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February 23, 2016

Gionee has announced its latest Flagship smartphone in ‘S” series, the Gionee Elife S8 at MWC 2016 event in Barcelona. It comes with 3D touch display that can distinguish between three levels of Force just like Apple 3D Touch and users can also use multiple Whatsapp and WeChat accounts on one device.


It boasts a Full-metal body with 5.5-inch full HD 1080p AMOLED display with pressure sensitive 3D touch and is protected by Corning Gorilla Glass 4. It runs on Android 6.0 Marshmallow with heavily customised Amigo UI 3.2 on top of it and comes with fingerprint sensor.

It is powered by Octa-Core MediaTek Helio P10 (MT6755) 64-bit processor clocked at 1.95GHz with Mali-T860 GPU, coupled with 4GB RAM and 64GB internal storage, that can be expanded up to 128GB with microSD. On the camera front it has a 16MP rear camera with f/1.8 aperture, PDAF, Laser auto focus and LED Flash and a 8MP front-facing camera. This is a dual SIM handset with Voice-Over LTE (VoLTE), and 4G LTE support.


Other connectivity features includes 3G HSPA+, Wi-Fi 802.11 ac/a/b/g/n, Bluetooth 4.1 and GPS support. It is powered by 3000 mAh battery with fast charging support. Handset is 7mm thick and weight is 147grams.

The Gionee Elife S8 comes in Gold, Rose Gold and Grey colors and is priced at €449 ($495). It is expected to be available from the end of March 2016.


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February 23, 2016
Acer the Taiwan based handset maker  has unveiled its latest flagship smartphone dubbed as Liquid Jade 2 at MWC Barcelona. It packs a 5.5-inch (1080*1920 pixels) full HD display and is powered by Qualcomm Snapdragon 808 Hexa-core processor with Adreno 418 GPU, coupled with 3GB RAM and 32GB onboard storage, that can be further expanded up to 1TB of hybrid storage via microSD card.

Acer-Liquid-Jade-2

On the camera front there is a 21-megapixel rear camera with f/2.2 aperture and dual-tone LED Flash and a 8-megapixel front-facing camera with f/2.2 aperture. The front camera comes with “Pause N Shoot” feature, which detects face automatically and starts countdown of three seconds for taking shots. It has 4G LTE Support and comes with dual SIM card slots. Other connectivity features includes 3G HSPA+, WI-Fi 802.11 a/b/g/n/ac, Bluetooth 4.1, FM Radio and GPS support. It runs on Android, has USB Type-C port.

Acer has not yet announced the availability and pricing details.


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February 23, 2016
Samsung Mobiles at the Galaxy Unpacked event 2016 has unveiled their latest flagship smartphones the Samsung Galaxy S7 and S7 Edge. Both these will be powered by either Samsung Exynos 8890 or Qualcomm Snapdragon 820 processor (depends region), has IP68 certification and comes with heart-rate sensor.

Samsung Galaxy S7

The Galaxy S7 sports a 5.1-inch (2560*1440 pixels) resolution Super AMOLED Always on display with pressure sensitive technology. It will be powered by either Snapdragon 820 processor or Samsung Exynos 8890 processor that depends upon market. The Snapdragon variant packs Kyro quad-core Snapdragon 820 processor with Adreno 530 GPU and Exynos 8890 quad-core processor with Mali-T880 GPU.

Both these smartphones features 12MP rear camera with f/1.7 aperture, PDAF, OIS and LED Flash and a 5MP front-facing camera with f/1.7 aperture. Having f/1.7 aperture the cameras should be able to take excellent shots in low light conditions.  There is 4GB RAM and 32/64GB internal storage with up to 200GB microSD support.

Samsung Galaxy S7

The S7 packs a 3000 mAh battery with wireless and fast-charging support. This dual SIM smartphone has 4G LTE support, other connectivity features includes 3G HSPA+, NFC, GPS, WiFi 802.11 a/b/g/n/ac, and Bluetooth 4.2. Handset is 7.9mm thick and weight is 152g, it also comes with  Fingerprint sensor for more added security and runs on Android Marshmallow out of the box.

The Galaxy S7 edge  sports a bigger 5.5-inch dual-curved QHD Super AMOLED Display with Always On technology and is powered Snapdragon 820 or Exynos 8890 processors, coupled with 4GB RAM, 32GB/64GB internal storage that can be expanded up to 200GB with microSD and runs on Android Marshmallow.

Camera is also same as the Galaxy S7- 12-megapixel rear and 5-megapixel up front. This is a dual SIM handset with 4G LTE, 3G HSPA+, WiFi, NFC, heart rate sensor and Fingerprint sensor. It is 7.7mm thick and weight is 157grams. This handset gets power from a 3600 mAh battery with wireless fast charging support.

The Samsung Galaxy S7 and Galaxy S7 Edge comes in Gold, Silver, White and Black colors and will be available starting March 1st 2016 in select countries


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February 22, 2016
LG at MWC Barcelona has officially launched G5, its latest flagship smartphone that comes with Always-On-Display and Fingerprint scanner. It is powered by Snapdragon 820 Quad-Core SoC, packs a 5.3-inch (2440*2560 pixels) display with Always On feature that lets you check notifications, time and battery status without to waking the phone.

LG G5
LG-G5

It has two 16-megapixel and 8-megapixel rear cameras with laser auto focus, PDAF and dual-tone LED Flash and 8-megapixel front camera. There is 4GB of RAM and 32GB internal storage that can be expanded up to 2TB via microSD. The G5 runs on Android 6.0 (Marshmallow), is 8.6mm thick and comes with USB Type-C port.

This Dual SIM handset has 4G LTE support including support Indian LTE bands, WiFi 802.11 a/b/g/n/ac, NFC, GPS and Bluetooth 4.2. It packs a 2800 mAh removable battery  with Qualcomm Quick Charge 3.0 support.

The LG G5 comes in Silver, Gold, Pink and Titan colors. LG has not yet revealed any pricing details and will be available Globally in April.

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February 20, 2016
Ringing Bells has finally closed the Registrations for Freedom 251 dubbed as World’s Cheapest smartphone.
The company has announced that it has received over 6 Crore (60 million) registrations in just two days of opening pre-orders.


Ashok Chada, President at Ringing Bells told IANS
“The Pre-booking numbers we received are sheer humongous. I am happy that so many Indians have responded to our “Make in India’ smartphone call. Now the onus is on us to deliver on the promise and I am hopeful that we will be able to start delivery latest by April 10 and finish well before the June 30 deadline.’’

The company created a lot of buzz around India about the pricing of this handset and its Scam, as we have reported yesterday. BJP MP Kirit Somaiya even called it as a Scam.

Now the company has answered some question what India is asking about this  handset like,
1. How Ringing Bells is selling a smartphone worth Rs. 2700 at a price of just Rs. 251?
The company is planning to recover the remaining amount through reduction in duties, innovative marketing, selling the handset online and more.

2. How is Indian government partnering with a company with no proven track record ?
The Indian Government is not partnering with the company (Ringing Bells Pvt. Ltd).

3. Why has Freedom 251 got Adcom branding on the front panel? Is it being manufactured by Adcom? And why was the branding covered by a whitener? How did the company fringe into other company products for that?
We just wanted to show a sample/prototype of what the handset will look like. This is not the final piece. Hence we obviously wanted to provide “Made in India” handsets as that is the core of our vision.
We did a quick and intensive search and located the components but re the Touch Plate, we faced a problem in view of the fragile nature in addition to the scratch-proof requirements of the piece.
ADCOM is an Indian Company and we were able to source from them. You may speak to Mr. Sanjiv Bhatia – the Director of ADCOM and he would confirm the true version to you.

4. The phone is not listed on the BIS certification page, why is this?
Application is under filling and we expect to have the Certification in hand well before delivery commences.

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February 19, 2016

Ringing Bells, an Indian smartphone manufacturer based in Noida launched the Freedom 251, which is being called the World’s cheapest smartphone is being offered by the company at dirt-cheap price of Rs. 251. The booking started yesterday and as per the company, the website received 6 Lac hits per second.


Everyone is right now ignited with the news of Freedom 251 and its price, as many peoples are attempting to book the smartphone. We tried to analyze the truth logic behind Freedom 251 and try to know whether it is a scam or the company is right and not making all the peoples fool!
At the launch event the sample unit of Freedom 251 was reviewed by Hindustan Times, and they Found that it’s a rebranded unit of Adcom Ikon 4 that was launched 2 years Ago by Adcom, a Delhi based gadgets and electronic products importer. The Adcom logo was hidden by a whitener, No genuine company shall do that…


Even according to Indian Cellular Association (ICA)  no company can sell such a smartphone below Rs. 2700, even after all discount factors. “For your kind information, the bill of material value for a product like this when sourced from the cheapest supply chain costs approximately Rs. 2700 (40 $)”, said ICA President.

Let's take a look at the specs of this smartphone, it has a 4-inch display, powered by a 1.3GHz quad core MediaTek processor and 1GB RAM, 8GB internal storage; if you will only buy a touch display for such a smartphone  it will cost more than 251 Ruppes, So it is clear that the individual cost of each component will be far more than Rs. 251. Now the company itself is not officially approved  by Indian Government, the company is not listed under Bureau of Indian standards (BIS), which means that they are not certified to sell any products in India. That is a major red alert which indicates that the company is scam.

Now. if Ringing Bells receives 1 Crore orders for the Freedom 251 then they make 251 Crore Rupees and if it is a scam and none of the buyers get it then it is very likely that many peoples will not even ask for a refund as it is just a matter of Rs. 251.


Even the company’s website is not well maintained as Freedom is taking even half orders as you can see above in the image.
Only time will tell about the truth, the company is a scam? Or they are right, which would be revealed on June 30th, when Ringing Bells will deliver the first batch of the Freedom 251 handsets.


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February 19, 2016
Motorola has started seeding Android Marshmallow update for the Moto E 2nd Gen 4G in India. The update comes as v24,51.39.en.03 and weighs 453MB in size. The update also includes Android Security patch for February Month.

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The Moto E 2nd Gen 4G was released in India in April 2015 running Android 5.0 Lollipop and received Android 5.1 Lollipop update soon after. Motorola announed Android Marshmallow update for a range of Moto devices in October, 2015.



To recall. Moto E 2nd Gen 4G has a 4.5-inch display and is powered by Qualcomm Snapdragon 410 quad-core 1.2 GHz processor, coupled with 1 GB RAM and 8 GB expandable storage. It features a 5 MP rear camera and a VGA resolution front-facing camera. This is a Dual SIM 4G LTE smartphone and also 3G, Wi-Fi, Bluetooth 4.0 and GPS support.

Motorola has recently rolled out Android Marshmallow update for Moto G Turbo and Moto G 2nd Gen in India. 

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February 18, 2016

Bookings for the World’s Cheapest smartphone Freedom 251 have been paused due to inescapable demand of the handset. The company’s web servers have been overloaded due to the high demand. Company says that the registration process will resume in 24 hours.

“We have received approx. 6 lacs hits per second as a result of your kind overwhelming response, servers are over loaded.” Read below:

Dear friends we are very grateful for your enormous response and your kind patronage and would submit that as of now we have received approx. 6 lacs hits per second as a result of your kind overwhelming response, servers are over loaded. We humbly submit that we are therefore taking a pause and upgrading the service and will revert within or before 24 hours.



To recall the Freedom 251 is World’s cheapest smartphone, which costs only Rs. 251 ($3.66). Looking at the price point it is obvious that many peoples should have tried to buy the smartphone, and why they will not buy this one.. Well priced at only Rs. 251 it packs bunch of specs such as it packs a 4-inch display, is powered by 1.3 GHz quad-core MediaTek processor and supports 3G.

Full details of this smartphone can be read here.


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February 18, 2016
After introducing MX4 Ubuntu Edition, Meizu in partnership with Canonical Inc. has launched the Meizu PRO 5 Ubuntu Edition globally, ahead of MWC 2016 event. “This is the fifth Ubuntu device launched by Canonical and its partners in the last twelve months and the most sophisticated and feature-rich Ubuntu phone in the market”, Said Canonical.

The Meizu PRO 5 Ubuntu Edition will be available for pre-order during MWC on Meizu’s website. It has same set of specifications as the original Meizu PRO 5 except, it only comes in 3GB RAM and 32GB storage variant.


The PRO 5 Ubuntu Edition comes powered by Samsung Exynos 7420 Octa-Core processor and sports a 5.7-inch full HD (1920*1080 pixels) resolution AMOLED display with Corning Gorilla Glass 3 protection, runs on Ubuntu OS. There is a 3GB of LPDDR4 RAM and 32GB internal storage, expandable with microSD. It has Hybrid SIM slots, means second slot can be used either as a microSD slot or SIM card slot. It also has Fingerprint Sensor and is powered by a 3050 mAh battery.

On the camera front, it features a 21.6MP rear camera lens with PDAF, Laser Auto Focus, f/2.2 aperture and dual tone LED Flash. Rear camera can record 4K videos. It has a 5MP front-facing camera with f/2.0 aperture. Handset thickness is 7.5mm and weight with battery is 166 grams. Connectivity features includes 4G LTE / 3G HSPA+, WiFI 802.11 ac/b/g/n, Bluetooth 4.1 , USB 3.0 and GPS support. It features USB Type-C port.

The Meizu PRO 5 Ubuntu Edition will be showcased at MWC, pricing and roll out details will be  announced at that time.

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February 17, 2016

Xolo has launched Era 4G, latest budget 4G smartphone addition in Company’s Era series. It features a quad core processor, 5MP camera and comes with 4G LTE Support.

It sports a 5-inch (1280*720 pixels) HD IPS display with Corning Gorilla Glass 3 protection. It is powered by Spreadtrum SC9830A quad core processor clocked at 1.5 GHz with Mali 400MP2 GPU, paired with 1GB RAM and 8GB onboard storage, expandable up to 32GB with microSD.

It runs on Android 5.1 Lollipop and is upgradable to Android 6.0 Marshmallow, whenever the update is available. In the photography compartment there is a 5MP rear camera (Auto Focus) with dual LED Flash and a 2MP front-facing camera that also comes with a LED Flash for capturing better images in low-light onditions.

This is a Dual SIM handset with 4G LTE and VoLTE support, 3G HSPA+, WiFi 802.11 b/g/n, FM Radio, Bluetooth 4.0 and GPS support. Handset weight is 142g and is 8.45mm thick. This dual SIM handset gets power from a 2500 mAh battery.

The Xolo Era 4G comes in Black color and is priced at Rs. 4,777. It will be sold via flash sales, registartions for the sale has already started and it will be exclusively available on Snapdeal.com starting from Feb 26th

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