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Samsung seems to gearing up to launch Samsung Galaxy S II Plus in India. The smartphone is already listed on Infibeam.com for Rs. 22,900. The website is also claiming to ship the device within seven business days. Samsung Galaxy S II Plus sports a 4.3-inch WVGA (480x800) Super AMOLED Plus display as seen in the earlier Galaxy S II. Looks wise, the exterior of the device has been replaced with the plasticky back panel as seen on the Galaxy S III. Samsung Galaxy S II Plus runs Android 4.1.2 (Jelly Bean) out of the box along with layer of Nature UX atop. The device features an 8-megapixel rear camera with LED flash and capable of full-HD video recording. There's a 2-megapixel front camera as well. On the inside, the smartphone is powered by a dual-core Cortex-A9 processor clocked at 1.2GHz, a Broadcomm GPU and has 1GB of RAM. Samsung Galaxy S II Plus also comes with 8GB of internal storage, which can be expanded by up to 64GB through a microSD card. Connectivity

Samsung Galaxy Note II successor has been making quite a buzz recently. It was being speculated that Samsung Galaxy Note III may come with a 5.9-inch screen. Now, GSMArena via Korea Times is reporting that this is indeed confirmed news. Korea Times mentions that they have picked this information up from Samsung's main parts suppliers. Furthermore, the report also states that the Samsung Galaxy Note III will be launched in US through telecom operator AT&T in the near future. As per earlier rumours, Samsung Galaxy Note III will be launched at IFA 2013. IFA 2013 will be organised between 6 to 11 September in Berlin (Germany). There were also news reports that suggested that Samsung will be deploying LCD screens made by Sharp for its Galaxy Note III. The recently announced Exynos 5 Octa processor will allegedly power this phablet. It is noteworthy that Samsung Galaxy Note II was announced at IFA 2012. It sports a 5.5-inch Super AMOLED HD display. Samsung Galaxy Note

A nother render of a new Motorola Android smartphone, supposedly the Motorola X phone has surfaced online. Mobile phones focused website, GSM Arena, claims to have received the render with a short description of the specifications, from a person close to the team working on the X Phone. However, there is no way to verify the sender's claim and identity, and whether the image is fake or genuine.  The render shows a Motorola phone that looks very futuristic, featuring what appears to be a curved screen with no bezel, and a thin frame, with a camera lens and sensors towards the top, just fitting in. The UI appears to be stock Android but there are some new widgets for time, weather and battery status. According to the tipster, the phone will be powered by a Snapdragon 800 chipset and will sport a 4.7-inch display with a resolution of 768x1280 pixels. It will have a 4000 mAh battery and will run Android 4.2 Jelly Bean with a few customisations done by Motorola. The tipster

S ony's entry-level smartphones, Xperia E and Xperia E dual, are now available for purchase online. The phones were listed online across e-commerce websites for pre-orders including on Infibeam and Flipkart. In line with the pre-order price, the Xperia E has been listed on Infibeam at a price point of Rs. 9,999 and is available in Black, Pink and White colours, while the Xperia Z Dual has been listed at Rs. 10,990 and is available in Black and Champagne colours. The company is also offering a pair of Sony Headphones (MDR-ZX100A) worth Rs. 1,490, with both the phones. Flipkart is only offering the Xperia E Dual for outright purchase, at the time of writing this post. Both Sony Xperia E and Xperia E dual were announced in December. The Sony Xperia E sports a 3.5-inch HVGA touchscreen and is powered by a single-core 1GHz Qualcomm Snapdragon MSM7227A processor. It has 512MB of RAM, and 4GB of internal storage. The smartphone comes with a 1,530 mAh battery that as per the co

Lava Mobiles has launched three new entry-level smartphones under its IRIS series - IRIS 349, IRIS 351 and IRIS 355. All of these smartphones sport a 3.5-inch (320 x 480 pixels) capacitive multi-touch display and run on the dated Android 2.3.6 (Gingerbread) operating system. Another thing in common between these smartphones is that they are all dual-SIM smartphones. Lava IRIS 349 comes with a 1GHz processor along with 256 MB of RAM. There is 113 MB of internal storage available on the smartphone that can be expanded via a microSD card to up to 32GB. For camera, there is a 2-megapixel rear camera and a VGA one in the front. The phone has a 1400mAh battery. The smartphone will be available to the customers for Rs. 3,999. Priced at Rs. 4,999, the Lava IRIS 355 comes with 1GHZ processor along with 256MB RAM. There is 512MB of internal storage available on the smartphone, which can be expanded up to 16GB through microSD. There is a 1,400mAh battery on-board and connec

Xolo is all set to launch another smartphone in the Indian market - Xolo B700. Xolo B700 is listed on flipkart.com for Rs. 8,999 and as per the website will be delivered within 7-8 working days. This smartphone features 4.3-inch screen with a qHD display. The smartphone is powered by a mammoth 3450mAh battery, which as per the company claims gives 23 hours of talktime and 380 hours of standby time on 2G and 20 hours of tallktime and 363 hours of standby time on 3G. Xolo B700 is powered by 1GHz dual-core processor with PowerVR SGX 531 GPU. There is 512 MB of RAM and 4GB of Internal storage, which can be expanded by up to 32GB via microSD card. For camera, there is a 5-megapixel rear shooter and a 0.3-megapixel front shooter on-board. Xolo B700 runs on Android 4.04 (Ice Cream Sandwich). It is a dual-SIM smartphone that supports 3G on one SIM. This is the first smartphone in the 'B' series, which perhaps will stand for the big battery series. The company is already

The Indian handset makers seem to be on a frenzy to launch smartphones. Intex Mobiles too does not want to be left out and has quietly listed two of its forthcoming smartphones Intex Aqua SX and Aqua Star on its website. Intex Aqua SX comes with 3.5-inch capacitive touchscreen with 320x480 pixels resolution. It is powered by a 1GHz MediaTek MTK6515 processor along with 256Mb of RAM. The smartphone comes with 128MB of internal storage, which can be expanded by up to 32GB via microSD card. This is a dual-SIM smartphone that runs on Android 2.3.6 (Gingerbread). Priced at Rs. 4,490, Intex Aqua SX comes with 5-megapixel rear camera and 0.3-megapixel front camera. There is a 1450mAh battery on-board, that as per the company will give 5 hours of talktime and 360 hours of standby time. Connectivity options include EDGE, Wi-Fi and Bluetooth. This smartphone will also come pre-loaded with Intex Zone. Intex Aqua Star too is a dual-SIM smartphone. It comes with a 4.0-inch display

Samsung is gearing up to launch another affordable Galaxy smartphone - Galaxy Pocket Neo. As per news report in SamMobile, this smartphone will be an entry-level Android smartphone much like the Samsung Galaxy Fame and Galaxy Young. The website also claims that this smartphone will come in two variants, a single SIM version, which will bear the model number GT-S5310 and the DUOS variant, which will be model number GT-S5312. Furthermore, SamMobile states that Samsung Galaxy Pocket Neo will have a 3.0-inch screen with QVGA resolution. The expected dimensions of this smartphone are 104.95 X 57.8 X11.8mm. The other alleged specifications for the smartphone include 2-megapixel rear camera, Bluetooth 4.0, USB 2.0, Wi-Fi 802.11 a/b/g/n and A-GPS. Galaxy Pocket Now is expected to be available by the second week of May. From the information available as of now, it is likely that this smartphone will come in silver colour option but there might be other colour options availa

A fter reports of Samsung Galaxy S IV receiving smart features such as Smart Scroll, Eye Scroll and Eye Pause, Samsung focused blog, SamMobile published alleged screenshots of these features yesterday. Turns out the screenshots were not from the Galaxy S IV user interface but from the leaked firmware for the Galaxy S III which will update the phone to Android 4.2.1. The site has also acknowledged that the Galaxy S IV will also sport these features. This means that the Galaxy S III will also get some features found on the Galaxy S IV. An Android 4.2 test firmware for the Galaxy S III had leaked in February but there was no mention of these features. Meanwhile another set of alleged Galaxy S IV screenshots made an appearance on an Israeli site pointing towards a revamped UI, white background colour for the settings menu and the Smart Stay, Smart pause and Smart Scroll features.  The screenshots which were leaked yesterday had revealed that Smart Scroll would be functional

Karbonn has added yet another budget Android smartphone to its Duple series. Dubbed as the Karbonn Retina A27, the device is now available with online retailer Saholic for Rs. 9,090 The device comes with a 4.3-inch qHD (960x540 pixels) IPS display running on Android 4.1 Jelly Bean. It features an 8-megapixel auto focus camera with LED flash and a 2-megapixel front-facing camera as well.  On the inside, the device is powered by a 1.2 GHz dual-core Qualcomm Snapdragon processor alongside 512MB RAM. It has 4GB of internal storage (2.79GB user accessible) with expansion support upto 32GB via microSD. The Karbonn Retina A27 is a dual-SIM (GSM+GSM) device with dual standby support and comes with an 1,800mAh battery. It supports an array of audio (MP3, AAC, AAC+, eAAC+, WAV, MIDI, AMR) and video (MP4, 3GP, AVI) formats. Image formats supported include JPEG, BMP, GIF and PNG. Pre-installed apps on the smartphone include Flipboard, News and weather apps, Facebook and twitter

Sony has started rolling out Jelly Bean update for its Xperia J smartphone. Sony users from around the world, including India, are reporting getting this update. The update will be rolled out over-the-air (OTA) and bears the build number 11.2.A.0.21. However, in case you do not get a notification, then you can also connect the smartphone to PC and update via PC Companion Software and Sony Update Service tool. The update should come as a pleasant surprise to Xperia J users as Sony had originally shared that Sony Xperia P, Sony Xperia J, Sony Xperia go will receive the Android 4.1 upgrade "from the end of March". In that respect, Sony has delivered ahead of schedule. Sony Xperia J is the latest Sony smartphone to get bestowed with Android 4.1.2 (Jelly Bean) goodness after Xperia T, Xperia TL and Xperia V. Android Jelly Bean will bring new features like Google Now, offline voice typing, expandable notifications and more, including performance improvements credited

Nokia Lumia 620 is now officially available on Nokia India's store for Rs. 14,999. This makes Nokia Lumia 620 the cheapest Windows 8 smartphone currently available in India. The Lumia 620 sports a 3.8-inch TFT WVGA display (800X480) with ClearBlack technology. It features a 5-megapixel rear autofocus shooter capable of 720p video recording and has a VGA front camera on-board as well. On the inside, the device is powered by a 1GHz dual-core Snapdragon S4 processor with 512MB of RAM and has 8GB of internal storage with microSD support up to 64GB. Windows Phone users can also make use of the additional 7GB SkyDrive storage. The smartphone boasts connectivity options like NFC, Bluetooth 3.0 and Wi-Fi. It comes with a 1,300mAh battery claiming up to 15 hours of talk time (2G). The company had first launched the Lumia 620, along with the Lumia 920 and 820 in India, in January. The device was earlier available for pre-order on flipkart.com for Rs. 15,199. Nokia is

Telecom operator Idea Cellular has launched yet another Android smartphone in India in the form of Zeal. Zeal runs on the dated Android 2.3.6 (Gingerbread) operating system. It is powered by 1GHz Qualcomm Snapdragon processor, along with 256 MB of RAM. This phone comes with a microSD Card slot compatible for cards up to 32GB. Zeal is a dual-SIM smartphone that will be available for Rs. 5,390. The smartphone comes with 3.5-inch touch screen that has a resolution of 320X480 pixels. For camera, there is a 3-megapixel auto-focus rear shooter with digital zoom. As per the company this smartphone will help them in upgrading their existing 2G users to 3G. Apart from 3G, the other connectivity options include Wi-Fi, A-GPS, and Bluetooth. Zeal comes pre-loaded with apps such as Facebook, Twitter, Orkut, Youtube, and Idea TV. According to Idea Cellular, Zeal smartphone is especially targeted at the youth community comprising of college students and professionals who like to stay c

Sony Mobiles today announced the launch of its latest, Sony Xperia Z smartphone in theIndian subcontinent which packs in a full-HD 5-inch display with OptiContrast Technology. The Sony Xperia Z is powered by a 1.5 GHz quad-core Snapdragon S4 processor coupled with2 GB RAM and smartphone arrives with capability to expand it up to 64 GB. The Sony Xperia Z arrives with Ingress Protection (IP) rating of IP55 and IP57 which makes the smartphone dust and water resistant. The smartphone has a 13 MP AutoFocus camera with LED Flash on the back of the Xperia Z with Exmor RS sensor and a 2 MP front facing camerafor video chats. Specifications of the Sony Xperia Z: 5-inch full HD display with OptiContrast Technology Display resolution of 1920 x 1080 pixels Powered by a 1.5 GHz quad-core Snapdragon S4 processor 2 GB RAM 13 MP Camera with LED Flash, Exmor RS Sensor 16 GB internal memory Expandable up to 64 GB via microSD card Ingress Protection (IP) rating of IP55 and IP

To keep up with the increasing competition in the tablet market, Zync has launched threenew tablets. The new tablets, the Zync Dual 7.0, the Zync Quad 8.0 and the Zync Quad 9.7 are all sub 14K range tablets, thus scoring on the price tag. Interestingly all the three tabs are named after the number of cores in the processor anddisplay size. Hence the Dual 7.0 has a dual core processor with a 7 inch display while the Zync Quad 8.0 and Zync Quad 9.7 have a quad core processor with 8 inch and 9.7 inch displays respectively. All the three Zync tabs are powered by Android Jelly Bean OS (v 4.1). Sadly none of the tablets have SIM card capabilities and are exclusively running on Wi-Fi. Also the Bluetooth module is missing in all three tablets. Despite the reasonable amount of internal storage, the tablets are still provided with card slots for expanding the memory. All the three tabs are very reasonably priced, with Dual 7.0 at Rs. 5990, Quad 8.0 at Rs. 12990 and Quad 9.7 at R

Lava recently launched the IRIS 454 and IRIS 502 Android smartphones last month. Now thecompany's website has listed the Iris 430 as the latest addition to this series. There is no official word from the company on this device but considering its already surfaced, we'd assume the details should be out soon. The specs on the site reveal that the IRIS 430 sports a 4.3-inch WVGA (480x800 pixels) capacitive display and runs on Android 4.0.4 Ice Cream Sandwich that is layered with the TouchWiz UI. It is said to feature a 5-megapixel rear auto focus camera with LED flash and has a VGA front camera on-board as well. Internally, the device is powered by a 1GHz dual-core processor with 512MB RAM. There's 4GB of internal storage expandable upto 32GB via microSD.  Measuring 130x67x10.55 mm, the IRIS 430 is a dual-SIM device (GSM+WCDMA) with dual standby functionality. It isn't clear though, whether the device features a 1,400mAh or 1,500mAh battery since both are

Samsung announced the Galaxy Note 8.0 at the Mobile World Congress last week and soon after the company launched the tablet in India, though pricing and availability details continue to remain unknown. Officially, we'd seen the Marble White version of the device. But now, courtesy Phone Arena, a Charcoal Black variant of the tablet has been spotted. Citing one of its "anonymous sources", the site received a "promotional photo" of the Galaxy Note 8.0. As far as specs go, we already know what the 8-inch tablet beholds. It is expected to compete with Apple's iPad mini featuring a WXGA (1280×800 pixels) TFT display with a 189ppi pixel density. Running on Android 4.1.2 Jelly Bean, the tablet has a 5-megapixel rear and a 1.3-megapixel front camera. Measuring 210.8 x 135.9 x 8 mm and weighing 338 grams, the Galaxy Note 510 is powered by a 1.6 GHz A9 quad-core processor coupled with 2GB RAM. It will feature 16/32GB internal storage options with addi

In line with what we reported last month, it's now confirmed that Sony will be making a major announcement related to its flagship smartphone, the Xperia Z, on 6 March 2013. The company has updated its Facebook cover picture teasing the Xperia Z with the 06/03/13 date in bold and an 'Everything is about to change' tagline. A Sony spokesperson also confirmed that the phone is indeed launching on 6 March. At the time of writing this post, the page also posted another picture that with a hazy side profile image of the phone along with a '2 Days to go' teaser text. The update links to a page which has a countdown timer and the Twitter hashtag #bestofSony. Sony had announced its latest flagship smartphones Sony Xpera Z and Xperia ZL at Consumer Electronics Show (CES) 2013. Just to recap, Sony Xperia Z smartphone comes with a 5-inch LCD TFT touchscreen Reality display with a resolution of 1920x1080 pixels. Sony has also integrated the Mobile Bravia Engine 2 t