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Micromax Canvas Fire 4

Micromax, at the time of MWC 2015 trade show in Barcelona, has launched a new handset in India, the Canvas Fire 4. The smartphone is priced at Rs. 6,999 and is available both on e-commerce websites and physical retail stores starting Monday. The handset is not yet listed on the company website. The Micromax Canvas Fire 4 runs on Android 5.0 Lollipop and features a 4.5-inch FWVGA (480×854 pixels)... 

Sony Xperia M4 Aqua First Review

Sony has been very proud of the fact that its flagship Xperia Z3 and Xperia Z3 Compact phones are highly dust- and water-resistant. This has been one of things that set Sony apart from its competition. Of course, it didn’t hurt that those phones were also beautifully designed and constructed. Now, Sony has launched a mainstream model with both the design and the weatherproofing of the Z3 siblings.... 

Samsung Galaxy S6, Galaxy S6 Edge First Impressions

Samsung unveiled its latest and greatest flagship devices, the Galaxy S6 and the Galaxy S6 Edge, at its Unpacked event in Barcelona on Sunday. Despite multiple leaks already giving away most details of both devices, especially the design, Samsung had a few tricks up its sleeve in the form of new additions and some interesting new cutbacks. We managed to play around with both the smartphones at Samsung’s... 

Lenovo A7000 First Impressions

Lenovo seems to be on a budget smartphone launching spree without giving us time to breath. It’s not even been two whole months since Lenovo introduced the budget A6000 with LTE at CES 2015, that the Chinese smartphone giant has already announced its next budget smartphone A7000 at the ongoing MWC 2015. The A7000 is geared towards an audience that consumes a lot of multimedia content; the phone... 

Microsoft Lumia 640 and Lumia 640 XL First Look

It hasn’t been very long since Microsoft took over Nokia’s smartphone division, but the software giant hasn’t been standing still. Two of the latest devices to launch are the Microsoft Lumia 640 and Microsoft Lumia 640 XL. Four versions of each will be produced – single-SIM 3G, single-SIM LTE, dual-SIM 3G and dual-SIM LTE – but availability will depend on regions and carriers. We... 

Galaxy Note to Sport Dual Edge Display

Samsung’s new Galaxy S6 Edge has received some rave reviews from MWC 2015 attendees and now, the company buoyed with the response, has gone on to hint that the next Galaxy Note might also sport dual edge display. Samsung’s Roh Tae-moon, Executive Vice President of product strategy team, while talking to Korea Herald has spilled the news about a Galaxy Note variant possibly featuring dual... 

Blackphone 2 Security-Focused Phone With PrivatOS 1.1 Launched at MWC 2015

Silent Circle, at the ongoing MWC 2015, has launched the second version of its Blackphone handset, the Blackphone 2, with updated specifications. Silent Circle also announced a tablet named Blackphone+, which will be arriving later this year. For now, there is no price or specification details available for the tablet. The new privacy-oriented Blackphone 2 comes with an updated version of the firm’s... 

Gionee Elife S7 First Look: Slim Yet Sturdy

A Chinese company that has always stretched the boundaries of how thin a smartphone can be, Gionee showed off its first big ‘thin’ smartphone of 2015 – Gionee Elife S7 – at the MWC 2015 in Barcelona. Unlike its earlier phones that were as thin as their monikers suggested – the Gionee Elife S5.5 and Gionee Elife S5.1 – the Elife S7 does not have a thickness of 7mm.... 

OnePlus 2 Details Leak

OnePlus Co-Founder Carl Pei has revealed that his company is gearing up to enter a new product category next month. Additionally, more details about the OnePlus 2 smartphone have emerged. Pei while talking at the sidelines of MWC 2015 added that the new product is neither a smartwatch nor a tablet leaving everyone to guess the next OnePlus product. Interestingly, Pei’s announcement of a new product... 

Motorola Moto E (Gen 2) LTE Release Date

Motorola India has started sending invites for an event scheduled for March 10, where the company will unveil the new Moto E (seen in the invite above) for the Indian market. The company is set to launch the second-generation Moto E smartphone alongside the LTE variant of the handset. Soon after officially announcing the Motorola Moto E (Gen 2) last week, the company also tipped the price of the 3G... 

Asus Fonepad 7 (FE171CG), MeMO Pad 8 (ME581CL) Launched in India

Asus has launched two tablets in India, the Fonepad 7 (FE171CG) – which was officially listed in January – and the MeMO Pad 8 (ME581CL) – which was announced during Computex 2014. The Asus Fonepad 7 (FE171CG) is priced at Rs. 10,999 and the Asus MeMO Pad 8 (ME581CL) is priced at Rs. 19,999. Both tablets will be exclusively available from Flipkart. Commenting on the launch, Peter Chang,... 

Google Services to be Faster on 2G, More Internet Related Initiatives on Cards?

In a recent update, Google is starting an initiative in India to optimize its search results on mobile devices. This optimization will bring faster Google search on mobiles even on slower internet connection (2G or 1x). Google is serious about this, that’s mainly because Mountainview based company’s majority of revenues come from online advertisements. But now Facebook is becoming a strong competitor...