Mi Fan Festival Set for Wednesday; Xiaomi Mi 5, New Accessories, Deals on Offer

Xiaomi announced its Mi Fan Festival on Wednesday in India. The Chinese company said that there will be new devices up for sale on the company’s website on Wednesday from 8am to 10pm IST. Alongside, the company has announced new accessories, which will first go on sale from Wednesday as well – these include the 20000mAh Mi Power Bank, Mi In-Ear Headphones Pro, and LED Light Enhanced Blue. To recall, the Xiaomi Mi 5 will be going on sale on Wednesday in a flash sale model as well. The company…

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OnePlus 2 Gets Near Final Build of OxygenOS 3.0 Based on Android 6.0.1 Marshmallow

OnePlus earlier this month started soak testing an OxygenOS 3.0 update based on Android 6.0.1 Marshmallow. Now, ahead of the official release, the company has made available the final ‘community build’ for OxygenOS 3.0 that users can flash onto their devices. The company says it wants the community’s help to make sure it works our “any remaining kinks” before the official OTA update is made available to the general public. OnePlus is seeking feedback on three aspects – Network Testing, Camera, and Performance. Specifically, the community is being looked to…

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Apple Remains in Dark on How FBI Hacked iPhone Without Help

The FBI’s announcement that it mysteriously hacked into an iPhone is a public setback for Apple Inc., as consumers suddenly discover they can’t keep their most personal information safe. Meanwhile, Apple remains in the dark about how to restore the security of its flagship product. The government said it was able to break into an iPhone used by a gunman in a mass shooting in California, but it didn’t say how. That puzzled Apple software engineers – and outside experts – about how the FBI broke the digital locks on…

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MIUI 7.2.8 China ROM Based on Android 6.0 Marshmallow Starts Rolling Out

Xiaomi has finally released a stable Android 6.0 Marshmallow-based MIUI software update for select smartphones. The rollout, which is currently underway only in China, is available for Xiaomi Mi 3 and Mi 4 smartphones, the company announced on a blog post. Specifically, this is the China ROM for the handsets, and the global ROM (which also features Google Mobile Services) is expected to be released soon. The MIUI 7.2.8.0 stable China ROM began being seeded to the Xiaomi Mi 3, Xiaomi Mi 4 smartphones in China last week. The update…

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Amazon’s Mega Mobile Sale: Discounts on Moto G, OnePlus X, and More

Amazon has kicked off its Mega Mobile Sale on Monday where the online marketplace is offering discounts on smartphones. In addition to these deals, consumers shopping on Amazon until Thursday can also get an additional 10 percent extra discount on every purchase made via Citi Bank debit and credit cards during the Mega Mobile Sale. Some of the smartphones available under the new Amazon’s Mega Mobile Sale are the Motorola Moto G (Gen 3) 16GB model available at Rs. 9,999 after a flat Rs. 1,000 off; Coolpad Note 3 16GB…

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Meizu m3 note Set to Launch on April 6

It seems Huawei is not the only Chinese company planning to showcase a new smartphone on April 6. Meizu has now announced an event on the same day where the company is expected to launch the m3 Note smartphone in China. The company made the announcement on Weibo and also launched a dedicated website for the April 6 launch event. The website doesn’t give any detail about the upcoming Meizu m3 Note, but it does tease it with a tagline that says, “Pretty fast, thin, long-lasting” hinting about the processor,…

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