LeEco, formerly known as LeTV, has entered the Indian smartphone
market with two products - Le Max and Le 1s. Le Max is the company's
flagship offering priced at over Rs 30,000 while the launch of Le 1s is
aimed at disrupting the Rs 10,000 smartphone space. We review Le Max and
analyse whether it justifies the attached price tag.
BlackBerry has been losing its market share to Android and iOS
powered devices. It first came up with the BlackBerry 10 operating
system with support for Android app and now has adopted the Android
operating system. On Thursday, the company has announced the launch of
its first Android powered BlackBerry smartphone, the Priv.
Aimed
at power users including enterprise audience and individuals,
BlackBerry is offering a 5.4-inch WQHD display with a slide-out QWERTY
keyboard.
It is powered by a Qualcomm Snapdragon 808 hexa-core processor paired with 3 GB of RAM.
It has 32 GB onboard storage and a microSD card for expandable memory.
Running
on Android operating system, BlackBerry has included its BlackBerry
Hub, BB Messenger, BlackBerry Notes, BlackBerry Password keeper and DTEK
security app.
It also packs in an 18-MP camera with OIS and can
capture 4k videos at 30 fps. It is powered by a 3,410-mAh battery and
Quick Charge support.
BlackBerry has priced the Priv at Rs 62,990
which will be available in offline retail and for online sales the
company has tied up with Amazon India.
Ultimate Ears, a Logitech brand, has announced the launch of a new Bluetooth speaker UE Roll.
Waterproof
and shockproof, the speaker has a circular frisbee like design and
connects with smartphones over Bluetooth. UE Roll has an iPS and Android
app that can be used to remotely turn on the speaker, control the sound
or even play the tracks. Using the app, it can even be paired with
other UE speakers.
Taiwanese smartphone maker ASUS on Friday extended its portfolio of
Zenfone series, launching ASUS Zenfone Zoom -- an advanced
photography-focussed smartphone for Indian customers here.
Designed
for a photographer's delight, the smartphone is equipped with
13-megapixel pixelmaster primary camera that has a 3x optical zoom with
industry leading camera features.
Chinese smartphone maker Coolpad on Friday launched its Note 3 Lite at a price tag of Rs 6,999 here.
The
latest-released device, the next edition of the company's
widely-popular fingerprint smartphone Coolpad Note 3, would be
exclusively available on Amazon.in.
The Note 3 Lite features a fingerprint sensor, 5.0 inch HD screen,
3GB RAM and 16GB in built storage, a company statement said here. The
memory of the phone, that supports 4G, can be extended up to 64 GB
through a Micro SD card.
Featuring a 13-megapixel rear camera and a 5-megapixel front-facing camera, the phone houses 2,500 mAh battery.
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Bin, chief executive of the Coolpad Group said he was committed to
producing products in India under the "Make in India" programme.
"...we
are proud to announce that, by the first quarter of 2016, we will start
manufacturing Coolpad Note 3 from Videocon's Aurangabad factory. Our
target is to produce 1 million "Made in India" Coolpad phones."
Coolpad Note 3 Lite will be available in champagne white and black variants.
Hike messenger, India's first home-grown messaging platform, on
Monday launched "Car Match", a microapp within hike, to facilitate users
in sharing rides with friends during the ongoing odd-even scheme in the
national capital.
The smart microapp not just matches
odd-numbered cars with even-numbered cars in a user's vicinity, it also
ensures that car categories are as similar to each other as possible.
As reported on Wednesday, Microsoft
India has announced the launch of its Surface hardware for the Indian
market. At a press conference in New Delhi on Thursday, the technology
giant launched Surface Pro 4 in India, which the company claims is a
tablet that can replace your laptop.
The Surface Pro 4 comes with a
12.3-inch display, but in the size of the 12-inch Surface Pro 3, by
reducing the bezel. It has 2736 x 1824 pixel resolution with 267 ppi and
Gorilla Glass 4 protection. It is 8.4 mm thin and packs in full-size
USB ports.
