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Xiaomi Mi 5 India Launch Set for Thursday

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Xiaomi has confirmed that the Mi 5 flagship smartphone will be launched in India on Thursday. The Chinese company at the Redmi Note 3 India launch earlier this month had promised that the Xiaomi Mi 5 smartphone will be “coming to India in a month” – and it certainly appears to have kept its promise. To recall, Xiaomi’s Global VP, Hugo Barra, during the event had stressed that the team in India was trying to get the handset here “in a month” without specifying an exact date. The company had…

Meizu m3 note Set to Launch on April 6

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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,…

iPhone SE India Launch Set for April 8

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Apple’s latest 4-inch iPhone SE will be going on sale in India starting April 8. Apple distributors Ingram Micro and Redington India has in a press statement confirmed that the iPhone SE will be going on sale. The former says the smartphone will be available across over 2,500 retail outlets in India, while the latter says 3,000 retail outlets. Apple at its Monday launch event had announced that the iPhone SE will be available in India at a starting price of Rs. 39,000. As for availability, Apple had confirmed that…

Who’s Next? Asia Investor Activism Set to Grow After BlackRock Public Campaign

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Hong Kong: Following a rare public campaign, BlackRock Inc voted against a deal planned by a Hong Kong firm that the world’s biggest asset manager partly owns, revving up investor activism in Asia after it roared ahead in 2015. In a ballot on Tuesday, BlackRock rejected G-Resources Group Ltd’s plan to sell its main asset, an Indonesian gold mine, saying it didn’t have confidence G-Resources would use the proceeds in investors’ best interests. Owning 8 percent of G-Resources, BlackRock urged other shareholders to follow suit. G-Resources, which has said it…

Oppo R9, R9 Plus Camera-Focused Smartphones Set to Launch on March 17

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Oppo since last week has been teasing the Oppo R9 and the Oppo R9 Plus camera-focused smartphones in China. It has also been posting teasers on its Weibo account touting the handsets’ VOOC fast charging. However, it has finally posted an image confirming when it will be launching the duo. The Chinese tech firm, as expected before, will be launching its Oppo R9 and the Oppo R9 Plus on March 17 this year. The image, besides the date, mentions “2016 New Product Launch Event” along with a “9” numerical indicating…

Samsung Galaxy S7, S7 Edge India Launch Set for Tuesday

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Samsung India over the weekend started sending media invites for an event on Tuesday where the company is expected to unveil the Galaxy S7 and Galaxy S7 Edge premium smartphones. The invite came with a tagline that said, “Witness The Next Galaxy Revolution as it unveils its new sensation!” Apart from the smartphones, Samsung is also expected to reveal the various accessories it revealed for the new Galaxy phones at MWC 2016. To recall, the Samsung Galaxy S7 and Samsung Galaxy S7 Edge were unveiled at MWC 2016 in Barcelona.…