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It seems there no end to curiosity from OnePlus regarding their flagship OnePlus 5.After so many rumors,leaks, press renders now the company is asking your opinions through online poll for the retail box design.    OnePlus on Wednesday started a poll on Chinese microblogging site Weibo for users to select the style of box that they would like to see for upcoming OnePlus 5. So we can say launch is near.  The company has put up eight retail box design for the poll with different possible font design of number ‘5’, and two colour combinations of box, logo and printing in Red & White. All boxes have ‘5’ written along with OnePlus logo, whereas only one retail box in red gets ‘Hello 5’ written instead. So, if you have a Weibo account then you can also head over to cast your vote for the poll. OnePlus has already confirmed that the OnePlus 5 is launching this summer, but ahead of the release the company is also putting up teasers to keep con...

Nokia 6 , 3 and 5 along with redesigned Nokia 3310 were unveiled at the annual Mobile World Congress in Barcelona in February.The Nokia 3310 was launched in India on 18 th May.But Nokia 6,5 and 3 is yet to be launched.  Now a report in NokiaPowerUser (NPU) claims HMD Global will bring Nokia 6, 3, and 5 to India by the end of June. “Though not all three will be available in one go. Nokia 3 may go first followed by Nokia 5 and Nokia 6. But by end of June, all three may be available in India,” the report reads. In terms of pricing, the three Nokia smartphones will be priced slightly ‘better’ in India, reported NPU. Previously, HMD Global confirmed to IndianExpress.com that June is the time period at which they’re looking to make the phones available in India. The company didn’t officially comment on the pricing. In case of further delay in launch, HMD Global will have to take in to account GST (Goods and Services Tax) as well, which will come in to play from July...

Panasonic have launched a mid-budget phone Eluga I3 Mega in India.The main feature of the phone is it 4000 battery with a full metallic body.  Panasonic Eluga I3 Mega comes with a 5.5-inch HD IPS display with a resolution of 1280×720 pixels. It features a 2.5D curved glass design. It is powered by 1.3 GHz Quad-core processor with 3GB RAM and 16GB internal storage (expandable up to 128GB via a microSD card). It comes with a 13MP primary camera with autofocus, and 80 degree wide angle. The front camera is 5MP. Eluga I3 Mega runs Android 6.0 Marshmallow with Android-For-Work Security. Panasonic Eluga I3 Mega measures 154.6 x 77 x 9.4 mm, and weighs 180 grams. Sensors on the Eluga I3 Mega include: Accelerometer, Proximity Sensor, Ambient Light, and OTG. It is a dual SIM phone (Micro+Nano) that supports 4G VoLTE. Connectivity options include: Bluetooth 4.0, Wi-Fi Hotspot, Wi-Fi Direct, and A-GPS. “The full-metal body Eluga I3 Mega is designed t...

Microsoft have made available the Planner app for iOS recently and now it is available for Android.  Microsoft Planner requires an eligible Office 365 work or school subscription. This app does not support Office 365 personal accounts (for example: name@outlook.com or name@hotmail.com). Microsoft Planner is a relatively new project  which launched publically around a year ago  and while it does have a rather niche target demographic (i.e. paying Office 365 subscribers) Microsoft does seem to be expanding its functionality and availability substantially. Planner provides a simple, visual way to organize teamwork. Planner makes it easy for your team to create new plans, organize and assign tasks, share files, chat about what you’re working on, and get updates on progress. Some of the planner features are -- Organize work visually -- Each plan has its own board, where you can organize tasks into buckets. You can categorize...

Stage is set for Asus Zenfone AR to be launch in the US in July. This will be the first smartphone to support both Google’s Daydream and Tango.  Asus CEO Jerry Shen on the sidelines of the ongoing Computex tradeshow which is currently happening in Taipei,revealed to Engadget about the current development.According to Shen, the ZenFone AR will first hit the company’s homemarket in June sometime around mid-June, followed by the US towards the end of June or early July.  First announced at CES 2017 in January, Asus’ ZenFone AR is the world’s first smartphone to support both Google Tango augmented reality and Daydream mobile virtual reality platform. Lenovo’s Phab 2 Pro is the world’s first smartphone to come integrated with Google’s Tango, but it doesn’t support Google Daydream.At Google I/O 2017, the search engine giant confirmed that the ZenFone AR would finally launch sometime this summer. Verizon will be the only network provider in the US to ca...

It seems we are heading for a OnePlus 5 launch event pretty soon.We have came across lots of leaks, rumours, speculations and not the least numerous press render.  While the company already confirmed the phone launching this summer, ahead of the release, OnePlus today revealed official camera samples taken from the upcoming device. The latest teaser comes directly from the company via its official Twitter handle. It is nothing but a camera sample. There is an image of the bridge. There are two parts of the image, one with label 1 another is labeled as 2. So it means that both the images have been captured from different smartphones. Out of which the 2nd one is clicked from OnePlus 5. The second image is better and much clearer in the night shot. But the company hasn’t announced which one is the other smartphone . Can you tell which photo was taken with the OnePlus 5? pic.twitter.com/Pd27la4ewn — OnePlus (@oneplus) May 29, 2017 Unfortunately, high-re...

Sony has announced its second generation E-Ink tablet dubbed Sony Digital Paper in the US.  The tablet features a 13.3-inch high-resolution (1650 x 2200 dots) flexible electronic paper display with 16-level gray scale.The new Sony Digital Paper (model DPT-RP1) E-ink tablet comes with a bunch of updates including “easier-to-read high-resolution display, responsive touch panel for precise handwritten note-taking and wireless document transfer.” Sony says that the touch panel has improved and is now more responsive. The fast pen tracking helps taking precise handwritten notes. Also, screen displays full-size views of 8.5 x 11-inch documents, so users can avoid scrolling or zooming to read a full page, added company. The second generation Digital Paper comes with 16GB of internal storage, out of which user get about 11GB for use and Sony notes that it is enough for about 10,000 PDF documents. Sony Digital Paper features non-removable L...

Andy Rubin, the co founder of Android is back with his own brand 'Essential'. Rubin, best known as the co-founder of Android, is creating a high-end smartphone to take on the likes of the Galaxy S8 and iPhone 7 Plus. The Essential, revealed by The Verge, is a modular phone designed to enhance the functionality, with add-on attachments in the form of a 360-degree camera and a charging dock. The  Smartphone is equipped with a sharp display that runs from edge-to-edge and takes up almost the entire front of the device, Qualcomm's high-end Snapdragon 835 processor with 4GB RAM and 128GB storage.The bezel isn’t there to house a home button, instead a fingerprint scanner cum a home button can be found on the back of the phone. It's also made out of titanium, instead of aluminum, which Essential says will help the phone survive accidental drops. The front-facing camera has an eight megapixel sensor and is capable of recording 4K video, whi...

Samsung C10 is the next smartphone with dual rear the company is planning to launch.Earlier this month only, it was reported that Samsung is developing a new smartphone under its ‘C’ series with dual rear camera setup.                     The earlier leaked image of the alleged Samsung Galaxy C10 in Pink/ Rose Gold colour only revealed the back.Now we have the alleged video leak by OnLeaks and PriceBaba reveals the rumoured Samsung Galaxy C10 black variant in its full glory. As per the new renders, the LED flash will be situated on the side of the dual cameras while the earlier renders suggested that LED flash is situated right between the two cameras.Anyhow, it makes Samsung Galaxy C10 the first smartphone from Samsung to have dual rear camera, which up until now was only rumoured for upcoming Samsung Galaxy Note 8. Another interesting thing here is that it has one extra physical button on the right e...

According to a report by Sammobile, Samsung have “accidentally” listed Galaxy J7 (2017) and Galaxy J5 (2017) on the Korean information page for Kids mode.  According to the report, the company listed down a slew of smartphones that are compatible with the “Kids” mode, and as part of the list is the upcoming Galaxy J7 (2017) and Galaxy J5 (2017). The interesting part is, both smartphones haven’t been launched officially but found to be in the list of smartphones compatible with the “Kids” mode. A Romanian Android site AndroidU.ro has got its hands-on a Russian Samsung manual for the Galaxy J7 (2017) and Galaxy J5 (2017), confirming the specifications of the smartphones. The manual reveals that both smartphones will come with a 3.5mm headphone jack, alongside a USB 2.0 port. The phones are also expected to feature NFC and microSD card support.                   Both the smartphones are said to now spor...

Microsoft has announced new updates for Microsoft Forms. Among the changes are an improvement for the Forms Portal. The company also introduced more languages to the services and support for right-to-left reading. The update is available now to Forms users within Office 365. With Microsoft Forms portal improvements, users will see new abilities and a new design for the service. There is now also a snapshot feature which gives users a glimpse of each form. This snapshot includes the form title, background image, and number of responses. There is also a new search box in the portal. It is located in the upper right corner and allows users to quickly find form information by searching form title or owner. Microsoft Forms also gained increased language support through the latest update. The company says there are now 26 additional new languages on the platform. This brings the total number of supported languages to 68. Increased language su...

Rumours have picked up significantly over the past few months, along with a couple of details about the Moto Z2 Play.Now finally we have the date for the official release which is set to June 1.The confirmation comes from a press renders leaked.  The text in the ad is in Spanish and roughly translates to “You are invited to the next launch of the Moto family”. It’s being said that Lenovo plans to bring the smartphone to Latin America initially, followed by other markets where the company has its presence. Beardo the hipster approves: Moto Z2 Play color variants, White/Gold, Black/Grey, White/Silver. pic.twitter.com/rIGunBd8o4 — Roland Quandt (@rquandt) May 27, 2017 Interestingly, real pictures of the Moto Z2 Play have been posted by leakster Roland Quandt. The alleged images show the Moto Z2 Play in three colour variants: White/Gold, Black/Grey and White/Silver.The design of the leaked pictures concise with the previous leaked images and there i...

As expected after so many leaks and rumours, Huawei has launched the Nova 2 and Nova 2 Plus smartphones in China. The big highlights of the successors of the Huawei Nova and Huawei Nova Plus are its 20-megapixel selfie camera, the dual camera setup on the back, and the latest Android software. The only differences between the two smartphones are its storage capacity, battery, and screen size.  What we get with the Huawei Nova 2 and Nova 2 Plus is a full metal unibody design.  Specification wise, the Huawei Nova 2 smartphone has dual-SIM support, and sports a 5-inch full-HD (1080x1920 pixel) IPS in-cell display with 2.5D curved glass protection. It is powered by a 2.36GHz octa-core Kirin 659 processor and is paired with ARM Mali-T830 MP2 GPU and 4GB of RAM. The smartphone offers 64GB of internal storage with the option to expand further via a microSD card slot (up to 128GB).It got a 2950mAh battery.  Huawei Nova 2 Plus, sports a similar ...

After leaking in real image, t he Gionee S10 smartphone was recently spotted visiting the benchmarking site  Geebench  with some major specifications. It was already spotted on benchmarking site  GFXbench  with some specifications. It was also spotted passing through Chinese certification agency’s website  TENAA  . After it was leaked in blue variant the Gionee S10 again got leaked in red variant.  The latest image shows it in Red colour and it looks pretty amazing. It seems like companies are copying trends of Apple as Apple recently introduced the Red iPhone 7. The Red color variant of Gionee S10 doesn’t bring any physical changes to the smartphone, it’s just a color variant. The device itself looks pretty amazing in the leaked images which has got it from the back side. Leaked specifications: 5.5-inch full HD (1920×1080p) display 2GHz Octa-core MediaTek Helio P10 processor 4GB of RAM 64GB of Internal stora...

Sony held an investor conference in Tokyo on 23rd May,talking through all areas of their business. One of the slides reflecting on its mobile product portfolio appeared to confirm that it will launch at least two new flagship devices later in the year. Sony has traditionally launched new Xperia products at the IFA tradeshow in Berlin for the last few years, so we would guess the same will apply this year. IFA takes place between 1 to 6 September 2017. We don’t know much about Sony’s plans for its H2 flagships, but interestingly during the investor meeting a question was asked about the company’s plans to move to a different aspect ratio (18:9) or adopting OLED displays. The response was that while their plans were commercially sensitive, Sony is naturally basing future products on this assumption. As to what timeline, Sony was referring to here, remains unclear. We don’t know much about Sony’s plans for its H2 flagships, but interestingly during the i...

Sony Mobile recently held its investor conference in Tokyo to apprise investors on its future course of action.  Sony Mobile has confirmed plans to drop the ‘Premium Standard’ segment from its future smartphone portfolio. Devices launched under this tier included the Xperia X and Xperia X Compact in 2016 – they were designed to offer a reasonable price point with an almost flagship specification. Sony Mobile in 2016 gave great importance to its flagship, high-end products. Although the sales target in Japan reached 85 %, But the globally is down to 31%, sales did not meet the original expectations.So Sony will cut down on its high end mobile production and concentrate on mid product line.  Although Sony Mobile to give up the high-end market, but will continue to launch the flagship product in the first half of 2017.They will launch the Motion Eye camera module flagship mobile phone Xperia XZ Premium and Xperia XZs, XA1 and Xperia XA1 Ul...