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Apple Watch launched with base model priced at $349, might enter India in July
Apple has unveiled the Apple Watch at its Spring Forward event held in San Francisco. The smartwatch will come in whooping 34 variants at the starting price of $349, which will go up to $10,000 depending on the variant. For all those who are eying upon owning it as soon as possible, the pre-orders will commence from April 10 along with a preview of the smartwatch at selected retail stores.
The Apple...
Microsoft Lumia 435 Available With Exchange Offer for Nokia Asha Users
Microsoft India on Saturday announced a ‘Smart Exchange offer’ for its existing Asha consumers to upgrade to the newly launched Lumia 435 Dual SIM smartphone. The exchange offer is valid from March 7 till April 15 or till stocks last, and can be availed from authorised retail stores across the country.
Users of Nokia Asha 500, Asha 501, Asha 502 and Asha 503 will get an assured discount...
InFocus M2 With 8-Megapixel Front and Rear Cameras Launched at Rs. 4,999
InFocus, a US-based company, has entered the Indian market with its first smartphone, the M2. The InFocus M2 smartphone is now exclusively available via Snapdeal at Rs. 4,999.
The company in a press statement has announced that the InFocus mobiles are manufactured by Foxconn, one of the largest manufacturers in the world.
The InFocus M2 features InLife UI on top of Android 4.4 KitKat. The handset comes...
Lava Iris 325 Style With Android 4.4.2 KitKat Available Online at Rs. 2,599
A new Lava budget smartphone, the Iris 325 Style is now available to buy via an e-commerce website. The Lava Iris 325 Style has been priced at Rs. 2,599.
At the time of writing, the company hadn’t yet listed the new Iris-series smartphone on its website; though we can expect an announcement about the smartphone in the coming days.
The Lava Iris 325 Style is a dual-SIM (GSM+GSM) device which runs...
Motorola Moto E (Gen 2) With Android 5.0 Lollipop Launched at Rs. 6,999
Lenovo-owned firm Motorola has launched its latest budget smartphone in India, the Motorola Moto E (Gen 2), priced at Rs. 6,999. The smartphone will be available available from midnight Wednesday via Flipkart – the firm’s exclusive online retail partner.
Unfortunately, the company will not be launching the Motorola Moto E (Gen 2) LTE in India alongside the 3G-only variant, and said it will...
Asus ZenFone 2 Price Revealed; India Launch Expected in April
Asus at CES 2015 revealed the ZenFone 2 promising a March release date for the handset. The Taiwanese company, as promised, on Monday announced the Asus ZenFone 2 in Taiwan and also unveiled new variants of the handset.
According to a Korean publication, apart from Taiwan, the ZenFone 2 will be available in China, Hong Kong, Singapore and France starting in March while other countries such as Italy...
Nokia N1 First Impression
We were afraid that Nokia’s glory days were well and truly over, when it announced the sale of its entire handset business to Microsoft. The Finnish giant defined generations of mobile devices, especially in India. As we moved from basic bricks that made only voice calls to smartphones with cameras and Internet connections, chances are we all owned a number of Nokias along the way.
As it turns...
iBall Andi 5M Xotic With 2GB of RAM Available Online at Rs. 8,950
iBall’s yet-to-be-launched Android 4.4 KitKat-based smartphone dubbed the iBall Andi 5M Xotic is now available via an online retailer at Rs. 8,950. The smartphone was first teased by the company earlier this month, and has still to be officially launched with pricing and availability details.
On Monday, Mumbai-based retailer Mahesh Telecom had also tipped the launch of the iBall Andi 5M Xotic...
BlackBerry Leap With 5-Inch Display Launched
BlackBerry at MWC 2015 on Tuesday announced a new full-touchscreen mid-range 4G LTE smartphone dubbed the BlackBerry Leap at $275 (approximately Rs. 17,000). The phone, targeted at young mobile professionals, will launch in April in the US. Its release in other markets has not yet been detailed.
The single-SIM BlackBerry Leap runs on company’s native BB10 (version 10.3.1) operating system. Upfront,...
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...