ZTE to launch 5.5 inch phablet in India in Nov

ZTE had launched six smartphones in India in July this year.

ZTE, the Chinese handset giant, will launch a huge 5.5 inch display bearing smartphone in the first week of November in India, according to a senior executive of the company. Another phablet with 5 inch display is also set to be launched.

"We will launch a 5.5 inch display bearing smartphone and a 5 inch smartphone in India in the first week of November in view of the upcoming Diwali season," said Amir Saxena, ZTE's director of marketing to The Mobile Indian in an exclusive meeting.

Both the devices are based on Android operating system and quad core processors; also, both are said to be priced "affordably".

However, no further information (including their names) about the devices were revealed. ZTE Grand Memo, which is not available in India and is the biggest smartphone in its stable, comes with a 5.7 inch display and not 5.5 inch as told by the ZTE official. However, ZTE has several 5 inch Android smartphones in its kitty and it could not be ascertained which one ZTE plans to launch in India.

As per ZTE China's webpage, it has a smartphone called Grand S Flex, which comes with a 5 inch screen. ZTE Grand S, which also comes with a 5 inch screen, also fits the bill to be launched in India; in fact earlier media reports also said that the ZTE Grand S will be launched in India this Diwali.

ZTE had been supplying CDMA phones to Indian operators. In July this year, though, it launched six handsets under its own brand name in a price bracket of Rs 5,000-Rs 15,000. To know more, click here.

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BBM for Android, iOS will release within few days

BlackBerry's chief marketing officer, Frank Boulben promised that the BBM for Android and iOS platform is expected to launch within days.

BlackBerry had released BlackBerry Messenger for Android and iOS platforms back in September this year but forced to withdraw the same after the Android build of BBM got leaked before the official release. Now Frank Boulben, the chief marketing officer of BlackBerry, told Reuters that the BBM for Android and iOS can be expected to release within matter of days.

The BBM for Android and iOS platform will bring the same messaging experience with bunch of new features. Apart from messaging, sharing files and group chats, the BBM for Android and iOS will not have BBM Voice and BBM Video from the day one.

The BlackBerry Messenger for Android and iOS platform will arrive to let the users get started with the existing BlackBerry ID or registering with a new one.

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