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  • Sony slashes Xperia X price down to INR 24,990 in India

    Competing well and staying relevant with a mid-range offer in today’s market is an almost impossible task. The going is especially tough in India, where many value-driver Chinese manufacturers have focused their expansion efforts in recent years. Since, Sony isn’t really known for its aggressive pricing strategy, discounts for devices like the Xperia X, were…

  • ZTE Hawkeye Kickstarter campaign has been cancelled

    ZTE has announced that they have decided to phase out the Kickstarter campaign for the Hawkeye smartphone that was revealed by the company last month. The announcement came in the form of an update to the phone’s Kickstarter page. The company, however, said that the project isn’t over. “We are reevaluating the device for the…

  • Nougat update starts hitting Huawei Honor 8 units in India

    Huawei has started rolling out a new update to Honor 8 units in India. Arriving as version FRD-L02C675B310, the update brings along Android Nougat (version 7.0) and EMUI version 5.0. The update was being beta tested until now, but now the beta phase has come to an end. “Honor 8 with Nougat and Emui 5.0…

  • YouTube plans to remove 30-second unskippable ads

    If you’ve been using YouTube for a few years now, then its hard not to notice how much it has changed and gradually morphed. Google’s efforts all seem to be aimed at one goal – to position the video platform as a viable mainstream content provider, not unlike TV and capitalize on advertisement accordingly. A…

  • Samsung Galaxy S7 and S7 edge on AT&T start getting Nougat update

    Shortly after T-Mobile started pushing it out, AT&T has also begun rolling the Samsung Galaxy S7/S7 edge Nougat update. Weighing in at around 1.6GB, the update arrives as version G930AUCU4BQA6 for the S7 and G935AUCU4BQA6 for the edge variant. Aside from bumping the Android version to 7.0, the update also brings along some other changes,…

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