause repeated listing in settings. The update will now also allow users to type a URL. Previously, when users typed a URL, the keyboard suggested an autocorrect at the start of a message or capitalised the first "w".

Download SwiftKey for Android from here.

Friday 29 January 2016

OnePlus 2 16GB Variant Launched in India at Rs. 22,999

OnePlus has launched the 16GB variant of OnePlus 2 in India. The company had launched OnePlus 2 in July last year, and at the time, had only launched the 64GB inbuilt storage variant at Rs. 24,999 in India. OnePlus 2 16GB variant will be available via online shopping partner Amazon and is priced at Rs. 22,999.

OnePlus 2 16GB variant features 5.5-inch (1920 x 1080 pixels) Full HD IPS In-Cell display with Corning Gorilla Glass powered by Octa-Core Snapdragon 810 64-bit processor with Adreno 430 GPU and 3GB LPPDR4 RAM. It has an internal storage of 16GB. It sports a 13MP rear Laser Auto focus camera with dual LED Flash and a 5MP front facing camera. It runs on Android 5.1 Lollipop based Oxygen OS and has 3300 mAh battery.

OnePlus 2
OnePlus 2
Key Features :
  • 5.5-inch (1920 x 1080 pixels) Full HD IPS In-Cell display with Corning Gorilla Glass
  • Octa-Core Snapdragon 810 64-bit processor with Adreno 430 GPU
  • 3GB LPPDR4 RAM
  • 16GB internal storage
  • 13MP rear Laser Auto focus camera with dual LED Flash
  • 5MP front facing camera
  • Android 5.1 Lollipop based Oxygen OS
  • Dual (nano) SIM
  • Fingerprint scanner
  • 4G LTE, WiFi 802.11 a/b/g/n (2.4/5 GHz), WiFi Direct, Bluetooth 4.1 and GPS, USB Type-C
  • 3300 mAh battery

Thursday 28 January 2016

Motorola Moto X Force Listed on Amazon India Ahead of Launch

Just ahead of the launch of Moto X Force, Amazon India has already listed the smartphone on their website with Currently unavailable tag. The company has sent invites for the launch event of the Moto X Force, scheduled to take place on February 1 in Gurgaon.

Moto X Force is the international version of Droid Turbo 2. It is available in Black Ballistic Nylon color and has optional Moto Maker customization depending on the market. The main highlight of this smartphone is it comes with Moto ShatterShield, the world’s first shatterproof display. Motorola says that the display is guaranteed not to crack or shatter for up to 4 years. It comes with 3760mAh battery, which in addition to a claimed battery life of 2-days under "mixed use", also supports Quick Charging.

Moto X Force features a 5.4-inch (1440×2560 pixels) Quad HD AMOLED display with Moto Shattershield powered by 2.0 GHz Octa-Core Snapdragon 810 processor with Adreno 430 GPU and 3GB LPDDR4  RAM. It has an internal storage of 32/64GB and can be expanded via microSD up to 2TB. It sports a 21MP rear camera with dual-tone LED flash and a5MP front facing camerawith LED flash. It runs on Android 5.1.1 Lollipop and is upgradable to Android 6.0 Marshmallow and has 3760 mAh battery.

Motorola Moto X Force
Motorola Moto X Force
Key Features :
  • 5.4-inch (1440×2560 pixels) Quad HD AMOLED display with Moto Shattershield
  • 2.0 GHz Octa-Core Snapdragon 810 processor with Adreno 430 GPU
  • 3GB LPDDR4  RAM
  • 32/64GB internal storage, Expandable via microSD up to 2TB
  • 21MP rear camera with dual-tone LED flash
  • 5MP front facing camerawith LED flash
  • Android 5.1.1 Lollipop, Upgradable to Android 6.0 Marshmallow
  • 4G LTE / 3G, 802.11a/b/g/n/ac 2.4 GHz + 5 GHz with MIMO, Bluetooth 4.1 LE, GPS, GLONASS, NFC
  • 3760 mAh battery with Turbo charging, PMA and Qi wireless charging

Huawei Honor Holly 2 Plus Launched with 4000mAh Battery, 2GB RAM, 4G at Rs. 8,499

Huawei has launched Honor Holly 2 Plus smartphone in India along with Honor 5X. It is available in Grey, Gold and White colors and is priced at Rs. 8,499. The smartphone will be available via online shopping partners Flipkart and Amazon from February 15th.

The main highlight of this smartphone is It packs a 4000mAh battery with power saving technology to extend the power up to 24 hours even with 10% battery and promises up to 3.75 days of battery life with average use and up to 2 days of battery life even with heavy use.

Huawei Honor Holly 2 Plus features 5-inch (1280 x 720 pixels) HD IPS display powered by 1.3 GHz quad-core MediaTek MT6735 64-bit processor with Mali-T720 GPU and 2GB RAM. It has an internal storage of 16Gb and can be expanded via microSD up to 128GB. It sports a 13MP rear camera with LED Flash and a 5MP front facing camera. It runs on Android 5.1 Lollipop with Emotion UI 3.1 on top and has 4000 mAh battery.

Huawei Honor Holly 2 Plus
Huawei Honor Holly 2 Plus
Key Features :
  • 5-inch (1280 x 720 pixels) HD IPS display
  • 1.3 GHz quad-core MediaTek MT6735 64-bit processor with Mali-T720 GPU
  • 2GB RAM
  • 16GB internal storage, Expandable via microSD up to 128GB
  • 13MP rear camera with LED Flash
  • 5MP front facing camera
  • Android 5.1 Lollipop with Emotion UI 3.1 on top
  • Dual SIM (CDMA / 4G)
  • 4G LTE / 3G HSPA+, WiFi 802.11 b/g/n, Bluetooth 4.0, GPS, USB OTG
  • 4000 mAh battery

Huawei Honor 5X Launched with 2GB RAM, Fingerprint Sensor in India at Rs. 12,999

Huawei as promised has launched Honor 5X smartphone in India. It is available in Silver and Sunset Gold colors and is priced at Rs. 12,999. The smartphone will be available for pre-order from online shopping partners Flipkart and Amazon and goes on sale from February 1st.

The main highlight of this smartphone is it features a fingerprint sensor with the company's latest 'Fingerprint 2.0' tech, which is said to unlock the handset in as little as 0.5 seconds. The sensor is placed on the rear panel below the camera. The 3000mAh battery is said to deliver up to 1.46 days of regular usage time and up to 1.01 days of heavy usage time. It supports Quick Charge 3.0, which can charge up to 50 percent battery in 30 minutes.

Huawei Honor 5X features a 5.5-inch (1080 x 1920 pixels) Full HD IPS display powered by 1.5 GHz Octa-core Qualcomm Snapdragon 615 (MSM8939) processor with Adreno 405 GPU and 2GB RAM. It has an internal storage of 16GB and can be expanded via microSD up to 128GB. It sports a 13MP rear camera with LED Flash and a 5MP front facing camera. It runs on Android 5.1 Lollipop with EMUI 3.1 on top and has 3000 mAh battery.

Huawei Honor 5X
Huawei Honor 5X
Key Features :
  • 5.5-inch (1080 x 1920 pixels) Full HD IPS display
  • 1.5 GHz Octa-core Qualcomm Snapdragon 615 (MSM8939) processor with Adreno 405 GPU
  • 2GB RAM
  • 16GB internal strage, Expandable via microSD up to 128GB
  • 13MP rear camera with LED Flash
  • 5MP front facing camera
  • Android 5.1 Lollipop with EMUI 3.1 on top
  • Dual SIM (micro + nano)
  • Fingerprint sensor, Box speakers with Smart PA audio chip
  • 4G LTE / 3G, WiFi 802.11 b/g/n, Bluetooth 4.1, GPS
  • 3000 mAh battery

BlackBerry Priv Launched in India at Rs. 62,990

BlackBerry as promised has launched Priv in India. It is available in Black Color and is priced at Rs. 62,990. The smartphone will be available Amazon India and offline retail stores from January 30th.

BlackBerry Priv features a 5.4-inch (2560 x 1440 pixels) Quad HD display powered by Hexa-Core Qualcomm Snapdragon 808 ( 4x 1.44GHz ARM A53 + 2 x 1.8 GHz ARM A57 ) 64-bit processor with Adreno 418 GPU and 3GB RAM. It has an internal storage of 32GB and can be expanded via microSD up to 2TB. It sports a 18MP rear camera with dual LED Flash and a 2MP front facing camera. It runs on Android 5.1.1 Lollipop and has 3410 mAh battery.

BlackBerry Priv
BlackBerry Priv
Key Features :
  • 5.4-inch (2560 x 1440 pixels) Quad HD display
  • Hexa-Core Qualcomm Snapdragon 808 ( 4x 1.44GHz ARM A53 + 2 x 1.8 GHz ARM A57 ) 64-bit processor with Adreno 418 GPU
  • 3GB RAM
  • 32GB internal storage, Expandable via microSD up to 2TB
  • 18MP rear camera with dual LED Flash
  • 2MP front facing camera
  • Android 5.1.1 Lollipop
  • 4-row BlackBerry slider keyboard
  • 4G LTE, WiFi 802.11 a/b/g/n/ac (2.4GHz and 5GHz), Bluetooth 4.1 LE, GPS + GLONASS
  • 3410 mAh battery

Wednesday 27 January 2016

Lenovo Vibe X3 Launched with Snapdragon 808, 21MP Camera, 3GB RAM in India at Rs. 19,999

Lenovo has launched Vibe X3 smartphone in India. It is available in White color and is priced at Rs. 19,999. The smartphone will be available via online shopping partner Amazon India. It will on open sale starting tomorrow, January 28th, 2PM.

The Lenovo Vibe X3 also supports TheatreMax. The service takes content and will render it for left and right eye, delivering a large screen cinematic experience when used with AntVR headset, which was introduced during the launch of Lenovo K4 Note. Interested users can buy the headset separately at Rs. 1,299.

Lenovo Vibe X3 features 5.5-inch (1920 × 1080 pixels) Full HD IPS display with Corning Gorilla Glass 3 powered by Hexa-Core Snapdragon 808 processor with Adreno 418 GPU and 3GB RAM. It has an internal storage of 32GB and can be expanded via microSD up to 128GB. It sports a 21MP camera with dual-tone LED flash and a 8MP front facing camera. It runs on Android 5.1 Lollipop and has 3600 mAh battery.

Lenovo Vibe X3
Lenovo Vibe X3
Key Features :

  • 5.5-inch (1920 × 1080 pixels) Full HD IPS display with Corning Gorilla Glass 3
  • Hexa-Core Snapdragon 808 processor with Adreno 418 GPU
  • 3GB RAM
  • 32GB internal storage, Expandable via microSD up to 128GB
  • 21MP camera with dual-tone LED flash
  • 8MP front facing camera
  • Android 5.1 Lollipop
  • Dual Hybrid SIM (nano + nano / microSD)
  • 4G LTE / 3G HSPA+, WiFi 802.11 a/b/g/n/ac, Bluetooth 4.1 LE, GPS, NFC
  • 3600 mAh battery

Lava V5 Launched with 3GB RAM, 4G LTE at Rs. 11,499

Lava has launched Lava V5 smartphone in India. It is available in White color is priced at Rs. 11,499. The smartphone will be available through both offline and online channels across India.

Lava V5 features 5.5-inch (1280 x 720 pixels) HD IPS Full lamination display with Corning Gorilla Glass 3 powered by 1.3 GHz quad-core MediaTek MT6735 64-bit processor with Mali-T720 GPU and 3GB RAM. It has an internal storage of 16GB and can be expanded via microSD up to 32GB. It sports a 13MP rear camera with dual LED Flash and a 8MP front facing camera with LED Flash. It runs on Android 5.1.1 Lollipop and is upgradable to Android 6.0 Marshmallow and has 3000 mAh battery.

Lava V5
Lava V5
Key Features :
  • 5.5-inch (1280 x 720 pixels) HD IPS Full lamination display with Corning Gorilla Glass 3
  • 1.3 GHz quad-core MediaTek MT6735 64-bit processor with Mali-T720 GPU
  • 3GB RAM
  • 16GB internal memory, Expandable via microSD up to 32GB
  • 13MP rear camera with dual LED Flash
  • 8MP front facing camera with LED Flash
  • Android 5.1.1 Lollipop, Upgradable to Android 6.0 Marshmallow
  • Dual SIM
  • 4G LTE / 3G HSPA+, WiFi 802.11 b/g/n, Bluetooth 4.0, GPS
  • 3000 mAh battery

Tuesday 26 January 2016

Asus Zenfone 2 Deluxe Special Edition Launched with 4GB RAM, Intel Z3590 Processor

Asus has revealed another variant of ZenFone 2 smartphone. The new variant is dubbed Zenfone 2 Deluxe Special Edition. It is available in silver polygon that has the same 3D pattern at the back as the regular Zenfone 2 Deluxe and a Carbon Night which has a flat back cover but with a carbon fiber finish. Both the device’s will also have red accents at the sides as well as the rear volume button rocker and will come with an exclusive red and black ZenUI theme. No details regarding the device’s release date and price have been revealed yet.

Asus Zenfone 2 Deluxe Special Edition features 5.5 inch (1920x1080) Full HD IPS Display with Corning Gorilla Glass 3 powered by 2.5GHz Intel Atom Quad Core Z3590 processor and 4GB LPDDR3 RAM. It has an internal storage of 256GB and can be expanded via microSD up to 128GB. It sports a 13MP Pixelmaster Auto Focus camera with Real Tone flash and a 5MP front facing camera.It runs on Android 5.0 Lollipop and has 3000 mAh battery.

Asus Zenfone 2 Deluxe Special Edition
Asus Zenfone 2 Deluxe Special Edition
Key Features :
  • 5.5 inch (1920x1080) Full HD IPS Display with Corning Gorilla Glass 3
  • 2.5GHz Intel Atom Quad Core Z3590 processor
  • 4GB LPDDR3 RAM
  • 256GB internal storage, Expandable via microSD up to 128GB
  • 13MP Pixelmaster Auto Focus camera with Real Tone flash
  • 5MP front facing camera
  • Android 5.0 Lollipop
  • Dual SIM
  • 4G, WLAN 802.11 a/b/g/n/ac, Micro USB (support OTG), Bluetooth V4.0
  • 3000 mAh Li-Polymer (non-removable) battery

Monday 25 January 2016

Lenovo K5 Note Launched with 2GB RAM, Fingerprint Sensor, 3500mAh battery

Lenovo has launched K5 Note smartphone in China. It is available in Silver and Golden colors and is priced at 1099 Yuan ( US$ 167 / Rs. 11,325 approx.). So far the smartphone will be also sold via a flash sale model but will be available only in China. No word on global roll out.

Lenovo K5 Note features 5.5-inch (1920 x 1080 pixels) IPS display powered by 1.8 GHz Octa-core MediaTek Helip P10 processor with up to 550MHz Mali T860 GPU and 2GB RAM. It has an internal storage of 16GB and can be expanded via microSD up to 128GB. It sports a 13MP rear camera with dual-tone LED flash and a 8MP front facing camera. It runs on Android 5.1 Lollipop and has 3500 mAh battery.

Lenovo K5 Note
Lenovo K5 Note
Key Features :

  • 5.5-inch (1920 x 1080 pixels) IPS display
  • 1.8 GHz Octa-core MediaTek Helip P10 processor with up to 550MHz Mali T860 GPU
  • 2GB RAM
  • 16GB internal storage, Expandable via microSD up to 128GB
  • 13MP rear camera with dual-tone LED flash
  • 8MP front facing camera
  • Android 5.1 Lollipop
  • Dual (nano) SIM
  • Dolby ATMOS, Fingerprint sensor
  • 4G LTE / 3G HSPA+, dual-band WiFi 802.11 a/b/g/n/ac, Bluetooth 4.0, GPS
  • 3500 mAh battery

iBall Slide 3G Q45i Launched with Voice-Calling at Rs. 5,999

iBall has launched Slide 3G Q45i tablet in India. It is available in Blue color and is priced at Rs. 5,999. The main highlight of this tablet is it comes with voice-calling functionality. It also comes with support for 21 regional languages, Cast Screen Technology, which enables you to mirror what you are seeing on the display of your tablet to an external source such as TV or Monitor.

iBall Slide 3G Q45i features 7-inch (1024×600 pixels) IPS screen powered by 1GHz quad-core 64-bit Intel Atom x3 processor and 1GB RAM. It has an internal storage of 8GB and can be expanded via microSD up to 32GB. It sports a 5MP rear camera with LED flash and a VGA front facing camera. It runs on Android 5.1 Lollipop.

iBall Slide 3G Q45i
iBall Slide 3G Q45i
Key Features :
  • 7-inch (1024×600 pixels) IPS screen
  • 1GHz quad-core 64-bit Intel Atom x3 processor
  • 1GB RAM
  • 8GB internal storage, Expandable via microSD up to 32GB
  • 5MP rear camera with LED flash
  • VGA front facing camera
  • Android 5.1 Lollipop
  • Dual SIM
  • 3G (voice calling), WiFi 802.11n, Bluetooth 4.0, USB OTG, GPS

Sunday 24 January 2016

Facebook Sharing Coming to WhatsApp?

Facebook purchased WhatsApp for $19 Billion in year 2014. It has not changed much in its features, apart Voice Calling Features between Whats App users. It seems that Facebook and Whats App have been acting as two different bodies.

A new leak about the upcoming WhatsApp build reveals that WhatsApp will now allow cross communication between Facebook and WhatsApp accounts. When messing with root commands, version 4.12.413 of WhatsApp shows the option of linking a WhatsApp account with a Facebook account to “improve Facebook experiences”.


Google+ user Javier Santos has found out some new options residing in WhatsApp’s latest beta build, v4.12.413. These options indicate that WhatsApp is preparing to start sharing its data with Facebook, in order to “improve Facebook experiences”. This change will come along with a new set of Terms of Service that users will have to agree to.

Last month, some leaked images of WhatsApp went viral which showed WhatsApp testing video calling support. WhatsApp for iOS version 2.12.16.2 is being tested internally. So far, there has been no word on video call support officially arriving to WhatsApp but speculation has it the feature may be rolled out early next year.

Just a week after WhatsApp proclaimed that it is not charging $1 as annual fee, and it further said that they are seeking to see new information that points to a convenient relationship between messaging service “WhatsApp” and its parental company, Facebook.

WhatsApp is definitely up to something big. Lets us all wait for the change.

Saturday 23 January 2016

Google, RailTel's Free Public Wi-Fi Service Launched at Mumbai Central


Indian Railways, RailTel and Google India on Friday announced the availability of free high-speed public Wi-Fi service at the Mumbai Central station. “The Wi-Fi will be entirely free to start and the long-term goal will be making this self-sustainable to allow for expansion to more stations and places, with RailTel and other partners, in the future,” said Google.

They also said that it will expand the free public Wi-Fi network to 100 of the busiest railway stations in India by the end of this year, and eventually expand to 400 railway stations. Next in line are stations in Allahabad, Patna, Jaipur, and Ranchi. “Also, to make sure that a few people spending all day in the station downloading lots of big files don’t slow down the network for everyone, users might notice a drop in speed after their first hour on the network. Most people should still be able to do the things they’ll want to do online,” added Google.

To access the internet, all you need to do is
  • Visit the Wi-Fi Settings of their smartphone, and select the RailWire network.
  • Open your mobile browser, and then navigate to railwire.co.in. 
  • On the RailWire website, users will be prompted to their phone number on the Wi-Fi login screen, and then press Receive SMS.
  • Users will receive an SMS message with a 4-digit OTP (one-time password) code, and they will then have to enter the code at the Wi-Fi login screen, and click Done.
  • You will see a checkmark and will be connected.

Commenting on the launch, Chairman and Managing Director of RailTel Shri R. K. Bahuguna said, "Our intent was to fulfil Indian Railway's vision of providing Railway passengers access to high speed Internet through our optical fibre communication network. Affordable smartphones have made it possible for the common men to experience the power of Internet. With our partnership with Google, we are very confident of rolling out a robust, scalable service at Railway stations in the near future."

Rajan Anandan, VP & Managing Director, Google South East Asia and India said, "We're delighted to launch India's first high speed public Wi-Fi service in partnership with Indian Railways. Bringing affordable Internet access to millions of people is an important part of making the Internet both easily accessible and useful for more than 300 million Indians who are already online, and the nearly one billion more who are not. By end of this year over 10 million people will be able to enjoy this experience at 100 stations spread across the country. I would like to thank the Indian Railways for their support and vision to provide a world class high speed public Wi-Fi network at the stations."

Gulzar Azad, Head of Access Project, Google India said, "We've focused on delivering a network that is at par with the high speed public Wi-Fi network that is available to users in developed countries. The network is built for wide coverage and high capacity usage unlike a typical Wi-Fi hotspot which offers connectivity in limited area and poor experience. This network will extend to cover both long distance train station and the local train station in Mumbai Central. The next four stations we'll bring online will be Allahabad, Patna, Jaipur and Ranchi and others will follow very shortly."



Asus Pegasus 5000 Launched with 4850mAh Battery

Asus has launched the Pegasus 5000, the company's new Pegasus series smartphone in China. It is available in Blue and Golden colors and is reportedly priced at Rs. 1,299 yuan (US$ 197 / Rs. 13,390 approx.) for the 2GB RAM variant and 1,799 yuan (US$ 273 / Rs. 18,545 approx.) for the 3GB RAM variant. The main highlight of this smartphone is its 4850mAh battery capacity. No word on global roll out yet.

Asus Pegasus 5000 features 5.5-inch (1920 x 1080 pixels) display with Corning Gorilla Glass protection powered by 1.3 GHz Octa-Core 64-bit MediaTek MT6753 processor and 2GB/3GB RAM. It has an internal storage of 16GB and can be expanded via microSD up to 32GB. It sports a 13MP rear camera with LED flash and a 5MP front facing camera. It runs on Android 5.1 Lollipop with Zen UI on top and has 4850 mAh battery.

Asus Pegasus 5000
Asus Pegasus 5000
Key Feature :
  • 5.5-inch (1920 x 1080 pixels) display with Corning Gorilla Glass protection
  • 1.3 GHz Octa-Core 64-bit MediaTek MT6753 processor
  • 2GB/3GB RAM
  • 16GB internal storage, Expandable via microSD up to 32GB
  • 13MP rear camera with LED flash
  • 5MP front facing camera
  • Android 5.1 Lollipop with Zen UI on top
  • Dual SIM
  • 4G TD-LTE / 3G HSPA+, WiFi 802.11 b/g/n, Bluetooth 4.0, GPS
  • 4850 mAh battery

Panasonic Eluga Turbo Launched with 3GB RAM, 4G LTE at Rs. 10,999

Panasonic has launched the company’s latest Eluga Turbo 4G smartphone in India. It is available in Blue color and is priced at Rs. 10,999. The smartphone is available exclusively via online shopping partner Snapdeal, the registration for the smartphone has already started.

Panasonic Eluga Turbo features 5-inch (1280 x 720 pixels) HD IPS display with Corning Gorilla Glass 3 powered by 1.5 GHz Octa-Core 64-bit processor and 3GB RAM. It has an internal storage of 32GB and can be expanded via microSD. It sports a 13MP rear camera with LED Flash and a 5MP front facing camera. It runs on Android 5.1 Lollipop and has 2350 mAh battery.

Panasonic Eluga Turbo
Panasonic Eluga Turbo
Key Features :
  • 5-inch (1280 x 720 pixels) HD IPS display with Corning Gorilla Glass 3
  • 1.5 GHz Octa-Core 64-bit processor
  • 3GB RAM
  • 32GB internal storage, Expandable via microSD 
  • 13MP rear camera with LED Flash
  • 5MP front facing camera
  • Android 5.1 Lollipop
  • Dual SIM
  • 4G LTE / 3G HSPA+, WiFi 802.11 b/g/n, Bluetooth 4.0, GPS
  • 2350 mAh battery

Asus ZenFone Zoom Launched with 3X optical zoom, 4GB RAM in India at Rs. 37,999

Asus as promised has launched Asus ZenFone Zoom smartphone in India. It is available in Pure Black and  Ceramic White colors with leather back and is priced at Rs. 37,999. The Zenfone Zoom, Zenflash and Tripod bundle is priced at Rs. 39,999. It will be available through Flipkart from February 2016.

The main highlight of this smartphone is it comes with 13 megapixel camera with OIS, 3X optical zoom. The smartphone also has a 3000mAh battery with ASUS BoostMaster fast charging that takes just 39 minutes to charge from 0 to 70% using the 18W fast charger.

Asus ZenFone Zoom features a 5.5-inch (1920 x 1080 pixels) display with Corning Gorilla Glass 4 protection powered by 2.3GHz quad-core Intel Atom Z3580 / 2.5GHz quad-core Intel Atom Z3590 processor with PowerVR G6430 GPU and 4GB LPDDR3 RAM. It has an internal storage of 64GB and can be expanded via microSD up to 128GB. It sports a 13MP rear camera with OIS, 3X optical zoom, Laser AF, Real Tone flash and a 5MP front facing camera. It runs on Android 5.1 Lollipop and has 3000 mAh battery

Asus ZenFone Zoom
Asus ZenFone Zoom
Key Features :
  • 5.5-inch (1920 x 1080 pixels) display with Corning Gorilla Glass 4 protection
  • 2.3GHz quad-core Intel Atom Z3580 / 2.5GHz quad-core Intel Atom Z3590 processor with PowerVR G6430 GPU
  • 4GB LPDDR3 RAM
  • 64GB /128GB internal storage, Expandable via microSD up to 128GB
  • 13MP rear camera with OIS, 3X optical zoom, Laser AF, Real Tone flash
  • 5MP front facing camera
  • Android 5.1 Lollipop
  • 4G LTE / 3G HSPA+, WiFi 802.11 a/b/g/n/ac, Bluetooth 4.0, GPS, NFC
  • 3000 mAh battery
Commenting on the launch, Jerry Shen, ASUS CEO said, "Photography has become extremely important for today’s smartphone users. Consumers want to capture every precious moment of their lives on their smartphone cameras, and also be able to perform multiple tasks with the same device. With ZenFone Zoom, we are introducing an unbeatable smartphone that complements today’s lifestyles and puts professional photography within the reach of everyone".

Peter Chang, Region Head – South Asia & Country Manager for ASUS India added, "Consumers in India are increasingly looking for devices that offer them world-class technology at competitive prices. With smartphone imaging becoming an ever-more important consideration for Indian users, ZenFone Zoom provides powerful features and unmatched specifications that help us keep our promise of empowering luxury for users".

Friday 22 January 2016

Motorola Moto G 2nd Gen and Moto G 2nd Gen 4G Android 6.0 Marshmallow Soak Test Begins in India and Brazil


Soon after posting the release note for Android 6.0 Marshmallow update for Moto G 2nd Gen smartphone, Motorola’s Senior Director of Software Product Management, David Schuster announced that Motorola has started Android 6.0 (Marshmallow) soak test for the 2014 Moto G (2nd Gen) and 2014 Moto G (2nd Gen) 4G in Brazil and India.

In addition to this, Motorola will monitor the soak for next week and with good results, proceed to full launch. The smartphone is currently running on Android 5.0.2 Lollipop. It seems that the company is skipping Android 5.1 Lollipop and moving directly to Android 6.0 Marshmallow.

Recently, Motorola had rolled out Android 6.0 Marshmallow for Moto X Style, Moto X Play, Moto G Gen 3 and Moto X Turbo Edition in India. It also recently added Moto E Gen 2 4G in the list and said that it will get the Marshmallow update in Canada, Latin America, Europe and Asia, excluding China. Here are the list of devices which will receive Android 6.0 Marshmallow.

Lava P7 Launched with 2MP Front Camera with Flash at Rs. 5,499

Lava has launched Lava P7 smartphone in India. It is available in White, Blue and Gold colors and is priced at Rs. 5,499. The smartphone will be going on sale via physical retail channels, multi-brand outlets, as well as online retailers. The smartphone packs the latest Google Indic keyboard that supports 12 Indian languages.

Lava P7 features 5-inch (854 x 480 pixels) FWVGA display with Corning Gorilla Glass powered by 1.2GHz quad-core MediaTek processor and 1GB RAM. It has an internal storage of 8GB and can be expanded via microSD up to 32GB. It sports a 5MP rear camera with LED Flash and a 2MP front facing camera with LED flash. It runs on Android 5.1 Lollipop and is upgradable to Android 6.0 Marshmallow and has 2000 mAh battery.

Lava P7
Lava P7
Key Features :
  • 5-inch (854 x 480 pixels) FWVGA display with Corning Gorilla Glass
  • 1.2GHz quad-core MediaTek processor
  • 1GB RAM
  • 8GB internal storage, Expandable via microSD up to 32GB
  • 5MP rear camera with LED Flash
  • 2MP front facing camera with LED flash
  • Android 5.1 Lollipop, Upgradable to Android 6.0 Marshmallow
  • Dual SIM with dual standby
  • 3G HSPA+, WiFi 802.11 b/g/n, Bluetooth 4.0, GPS
  • 2000 mAh battery

Wednesday 20 January 2016

Motorola To Roll Out Android 6.0 Marshmallow for Moto G (2nd Gen) in India soon

Motorola has released the Android 6.0 Marshmallow note for Moto G 2nd Gen smartphone. The smartphone is currently running on Android 5.0.2 Lollipop. It seems that the company is skipping Android 5.1 Lollipop and moving directly to Android 6.0 Marshmallow.

Recently, Motorola had rolled out Android 6.0 Marshmallow for Moto X Style, Moto X Play, Moto G Gen 3 and Moto X Turbo Edition in India. It also recently added Moto E Gen 2 4G in the list and said that it will get the Marshmallow update in Canada, Latin America, Europe and Asia, excluding China. Here are the list of devices which will receive Android 6.0 Marshmallow.


Here is the changelog for Moto G 2nd Gen

App Standby

App Standby helps to reduce the battery drain of your phone by putting your seldom-used apps into a reduced activity state. You can choose which apps are applicable to App Standby :
  1. Swipe the status bar down with two fingers and tap the gear icon at the top right corner of your screen.
  2. Once in the Settings menu, scroll down and select Battery.
  3. Tap the menu icon (3 vertical dots) at the top right corner of the screen and select Battery optimization. The greyed out list of apps under “Not optimized” cannot be added to App Standby.
  4. Select “All apps” from the drop down list, then tap the app you want to adjust:
  • Select “Optimize” to include the app in App Standby to optimize battery life when it’s not in use.
  • Select “Don’t optimize” to remove the app from App Standby. Apps listed as “Not optimized” may keep running in the background and may drain your battery more quickly.
App permissions

In Android Marshmallow you have even more control over what you share with your apps. With the new permissions model, apps designed for Marshmallow only ask for permissions at the time it’s needed to use a feature, instead of all at once when you install the app. You can modify the permissions granted to apps at any time from the settings menu, or you can look at permissions by type and see which apps have that permission granted.

To modify permissions for an app:
  • Swipe the status bar down with two fingers and tap the gear icon at the top right corner of your screen.
  • Once in the Settings menu, scroll down and tap Apps, then select the app you want to adjust.
  • Go to Permissions in the app menu and tap the switch of the permission you want to grant or revoke for that app.
To modify permissions by type:
  • Swipe the status bar down with two fingers and tap the gear icon at the top right corner of your screen.
  • Once in the Settings menu, scroll down and tap Apps, then tap the gear icon at the top right corner of the Apps screen.
  • Go to App permissions and select the type of permission you want to adjust from the list.
  • Tap the switch for the app you want to grant/revoke that permission.
App links

Android Marshmallow lets you decide what the right action is for each of your apps when you tap a web link. There are three actions you can set:
  • Open in this app: when you tap a supported link, Android will always open the app without asking.
  • Ask every time: Android will always ask if you want to open the link in the app or in the Chrome browser.
  • Don’t open this app: Android will always open the link in the Chrome browser.
To set up the App links action and to check the supported links for a specific app:
  • Swipe the status bar down with two fingers and tap the gear icon at the top right corner of your screen.
  • Once in the Settings menu, scroll down and tap “Apps”, then select the app you want to adjust.
  • Go to “Open by default” in the apps menu. Tap “Open supported links” to select the action.
  • If you want to check which links are supported for that app, tap “Supported links”.
Expandable Storage

Android Marshmallow enables your SD card to fully extend device internal storage rather than just being used for media files.

After inserting a new SD card to your phone, you will see a notification to set it up. You can choose to use your new SD card as a portable storage or as internal storage:
  • Portable storage: use your SD card to store your pictures, videos, audio and other media files. You can remove the SD card at any time and transfer it to other device.
  • Internal storage: in addition to media, you can store downloaded apps and games, all their media and data. The SD card acts as an extension of the internal storage of your phone.
If you have an SD card inserted in your phone when you upgrade it to Android Marshmallow, the card will be defaulted to portable storage. Any existing application stored in your SD card before the upgrade will run as expected (in portable storage). In order to move any new application to the SD card, you have to adopt it as internal storage first. To set your SD card as internal storage:
  • Back up and preserve any data you have on the card, as formatting for internal storage will erase it.
  • Swipe the status bar down with two fingers and tap the gear icon at the top right corner of your screen.
  • Once in the Settings menu, scroll down and tap Storage & USB, then select your portable SD card from the list.
  • Tap the menu icon (3 vertical dots) at the top right corner of the SD card screen and select Settings.
  • Select Format as internal and follow the steps in the tutorial.
Important: when the SD card is adopted as internal storage, it is formatted and encrypted to protect your information. It cannot be removed and transferred to other device. If you want to use the SD card as portable storage or in another device after adopted as internal storage, then you need to format it. When doing so, please remember that formatting erases all the data stored in your SD card.

Do not disturb

You can now easily configure interruptions by tapping the Do not disturb button in the quick settings panel. There are 3 different modes that you can set from this menu:
  • Priority only blocks all interruptions except those from contacts and apps that you flag as important.
  • Total silence blocks all interruptions, including priority and alarms.
  • Alarms only blocks everything but your alarms.
The new Do not disturb feature also allows multiple automatic rules by time or event. To set automatic rules and to define what’s considered as "priority only” notifications:

  • Swipe the status bar down with two fingers, then tap the gear icon at the top right corner of your screen.
  • Once in the Settings menu, scroll down and tap Sound & notification, then go to Do not disturb.
In addition, you can decide which apps are treated as priority. Notifications from these apps will go off in “Priority only” mode. To treat an app as priority:

  • Swipe the status bar down with two fingers and tap the gear icon at the top right corner of your screen.
  • Once in the Settings menu, scroll down and tap Apps, then select the app you want to adjust.
  • Go to Notifications in the apps menu and tap “Treat as priority”.
Volume controls

Android Marshmallow provides a more clean and intuitive way to control the ringtone, media and alarm volume. Just press and hold the side volume keys to adjust your ringtone volume, then tap the down arrow in the volume slider that appears at the top of your screen to adjust the media and alarm volume.

Mute: when Do not disturb mode isn't enabled and the phone volume is set to vibrate, press the volume down button again to activate the "Alarms only" mode. You won't be interrupted by calls, emails and other notifications, but your alarms will still go off.

Now on Tap

Now on Tap provides Google Now contextual results right in the app you are using. Just tap and hold down the home button and Now on Tap will assist you with relevant information based on whatever you are doing in your phone at that moment.

Let's say you receive a text message from a friend inviting you to watch a new movie. Just long press the home button, and Now on Tap will provide links to info about that movie and shortcuts to the apps you may need. Once you’re done, the back button will take you right back to the messaging app so you can reply to your friend.

Direct Share

Direct Share is a new feature in Android Marshmallow that enables sharing something directly to a contact or conversation within an app. Tap the share icon in the app and at the top of the share panel, a list of contacts with app icons next to their names will pop-up. Then just pick the contact and hit send.

Moto Assist

In Marshmallow, Android introduced new features which enabled us to integrate Assist into other places:

Sleeping and Meeting - to keep your phone quiet while you are sleeping or while you are busy in a meeting you may wish to consider using the Do not disturb feature from Android. To set it up, swipe the status bar down with two fingers and tap the gear icon at the top right corner of your screen. Once in the Settings menu, scroll down and tap Sound & notification, then go to Do not disturb.

Driving and Home - Assist still allows your phone to read your messages and calls out loud while you are driving or when you are at home. To enable, open Assist and set up your driving or home preferences.

Motorola Migrate

From time to time, we need to retire certain Motorola services so that we can usher in a new wave of technology and offerings for our users, as a result Motorola Migrate will no longer be offered on devices running Android Marshmallow.

In the meantime, you may wish to choose another app as an alternative for data transfers. Although we do not warranty or endorse these products, other consumers have had success with apps such as Copy My Data, Phone Copier, ShareIt, etc. which are all on Google Play Store.

Motorola Alert

If you are a Motorola Alert user please note that the application will be removed from your device on the Marshmallow upgrade. Nevertheless, you will be able to download it again from the Play Store.

Motorola Moto X Force India Launch Set for February 1

Motorola had teased the launch of Moto X Force and today the company has sent invites for the launch event of the Moto X Force, scheduled to take place on February 1 in Gurgaon.

Moto X Force is the international version of Droid Turbo 2. It is available in Black Ballistic Nylon color and has optional Moto Maker customization depending on the market. The main highlight of this smartphone is it comes with Moto ShatterShield, the world’s first shatterproof display. Motorola says that the display is guaranteed not to crack or shatter for up to 4 years. It comes with 3760mAh battery, which in addition to a claimed battery life of 2-days under "mixed use", also supports Quick Charging.

Motorola Droid Turbo 2 features a 5.4-inch (1440×2560 pixels) Quad HD AMOLED display with Moto Shattershield powered by 2.0 GHz Octa-Core Snapdragon 810 processor with Adreno 430 GPU and 3GB LPDDR4  RAM. It has an internal storage of 32/64GB and can be expanded via microSD up to 2TB. It sports a 21MP rear camera with dual-tone LED flash and a5MP front facing camerawith LED flash. It runs on Android 5.1.1 Lollipop and is upgradable to Android 6.0 Marshmallow and has 3760 mAh battery.

Moto X Force
Moto X Force
Key Features :
  • 5.4-inch (1440×2560 pixels) Quad HD AMOLED display with Moto Shattershield
  • 2.0 GHz Octa-Core Snapdragon 810 processor with Adreno 430 GPU
  • 3GB LPDDR4  RAM
  • 32/64GB internal storage, Expandable via microSD up to 2TB
  • 21MP rear camera with dual-tone LED flash
  • 5MP front facing camerawith LED flash
  • Android 5.1.1 Lollipop, Upgradable to Android 6.0 Marshmallow
  • 4G LTE / 3G, 802.11a/b/g/n/ac 2.4 GHz + 5 GHz with MIMO, Bluetooth 4.1 LE, GPS, GLONASS, NFC
  • 3760 mAh battery with Turbo charging, PMA and Qi wireless charging

Tuesday 19 January 2016

Motorola Moto G Turbo Starts Receiving Android 6.0 Marshmallow Update in India


Motorola has started rolling out Android 6.0 Marshmallow in India for Moto G Turbo Edition smartphones in India. The Android 6.0 Marshmallow over-the-air (OTA) update v24.11.22 for the Moto G Turbo Edition is 445.5MB in size and also includes the Android security update for December. Moto G Turbo users can check their update by going to Settings > About Phone > System updates.

Recently, Motorola had rolled out Android 6.0 Marshmallow for Moto X Style, Moto X Play and Moto G Gen 3 in India. It also recently added Moto E Gen 2 4G in the list and said that it will get the Marshmallow update in Canada, Latin America, Europe and Asia, excluding China. Here are the list of devices which will receive Android 6.0 Marshmallow.

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Motorola Teases 'Shatterproof' Moto X Force for India

Motorola has started teasing the world’s first shatterproof display smartphone, the Moto X Force in India. Motorola India in a series of teaser tweets said, "Moto X Force coming soon" and "Are you one amongst 40 percent of people who are deathly scared of dropping their phones?" The Lenovo-owned company as of has not revealed any details about the launch of the Moto X Force but we can expect to hear more on the handset soon.

Moto X Force is the international version of Droid Turbo 2. It is available in Black Ballistic Nylon color and has optional Moto Maker customization depending on the market. The main highlight of this smartphone is it comes with Moto ShatterShield, the world’s first shatterproof display. Motorola says that the display is guaranteed not to crack or shatter for up to 4 years. It comes with 3760mAh battery, which in addition to a claimed battery life of 2-days under "mixed use", also supports Quick Charging.

Motorola Droid Turbo 2 features a 5.4-inch (1440×2560 pixels) Quad HD AMOLED display with Moto Shattershield powered by 2.0 GHz Octa-Core Snapdragon 810 processor with Adreno 430 GPU and 3GB LPDDR4  RAM. It has an internal storage of 32/64GB and can be expanded via microSD up to 2TB. It sports a 21MP rear camera with dual-tone LED flash and a5MP front facing camerawith LED flash. It runs on Android 5.1.1 Lollipop and is upgradable to Android 6.0 Marshmallow and has 3760 mAh battery.


Key Features :
  • 5.4-inch (1440×2560 pixels) Quad HD AMOLED display with Moto Shattershield
  • 2.0 GHz Octa-Core Snapdragon 810 processor with Adreno 430 GPU
  • 3GB LPDDR4  RAM
  • 32/64GB internal storage, Expandable via microSD up to 2TB
  • 21MP rear camera with dual-tone LED flash
  • 5MP front facing camerawith LED flash
  • Android 5.1.1 Lollipop, Upgradable to Android 6.0 Marshmallow
  • 4G LTE / 3G, 802.11a/b/g/n/ac 2.4 GHz + 5 GHz with MIMO, Bluetooth 4.1 LE, GPS, GLONASS, NFC
  • 3760 mAh battery with Turbo charging, PMA and Qi wireless charging

Monday 18 January 2016

BlackBerry Priv Android Smartphone Launching in India on January 28

BlackBerry has sent invites for the India launch of its first Android smartphone - the BlackBerry Priv. The launch is scheduled for 11am on January 28, and is set to take place in New Delhi.

BlackBerry Priv features a 5.4-inch (2560 x 1440 pixels) Quad HD display powered by Hexa-Core Qualcomm Snapdragon 808 ( 4x 1.44GHz ARM A53 + 2 x 1.8 GHz ARM A57 ) 64-bit processor with Adreno 418 GPU and 3GB RAM. It has an internal storage of 32GB and can be expanded via microSD up to 2TB. It sports a 18MP rear camera with dual LED Flash and a 2MP front facing camera. It runs on Android 5.1.1 Lollipop and has 3410 mAh battery.

BlackBerry Priv
BlackBerry Priv
Key Features :
  • 5.4-inch (2560 x 1440 pixels) Quad HD display
  • Hexa-Core Qualcomm Snapdragon 808 ( 4x 1.44GHz ARM A53 + 2 x 1.8 GHz ARM A57 ) 64-bit processor with Adreno 418 GPU
  • 3GB RAM
  • 32GB internal storage, Expandable via microSD up to 2TB
  • 18MP rear camera with dual LED Flash
  • 2MP front facing camera
  • Android 5.1.1 Lollipop
  • 4-row BlackBerry slider keyboard
  • 4G LTE, WiFi 802.11 a/b/g/n/ac (2.4GHz and 5GHz), Bluetooth 4.1 LE, GPS + GLONASS
  • 3410 mAh battery

Sunday 17 January 2016

Sony Xperia C4 Unexpectedly Receives Android 5.1 Lollipop Update

Sony had listed Xperia C4 and C4 Dual for Android 6.0 Marshmallow update. It was expected to get Android 6.0 Marshmallow update directly from Android 5.0 Lollipop. But here is a surprise for all the Xperia C4 and C4 Dual users, Sony has pushed the Android 5.1 Lollipop update to the handset in the form of build number 27.2.A.0.155 for the Xperia C4 and build number 27.2.B.0.155 for the C4 Dual.


The update is available across six different models of the C4 and C4 Dual and is available to download as an OTA (Over-the-air) update. We aren’t sure if this means that the C4 and C4 Dual won’t get the update to Android 6.0 or not. Only time will tell. It could possibly be just Sony releasing an update that brings some improvements to the performance, security etc. so that users will be happy while waiting for the next major update.


Xiaomi MiPad Tablet Price Slashed in India

Xiaomi wishes Happy Makar Sankranti by slashing the price of Mi pad tablet in India by Rs. 2000. The tablet is now available at Rs. 10,999 at their official website and online shopping partner Flipkart.

Xiaomi Mi Pad features 7.9-inch (2048 × 1536 pixels) display with Corning Gorilla Glass 3 powered by 2.2 GHz NVIDIA Tegra K1 processor with 192-core Kepler GPU and 2GB RAM. It has an internal storage of 16GB and can be expanded via microSD up to 128GB. It sports a 8MP rear camera with Sony BSI stacked sensor and a 5MP front facing camera. It runs on Android based MiUI ROM and has 6700 mAh battery.


Key Features :
  • 7.9-inch (2048 × 1536 pixels) display with Corning Gorilla Glass 3
  • 2.2 GHz NVIDIA Tegra K1 processor with 192-core Kepler GPU
  • 2GB RAM
  • 16GB internal storage, Expandable via microSD up to 128GB
  • 8MP rear camera with Sony BSI stacked sensor
  • 5MP front facing camera
  • Android based MiUI ROM
  • WiFi 802.11/b/g/n/ac Dual Band (2X2 MIMO), Bluetooth 4.0
  • 6700 mAh battery

Saturday 16 January 2016

Asus ZenFone Max with 5000mAh Battery, 2GB RAM Available at Rs. 9,999

Asus ZenFone Max which was launched on 4th January in India is now available online via online shopping partners Flipkart, Amazon and Snapdeal. It is available in Pure Black and Ceramic colors and is priced at Rs. 9,999.

The main highlight of this smartphone is it comes with a massive battery capacity of 5000 mAh and the best feature of this smartphone is that it can be used as a power bank to charge other devices too.

Asus ZenFone Max features a 5.5-inch (1280 x 720 pixels) display with Corning gorilla glass 4 powered by 1.2 GHz Quad-Core Snapdragon 410 processor with Adreno 306 GPU and 2GB RAM. It has an internal storage of 16GB internal storage and can be expanded via microSD up to 128GB. It sports a 13MP Laser Auto Focus rear camera with Real Tone flash and a 5MP front facing camera. It runs on Android 5.0 Lollipop with Zen UI 2.0 on top and has 5000 mAh battery.

Asus ZenFone Max
Asus ZenFone Max
Key Features :

  • 5.5-inch (1280 x 720 pixels) display with Corning gorilla glass 4
  • 1.2 GHz Quad-Core Snapdragon 410 processor with Adreno 306 GPU
  • 2GB RAM
  • 16GB internal storage, Expandable via microSD up to 128GB
  • 13MP Laser Auto Focus rear camera with Real Tone flash
  • 5MP front facing camera
  • Android 5.0 Lollipop with Zen UI 2.0 on top
  • Dual SIM
  • 4G LTE / 3G HSPA+, WiFi 802.11 b/g/n, Bluetooth 4.0, GPS
  • 5000 mAh (non-removable) battery

Coolpad Note 3 Lite Launched with 3GB RAM, Fingerprint sensor, 4G LTE in India at Rs. 6,999

Coolpad has launched its Note 3 Lite smartphone in India. It is available in Black and Champagne White colors, is priced at Rs. 6,999. It will be available exclusively via online shopping partner Amazon. The flash sale starts from 28th January at 2PM, Registrations for the smartphone has already begun.

Coolpad Note 3 Lite features 5-inch (1280 x 720 pixels) HD IPS display, Scratch-resistant Glass powered by 1.3GHz Quad-Core 64-bit MediaTek MT6735 processor with Mali-T720 GPU and 3GB RAM. It has an internal storage of 16GB and can be expanded via microSD up to 32GB. It sports a 13MP rear camera with LED Flash and a 5MP front facing camera. It runs on Android 5.1 Lollipop with Cool UI 6.0 on top and has 2500 mAh battery.

Coolpad Note 3 Lite
Coolpad Note 3 Lite
Key Features :
  • 5-inch (1280 x 720 pixels) HD IPS display, Scratch-resistant Glass
  • 1.3GHz Quad-Core 64-bit MediaTek MT6735 processor with Mali-T720 GPU
  • 3GB RAM
  • 16GB internal storage, Expandable via microSD up to 32GB
  • 13MP rear camera with LED Flash
  • 5MP front facing camera
  • Android 5.1 Lollipop with Cool UI 6.0 on top
  • Dual SIM
  • Fingerprint sensor
  • 4G LTE / 3G HSPA+, Wi-Fi 802.11 b/g/n, Bluetooth 4.0, GPS, USB OTG
  • 2500 mAh battery
The company added that VoLTE (voice over LTE) functionality would also be made available, though did not specify the timeline for release. An Android 6.0 Marshmallow update for the Coolpad Note 3 Lite was also said to be in the pipeline. Coolpad added it had partnered with HCL for after sales service in India.