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Karbonn Titanium S5 Quad Core Smartphone Launched At Rs. 11990- Video Review And Details

by Ritij Khurana • March 19, 2013

Micromax Canvas HD A116 had the first mover advantage in the Indian market when it was the first quad core smartphone on a budget in the country but it went out of stock as soon as it went on sale. Amidst all this, companies have started to launch their quad core devices and Micromax’s arch rival, Karbonn has launched their 5 inch quad core smartphone, the Karbonn Titanium S5 at a price of Rs.11,990 exclusively through snapdeal.com for the time being and yes, it is in stock.

The S5 will flaunt a 5 inch screen which will have display resolution of 960×540 pixels. And this is the only difference between it and the Micromax flagship. The A116 has a screen of 720p resolution but if you consider the price difference, the Karbonn smartphone makes for a better buy. Its heart will be a 1.2 GHz quad core Snapdragon processor from Qualcomm which is expected to perform better than the Mediatek processor found in other budget quad core smartphones.

Salora PowerMaxx Gets Android 4.1 Jelly Bean Update

by Nitesh Rathore • March 18, 2013

Recently Micromax upgrades Canvas 2 to Android 4.1 Jelly Bean and everyone is appreciating this step of Micromax. Now other Indian smartphone manufacturer is also learning from Micromax and they also start giving updates to their devices too with the Google’s most modern OS. Consumer electronics manufacturer Salora is also rolling out update to its flagship device PowerMaxx. For upgrading this device you need to visit the Salora service center. With the latest Jelly Bean operating system you get faster and smoother performance on you device as compare to Ice Cream Sandwich operating system, Thanks to Google’s Project Butter that it launches earlier to make android OS smoother and faster. You also get Google Now integration with Jelly Bean that makes your device more superior and useful. With the smoother OS widgets and apps work more efficiently on device.This device is known for its huge battery backup. Its got 3200 mAH battery that gives you 22 hrs of talk time, 42 hrs of playing music, 10 hrs of playing video, 11 hrs of 3G networking and 13 hrs of Wi Fi usage support.

Samsung Galaxy S4 Official Pictures, Price, Features and Details

by Ritij Khurana • March 18, 2013

Updated On 25th April 2013

Samsung Galaxy S4 Review From India Launch Event Here

Updated on 18th March 2013

The price of Samsung Galaxy S4 has been leaked on the official website itself. The Samsung Galaxy S4 will be prices starting around US $579+ Taxes in the USA for the 16GB model.

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Updated on 15th March 2013

Samsung Galaxy S4 has been the smartphone that everybody has been looking forward to for a while and Samsung has finally announced it. The Galaxy S4 was launched at an event in New York amidst a lot of fanfare and we tell you what the whole deal is about.

The S4 will have a 5 inch screen of full HD display resolution like the competitors Xperia Z and HTC one. The smartphone will have a pixel density of 441 ppi which shall help it reproduce crisp and clear displays. The smartphone looks quite similar to the Galaxy S3 and takes the previous generation smartphone’s design philosophy to a notch higher up the ladder. It will run on Android 4.2.2 Jelly Bean right out of the box.

iBall Edu-Slide i-1017 Educational Tablet Launched At Rs.12,999

by Hans Gogia • March 16, 2013

iBall has launched the iBall Edu-Slide i-1017 a new budget tablet for the Indian market especially for students. iBall Edu-Slide i-1017 features a 10.1-inch screen with a 1280X800 pixels resolution. The tablet packs a dual-core Cortex A9 processor which clocks up to 1.5GHz along with G400 mali GPU. It comes with 1GB RAM and runs on Android 4.1 (Jelly Bean) operating system with 8GB of internal storage available on the device, which can be expanded via additional microSD card. It also features a 2-megapixel rear shooter and a VGA front camera.

As the tablet is designed for students, it comes pre-loaded with educational software content by eTeach. It comprises of education material for I to XII standard students in both CBSE and SSC (Maharashtra) in English medium. The tablet also offers Marathi medium content of SSC students from standards V to X.

Xolo Q800 With Quad Core Processor and qHD Display Launched At Rs. 12499

by Ritij Khurana • March 13, 2013

A couple of months back, the rage in the budget smartphone segment were the dual core smartphones but then the Indian manufacturers announced that they’ll soon be launching the quad core smartphone around February-March and since the current month is March, it is time we saw all those quad-cores parade through our retail shelves. We recently brought you the news of Lava launching a quad core smartphone in mid-march under the Xolo brand but it seems the launch has happened sooner than expected.

Micromax brought the A116 HD which nobody has seen in stock, Karbonn brought the S1 which is still on pre-order from more than a month but now we finally have a smartphone which is quad core and in stock, the Lava Xolo Q800. We’d like to call it just the Xolo Q800 because addition of Lava takes the premiumness out of the smartphone. So let us talk about the Xolo Q800 which can be ordered right away at a price of Rs.12,499.

Lava E-Tab Connect Launched In India At Rs. 9499

by Ritij Khurana • March 13, 2013

Lava has been emerging slowly as one of the better performers amidst the Indian and Chinese manufacturers who are crowding the budget tablet, phablet and smartphone game with each passing day. And in an attempt to further improve its grasp over the segment, Lava has launched their first ever tablet with 3G and voice calling functionality in India. And yes, it is a 7 inch tablet. The screen has a resolution of 800×480 pixels and it will sell for Rs. 9,499.

The Lava E-Tab connect has a 1.2 GHz Qualcomm Snapdragon MSM7227A ARM Cortex A5 processor which will take care of the processing department and will run on Android 4.0 Ice Cream Sandwich. But yes the highlight is the SIM card slot which will help you use 3G on the tablet and also make calls. There’s a primary camera for clicking pictures with a 2.0 megapixel resolution and the secondary camera has a resolution of 0.3 megapixels which will come in handy for video-calling.

Gionee Dream D1- HD Super AMOLED And Quad Core Video Review

by Nitesh Rathore • March 13, 2013

Gionee Mobiles India has launched its flagship device the Gionee Dream D1 at an MPR of Rs. 17999. It comes with the android jelly bean 4.1 operating system. It has 4.65 HD Super AMOLED display with up to 316ppi. The device is 8.6mm thin, slimmest design and has a 1.2 GHz quad core processor are the plus points of this device. The pixel density is also pretty good, in fact very close to iPhone 5 retina displa. Gionee is the one of the biggest mobile manufacturer in the world based in China. It has sold 2.5 crore mobile devices in the world in last one year and now its target is to expand its reach to Indian mobile market. Dream D1 also comes with Gorrila Glass 2 which makes it scratch resistant. It has 1 GB of RAM and a quad core processor.