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Opera To Power Data Saver Feature On Xiaomi Devices

by Deepali Sharma • August 21, 2015

Earlier this week, Xiaomi announced its MIUI 7 in India. Out of plenty of features which MIUI 7 offers, the Data Saver is one of the talked about features. Xiaomi has partnered with Opera Software to power the Data Saver feature on all Xiaomi devices. The Opera Max technology has been powering the MIUI Data Saver feature on Xiaomi devices in China for more than a year and now the feature will be available on all Xiaomi devices worldwide.

The Data Saver feature compresses browser and in-app media. According to Xiaomi, this can reduce data usage across all applications by up to 50 percent This feature will be available in September in China, Hong Kong, Malaysia, Singapore, Taiwan, the Philippines and India.

Lenovo & Motorola Start Smartphone Manufacturing In India

by Deepali Sharma • August 18, 2015

Lenovo, at a press briefing in India today has announced that it will start smartphone manufacturing in India as its commitment to Make In India campaign. Lenovo owned Motorola has already started manufacturing in India. The Motorola Moto E and Lenovo K3 Note will now be manufactured at the Sriperumbudur, Chennai plant in India. While Moto E has already started being manufactured at the plant, the K3 Note will follow soon.

Furthermore, for the current financial year, Motorola and Lenovo will generate a capacity of 6 million units. Lenovo and Motorola both will have separate manufacturing lines at the same facility in Chennai.

Huawei Honor Smartphones To Come With SOS Feature

by Deepali Sharma • August 14, 2015

Honor, a brand under Huawei has announced that it will embed SOS feature in its Honor smartphones in India.

The SOS feature will act as an emergency alarm. It will send SMS to three numbers which users will have to pre-set. Users can choose the action to activate the feature. In case of emergency, users will be able to send their location to the pre-set numbers. The SOS feature will be embedded in upcoming batches of Honor smartphones. The Honor smartphones which have been already sold will also get the feature by updating software. The feature will be embedded in existing smartphones including- Honor 6 Plus, Honor 4X, Honor 4C and Honor 6.

Samsung India Announces Exciting Offers For ‘Make for India’ Products This Independence Day

by Deepali Sharma • August 10, 2015

Samsung India has announced several exciting offers for its ‘Make for India’ range of products for its customers to celebrate 69th Independence day (2015). Consumers under this campaign, can avail great offers on Samsung’s wide range of smartphones, tablets and consumer electronics which are covered under ‘make for India’ campaign. Samsung is offering discounts and easy EMI’s on select range of its products.

This campaign started on August 8, 2015 and will stretch over for 15 days. These offers can thus, be availed till August 22, 2015 across all leading retail outlets in India.

LG G4 And G4 Stylus Get Price Cut In India

by Deepali Sharma • August 7, 2015

LG has announced reduction in the prices of LG G4 and G4 Stylus smartphones for the festive season in India. The flagship LG G4 smartphone will be available to buy for Rs. 45,000 for Leather Back variant and Rs. 40,000 for Ceramic White variant instead of its original price of Rs. 51,000. The LG G4 Stylus which was launched in July 2015 for Rs. 24,990 can now be grabbed for Rs. 21,000.

To recall, the LG G4 is powered by a 64-bit 1.8 GHz hexa-core Qualcomm Snapdragon 808 processor paired with 3GB of RAM. Running Android 5.1 OS with LG UX 4.0, it features a 5.5-inch Quad HD IPS Quantum (2560×1440 pixels) display. It comes with a 16 mega pixel rear camera with OIS, 8 mega pixel front camera, 32GB of internal memory and 3000mAh battery.

Google Play Reduces Minimum Purchase Price For Apps To Rs. 10 In India

by Deepali Sharma • August 3, 2015

Google has announced reduction in minimum purchase price for apps and in-app products on Google Play store from Rs. 50 to Rs. 10. While the minimum price for purchasing apps was Rs. 50 previously, Android users can now download apps from Google Play store for a price as low as Rs. 10. With this move, the company aims to provide more flexibility to users and developers community in India.

It will attract wider audience in the country and Android users will certainly spend more money on purchasing apps and in-built purchases. Besides making apps more affordable to the users, this move will help the company generate more revenue.

Infocus 3D Device Launching On July 28, What Could It Be?

by Deepali Sharma • July 20, 2015

InFocus is set to launch a 3D device in India on July 28,2015. The company has sent an invite with 3D glasses indicating that company’s upcoming device will be a 3D device. The invite includes 3D glasses and reads ‘Witness the future of 3D in the present.’ While there is no word on which 3D product is going to be launched, it could be a smartphone, or a 3D Television or some other device. But the chances are that InFocus will launch its M550 smartphone which was unveiled at CES 2015.

The InFocus M550 comes with SuperD’s eye-tracking technology which makes use of dual front-facing camera and tracks eye positions to adjust filter for 3D images. As for specifications, the device comes powered by an octa-core Mediatek MT6752 processor paired with 2GB of RAM.