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Sony Xperia Z5 And Z5 Premium To Be Launched In India On 21 Oct Sony seems to have skipped on the Xperia Z5 Compact for now. Sony is finally ready to announce its new range of flagship devices in India and the date has been set for the 21st of October. The company has sent out media invites for the launch of its new Z series of smartphones called the Xperia Z5 and the Xperia Z5 Premium that were announced at the IFA back in September. But it seems that Sony will only be unveiling the Z5 and Z5 Premium for the Indian market. But that does not mean that the Compact will never arrive. It's probably the Z5 Compact’s pricing (approx. Rs 54,964) that customers may not be able to justify, against the bigger Xperia Z5, which is probably the reason why Sony may have skipped on the same. The Xperia Z5 and the Z5 Premium are expected to come with premium price tags of Rs 59,970 and Rs 69,981 respectively, which keeping in mind the Apple iPhone 6s is not that expensive. As for the Z5 ra...

BSNL mobile subscribers will soon be able to avail free calling benefits offered on their landline phone as the state-run firm is going to roll out a convergence platform that will sync subscribers’ mobile and fixed line connections. “We are in the process of rolling out fix mobile convergence platform by Diwali. This will enable consumers avail value added service in mobile phones, make free night calls from mobile phones if they have subscribed to landline and host of other modern facilities,” BSNL Chairman and MD Anupam Shrivastava told PTI. He said that with this roll out, consumers will be able to link their mobile and landline accounts. “The sync between the two accounts will be such that it will enable our subscribers receive their landline calls on mobile phones,” Shrivastava said. BSNL has invested over Rs. 400 crores to modernise its landlines. The company slipped to sixth position in terms of overall subscriber base in April. At the end of Au...

Huawei Reveals Android 6.0 Marshmallow Update Roadmap Android manufacturers are gearing up for the release of Android 6.0 Marshmallow software update to their respective devices. Two weeks after Google released the new version of its mobile operating system to Nexus smartphones, OEMs have started to let their users know when their devices will receive the update. Sony and Huawei recently shared some information about the rollout of the update. Huawei has revealed its Android 6.0 Marshmallow roadmap for its handsets, with the first updates due to start rolling out in November. The Chinese telecommunications giant made the announcements on its Weibo and Emotion UI pages. The company said the Ascend P8, Ascend P8max, Mate S, Mate 7, Ascend G7, Ascend G7 Plus, and Ascend G8 smartphones will receive the Android 6.0 Marshmallow update. As for its Honor brand of smartphones, Huawei said the Honor 7, Honor 7i, Honor 6 Plus, Honor 6, MediaPad X2, Honor 4X, and Honor 4C are eligible to be upg...

Oppo has announced its latest smartphone in the R series, dubbed the Oppo R7s at GITEX 2015 in Dubai. It is powered by an octa-core Qualcomm Snapdragon 615 processor clocked at 1.5GHz paired with Adreno 405 GPU and 4GB of RAM. The handset runs Android 5.1 Lollipop wrapped under Color OS 2.1. On the front, there is a 5.5-inch full HD display with 1920×1080 pixels resolution and Corning Gorilla Glass 4. The R7s houses 32GB of internal memory which can be expanded via microSD card. On camera front, it sports a 13 mega pixel rear camera with LED flash and an 8 mega pixel front facing camera. Backed up by a 3070mAh battery, it supports VOOC rapid charge technology. It measures 151.8 ×75.4×6.95 mm in dimensions and weighs 155 grams. Features & Specifications Of Oppo R7s. ●Processor: 1.5GHz octa-core Qualcomm Snapdragon 615 ●GPU: Adreno 405 ●Operating System: Android 5.1 Lollipop with Color OS 2.1 ●Display: 5.5-inch full HD (1920×1080 pixel...

Apple has finally launched its latest and much talked about smartphones- Apple iPhone 6s and iPhone 6s Plus in India. Both smartphones come with same aesthetics as their predecessors iPhone 6 and iPhone 6 Plus. As for specifications, both smartphones come with improved Apple’s A9 processors paired with 2B of RAM. Cameras of the devices have also been bumped up. The rear camera is now 12 mega pixel with dual LED flash while there is also a 5 mega pixel front facing camera with Retina Flash which turns the display to bright pink while capturing images to give more light just like flash. The iPhone 6s Plus also features OIS besides 4K video recording and slow motion video recording. Both iPhone 6s and iPhone 6s Plus phones feature same 4.7-inch and 5.5-inch displays as the predecessors but they come with 3D force touch feature which recognizes taps (tap, press and long press) with different pressures to perform various actions. On software front, both devices run iOS 9. Specifications ...

Reliance to Start Selling Its 'Lyf' 4G Smartphones From Diwali Reliance Industries today said it has already pumped in close to Rs. 93,000 crore into its telecom venture under the 'Reliance Jio' brand and will start selling its 4G handsets under the Lyf brand from Diwali. "We've substantially completed our network expansion now having already completed 2.5 lakh route kilometers. We are on course to begin distribution of the handsets under the Lyf brand name from Diwali. "We have already tied up with 1,200 primary distributors for this," Reliance Jio president for devices Sunil Dutt told reporters here this evening. When asked about how much the company has spent out of its Rs 1 trillion capital into the telecom venture, Reliance Group deputy CFO V Srikanth said it has almost completed the capex by spending close to Rs. 93,000 crore so far. But, he ruled out any fresh capital infusion into the telecom venture saying the company is well-capitalised...