Apple’s Push to Flood India With Used iPhones Ignites Backlash

Apple’s latest attempt to crack the Indian smartphone market by selling used phones is meeting a wall of resistance. The iPhone maker is seeking permission to become the first company allowed to import and sell used phones into the country, its second attempt in as many years. This time, the stakes are higher and a growing number of industry executives are fighting the move, warning government officials in private that it’ll open the floodgates to electronic waste, jeopardize local players, and make a farce of Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s Make…

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OnePlus One Gets Android 6.0.1 Marshmallow With Cyanogen OS 13 Update

Last week Android 6.0 Marshmallow update for the OnePlus One smartphone was in its ‘Final Testing Stage’. However, the Chinese tech firm has finally started seeding the Android 6.0.1 Marshmallow update to the handsets in the form of the latest build of its commercial OS – Cyanogen OS 13 (CM13S). OnePlus on its forum Friday announced that an Android 6.0.1 Marshmallow-based Cyanogen OS 13 build ‘ZNH0EAS26M’ has started to roll out in stages to OnePlus One smartphones. The post said it will take time to reach all units, and asks…

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Microsoft Lumia 650 Dual SIM With Windows 10 Mobile Launched at Rs. 15,299

Microsoft’s Lumia 650 Dual SIM smartphone has been launched in India at Rs. 15,299, and is now available to buy in the country. To recall, the smartphone had gone on sale in the country via a third-party seller earlier this week. Initially unveiled in February and listed on the company’s India site soon after, Microsoft stresses that the Microsoft Lumia 650 will offer consumers the “perfect balance between work and personal needs.” It’s worth noting that only the dual-SIM model of the Lumia 650 will be available in India. Much…

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Panasonic Eluga Arc With VoLTE Support Launched at Rs. 12,490

Panasonic has launched a new Eluga-series smartphone, the Eluga Arc, priced at Rs. 12,490. The biggest highlight of the Eluga Arc is it features 4G LTE as well as voice over LTE (VoLTE), which means it should allow voice calls via mobile data on supporting networks. It also packs inbuilt IR sensor to control IR based smart home electronic appliances. The company is also targeting the new Eluga Arc to on-the-go professionals as the handset is enabled with Android for Work support. As for the specifications, the Panasonic Eluga Arc…

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FBI Continues to Debate Sharing iPhone Hack With Apple

The FBI has not decided whether to share with Apple details about how the bureau hacked into an iPhone linked to a California terrorism investigation, the bureau’s director says. James Comey discussed the situation during a speech Wednesday evening at Kenyon College in Ohio. He called their ability to get into the iPhone a “technological corner case” and said the flaw the FBI exploited in Apple’s software works only on a “narrow slice of phones” – theĀ  iPhone 5c, running version 9 of Apple’s mobile operating system, not on newer…

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Motorola Moto X3 With Fingerprint Scanner Purportedly Spotted in the Wild

Lenovo’s upcoming Moto X-series smartphone, believed to launch as Moto X3, is claimed to have been spotted in a new image. The new leaked image is said to have been taken when the unannounced handset was being used by a commuter. Originally shared by hellomotoHK, the leaked image may have “possibly” given us first glimpse of the next-generation Moto X smartphone. The new leaked image shows the front panel of an alleged Moto X3 featuring a fingerprint scanner right below the display. Currently, it’s not clear whether the fingerprint scanner…

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