BlackBerry Z10 price slashed by Rs 11,000, now available for Rs 30,000/- in India

By Vijay @ 02:32pm

As expected BlackBerry has cut the price of its first BB10 smartphone. The Z10 is now available for Rs 30,000 at most retailers with BlackBerry dropping the price by Rs 11,000. Last week BlackBerry had announced it would write off between $930 million to $960 million in unsold inventory, mostly related to the Z10. It also said it would reposition the Z10 as an entry-level BB10 smartphone. The Q5 still remains the most affordable BB10 smartphone, available for approximately Rs 24,000. It remains to be seen whether the price cut has the desired effect, considering BlackBerry has agreed to a letter of intent from Fairfax Financial for a $4.7 billion buyout that would take the company private.

BlackBerry also intends to exit from the consumer market and hopes to focus on the enterprise and prosumer segment. With BlackBerry acknowledging that most of the phones sold in the previous quarter were running BB OS 7 and not BB10, we doubt this would be the last price cut.

Samsung Galaxy Trend Duos with 4-inch display and Android 4.1 now available in India for Rs. 8490/-

By Vijay @ 02:03pm

Samsung India recently announced that they would release couple of Android mid-range Android smartphone. The Samsung Galaxy Trend Duos (GT-S7392) is now available in India from online retailer Snapdeal.

Even though Samsung has not announced the smartphone officially, it is available in China in a different name. The phone has a  4.0-inch WVGA(480×800) capacitive touch screen display similar to the Galaxy S Duos and also comes with Dual SIM support with Dual SIM always-on feature that automatically forwards calls from the phone number on SIM 2, even if a user is on the phone with SIM 1’s number.

It is powered by a 1.2 GHz dual-core processor and runs on Android 4.1 (Jelly Bean). It has a 3-megapixel rear camera without a front-facing camera. However this comes with proximity and ambient light sensors similar to the S Duos.

Samsung Galaxy Trend Duos Specifications

• 4.0-inch WVGA(480×800) capacitive touch screen display
• 1.2 GHz dual-core processor
• Android 4.1 (Jelly Bean) OS
• 11.1 mm thick and weighs 128.5 grams
• Dual SIM (GSM + GSM)
• 3MP rear Camera
• 512MB RAM, 4GB internal memory that is expandable up to 32GB with microSD
• 3G, Wi-Fi 802.11 a/b/g/n, Bluetooth v 3.0 and aGPS
• 1500mAh battery

The Samsung Galaxy Trend Duos comes in Black and White colors and is priced at Rs. 8,490.  The phone has not been listed on the Samsung India website or the Samsung eStore yet. The official launch is expected soon

 

HTC offers Rs 2,500/- off on the Desire X and Desire U under buyback scheme in INDIA

By Vijay @ 02:16pm

Apple’s buyback schemes for its phones and tablets have been a huge hit in the Indian market and nearly all the other companies like LG, Nokia,, Sony, Samsung and BlackBerry have followed the same with their own schemes. Now, the latest to enter this arena is HTC.

HTC is offering a buyback scheme on its Desire series of phones, especially the Desire X and the Desire U. Under the scheme, when you exchange your old phone you will get Rs 2,500/- off on either one of the aforementioned devices. Needless to say, the cashback is subject to certain conditions. The scheme effectively brings down the price of the Desire X from Rs 16,790/- to Rs 14,280/- and in the case of the Desire U from Rs 14,390/- to Rs 11,890/-.

Unlike the schemes offered by Sony and Samsung, where they offer cashback after having raised the prices of the devices, HTC hasn’t raised the price of the Desire X or the Desire U. Without the scheme, the Desire X is available on e-commerce sites at prices ranging from Rs 16,000/- to Rs 17,490/-. The Desire U, on the other hand, is available in the range of Rs 13,000/- to Rs 14,000/- on e-commerce sites.

 

Videocon A42 launched for Rs. 7490/- in INDIA

By Vijay @ 08:42am

Videocon A42 has been launched in India for Rs 7,490/-. The phone features a 4.5-inch FVGA display and is powered by a 1.2GHz dual-core processor, with 512MB of RAM, a 5-megapixel rear camera, 1.3-megapixel front camera, a 1,700-mAh battery, and also has a 4GB inbuilt rom with microSD card slot supporting up to 32GB of storage.

The A42 is a dual-SIM device and supports 3G networks and has a dual-standby functionality. The phone runs on a fairly new version of Android – 4.2.2 Jelly Bean.

 

LG now offers Rs. 7000/- Off with buyback scheme on Optimus G Pro

By Vijay 03:40pm

After Apple, Samsung, BlackBerry, Nokia and Sony. LG has become the latest smartphone vendor to offer a buyback scheme.

The Korean smartphone vendor today announced a buyback scheme offering up to Rs 7,000/- off, on the Optimus G Pro. Like most buyback schemes, the best buy price has been inflated a little when compared to the market operating price.

Under the scheme, users can exchange their old phone and get the Optimus G Pro for Rs 32,999. The Optimus G Pro otherwise can be bought for close to Rs 35,000. However, the good thing about the offer is that one also gets a two year warranty against the regular one year warranty that comes with these phones.

Celkon A107+ with Android Jelly Bean smartphone launched for Rs 7,299/-

By Vijay @ 03:21pm

Celkon is taking forward the Signature one series with the launch of its successor named as the A107+ Signature One smartphone. Apart from a few upgrades, this device comes with a similar set of specification as seen on its predecessor.

Feature-wise, the Celkon A107+ Signature One has a 5-inch WVGA display with 480×800 pixels resolution. The phone features an upgrade in the software from Android Ice Cream Sandwich to Android 4.2.2 Jelly Bean but runs on the same 1GHz dual-core processor with 512GB of RAM, as was seen on the previous version.

Other features in the phone include an 8-megapixel primary and a 1.3 front camera, which is an upgrade from the predecessor, a 2,100mAh battery, and sensors like proximity, light and G-sensor. On the memory front, it offers 4GB of internal memory expandable up to 32GB through a microSD. For connectivity, it misses on the 3G support but offers dual-SIM compatibility, and Wi-Fi, Bluetooth and GPS support.

The phone is available from today onwards for Rs 7,299/-

Lava 3G 356 and 3G 402 Cheaper Android smartphones launched for Rs 4,499/- and 5,499/-

By Vijay @ 09:45pm

Lava has launched two new entry-level smartphones named Lava 3G 356 & 3G 402, which run on Android and also offer 3G connectivity as it names suggest, at an affordable price point.

Coming to specifications, Lava 3G 356 comes with a 3.5-inch HVGA capacitive touchscreen with 480X320 pixels resolution. It consists of  MediaTek dual-core Cortex A7 processor clocked at 1GHz. Other features, include a 1.3-megapixel rear camera, a VGA front-facing camera, a 1,500mAh battery with up to 5 hours of talktime and 200 hours of stand-by time, and a proximity sensor.

And the Lava 3G 402 comes with a 4-inch WVGA capacitive touchscreen with 480X800 pixels resolution. This smartphone is also powered by a MediaTek dual-core Cortex A7 processor clocked at 1.2GHz, and sports a 3-megapixel primary camera and a 1.3-megapixel secondary camera, with  1,500 mAh battery.

Both the phones run on Android 4.2 Jelly Bean with OTA upgrade and come with Wi-Fi, Bluetooth, GPS and 3G support. On the memory front, both offer 256MB of RAM, 512MB of internal memory, and external memory support for up to 32GB through a memory card.

The Lava 3G 356 is priced for Rs 4,499/- and the 3G 402 for Rs 5,499/- and are available in grey, white and black for the Lava 3G 356 and white, grey and red for the Lava 402.

 

Intex i-Buddy Connect II 3G tablet launched with 7-inch display, 3G-SIM a dual-core processor for Rs 7,500/-

By Vijay @ 007:42am

Intex has discreetly announced the i-Buddy Connect II 3G tablet, its a toned down model of its previous version i-Buddy Connect

Coming to features, the Intex i-Buddy Connect II 3G comes with single-SIM which as the name suggests is 3G compatible. The tablet has a 7-inch WVGA display with 800×480 pixels resolution. On software front, it runs on Android 4.0.4 Ice Cream Sandwich as seen on its previous variant and many of its competitors.

The hardware includes a 1GHz dual-core Cortex A5 processor with 512MB of RAM, while the older variant came with 1GB of RAM. Other features on the tablet include a 2-megapixel rear camera and a 0.3-megapixel front camera, 4GB of internal storage, 32GB of external storage support on microSD card, voice calling support and a 3,000mAh battery which the company claims will offer up to 5 hours of talk time and up to 300 hours of standby time.

This tablet also comes with Educlass which is a smart school application with content from NCERT text books for class 1- 12 as well as other interactive educational content.

The tablet will be competing against the likes of Swipe Halo Value which offers a better set of features including Android Jelly Bean and is available for Rs 7000, and Celkon CT910+ HD tablet which is available for Rs 7,999 with similar set of feature but a better OS version.

Source: BGR

Amazon India added one more store to its list, named Computers & Accessories.

By Vijay @ 01:32pm

Earlier this year, Amazon launched its India e-commerce site and six direct stores—Apps, Books, Movies and TV Shows, Mobile phones and accessories, Cameras and Portable Media Players. Now to its stores list one more store called Computers and accessories  had been added.

The computer and accessories store sells laptops, tablets and printers. Additionally it also offers related accessories like external hard drives, pen drives, memory cards, printer cartridges, laptop bags, keyboards and mice. The store is also currently offering deals and discounts on many of the aforementioned products.

Amazon India claims its new stores have more than 20,000 products listed from more than 150 electronics retailers including Croma, Vijay Sales, UniverCell, Saholic, and J.J. Mehta & Sons. For a limited period, orders fulfilled by Amazon will come with free delivery. As with all ‘fulfilled by Amazon’ orders, customers will get the options of cash on delivery, delivery tracking to the doorstep, and free returns pickup.

 

(Update)Samsung Galaxy Grand Duos now available in two more colors in India (Brown & Red)

By Vijay @ 07:38pm

Samsung Galaxy Grand Duos (GT-I9082) which had been released in India back in January, now added two new colors, Luxury Brown and Wine Red to its previous Elegant White & Metallic Blue. The Samsung Galaxy Grand Duos is one of the popular mid-range smartphone in the India market, these two new colors would improve the sales of the device.

Now Samsung also offering two flip covers with the device. You need to pay Rs. 19,990/-, which is the standard price of the device and get one flip cover for free. You also get an additional flip cover when you pay Rs. 20,800 for the device. The Galaxy Grand Duos packs a 5-inch (800 x 480 Pixels) capacitive touch screen display, powered by a 1.2 GHz dual-core processor and runs on Android 4.1.

(Update) Samsung India is now releasing Android 4.2.2 update to Galaxy Grand duos users soon. According to a report on SamMobile, the Android 4.2.2 update for Galaxy Grand duos brings support for lockscreen widgets, quick setting toggles in notification bar, improvement task switching and Daydream support. In addition, the update also brings performance enhancements, Touchwiz improvements including new widgets, homescreens etc.

So just wait for notification for ur phone software update..

Other features include, 8MP Auto Focus Camera with LED Flash, 1080p video recording and 2MP secondary camera, 1GB RAM, 8 GB internal memory,  expandable up to 64GB with microSD and a 2100 mAh battery.

The Galaxy Grand Duos is now available in Luxury Brown and Wine Red from the official Samsung India eStore.